New Brunswick may consider making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory down the road, says Premier Blaine Higgs. “I think it’s something that will get further discussion in New Brunswick, and probably across the country,” said Higgs during an interview with CBC’s Power & Politics on Jan. 10, following his call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the other premiers. Higgs was responding to a question as to whether the province will follow a proposal by federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos who said on Jan. 7 that he believes provinces and territories should consider making the vaccines mandatory for all at some point. The topic, however, received “very limited discussion” during the premiers’ call with Trudeau, according to Higgs. “There are varying views across the country,” he said, while noting that before the pandemic his province had previously proposed legislation to make vaccinations mandatory for children in schools and daycares unless they have …