Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

The type of outrage seen against the actions in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will reappear against any collective public health and safety measure proposed by any level of government until officials 'reinvest in the public trust,' says Raywat Deonandan.

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources firefighters watch as a water bomber from Quebec makes a pass over the wildfire in Susie's Lake, N.S., last week, which was assessed as 'under control' on Aug. 15.Photograph courtesy of the Government of Nova Scotia

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BY STUART BENSON

August 20, 2025

Wildfires continue to rage across Canada, but the backlash sparked by Nova Scotia and New Brunswick’s forest-hiking bans among civil liberties groups and segments of the public still enflamed over the COVID-19 lockdowns point to the notion that responding to future crises ...

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