反疫苗者一邊抗議醫護 中招後又接受醫護治療
問：你在競選期間遇到很多反疫苗示威者抗議，這是否表明聯邦政府的疫苗政策成功，迫使這些反疫苗者走極端路線抗議？如果他們騷擾接種疫苗的人，你會告訴他們什麼？
答：他們不但一直在騷擾有接種疫苗的人，也一直騷擾努力治療這些沒有接種疫苗、但身染新冠躺臥在深切治療部的醫護人員。
不幸的是，這裏有一小撮不相信科學、不相信保護其他加拿大人的邊緣人。
老實說，雖然保守黨希望尊重反疫苗者的選擇自由，但我的重點是尊重已接種疫苗的加拿大人想要恢復正常生活的選擇自由。後者不希望自己孩子因與反疫苗者同搭飛機，就要承受染疫風險。
如果閣下不想接種疫苗，那是個人選擇。但我們不會讓你登機或上火車，又或在聯邦政府部門工作。聯邦政府也開始與各省合作，發展疫苗護照，未接種疫苗的人將很難去餐廳、上健身房、入電影院。這就是渡過難關必需的領導才能。
不幸的是，就像 Erin O’Toole 不幸面對槍械法一樣，他不敢向他黨內反科學、反疫苗者說：你錯了，每個人都應接種疫苗。
Q: You met a lot of anti-vaxxer protests during the campaign. Is this indicative of your government's success in vaccine policy, which forced these anti-vaxxers to take extreme routes to voice their messages? What would you tell them if they start to harass those that were vaccinated?
A: They have been harassing people that are vaccinated, they have been harassing healthcare workers who ironically are working incredibly hard to treat people who didn't get vaccinated who have COVID and in ICU. It is unfortunately a fringe population of people who don't believe in science, who don't believe in protecting other Canadians.
And quite frankly, while the Conservatives want to respect the freedom of choice for anti-vaxxers to not get vaccinated, my focus is on respecting your choice – Canadian's choice who want to get back to life, who chose to get vaccinated, who don't think their kids should be vulnerable if they are sitting in a plane across from an anti-vaxxer.
If you don't want to get vaccinated, that's your choice. But we are not going to let you on a plane, or train, or not able to work on the federal public service; and increasingly by working with the provinces on vaccine mandates and certification, people who aren't vaccinated will have a hard time going to restaurants, going to gym, and going to a movie theatre.
And that is the leadership we need to get through this.
Unfortunately, just like Erin O'Toole couldn't stand up to the gun law, he can't stand up to the anti-science, anti-vaxxer in his party and say, well no, everyone needs to get vaccinated.
