Quebec government postponing mandatory vaccination and suspension of unvaccinated healthcare workers from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15
During a press conference on Wednesday, October 13, ahead of the initial October 15 deadline for healthcare workers to be vaccinated, the Quebec government announced that it would be postponing the mandatory vaccination of nurses and suspension of unvaccinated nurses from October 15 to November 15.
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Quebec health minister admits government is maintaining health emergency powers to ‘negotiate with unions’
In Tuesday’s press conference, the Quebec health minister Christian Dubé admitted that although the situation was under control in the hospitals, the government would not repeal the public health emergency powers because they need those powers to negotiate with unions.
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Quebec’s premier shut down restaurants, gyms, while province’s public health advised against their closure in Fall 2020
New public health recommendations from Fall 2020 that were previously confidential were made public today: the memos show that the province’s public health recommended keeping restaurants, gyms, museums, and cinemas open throughout the fall, but the premier ignored the recommendations.
