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Canada’s vaccine mandate saves lives. It promotes good public health. It also helps baseball fans figure out which players can be bothered to care about winning.
Canada, as does the United States, requires all noncitizen travelers to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter the country. That means anyone whose team is scheduled to play a road game against the Toronto Blue Jays has a chance to demonstrate his priorities.
