A class action lawsuit against the federal government’s COVID vaccine mandate for core public administration employees has been approved by the Federal Court.
The class action was started in response to the vaccine mandate issued in 2021 for public administrative employees, including those working for the RCMP and Treasury Board, according to the Jan. 2 court decision.
The plaintiffs argue the mandate violated their charter rights by “imposing a new term and condition of their employment by the Treasury Board in the absence of collective bargaining or other agreement, consideration, or consent.”
The plaintiffs are Stacey Payne, who worked for the Department of National Defence but was suspended on Dec. 15, 2021; John Harvey, who was employed with the Correctional Service of Canada until his suspension on March 11, 2022; and Lucas Diaz Molaro, who worked for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario until he resigned on Oct. 25, 2021….