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As of March 21, only Quebec, P.E.I., the Northwest Territories and Nunavut still have <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/tag/mask-mandates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mask mandates</a> in place, though there are plans for those policies to expire soon.</p><p>By the end of April, it’s possible that no Canadian province or territory will have a mask mandate in effect, leaving public-facing workers with concerns about their workplaces.</p><p>For those who regularly interact with the public, the uncertainty of each unmasked interaction comes with an understandable fear.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8690109/canada-travel-rule-changes-april-1-covid/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Canada’s travel rules just changed. What’s new, and what’s the same?"> Canada’s travel rules just changed. What’s new, and what’s the same? </a> </p> </div> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-10" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="10"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <h2>‘Face-to-face’ with an unmasked client base</h2><p>Public-facing workers in provinces where mask mandates have already expired report feeling uneasy interacting with clients in a new, unmasked normal. For some, masks have been the standard at work every day for two years, so suddenly shedding the protective equipment can feel more foreign than the pre-pandemic norm.</p><p>“It’s hard to be around clients who are suddenly not wearing masks as we work closely with them face-to-face,” said Ivy Pomerantz, a hairstylist in Vancouver. “We have been conditioned for two years to wear the mask almost everywhere we go, but taking off the mask makes me feel naked and less secure.”</p><p>Ian Bowen, an assistant store manager, also found the transition to be tough. “I think it’s just because of how closely we interact with the public.”</p><p>He said most of his colleagues at a big box store in Grande Prairie, Alta., have had difficulty adjusting. (Alberta and Saskatchewan were the first provinces to drop their mask mandates on March 1.)</p><p>“Most people I work with really don’t mind wearing a mask. 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have this ammunition to say, ‘Well, it’s not a requirement anywhere else. Why is it a requirement here?’ And so that, just from a service standpoint, puts us in a really awkward position.”</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-12" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="12" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8692900/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-climate-change/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Great Barrier Reef suffering widespread mass bleaching (again) as oceans heat up"> Great Barrier Reef suffering widespread mass bleaching (again) as oceans heat up </a> </p> </div><p>Tsang has already noticed some regulars at the library who consistently need to be reminded to wear masks. She reports that most people are receptive to hearing reminders about masking, but that others “look really annoyed when I come up to them.”</p><p>Tsang isn’t alone in feeling the tension between unmasked clients and masked workers. Pomerantz has also noticed friction between people wearing masks and those who don’t. “It feels very hostile in my place of work. People come in and are quite rude and riled up, almost as if they’re trying to start a fight.”</p><p>Personally, Pomerantz doesn’t mind interacting with people without masks, but she sympathizes for her immunocompromised coworkers and clients.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video"> <div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-iframe-receiver data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_8697604_623932f003196" data-displayinline-video-id="8697604" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/8697604/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_8697604_623932f003196" data-displayinline-sticky="true"> <div class="c-video__inner"> <span class="c-video__placeholder"> <img class="c-video__image" alt="Click to play video: 'Mask Mandates And Kids'" width="632" height="356" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/azfv452ztm-wkccha4e0u/GNM_ALYSON_SCHAFER_MASKING_KIDS_STILL.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all" loading="lazy" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/azfv452ztm-wkccha4e0u/GNM_ALYSON_SCHAFER_MASKING_KIDS_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&strip=all 450w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/azfv452ztm-wkccha4e0u/GNM_ALYSON_SCHAFER_MASKING_KIDS_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&strip=all 720w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/azfv452ztm-wkccha4e0u/GNM_ALYSON_SCHAFER_MASKING_KIDS_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&strip=all 1040w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px"> <span class="c-video__overlay"> <span class="c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-video__play c-videoPlay__off" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#play"></use> </svg> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--red c-video__play c-videoPlay__on" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#play"></use> </svg> </span> <span class="c-video__data"> <time class="c-video__duration">4:22</time> <span class="c-video__title">Mask Mandates And Kids</span> </span> </span> </span> </div> </div> <figcaption class="c-video__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc">Mask Mandates And Kids</span> </figcaption> </div><p>According to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/http://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200703/dq200703a-eng.htm">Statistics Canada</a>, 38 per cent of Canadians in private households have one or more underlying health conditions that could make them more susceptible to complications after contracting COVID-19.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-13" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="13" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-13","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":13,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-13"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-13","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":13,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-13"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>Vancouver businesses that have decided to keep a mask mandate in place for their customers, as well as staff, have already started to face harassment. Massy Books in Vancouver’s Chinatown, for example, started receiving messages from people <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8691417/mask-push-back-vancouver-threats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming that they would show up in large numbers</a>, unmasked, at the location because of the policy.</p> <section id="content-dynamic-trending-stories" class="l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape" aria-label="Dynamic trending stories section"> <div class="l-inlineStories__heading"> <span class="l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough">Trending Stories</span> </div> <ul class="c-posts c-posts--inline"> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8697367/china-eastern-flight-132-onboard-south/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CP12341121.