HAMILTON: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced that a lawsuit was filed on September 23, 2022, on behalf of Harold Jonker, a part-time town councillor from the Township of West Lincoln, in the Niagara Region. Mr. Jonker is the owner and operator of a trucking company and attended the "Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa. On July 18th, 2022, West Lincoln Council decided to reprimand Mr. Jonker for his participation in the protests and fined him 30-days’ pay. The Council also demanded that Mr. Jonker pay back the value of any food or gasoline that was donated to him by Canadians while participating in the protest.
