Park said on August 26th, following the appointment with my doctor, I wrote a letter to the premier and hand delivered it to his office. That letter included the following message: “Following my last communication with your advisors where I communicated my intention to take the vaccine, I immediately booked appointments with my health care professionals including a doctor, to ensure my personal medical history would not pose any unreasonable risk to being vaccinated. I’m writing to confirm that on Monday, August 23rd, 2021, my doctor advised that I should not take any Covid 19 vaccines due to my personal medical history. If you require proof of the exemption, I would be pleased to meet you in person and have you inspect the doctor’s letter, provided it will be kept confidential.”
After a press conference on September 22nd, where the premier stated that only one member of the PC caucus had received a medical exemption, I followed up with premier’s office. It had been publicly reported that one of my other colleagues had also received a medical exemption so I wanted to ensure the premier had received a letter regarding my exemption. I was assured that same day by a senior member of the premier’s office that the letter was received, Park said.
She said on September 28th, all PC caucus members were asked to send in proof of vaccination to the Government House Leader or Chief Government Whip. I called the Whip, then the House Leader to notify them that I had a medical exemption and had notified the Premier’s office of it about a month ago. I said that I was not comfortable sending my personal medical information by email but was willing to show them my medical exemption in person. The House Leader said it was not necessary and he would take my word for it.
“On October 1st, I attended the PC caucus workshop where a staff member from the Premier’s office was checking vaccination status at the entryway. I showed my doctor’s letter regarding my medical exemption on arrival. The staff member did not have any questions and permitted me access to the meeting.
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