Late last week, David Akin, of Global News, took a brief break from covering the campaign to reveal that his sources were telling him Ontario would soon be getting a vaccine passport of some kind.
“Hearing word from Queen’s Park that @FordNation will announce some form of vaccine passport for Ontario next week,” Akin tweeted. “I was in Winnipeg this week and MB’s vax passport is so popular govt ran out of the plastic needed to produce them!”
I had a snort at that. I know I shouldn’t lose sight of the bigger picture — Ontario is getting a vaccine passport?! — but given the Ontario government’s forays into stickers that don’t stick and licence plates that become completely unreadable under direct light, my expectations are low. Even if we can procure the plastic to make the cards, we’ll likely end up with cards that melt at room temperature or are lacquered with white phosphorus, which combusts when exposed to air. If there’s a digital version, it’ll work…
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