Federal Employee Lawsuit Update Sept 2024
There has been some significant progress in the Federal Employee Lawsuit with the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision allowing the lawsuit to proceed back to Federal Court.
Supreme Court Denies Hearing Two Vaccine Travel Mandate Cases Claiming Mootness Involving Applicants Hon Brian Peckford and Hon. Maxime Bernier
We recently introduced these cases in a post titled “Attorney General to File Motion to Have Latest Travel Vaccine Lawsuit Dismissed”.
It is with great disappointment that we inform you that the Supreme Court of Canada has determined that previous rulings of mootness will stand. Both appeals have been dismissed.
Attorney General to File Motion to Have Latest Travel Vaccine Lawsuit Dismissed
In November of last year, businessmen Karl Harrison and Shaun Rickard filed their second lawsuit naming both the Minister of Transportation and Attorney General of Canada (AG) as defendants with respect to the Travel Mandates implemented during Covid and are seeking damages for hardships suffered due to the infringements to their charter rights; they are each seeking $1 million in damages.
Supreme Court Rules Government Liable For Damages For Laws Violating the Charter
The Canadian government is coming to terms with the knowledge that they are not as infallible as they believed in their ability to enact laws without accountability or, more importantly, without liability.
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that they should be held to account when enacting unconstitutional laws that infringe upon our rights, specifically those which are “clearly wrong, in bad faith or an abuse of power.”
Supreme Court of Canada Denies Hearing Constitutional Challenge Regarding Covid Mandates for Manitoba Churches
The Supreme Court of Canada has denied hearing a Constitutional challenge regarding Covid mandates for five Manitoba Churches. This is the final ruling for a group of churches who stood together against the Manitoba government, challenging their covid restrictions as having unfairly targeted their fundamental freedoms of religion and peaceful assembly.