Poilievre first introduced the private member’s bill, C-278, last year when he was running for the party’s leadership.
It has since been picked up by Conservative MP Dean Allison, a noted anti-mandate critic who, like his leader, supported the trucker convoy that loudly opposed the government’s approach to COVID-19.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rose in the House of Commons Tuesday to urge other MPs to adopt legislation that would prohibit Ottawa from again imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates on federal workers and the travelling public.
It has since been picked up by Conservative MP Dean Allison, a noted anti-mandate critic who, like his leader, supported the trucker convoy that loudly opposed the government’s approach to COVID-19.
Poilievre said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “maliciously divided” and attacked Canadians who shunned the COVID-19 vaccine by imposing an “unreasonable” policy that forced some people to get the shot or face consequences like job losses or additional hurdles at the border.
When the vaccination requirement for federal public servants was lifted in June 2022, employees who had been placed on leave without pay had a chance to return to their regular work duties.
While agreeing with the Conservatives’ claim that Trudeau and the Liberals “politicized” Canada’s pandemic response, Davies said passing this legislation could tie the hands of the government if COVID-19 returns as a pressing public health threat.
But Tam also said a month later that it was time to re-examine the policy because the science showed the primary series of the COVID-19 vaccine — the first two doses — offer very little protection against an Omicron infection, which was by then the dominant strain.
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