WATCH: Trudeau denies that he forced Canadians to get vaccinated, says he provided ‘incentives and protections’

Trudeau credited scientists, medical experts, and researchers for understanding that vaccination is the key to ending the pandemic. He also said that Canada's high vaccination rate has resulted in a less deadly pandemic than in many other countries.

Trudeau that there are still many Canadians who refuse to get vaccinated. "We have to figure out how to continue to protect those people," he said. "My job as prime minister is to keep people alive and keep people safe and keep democracy going whether or not they choose to believe that's what I'm doing or not."

Despite his claims, Canadians have suffered severe consequences from vaccine mandates promoted by the federal government.

Across the country, many Canadians have lost their jobs, been denied basic services, and barred from traveling due to these strict COVID-19 measures. Even Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota has blasted the federal government's pandemic response, citing a family whose business has suffered from these vaccine mandates. Noem even claimed that the family's daughter was expelled from her university for refusing the vaccine.

In October 2022, UK Tory MP Danny Kruger accused Trudeau's government of being among the "worst offenders" alongside China for violating citizens' rights during the pandemic. "We are not Canada, New Zealand or China—places where Governments think they can exterminate COVID by depriving their population of the most basic civil liberties," Kruger stated.