Lawyer John Carpay apologized for his “poor judgment” during a special hearing Monday called by the judge overseeing a court challenge of COVID-19 restrictions in Manitoba. Photo by Bill Graveland / The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG The president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is stepping away from the Alberta-based organization after admitting to hiring a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge.
The Justice Centre s board said that effective immediately, John Carpay is taking an indefinite period of leave.
“Surveilling public officials is not what we do. We condemn what was done without reservation,” the board said in a news release Tuesday.
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Publishing date: Jul 13, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read • Glenn Joyal, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen s Bench, speaks during a media availability in the Manitoba Court of Appeal about changes to the three levels of Manitoba Court in light of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tues., March 17, 2020. Photo by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun
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A Manitoba judge says he was followed by a private investigator to try to embarrass him by catching him breaking public health orders, as he deliberates on a court challenge against those rules by seven churches.
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“Without wishing to sound apocryphal, as it relates to the still-unknown person or persons who hired the agency, the situation I have described raises the spectre of potential intimidation, and it can also give rise to possible speculation about obstruction of justice, direct and indirect,” said Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice
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“We understand that when these supports are offered at the earliest point possible it provides the greatest potential for connection to restorative justice programming,” said Manitoba Justice Minister Cameron Friesen at a June 29 announcement. “It helps [accused persons] understand what happens when they are charged and explains what they might go through as they move through the courts.” A cost-shared agreement between Manitoba and the federal government will provide a total of about $1 million in grants to Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimanakak (MKO), the Southern Chiefs’ Organization, the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) and the Island Lake Tribal Council for each of the next two years, slightly more than what the province has spent on the program over the past few years. Friesen said this is the model in other Canadian jurisdictions and that the government no plans to reclaim the programs at the end of the current funding cycle.
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The Queen Elizabeth II statue lays on the ground after being toppled last week.
WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens that were torn down by protesters on the Manitoba legislature grounds will be rebuilt, Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday.
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WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens that were torn down by protesters on the Manitoba legislature grounds will be rebuilt, Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday. Tearing down is a lot simpler than building up, Pallister said at his first news conference since the statues were pulled down on Canada Day.