The right to ignore a bylaw doesn't exist
By Letter to the Editor on April 22, 2021. Editor: Recently, I and four other masked customers encountered a person in an aisle of a local hardware store who was not following the mask by-law imposed both by the City of Lethbridge and the province of Alberta. When I asked him why he was not following the order, he indicated that he was acting upon his rights and freedoms which he felt dictated a right to not wear a mask if he so chose. He also indicated that our Canadian soldiers fought in World War One and World War Two so that we Canadians would have these rights and freedoms and he was ho...