Ottawa set to announce an end to vaccine mandates for domestic travel, outbound flights

The federal authorities is ready to announce an finish to the COVID-19 vaccine mandates Tuesday for home journey on planes and trains, in addition to outbound worldwide journey, CBC Information has realized.

Sources with direct information of the choice advised CBC Information that the federal government might reinstate the vaccine requirement if there is a new variant of the virus. CBC Information will not be naming the sources, as a result of they weren’t approved to talk publicly on the difficulty

The vaccine mandates for travel have been in impact since Oct. 30, 2021. Because the mandate was phased in, travellers had a one-month grace interval the place they may as an alternative present proof of a adverse COVID-19 take a look at.

The federal government has been below stress from the opposition parties in addition to industry organizations to chill out some public well being measures in response to delays and long lineups at airports.

When the vaccine mandate got here into impact for journey, federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra stated it was to maintain travellers and workers within the trade protected.