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Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer, does not receive a ministerial ‘rubber stamp’ on lockdown measures, the province’s lawyer says. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Seven Manitoba churches are back in court today in their legal fight over the province’s right to impose pandemic restrictions on them.
Seven Manitoba churches are back in court today in their legal fight over the province’s right to impose pandemic restrictions on them.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a Calgary-based advocacy group, represents seven Manitoba churches in their fight against pandemic orders that restrict church gatherings: Gateway Bible Baptist Church, Pembina Valley Baptist Church, Redeeming Grace Bible Church, Grace Covenant Church, Slavic Baptist Church, Christian Church of Morden, and Bible Baptist Church. Three individual applicants on the
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Premier Brian Pallister speaks at an earlier press conference. (Screenshot: Manitoba Government/YouTube)
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A number of Manitoba churches are taking the province and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin to court this week.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is representing a long list of churches in the lawsuit, which includes Gateway Bible Baptist Church, Pembina Valley Baptist Church, Redeeming Grace Bible Church, Grace Covenant Church, Slavic Baptist Church, Christian Church of Morden, Bible Baptist Church. A church minister, a deacon, the owners of a restaurant in Winkler, Manitoba, and an individual fined for attending a rally in Steinbach, Man. have also joined the suit.
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Manitoba’s health orders and the role of Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial health officer, will be reviewed in two separate hearings.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms filed a Dec. 9 to challenge the health orders and restrictions implemented by the province to slow the spread of the pandemic.
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There will be a two-day hearing on Feb. 9 to challenge the constitutionality of the delegation of broad and far-reaching power to the CPPHO under the Public Health Act of Manitoba. The case will be heard by Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba.
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