Former MPP Hillier back in court

Legal team appeals ruling on Charter challenge

Former Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier’s legal team appealed a ruling on his Charter challenge against the Reopening Ontario Act last week.

Hillier was charged in 2021 for participating in anti-lockdown rallies in Cornwall and Kemptville. 

His lawyers argued before the Ontario Court of Appeal that the act’s restrictions on gatherings during the COVID-19 lockdown violated his right to peaceful assembly under the Charter. 

They claimed the judge in the original ruling misapplied legal tests and failed to properly consider the impact of a complete ban on gatherings. 

The court will issue its decision at a later date.

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