Air Travel Employees’ Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit Clears Legal Hurdle

Air Travel Employees’ Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit Clears Legal Hurdle
Passengers walk past Air Canada and WestJet planes at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., on Aug. 31, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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The Federal Court has dismissed the attorney general’s motion to strike a lawsuit filed by air travel employees who are suing Ottawa over its COVID-19-era vaccine mandate.

In a decision rendered on Feb. 7, Associate Judge Michael Crinson allowed the proposed lawsuit against the Canadian government and the minister of transport to go to class certification.