Commentary
Canada has been one of the world’s leading countries in terms of vaccinating its population. According to the Public Health Agency’s data (up to Sept. 16), 85.41 percent of Canadians have received at least one primary dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 82.08 percent have received both primary doses.
Nevertheless, Canada has been one of the slowest-moving countries in the world when it comes to removing COVID-19 restrictions.
Only this week did the government finally announce that, by Sept. 30, vaccine requirements at the Canada-U.S. border will be removed and the ArriveCan app for travel will become optional.
This is a positive development. It’s high time that Canada joined the United States, UK, Germany, France, and other countries in removing COVID-19 vaccine requirements and restrictions and getting back to normal—or the “new normal, whatever that entails….