{"id":8052,"date":"2022-02-16T13:07:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360mediations.com\/en\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2022-02-16T13:07:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:07:37","slug":"two-ontario-vaccine-mandate-charter-challenge-lawsuits-are-to-proceed-independently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mail.360mediations.com\/en\/two-ontario-vaccine-mandate-charter-challenge-lawsuits-are-to-proceed-independently\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Ontario Vaccine Mandate Charter Challenge Lawsuits are to Proceed Independently"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ontario Government brought a motion in Toronto to ask that an Ottawa litigant be required to have his vaccine mandate Charter challenge case heard in Toronto, where an existing (and similar) case was already before the court, and slated to be heard in July, 2022.<\/p>\n

The Government\u2019s motion was denied.\u00a0 As such, the Ottawa litigant is free to pursue his case in Ottawa, in the normal course of events, and separate from the Toronto litigation.<\/p>\n

Normally the courts are very willing to join similar cases for the sake of expediency and consistency in rulings, but this judge reminds us that it is still important to join apples with apples.\u00a0 Although broad brushing the two cases as Vaccine Mandate Charter challenges, the judge pointed out that the two cases had some unique differences that made it improper to lump them into the same basket.\u00a0 Primarily, these were:<\/p>\n

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  1. A) the Ottawa claimant also had claim that the vaccine mandates violated the Ontario Human Rights Code<\/strong>. This was not an argument raised in the Toronto case. As such, there was questionable savings in shifting the Ottawa case from venue-to-venue.\u00a0 For example, if the Charter challenge didn\u2019t invalidate the mandates, the Ottawa claimant would then still have to argue his case in Ottawa under the Human Rights Code; and<\/li>\n
  2. B) the manner in which the two cases were started were significantly different.<\/strong> The Toronto case was started by way of a Notice of Application<\/u><\/em>. The Ottawa case was started by way of a Statement of Claim<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0 Applications are generally more expeditious, and have less onerous production and discovery processes.\u00a0 Claims on the other hand, tend to be lengthier, and have more onerous production and discovery processes.\u00a0 The import of this is that by forcing the Ottawa claimant to join into a Toronto Application case, the government in essence would be forcing the Ottawa claimant to forego the more fulsome discovery rights that come with his Claim.\u00a0 It is arguably not proper to deny the Ottawa claimant of this right.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    From a practical perspective, it appears that the Toronto litigant(s) chose expediency over fulsome discovery rights, whereas the Ottawa litigant chose fulsome discovery\/disclosure opportunities over expediency.\u00a0 Both have their pros and cons.\u00a0 The Toronto litigants may get redress quicker, but it potentially comes at the risk that they won\u2019t \u201cdiscover\u201d all the warts in the governments case.\u00a0 The Ottawa litigant, on the other hand, may discover more of the government\u2019s warts, but the redress may come too late.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    But we cannot lose sight of the fact that litigants can have different needs: some may desperately need a law changed or struck (to gain access to a loved one, for example), while other litigants may simply want to make a point, and are not in a desperate need for a law or mandate to be struck.<\/p>\n

    This case also helps to confirm that the courts are indeed dealing with Vaccine Mandate Charter challenge cases.\u00a0 Often we hear commentary questioning \u201cwhy is no one taking the government to court\u201d on the vaccine mandates, and for whatever it is worth, this case unequivocally confirms that these challenges are being advanced, and in different cities.<\/p>\n

    Chowdhury v. Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>2022 ONSC 991<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/onsc\/doc\/2022\/2022onsc991\/2022onsc991.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Ontario Government brought a motion in Toronto to ask that an Ottawa litigant be required to have his vaccine mandate Charter challenge case heard in Toronto, where an existing (and similar) case was already before the court, and slated to be heard in July, 2022. 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