The vaccine isn't mandatory for CAF personnel, but the information briefing about the vaccine is mandatory. At the end of the briefing, to close the training, you are presented with a choice of two buttons: "I want to book an appointment" or "I want someone to contact me". If you choose book an appointment, you can exit out of the scheduling app without making an appointment, but it still counts as "this guy got in line" whether or not you actually get the shot. I don't know precisely how many people went this route, but it's greater than zero.
That's not true. Not being vaccinated may preclude certain out-of-Canada postings, and vaccination may be made mandatory for certain deployments, but there is no mechanism for docking pay or adding reprimands to pers files over vaccinations.
The way to make this mandatory is for the chief of the defence staff to say "this is mandatory". He can do so at his discretion but has chosen not too. My guess is because doing so would make the military liable for any injuries caused by the vaccine down the line.
Bullshit numbers.
The vaccine isn't mandatory for CAF personnel, but the information briefing about the vaccine is mandatory. At the end of the briefing, to close the training, you are presented with a choice of two buttons: "I want to book an appointment" or "I want someone to contact me". If you choose book an appointment, you can exit out of the scheduling app without making an appointment, but it still counts as "this guy got in line" whether or not you actually get the shot. I don't know precisely how many people went this route, but it's greater than zero.
That's not true. Not being vaccinated may preclude certain out-of-Canada postings, and vaccination may be made mandatory for certain deployments, but there is no mechanism for docking pay or adding reprimands to pers files over vaccinations.
The way to make this mandatory is for the chief of the defence staff to say "this is mandatory". He can do so at his discretion but has chosen not too. My guess is because doing so would make the military liable for any injuries caused by the vaccine down the line.
The CDS has the authority to mandate vaccinations but at this time he has not done so. I can't predict the future, just saying what is.
The CDS DOES NOT have that authority.
That number will be forces-wide.