Feds likely to be drawn into talks on standardizing use of vaccine passports, despite reticence to wade in

Barring residents who haven’t been vaccinated from travelling to another province may be the unlikeliest of scenarios, but Prof. Krishnamurthy says he sees certificates being used to confer benefits to pass holders such as exemptions from having to quarantine or taking a rapid test at the airport, for international arrivals.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed ambivalence around the use of vaccine passports, saying they raise concerns around 'equity.'
The Trudeau government may be intent on leaving it up to premiers to decide whether to implement systems for tracking proof of vaccination, but some experts say that’s easier said than done. The debate raging over the adoption...

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