Canada is finally turning an important corner on the COVID pandemic with high vaccination rates across the country. But despite this success, some governments in Canada seem keen to introduce new arbitrary regulations infringing on our rights and freedoms.

Manitoba, British Columbia, and Quebec, and now Ontario are all implementing domestic vaccine passports that restrict access to public spaces. These policies do not include any exemptions for medical reasons or reasons of sincere religious belief.

Medical interventions, including vaccination, must be made on the basis of meaningful consent. For many people, especially medically complex people, the choice to get vaccinated involves making deeply personal trade-offs about their own health. As the access to public spaces is limited, this creates a coercive effect on the decision-making for these people and is an attempt by the government to tilt the scales of personal and individual medical choices in their preferred direction.

We have written to the government of Ontario to ask them to end these discriminatory policies.

Let your voice be heard by signing the Stop the Mandated covid-19 Vaccine & Passport petition.