Tue Jan 24, 2023 – 2:58 pm EST
BARRIE, Ontario (Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms) — The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that a charge against former MPP Mr. Randy Hillier relating to a May 2021 protest in Barrie has been stayed by the Court.
Hillier was charged with breaching a COVID order issued under the Reopening Ontario Act. The Crown stayed the charge on January 3, 2023.
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The Ontario Government declared a state of emergency in April 2021 due to the rising number of cases of COVID-19 in the province. It issued a “stay-at-home” Order that banned public gatherings, with very limited exceptions. The Order effectively criminalized public protests.
Hillier was alleged to have attended the Barrie protest when he was still a MPP (member of provincial parliament) for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston. Hillier was a vocal opponent of lockdowns and stay-at-home Orders during his tenure as MPP, which is why he was invited to speak at the protest.
Breaches of orders under the Reopening Ontario Act carry the potential consequences of fines of $100,000.00 and/or a one-year jail sentence.
Hillier’s current counsel
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