The revelation that a firm representing Manitoba churches hired a private investigator to tail a judge, to see if he complied with COVID-19 public health orders, sent shockwaves across the country Monday.
"Any effort to intimidate a judge is not acceptable in a free and democratic society such as Canada," federal Justice Minister David Lametti said.
Four days after he realized he was being followed around Winnipeg, Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal accepted the apologies of two lawyers for the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a right-wing Calgary group, which is fighting Manitoba's public-health restrictions in court.