The UCP is proposing to drop part of the health act that would have enabled a government to make vaccines mandatory..Bill 66, the Public Health Amendment Act, repeals powers the government had only given themselves in April 2020..Bill 10, which received heavy criticism, allowed ministers to unilaterally amend legislation by ministerial order. .Health Minister Tyler Shandro defended the initial bill, and said it was drafted in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to allay fears the legislature would not be able to meet. .“The legislature has continued to successfully debate and the government has passed critical legislation to support lives and support livelihoods through this extraordinary time,” Shandro told reporters..Last October, Shandro said the government would repeal the law. .The backlash against secret COVID-19 isolation centres is also addressed in Bill 66..If accepted, someone who is being detained for public health reasons must be told immediately where they are going..In October, a special committee of MLAs said it received 41 public submissions against mandatory immunizations during a pandemic..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
The UCP is proposing to drop part of the health act that would have enabled a government to make vaccines mandatory..Bill 66, the Public Health Amendment Act, repeals powers the government had only given themselves in April 2020..Bill 10, which received heavy criticism, allowed ministers to unilaterally amend legislation by ministerial order. .Health Minister Tyler Shandro defended the initial bill, and said it was drafted in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to allay fears the legislature would not be able to meet. .“The legislature has continued to successfully debate and the government has passed critical legislation to support lives and support livelihoods through this extraordinary time,” Shandro told reporters..Last October, Shandro said the government would repeal the law. .The backlash against secret COVID-19 isolation centres is also addressed in Bill 66..If accepted, someone who is being detained for public health reasons must be told immediately where they are going..In October, a special committee of MLAs said it received 41 public submissions against mandatory immunizations during a pandemic..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
