Constitutional law group demands New Brunswick farmer’s market end vaccine passport
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Denying essential services such as food is discriminatory and violates Canadian law and international agreements, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms said.
(LifeSiteNews) — The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms demanded that a farmer’s market in New Brunswick reverse the vaccine passport requirement it implemented after the province announced grocery stores can discriminate against the unvaccinated earlier this month.
“The Justice Centre has sent the City of Fredericton a demand letter in relation to its vaccinated-only policy at the Fredericton Boyce Farmers Market,” the group stated in a press release yesterday. “The New Brunswick government owns the landmark farmer’s market, and leases it to the City of Fredericton at a nominal rate. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies because this is not private property, but property owned and managed by government.”
According to the market’s website, as of December 11, “proof of double vaccination (or medical exemption) will be required to shop indoors for all visitors 12 and over.” The market’s shocking announcement followed just days after the December 4 “winter plan” order from the province of New Brunswick was unveiled. The order informed grocery stores that they must either enforce rigorous “social distancing” practices or demand all patrons be fully vaccinated against the virus.
In the JCCF’s demand letter, they stated that the allowance of essential service providers such as grocery stores to discriminate against a segment of the population is both a violation of Canadian law and international agreements.
“On December 7, 2021 the Justice Centre sent a demand letter to the Minister of Justice of New Brunswick warning that the government’s new public health order of December 4, allowing private businesses to deny services to vaccine-free Canadians, was unconstitutional,” the JCCF’s newest release states.
“The Order implicitly invites grocery stores to decide for themselves whether to require vaccination of customers as a condition for entry. The Justice Centre warning letter noted that the right to food is a fundamental human right enshrined in various international instruments including Article 25 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights amongst other human rights instruments.”
New Brunswick’s measures are the most restrictive in the country, with every other province only imposing vaccine requirement restrictions on “non-essential” services such as bars, restaurants, and event venues, among other places.
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