Newly revealed polling conducted by Premier Doug Ford’s government shows growing public dissatisfaction with its handling of COVID-19 last year as successive waves of the pandemic hit Ontario.
CBC News obtained 35 weekly polling reports from 2021, assessing public opinion on a wide range of issues related to COVID-19, including public health restrictions, vaccine passports and mandatory vaccination requirements.
The polling was commissioned by the provincial cabinet office, paid for with public funds and conducted by the Strategic Counsel, a Toronto-based consulting firm.
The overall trends in the results suggest that with each successive wave of the pandemic, support for the government
