Threats to Exemptions

Our Right to Exemptions

30 Years of Exemptions

Vaccination & the Struggle for Health Freedom
Read the Editorial from the Fall 2014 Edition of the Vaccine Choice Journal for a brief history of vaccination exemptions in Canada and an update on some of the latest vaccine research . . . PDF Document

1984 Brief to Ontario Ministry of Health by the Committee Against Compulsory Vaccination
The Brief is a powerful and eloquent document that has great relevance today as we see our right to exemptions for reasons of conscience once again being questioned . . .  Read Article

7 Talking Points: Preserving Exemptions

In support of vaccinations exemptions, there are seven main points to consider . . . Read Article

Expanded Talking Points

Our primary purpose and mission as a non-profit, educational Society is to advance and protect the medical ethic of informed consent  . . . Read Article

Vaccination – The Science is Not Settled – Brochure

What Compulsory Vaccinations Would Mean

A Significant Change  

If we are to consider this significant change in both our medical practices and in our status as citizens, it is best we be thoughtful and thorough in our understanding of what the consequences of this change might mean and implement appropriate procedures and safeguards . . . Read Article

Analysing the Mandatory Vaccination Position

20 Assumptions of the Mandatory Position
All positions are based on certain assumptions. Only by being aware of these assumptions can one evaluate their veracity and thus examine the basis of the position . . . Read Article

Examining the Rationale for Mandatory Vaccinations
There is a bitter debate raging in our media on the dangers of not complying with the current “recommended” vaccination schedule. This is a very significant change and ought to be taken very seriously . . . Read Article

Related VCC Links

• Mandating Vaccines: A Cause For Concern – Member of Parliament (MP) Information Package (pdf)
• Mandating Vaccines: A Cause For Concern – Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament (MPP) Information Package (pdf)

