Commentary Is Canada stuck in some kind of COVID-19 time warp where we still insist people keep taking the vaccine or else they are denied life-saving services? Yes, we are. Take the case of Sheila Annette Lewis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she required an organ transplant to live….
BC College of Physicians and Surgeons Must Withdraw All Proceedings Against Ethically Courageous Doctors
Commentary A handful of headstrong and ethically courageous B.C. doctors have stood up and voiced their concerns about the potential harms associated with provincial COVID-19 policies. These doctors, Charles Hoffe, Stephen Malthouse, Daniel Nagase, and Kevin Sclater, have all run afoul of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. In the interest of…
Auditor General Probes COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement, Pandemic Benefits
Canada’s auditor general is expected to release two highly anticipated reports on the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis in 2021, including access to vaccines and pandemic benefits. Karen Hogan’s first report will detail how well the government did getting ahold of COVID-19 vaccine doses and tracking how many people got them. The Liberal government…
Alberta Not Proceeding With Premier Smith’s Bill to Protect COVID-19 Unvaccinated
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rolling back on a promise to introduce legislation this fall that would have outlawed restrictions on people not vaccinated against COVID-19. Government house leader Joseph Schow says such a bill will not be introduced this fall, as the focus is on other priorities. He declined to say whether the bill…
New Democrats Call for Independent Review of Government’s COVID-19 Response
It’s time for Canadians to find out how well the federal government handled COVID-19 with a public inquiry into Canada’s pandemic response, says the NDP. With the final federal public-health restrictions having been lifted in September, NDP health critic Don Davies said it’s about time for the government to look back at whether appropriate actions…
Defence Chief Was Warned About Legality of Military’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Memo
The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces was warned by his senior legal and medical advisers last year that requiring all troops to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was unnecessary —and that doing so “may not constitute a legal order.” The message was delivered to chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre in an August…
Bruce Pardy: Three Judges Forbear COVID’s Hegemony in the Courts
Commentary A year ago in The Epoch Times, I described how Canadian courts were embracing the official COVID narrative. In cases across the country, judges have given deference to governments and public health authorities rather than scrutinize the rationales for COVID measures and mandates. Some have gone so far as to take “judicial notice”—finding facts…
Quebec Unions Try to Brush Off Plans Forcing Teachers to Help Clean Students’ Teeth
Quebec’s teachers say they don’t have time to supervise children brushing their teeth every day. Teachers unions say their members have high enough workloads and that now is not the time to be saddling them with the responsibility of making sure their students’ mouths are clean. The unions are reacting to a program that is…
Prairie Premiers, Governors Urge Canada, US to Keep Border Crossings Open Longer
Canada’s Prairie premiers and two U.S. governors want their respective countries to restore pre-pandemic operating hours at entry points along their shared land border. The group of provincial and state leaders have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden to argue that curtailed hours at border crossings are hurting the economy. The…
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