MLA Neudorf calls for REP to be scrapped

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 8, 2022.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com

MLA for Lethbridge East Nathan Neudorf says the time has come for the Restrictions Exemption Program to end.
In a Thursday Facebook post, Neudorf said his office has fielded more than 3,000 phone calls, emails and messages in recent days from across the province.
The REP program, he wrote, was “never meant to deprive any Albertan of education or occupation. However, it’s undeniably had that effect. I’ve heard one heartbreaking story after another of people losing their livelihood, their homes and their trust in the Alberta government.”
Neudorf wrote that while he believes in the freedom of everyone to choose vaccination, he also believes in the freedom of people to not get vaccinated.
“When the REP program was put in place, it was with the intention of protecting our health care system. It is no longer serving that purpose and I believe it’s time for it to come to an end,” wrote the MLA.
In his post, Neudorf said data shows that COVID-19 is now hitting both the vaccinated and unvaccinated so it no longer makes sense to place restrictions on the latter.
“I am advocating for the REP to be immediately rescinded.”

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