Toronto Transit to Drop Vaccine Mandate, No Back Pay for Terminated Staff

A bus driver disembarks a GO Transit bus at the new Union Station Bus Terminal in Toronto on Nov. 2, 2021. Evan Buhler/The Canadian Press

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) tweeted on Nov. 17 that it plans to lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Nov. 27 and “invite those whose employment was terminated under the policy to return to work with seniority in tact [sic].”

The public transport agency will reinstate a reported 354 employees fired in January 2022 but says in its news release that these employees won’t receive back pay.