The cases brought against the Trudeau government came from People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier and former Premier of Newfoundland Brian Peckford.
Bernier and Peckford, represented by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, are taking on the travel mandates imposed on vaccine-free Canadians as infringements of Charter rights.
People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Brian Peckford, and eight others contended citizens' mobility charter rights were violated, but the case was dismissed because the restrictions are no longer in place.
'There has never been a more egregious infringement of Canadians’ mobility rights than what occurred due to the unconstitutional and unlawful travel vaccine mandates,' said John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.
'The public interest in this case is staggering. Canadians need to know whether it is lawful for their own federal government to prevent them from travelling across Canada or leaving the country based upon whether they have taken a novel medication.'
'Striking the lawsuit out before it is heard – and while the Prime Minister continues to threaten Canadians with further COVID restrictions – is a grave injustice.'
'We argued that the judge should allow the case to proceed because it’s important for Canadians to know if these COVID restrictions, the travel ban for the unvaccinated in particular, are constitutional or not,' Maxime Bernier told LifeSiteNews.
Brian Peckford called Smith’s proposal a 'bargaining chip' the province can use to ensure Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government cannot impose on Albertans new mandates.