Since midnight, the Province of Alberta, Canada, lifted the vaccine pass. The day before, Saskatchewan had done the same. Other measures such as gauges or restrictions on the sale of alcohol were lifted at the same time. Still others, such as the wearing of the mask, should be later in the month, according to the decisions of the Premiers of each province, respectively Jason Kenney for Alberta and Scott Moe for Saskatchewan. The constant demonstrations of the truckers seem to play a leading role in these positions, despite the fact that the current government categorically refuses the discussion.
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Justin Trudeau, for his part, has communicated that he is considering the option of extending the vaccination obligation to the crossing of the provinces, and no longer only the US / Canada border. Immediately, Jason Kenney split a filmed announcement to ensure that he will fight once morest mandatory vaccination of truckers, ” to court if necessary. »
Half-confessed political motives?
The NDP’s health spokesman, David Sheperd, was quick to point the finger at political motivations: ” We know that the Prime Minister has significantly accelerated his plans [de réouverture] in the last week while he was facing the illegal protests in Coutts. “Since the beginning of February, the Coutts border, between the United States and Canada, has been partially blocked by trucks and traffic has slowed down significantly. Between last Monday and Tuesday, Canadians came on horseback to support the truckers on site.
#Coutts, #Alberta #Canada The cowboys came to support the convoy that was blocking the border between Canada and the USA https://t.co/jG8Ugk0ZnD #FreedomTruckers #ConveyForFreedom #CanadaTruckers2022#OttawaSiege #OttawaOccupation #LUSTFULALIBERTE #Canada pic.twitter.com/abXGJAvR5q
– Nicolas Vidal (@nicolasputsch) February 7, 2022
According to David Sheperd, it was because of this pressure put on him by the protesters, coupled with that imposed by Conservative MPs, that Jason Kenney hastened to calm the ardors. A vote of confidence in the Prime Minister is scheduled for April 9. As a reminder, Erin O’Toole, former leader of the Conservatives, was removed from office following such a vote on February 2.
In France, the government is taking its time. Today, Gabriel Attal announced a potential lifting of the vaccination pass for ” end of March, beginning of April ». A date that roughly corresponds to the launch of the presidential election. As for the French convoys that set out, the state promised a ” extremely firm response ».