We’re crazy with confinement, but does that mean we’re ready?

When it comes to when and how fast we should resume quasi-normal life as pandemic infection rates slow, the answer probably depends on how old you are, how broke you are, and where you live. Or so you would think.

Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured in this file photograph, announced last week that elementary schools and child-care centres outside of Montreal would reopen May 11, with the Montreal-area following suit on May 19.Photograph courtesy of Instagram

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

May 4, 2020

CHELSEA, QUE.—When it comes to when and how fast we should resume quasi-normal life as pandemic infection rates slow, the answer probably depends on how old you are, how broke you are, and where you live. Or so you would think. Yet Quebec, with more than half of the 50,000-plus cases in the count...

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