Federal public servants, RCMP and air and rail travellers must be vaccinated by month’s end, Trudeau says – CBC

All would-be travellers must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 30 to board planes, trains or marine vessels

Oct 06, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his government’s mandatory vaccine policy today — a mandate that will require public servants to either get their shots by month’s end or be forced into an unpaid leave of absence.

All would-be travellers must also be fully vaccinated by Oct. 30 before boarding planes, trains or marine vessels.

To bolster stalled vaccination rates, the federal government will require all of its employees in the “core public administration” and the RCMP to be fully vaccinated or to apply for a medical or religious exemption by the end of the month.

Federal contractors, like cleaning staff, must also be fully vaccinated to gain access to government buildings. The estimated 267,000 employees covered by this policy must report their vaccination status by Oct. 29.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-vaccine-mandate-1.6201528