New Brunswick’s education minister says the battle against COVID-19 has strengthened his government’s case for mandatory childhood vaccines.
Legislation that would make vaccinations mandatory for children in schools and daycares is expected to be up for debate in the coming weeks as the New Brunswick legislature resumes sitting Tuesday.
The province’s Tory minority government first introduced legislation last June amid a measles outbreak in the province, saying vaccines should be required for all children unless they have a medical exemption. “I’m pleased that it’s finally coming up for a decision,” Education Minister Dominic Cardy said Monday. “We have seen what the world is like with just one disease that doesn’t have a vaccine over the