Pettinicchio David, Maroto Michelle, Lukk Martin
Department of Sociology and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Can Public Policy. 2021 Jun 19;47(2):231-251. doi: 10.3138/cpp.2021-012.
This study examines how people with disabilities and chronic health conditions-members of a large and diverse group often overlooked by Canadian public policy-are making sense of the Canadian federal government's response to COVID-19. Using original national online survey data collected in June 2020 ( = 1,027), we investigate how members of this group view the government's overall response. Although survey results show broad support for the federal government's pandemic response, findings also indicate fractures based on disability type and specific health condition, political partisanship, region, and experiences with COVID-19. Among these, identification with the Liberal party and receipt of CERB stand out as associated with more positive views. Further examination of qualitative responses shows that these views are also linked to differing perspectives surrounding government benefits and spending, partisan divisions, and other social and cultural cleavages.
本研究考察了残疾人和患有慢性健康疾病的人群——这是一个庞大且多样化的群体，却常常被加拿大公共政策所忽视——如何理解加拿大联邦政府对新冠疫情的应对举措。我们利用2020年6月收集的原始全国在线调查数据（样本量=1027），调查了该群体成员对政府整体应对措施的看法。尽管调查结果显示对联邦政府的疫情应对举措普遍持支持态度，但研究结果也表明，在残疾类型和特定健康状况、政治党派归属、地区以及新冠疫情经历等方面存在分歧。其中，认同自由党和领取加拿大紧急救援福利金（CERB）与更积极的看法相关。对定性回答的进一步分析表明，这些观点还与围绕政府福利和支出、党派分歧以及其他社会和文化分歧的不同观点有关。
