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New Brunswick retracts vaccine requirements for grocery stores after public backlash

Updated: December 20, 2021 at 1:57 pm EST  See Comments

Mon Dec 20, 2021 – 11:36 am ESTMon Dec 20, 2021 – 11:42 am EST

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (LifeSiteNews) — Unvaccinated Canadians in New Brunswick are now allowed to access all grocery stores again, after intense pressure from the public led the government to retract its policy leaving it up to businesses how to treat people who refuse the abortion-tainted COVID shot.

On Friday, the province of New Brunswick backtracked on an aspect of its COVID-19 “winter plan” which compelled grocery stores to either enforce social distancing or require all patrons to be “fully vaccinated.” It had been initially rolled out on December 4, and was immediately met with large pushback from the public, independent news media, and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).

“An option allowing stores that sell groceries to ask patrons 12 and over for proof of vaccination, instead of implementing distancing requirements, is being removed from the province’s mandatory order,” wrote the province on Friday. “The original intention was to give stores a choice, and that those choosing the proof-of-vaccination option would offer delivery or curbside pickup; it was never the intention for anyone to believe they could not access groceries.”

Only three days after the announcement of the coercive measure, the JCCF sent a “demand letter” to the province rebuking them for their now overturned policy while informing them the measure was in transgression of

The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News

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