Liberals enacted a broad vaccine mandate for airlines but there is no information on whether it’s being enforced through random checks
The federal government is refusing to disclose how often the vaccination status of air travellers is being confirmed in what the Liberals billed as a broad vaccine mandate but which is so far only being enforced through random checks.
“What we need is a credible, thorough process for validating people’s vaccine passports, that’s what Canadians expect and that’s what the Minister should have delivered,” Mr. Bachrach said. As of Nov. 30, the option of getting a negative COVID-19 test to travel by air will expire. At that point, Ms. Glazer said, “all travellers will need to show proof of vaccination” . The airlines are in the process of implementing a system that will allow passengers to upload a nationally standardized proof of vaccination credential, she added.
John Gradek, who teaches aviation leadership at McGill University, said the rollout of the vaccine mandate is “kind of a mess,” noting that the responsibility for checking passenger’s vaccination status is shared with the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, the government agency that screens people and baggage.
Mr. Bachrach said the government’s changing approach shows it wasn’t ready to implement the policy when it was first rolled out: “It’s a bit of ready, fire, aim.”
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