British Columbia’s Supreme Court chief judge has dismissed four legal challenges to some of the province’s now-suspended COVID-19 health measures regarding mandated vaccination as well as adverse side effects that some B.C. residents suffered as a result.
Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson ruled in one of the cases that Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s health officer, had properly followed available scientific research and B.C.’s public health guidelines in advising the government to mandate vaccinations for health care workers, according to the Vancouver Sun.
The case originally came before the court when the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy (CSASPP), a nonprofit and volunteer-based organization created to challenge B.C.’s COVID-19 health measures, filed a constitutional challenge against the province for its health orders….