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Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra announced today Federal government will require all federal public service employees to be fully vaccinated as early as the end of September.
In addition, all employees in federally regulated air, rail, and marine transportation sectors should be vaccinated no later than the end of October. The government says the requirement is extended to all commercial air travellers, passengers on interprovincial trains, and passengers on large marine vessels with overnight accommodations, such as cruise ships.
“The Government of Canada is leading by example in requiring vaccinations for public service employees, and we are asking all federally regulated employers to develop vaccine plans to ensure their employees and workplaces are safe,” said Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra. “This is the right thing to do and will ensure Canada continues to build back better from the global COVID-19 pandemic.”
Minister Dominic LeBlanc said vaccination will be a requirement for working for the government of Canada and those who are not vaccinated will risk losing their jobs unless they have valid reasons for not receiving vaccines.
The government has not released details on how this requirement will be implemented.
Canada is also expecting all Crown corporations like Canada Post and other employers in the federally regulated sector to have vaccination policies for their employees.
Even though Canada has enough vaccines to vaccinate all its residents, more than 6 million eligible people in Canada are still unvaccinated.
Canada previously announced plans to create a standardized proof of vaccination for international travel.
