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Frustration has now spilled over into city council, where Mayor Jyoti Gondek and several councillors are calling out the Calgary Police Service for a lack of action on ongoing protests in the city's Beltline neighbourhood.
Alberta Crown Prosecutors Continue to Drop COVID-19 Tickets, More Withdrawals Expected Prosecutors in Alberta are continuing to withdraw tickets issued to residents who had defied COVID-19 public health orders. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, a charity law firm that defends Canadians’ Charter Rights, announced on Tuesday that Alberta provincial Crown prosecutor has dropped three tickets, and a municipal crown prosecutor has revoked one. “Public health officials are not the supreme law of the land—the Constitution is,” said Jay Cameron, litigation director for the Justi...
“I took this case because I am concerned with the ‘laws’ being made across the country by non-legislators. Orders, like the current Public Health Order made Nov. 26, 2020, for Saskatchewan, are being published at a fast rate with seemingly little regard for any other aspect of society besides public health.” Miller said the COVID-19 response is unprecedented, and law enforcement is scrambling to find ways to enforce laws, which never existed before. “Often, I’ve seen their inexperience with these new structures result in misapplication of the law and Charter breaches.” The...