EDMONTON, Alberta, April 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Standing in front of a Canadian church fenced off by police for not following COVID rules, Independent MP Derek Sloan announced a petition to demand the church be allowed to open.
“I have just been here speaking with Pastor Coates and his wife, we have a petition on my website to open Grace Life Church,” said Sloan on Wednesday. “Sign that petition, let’s open this church.”
Sign my petition to open Gracelife https://t.co/yZGjbnzwuh pic.twitter.com/Urw8lVIh4N
— MP Derek Sloan (@DerekSloanCPC) April 8, 2021
Sloan’s petition calls for the immediate opening of Grace Life Church in Spruce Grove, Alberta.
In an early morning raid on Wednesday, Canadian police constructed a barricade around Grace Life, which has stayed open despite a local health order mandating its closure after its pastor, James Coates, refused to comply with COVID regulations.
Sloan’s petition, just over a day after its launch, has already more than 5,300 signatures. “This act is tyrannical government overreach, and is a direct violation of Canadian Charter rights,” the petition states.
Coates was jailed from February 16 until March 22 for defying COVID-related orders in Alberta. He refused to accept bail conditions which blocked his
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