The vaccine passport in that province will only be used to access non-essential services like gyms, restaurants, bars, festivals and event venues, but will not be required for retail stores.
“It’s all about keeping people safe, keeping clients guests and patrons safe,” Yedlin said. “It’s also about making sure that we keep our economy open, and we’re not faced with another lockdown.”However, Premier Jason Kenney has repeatedly said he isn’t in favour of vaccine passports, and raised concerns the policy would violate privacy laws.
Currently, 76.5 per cent of Albertans over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 67.2 per cent of the province’s population over the age of 12 are fully immunized.Jean-Christophe Boucher, an associate professor at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, has been researching data on COVID-19 and vaccines through millions of interactions collected daily from social media platforms.
“It wasn’t because they were afraid of the vaccine, it was because they kind of didn’t trust public authorities to make these things happen,” Boucher said.Vaccine passports set to launch this fall to help Canadians travel overseas
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