Article content There are notable exceptions, of course. Many otherwise reasonable people have directed astonishing vitriol at Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in particular for their perceived pandemic lassitude, including on the issue of mandatory vaccines. But elected Canadian officials, even Ford’s and Kenney’s direct opponents, have been far more subdued — and I’m not sure that’s a healthy sign at all. (It’s not as if they have abandoned vitriol and hyperbole altogether!) Unpleasant as the notion may be, mandatory vaccinations deserve far more champions in Canadian legislatures than they currently have.