The imposition of the vaccine passport on Tuesday at the SAQ and the SQDC went off without a hitch in several branches of Quebec City as was able to see The newspaper.
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In some places, it was security guards who greeted customers, while elsewhere, it was employees.
“It’s going very well. People are nice. We’ve been preparing for a long time,” said an employee of the SAQ Dépôt, on Einstein Street, where there was still good turnover already at the start of the day.
With his vaccine passport in hand, Claude Ferland was ready to enter the SQDC on Chemin Sainte-Foy.
“I am comfortable with this measure, if we want to get out of the pandemic. That’s what it takes. The world must be vaccinated. Me, I have my three doses”, he confided.
Bend anyway
“I will tell you quite frankly, I am vaccinated. So it doesn’t affect me that much. That said, I am for the freedom to choose. No, it doesn’t really concern me, but it doesn’t affect me. I do the same, because to be able to live, we have no choice. I will not stay locked up at home, ”added Anthony Dupont, also a client of the SQDC.
“It doesn’t bother me at all. It was quick. There was no waiting,” continued Tarik.
A lady met on the sidewalk considers it “ridiculous” that customers are required to have a vaccination passport, when they can be served by non-vaccinated employees.
“I am not offended. I am in favor of sanitary measures. There are no ideal solutions. The Quebec government found itself in a situation that was not expected and it is trying to manage it as best as possible,” said Alexis, who had to go back and forth to his car where he had forgotten his vaccination proof to return to the SQDC.
“Me, I much prefer going to the shops that ask for it,” says Marcel Janneteau.
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Marcel Janneteau, met at the exit of an SQDC, has no problem presenting his vaccination proof. He even wants the government to expand this measure even further.
A customer from another branch located a little further away doubts that this new measure will encourage non-vaccinated people to make an appointment for their first dose.
“Those who do not want to be vaccinated have their own reasons. That’s not what will make them change their minds,” said Louise Villeneuve.
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“Those who do not want to be vaccinated have their own reasons. That’s not what will make them change their minds,” said Louise Villeneuve, customer of the SAQ.
“It does nothing to challenge, it is to protect us,” added Véronique Jobidon leaving a branch of the SAQ.
“It’s a very good deal that we present our vaccine passport. It has to encourage people to go and get vaccinated,” believes Réal Martel, who was completing his wine purchases and who is in favor of this measure.
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An SAQ customer, Réal Martel, believes that this measure will encourage non-vaccinated people to make an appointment.