BCPS Employees for Freedom Society is a Canadian not-for-profit society based in the Province of British Columbia. The group's stated purpose is to defend bodily autonomy and medical privacy for all peoples in BC.[1]
History
The organization was formed in October 2021 by a group of public service employees working in a variety of public positions including education, healthcare, children and family services, Indigenous relations, the environment, economic and social development, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and natural resources, public safety and others.[2]
On October 30, 2023, BC Public Service (BCPS) employee Jason Baldwin filed a notice of civil claim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against the Government of British Columbia and Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry under the Class Proceedings Act related to the province's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.[3] The class action suit was announced on November 29, 2023 by Angela Cardoso, vice president of BCPS Employees for Freedom Society.[4][5]
Certification hearings for the class action began on April 28, 2025, alongside a similar suit filed by United Health Care Workers of BC. Both groups are represented by Umar Sheikh of Sheikh Law.[6]
External links
Home. BCPS Employees for Freedom. Retrieved March 31, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220330111013/https://bcpsforfreedom.com/ ↩︎
About. (2021, October). BCPS Employees for Freedom. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225230449/https://bcpsforfreedom.com/about/ ↩︎
Notice of Civil Claim - Baldwin v. Province of British Columbia and Bonnie Henry. (2023, October 30). BCPS Employees for Freedom; Supreme Court of British Columbia. https://web.archive.org/web/20231130194255/https://bcpsforfreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023.10.30-BCPS-Class-Action-NOCC.pdf ↩︎
Manchester, J. (2023, November 29). Fired BC public service workers launch lawsuit against Bonnie Henry over vax mandate - BC News. Castanet. http://archive.today/2023.11.30-194251/https://www.castanetkamloops.net/edition/news-story-459839-3-.htm ↩︎
Burns, I. (2023, November 29). Bonnie Henry named as defendant in class-action lawsuit over her role in COVID-19 vaccine mandate. KamloopsBCNow. http://archive.today/2023.11.30-212728/https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Bonnie_Henry_named_as_defendant_in_class_action_lawsuit_over_her_role_in_COVID_19_vaccine_mandate/%23fs_131841 ↩︎
MEDIA RELEASE: B.C. Public Servant and Health Care Worker Class Action Certification Hearing Starts April 28. (2025, April 18). BCPS Employees for Freedom Society. https://bcpsforfreedom.com/media-release-b-c-public-servant-and-health-care-worker-class-action-certification-hearing-starts-april-28/ ↩︎
