CBC News published this video item, entitled “Government standing firm on vaccine mandate for truckers” – below is their description.
Despite calls from some business groups for the government to delay the new vaccination rule for truckers, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the government doesn’t intend to push the pause button.
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The Canadian Trucker Protest or Freedom Convoy began on 9th January 2022 in protest against vaccine mandates following the Covid-19 Pandemic. The blockade of trucks has gridlocked Ottawa and several other cities and key routes.
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.
