How regulatory agencies, not the courts, are imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates
How regulatory agencies, not the courts, are imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates
By David Said
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly reshaped how we perceive ourselves and the social world around us. It has more recently transformed the business of governance in western democracies like Canada.
The crisis has modified how the law is applied to society and redefined who decides the exceptions to the rules that our society must now adhere to.
The decisions of medical health-care professionals like doctors and nurse practitioners are now far more legally and politically significant than before, since they’re determining who is exempt from following new vaccination laws and mandates.
Because of the implications that immunization exemptions have on public health, regulatory bodies like the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons and the College of Nurses of Ontario are playing a more significant role than they have previously in holding doctors and nurses accountable.
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