The association is asking that pharmacists be allowed to administer the kinds of free public health immunizations that are usually given only at schools or in doctors' offices or clinics. .
Currently, pharmacies in Ontario can administer just two vaccines in partnership with public health programs: COVID-19 and flu shots.
"If you were to come into the pharmacy for one of those public health vaccines, you actually wouldn't be able to get it funded," she explained
What the association is asking for, she says, is participation in the public health programs to allow them to vaccinate against those same 13 diseases, but without patients having to pay.
The CBC contacted the provincial government to ask if they were considering extending public health vaccination programs to pharmacies, but did not hear back.