Constitutional Rights Centre
Constitutional Rights Centre Inc. (CRC) is a Canadian law firm based in Toronto, Ontario.
History
CRC was incorporated on November 29, 2004, by Rocco Galati.[1][2]
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 Children's Health Defense 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."[3]
Between approximately August 2021 and January 2022, CHD Canada was based at the same Toronto, Ontario address as the CRC and Galati's law office.[4][5][6] As of April 2022, the address was changed to a post office box in Bellevue, Ontario.[7]
On February 13, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against Galati and the CRC on allegations of "negligent misrepresentation and a pattern of sloppy, 'bad beyond argument' pleadings across six legal challenges launched between 2020 and 2024."[8] Galati is represented by Ken Fitz of McLennan Ross, while the CRC is represented by Joe Spelliscy of Duncan Craig.[8:1] The suit was brought by Sheikh Law and West Point Law Group.[9]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rocco Galati | Founder, Executive Director, and Director of Tax and other Civil Litigation[1:1] | Children's Health Defense Canada |
| Manuel Azevedo | Operational Director, Administrative Law Litigation[1:2] | - |
| Amina Sherazee | Operational Director, Immigration, Human Rights and Women's Litigation[1:3] | - |
| Paul Slansky | Operational Director, (Quasi) Criminal Litigation[1:4] | - |
Clients
CRC's current and former clients include:[10]
- Byram Bridle
- Julie Evans
- Vaccine Choice Canada (VCC)
External links
About Us. Constitutional Rights Centre. Retrieved October 11, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201011051651/https://www.constitutionalrightscentre.ca/about-us/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Ontario Business Registry. (2025, March 24). Constitutional Rights Centre Inc. OpenCorporates. https://opencorporates.com/companies/ca_on/1640580 ↩︎
Palmer, M. (2021, August 26). Open letter to UW officials: Repeal the COVID vaccination and testing mandates. University of Waterloo. http://archive.vn/2021.09.02-122851/https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Open-letter-UW-vaccine-mandates.html ↩︎
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/ ↩︎
Ugolini, T. (2025, March 22). Lawyer Rocco Galati faces class action over COVID case handling. Rebel News. https://www.rebelnews.com/lawyer_rocco_galati_faces_class_action_over_covid_case_handling ↩︎ ↩︎
Hand et al v. Galati et al. West Point Law Group. Retrieved March 24, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250324183440/https://westpointlawgroup.com/class-action/hand-et-al-v-galati-et-al/ ↩︎
CRC-CDC CASES. Constitutional Rights Centre. Retrieved March 24, 2025, from https://www.constitutionalrightscentre.ca/crc-cases/ ↩︎