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I am not a lawyer, and the following video and information I will share deals more with the government than an employer. I am unsure of how an employer insisting on medical treatment for an employee differs from insistence by government. Still, I hope you will find something useful and wish you luck going forward.
Rocco Galati CRC video on your rights under common law, statute, and the constitution concerning mandatory medical procedure and/or treatment (including testing). There must be expressed, informed, explicit consent. This includes informing you of all potential side effects.
A medical procedure or treatment is anything that affects your medical health, whether physically or psychologically. That is your physical and psychological integrity which is also protected under section 7 of the charter under life, liberty, and security of the person.
The Nuremberg Code is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation created as a result of the Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War.
The Declaration of Helsinki is a set of ethical principles regarding human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World Medical Association.
There are 2 Supreme Court of Canada decisions which bear an important to The Nuremberg Code and The Helsinki Declaration.
The first case Baker v. Canada Minister of Citizenship and Immigration established that interpretation of Canadian domestic law must be interpreted in accordance with applicable international treaty, whether or not we have domestically ratified that treaty.
The second case (subsequent to the first) R. v. Hape the Supreme Court ruled that any specific right contained in an international document or instrument is read as a minimal protection under section 7 of the charter. Therefore the rights and protections contained in The Nuremburg Code and The Helsinki Declaration are protected under and addition to section 7 of the charter.