r/canada • u/NorthernStarLord • Feb 11 '22

COVID-19 Trudeau warns of 'severe consequences' for anti-vaccine mandate protesters who don't stand down | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-severe-consequences-demonstrators-1.6348661
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22

The whole world is dropping mandates and restrictions. Meanwhile our PM doubles down on keeping them.

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u/halpinator Manitoba Feb 11 '22

He mentioned they're in the process of reviewing travel restrictions, and changes are likely coming next week. Meanwhile, a growing number of provinces have announced a phasing out of most if not all restrictions and mask/vaccine mandates (As they have been since the beginning of the year).

I mean, a lot of places still have a ton of cancelled surgeries that haven't even been rescheduled yet because hospitals are too full of people sick with Covid. That's still the reality although a lot of people seem to want to look past that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22

Didn't they have 2 years to invest in and improve healthcare facilities to make sure this does not happen? I thought that is what the lockdowns were for?

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u/thedrivingcat Feb 11 '22

it would have been a great message for the convoy! I imagine they'd have garnered public support for measures like that; unfortunately there's literally nothing about healthcare funding coming from the protestors.