Second Canadian constitutional group sues Trudeau gov’t over mandatory ArriveCAN travel app
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‘The lawsuit alleges, among other things, that the collection, use and dissemination of the private health information of Canadians by the government is a breach of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.’
(LifeSiteNews) — A top Canadian constitutional rights group filed a lawsuit against the federal government’s mandatory ArriveCAN travel app, arguing the program is in direct violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“The Democracy Fund (TDF) has filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court of Canada on behalf of several Canadians against the Minister of Health for the government’s use of the ArriveCAN app that has so frustrated travelers,” The Democracy Fund announced in a press release on Wednesday, the same day the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced their own lawsuit against ArriveCAN.
READ: 11 Canadians file lawsuit challenging mandatory use of ArriveCAN travel app
In the suit, TDF’s lawyers argue that the Quarantine Act — the legislation under which ArriveCAN operates — “does not confer jurisdiction on the government to compel persons entering Canada to disclose intimate details about their health and personal choices under threat of fines or imprisonment.”
Due to this lack of jurisdiction, the lawsuit alleges that by requiring Canadians to reveal such information through the mandatory ArriveCAN app in order to re-enter Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government “unreasonably and unjustifiably infringes” on each Canadian’s right “to be free from unreasonable search and seizure as protected by sections 7 and 8 of the Charter.”
According to the lawsuit, these sections explicitly enshrine each Canadian’s right to not have their “private information” and “medical information” seized “without requisite constitutional grounds.”