Quebec to require vaccine proof for cannabis and liquor shoppers

bbc.com ^ | 1/7/2022 | Unknown

[rktman]

Retail liquor and cannabis shops in Canada's Quebec province will require shoppers to show proof of vaccination amid a rising surge of new Covid cases.

The new measure goes into effect on Tuesday, 18 January. Health officials say they hope the order will encourage more people to get vaccinated.

New cases are spiking in Quebec despite the region having one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.

On Thursday, health officials warned of a "tsunami" of new hospital admissions.

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé told reporters that customers will have to display proof of vaccination to enter the government-run Société des alcools du Québec and Société québécoise du cannabis stores.

"I'm just saying that if you don't want to get vaccinated, stay home," he said, adding that more restrictions are coming soon.

"If unvaccinated people are unhappy about it,"Mr Dubé added, "there's a very simple solution: getting vaccinated."

Proof of vaccine is already required in health facilities, theatres, bars and indoor sport and performance venues.

A curfew is also in place, running from 22:00 to 05:00 each day.

[Karliner]

Are they doing this to abortion clinics or still kill one kill all?

[Chode]

100%

[RainMan]

The first international team to play in the Stanley Cup was the Portland (OR) Rosebuds in 1916. The first international team to win the Stanley Cup was the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917. Seattle also played in the 1919 Stanley Cup which was cancelled after 5 games (2-2-1) because of the Spanish Flu. Seattle then lost the 1920 Stanley Cup. The next international team to play in the Stanley Cup was Boston (lost) in 1927, and then the New York Rangers won it in 1928.

[jmacusa]

Aw, that's not nearly as much fun as rounding them up, with the armed goons, barking dogs , search lights and herding them all into box cars to be taken away to vaccination camps''.

[Hieronymus]

You are well named. And a credit to Seattle (or at least Washington).

I’m from the South Coast of Oregon, and the swamp next to which I grew up “froze” solid enough to walk on a little bit perhaps twice during my youth. The Oregon that I grew up in boasted at least two, and perhaps five ice rinks. God did not mean for Oregonians to play hockey.

I found out long after the fact that my Grandfather used to sneak an airhorn into Portland Winterhawks games, but God still did not mean for Oregonians to play hockey.

I was aware of the Spanish flu season. The rest was news to me.

However, my point about the Flyers was that it was an all-Canadian team. And the Warren Zenon song makes the point about the mercenary aspect of Canadians who export both the sport and the players. For another good song by him about mercenaries, try “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” (it has a soft spot in my heart, both because I am half Norwegian, and I am, metaphorically, trying to “help out the Congolese.)