Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed a broad challenge by healthcare workers to COVID-19 vaccination policies, striking the claim as an abuse of process and for no reasonable cause of action.
The Court of Appeal struck down Daniel Hartman’s negligence and misfeasance claims over Canada’s approval and promotion of the COVID-19 vaccine and dismissed the appeal.
The Court dismissed both the appeal and cross‑appeal because the central questions identified by the parties were predominantly mixed questions of fact and law arising from the arbitrator's factual findings and application of legal tests; the arbitrator reasonably concluded the PHO Order did not apply to the respondent given his unique factual arrangement and did not err in law in his interpretation; the cross‑appellant failed to identify an extricable question of law arising from the remedy award.
Federal Court dismissed a judicial review challenging BC’s second CDSA exemption amendment that curtailed decriminalization in public spaces, finding no Charter breach, unreasonableness, or unfairness.
The Supreme Court held Newfoundland and Labrador’s COVID-19 travel restrictions limited Charter mobility rights, but upheld them as justified under s. 1.
The Impugned Order had been rescinded and no tangible live controversy remained; therefore the applicants' claims were moot and the Court declined to exercise its residual discretion because the adversarial context, considerations of judicial economy, and respect for the Court's proper adjudicative role weighed against hearing an academic and broad inquiry.
The Court of Appeal allowed Purolator’s appeal, holding the arbitrator’s award unreasonable because it applied a correctness-like approach to the vaccine-mandate evidence.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario granted several motions to intervene in a Charter appeal about bicycle lanes, limiting each intervener to specific issues and set page and oral argument limits.
Appeal from an order striking pleadings and dismissing a Charter action arising from COVID-19 regulatory notices; most issues were moot, and the s. 2(b) claim was dismissed.
The Federal Court upheld three Health of Animals Act orders creating an import ban on commercial dogs from high-risk rabies countries and dismissed the judicial review.