Constitutional challenge mounted against B.C. vaccine passports

Posted by Jeremy Hainsworth, biv.com

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A constitutional challenge has been filed in BC Supreme Court challenging the province’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system by two women claiming they cannot receive any vaccines.

The vaccine card orders “ require the petitioners to choose between their own physical health and well being and their civil liberties,” the suit said. “Either choice has negative consequences on their families as well as themselves. The vaccine card orders actively deprive the petitioners of their Charter protected rights and freedoms.”

The suit names B.C.’s attorney general and minister of health as respondents.

Sarah Webb, of both Calgary and Victoria, and Maple Ridge’s Leigh Anne Eliason filed the challenge, saying they have have physical disabilities which require a medical exemption from receiving further vaccines.

Webb, 39, works in hotel management, dividing her time between Victoria and Calgary.

The suit said she received the Moderna vaccine May 2. Six days later, the suit said, she experienced fatigue, cramping, heart arrhythmias, swollen lymphs, severe pain, and a rash which engulfed her arm…read more.