Wed Apr 13, 2022 – 8:21 pm EDT
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (LifeSiteNews) – The pro-freedom Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) was in an appeals court Monday taking on the provincial government of Nova Scotia, which last year banned its residents from protesting against draconian COVID rules.
During an appearance before a Nova Scotia Court of Appeal yesterday, the CCLA appealed a May 2021 Nova Scotia Supreme Court injunction by Justice Scott Norton, which banned anyone from organizing or promoting rallies against COVID rules on social media.
Authorities were given extraordinary powers to arrest those who did not follow the court order.
Norton’s injunction was done ex parte, meaning it was done in secret without opposition government members or anyone else being told about it in advance.
In June 2021, the CCLA had first tried to appeal Norton’s May 2021 injunction but was unsuccessful after a judge refused to hear their challenge as the protest ban had already been lifted.
According to a report in Global News, CCLA lawyer Nasha Nijhawan said that the case against the Nova Scotia government is being “argued on principle” regarding the powers of the government.
Nijhawan said Norton’s order was an
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