O’Toole has friends in high places

Doug Ford is banking on the fact that as the threat wanes, so will the political power of the vaccine question and he wants anti-vaxxers on his side in next June’s provincial election.

Quebec Premier François Legault, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured. In both Ontario and Quebec, the politicians have ignored advice from public health officials to promote mandatory vaccinations in settings dealing with vulnerable, hospitalized people.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

November 8, 2021

OTTAWA—Erin O’Toole has friends in high places. And now, Ontario and Quebec provincial governments have taken a page from the O’Toole playbook. They claim to support the need to vaccinate all Ontarians, but have exempted those who work in health-care settings from mandatory vaccinations. Not...

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