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Canada's top court rules N.L. pandemic travel restrictions were
constitutional
Kim Taylor describes travel restrictions as cruel, after she was barred >>>from attending mother's funeral
Terry Roberts + CBC News + Posted: Feb 13, 2026 7:58 AM PST | Last
Updated: February 13
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Kim Taylor was denied entry into her home province of Newfoundland and
Labrador following her mother's death in May 2020 because of Covid-19
travel restrictions. (CBC)
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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Covid-19 travel restrictions
imposed by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2020 were
"reasonably justified" as infection numbers soared, lives were lost and
little was known about the virus.
In a majority decision released Friday morning, the court acknowledged
the restrictions did violate mobility rights under Section 6 of the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but that the violation was
justified under Section 1 of the Charter.
The ruling is vindication for the province's tough response to the
pandemic, which included a temporary order to restrict entry into the
province by non-residents, except under exceptional circumstances.
"These unprecedented circumstances, factoring in the capacity of their
healthcare system and high volume of vulnerable populations, entitled
Newfoundland and Labrador to act as it did," the ruling states.
"The travel restrictions amounted to a limitation of freedoms, and
governments must exercise significant caution when engaging in such
restrictions. However, Newfoundland and LabradorAs travel restrictions
were a reasonable and justified measure in a free and democratic country >>> in the COVID-19 pandemic."
Unable to attend mother's funeral
The case was launched by Kim Taylor of Nova Scotia and backed by the
Canadian Civil Liberties Association. They claimed the province's travel >>> ban was unconstitutional.
Taylor was barred from travelling home to attend her mother's funeral.
"People who are grieving the loss of a loved one, such as a mother,
father, sister, brother, a child, should not be subjected to this level
of cruelty by a government entity," Taylor told CBC News in May 2020.
AnaNs Bussi*res McNicoll of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
said it was not the ruling the CCLA hoped for, but she said the decision >>> is a victory for mobility rights.
oToday the the court agreed with the CCLA that the interprovincial
travel ban enacted by Newfoundland and Labrador infringed on mobility
rights. However, the court also found that the restrictions were
justified in the particular circumstances," she told CBC News.
oWe would have preferred a different outcome, but ultimately the court
confirmed that both citizens and permanent residents have the
constitutional right to move freely between provinces, and that's a
really important finding.o
Nine judges heard the appeal
The top court's ruling is in line with the original ruling of the
Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court.
The Court of Appeal refused to hear the matter because the travel
restrictions had been lifted, and did not rule on whether there was a
charter infringement.
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear the matter, with a panel of
nine judges hearing the appeal in April 2025.
Section 6 of the Charter states that Canadians have the right to enter,
remain in, and leave Canada. It also states that Canadians can move and
take up residence in any province.
an older woman wearing glasses smiles for the camera
Eileen Taylor died of natural causes on May 5, 2020. (Submitted by Kim
Taylor)
The judges agreed that all or some of the subsections of Section 6 were
violated by the province's travel ban.
But the actions of the government were saved by Section 1 of the
Charter, which outlines the criteria under which rights and freedoms can >>> be limited.
"While travel bans and other significant infringements on mobility will
generally not be justifiable in a free and democratic society, this was
a grave emergency," the ruling states.
"The record shows that Newfoundland and Labrador had a population that
was uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19, and a low capacity to provide
medical treatment in case of widespread illness."
In the interim, we are 100% prepared/protected in the "full armor of
GOD" (Ephesians 6:11) which we put on as soon as we use Apostle Paul's
secret (Philippians 4:12). Though masking is less protective, it helps
us avoid the appearance of doing the evil of spreading airborne
pathogens while there are people getting sick because of not being
100% protected. It is written that we're to "abstain from **all**
appearance of doing evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22 w/**emphasis**).
Meanwhile, the only *perfect* (Matt 5:47-8 ) way to eradicate the
COVID-19 virus, thereby saving lives, in the UK & elsewhere is by
rapidly (i.e. use the "Rapid COVID-19 Test" ) finding out at any given
moment, including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly
contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to
"convince it forward" (John 15:12) for them to call their doctor and
self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic.
Thus, we're hoping for the best while preparing for the worse-case
scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron,
Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations
combining via slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like "Deltamicron"
that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no
longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry (
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/6ZoE95d-VKc/m/14vVZoyOBgAJ >> ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
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