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Public health orders that temporarily close churches and limit gathering sizes infringe on the charter rights of Manitoba’s faith communities, but are justified to slow the spread of COVID-19, a lawyer for the province argued Thursday.
Public health orders that temporarily close churches and limit gathering sizes infringe on the charter rights of Manitoba’s faith communities, but are justified to slow the spread of COVID-19, a lawyer for the province argued Thursday. The charter protects fundamental rights and freedoms… but it also requires, in times of crisis, that citizens are asked to make reasonable sacrifices, said lawyer Michael Conner in a closing argument before Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Glenn Joyal.
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Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer, does not receive a ministerial ‘rubber stamp’ on lockdown measures, the province’s lawyer says. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Seven Manitoba churches are back in court today in their legal fight over the province’s right to impose pandemic restrictions on them.
Seven Manitoba churches are back in court today in their legal fight over the province’s right to impose pandemic restrictions on them.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a Calgary-based advocacy group, represents seven Manitoba churches in their fight against pandemic orders that restrict church gatherings: Gateway Bible Baptist Church, Pembina Valley Baptist Church, Redeeming Grace Bible Church, Grace Covenant Church, Slavic Baptist Church, Christian Church of Morden, and Bible Baptist Church. Three individual applicants on the