Federal Court Rejects Legal Challenge of Border Vaccine Mandates

A Canada Border Services Agency officer hands documents back to a motorist entering Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., on Aug. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The Federal Court has dismissed an application from 11 Canadians who challenged the Quarantine Act after being fined up to $3,000 for not presenting proof of vaccination upon entering Canada.

In her decision, Justice Avvy Yao-Yao Go said that the argument of whether the charter rights of the applicants were infringed is now “moot” since mask and vaccine mandates have since been lifted.