Category: vaccine mandates

Dozens Sue Santa Clara County for Vaccine Mandate

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Dozens of Santa Clara County employees are suing their county for its allegedly unlawful vaccine mandate and are seeking an immediate injunction. Unify Santa Clara County, or UnifySCC, filed an application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the county on March 3 for depriving them of their jobs during the…


South Australia Police Removes Vaccine Mandates

South Australia Police (SAPOL) have announced they will lift vaccine mandates on March 4, allowing police officers in the Australian state who had refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine to return to work. At 7.00 a.m. on March 7, the Police Workers Vaccination Direction, which requires all police employees to be vaccinated, will be withdrawn and replaced…


Real Concern of Emergencies Act Is Government’s Control Over Canadians’ Life Savings: Legal Expert

A law professor says the real concern with the Emergencies Act lies not only in the measures used during the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, but also in the financial measures that give the government control over people’s life savings. “What you have now is a government that has deputized financial institutions to essentially go…


Lawyers Urge Parliamentarians Not to Pass Emergencies Act Motion, as Senators Debate the Matter

A group of lawyers says the use of the Emergencies Act by the federal government is not warranted, and failing to meet its strict criteria before invoking it undermines the rule of law and civil liberties. The motion was passed in the House of Commons on the night of Feb. 21. The act must also…


The Glorious End of DC’s Vaccine Mandate

Commentary Amidst dark times—a New York Times columnist has called this the “dark century” but he is at a loss to figure out why—we should pause to note genuinely good things that happen. Among them is the sudden collapse of vaccine mandates in Boston and Washington, D.C. With no real explanation that I can find, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser…


Liberal MP Uncertain If Emergencies Act Is Warranted

A Liberal MP says he is uncertain if the use of the Emergencies Act is warranted, but says he may have to vote in favour of it due to “the fact it is now a confidence vote.” In a speech on Feb. 21, Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith said he has concerns about the invocation of…


After Ottawa Mayor Says Emergencies Act Gives Power to Sell Towed Vehicles to Cover Protest Costs, Deputy PM Affirms Cities Have Certain Powers Under the Act

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Emergencies Acts gives powers not only to the feds but also to municipalities and provinces, after Ottawa’s mayor said two days earlier said that he wanted the vehicles towed during police operations against protesters to be sold to cover the city’s costs incurred by the protests of the…


Ottawa Mayor Says Can Sell Protest Trucks Using Emergencies Act; Freeland Affirms Cities Have Certain Powers

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Emergencies Acts gives powers not only to the feds but also to municipalities and provinces, after Ottawa’s mayor said two days earlier said that he wanted the vehicles towed during police operations against protesters to be sold to cover the city’s costs incurred by the protests of the…


Not Going to Be a ‘Punching Bag’ for the Police: Freedom Convoy Spokesman Announces Peaceful Withdrawal From Ottawa

OTTAWA—As police in Ottawa escalated operations for the second day in a row against the trucker protest opposed to the government’s COVD-19 mandates, a spokesperson for the movement, dubbed “Freedom Convoy,” called for a peaceful withdrawal, saying they are not going to be a “punching bag for law enforcement.” Speaking at a press conference at the…


Group of Doctors, Scientists Call for Immediate Removal of All COVID-19 Restrictions

A group of leading scientists, doctors, and policy professionals says it is time to end all COVID-19 restrictions across Canada, including vaccine mandates and passports. Known as the Canada Science & Policy Committee to Exit the Pandemic, the group says the pandemic is effectively over because it has reached endemic stage. “It’s endemic. We’re good…