72% of Canadians Support Vaccine Passports for Travel
May 24, 2021 ctn_admin
An Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found that 72 per cent of respondents supported vaccine passports when flying on a plane. And 67 per cent said they liked the idea of the passports for indoor concerts, theatres and museums. The same number supported the idea when attending post-secondary education.
“I think Canadians are becoming quite supportive of vaccine passports as they become vaccinated themselves,” said Sean Simpson, vice president of Ipsos.
The Canadian government at first appeared cool to the idea. But ministers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet and the PM himself have strongly suggested that it’s only a matter of time until some sort of vaccine certificate is used.
“We are looking very carefully at it, hoping to align with allied countries,” Trudeau said recently.
Fortune reports that senior European Union officials last Thursday agreed in principle on a set of rules enabling its population to travel freely once again throughout all 27 member states this summer. The EU’s ambassadors have recommended that anyone with a double dose of approved vaccinations be allowed to travel to Europe.
The EU also is looking to expand its list of countries that tourists can visit from.
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