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But with the curfew now in effect, some Montreal residents and advocates are worried over how it will be enforced in some parts of the city. “We know that police attention is disproportionately focused on certain populations and certain neighbourhoods,” said Cara Zwibel, a lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberty Association. “It tends to be people who are socio-economically disadvantaged, racialized people, Indigenous that are the target of greater scrutiny by the police.” Mary Deros, city councillor for Parc Extension, tried to reassure her constituents, many of whom live in high-density housing and are on shift work, that they will not be targetted.
TORONTO Sparked by an explosion of COVID-19 cases, Quebecâs month-long curfew could increase peopleâs feelings of loneliness, one expert warned, urging people to maintain personal connections and physical activity. âPeople are getting fed up with the uncertainty.â Roger McIntyre, a psychiatry and pharmacology professor from the University of Toronto, told CTV News Channel on Sunday. McIntyre understands how maddening it must be for Quebecers to contend with yet another measure when they are already facing economic strife under COVID-19 public health restrictions. âThis is really an anti-motivation time,â McIntyre, head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network, said. âWe got not only this virus, but we have the incredible loneliness that goes along with being asked to stay home.â