As they say: any text, taken out of context, is simply a pretext.
Meanwhile, the province of Québec has recently (as of last weekend, I think) passed the 1000 COVID-19 related deaths landmark, making it the first Canadian province to do so. Of those, something like 800 or 900 are among older folks. Montréal is still in the lead in the number of deaths in the province.
This website (Radio-Canada, the national broadcaster) has an interesting graph, on the progression of the disease, for various countries. If you check the # per 100 000 people box, it makes quite the difference...
The government of Québec is talking about the possibility of gradually reopening some businesses and schools, so as to avoid a whole bunch of infections in September, when a whole bunch of people all get together again, and bring it back home to their family. Of course, Montréal schools will remain closed, for now.
I just called my dad, tonight. He is doing well. Apparently, there has not been a single case of COVID-19 in the residence he lives in. They allow the old folks to walk around the building, each day. He says he circled the building twelve times, today, for an equivalent distance of about 3 km (1.86 mi). He says, he will try to add one more turn around the building, tomorrow.