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A Calgary lawyer thinks COVID-19 public health measures in Saskatchewan could infringe too greatly on charter rights to worship and protest.
Marty Moore, who works for the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, said the centre has received thousands of calls from across Canada about the conflict between health rules and worship services.
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The centre represents Fellowship Baptist Church, which was fined $14,000 on March 11 for allegedly violating the capacity limit for worship services. The Saskatoon church has posted signs on its entrances warning police and government agents against trespassing without a search warrant.
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A Calgary lawyer thinks COVID-19 public health measures in Saskatchewan could infringe too greatly on charter rights to worship and protest.
Marty Moore, who works for the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, said the centre has received thousands of calls from across Canada about the conflict between health rules and worship services.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Lawyer sees issues with rules and fines for churches and protests in Sask. Back to video
The centre represents Fellowship Baptist Church, which was fined $14,000 on March 11 for allegedly violating the capacity limit for worship services. The Saskatoon church has posted signs on its entrances warning police and government agents against trespassing without a search warrant.
Posted: May 03, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 3
The Church of God Restoration in Manitoba, seen from above, on Nov. 22, 2020. The church and its pastor have been fined for breaking public health orders, including in December 2020, when more than 100 people attended a service while the area was in Code Red for having a COVID-19 test-positivity rate of 40 per cent.(Submitted)
Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province s lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms of conscience, religion, expression and peaceful assembly and that the chief medical officer of health failed to consider the collateral social and health costs of locking down society.