Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the pandemic is finished, the Trudeau government planned to spend millions on a vaccine passport program until 2026.. Vaccine passports PHAC .According to Blacklock’s Reporter, a memo from the department of Health said it needed money to support government measures “as needed going forward.”.“The purpose of the funding is to ensure the continued provision of the Canadian COVID-19 proof of vaccination credentials both as a health record and to facilitate mobility in the context of international travel as well as support the application of public health measures as needed going forward,” said the memo Supplementary Estimates (C)..The memo is from March 23, which is almost a year after the last rules about vaccine passports were removed. .The government orders that said people on planes and their crew needed to prove they were vaccinated ended on June 30, 2022. .The rule that said federal workers had to be vaccinated ended on June 20, 2022..The memo said the Public Health Agency budgeted $17.6 million “over three years starting in 2022-2023 to sustain the Canadian COVID-19 proof of vaccination credentials. This funding will allow the Agency to provide continued proof of vaccination policy and program support to provinces and territories.”.On May 5, the WHO announced that the pandemic had ended. .In a commentary published in 2021, Canadian Government Executive, a magazine for federal managers, stated that vaccine passports should continue to be used even after the pandemic..“After a rigorous analysis of the issue of immunity certificates, this article concludes the necessity of immunity certificates in Canada as a key enabler for the safe reopening of the society and economy in a post-COVID world,” said the commentary COVID-19 Immunity Certificate Passports as an Intergovernmental Problem in Canada..Executive magazine stated that Canadians had different opinions on the matter..“It is important to note in the United States, several states such as Florida, Texas, Arizona, etcetera have either banned or prevented the mandatory use,” said the commentary..Federal authorities in 2021 said documents proving an individual's vaccination status were not intended to be used for other purposes. .“It is not an identity document,” Isabelle Dubois, spokesperson for the department of Citizenship, said at the time. .Dubois acknowledged that there were no federal regulations limiting the use of the documents..On Oct. 21, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that standardized proof of vaccination would make things easier for people..“You can download it to your phone,” said Trudeau..“It’s a national program,” said Trudeau. .“It is a national standard for a proof of vaccination certificate that will be issued by every province and territory so that people can travel domestically, but particularly internationally.”.The Liberal Party, in its Sept. 1, 2021, election campaign platform Forward for Everyone advocated an Act of Parliament “to ensure every business and organization that decides to require proof of vaccination from employees and customers can do so without fear of a legal challenge.” .No legislation was ever introduced.
