Provinces are likely to introduce mandatory vaccination policies in the coming months to deal with surging COVID-19 caseloads, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said today. He stressed that it's up to the provinces to decide whether to implement mandatory vaccination policies. WATCH | Duclos predicts mandatory vaccinations:Health minister predicts provinces will make vaccination mandatory 'at some point' Duration 1:34 Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he personally thinks that 'at some point,' vaccines will become mandatory across the country in order to get Canada out of the pandemic. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said there are limits to what the federal government can do to ease shortages of health care staff. A spokesperson for Quebec's health minister said Friday, however, that mandatory vaccination is not something the province is looking at yet.

Source: CBC News January 07, 2022 21:27 UTC