Canada to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all federal workers by fall | FULL

Canada is making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all workers in the federal service by this fall, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc announced on Friday.

The implementation will take place no later than October, he said.

“We expect the federal public service to want to comply with this mandatory requirement,” LeBlanc told reporters. “This is the best way to end the pandemic and allow the economy to safely remain open.”

The requirement will extend to travellers on commercial flights, interprovincial passenger trains and cruise ships. However, testing and screening measures will be put in place for those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, LeBlanc said.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra also stressed that by the fall, there will be a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all transportation workers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a week ago that he had asked the clerk of the Privy Council, the nation’s top bureaucrat, to consider the mandate.

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