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The Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy says British Columbia’s response to the coronavirus was too much and it caused an excessive amount of public harm. The organization filed a class action lawsuit saying B.C. overreached its authority.
The lead plaintiff, the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy (Society), says that its purpose is to advocate for the use of science in the formation of public policy. To that end, it claims that the B.C. government and Provincial Health Officer have based the province’s COVID-19 response on a misunderstanding of statistical data.
“In its response to the COVID-19 virus, the government of British Columbia has invoked extraordinary executive powers predicated on unsubstantiated scientific and legal grounds with catastrophic consequences for British Columbians,” alleges the class action lawsuit.
British Columbia’s response to COVID-19 began on March 18, 2020, with a declaration of a “state of emergency” by the provincial government. The declaration was made under the Emergency Program Act (EPA), allowing the government to exercise “sweeping statutory powers,” claims the Society.
“Despite the relatively low number of persons infected by COVID-19 in British Columbia, the Public Health Officer failed to provide notice that the emergency had passed and the Lieutenant Governor in Council continued to extend the emergency declaration under EPA,” contends the class action lawsuit.
The Society points out that between January and March of 2020, three deaths were attributed to COVID-19. The plaintiff acknowledges that the death rate increased in the following months, but mainly affected those in underfunded and staffed care home facilities.
“While hospitals prepared for an influx of COVID-19 patients, many medical procedures and operations were cancelled under the Provincial Government’s directives,” notes the class action lawsuit. “However, the high number of intensive care COVID-19 patients did not materialize. Most people infected with COVID-19 experienced mild to moderate influenza-like symptoms that abated quickly.”
The Society also points out that on-site and in person teaching activities have since resumed; however, the B.C. government has maintained a state of emergency.
“British Columbia is currently in the longest state of emergency in provincial history,” asserts the lawsuit.
The Society accuses the government of misrepresenting the fatality rate of COVID-19 to maintain this status. Further, health officials are allegedly using inaccurate test results that skew the infection rate higher. In fact, the tests themselves are inaccurate having registered false-positive COVID-19 results for a goat, a kiwi, and papaya, says the Society.
The result has been “excessive public alarm” with harmful effects, including an increase in mental illness, suicide, loss of employment, bankruptcies, and other financial consequences, increases in domestic violence, divorce rates, and fewer services to low income and homeless people.
“Meanwhile the Provincial Government, the Provincial Health Officer, and her staff continue to enjoy economic security through salaries, other benefits, and pensions,” asserts the lawsuit. “All government salaries, other benefits, and pensions are at public expense and far less subject to market conditions than the millions of British Columbians’ lack of economic security caused by the continued state of ‘emergency’.”
The proposed class action lawsuit seeks to represent B.C. residents and businesses who have suffered personal injuries or losses since March 17, 2020, due to the province’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Do you think the B.C. government overstepped its authority in its COVID-19 response? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below.
The lead plaintiff and proposed Class Members are represented by Polina Furtula of Citadel Law Corporation.
The B.C. COVID-19 Response Class Action Lawsuit is Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, et al., Case No. 210831, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada.
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46 thoughts onB.C. Government Overreached in COVID-19 Response, Class Action Lawsuit Asserts
Many folks and business lost freedom and money and suffered p.s.t.d due to lockdowns and taking the unproven shots its criminal and against human rights laws
I’m sick to DEATH of this COMMUNIST government’s FINANCIAL COUP. Because that’s what it is. Greedy bankers and psychopathic politicians.
I have alot of reasons to sue.
I live in BC and since I wasn’t vaccinated, I wasn’t allowed to go to the local pool, gym, rec center, or even USE THE BATHROOM in MOST RESTAURANTS!
PLUS WE WERE ON LOCKDOWN FOREVER, and watching Bonnie Henry lie to my trusting friends, family, and loved ones, every morning on the TV, angered me, and frightened me and traumatized me like in ways I cannot even begin to describe. I had to sit their and literally watch people I loved go get this death shot.
I buried myself into microbiology, virology and bio-circuitry textbooks to keep from going crazy.
EMF feeds the graphene oxide, and
Graphene Oxide feeds the hydra.
It’s an operating system:
A delivery system, weapon, biological wireless control system, voice to skull 2.0, data mining system, and consciousness downloading platform.
So yes,I want to sue those genocidal bastards any way I can, and for everything I can.