WestJet Employees File Lawsuit Against Employer and Ottawa Over Vaccine Mandate
A group of 176 current and former employees of air carrier WestJet filed a lawsuit on Oct. 5 against their employer and the federal government over the imposition of the vaccine mandate.
“Collaborating with airlines and corporate stakeholders, the Canadian Government implemented punitive and divisive Covid-19 vaccination mandates, creating a two-tier society stoked only by fear,” the group of plaintiffs calling themselves Cause For Action wrote in a statement.
The group says it has no issue with people choosing to get vaccinated, only with the coercive nature of the mandate.
“Our objection lies with the coercion, discipline, and denial of informed consent used to achieve mass vaccination. Forcing consent under duress is unethical, unconstitutional, illegal and by no means Canadian,” it says….