Ontario healthcare workers file CA$170M class action suit over province’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate

12/09/2024 / By Ava Grace

A group of healthcare workers in Ontario who say their rights were infringed upon after refusing to go along with Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in the workplace have filed a CA$170 million ($121 million) class action lawsuit against the Ontario provincial government and its chief medical officer.

The lawsuit was brought forth by the United Health Care Workers of Ontario (UHCWO) and challenges an order made in 2021 by Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore mandating that all hospitals in the province implement healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

“We were witness to vast numbers of dedicated healthcare workers having their livelihoods and careers abruptly taken away, simply for making a personal medical choice,” said the UHCWO in a media statement.

Moore’s mandate, known as Directive 6, went into effect on Sept. 7, 2021. The class action looks to help the unionized healthcare workers impacted by the directive who say their freedoms were violated by the rule. (Related: Jury awards $12M to Catholic remote worker who was fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine.)

“Other healthcare workers were coerced into a medical treatment with the threat of being terminated, which stripped away the element of informed consent. Others were denied both medical and religious exemptions to this medical treatment,” said the union.

Other health workers were coerced into medical treatment with the threat of being terminated

Ontario nurse Lisa Wolfs is the main plaintiff in the lawsuit. According to the UHCWO, she is looking to get enough funding before officially initiating the certification process. If this part fails, she will be on the hook for all costs. Wolfs worked as a clinical nurse educator at a clinic in London, Ontario.

According to the lawsuit, she was dismissed after 16 years despite having a stellar work record. Wolfs has argued that her termination was a violation of her contract, which did not mandate she have a jab as a condition of work.

“Known and unknown potential risk of adverse events associated with the COVID-19 vaccination were either recklessly or willfully ignored,” read the lawsuit. “There was no long-term safety data available to the Chief Medical Officer of Health when enacting and enforcing the Order on mandatory vaccinations and as such the Order created a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm to the Plaintiff and Class Members.”

Aside from the plaintiffs being compensated for legal costs and lost income. The plaintiffs are seeking damages broken down into four parts: CA$50 million ($35.5 million) for pain and suffering, another CA$50 million for misfeasance in public office, CA$20 million ($14 million) for tortious inducement to breach contract and another $CA50 million in punitive damages.

The class action is open to all unionized Ontario healthcare workers who were impacted by Moore’s directive. Thus, the court proceedings must take place in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, which should certify the veracity of the lawsuit before it can officially proceed.

Watch this video featuring COVID-19 vaccine researcher and expert Edward Dowd discussing how numbers on excess deaths show how deadly the COVID-19 vaccine mandates are.

This video is from the Cadkiah channel on Brighteon.com.

Ontario healthcare workers file CA$170M class action suit over province’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Other health workers were coerced into medical treatment with the threat of being terminated

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