To Quote Elon Musk, "I Didn't Know He Was Still Alive."

 


Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier, Brian Peckford, has kept a low profile since he abandoned his North Atlantic homeland for the milder climes at the far side of the country on Vancouver Island.

Peckford emerged from obscurity recently by announcing he was suing the federal government's vaccine mandate for air travel.

The suit states about six million Canadians, or 15 per cent of the population, have been prevented from travelling to help sick loved ones, to visit family and friends, to get to work, take international vacations, and just live ordinary lives.

Peckford, the only surviving signatory to the 1982 Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms, argues that’s “simple discrimination,” and the courts must step in.

He claims it’s becoming clear that being vaccinated does not stop people from getting COVID and does not stop them from spreading it, adding Ottawa has not shown that the policy makes flying safer.

Peckford, who is unvaccinated, says Prime Minister Trudeau is only “sowing divisions” in society by calling the unvaccinated racists, misogynists, anti-science, and extremist.’


Comments

  1. LorneFebruary 2, 2022 at 2:53 PM

    Very sad, Mound. I had no idea that Peckford is alive and so benighted.

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    1. The Disaffected LibFebruary 2, 2022 at 5:04 PM

      I thought he was dead years ago. He lives in the same area as the late Howie Meeker.

      I suppose I got the two confused. Too bad, I liked Howie Meeker.

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    2. Northern PoVFebruary 3, 2022 at 7:17 AM

      "I thought he was dead years ago."

      No 'ees just resting.

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    3. The Disaffected LibFebruary 3, 2022 at 8:22 AM

      Pining for the fjords, ha, ha.

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