But on this long, long list of public spaces that must enforce the regulations, there are only two exceptions. The hospital cannot deny anyone and children under 12 are free to go about since there is no vaccine for them. Again, you may be subjected to proving your child is 11 and not actually 13, for example. While the minister didn't touch on that specifically, he spoke about the two exceptions.
Hon. Michel Chebat - Minister of Health
"Health care attention, medical attention will not be denied to anyone. Obviously a part of this impetus of this step that we're taking is to try and prevent people who are getting into these hospitals. People who have medial conditions and cannot be vaccinated we understand that and once they're providing a document from their doctor stating the reason why they can't get vaccinated, believe me, we are reasonable. This is not necessarily to penalized anybody, this is to try to get as many of our people vaccinated as possible so we can try to curb the spread of the infection and that we can release a little bit of the pressure that our health care system is experiencing as a consequence of this pandemic."
Reporter
"I heard you mention that schools will also have to impose this, is that going to be applied to the students or those who are 12 and under will be exempt since there is no vaccine for them?"
Hon. Michel Chebat
"Of course we can't implement a rule for somebody where there's no vaccine so I think it's logical that kids who are 12 and under are going to be exempted from it."
