Ontario's government is 'strongly' recommending masks indoors. Why stop short of a mandate?
"I think part of what's going on here, both at the level of the medical officials and of the premier, is an assessment of the political risk of requiring something that may be very unpopular and not followed that closely by a fair number of Ontarians," said Peter Graefe, an associate professor of political science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
"They would rather push the pressure into the [health] system than to face the potential political cost of public unhappiness with having to wear masks," Graefe said.
