Canadian Health Labs wants the Court of King’s Bench to strike down legislation that the province enacted last month, arguing it is unconstitutional, in a bid to avoid any legal or financial penalties over travel nurse contracts between the staffing agency and Vitalité Health Network.
Canadian Health Labs alleges Travel Nurses Act is ‘unlawful interference’ by N.B. in contracts with Vitalité
Canadian Health Labs has filed three lawsuits against Vitalité Health Network with the Court of King’s Bench in Saint John. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Canadian Health Labs wants the Court of King’s Bench to strike down legislation that the province enacted last month, arguing it is unconstitutional, in a bid to avoid any legal or financial penalties over travel nurse contracts between the staffing agency and Vitalité Health Network.
In documents filed with the court in Saint John, Canadian Health Labs alleges the Travel Nurses Act represents “unlawful interference” by the legislature of New Brunswick into a “freely negotiated commercial relationship between two commercial entities.”
It claims the act was “legislated in bad faith and constitutes an abuse of power by the province.”
The act is “improper, unconstitutional and unconscionable and must be struck down in its entirety,” Canadian Health Labs argues in the documents, filed in response to Vitalité’s statements of defence and counterclaims to the company’s three lawsuits over the contracts.
The Ontario-based company has also notified the provincial and federal attorneys general about the “questions of constitutionality raised in this matter,” according to the documents.
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