Across New Brunswick, proof of vaccination is now required at many non-essential establishments including bars, restaurants, and gyms.
Since this mandate was put in place, the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission says it has received several calls from citizens claiming the new COVID-19 measures violate their human rights.
Marc-Alain Mallet, director of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, said in a statement, “This is far from the truth.”
“It bears emphasizing that the New Brunswick Human Rights Act offers protection from discrimination in employment, housing, services, notices or signs, and professional or business or trade associations, based on 16 protected grounds enumerated in the act, in addition to sexual harassment and reprisal.”
“If a person alleges that the government’s COVID-19 measures violate their human rights, the commission will only have authority to look into the alleged violation if it is related to a protected ground.”
Meaning, if someone claims it’s their right to be exempt from vaccinations, it has to be based on the grounds of either mental disability, physical disability, creed, or religion.
Over the last month, there have been 318 inquiries, 67 per cent were vaccine-related, and in the last week, this number has increased to 90 per cent.
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