The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

Arguably non-citizens might obey the rules more, as they could be at the risk of being deported, whereas Canadian citizens would just get a slap on the wrist.

You can make that argument, and I'm sure it absolutely applies to some. But the reverse also applies to some, where they feel that Canada has no right to tell them what to do--of course they also seem to feel that their governments have no right to tell them what to do.  And which group of people do you think is more likely to travel against medical reccomendations right now?

I'm thinking of people on work permits, most of whom are from developing countries. For them, a Canadian work permit is generally very, very valuable, and being deported rules that out for the future as well.

Most of the people rebelling against the government rules are from that country south of the border, and are much less likely to be coming here on a work permit.