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Quebec top doctor’s endearing style no match for daily grind of COVID-19 pandemic
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MONTREAL – Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec’s top public health official when COVID-19 hit, employed a down-home style that endeared him to Quebecers in the pandemic’s early days, but he was ground down by 22 months at the helm.
Arruda, 61, was a reassuring voice amid uncertainty in March 2020 as the first wave engulfed the province. But over time, his advice was increasingly questioned, with critics in recent weeks calling for him to be replaced before his sudden resignation on Monday.
Public health director since 2012, Arruda quickly became a strong presence in the province’s COVID-19 fight and an important player in the lives of locked-down Quebecers, appearing alongside Premier François Legault and the health minister for daily briefings.
As cases and deaths mounted and Quebecers found themselves isolated, Arruda memorably told a news conference that people should do something to take their minds off the pandemic, like reading or listening to music. For his part, he said he planned to spend part of the
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Portuguese Canadians
Canadians abide by Portuguese inception or descent
Ethnic group
Luso-canadianos (Portuguese) | |
|---|---|
Population distribution vacation Portuguese Canadians by enumeration division, 2021 census | |
| 448,310 (by ancestry, 2021 census)[1] | |
Toronto 85,165
Waterloo, Ontario[2] | |
| Predominantly Canadian Humanities, Quebec Country and Lusitanian and/or professor dialects | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic |
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