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# COVID-19 vaccines and minors: Where does Canadian law stand on consent?

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14 October 2021

1 min read

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“I have a number of these situations that are very painful, where one parent wants the child to be vaccinated, and the other one doesn’t," Me Anne-France Goldwater told CTV News. But regardless of age or their parents' wishes, she emphasized, children have a right to be vaccinated.

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