a nurse practitioner, hoogerbrug professes sincere and long-standing beliefs as a member of the reformed congregation in north america, which, along with its predecessor denominations, has opposed vaccinations for more than 200 years.
the complaint to the privacy commissioner concerned the march 7 order authorizing the public disclosure of vaccination status and “highly sensitive personal health information” by the medical regulatory colleges and the government.
“indeed, to the complainants’ knowledge, no canadian government has ever sought to publish the confidential personal health information of a group of persons, with respect to communicable diseases, including the sars-cov-2 virus. such a profound violation of privacy is simply not permitted in our society,” that petition asserted.
gall said the current evidence indicates covid no longer represents a “significant, ominous, and nebulous threat to public health,” and extreme measures are no longer justified.
the provincial health officer, dr. bonnie henry, stated in a january news conference, “we have to change our way of thinking,” noting that the government has begun to adopt measures similar to “how we manage other respiratory illnesses” like the cold and flu.