Ethical approval was granted by the Science and Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Montréal for the entire project (CERSES-20-061-D). All participants interviewed were informed about the aim of the study beforehand, consented to participate in the study, and gave their written informed consent. All analyses were performed on de-identified data. The protocol for involving human data was in accordance with the guidelines of the Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS-2) and the Declaration of Helsinki.
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