Canadian Employers, Facing Labor Shortage, Accommodate the Unvaccinated

Canadian Employers, Facing Labor Shortage, Accommodate the Unvaccinated
A sign says "sorry, shortage of employee's" outside of the restaurant La Panthere Verte in Montreal, Quebec, on Nov. 11, 2021. Anne-Sophie Thill/AFP via Getty Images
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OTTAWA—Canada’s tight labor market is forcing many companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government adopted one of the strictest inoculation policies in the world for civil servants and has already put more than 1,000 workers on unpaid leave, with thousands more at risk.