Tue May 30, 2023 – 7:40 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian federal labour board has agreed to hear the case of a government employee who was denied a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board recently granted Jennifer Squires, a senior financial services adviser with Parks Canada, a hearing after her religious exemption was denied and she was suspended without pay, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“The grievance is neither trivial nor vexatious,” wrote Marie-Claude Perrault, an adjudicator with the Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board, which is the legal term for confirming that Squires’ request is reasonable.
While the Board agreed to hear her case, it has yet to set a date for the hearing. Squires’ union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, told the board, “The remedies she seeks relate to a grave injustice to her.”
On November 15, 2021, the Canadian Cabinet enforced mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 resulting in an estimated minimum of 2,560 employees being suspended without pay.
In a 2022 Inquiry of Ministry, the Treasury Board reported that only 540 of the 2,042 employees who applied for a religious exemptions were approved,
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