In another victory, an employee of Via Rail, fired for noncompliance with the company’s vaccine mandate, was ordered to be given their job back when arbitrator Graham Clarke determined that the company had acted in direct contravention of labour laws.
Grant Abbott, elected Councillor, was removed from his post on the Town Council of Musgrave Harbour during Covid.
The council implemented a policy requiring proof of vaccination for entry to meetings.
Robin Bigger is a married mother of four who worked for Niagara Health for almost ten years before being fired in April 2022. The vaccine mandate was used to justify her termination, despite having signed documents from 2014 that clearly acknowledge her religious exemption from all vaccines, as a condition of employment.
A recent Saskatchewan ruling, from Privacy Commissioner Ronald Kruzeniski in the decision over the legality of Saskatoon Public Library’s covid vaccine mandates, stated that they “cannot mandate its employees show proof of COVID vaccination or a negative test as a condition of employment, without a lawful order”.
A class-action lawsuit, brought forward by Rochon Genova LLP, Himelfarb Proszanski, and Cerise Latibeaudiere Law Professional Corporation, seeks to address the atrocities witnessed in the long-term care homes (LTCs) throughout Ontario during covid mismanagement.