{"id":555997,"date":"2022-10-24T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=555997"},"modified":"2022-10-24T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:31:00","slug":"canada-defence-chief-was-warned-about-legality-of-militarys-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=555997","title":{"rendered":"CANADA – Defence chief was warned about legality of military\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate: memo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces was warned by his senior legal and medical advisers last year that requiring all troops to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was unnecessary ? \u2014 and that doing so “may not constitute a legal order.”<\/h3>\n

The message was delivered to chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre in an August 2021 briefing note, two months before then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan directed him to impose a vaccine requirement for all troops.<\/p>\n

However, Catherine Christensen, the Edmonton lawyer who obtained the briefing note through the Access to Information Act, argued the document shows Eyre\u2019s order was driven by politics.<\/p>\n

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