The applicants, operators of a restaurant, brought a constitutional challenge against the Reopening Ontario Act and its Step 3 Regulation, specifically targeting the masking and proof of vaccination requirements.
They argued these measures infringed their rights under sections 2, 7, 8, and 15 of the Charter.
The court dismissed the application, finding no infringement of the Charter rights, as the Charter does not protect purely economic interests or the right to operate a business free of regulation.
The court further held that even if there were an infringement, the public health measures were justified under section 1 of the Charter.
