Tue Jan 3, 2023 – 4:55 pm EST
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — The head of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) says he will not be intimidated after being arrested on charges of obstruction of justice for having a Manitoba judge followed in 2021 during the height of the COVID crisis.
In a statement sent out on New Year’s Day, the JCCF said that its president, John Carpay, was made aware on December 30, 2022, that the Winnipeg Police had issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for him over a 2021 incident in which he had hired a private investigator to keep tabs on a judge after receiving tips that the judge had been flouting COVID rules.
“When he was made aware of this warrant, Mr. Carpay immediately turned himself in to Calgary Police Services,” stated the JCCF.
“This charge is unexpected and without explanation. The events at issue took place over 17 months ago, and police have not previously contacted Mr. Carpay nor the Justice Centre,” added the group of pro-freedom lawyers.
The JCCF noted that after Carpay turned himself in to the Calgary Police, he was “held in jail for 23 hours in
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