• BC Mandatory Vaccine Registry Postcard (2/23/2020)
• Vaccine Facts Quiz For Legislators (2/13/2020)
• PM Commits to Evidence-Based Decision Making and Protecting Rights (12/30/2019)
• The struggle to stop vaccine mandates in Canada (12/20/2019)
• Vaccination is Not Immunization – Why Bill 11 Should Be Defeated (12/19/2019)
• A Parent’s Appeal to New Brunswick MLAs on Bill 11 (12/11/2019)
• Dear NB School Superintendents, Trustees, Principals and Teachers (12/9/2019)
• Dear BC School Superintendents, Trustees, Principals and Teachers (12/9/2019)
• Update and Call to Action to members on New Brunswick Bill 11 (11/28/2019)
• New Brunswick Mandates – Take Action (11/19/2019)
• Trailblazing Canadian Constitutional Lawyer, Rocco Galati “Fights for the World” (11/17/2019)
• Rise Up (11/17/2019)
• We have changed the conversation (11/17/2019)
• Nova Scotia Take Action (11/7/2019)
• Religious and Personal Exemptions Are Unnecessary (11/1/2019)
• News Release – Vaccine Choice Canada October 28, 2019 (10/28/2019)
• Toronto Press Conference and Rally October 29, 2019 (10/21/2019)
• Toronto Board of Health votes to abolish non-medical exemptions (10/20/2019)
• New Brunswick Legislative Hearings on Bill 39 (10/20/2019)
• Getting the Story Straight: An examination of testimony from the September 23 Toronto Board of Health meeting (10/1/2019)
• Toronto Board of Health recommends removal of vaccine exemptions (10/1/2019)
• 12 Questions and Request for Evidence (10/1/2019)
• My Experience With the Toronto Board of Health (9/30/2019)
• Immunize BC Vaccination Status Indicator – Breach of Medical Privacy – Take Action (9/15/2019)
• New Brunswick Mandatory Vaccine Bill 39 Legal Opinion (9/8/2019)
• Dear BC Parents (8/29/2019)
• VCC Advocates for Medical Freedom in New Brunswick (8/28/2019)
• VCC Informs New Brunswick Child and Youth Advocate (8/12/2019)
• BC vaccine re-education sessions won’t change parent’s minds: A parent’s point of view. (7/30/2019)
• British Columbia – An Assessment of New Mandatory Reporting Regulations (7/29/2019)
• The Real Reason for Vaccine Mandates (6/17/2019)
• New Brunswick Resident’s Appeal to MLAs on Mandatory Vaccination Vote (6/9/2019)
• New Brunswick – Push for Mandatory Vaccinations For Children (6/7/2019)
• Citizens Address the Toronto Board of Health on Vaccines (4/11/2019)
• Accurate, Misleading, and Dishonest Statements by BC’s PHO (3/17/2019)
• Confirmation Bias in the Media (3/15/2019)
• How Did Things Ever Get This Crazy? (3/2/2019)
• VCC Responds to Measles Hysteria (2/21/2019)
• Message from a Parent to Globe and Mail – End the Deception (2/14/2019)
• National Post – What Will You Do? (1/8/2019)
• Globe and Mail Attacks our Rights and Freedoms (7/13/2018)
• Langley School Trustees On Slippery Slope (7/3/2018)
• History of Bill 87 Ontario Vaccine Education Sessions (6/15/2018)
• Educating Alberta Teachers on Vaccination (6/15/2018)
• Manitoba Schools Executive Needs to Do Its Homework on Vaccines (3/15/2018)
• V-Bulletin December 2017 (12/26/2017)
• VCC Ask Media to be More Discerning (12/17/2017)
• Government Sanctioned Bullying With Ontario Vaccine Legislation (12/12/2017)
• Ontario Ministry of Health Disseminates Myths About Vaccine Safety (12/5/2017)
• Truth By Decree: Ontario’s Vaccination Exemption Form (11/29/2017)
• V-Bulletin August/September 2017 (10/4/2017)
• VCC Response to 2017 Ontario Vaccination Exemption Form (9/24/2017)
• Ontario Bill 87 – Concerned Grandmother’s Appeal to Legislative Committee (6/1/2017)
• Ontario Bill 87 – Thoughtful submission ignored by Legislature (5/31/2017)
• Ontario Bill 87: A Registered Nurse’s Perspective (5/23/2017)
• Summary of Concerns Ontario Bill 87 – Vaccine Choice Canada (5/16/2017)
• Edmonton Catholic School Board is Seriously Misguided on Mandatory Vaccination Motion (4/24/2017)
• VCC responses to Bill 87 Committee: Where there is Risk there Must be Choice (4/13/2017)
• Ontario Teacher Responds to Professional Misconduct Verdict (3/10/2017)
• Ontario Resident Writes to Health Minister Hoskins re: Education Sessions (1/24/2017)
• Template letter to Premier Notley re: Alberta Bill 28 Public Health Amendment (11/28/2016)
• Alberta Public Health Amendment Bill 28 Questions – Letter to Premier Notley (11/28/2016)
• CBC Advocates for Erosion of Charter Rights (11/16/2016)
• V-Bulletin October/November 2016 (11/15/2016)
• MPs: Uphold our Charter Rights & Freedoms to Vaccine Choice (10/29/2016)
• V-Bulletin September 2016 (9/8/2016)
• Ottawa Public Health Oversteps Legal Mandate (9/5/2016)
• VCC Holds Federal Health Minister Accountable (7/27/2016)
• 18 Facts the Ontario Government Likely Won’t Tell You in their ‘Vaccine Education Sessions’ (7/20/2016)
• Suggestions for Submissions to the Legislative Committee on Bill 198 – Now Bill 87 (5/29/2016)
• Ontario Health Unit Issues Illegal School Suspension Orders (5/19/2016)
• V-Bulletin – Spring 2016 (5/13/2016)
• Ombudsman Complaint – Ontario Ministry of Health Deceiving Canadian Parents (5/9/2016)
• V-Bulletin January – March 2016 (3/31/2016)
• Petition to the Ontario Legislature opposing mandatory vaccine “education sessions” (3/30/2016)
• Ontario Politicians – Separating personal beliefs from civic duties (1/27/2016)
• Ontario resident writes MPP Hoskins and Colle about proposed vaccine education sessions (1/25/2016)
• V-Bulletin November-December 2015 (12/17/2015)
• A Mother’s Plea for Informed Consent (12/17/2015)
• VCC Educates Politicians on Constitutional Rights (10/5/2015)
• V-Bulletin September 2015 (10/2/2015)
• Urgent Question to Canadian Political Parties re: Mandatory Vaccination (9/24/2015)
• Comments Review – No Vaccine Mandates in Canada Petition (9/18/2015)
• No Vaccine Mandates in Canada! Petition to the CMA Update (8/26/2015)
• V-Bulletin August 22, 2015 Action Alert No Vaccine Mandates in Canada! (8/23/2015)
• Petitioning Canadian Medical Association No Vaccine Mandates in Canada! (8/23/2015)
• Our letter to the CMA re Resolution for Mandatory Vaccination (8/20/2015)
• Mandating Vaccines: A Cause for Concern – Media Information Package (8/18/2015)
• V-Bulletin Summer 2015 (8/11/2015)
• Consensus Science and the Threat to Medical Freedom (8/5/2015)
• Vaccine Mania by Janet Levatin MD (7/14/2015)
• David Swann, bringing ‘chandatory’ vaccination to Albertans (6/16/2015)
• Vaccine Choice Canada’s letter to California Assembly Members re SB277 (6/3/2015)
• V-Bulletin May 2015 (6/1/2015)
• Doctors Against Vaccine Mandates (5/25/2015)
• An Open Letter to Legislators Currently Considering Vaccine Legislation from Tetyana Obukhanych PhD (5/22/2015)
• Forced Vaccinations: For the Greater Good? By Lucija Tomljenovic PhD (5/22/2015)
• V-Bulletin April 2015 (5/1/2015)
• V-Bulletin March 2015 (4/1/2015)
• V-Bulletin February 2015 (2/28/2015)
• VCC writes to Ontario MPPs (2/26/2015)
• Mandated Vaccinations (2/25/2015)
• Examining the Rationale for Mandatory Vaccinations (2/25/2015)
• Talking Points (2/23/2015)
• Expanded Talking Points (2/23/2015)
• Analysing the Mandatory Vaccination Position (2/23/2015)
• Why We Have Vaccination Exemptions in Canada (2/23/2015)
• Articles Supporting Healthcare Workers’ Right to Informed Consent (9/26/2013)
• Healthcare Workers’ Right to Informed Consent & Freedom From Forced Influenza Vaccination (9/13/2013)
• Ontario Ombudsman Complaint Lack of Informed Consent (11/1/2012)

Related External Links

• Testimony to the Maine Legislature by Suzanne Humphries MD May 3, 2015
• Testimony to the Virginia Legislature by Suzanne Humphries MD August 20, 2016
• For Health Officials and School Boards: Asymptomatic Measles Infection is Real by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD – December 15, 2018
• To School Administrators: Why The Unvaccinated Should be Welcome in Your School by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD – April 25, 2019