Mon Aug 30, 2021 – 8:28 pm EDT
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(LifeSiteNews) – Despite saying in July that he was against COVID-19 vaccine passports, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce Tuesday the details of a proof of vaccination system.
According to multiple media reports, sources say Ford was meeting Monday with his senior cabinet to discuss vaccine passports in detail.
According to a Toronto Sun report, Ford will be joined at the Tuesday press conference by Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott and Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer of health.
Ford is expected to say that some non-essential businesses and public settings will require those entering the facilities to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
In July, Ford said he was against vaccine passports.
“The answer is no. We aren’t going to do it; we aren’t going to have a split society,” Ford said then.
In recent days, Ford has been pressured by Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario Hospital Association to bring in a province-wide COVID-19 vaccine passport.
On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while campaigning for the September 20 federal election, told Ford that he needed to “step up” in creating an Ontario vaccine passport.
This earned a rebuke from Ford’s office, who said the province already has the “most cautious reopening plan” along with “far-ranging mandatory vaccination policies for high-risk settings.”
Currently, anyone in Ontario who has had COVID-19 jabs can either download proof
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