Mon Oct 25, 2021 – 2:04 pm EDTMon Oct 25, 2021 – 2:05 pm EDT
TORONTO, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) – An Ontario Superior Court judge has imposed a temporary injunction on the University Health Network (UHN) against its requirement for staff to receive a COVID jab or risk being fired.
An urgent motion to have UHN’s COVID shot requirement halted was lodged by six employees on the afternoon of October 22, according to a Toronto Sun report, the same day that UHN had set as the deadline for staff to take the jab or face termination.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Sean Dunphy heard the case the same day, issuing an interim injunction on UHN’s vaccination policy for one week from that day. The court will consider its jurisdiction over the matter on Thursday, at which point a judgement could be handed down. Dunphy stated that his October 22 injunction should not be viewed as a judgement on the vaccine requirement, saying “[t]here may be merit to both positions.”
“I need time to be better briefed,” the judge added.
In his Friday assessment, Dunphy noted that “[t]he harm raised by the applicants is potentially serious and cannot be
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