Braid: COVID 'blast radius' wrecked trust in governments — but Smith's is best in a bad lot

Affordability and health care are the top priorities in every province — but the numbers on how provinces handle those issues are universally appalling

The most destructive result of the COVID-19 pandemic is collapsing trust and confidence in provincial governments across the country.

The Angus Reid Institute, in an important new national survey, says “as the nation collectively explores the pandemic blast radius, levels of contentment across key issues — health care, education, housing affordability, addictions policy and others — are sliding further downward.”