Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is following through on a promise to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all federal public servants, the Star has learned — an announcement set to be made in Ottawa Wednesday. Mandatory vaccination is also expected to apply to travellers on planes, trains and cruise ships within Canada, according to one source. Two days before calling an election in August, Trudeau announced his government’s intention to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in all federal workplaces. Trudeau regularly criticized O’Toole’s vaccination mandate stance throughout the campaign, calling it threatening to public health. More recently, Trudeau said mandatory vaccination would be a priority of his re-elected government and that he was working with public sector employees and unions on the policy.

Source: thestar October 06, 2021 00:33 UTC