Tue Jan 25, 2022 – 11:22 am EST
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (LifeSiteNews) — The Vancouver Police Board upheld its decision to allow unvaccinated workers to keep their jobs so long as they agree to frequent self-paid testing.
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) on Thursday made the determination that it would continue its policy to “accommodate” unvaccinated employees by allowing them to opt for testing rather than forcing them to take the experimental jab or be terminated. The review of the policy came after three citizens wrote to the VPD to express their “disappointment” with the board for not making vaccination against COVID-19 outright compulsory as a condition of employment.
While the move to “accommodate” the unvaccinated is less harsh than mandates imposed by many other police forces in Canada, such as the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the VPD did clarify that employees must test “on their own time and at their own cost,” and the accommodation only applies to those already employed by the VPD. In effect, anybody hired by the VPD going forward will still be required to have the shots.
The legality of vaccine mandates in workplaces has been
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