The Canadian Armed Forces says over three-quarters of the more than 1,300 service members who applied for an exemption from the military's COVID-19 vaccine requirement have had their requests denied.
Vice-chief of the defence staff Lt.-Gen. Frances Allen revealed the figure during testimony to a parliamentary committee this week, in which she also sidestepped questions about what will happen to those troops if the vaccine requirement is lifted.
Allen told the House of Commons defence committee that of the more than 1,300 Armed Forces members who applied an exemption from the requirement for medical or religious reasons, only 158 had their requests approved.Despite the large number of denials, only a handful of military personnel have been forced to hang up their uniforms to date.
Ninety-four full-time members had voluntarily hung up their uniforms rather than get vaccinated, the department added. The number of part-time reservists who have chosen to leave -- or are in danger of being kicked out -- wasn't available. The Defence Department said nearly 1,000 troops had been issued warnings since December, while formal reviews have been launched against 445 members who continue to defy the vaccination order after other remedial measures have been exhausted.
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