Canada

City of Quesnel sued over vaccine mandate

COVID injects ‘experimental vaccines’ that may cause unknown side effects, former officials say

A group of former City of Quesnel employees who lost their jobs for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are suing the municipality.

In a notice of civil action, the nine plaintiffs say they oppose being subjected to an “unwanted medical procedure” that “involves the injection of experimental vaccines that are ineffective in preventing infection and transmission and carry serious risks, including the risk of death; and revokes their right to exercise their right to informed consent in matters of medical risk-taking.”

According to the allegation, City Manager Byron Johnson issued a policy on November 5, 2021, requiring all employees, volunteers and contractors to show proof of being fully vaccinated by January 3, 2022, and those who failed to do so do, they will be put on four weeks unpaid leave.

Those who still refused and did not receive a Human Rights Code accommodation within that time frame would in turn be terminated and likely ineligible for Employment Insurance benefits, Johnson further warned.

The nine were placed on unpaid leave on January 10, 2022, and on February 7, 2022, all were terminated from their jobs, with only one eligible for EI benefits until May 2022.

They continue to question the need for vaccinations, saying that the risk of severe illness and death from the disease depends entirely on a person’s age, sex and health status, and that according to the British Columbia Center for Disease Control, the average age of death of or with COVID-19 in the province is 82 years.

“Vast segments of society are at extremely low risk, with healthy young and middle-aged people at statistically zero risk of death,” they said in the statement.

Conversely, they question the vaccines’ effectiveness and safety, saying Health Canada has not put them through the same rigorous scientific approval process as previous vaccines and drugs.

“Due to their infancy, these new therapeutics may cause side effects that are unknown – and unknown – at this time. “No one can be sure about the long-term effects of a vaccine that hasn’t been around for a long time and hasn’t been studied for years,” they say.

They go on to claim that the mRNA shots “cause terrible adverse effects that are often worse than the coronavirus infection, especially in young, healthy recipients.”

Before implementing the mandate, they say the city refused to meet with their union to develop an accommodation plan and noted a Labor Relations Board ruling in which an arbitrator penalized an employer for failing to “get in process of cooperative consultation” before implementing a mandatory vaccine policy.

The plaintiffs are each seeking $2 million in damages, half for alleged violations of their rights under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance, the Criminal Code, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and half for punitive and exemplary damages for damages and aggravated damages for mental suffering.

They are also seeking several declarations, including one that, under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the city has “created an unsafe work environment by mandating experimental products associated with serious adverse events, including myocarditis, heart attacks and potentially life-threatening deaths.” employees.”

The lawsuit was filed in British Columbia Supreme Court in Prince George on June 22. None of the allegations have yet been tested in court and the defendants, which include the provincial government as well as the city and city manager, have yet to file responses to the allegation.