B.C. Court says Darold Sturgeon's appeal fell "outside the mandate" of the tribunal and he could have challenged Interior Health's mandatory vaccine police 'through other avenues.'Photo by Lars Hagberg/THE CANADIAN PRESS

B.C. health executive fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine loses EI appeal

Executive director of medical affairs for Interior Health was fired after refusing to get COVID vaccine based on his Christian beliefs

by · National Post

A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a “deeply religious” British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three years ago for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Darold Sturgeon was fired as executive director of medical affairs for Interior Health in November 2021 after refusing to get the vaccine based on his Christian beliefs.

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