(Benjamin Shingler, Sean Gordon/ CBC News) — There is sadness, but most of all boredom.
Linda Foy, an octogenarian grandmother of three who lives in Montreal West, recently decided to knit a hat for her daughter because, well, she couldn’t think of anything better to do.
Behind the ennui lurks frustration.
“I’m angry. I’m angry, and I don’t know who I’m angry at,” she said. “I’m not angry at [Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau or [Premier François] Legault, or the Chinese. I’m not angry at anybody. I’m just angry that all of us are in this situation.”
Like everyone else who lives in a so-called “red zone,” Foy’s family has had to scrub its Christmas tradition, which usually involves a lavish breakfast and plenty of conversation.
She saw it coming and understands why — one of her sons is a physician at the Montreal General Hospital — but it’s still hard psychologically. (…)