Ottawa Asks Court to Dismiss Latest Travel Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit

Published on July 5, 2024

The Attorney General (AG) has signalled its intent to file a motion in Federal Court to have a lawsuit seeking damages for the COVID-era travel vaccine mandate dismissed. Lawyers for the AG filed their notice on July 2, arguing that some charter rights weren’t breached by the measure. Businessmen Karl Harrison and Shaun Rickard filed their second lawsuit against the minister of Transportation and the AG in November 2023, seeking $1 million each in damages for the alleged violation of their charter rights. Their action followed a loss at the Federal Court of Appeal weeks prior with regard to their initial lawsuit against the travel mandate. The appellate justices upheld the lower court’s decision, which ruled their case was “moot” since the mandate has been repealed....

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