(LifeSiteNews) – Canada’s premier constitutional freedom group announced today that COVID-era charges against former independent Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Randy Hillier have been dropped.
In an X post today, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) wrote about the good news, noting that prosecutors in Peterborough, Ontario, “have withdrawn charges against Hillier “related to Covid gathering restrictions.”
While Hillier’s charges in the Peterborough area have been withdrawn, the JCCF said that “charges in other jurisdictions remain, but lawyers funded by the Justice Centre (@fleurycx) continue working toward full resolution.”
In April, Hillier won an appeal in his Charter challenge to COVID lockdowns.
Hillier was a fierce opponent of mask and COVID-19 jab mandates, having spoken at many anti-lockdown and pro-freedom rallies for well over a year. He was arrested for speaking out against Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s COVID mandates.
As LifeSiteNews has reported, other charges against Hillier were eventually stayed.
For a time, Hillier was banned by the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ) from posting anything on social media related to the Freedom Convoy of 2022 or his participation in it. Additionally, he had financial sureties imposed on his family and was, for years, severely hampered in his ability to speak or move freely as part of his bail conditions.
Hillier, who had once been a member of Ford’s PCs, was booted by the party in 2019 and for years sat as an independent for the riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston.
COVID vaccine mandates split Canadian society. The mRNA shots themselves, approved for use in Canada, have been linked to a multitude of negative and often severe side effects in children.
The jabs also have connections to cell lines derived from aborted babies. As a result, many Catholics and other Christians refused to take them.
Over the years, the JCCF has helped many Canadians fight COVID-era-related fines.
