Founded in 2010 as a voice for freedom in Canada’s courtrooms, the Crown drops Covid charges against Derek Sloan, Randy Hillier, and other protestors
NORFOLK, ONTARIO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that the Crown has dropped charges against former MPP Randy Hiller, former MP Derek Sloan, Pastor Heinrich Hildebrandt, and private citizen, Dan Stasko. The four men were allegedly involved in peaceful rallies against Covid measures in June 2021 and were charged with violating public health orders under the Reopening Ontario Act. After negotiations with Bally Hundal, a lawyer retained by the Justice Centre, the Crown dropped all charges, stating that prosecution was no longer in the public interest.
- Monday, September 26, 2022
OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased with the decision of Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman releasing Tamara Lich from jail. Justice Goodman, after a two-day hearing, overruled the prior decision of a Justice of the Peace, who re-incarcerated Ms. Lich for alleged breach of bail conditions.
Ms. Lich spent 49 days in jail, despite having no criminal history or record, on mischief-related charges that do not involve violence.
Justice Goodman released Ms. Lich on the existing amount of $37,000 in bond without deposit. The Judge noted, “Counsel is well aware that accused persons facing more serious indictable offences and with breaches of release terms are granted bail.”
ONTARIO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has taken an interest in a recent court ruling on a matter of pure law. In a Decision released on May 13, 2022, in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice, Justice John Fregeau ruled that members of Parliament and the Senate enjoy the absolute right to freedom of expression in parliamentary debate, and struck down as unconstitutional parts of federal legislation that had prevented certain members from disclosing information on national security matters.
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OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today announced its opposition to any rumoured declaration of a national emergency under the federal Emergencies Act, which defines "national emergency" as follows:
OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has become aware that Ottawa police are seizing fuel that individuals want to donate to truckers who are part of the Freedom Convoy, and there are reports of truckers having been arrested.
"It is winter in Canada. Protesting publicly in freezing temperatures requires the truckers to have fuel to stay warm. Confiscation of fuel jeopardizes the personal safety of the peaceful protesters," states lawyer Jay Cameron, Litigation Director at the Justice Centre.
OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today challenged Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson over his accusation that peacefully protesting truckers are "a danger of major proportions that could result in serious harm to persons or substantial damage to property."
OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today warned that Ottawa police would be breaking the law if police attempt to intimidate or arrest people who bring food or other supplies to truckers who are peacefully exercising their Charter rights and freedoms in Ottawa. A tweet from Ottawa Police from 11:52 a.m. on Sunday February 6 states "Anyone attempting to bring material supports (gas, etc.) to the demonstrators could be subject to arrest. Enforcement is underway."
CALGARY: On December 7, 2021 the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms sent the New Brunswick Minister of Justice a warning letter in relation to the most recent Covid-19 Order dated December 4, 2021.
The Order discriminates against people of all faith who attend funerals, weddings, and social gatherings by requiring the owners and occupiers to ensure occupants are fully vaccinated, while non-faith gatherings have no such requirement.
The Order states, in part:
TORONTO, ON: The Justice Centre has filed a constitutional challenge against Ontario’s vaccine passport mandate in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice.
The legal challenge is brought on behalf of eight Ontario citizens who are exercising their Charter rights and freedoms by not taking one or more doses of the Covid vaccine.
One of the eight applicants in this court case is Sarah Lamb, from Kitchener. She suffered serious adverse effects from the first dose of the Covid vaccine and has decided against a second dose. Ms. Lamb has been unable to obtain an exemption to the vaccine passport. The Ontario government has proclaimed that exemptions to the vaccine passport would only be accepted in very limited cases.
ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that four more Public Health Act tickets issued to individuals in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the exercise of their Charter rights have been dropped by Crown prosecutors.
The Justice Centre represents hundreds of individuals all across Canada who have, among other things, been ticketed for allegedly breaching public health orders by participating in peaceful protests, uncovering their faces when doing so is outlawed, attending church, providing services during lockdowns, receiving friends and family into their homes, exercising their right to enter and leave the country, and refusing to post government propaganda Covid signage.
ST. THOMAS: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms was in virtual court today in St. Thomas, Ontario, on behalf of the Church of God (Restoration) Aylmer, as the Attorney General of Ontario demanded over $200,000 in contempt sanctions, plus court costs, stemming from three outdoor services held by the Church of God. The Court refused to award the figure sought by the government, and instead fined the Church and its leaders a total of $85,500, plus court costs of $5,000.
The targeted enforcement order obtained by the government on February 12, which the Church has been repeatedly accused of violating, is being challenged by the Justice Centre on constitutional grounds. The matter is set for a three-day hearing beginning on October 4, 2021.
CALGARY: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms continues to represent pastor Tim Stephens after he was again arrested illegally on Monday, June 14 at his home in Calgary. This is the second time Pastor Stephens has been arrested for leading Fairview Baptist Church in regular worship services.
WINNIPEG: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced that its lawyers have secured the release of federal political leader Maxime Bernier of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), who was arrested and put in jail earlier today by Manitoba police. After a bail hearing before Justice of the Peace Madam Becker, Bernier was released.