Travel Initiatives

Tunisia’s Health ministry announced Thursday the decision to scrap requirement for COVID19 vaccine passport and PCR test for travelers visiting the country as infections continue to dwindle down at home and on the international front. The decision came as the north African country reported Tuesday 0 case of COVID-19-related death. During the weekly report, the ministry said 81 contaminations were recorded between 21 and 27 November, accounting for 5.91 per cent of contamination rate. Since... Read further. #vaccinepassport

TORONTO: The Justice Centre funded the challenge to Ontario’s now expired vaccine passport system in the Ontario Superior Court on Monday, November 21 and Tuesday, November 22, 2022.  The hearing has been concluded, but the court has reserved judgement to an unspecified future date.  On September 21, 2021, the Ontario government created a vaccine passport that required certain businesses to check proof of vaccination from patrons in order to allow them entry into the venues. The... Read further. #vaccinepassport

An Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling on Dec. 13 held that vaccine passports were constitutional. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said it is considering an appeal. JCCF represented eight clients who argued their Charter freedoms were violated by vaccine passports. One of the clients was Sarah Lamb, who experienced long-term neurological side effects after the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, said JCCF in a release following the ruling. She lost sensation... Read further. #vaccinepassport

POLITICS UPDATED: JANUARY 24, 2023 AT 5:52 PM House Business and Labor Committee hearing public comments on H.B. 131 (KSL-TV's Michael Houck) SALT LAKE CITY —  On Tuesday afternoon, HB131, the vaccine passport prohibition bill, received a favorable recommendation from the House Business and Labor Committee with a 10 to 2 vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Walt Brooks, said in the committee hearing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA laws were becoming blurred, and... Read further. #vaccinepassport

SALT LAKE CITY —  On Tuesday afternoon, HB131, the vaccine passport prohibition bill, received a favorable recommendation from the House Business and Labor Committee with a 10 to 2 vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Walt Brooks, said in the committee hearing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA laws were becoming blurred, and he would like to un-blur them. “All of a sudden, those (HIPAA) laws became all gray and fuzzy, and no one cared anymore,” Brooks... Read further. #vaccinepassport

SALT LAKE CITY —  On Tuesday afternoon, HB131, the vaccine passport prohibition bill, received a favorable recommendation from the House Business and Labor Committee with a 10 to 2 vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Walt Brooks, said in the committee hearing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA laws were becoming blurred, and he would like to un-blur them. “All of a sudden, those (HIPAA) laws became all gray and fuzzy, and no one cared anymore,” Brooks... Read further. #vaccinepassport

SALT LAKE CITY —  On Tuesday afternoon, HB131, the vaccine passport prohibition bill, received a favorable recommendation from the House Business and Labor Committee with a 10 to 2 vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Walt Brooks, said in the committee hearing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA laws were becoming blurred, and he would like to un-blur them. “All of a sudden, those (HIPAA) laws became all gray and fuzzy, and no one cared anymore,” Brooks... Read further. #vaccinepassport

SALT LAKE CITY —  On Tuesday afternoon, HB131, the vaccine passport prohibition bill, received a favorable recommendation from the House Business and Labor Committee with a 10 to 2 vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Walt Brooks, said in the committee hearing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA laws were becoming blurred, and he would like to un-blur them. “All of a sudden, those (HIPAA) laws became all gray and fuzzy, and no one cared anymore,” Brooks... Read further. #vaccinepassport

SALT LAKE CITY —  On Tuesday afternoon, HB131, the vaccine passport prohibition bill, received a favorable recommendation from the House Business and Labor Committee with a 10 to 2 vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Walt Brooks, said in the committee hearing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA laws were becoming blurred, and he would like to un-blur them. “All of a sudden, those (HIPAA) laws became all gray and fuzzy, and no one cared anymore,” Brooks... Read further. #vaccinepassport