Toronto Sun - March 30, 2020   
      
      
   75% of returning travellers bypassing mandatory quarantine: Study   
      
      
   In households where someone has recently travelled abroad, 75% of them have   
   visited a grocery store and 41% have hosted guests, despite a mandatory   
   quarantine imposed by the Canadian government, according to a new study.   
      
   According to Innovative Research Group, of the 2,000 people surveyed, 7% —   
   140 people — said they had been out of the country.   
      
   Among them, 60% said they had been to a retail shop other than a grocery or   
   drug store, 52% said they’ve met up with a friend or relative outdoors and   
   36% said they had gathered in a small group inside a home.   
      
   â€œThis is scary. Canadians returning from outside Canada in the past 14 days   
   don’t appear to be following medical guidelines,â€� said Innovative Research   
   Group president Greg Lyle in a tweet.   
      
   â€œSome of this activity may be from before their return, but much of it is   
   likely here in Canada.â€�   
      
   However, a majority — or 56% — of Canadians report changing their   
   behaviour a great deal in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.   
      
   This is a 24 percentage point increase from last week.  However, many   
   Canadians say they are still getting together with friends and family despite   
   advice not to.   
      
   â€œYoung Canadians are still being the most social – in the past week over   
   half have (56%) met up with a group of friends or hosted/visited with someone   
   inside a home, according to the data,â€� said the company in a statement.   
      
   Nearly half of Canadians – 47% – have experienced a direct economic loss   
   in their household as a result of COVID-19 including layoffs, reduced hours,   
   losing contract work and owning businesses that have lost sales or closed.    
   The same number – 47% â   
   €“ now expect that Canada is headed into a severe recession.   
      
   The research group said this is highest ever in its tracking history, at   
   nearly double the previous high of 26% in April 2009 and a 37-point jump from   
   11% just one month ago.  About 57% feel confident about their household’s   
   financial situation, down    
   only 4-points from 61% a month ago.   
      
   Despite ongoing confidence in their household’s financial situation,   
   four-in-10 Canadians are feeling a significant negative impact due to COVID-19   
   on their quality of life.  And 50% expect they will feel those impacts if the   
   situation continues for at    
   least two months. Health-care workers expect a larger negative impact on their   
   physical health than other Canadians—now and in the near future.   
      
   Finally, Canadians appear to approve of response from provincial and federal   
   governments. The survey found the approval rating this week was at 69%, up from   
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   63% the previous week for their provincial government’s response and 59% (up   
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   from 50%) of the federal government’s response.   
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   Just 10% think that governments have gone too far, compared to 38% who would   
   like to see more, while 47% think the response has been “the right amount.â€�   
      
   The poll was conducted on March 23 to 26. However, since the online survey was   
   not a random probability-based sample, a margin of error cannot be calculated.   
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