In a recent post speaking of the legal actions taken against Seneca College by students, we noted the denial of their application for injunction by Justice W.D. Black of the Ontario Superior Court. In his judgment he stated: “the public interest in minimizing the risk and consequences of Covid-19 by requiring (campus) attendees to show proof of vaccination substantially outweighs the interest of the applicants in avoiding the vaccinations in question…” Seneca then continued to enforce their policy, preventing students from attending classes this fall if they chose not to be vaccinated.

Also noted in this earlier post – the case itself has yet to  proceed through the courts. Despite this, the article of reference here would have you believe Seneca has won the case.

Now, amidst these ongoing proceedings, Seneca announced they are dropping their vaccine mandate completely effective next semester. As an explanation, Seneca cites the government’s discontinuing the use of their ‘verify app’, the tool used to confirm vaccination status. Seemingly stymied without this at their disposal, Seneca President David Agnew released this statement: “I’m a huge believer in vaccinations. They’re just so blatantly necessary … they’re literally lifesaving. We’ve lost tens of thousands of people through COVID. We’ve got this amazing, rapidly produced, highly effective vaccine at our fingertips, and yet it’s become impossible for us to, frankly, enforce our vaccination policy.”

Without broaching the elephant in the room that is the abundant misinformation in his statement above, this abrupt change in policy appears rather convenient. Is it not just a likely that the evidence surfacing in support of the court case may be playing a part in prompting this response? Or perhaps it is just another attempt to prove mootness and have the case dropped. (If not then they are the ones wasting the court’s time.)

Regardless of the real reason behind this abrupt change in tactics, we hope the case moves forward unabated and are pleased students are able to focus on their studies again soon.

We continue to stand with those fighting for the rights of Canadian citizens.

To read The Star article written by Janet Hurley, click the link 

To review our previous post on this matter, click here