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# Vaccination: what rights do eligible children have?

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25 August 2021

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[TVA Nouvelles](https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2021/08/25/vaccination-quel-droit-pour-les-enfants-admissibles)

"It is a matter of life and death when you vaccinate your children," insists Me Anne-France Goldwater, who argues in an interview with TVA Nouvelles that children over 12 who wish to be vaccinated against COVID-19 but face parental refusal have the right to turn to the courts to be inoculated and may obtain compensation.

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