Manitoba MLA facing criticism for not showing proper vaccine proof at restaurant

One Progressive Conservative MLA in Manitoba is facing criticism for not showing proper proof of vaccination while at a restaurant.

One Progressive Conservative MLA in Manitoba is facing criticism for not showing proper proof of vaccination while at a restaurant.

Wendy May, owner of the Oakwood Café, said Seine River MLA Janice Morley-Lecomte came to the restaurant on Friday.

She said when a server asked Morley-Lecomte for proof of vaccination, the MLA provided a printout with no information that could be scanned and no secondary photo ID.

May noted that Morley didn’t provide a vaccination card or QR card on her phone or other device.

“What we’re allowed to accept is the physical plastic card with a scannable code or the QR code, or if you have the pan-Canadian card that has the QR code that we’re able to scan,” May said.

“She didn’t have those. She had a piece of paper, which we think had her proof of vaccination on it, but there was nothing that we were able to scan.”

May noted that when the server said the restaurant required the QR code, Morley-Lecomte said the restaurant was wrong for requesting the information.