S04E31 Vaccine Mandates, EI, and Charter Rights

Lawyer James Manson describes and explains the issues in the Robin Francis EI case, now headed to the Federal Court of Appeal. Mr. Francis was fired after he refused to follow his employer's vaccine mandate and was then denied Employment Insurance benefits, like so many other Canadians who asserted their Charter rights.

Justice Centre, Mar 27, 2023: Francis v. Canada (AG)

Justice Centre, Mar 27, 2023: Ontario father takes denial of EI benefits for not taking Covid-19 vaccine to Federal Court of Appeal

The Ontario Human Rights Code

Ontario.ca: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act

Justice Centre, Nov 8, 2022: Tribunal Ordered to Reconsider “Misconduct” Denial of EI Benefits to Unvaccinated Employee

London Free Press, Mar 28, 2023: Longtime hospital worker denied EI after being fired over COVID vaccine

Rebel News, Mar 29, 2023: Unvaccinated engineer appeals decision to deny him EI benefits

Cornell Law School: contra proferentem

CBC, Oct 21, 2023: Don't expect EI if you lose your job for not being vaccinated, minister says

Gov't of Canada, Justice Laws Website: Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23)

CanLII, Mar 22, 2012: Doré v. Barreau du Québec, 2012 SCC 12 (CanLII), [2012] 1 SCR 395

Human Rights Law Centre: What is the standard of review to determine whether a public authority has acted compatibly with human rights

Edward J. Cottrill in Alberta Law Review Society via CanLII, 2018: Novel Uses of the Charter Following Doré and Loyola

Justice Centre, Jun 8, 2023: Supreme Court of Canada declines to hear challenge to Covid-19 vaccine mandate for transplant candidates

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