Not Reserving Judgment Episode 86: Why a court greenlit the B.C. ostrich cull. Plus tribunals find vax mandates violated rights.
May 21, 2025
42:52
On Episode 86, we discuss the Federal Court decision green-lighting the killing hundreds of ostriches on a farm in B.C., we tell you about two new decisions that found vaccine mandates breached Charter rights, and we give you our Bad Legal Takes of the Week.
Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:
- Labour board rules denial of religious exemption from vax mandates breached Charter (Western Standard)
- WestJet ordered to pay 11 months' salary to accountant fired for refusing to be vaccinated (Calgary Herald)
- CFIA says B.C. ostrich cull will go ahead despite regional district refusing to accept the carcasses (CBC News)
- Terry Newman: Over 300 ostriches to be put to death. They may not even be sick (National Post)
- Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. v. Canada (Food Inspection Agency) (Federal Court)
Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.
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