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Bill C-278

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 25, 2023
Prevention of Government-imposed Vaccination Mandates Act
  • Bill C-278, also known as the Prevention of Government-imposed Vaccination Mandates Act, aims to prevent the federal government from imposing vaccination mandates for employment and travel. The bill amends the Financial Administration Act to state that the Treasury Board cannot require vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment in the federal public administration. It also amends the Canada Labour Code to prevent regulations that require COVID-19 vaccination as a term or condition of employment in federal workplaces. Additionally, the bill amends the Aeronautics Act, Railway Safety Act, and Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to ensure that no regulations, orders, or instruments can prohibit a person from boarding an aircraft, train, or vessel solely because they have not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-278
An Act to prevent the imposition by the federal government of vaccination mandates for employment and travel
FIRST READING, June 2, 2022

Mr. Poilievre
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Financial Administration Act to provide that the Treasury Board may not require as a condition of employment in the federal public administration that a person receive a vaccine against COVID-19. It also amends the Canada Labour Code to provide that regulations may not be made that require, as a term or condition of employment in or in connection with the operation of a federal work, undertaking or business, that a person receive a vaccine against COVID-19.

In addition, the enactment amends the Aeronautics Act, the Railway Safety Act and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to provide that no regulation, order or other instrument made under any of those Acts to prevent the introduction or spread of COVID-19 may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting a person from boarding an aircraft, a train or a vessel solely on the ground that they have not received a vaccine against that disease.

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1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-278

An Act to prevent the imposition by the federal government of vaccination mandates for employment and travel

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

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1 This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Government-imposed Vaccination Mandates Act.

R.‍S.‍, c. F-11

Financial Administration Act

2 Subsection 11.‍1(2) of the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (a) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

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    (a.‍1) do not include the power to require as a term or condition of employment in the federal public administration that a person receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or to provide for the termination of an employee, or for a suspension of or a reduction in their pay, solely on the ground that they have not received a vaccine against COVID-19; and

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R.‍S.‍, c. L-2

Canada Labour Code

3 Section 157 of the Canada Labour Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.‍1):

Limitation — COVID-19

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(2) No regulation may be made under this Part that requires, as a term or condition of employment in or in connection with the operation of a federal work, undertaking or business, that a person receive a vaccine against the coro­navirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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R.‍S.‍, c. A-2

Aeronautics Act

4 The Aeronautics Act is amended by adding the following after section 4.‍74:

Limitation — COVID-19

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4.‍741 No regulation, notice, order, security measure or emergency direction made under this Part to prevent the introduction or spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting a person from entering an aircraft on the sole ground that they have not received a vaccine against that disease.

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R.‍S.‍, c. 32 (4th Supp.‍)

Railway Safety Act

5 The Railway Safety Act is amended by adding the following after section 47.‍2:

Limitation — COVID-19

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47.‍21 No regulation, order, emergency directive or other instrument made under this Act to prevent the introduction or spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting a person from boarding railway equipment on the sole ground that they have not received a vaccine against that disease.

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2001, c. 26

Canada Shipping Act, 2001

6 Section 120 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Limitation — COVID-19

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(1.‍1) No regulation made under this section to prevent the introduction or spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting a person from boarding a vessel on the sole ground that they have not received a vaccine against that disease.‍

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7 Section 136 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Limitation — COVID-19

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(1.‍1) No regulation made under this section to prevent the introduction or spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting a person from boarding a vessel on the sole ground that they have not received a vaccine against that disease.‍

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