Posted: May 18, 2021 4:53 PM AT | Last Updated: May 18
Police made arrests at Citadel Hill in Halifax on Saturday for violations of the Health Protection Act.(Vernon Ramesar/CBC)
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is urging the Nova Scotia government to change a court order it received Friday regarding public protests during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter sent Monday to Premier Iain Rankin and Justice Minister Randy Delorey, the organization argues the order issued by a judge is "patently overbroad; a two-handed axe where a scalpel would have sufficed."
"We're concerned about the breadth of the injunction," said Cara Zwibel, the association's director of fundamental freedoms, in an interview.