One of the dangerous realities of the vaccine mandate for air travellers is that it effectively bars unvaccinated Canadians from leaving the country (which is a Charter guarantee). With a closed land border and a vaccine requirement for air and marine travel, people are trapped.
A friend points out that this mandate could bar Newfoundlanders from leaving the Rock. So far, it looks like only "non-essential" marine transport will require vaccination (such as cruise ships), though if the ferry, unilaterally mandates, internal mobility rights are dead.
Okay, it looks like Newfoundlanders can drive to Point May, canoe to Saint-Pierre, then hop on a direct flight to Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Great – constitutional liberties intact!
Interestingly, the air travel vaccine mandate only applies to flights *departing* from Canada. I presume this is because the government is trying to respect (or pretend to respect) entry rights. Well, exit rights are in the exact same section of the Charter.
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