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By Pat Sweeney
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister calls it a “continental first.”
North Dakota will administer free COVID-19 vaccines to Manitoba-based truck drivers transporting goods to and from the U-S.
It’s called the “Essential Worker Cross-Border Vaccination Initiative.” Manitoba will make vaccination appointments in North Dakota for an estimated two- to- four-thousand truck drivers over the next six to eight weeks.
Burgum said Canada is dealing with a vaccine shortage…adding that the program should not harm North Dakota’s vaccination efforts.
“In the weeks ahead of us, I think we’re going to see excess (vaccine) supply building on the U.S. side, so this is the time to move to start working closely with our neighbors,” Burgum said.
Alberta Crown Prosecutors Continue to Drop COVID-19 Tickets, More Withdrawals Expected
Prosecutors in Alberta are continuing to withdraw tickets issued to residents who had defied COVID-19 public health orders.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, a charity law firm that defends Canadians’ Charter Rights, announced on Tuesday that Alberta provincial Crown prosecutor has dropped three tickets, and a municipal crown prosecutor has revoked one.
“Public health officials are not the supreme law of the land the Constitution is,” said Jay Cameron, litigation director for the Justice Centre. “A significant portion of the arbitrary and confusing public health orders which have so oppressed Canadian society are, on their face, unconstitutional and cannot be justified. As a result, many of the tickets issued for the supposed violation of such orders will never be prosecuted.”