Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran is welcoming the B.C. government’s vaccine passport plan as a chance to hold back a wave of COVID-19 infections and more drastic health restrictions.
“This was a surprise but pleasant one, I’m happy the government is going this route,” Basran told Chris Walker, host of CBC’s Daybreak South.
“Even until as late last week, in terms of conversations that I and other municipalities were having with the government and Interior Health, they really didn’t want to go down the vaccine card route.”
On Monday, the province announced a plan to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for anyone who wants to attend a concert, sporting event, movie, restaurant, nightclub, casino or fitness class.
Basran says the twin crises of COVID-19 and wildfires have been a struggle for the Okanagan’s tourism and hospitality industry.
He argues the plan is a needed measure to convince vaccine hesitant residents and vaccine opponents to get vaccinated.
“The…
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