In October 2021, the province announced a plan to make vaccination a condition of licensing for everyone from dentists to registered massage therapists. B.C. ended up dropping those plans, and instead officials promised that patients would have access to information about their providers' vaccine status. Do you agree that vaccination should be a condition of licensing for health care professionals?

Ian Glass sent a "lengthy email" from his work email address to about 205 people in January 2022, mostly his patients. The email primarily contained criticism of a proposed mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health professionals, but also included two statements regarding the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Glass admitted that he accessed his clinic's record-keeping platform to get patients' email addresses. He also admitted using the carbon copy function while sending the emails instead of blind carbon copy, meaning people's personal information was shared with others without consent. Do you think it's appropriate for health professionals to use their work email and patient database to share their personal opinions on mandatory vaccination for health professionals?

The college took disciplinary action late last month. Glass agreed to a two-day suspension of his registration, a formal reprimand, undertakings not to repeat the conduct, completion of education on professional ethics and boundaries and a $500 payment for some costs of the investigations. Do you think the disciplinary action taken against the massage therapist in question was appropriate?