Legal Wins Against the Government
This page is set to provide the reference to legal cases with respect to wrongdoing of the federal and provincial governments, and government corporations. These can be used by the Union Labour Relationship Officers and members to defend their cases, if needed.
This list is not exhaustive. Cases are listed in back-chronological order. This is not a legal advice.
Not a legal advice. For information only.
Aug 2024: The Crown wrongly convicted a protester at the 2022 Freedom Convoy
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2024/2024onsc4713/2024onsc4713.pdf
Judge dismisses Crown's appeal of mischief charge against Ottawa Freedom Convoy protestor, The Canadian Independent
May 2024: Canada Post wrongly suspended unvaccinated remote workers during COVID-19
May 2024: Canada Post wrongly suspended unvaccinated remote workers during COVID-19
JAN 2024: The Crown wrongly invoked the Emergencies Act
JAN 2024: The Crown wrongly invoked the Emergencies Act
"the decision to issue the Proclamation does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility — and was not justified in relation to the relevant factual and legal constraints that were required to be taken into consideration."
"the decision to issue the Proclamation and the associated Regulations and Order was unreasonable and ultra vires the Emergencies Act;"
" the Regulations infringed section 2 (b) of the Charter and declared that the Order infringed section 8 of the Charter and that neither infringement was justified under section 1;"