VANCOUVER Anyone wanting to eat indoors at a restaurant or go to the gym in New York City will now need to provide proof of vaccination. The president of the B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association, Ian Tostenson, sees the upside of a similar rule in British Columbia. “There’s a lot of logic to this,” said Tostenson. “If it means that people suddenly realize getting vaccinated is a very important responsibility, then if that’s what it takes, that’s what its going to take.” But Tostenson doubts individual restaurants would require proof of vaccination for staff or customers. He said a provincial mandate would be required to level the playing field.
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VANCOUVER A battle between the province and religious leaders is playing out before the chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court this week, as three Fraser Valley churches challenge the constitutionality of public health orders. Abbotsford’s Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church, the Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack and Langley’s Riverside Calvary Chapel contend orders prohibiting in person religious services violate their rights. “The practice of their faith together is extremely important,” said lawyer Paul Jaffe, who represents the churches. “It reflects a deeply-held fundamental tenet of their faith.” Inside, he told Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson the public health orders, as they relate to religious groups, are “arbitrary, overbroad and disproportionate.”