A former Canadian soldier and veteran of the wars in Bosnia and Afghanistan was fined $4,000 and given a severe reprimand Thursday for publicly defying the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Armed Forces members.
  • SplitdiplessOPMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Let’s not forget that this is a guilty plea. Even WO Topp believes himself guilty.

    • OrteilGenou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Still feels like a tempest in a teapot, and I would argue that a guilty plea means less when it is incentivized like that.

      • SplitdiplessOPMEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        If the tempest started anywhere, it was WO Topp in his public speaking, social media presence, and led ‘protest marches’ in opposition to the policy.