COVID-19 vaccine mandates would likely face legal hurdles in Canada
COVID-19 vaccine mandates would likely face legal hurdles in Canada
By Hilary Young
Professor, Law, University
of New Brunswick
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos wants provinces to make vaccination mandatory. Québec has proposed a health tax for the unvaccinated. And other democracies have proposed similar laws. But fining or taxing the unvaccinated raises practical and legal problems. Here, I focus on the legal issues.
As the pandemic wears on, governments are bringing in more and more vaccine mandates. First you needed a vaccine to go to bars, restaurants and gyms. Then there were workplace mandates, then mandates to travel on trains and airplanes. Québec has recently required vaccines to enter liquor and cannabis stores.
With vaccination rates barely budging in recent weeks, governments are looking for new ways to get needles in arms.
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