BCPSEF is THRILLED to announce TWO anonymous donors have offered to match all class action donations received between December 1, 2024 and February 24, 2025.

• Donor #1 is a BCPSEF member who has generously offered to match donations up to $5,000K.
• Donor #2 is a member of the public who has generously offered to match donations up to $25,000K.

The two matching offers are NOT mutually exclusive. If BCPSEF receives $5K in donations by the deadline, Donor #1 will match that amount, and the $10K total can be included in the donation match for the $25K offer.

https://bcpsforfreedom.com/two-donors-offer-to-match-up-to-30000k-for-class-action-lawsuit/

For Immediate Release: January 16, 2025

VICTORIA – The certification hearing for two class action lawsuits, launched on behalf of civil servants and health care workers who were affected by the provincial COVID-19 vaccine mandates, will be held April 28 to May 2, 2025 in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria.

The representative plaintiffs for the lawsuits are members of the BCPS Employees for Freedom Society (BCPSEF) and United Health Care Workers of BC Society (UHCWBC), respectively.

https://bcpsforfreedom.com/media-release-b-c-public-servant-health-care-worker-class-action-lawsuits-to-seek-certification-together/

Belief. Ideology. Truth. Lies. 

Ideological capture and a seemingly progressive secular religion have come to dominate the civil service and public institutions in Canada and in British Columbia. Is this rigid belief system now teetering on the brink, or is it becoming further entrenched in B.C.’s public service and endangering the lives, liberty, and prosperity of the people whom the government purportedly serves?

BCPS Employees for Freedom (BCPSEF) is pleased to host this conversation with former B.C. public servant, Nick Osmond-Jones, and editor of Quillette magazine, Jonathan Kay. 

About the Meeting

When: 4pm PST, 7pm EST, January 26, 2025.

Where: Online via Zoom

BCPSEF member meetings are open to members only. Any resident of British Columbia may become a non-voting member of BCPSEF. Voting membership is open to any B.C. public servant, current or former, who has worked for a municipal, provincial, or federal government organization, or a publicly funded non-governmental organization in the province. To become a member, visit our BCPSEF Membership page. If you do not qualify to become a member and wish to attend the event, please contact admin@bcpsforfreedom.com

https://bcpsforfreedom.com/bcpsef-presents-a-conversation-with-nick-osmond-jones-jonathan-kay/

'Our legal campaigns are a critical, precedent-setting fight to ensure the preservation of all workers’ employment and Charter rights in British Columbia and Canada for generations to come,' celebrated the British Columbia Public Servants Employees for Freedom.

Nov 27, 2024

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/judge-allows-b-c-government-workers-lawsuit-against-covid-mandates-to-proceed/?utm_source=most_recent&utm_campaign=usa

The president of BCPSEF whose conversation with BC Conservative Leader John Rustad dominated the election news cycle for several days has claimed the BC NDP “mischaracterized us for political advantage.”

2024 10 11

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/COVID_19/Not_against_vaccines_in_any_way_Group_labelled_anti_vax_by_BC_NDP_says_party_mischaracterized_us_for_political_advantage/#fs_141455

Terms like “anti-vaxer,” “conspiracy theorist,” and “COVIDiot” were far too common.

Dec 2, 2024

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comment-we-need-to-try-to-reduce-divisiveness-in-our-society-9891064

2024 07 30

You might have heard last week that the B.C. government, four years after the start of COVID-19, declared an end to its public health emergency and vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Your reaction to the news, depending on your perspective, might have ranged from, “Good, it’s outrageous how long that took,” to, “What a reckless decision, I can’t believe they’re putting our health at risk like that.” Or maybe it was a shrug. COVID? Is that still a thing?

Last Friday’s announcement by B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, and Minister of Health, Adrian Dix, seems to bookend one of the most divisive periods in B.C.’s history, as seen by the range of public reaction to it. But is it really over? The division, that is.

https://www.newwesttimes.com/news/bc-covid-mandates-spark-class-action-litigation/article_be72389a-4e99-11ef-b4b8-275b4af8b551.html

A B.C. lawyer representing civil servants forced off of work due to vaccine mandates will now represent over 200 union members against the unions they say failed to defend them.

May 15, 2024

https://tnc.news/2022/05/15/lawyer-arguing-unions-colluded-with-government-to-impose-vax-mandates/

I lost friends, family, my savings, my reputation, and the primary reason I live where I do.

https://www.newwesttimes.com/news/fired-firefighter-fires-back/article_b1fe789c-ebb8-11ee-b0e6-9365894c2b74.html

https://www.newwesttimes.com/news/terminated-bc-group-takes-province-to-court-over-covid-firings/article_6c776c32-d5b2-11ee-b6c4-370995e28fbd.html

A former BC Public Service worker who is suing the provincial government and Dr. Bonnie Henry over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has spoken of his “disbelief” at being fired.

