Transport Canada Saw Travel Mandate as ‘Catalyst’ to Drive Vaccine Uptake: Internal Documents

Preventing the unvaccinated from taking long-distance public transportation was used as a means to increase vaccination rates, Transport Canada internal documents reveal. A briefing presented to Transport Minister Omar Alghabra on Oct. 2, 2021, regarding the implementation of the mandate said the strict requirement for vaccination without the alternative to present a negative COVID-19 test would create a “very strong impetus to drive vaccination.”