Wed Feb 15, 2023 – 4:19 pm EST
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — Provincial Crown prosecutors have dropped the charges against a 76-year-old man who was arrested and charged after WestJet flight crew members in 2022 reported him to police because his facemask was off for a time during the flight.
Court documents noted that the incident occurred on June 21, 2022, and ended in 76-year-old Alec Bialski being taken into custody by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) upon the plane’s landing in the Canadian city from Paris, France.
WestJet flight crew members had notified the CPS in advance regarding the incident with Bialski, saying that he did not have his mask on at various times during the lengthy flight.
Court documents note that Bialski’s defense had stated that “there were no mask mandates onboard European flights, nor in any of the locations the Applicant visited in Europe.”
Even if a mandate were in effect, Bialski was the holder of a medical mask exemption – although he did not have proof of such on his person during the flight – and had agreed to put a mask on to board the flight after being told by
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