Two concurrent decisions from Manitoba Chief Justice Glenn Joyal from the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench upheld the province’s lockdown policies, according to a press release issued by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) on Thursday.
The first decision held that the authority given to Manitoba Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin was constitutional. The second decision said that Manitoba’s lockdown restrictions were justified in violating the Charter rights of freedoms of conscience, religion, expression and peaceful assembly.
