IN-DEPTH: Legal Battles Over COVID Measures Continue in Canadian Courts

Cases include the ongoing trial of Freedom Convoy organizers, employees fired over vaccination mandates, and pastors who refused to stop public worship.
IN-DEPTH: Legal Battles Over COVID Measures Continue in Canadian Courts
Tamara Lich walks with her lawyer Lawrence Greenspon (L) as they make their way to the courthouse on the first day of Lich’s trial, in Ottawa on Sept. 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Tara MacIsaac
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The pandemic may be over, but the legal battles over various government restrictions and mandates continue. A plethora of cases have made their way through the courts this year and will continue through 2024. In these cases, judges are deciding the limits of Canadians’ freedoms and government power.

One of the most prominent cases is the ongoing trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber. Another is the so-called Ingram decision in Alberta, in which a judge ruled—on a technicality—that the province’s public health orders were invalid.