¶ Children's Health Defense Canada
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Children's Health Defense Canada, alternatively referred to as Children's Health Defence Canada[1] and Defense de la santé des enfants Canada,[2] is a Canadian not-for-profit corporation based in Mossley, Ontario. It is an independent Canadian chapter of Children's Health Defense.
¶ History
The domain name "childrenshealthdefense.ca" was registered anonymously on April 30, 2019.[3] On October 16, 2020, Children's Health Defence Canada was incorporated in the Province of Ontario as a not-for-profit corporation.[1:1] The organization was incorporated at the federal level on April 22, 2021.[2:1]
¶ Rocco Galati mandate lawsuit
On August 26, 2021, Michael Palmer sent an email blast to administrators at the University of Waterloo calling for the repeal of COVID-19 testing and vaccine mandates. The letter included a note claiming that CHD Canada was "preparing a lawsuit against all universities and colleges (including UW) which have issued these illegal vaccination and testing mandates" in "cooperation with lawyers Rocco Galati and Amina Sherazee of the Constitutional Rights Centre."[4]
Four days later, CHD Canada hosted a Zoom meeting to discuss the lawsuit, describes as "coordinated by CHD and will be filed by lawyer Rocco Galati." A memo was created containing instructions for students to join the suit, which involved setting up a one-on-one meeting with Galati. Prospective plaintiffs were instructed to be prepared to pay $2,000 towards the cost of the lawsuit, with the possibility of being "on the hook for another payment of up to $2,000 dollars" if "the rule of the law is not restored and Rocco loses." It also noted that CHD "may use donations received to assist with paying the fees."[5]
Between approximately August 2021 and January 2022, CHD Canada was based at the same Toronto, Ontario address as Rocco Galati's law office and his Constitutional Rights Centre.[6][7][8] As of April 2022, the address was changed to a post office box in Bellevue, Ontario.[9]
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Forbes | President[10] | - |
| Shari St. Louis | Co-President,[11] Director[2:2] | - |
| Christine Colebeck | Vice President,[10:1] Director (former)[12] | - |
| Jennifer Berman Diaz | Vice President,[11:1] Director[2:3] | Gen-Earth, Safe Food Matters, Toronto Non-GMO Coalition, Millions Against Monsanto Toronto[13] |
| Brian Burrowes | Director[2:4] | - |
| Richard Colebeck | Director (former)[12:1] | - |
| Gerardo Diaz | Director[2:5] | - |
| Rocco Galati | Director (April 2021-June 2023)[12:2][14] | - |
| Mette M. | Alberta Provincial Director[10:2] | - |
| Sherry Strong | Alberta Provincial Director[15] | - |
| Rick Dignard | British Columbia Provincial Director[10:3][15:1] | - |
| Gloria Dignazio | Manitoba Provincial Director[11:2] | - |
| Sameen Toms | Nova Scotia Provincial Director[10:4][11:3] | - |
| Brett Hawes | Ontario Provincial Director[11:4] | - |
| Sandra H. | Ontario Provincial Director[10:5] | - |
| Cheryl Y. | Ontario Provincial Director[10:6] | - |
| Brigitte Beaudoin | Quebec Provincial Director[11:5] | - |
| Oliver Cresswell | Contributing Writer[11:6] | - |
| Roman Shapoval | Contributing Writer[11:7] | - |
¶ Corporate structure
CHD Canada is made up of multiple corporate entities:
- Children's Health Defence Canada (Ontario)
- Children's Health Defense Canada (federal)
- Children's Health Defense Canada / Defense de la santé des enfants Canada (Ontario - branch)
¶ External links
CHILDREN’S HEALTH DEFENCE CANADA (5038665) [Not-for-Profit Corporation]. (2020, October 16). Internet Archive; Government of Ontario. https://archive.org/details/childrens-health-defence-canada-ontario ↩︎ ↩︎
Federal Corporation Information - 1295112-6. (2021, April 22). Corporations Canada. http://archive.today/2024.01.05-220719/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cc/lgcy/fdrlCrpDtls.html?p=0&corpId=12951126&V_TOKEN=null&crpNm=Children's Health Defense&crpNmbr=&bsNmbr=&cProv=&cStatus=&cAct= ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
childrenshealthdefense.ca whois lookup. Who.is. Retrieved January 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240105222116/https://who.is/whois/childrenshealthdefense.ca ↩︎
Palmer, M. (2021, August 26). Open letter to UW officials: Repeal the COVID vaccination and testing mandates. University of Waterloo. http://archive.today/2021.09.02-122851/https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Open-letter-UW-vaccine-mandates.html ↩︎
Update on the lawsuit against university mandates. University of Waterloo. Retrieved January 5, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240105232424/https://links.uwaterloo.ca/Repeal_UW_Mandatory_Vaccination_Policy/lawsuit-instructions.pdf ↩︎
1062 College St. toronto - Google Search. Google. Retrieved January 5, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.01.05-225024/https://www.google.com/search?q=1062+College+St.+toronto&oq=1062+College+St.+toronto&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEIMTA3NmowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8%23cobssid=s&ip=1 ↩︎
Contact. Children’s Health Defense Canada. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220128142817/https://childrenshealthdefense.ca/about-us/contact/ ↩︎
Contact. Children’s Health Defense Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.08.13-014938/https://childrenshealthdefense.ca/about-us/contact/ ↩︎
Contact. Children’s Health Defense Canada. Retrieved April 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220410214542/https://childrenshealthdefense.ca/about-us/contact/ ↩︎
About Us. Children’s Health Defense Canada. Retrieved June 15, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210615190338/https://childrenshealthdefense.ca/about-us/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
About Us. Children’s Health Defense Canada. Retrieved December 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231217102056/https://childrenshealthdefense.ca/about-us/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Events for Children’s Health Defense Canada. OpenCorporates. Retrieved January 5, 2024, from https://opencorporates.com/companies/ca/12951126/events ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
About The Organizers. (2018, February 20). Gen-Earth. http://archive.today/2024.01.05-231720/https://gen-earth.org/about/organizers/ ↩︎
Colbeck, C. (2023, June 20). Children’s Health Defense Canada - Form 4006 - Changes Regarding Directors. Internet Archive; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. https://archive.org/details/childrens-health-defense-canada-federal-corporate-records/Directors_1.pdf ↩︎
About Us. Children’s Health Defense Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230507165125/https://childrenshealthdefense.ca/about-us/ ↩︎ ↩︎