Cory Morgan: Latest Push for Mask Mandates a Worrying Trend of Coercion Becoming Normalized Sans Pandemic

Once individual freedoms are lost, they are very hard to gain back

A sign in downtown Ottawa recommends mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, on Sept. 14, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Commentary

The default setting for Canadian rights should be freedom. Incursions upon any freedoms by the government should only be done as an absolute last resort, no matter how minor those incursions may feel to some people.