On Monday, the Court of Appeal of Alberta acquitted pastor Tracy Fortin and her Church in the Vine in Edmonton of COVID-related convictions from April of 2022.
'One day, history, and the courts, will concur that these lockdowns were unwarranted and a serious and unnecessary interference with Canadian’s basic freedoms,' Derek Sloan said in response to the ruling.
'Our client is thrilled with the outcome and excited to move on with his life after facing this charge for over three years,' the young man's lawyer reacted.
'There is at least some tacit acknowledgement among Crowns that the public interest in continuing to prosecute [COVID] breaches is minimal to non-existent,' noted the pastor's lawyer.