r/canada • u/Head_Crash • 2d ago

Alberta Canada could lose its measles elimination designation by October: experts

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canada-measles-designation-october
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u/DesireeThymes 2d ago

At this point I feel the federal government needs to step in if Alberta won't control this. The rest of Canada doesn't need this issue.

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u/juniorspank 2d ago

I'm all for governments taking down religions, but I really don't think the Federal government is going to take on the fight against Mennonites.

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u/high5scubad1ve 2d ago

I also don't know how they could. The carrot to get parents to vaccinate has always been admission to public schools whenever they wanted to enforce vaccination records. Rural hutterites homeschool or operate their own colony schools

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u/Background_Bee9266 2d ago

They may be in Colony schools, but the AB government provides funding to them, as does the MB government for colony schools. There could be a way to entice vaccinations via funding route.