Records show the Privy Council conducted a confidential survey among Canadians regarding pandemic vaccination strategies, according to an Access to Information request. . COVID-19 Vaccine Needle .The researchers explored options ranging from financial rewards to considering limitations on “certain activities” for the unvaccinated, according to Blacklock’s Reporter..The survey asked “Once a COVID-19 vaccine is available to you, to what extent would each of the following hypothetical measures make you more or less likely to get the vaccine right away?” .A total of 46% supported a “financial reward from government,” said the report. .A total of 44% endorsed compulsory orders that “getting the vaccine was mandatory to engage in certain activities.”.“Financial rewards may be more effective for some demographic groups,” said the report Applying Behavioural Science to the Government of Canada’s Response to COVID-19. .“For example, financial incentives appear to be more effective at encouraging visible minority respondents and younger respondents.”.Despite the Privy Council's research of various pandemic vaccination tactics, researchers cautioned against the potential “risks of backfire.” They found that threats or incentives were unlikely to motivate Canadians hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine..“All measures were most effective in increasing the likelihood of vaccination for those who already intend to be vaccinated right away and less effective for those who want to wait or who are unsure,” they wrote.. Privy Council vaccine tactics .The report is dated May 12, 2021, months after the department of Health, on Dec. 9, 2020, licensed the first pandemic vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the time opposed vaccine mandates as extreme and divisive..“There are a broad range of reasons why someone might not get vaccinated,” Trudeau told reporters on Jan. 14, 2021. .“I think the indications that the vast majority of Canadians are looking to get vaccinated will get us to a good place without having to take more extreme measures that could have real divisive impacts on community and country.”.The prime minister called a federal election scheduled for Aug. 15, 2021, making it a referendum on vaccine mandates..“The answer to tyranny is to have an election,” said Trudeau. .Pending cabinet orders sought to mandate proof of vaccination for air travellers, border crossers, and federally-regulated employees..The prime minister went further in an August 31, 2021, campaign rally depicting unvaccinated Canadians as unfit parents “putting at risk our kids.” .“What about my choice to keep my kids safe?” said Trudeau. .“What about our choices to make sure we’re getting through this pandemic as quickly as we can?”.“These are extremists who don’t believe in science,” Trudeau said while campaigning on Sept. 16, 2021. .“They are often misogynists, also often racists. It’s a small group of people that muscles in and we have to make a choice. Do we tolerate these people?”
Records show the Privy Council conducted a confidential survey among Canadians regarding pandemic vaccination strategies, according to an Access to Information request. . COVID-19 Vaccine Needle .The researchers explored options ranging from financial rewards to considering limitations on “certain activities” for the unvaccinated, according to Blacklock’s Reporter..The survey asked “Once a COVID-19 vaccine is available to you, to what extent would each of the following hypothetical measures make you more or less likely to get the vaccine right away?” .A total of 46% supported a “financial reward from government,” said the report. .A total of 44% endorsed compulsory orders that “getting the vaccine was mandatory to engage in certain activities.”.“Financial rewards may be more effective for some demographic groups,” said the report Applying Behavioural Science to the Government of Canada’s Response to COVID-19. .“For example, financial incentives appear to be more effective at encouraging visible minority respondents and younger respondents.”.Despite the Privy Council's research of various pandemic vaccination tactics, researchers cautioned against the potential “risks of backfire.” They found that threats or incentives were unlikely to motivate Canadians hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine..“All measures were most effective in increasing the likelihood of vaccination for those who already intend to be vaccinated right away and less effective for those who want to wait or who are unsure,” they wrote.. Privy Council vaccine tactics .The report is dated May 12, 2021, months after the department of Health, on Dec. 9, 2020, licensed the first pandemic vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the time opposed vaccine mandates as extreme and divisive..“There are a broad range of reasons why someone might not get vaccinated,” Trudeau told reporters on Jan. 14, 2021. .“I think the indications that the vast majority of Canadians are looking to get vaccinated will get us to a good place without having to take more extreme measures that could have real divisive impacts on community and country.”.The prime minister called a federal election scheduled for Aug. 15, 2021, making it a referendum on vaccine mandates..“The answer to tyranny is to have an election,” said Trudeau. .Pending cabinet orders sought to mandate proof of vaccination for air travellers, border crossers, and federally-regulated employees..The prime minister went further in an August 31, 2021, campaign rally depicting unvaccinated Canadians as unfit parents “putting at risk our kids.” .“What about my choice to keep my kids safe?” said Trudeau. .“What about our choices to make sure we’re getting through this pandemic as quickly as we can?”.“These are extremists who don’t believe in science,” Trudeau said while campaigning on Sept. 16, 2021. .“They are often misogynists, also often racists. It’s a small group of people that muscles in and we have to make a choice. Do we tolerate these people?”
