CBC News' The National is facing backlash after doing a Twitter poll about mask mandates being reinstated. .“#QuickQuestion Is it time to bring back mask mandates?” said CBC News in a Sunday tweet. .About 124,000 people voted on the poll. There were three-quarters of people who did not want mask mandates to be brought back, while one-quarter did. .This poll was published after CBC did a story on Thursday about Canadian Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam encouraging people to help hospitals by wearing masks. .Tam said masks are a layer of protection against the spread of respiratory viruses.."If it's added to the other layers of protection, including vaccination, then it might actually make a difference in terms of dampening the surge so that the hospitals can cope just a little bit better," she said. .Western Standard senior columnist Cory Morgan said the poll has a high number of voters. .“Looks like 75% of folks don't want mask mandates back,” said Morgan. .“That's what happens when the State Broadcaster does an open poll rather than using one of their preferred pollsters.”.Campaign Life Coalition director of political operations Jack Fonseca said this poll will be followed by a campaign pushing for vaccine passports to return. .“See what they’re doing,” said Fonseca. .“They can’t jump to vaxports unless we first accept masks.”.CBC banned unvaccinated people from all their buildings in the most extreme COVID-19 precaution of any Crown corporation in 2021. .READ MORE: CBC to seal buildings to the unvaxxed.The ban on unvaccinated people included the general public, contractors, and television and radio guests..“These newly established requirements are in line with public health guidance and the government’s unvaccinated expectations for Crown corporations including CBC,” said CBC Vice President Marco Dube.
