BCPSEF Vice President Jason Baldwin is the representative plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed in October 2023 on behalf of all unionized BC Public Service (BCPS) employees affected by the B.C. government’s 2021-2023 proof of COVID-19 vaccination mandate. In April 2024 an Amended Notice of Civil Claim was filed. Baldwin and Perepolkin-Ferguson (United Health Care Workers of BC) class action certification applications joined. Both claims on behalf of affected B.C. public servants and health care workers will seek certification together.
Part 1 – The initial hearing was held April 28 – May 02, 2025 in Victoria. Despite five days of hearings, the Plaintiffs’ submissions remain incomplete.
Part 2 – The joint hearing to conclude the Plaintiffs’ submissions and hear the Defendants’ response before Madam Justice Burke in Vancouver was held December 1-5 and December 8-12, 2025 at the Vancouver Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street, in Vancouver. A big thank you to everyone who came down to show your support!
The judge is now reviewing everything to decide on certification. If approved, the cases proceed to trial as class actions. If not, appeals may follow. This fight highlights workers’ struggles against mandates and seeks accountability for alleged rights violations. Updates will come as available.
Although the action has been launched by one plaintiff, it is being brought on behalf of all unionized employees of the BC Public Service harmed by the Province’s vaccine mandate. As such, it has the potential to assert the rights of tens of thousands of unionized public servants in British Columbia. The plaintiff has filed this action because the Province’s COVID-19 employee vaccine mandate, enacted by executive order of the provincial Cabinet, was contrary to public service employees’ Charter rights and violated their medical privacy and bodily autonomy.
BCPSEF is actively fundraising to support the costs of the legal process. We depend on donations to fund our efforts and are very grateful and sincerely thank everyone who gives any amount they can.
Anyone can make a donation to BCPSEF to help support our Mission and any British Columbia resident may become a member.
Learn more about all of the legal action BCPSEF has been engaged in or supported since we formed in 2021. From the Petition for Injunction and Judicial Review launched in 2021, to the class action lawsuit we are supporting now, you can find all the details in one place.
BCPS Employees for Freedom is a registered not-for-profit society in the Province of British Columbia. We are a diverse group of public servants who stand together for medical privacy and bodily autonomy to protect our colleagues, families, the communities we serve and future generations.
We are leading a legal campaign to bring about accountability and justice for the B.C. government’s proof of COVID-19 vaccination mandate for B.C. Public Service employees that resulted in hundreds of unnecessary wrongful terminations, thousands of early retirements, and the violation of 38,000 public servants’ medical privacy and bodily autonomy. We hold regular member meetings and advocate on behalf of current and former public servants of municipal, provincial and federal government organizations, and publicly funded non-governmental organizations, in British Columbia.
As B.C. public servants we are committed to upholding the rights of all peoples, as protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We are profoundly concerned by the implementation of mandatory proof of vaccination policies in our workplaces, the violation of employees’ medical privacy and human rights, and the associated coercion, discrimination and censorship of employees by public sector employers.
These infringements on the rights and freedoms of workers are grave threats to our democracy and the livelihood of all Canadians. Medical coercion and the violation of human rights are contrary to public service values.
We invite everyone who supports our cause to join with us to protect and advance the rights and freedoms of all British Columbians.
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