Fifty-eight per cent of Canadians were already using masks before Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam announced the policy change May 20, says research from political science and public opinion researcher Clifton van der Linden.
'We have to think about new ways to represent public opinion,' says Clifton van der Linden, the creator of the interactive Vote Compass tool, which 1.9 million Canadians used in October. He's developed a course on new technology and politics.