Two Greater Victoria businesses — a cafe and a gym — are pushing back against B-C’s forthcoming vaccine card, saying they will refuse to ask customers for proof of their vaccination status when the card comes into effect starting September 13th.
The co-owner of Sunnyside Cafe in Esquimalt, Stephanie Herring, says she believes it’s a privacy violation to ask customers for their vaccination status and she won’t put staff in a position that could lead to confrontation while enforcing B-C’s rules.
Dave Puhky, co-owner of The Fitness Academy in Victoria, won’t ask people to show their vaccine card, saying he doesn’t want to add to the divisions he sees in society.
The Health Ministry says it expects all businesses to comply with the order that anyone who wants to access a range of indoor settings must have at least one dose of vaccine by September 13th and two by October 24th.
