So every public space including public transportation. It's a huge undertaking and the question remains if the government has bitten off more than it can chew. Who will ensure that every small Asian store on every block or that every taxi driver across the country will be rejecting potential customers?
Well, the Health Minister said they're developing a unit just for the enforcement of the regulation.
Hon. Michel Chebat - Minister of Health
"What will come along with this is what we call a COVID enforcement unit that will be people who gonna be deployed throughout the country and they will be trained to enforce the public health measures, we are also going to be enlisting the assistance of JP's to help us in this process."
Courtney Menzies
"And what about tourists, because you know you don't need a vaccination to enter the country, and other elected officials because you know not all of your Cabinet colleagues or elected colleagues are vaccinated, what about them? Will they be banned from entering these stores without a test as well?"
Hon. Michel Chebat
"The law applies to everybody whether you're a tourist or an elected official or a citizen of the country, the law applies to everyone. Again, the objective here is to try and get as many of our citizens vaccinated as possible. We have now moved away from this concept of herd immunity, with the delta variant and the rapid way it's spreading, that concept has gone out the door so now we're trying to vaccinate the majority of the people we can."
