Lifting travel vaccine mandate ‘politically expedient,’ with feds ‘losing the battle’ on issues management, politicos say

Strategists say the 'constant drumbeat' from the Liberal caucus 'decrying the government’s policies' played a role in shifting Ottawa's position.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said at a June 14 press conference that the government's response to the pandemic 'has always been informed by evolving science, research, prudence, and expert Public Health advice.' The government's shift on vaccine mandates is 'all about political pressure and nothing to do with evolving science,' according to one Conservative strategist.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

June 15, 2022

The federal Liberals say their decision to suspend vaccine mandates for domestic air and rail travel was based on evolving scientific and public health information, but critics say the government made a political calculation. Garry Keller

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