April 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The legal team representing a Canadian pastor who was jailed for over a month for defying COVID-related orders says it is “outrageous” that the provincial government of Alberta is looking at delaying the pastor’s May 3 trial date. Government officials argued they need more time to gather evidence.
“We call into question the timing of the Crown to request an adjournment of the May 3 trial,” said lawyer John Carpay, who serves as the President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) in a statement last week.
“We are now in our thirteenth month of Charter-violating lockdowns, in what was supposed to be a temporary two-week measure to flatten the curve. The government has had thirteen months to put together a scientific and medical basis to justify its violations of our fundamental Charter freedoms. By May 3, the government will have had fourteen months to assemble proper medical and scientific evidence to justify lockdowns. For the Alberta Government to request an adjournment of the May 3 trial of Pastor Coates is outrageous, while at the same time entering onto the church’s private property and putting up fencing with hired security.”
The JCCF has been representing Grace Life Church,
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