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World moves to embrace vaccine passports. Trudeau s not so sure
The momentum building for Covid-19 vaccine credentials is accompanied by fears that the all-access pass would compromise privacy, equity and human rights.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. | Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP
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OTTAWA The economy-opening potential of “vaccine passports” is quickly attracting a global following but count Prime Minister Justin Trudeau among the hesitant.
After a year of sheltering at home, a growing number of Canadians are getting Covid-19 vaccines. Businesses and lawmakers are anxious to fire up economies, just not for everyone.
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At the one-year mark of COVID-19’s upheaval in Quebec, the Montreal Gazette takes stock in a six-part series. This is the third instalment.
QUEBEC The sense of relief, even elation, was visible for all to see.
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When Premier François Legault announced Feb. 23 that Quebec was launching mass vaccinations starting with people 85 and older, it was as if an enormous burden was lifted from his shoulders. In other words, a promise kept.
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As Quebec looks to accelerate its vaccination campaign, there are calls for the government to better communicate with people in smaller language or cultural groups. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
Quebecers have rarely gone a week without hearing from their premier at least twice during this pandemic. What s allowed, what isn t, the exceptions to the rules instructions from the province have changed at a dizzying pace, even for experts and journalists whose job it is to keep up.
But many of those who do not understand François Legault s predominantly French-language news conferences, or other material put out by the province, turn to community groups to get the latest information in their own language.