COVID-19: City of Calgary weighing impacts of potential easing of provincial health measures

COVID-19: City of Calgary updates vaccine passport bylaw, including age and ID requirements The city’s vaccine passport bylaw has been in effect since September 2021, which made it mandatory for certain Calgary businesses like bars, restaurants and movie theatres to opt into the provincial passport system.Changes were made to the bylaw in November 2021 — and again last month — to better align it with the provincial program.Due to the language in the bylaw, it “ceases to have effect” if the province’s program is scrapped.City officials said the mask bylaw, however, would be unaffected by the change.Premier Jason Kenney announced early this week that his government is hoping to remove some public health restrictions, including the vaccine passport program, by the end of the month if the province’s COVID-19 situation improves sufficiently to warrant the changes.Kourtney Penner, the city councillor for Ward 11 and chair of the city’s emergency management committee, has made a request to city administration and CEMA for an update on the impacts to the city.

COVID-19 causing Calgary Transit staffing shortages, route changes, cancellations “We do know that there would be impacts and we would have to respond accordingly,” Penner told Global News. “So it’s just understanding what those are, and having our administrative team make sure that all of council understands it exactly the same.”What is unclear is what action councillors will take regarding the city’s response to COVID-19.The city’s emergency management committee is expected to get an update on the COVID-19 situation and options available to them when they meet next week.“A Calgary context approach to COVID,” Penner said. “That’s what we’re most hearing from.