CALGARY — With British Columbia’s announcement that it will implement vaccine passports midway through September, reaction on how something like that could work in Alberta is pouring in.
Deborah Yedlin with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce says all provinces should be on the same page when it comes to proof of vaccination.
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“With one province going in the direction of vaccine passports, and the other province not choosing that road,” Yedlin says. “From a business standpoint that potentially creates some transactional friction, and that’s not helpful. We have a patchwork system, business to business, province to province.”
Yedlin also says Albertans are largely supportive of vaccine passports.
“A Leger poll that was done on August 19 said that 72 per cent of Albertans support a vaccine passport, that’s compared to 76 per cent of Canadians,” Yedlin says. “According to Angus Reid the majority of…
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