Some businesses will uphold vaccine requirements after mandates end.

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when saskatchewan dropped its vaccine
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passport program on monday colin hall
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wanted to keep asking for proof of
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vaccination at his yoga studio i think
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community transmission right now is too
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high still hall decided he had no choice
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but to nix his plan because when he
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previously imposed his own vaccine
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mandate long before the province
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introduced one he faced a backlash
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essentially bullying and name-calling
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saying
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you will regret this and and um you know
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i i hope your business goes under and
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our front window was smashed by a brick
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and
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i have no idea who did that
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last week alberta also dropped its
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vaccine mandate for businesses but this
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cafe is keeping its requirement for now
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and the manager says the response has
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been positive we have taken a more
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prudent approach it’s just something we
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feel is the right thing to do
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it’s the right thing for our staff it’s
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the right thing for our community and
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our clients seem to be responding
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overwhelmingly favorably to our choices
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but could businesses keeping a vaccine
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mandate face legal challenges
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this lawyer says in general businesses
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can impose the requirement for their
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customers i don’t think it should be a
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problem
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for a business owner to continue to
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require that its customers supply proof
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of vaccination in situations where the
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customers are very close proximity to
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each other
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even so most businesses are choosing to
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drop their vaccine requirement in
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provinces ending their mandates well we
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fully support vaccination and believe
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it’s the only reason we’re in the
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position we’re in we also think we do
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need to return to normal we do look
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forward to welcoming all guests back and
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continuing to provide a safe experience
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and back at the yoga studio colin hall
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takes this consolation at least
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unvaccinated people are likely to avoid
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his business
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sofia harris cbc news vancouver