Travel Mandate Hearing: Right to Leave Country Is ‘Inalienable,’ Says Lawyer

Travel Mandate Hearing: Right to Leave Country Is ‘Inalienable,’ Says Lawyer
An Air Canada plane prepares to land at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Dec. 26, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Noé Chartier
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In court on Sept. 21, a lawyer from Quebec representing himself tried to fend off an attempt by the attorney general to declare moot his lawsuit against the travel vaccine mandate, saying Canadians have the “inalienable” right to leave the country.

“I live with the daily worry to be again confined to Canada without being able to leave, and without the issue being assessed by a tribunal,” said Quebec lawyer Nabil Belkacem in federal court in Ottawa.

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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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