Lawyer John Carpay apologized for his “poor judgment” during a special hearing Monday called by the judge overseeing a court challenge of COVID-19 restrictions in Manitoba. Photo by Bill Graveland / The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is stepping away from the Alberta-based organization after admitting to hiring a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge.
The Justice Centre's board said that effective immediately, John Carpay is taking an indefinite period of leave.
“Surveilling public officials is not what we do. We condemn what was done without reservation,” the board said in a news release Tuesday.