Vaccine Passports Have Come to Canada. Don’t Expect the Canadian Constitution to Stop Them

Of the many terms we’ve become accustomed to over the course of the pandemic, “vaccine passport” is perhaps one of the more ominous ones. Although the idea was initially dismissed as little more than a conspiracy theory, many people now believe that “showing your papers” is a reasonable prerequisite for participating in normal public life. Indeed, New York City has already implemented a vaccine passport, and many other municipalities are also considering it. Two years ago we would have called this dystopian. Today, we call it a public health measure.-- More...