BC Conservative Leader Says COVID Mandate Was About Controlling the Population

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad said the vaccine mandates seemed to be more about shaping public opinion and controlling the population. Rustad made the comments in a video interview posted on July 23 by the B.C. Public Service Employees for Freedom which opposes vaccine mandates. The video was publicized on Sept. 23 by the Conservatives’ political rival NDP on social media amid the provincial election campaign. In the video, Rustad is seen speaking about a conversation he had with Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry on vaccine mandates. “I’ve had three shots of the vaccine. I wish I hadn’t, quite frankly,” Rustad said. “That’s one of the things that has changed in my thinking. The so-called vaccine, the COVID mRNA shots.”...