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1" loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt=""/> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" data-title>China Eastern plane crash: No survivors found as search continues for 132 onboard</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8697617/kherson-protest-russia-ukraine-war-march-21/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/KhersonCCTVscreenGrab.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1" loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt=""/> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" data-title>Russian soldiers opened fire at rally in Kherson to disperse crowd, Ukraine says</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <div class="l-article__oembed embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anti-masking bullies are planning to harass Massy. FYI, we may lock our front door soon, requiring access by doorbell/knocking only, just until these tools find something else to do with their time. Maybe I should get water guns, lol. Other suggestions welcome <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://t.co/WcTYxrt7WP">pic.twitter.com/WcTYxrt7WP</a></p><p>— MassyBooks (@MassyBooks) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://twitter.com/MassyBooks/status/1504177070271709186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote></div><p><script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><h2>Moving too soon?</h2><p>The discomfort that some workers have experienced mostly stems from concerns about safety. Two days after Alberta dropped its mask mandate, Bowen tested positive for COVID-19.</p><p>“I’m pretty confident it came from work,” he said. “The only places I go out are to work and grocery shopping. And I try to limit my grocery shopping to mornings and evenings just to limit how many people I’m seeing.”</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-14" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="14" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-14","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":14,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-14"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-14","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":14,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-14"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable"> <div class="c-figure__inner"> <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper "> <img class="c-figure__image" alt="Ian Bowen talks to Global News via a Zoom call." src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ian-Bowen-capture.png?w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ian-Bowen-capture.png" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ian-Bowen-capture.png?w=450 450w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ian-Bowen-capture.png?w=720 720w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ian-Bowen-capture.png 1200w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 1200px,(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px" width="807" height="483" loading="lazy"/> <a href="" title="View image in full screen" class="c-figure__expand c-figure__overlay" data-trackaction="image | open"> <span class="sr-only">View image in full screen</span> <div class="c-figure__maximizeBtn"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-figure__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#maximize"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc"> Ian Bowen talks to Global News via Zoom. </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> Global News </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><p>Bowen, who wears masks in all public places, started feeling symptoms early in the morning of March 12. He took a rapid test around 2 a.m. and came back positive. Just four hours later, he would have been due in for a morning shift at work.</p><p>“I was lucky that I had a test on hand that I could use,” he said. “I tested because I was symptomatic. I’m lucky that I showed symptoms.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8690202/gas-theft-canada-prevention-tips/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Tips to guard yourself from gas theft as prices continue to climb"> Tips to guard yourself from gas theft as prices continue to climb </a> </p> </div><p>Bowen would like to have seen a more cautious rollout to loosening restrictions in Alberta.</p><p>Tsang agreed, saying, “I just think from a data perspective, we don’t necessarily have the evidence to support such a move. I know in Ontario the testing situation has been really weird. I was only able to secure a rapid test a few days ago after them supposedly being available for months. And I only have five of those. So I have to choose carefully which times I use them.”</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-15" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="15" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-15","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":15,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-15"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-15","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":15,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-15"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>From Bowen’s point of view, the subject of masks has been politicized, causing mandates to drop too early. He fears that cases may spike again — but that provincial governments will not have an easy time re-implementing a mask mandate if the public health situation requires it.</p><p>Recent modelling from Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table may confirm those fears. The group of scientists who advise the Ontario government <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8689388/ontario-covid-projections-march-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote in the report</a> that some indicators of COVID-19 have “stopped declining,” and that some indicators are rising again amid loosening restrictions. They warn that Ontario may need to renew public health measures such as masking and vaccination campaigns.</p><p>A spokesperson for the Ontario government said in response “Ontario has done significantly better than the best-case scenario provided in the last modelling and we now have the lowest rate of hospitalizations out of all provinces.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8687799/covid-cases-global-rise-canada/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Canada won’t necessarily see another COVID-19 wave, experts say"> Canada won’t necessarily see another COVID-19 wave, experts say </a> </p> </div><p>It’s not just Ontarians who are concerned. The Manitoba Teachers’ Society <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://www.mbteach.org/mtscms/2022/03/04/teachers-urge-caution-in-return-to-normal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement on its website</a> after Manitoba’s mask mandate ended, calling the move “premature,” acknowledging that the Canadian medical community still advocates for the use of masks.</p><p>Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8692613/covid-phac-omicron-mask-province-mandate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mask-wearing is still highly recommended</a>, even when it is no longer mandated by local authorities.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-16" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="16" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-16","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":16,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-16"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-16","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":16,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-16"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>“We’re in a period of uncertainty where the virus is still undergoing evolution,” Tam said.