MLAs who voted 'No' on Cardy's vaccination bill ponder whether it's time to say 'Yes'
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Education Minister Dominic Cardy says he may revive his effort to tighten vaccination rules for school children, but it's not clear if he'd win any more support than he did last year.
Cardy's bill, to eliminate some exemptions from the mandatory vaccination policy for school children, was defeated 22-20 in a free vote in the legislature in June 2020.
To succeed now, he'd have to change the minds of at least some of the 14 MLAs who voted no last year who are still in the legislature.
"I'll have to get back to you on that one," said Environment and Climate Change Minister Gary Crossman, one of the 'No' votes, when asked whether he'd switch.
Natural Resources and Energy Minister Mike Holland said he'd "consider" switching to a yes vote if a new bill addressed some of his concerns from last year.
Liberal MLA Francine Landry said it was too early to say if she'd change her vote.
"It's a hypothetical question so I won't answer that, because we don't know what the bill will look like," she said.