Canada will ask for the obligation vaccine versus Covid-19 federal public service employees and Canadians who must travel by plane or train.
The government of Canada place unvaccinated federal employees on unpaid leave and require vaccines versus Covid-19 for passengers on planes, trains and ships, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday.
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Federal employees will be required to report their full immunization status through an online portal by October 29. While passengers aged 12 and over on nationwide trains, planes and ships, which are regulated by the federal government, must demonstrate that they have received the vaccine before October 30.
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“These travel measures, along with the mandatory vaccinations for federal employees, are among the strictest in the world,” said Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of the United States. Canada.
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Trudeau had promised the new sanitary measures in Canada
The new mandates on vaccines made by the government of Canada they were a central promise of Justin Trudeau during his re-election campaign last month.
According to international agencies, Canada has fully immunized over 80% of its population aged 12 and over.
In addition, there are approximately 300,000 federal service workers, plus 955,000 federally regulated workers, representing approximately 8% of the full-time workforce in Canada. Canadaaccording to the Treasury Board, which administers the civil service.
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They could challenge new measures in Canada
It is likely that the tenure of federal employees in Canada be challenged in court, said Daniel Lublin, a Toronto-based labor lawyer, according to Reuters.
“There will be complaints,” Lublin said, noting that the unpaid leave could be challenged as an effective dismissal or unfair dismissal.
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