Canadian University Faculty Pens Open Letter Opposing Mandates

Canadian university faculty members, students pen open letter opposing draconian vaccine mandates

Jack Bingham

In an open letter addressed to the University of Waterloo (UW), a collection of faculty, parents, students, and staff are asking the university to reverse the unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandate implemented by the institution.

In an email sent August 24, everyone affiliated with the University of Waterloo (UW) was told that “Proof of vaccination [is] now required for campus access.”

“We, the undersigned employees and students, or parents of students, of the University of Waterloo (UW) herewith express our categorical disagreement with the COVID-related mandates recently imposed by the university administration on all employees and students,” the open letter begins.

“These mandates are unlawful, and their net effect will be to cause disease, not to prevent,” it continues.

The letter, headed by Dr. Michael Palmer, a medical doctor and faculty member in the department of chemistry, has currently been signed by more than 50 people affiliated with the university.

In addition to Dr. Palmer, the signatories include a clinical pharmacist, PhD holders in various scientific fields, and doctorate-level medical experts.

Before addressing the scientific reasons for objecting to the vaccine, reasons which have been extensively reported on by medical experts, the letter mentions that the mandate violates all existing employee contracts, as well as each person’s liberties under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

“Any mandates involving vaccination, declaration of vaccination status, and testing violate all employment contracts that were concluded, as well as all offers of admission that were accepted before the mandates were imposed,” states the letter.

“The rights infringed upon include those enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the highest law of the land. Thus, the mandates are unlawful and invalid,” it adds.

In congruence with the claims of the letter is constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati – founder of Constitutional Rights Centre, an organization that is currently suing the Canadian federal government and the government of British Columbia over “unlawful” and “unconstitutional” COVID-19 measures – who has previously stated that vaccine mandates violate every Canadian’s Charter rights. These violated rights, per Galati, include but are not limited to:

• Section 2: Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: Freedom of religion, expression, peaceful assembly, and association.
• Section 7: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.
• Section 15 (1): Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination.

In laymen’s terms, Galati has stated, “I [as a citizen of Canada] have a constitutional right to not have a medical treatment forced on me.”

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