</p><h2>How are employers faring?</h2><p>Organizations that represent business, such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8681144/monday-marks-last-day-for-manitoba-mask-mandate/">Retail Council of Canada</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8673671/bc-business-mask-mandate-reaction/">Restaurants Canada</a>, have largely lauded the move away from mask mandates, saying it will boost profits for embattled businesses carrying COVID-19 debt.</p><p>Annie Dormuth, provincial director for Western Canada with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, told Global News that only <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8673671/bc-business-mask-mandate-reaction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">35 per cent of small businesses</a> in B.C. are back to their pre-pandemic sales numbers, and that the average small business in B.C. carries about $200,000 of debt, thanks to COVID-19.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8689659/superyachts-seized-russian-oligarchs/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Oh ship! All the superyachts seized from Russian oligarchs so far"> Oh ship! All the superyachts seized from Russian oligarchs so far </a> </p> </div><p>Steve Mascarin, owner and operator of a number of dental clinics in the Greater Toronto Area, welcomes the loosening restrictions, saying it will make his patrons feel safer.</p><p>Talking about the challenges his business faced during the pandemic, Mascarin said: “We had a lot of our regular patients that just didn’t show up at all, or they would cancel because they were so scared. Not because they didn’t want to follow the rules with the vaccine or the masks — but they were just scared to go out.”</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-17" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="17" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-17","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":17,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-17"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-17","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":17,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-17"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>Mascarin thinks that the removal of mask mandates will create a more welcoming environment for patients, and help them get over COVID-19 anxiety. He noted that dentist offices are already safe environments because dental professionals were wearing protective equipment even before the pandemic and will continue to do so after.</p><p>As for his administrative staff who check patients in and out, he will likely not enforce a mask mandate, nor will he for his patients.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video"> <div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-iframe-receiver data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_8696485_623932f006072" data-displayinline-video-id="8696485" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/8696485/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_8696485_623932f006072" data-displayinline-sticky="true"> <div class="c-video__inner"> <span class="c-video__placeholder"> <img class="c-video__image" alt="Click to play video: 'COVID-19: Should mask mandates continue in Canada?'" width="632" height="356" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/57icue6thd-2mdpn96qs2/MASK_MANDATE.00_02_15_03.Still003.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all" loading="lazy" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/57icue6thd-2mdpn96qs2/MASK_MANDATE.00_02_15_03.Still003.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&strip=all 450w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/57icue6thd-2mdpn96qs2/MASK_MANDATE.00_02_15_03.Still003.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&strip=all 720w, https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/57icue6thd-2mdpn96qs2/MASK_MANDATE.00_02_15_03.Still003.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&strip=all 1040w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px"> <span class="c-video__overlay"> <span class="c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-video__play c-videoPlay__off" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#play"></use> </svg> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--red c-video__play c-videoPlay__on" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851im_/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=msjiw4cvn#play"></use> </svg> </span> <span class="c-video__data"> <time class="c-video__duration">2:01</time> <span class="c-video__title">COVID-19: Should mask mandates continue in Canada?</span> </span> </span> </span> </div> </div> <figcaption class="c-video__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc">COVID-19: Should mask mandates continue in Canada?</span> </figcaption> </div><p>“If the powers that be say that it’s OK not to wear masks, I think they’re going to feel a lot safer, a lot better,” Mascarin said.</p><p>As for employees who feel uncomfortable at work interacting with unmasked patrons, employment lawyer and Hum Law Firm founder Lai King Hum says employers will have to examine their obligations.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-18" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="18" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-18","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":18,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-18"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-18","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":18,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-18"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>“Generally speaking, if the employer complies with what public health directives require, then they will have complied with their obligation to keep the workplace safe.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022851/https://globalnews.ca/news/8690691/james-webb-telescope-first-images/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="‘Absolutely phenomenal’: Webb Telescope’s first images have scientists giddy"> ‘Absolutely phenomenal’: Webb Telescope’s first images have scientists giddy </a> </p> </div><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="authorities">She added that “employers could also mandate safety requirements that are better than what public health [authorities] direct.”</div><p>It remains to be seen what the evolution of masking will look like in Canada as the pandemic waxes and wanes. What both the business community and health officials agree on is that Canadians must exercise tolerance during this adjustment period.</p><p>To the people who are choosing to shed their mask as mandates expire, Tsang said: “I completely empathize and understand why you don’t want to do it anymore. But it feels like you just need to hold on a little bit longer, and then we’ll all be there together.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video_miniplayer"> <section id="miniplayer_623932f0063cc-carousel" class="l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel" data-video-carousel-play-inline="true" data-video-carousel-init="false" aria-label="Video carousel contains 5 videos. 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