Frustration is mounting for Canadians unable to travel due to the current vaccination requirements imposed by the Trudeau government to board planes and cross the border..Concerns are circulating on social media around a statement from a 2021 fiscal update on the Government of Canada website indicating the feds have committed to funding the vaccine mandate until 2025..Vaccine Mandates section from Chapter 1 of Economic and Fiscal Update 2021 from the Government of Canada website .Under the headline Vaccine Mandates included in Chapter 1 of the finance department's fiscal update from 2021, the federal government said it "proposes to provide" $37.4 million" to support vaccine mandates for federally-regulated air, rail and marine travel over three years beginning in 2021-22..However, in the overview of the federal budget for 2022, there is no mention of vaccine mandates or allocated funds supporting them..Included in the 2022 overview under Chapter 6: Strong Public Health Care, the government does say it is committing "[o]ver $17.6 billion to support vaccine procurement, deployment, and administration," but does not mention the word "mandates.".The Western Standard contacted the federal government on the omission of the reference to "vaccine mandates" found in the 2021 fiscal update but not in the 2022 federal budget overview and have yet to receive a comment. .MP and Conservative Transport Critic Melissa Lantsman addressed Trudeau in question period on Wednesday and asked when his government will do away with what she called "outdated, ineffective and vindictive mandates.".Trudeau did not answer Lantsman's questions and chose instead to speak about the experience of "most Canadians who stepped up to over 90% to get vaccinated.".Lantsman, in a Twitter post, said, "Spoiler alert: These are not answers."."Which experts is the prime minister listening to, what is the specific advice, what year is the advice from and why is the advice different in Canada than the rest of the world?" she asked.."It's all secrets, Mr. Speaker. Canadians what to know when will this government end the outdated, ineffective and vindictive mandates?".Mark Paralovos, a Canadian father in Ontario, also shared a screenshot of the finance department's 2021 fiscal update with a link to the website.."There will be a [three] year travel ban on unvaccinated Canadians. This is from the budget," he tweeted but did not mention it was from last year's review..Olympic skater Jamie Sale shared Mark Paralovos's tweet and said, "Never would have thought this would be our reality.".Sale has been active on her Twitter page retweeting anti-mandate posts and has been openly supportive of freedom protests..John Smith, a Northern Ontario realtor shared his displeasure with the travel mandates calling it "cruel and unusual punishment" for the five to six million unvaccinated Canadians unable to fly or leave the country.."Unvaccinated caught in the three-year Trudeau travel ban resembles a form of house arrest," he tweeted.."Justin is doing 'payback' to those not following his commands!".Another tweet questioned vaccinated Canadians if they were aware that millions of unvaccinated citizens still cannot leave the country or travel by plane, train or bus within Canada..In February during a televised address, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said measures such as proof of vaccination for air travel "are not among the things we are considering changing.".Calling Trudeau a "tyrant-in-chief" Canada SOS shared a tweet that included Trudeau's address as a "reminder" to Canadians "that he has no intention of ever allowing unvaccinated Canadians to travel within Canada or to leave Canada."
