Charter’s Last Surviving Signatory and Former Premier Sues Ottawa Over Travel Vaccine Mandates

Brian Peckford holds a press conference to highlight previously unpublished documents dealing with the patriation of the Constitution on Sept.19, 2012 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Brian Peckford, former premier of Newfoundland and the last surviving architect of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Jan. 26.

Alongside five other applicants, Peckford’s team is challenging the Constitutional merits of the Trudeau administration’s mandates restricting travel for Canadians without a COVID-19 vaccination.