Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said while he did not force anyone to take COVID-19 vaccines, he “chose to make sure all of the incentives and all of the protections were there to encourage Canadians to get vaccinated.” .“And that’s exactly what they did,” said Trudeau in a Monday video. .“We got vaccinated to a higher level than just about any other of our peer countries.” .The video starts off with Trudeau saying scientists, medical experts, and researchers understood vaccination would end the COVID-19 pandemic. He added Canada’s high vaccination rate made it have a less deadly pandemic than most other countries. .While many people nodded with him as he spoke, he said the comments section on the livestream is likely filling up with angry remarks. .“And we have to figure out how to continue to protect those people, because my job as prime minister is to keep people alive and keep people safe and keep democracy going whether or not they choose to believe that’s what I’m doing or not,” he said. .People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier mocked Trudeau for being intolerant. .“Right, he did not ‘force’ anyone to get vaccinated; he only unjustly fired them, financially attacked them, persecuted them, insulted them, denied them basic rights, prevented them from travelling, etc,” said Bernier. .Freedom Convoy co-organizer Tom Marazzo called Trudeau “a truly delusional, narcissistic, vile leader of Canada we constantly have to listen to.”.“An honourable person, which he clearly is not, would step down immediately,” said Marazzo..“But he won’t.” .Trudeau announced in 2021 the Canadian government’s 300,000 employees had one month to be vaccinated. .READ MORE: Trudeau tells federal civil service to get vaccinated or lose your job.He said government workers who refused to get vaccinated would be placed on unpaid leave. Contractors such as cleaning staff had to be vaccinated to gain access to government buildings..People who did remote work had to be vaccinated. If they were fired, they would be ineligible for Employment Insurance. .Trudeau told a Quebec television station in 2021 unvaccinated people were terrible. .READ MORE: Trudeau calls the unvaccinated racist and misogynistic extremists.“They don’t believe in science/progress and are very often misogynistic and racist,” he said. .“It’s a very small group of people, but that doesn’t shy away from the fact that they take up some space.”
