Legal Advocacy Group to Challenge Ontario Government in Court Over Its Now-Scrapped Vaccine Mandate

Legal Advocacy Group to Challenge Ontario Government in Court Over Its Now-Scrapped Vaccine Mandate
Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a press briefing at the Queens Park Legislature in Toronto, on Oct. 15, 2021 to announce that the province is making enhanced COVID-19 vaccine certificates with scannable QR codes available for download. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
|Updated:
0:00
A legal advocacy organization is taking the Ontario government to court for its past COVID-19 vaccine passport program, which required residents to show proof of vaccination to participate in or enter a wide array of services, events, and public places between Sept. 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022.

The mandate required Ontarians aged 12 and older to provide proof of having received at least two COVID-19 vaccine doses, along with photo identification, before entering “certain public settings and facilities,” such as restaurants, sporting facilities, and indoor movie theatres.