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CALGARY, Alberta, June 18, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – A Canadian lawyer says that health officials “abused” their authority by arresting Christian pastor Tim Stephens, and that a judge’s order used to detain Stephens “does not apply” in his situation.
“It is our position that Alberta Health Services (AHS) is engaged in an intentional act of public deception and abuse of authority in arresting Pastor Stephens and others,” Jay Cameron, Litigation Director for Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF ), said in a press release sent out on Tuesday.
“Further, it appears that Premier Kenney’s government is targeting its enemies, those who are speaking out against lockdown restrictions and for Charter freedoms,” Cameron continued.
Stephens is being represented by the legal team at the JCCF. Cameron said that the AHS used a May 13 order from Alberta Associate Chief Justice Rooke to justify the arrest of Stephens, but that it does not “apply to the public broadly.”
The May 13 order was originally issued in relation to a planned protest at an Alberta restaurant, The Whistle Stop Café.
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