Mon Nov 29, 2021 – 3:49 pm EST
VICTORIA, British Columbia (LifeSiteNews) — The Canadian province of British Columbia issued an order declaring that firing public sector workers for refusing the COVID vaccine is now to be considered termination with “just cause” under the law.
British Columbia Lt. Gov. Janet Austin signed an order on November 19 stating that the government can fire public service workers with “just cause” if they refuse to receive one of the experimental COVID-19 injections. In Canada, being fired with “just cause” disqualifies someone from receiving unemployment benefits.
The order, which amended the Public Service Act of 1996, pronounced that the “COVID-19 Vaccination Policy is a term and condition of employment for employees,” and “If an employee is terminated” under the policy, “the employee is deemed to have been dismissed with just cause.”
The newly handed down order could devastate Canadians economically, as according to the Canadian government, if one is terminated from their job due to their own “misconduct,” which includes a “violation of the obligations set out in his contract of employment,” they are not to receive regular employment insurance (EI) benefits.
BC’s decision follows last month’s statements from Canada’s Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, who indicated that to her knowledge, Canadians who are fired for refusing the jab will not qualify for EI. That means that if fired, there will be no compensation at all, either by the former employer or by the government.
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