EXCLUSIVE: Canadian Military Disregarded Legal Advice in Imposing Vaccine Mandate, Internal Document Shows

Internal Document Reveals Canadian Military Ignored Legal Advice When Implementing Vaccine Mandate

January 10, 2024 TruthUSA

Canada’s defence chief received legal advice from the Office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) in 2021 that there was no evidence supporting a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all members and that imposing one would be “fraught with legal risk,” an internal document obtained by The Epoch Times shows.

The document, issued on Feb. 2, 2021, by the JAG’s office, the military’s legal department, also cites guidelines by a physicians’ legal defence organization that warns against obtaining consent to administer vaccines under “compulsion” by an employer or others.

The document was prepared for Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre a few months before the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) imposed a vaccine mandate.

“There is a subtle difference between ordering a member to be inoculated and indicating that it is required for either service generally (Universality of Service) or for a specific task or occupation (bona fide occupational requirement),” reads the document.

“We have no supporting evidence at this time that there is a need for all CAF [Canadian Armed Forces] members to be inoculated,” the document adds. “Therefore implying that it is required for compliance with U of S [Universality of Service] or a BFOR [bona fide occupational requirement], at this time, would be incorrect.”

The Canadian Armed Forces imposed the vaccine mandate in October 2021, saying it applied to all those posted in domestic locations and on operations or training abroad, as well those who want to join the forces. It said the directive served “as a requirement for CAF members to perform work-related duties.”