MP and Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) candidate Pierre Poilievre tabled a Private Member's Bill that would stop the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal workers and travel. .Poilievre tabled the bill — the Prevention of Government-imposed Vaccination Mandates — on Thursday in an effort to stop the government from requiring public servants to be vaccinated as a condition of employment and would allow all Canadians to travel regardless of vaccine status. ."Today I introduced a Private Member’s Bill to abolish all current vaccine mandates, and ban any and all future vaccine mandates," said Poilievre in a tweet. ."Give people back their medical freedom. Let them take back control of their lives.".He included a link in his tweet and encouraged people to join the CPC by June 3 to vote in the upcoming CPC leadership race. .“Trudeau’s unscientific restrictions and mandates must be repealed,” said Poilievre.."He is dividing Canadians, violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and using divide–and-conquer politics to marginalize people while countries around the world move on from the pandemic.".Poilievre, in a press release, pointed to peer countries around the world that have returned to normal and how most vaccine passport requirements have been removed by each province across Canada while "the Liberal government continues to fire its employees who are not vaccinated and bar Canadians from travelling province-to-province."."This baseless discrimination continues despite Trudeau’s own public health officer having said 'we need to get back to normalcy.'".Poilievre said as he travels across Canada, he hears "tragic stories from working people, suffering because of these cruel mandates," .“Whether it is the son who cannot visit his dying mother two provinces over, or the federal employee who has been out of a job for months, people have lost control of their lives," said Poilievre. .One such person is Michael Lesser, a Canadian citizen who calls himself a Canadian refugee due to "the Trudeau government." .Lesser told the Western Standard he is a resident of South Korea and due to his vaccine status, cannot return to Canada to visit his family as he will not be permitted to return to his job and life in South Korea.."Getting the vaccine is not an option," Lesser said, hoping to draw attention to his situation and the many others facing similar circumstances. ."My bill will reunite families, give people their jobs back, restore their sense of control and help make Canada the freest country on earth,” said Poilievre.
