Treasury Board Officials Warned of Legal Action Over Vaccine Mandates

Advocacy group Feds For Freedom issues cease and desist letter on behalf of federal employees

President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier rises during Question Period in Ottawa on Dec. 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

An advocacy group representing federal and federally-regulated employees is warning senior officials at Canada’s Treasury Board that Ottawa’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates unjustifiably violate their clients’ human rights and may trigger legal action.

On Jan. 26, lawyers for Feds For Freedom, a not-for-profit advocacy organization for public servants, issued a ‘cease and desist’ letter to several senior officials at the official employer of federal public servants, the Treasury Board of Canada, warning that federal vaccine mandates are “unjustifiable, unconstitutional, and criminal in nature.”