in quebec (where i live) there's basically this political dynamic where the ruling party is able to win elections by catering to rural qeb boomers' instinctual hatred of montreal. so when they declared curfew it was a way of saying "haha yeah i know all you people with homes & yards out in the suburbs will be fine, but this'll really piss off those weirdos in mtl who have to stay cramped in their shitty studio apartments now". that was essentially how everyone here perceived it
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