Anthony Furey
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FUREY: The reopening will happen sooner if Canadians demand it
The now tiresome mantra that “we’re all in this together” can only take us so far. It’s true in the sense that we’re all abiding by some form of government mandated physical distancing, eager to beat back the virus.

FUREY: Chinese Canadian dissidents are under attack, and the CBC has joined the pile-on
Some of the first voices to sound the alarm about the coronavirus coming to Canada were people of Chinese descent living in Markham, a northern GTA city with a significant ethnic Chinese population.

FUREY: Ontario offers up the common sense guide to reopening
The other day I was hit with the greatest feeling of reassurance I’ve had since the coronavirus began. It didn’t come from watching a medical officer at a press conference or reading some report on the progress of a vaccine.

FUREY: Give Canadians some credit, they can handle a 'yellow light' reopening
What would happen if Canadians were given the green light in the next week or two for the reopening of society and told they could go back to life as usual without any restrictions? They probably wouldn’t. At least, not most of them. Sure, we’d all be relieved to return to some sense of normalcy as the summer weather nears but, for the most part, we’d proceed with caution.

FUREY: Feds planning laws against COVID-19 misinformation is ultimate irony
After flip-flopping on basic information about COVID-19 and expecting to be cut some slack for it, the federal government is now proposing legislation that might punish any Canadian for doing just what they first did.

FUREY: No offence Dr. Tam, but Canadians need a second opinion
It’s pretty common to seek a second opinion whenever a doctor delivers some really bad news. Maybe that’s what Canadians need to do after Dr. Theresa Tam has prescribed the nation strict social distancing measures that will continue through the summer and perhaps even go into the beginning of the fall.

FUREY: Canadians will soon need to have a serious conversation about Plan B
What Canadians are facing as a nation has quickly gone from being a public health crisis to a whole-of-society one. It’s the same for many countries. Yet, not all countries are responding the same way to the coronavirus. And not all experts are urging the same action.
