June 14, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Lawyers for a well-known anti-lockdown Canadian political leader said they were able to secure his release from prison last Friday after he was arrested for breaking COVID-19 health rules by speaking at a freedom rally in the province of Manitoba.
“The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms [JCCF] announced that its lawyers have secured the release of federal political leader Maxime Bernier of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), who was arrested and put in jail earlier today by Manitoba police,” said the JCCF in a press release sent out on June 11.
The JCCF noted that Bernier, the leader of the PPC, who is also a former Conservative Party MP and cabinet minister, was granted a bail hearing by Justice of the Peace Madam Becker after spending eight hours in jail.
He has been a vocal opponent to COVID-19 lockdown measures in Canada. He was recently on a cross-Canada “Mad Max” tour, as he calls it, trying to gain support for the PPC while speaking at anti-lockdown rallies. His tour comes in anticipation of a possible fall federal election in Canada.
Bernier’s arrest took place on Friday after speaking a small freedom rally in the village of
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