Manitoba’s PC leadership candidates differ on vaccine mandates as deadline nears
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The two candidates vying to become the next premier have very different opinions on the policy.
Front-line public employees in Manitoba will soon need to be vaccinated or tested regularly for COVID-19, but the two candidates vying to become the next premier have very different opinions on the policy.
Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Heather Stefanson supports the province’s current public health orders.
“I certainly don’t want people to lose their jobs as a result of this but I think that’s why there’s choice there, so people can get vaccinated or they can get tested,” Stefanson told 680 CJOB on Saturday.
However, a Winkler-area care home is preparing for a worst-case staff shortage scenario.
Salem Home put out a call out to families of residents to potentially help out at the facility should the staff situation become a problem.
As of Friday, Shared Health said it was waiting for 25 per cent of its staff to disclose their vaccination status.
Employees who refuse to be vaccinated or submit to regular testing will be placed on unpaid leave.
Shelly Glover, the second of the two PC leadership candidates, has previously said she does not agree with vaccine mandates and stood by her comments when asked on Saturday.
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