arts venue says they’ll be following the province’s suggestion.Starting Tuesday, Manitoba will no longer require places like restaurants, gyms and concert venues to check for vaccine proof.However, places like the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra says they’ll be taking matters in to their own hands.“If you look at our audience, they do tend to be a little on the older side, many of them over 45 over 55, so they feel like they’re in that age bracket where it puts them at a high risk,” says Ryan Diduck, the senior director of public engagement with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.The WSO says they’ll be temporarily keeping vaccine and mask requirements in place until at least the end of March.
They also say they plan on keeping their capacity at 50 per cent until the current season ends in mid-May.“We’ve listened to our patrons and decided to keep these in place until a least the end of march,” he says.It’s a decision that lawyers say is acceptable.
Manitoba moves to drop vaccine requirements, all COVID-19 restrictions by mid-March “If you’re talking about a privately-owned then, quite frankly, that business is entitled to set whatever rules it wants,” says Tracey Epp, a partner with Pitblado Law Firm.Epp suggests business conduct a risk assessment to determine what employers’ next step should be moving forward.“Every workplace is going to be different.
It’s going to be the type of workplace, the physical aspects of the building and the property itself as well as the people who work there and the people that they serve,” she says.Sixty per cent of independent business owners say they’re in favour of removing health restrictions, while 40 per cent say they would like them to stay, according to a survey done by the Canadian.