Vaccine Passport

The term vaccine passport refers to a variety of “proof of vaccination” systems implemented worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduced under different names and formats, the system has been introduced in earnest to limit or expand individual “privileges” as authorized by a governing agency, such as a public health agency or elected government.

Vaccine passport systems were rolled out in a limited fashion in 2021 at multiple levels of community governance based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

The merits of vaccine passports and proof of vaccination programs have been hotly debated. Proponents of the concept have dismissed concerns as right-wing “conspiracy theories”.¹⁾

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A rogues gallery of companies are developing vaccine passport products and services.

• CANImmunize
• IBM

In December 2021, a man was denied access to a Toronto farmer's market because he did not provide proof of vaccination.²⁾ The organizer of the market responded claiming they were simply following the law under the Reopening Ontario Act. However, the regulation was pointed out to clearly state “proof of vaccination is not required at event spaces “where a patron is entering an indoor area solely to make a retail purchase”. The market in question is funded through the Toronto Artscape Foundation by TD Bank Group, the Hamilton Community Foundation, BMO Financial Group, RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), Vancity, CIBC, the Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Toronto Foundation, Air Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada Council for the Arts, Deloitte, IBM, Lyft, Ryerson University, TELUS, and the Royal Conservatory of Music, among others.³⁾

In many nations around the world, vaccine passports are being protested.

• Stop Vax Passports organizes webinars and other activities to help educate people on the dangers of vaccine passports and social credit systems such as the one employed by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Natural Immunity Matters webinar was hosted by Frank Gaffney and featured Dr. Paul Alexander, Mathew Crawford, Dr. Aaron Kheriarty, civil rights attorney Jenin Younes, Professor Todd Zywicki, Naomi Wolf, Dr. Henry Ealy, Jen Clarke, and J.R. Nyquist.