Ontario father takes denial of EI benefits for not taking Covid-19 vaccine to Federal Court of Appeal

Toronto, Ontario: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is sharing that Robin Francis, who was terminated from his employment and deemed ineligible for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine, has made a special judicial review application to the Federal Court of Appeal. The Federal Court of Appeal is being asked to determine that the denial of EI benefits to Dr. Francis was unjustified and violated his Charter rights.

Dr. Robin Francis, a father of four and a PhD engineer, was respected in his workplace at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and had won awards and recognitions for his work. Further, Dr. Francis worked mostly from home and believed that he did not pose a health risk to anyone. On August 31, 2021, Dr. Francis received an email from his company mandating all employees of LHSC to be vaccinated against COVID-19. After the policy took effect on September 3, 2021, Dr. Francis informed his manager and HR official that, while he intended to follow all mandated sanitizing protocols, screening tests, and antigen tests, he had made the decision to not be vaccinated against COVID-19. This resulted in Dr. Francis’ termination.

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