A group consisting of hundreds of federal employees has launched a legal challenge of the Liberal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, with the trial set to begin on Nov. 28.
The Quebec-based group, known as Fonctionnaires unis or United Servants, consists of members working in various federal departments including the Canada Revenue Agency, Service Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Canada Border Services Agency.
United Servants was created last October in response to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed by the government on Oct. 6, 2021, requiring all federal workers to either get two doses or be suspended without pay unless they obtained exemptions approved through the policy….