Communications are a really big part of what happens in any crisis management. Evidence-based, transparent, up-to-date information around risks and what behaviours people have to do to keep themselves and their communities safe is very important.
Here in New Brunswick, we have the luxury of having a low number of cases due to a lot of hard work and a lot of protocols that are placed around our borders and the Atlantic bubble. I don't think people have a false sense of security—I hope they don't—around what it means to have an election during a pandemic.
All we can do is make the risks as low as we possibly can, knowing that, again, the risks will never be zero. I think that if it's framed properly from a communications perspective, people will understand that.
The democratic process probably does take precedence over all other issues at this time, but again, I think with proper communication, the understanding and framing of those risks can be done properly.