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House Hansard - 42

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 2:58:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to answer this question. The member speaks about the date. April 1 is when there will be no need for a pre-entry rapid or antigen test or molecular test when entering Canada. We do thank Canadians for all the hard work that they have done over the last few months, including vaccinating themselves in large numbers, with 87 million vaccines administered over the last year and a half. While we do that, we are going to work very hard to keep protecting the health and safety of Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 42 - Mar/21/22
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/22 2:59:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, vaccines have prevented 1,600 deaths in recent months because of federal and provincial vaccine mandates. Those 1,600 people are still with us today thanks to vaccine mandates. Estimates suggest that vaccine mandates have also saved us billions of dollars, probably about $4 billion. That is a lot of money and, more importantly, it is a lot of people who have been kept safe and healthy.
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