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial
\/We_re_not_giving_up_BC_public_servant_fired_due_to_vaccine_mandate_says_lawsuit_is_just_the_beginning/

BC Canada is the only remaining province to maintain the vaccine requirement for health-care workers:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/purolator-arbitration-case-could-have-major-impact-on-bcs-vaccine-mandate-former-ag-says-5558954?utm_source=ref_share&src_src=ref_share&utm_campaign=op-cc&src_cmp=op-cc

Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry named as defendant in class-action lawsuit over her role in COVID-19 vaccine mandate:

https://www.victorianow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Bonnie_Henry_named_as_defendant_in_class_action_lawsuit_over_her_role_in_COVID_19_vaccine_mandate/

VICTORIA – The BCPS Employees for Freedom Society (BCPSEF) is pleased to announce a class action lawsuit has been launched by representative plaintiff and BCPSEF member, Jason Baldwin, on behalf of all unionized employees of the B.C. Public Service over the Province of B.C.’s proof of COVID-19 vaccination mandate imposed on provincial government employees in November 2021. The plaintiff’s claim is against the Province of B.C. and British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.

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.

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 action claims the Public Health Officer committed the tort of misfeasance by:

    having no basis in fact to justify the information, data, and advice she provided and upon which the Province relied to develop its employee vaccination policy, and
    wilfully or recklessly ignored known potential risks of adverse events associated with the COVID-19 vaccination in providing advice to the Province.

The action further claims the Province violated employees’ rights under s.2d — freedom of association — of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that forced disclosure of private medical information violated common law and statutory privacy rights.

The plaintiff seeks compensation through an award for aggravated and punitive damages. The plaintiff has retained counsel Umar Sheikh of Sheikh Law to represent him in this matter.

Independent health policy researcher Alan Cassels joined BCPS Employees for Freedom members to discuss the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on public health policy in British Columbia. Mr. Cassels shared a variety of experiences and reflections from his 30-year career as a researcher, award-winning communicator and advocate for evidence-based drug and healthcare policy. He discussed the need for individual citizens to question and critically appraise the claims of Big Pharma, public health officials and governments in mass marketing medical interventions at the population level.

Watch the video here:

https://bcpsforfreedom.com/watch-bcpsef-presents-a-conversation-with-alan-cassels/

We’re very grateful to Mr. Cassels for joining us as our guest.

You can follow him on Twitter at: @AKECassels

On June 26, 2023, Suzanne Anton, KC, former Attorney General of British Columbia, joined BCPS Employees for Freedom members for a wide-ranging conversation on COVID-19 mandates. Ms. Anton covered a number of topics, including her take on government’s response to COVID-19, restrictive public health measures, lockdowns, vaccine passports and mandates, mass terminations of B.C. healthcare workers and public servants, and the lack of strong evidence and legal justification for these actions.

https://bcpsforfreedom.com/watch-bcpsef-presents-a-conversation-with-suzanne-anton-kc/

We’re very grateful for Ms. Anton joining us as our guest. You can follow her on Twitter at: @SuzanneAnton

Dear BCPS Employees for Freedom (BCPSEF) Supporters,

Please find this brief summary of the key actions we've taken to defend the medical privacy, bodily autonomy and constitutional rights and freedoms of B.C. public servants to date:  

• . May 16, 2022 (anticipated): B.C. Supreme Court judicial review of the constitutionality of OIC 627 and HR Policy 25 (i.e. the Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate). 
• . April 1, 2022: B.C. Supreme Court dismisses petition for injunction. 
• . March 25, 2022: Judge hears B.C. public servants fighting vaccine mandates in court. 
• . February 23, 2022: B.C. public servants file court petition to halt vaccine mandate terminations. 
• . February 22, 2022: First B.C. public servants terminated for not complying with the Mandate. 
• . February 18, 2022: B.C. public servants facing termination over vaccine mandate speak out. 
• . February 6, 2022: BCPSEF sends second open letter to Lori Wanamaker to end the Mandate. 
  
• . January 17, 2022: First B.C. public servants receive final termination warning letter. 
• . November 29, 2021: B.C. public servants share impact statements. 
• . November 22, 2021: First B.C. public servants put on unpaid leave for not complying with the Mandate. 
• . November 10, 2021: B.C. public servants send open letters to their unions. 
• . November 7, 2021: B.C. public sector workers stand in solidarity against medical coercion.
• . October 26, 2021: B.C. public servants send open letter to Lori Wanamaker.
• . October 5, 2021: Head of the BC Public Service, Lori Wanamaker, announces Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for 38,000 B.C. public servants or face termination. 

Thank you for your ongoing support and donations!