Tue Feb 1, 2022 – 1:51 pm EST
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has pushed back against huge protests fighting expanding COVID jab mandates across the country, indicating that it will not only not back down on the restrictive measures, but will implement an additional inoculation requirement for truckers moving between provinces.
Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra told CBC’s Rosemary Barton that an interprovincial COVID shot mandate is being considered by the government, citing the party’s election campaign promise of “vaccines and vaccine mandates” during the fall.
“In the last election we actually campaigned on vaccines and vaccine mandates. Minister [Seamus] O’Regan just last December announced that we are working on regulating all federally regulated sectors requiring [a] vaccine. So there is ongoing work,” Alghabra said in the interview.
“No one should be surprised that there is work being done to get us there,” Liberal Transport minister Omar Alghabra hints at a vaccine mandate for interprovincial truck drivers in Canada. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/mCzNUEnOG3
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“As of right now, that policy is not in place,” the minister continued, “but no one should be surprised that there
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