(LifeSiteNews) — A protester facing legal scrutiny for his involvement in the Freedom Convoy had charges against him dropped this week.
The Democracy Fund (TDF) announced on Tuesday that its lawyers “have secured an unqualified withdrawal for a Windsor man who was criminally charged in connection with the Freedom Convoy protests that took place in Windsor in February 2022.”
Charges of “mischief and disobeying a court order” were brought against Eric Lemmon, who has been represented by TDF lawyers since May. According to a press release from the organization, “a two-day trial was set to commence on August 14, 2023, before the crown withdrew charges today.”
The charges were dropped due to “no reasonable prospect of conviction.” TDF described the unqualified withdrawal—comparable to acquittal or stay-of-proceedings—as a “favourable resolution.”
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) failed spectacularly at resisting the initial COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates that were imposed by the government on freedom-loving Canadians.
Most CPC MPs subserviently complied with Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party in creating a police-state where our Charter Rights were regularly violated, but now Pierre Poilievre would have us believe they have turned a corner and nothing like it will ever happen again.
How can they rebuild our trust? Well, they can start by owning up to their terrible mistakes.
SIGN: The CPC must apologize for abandoning Canadians to Trudeau’s COVID regime.
You will remember how freedom-loving Canadians were abandoned by the CPC, with Erin O’Toole calling for vaccine passports and most CPC MPs pearl-clutching about “vaccine hesitancy”.
That was until the party realized how popular the Truckers’ Convoy had become and got behind the movement.
It’s quite possible the CPC would still be mute on vaccine mandates and lockdowns were it not for the heroic Freedom Convoy that converged on Ottawa.
Let’s not forget the businesses, churches, schools and universities that were shuttered for months on end because of the COVID hysteria generated by politicians in Ottawa, and the CPC did nothing.
They did nothing when people started losing their livelihoods (with some Canadians even losing their lives to suicide) because of the government’s deranged policy of locking people down.
The CPC must show they have learned a lesson from the COVID tyranny Canadians needlessly suffered and that they contributed to.
SIGN: Demand the CPC apologize for abandoning Canadians to Trudeau’s COVID tyranny.
In yet another reminder of how disconnected from reality the CPC were, MPs like Leslyn Lewis, Marilyn Gladu and Rosemarie Falk were omitted from their “Shadow Cabinet” in November 2021 because they dared to question the COVID shots.
Canadians must still contend with vaccine mandates in some settings and the intrusive ArriveCAN system in order to re-enter the country, while we are among the last three countries in the world to continue discriminating against unvaccinated visitors who remain barred from entering.
As Pierre Poilievre takes the reigns of the CPC, conservative voters must demand an apology from the party that abandoned them during the COVID-hysteria of the past two years.
SIGN: The CPC can rebuild trust by apologizing for capitulating to Trudeau’s COVID tyranny.
While Lemmon’s legal battle ended abruptly, criminal charges and trials continue for many leaders and participants in the Freedom Convoy, during which citizens pushed back against radical COVID-19 policies imposed by the Canadian government.
Some peaceful protesters have also seen charges dropped while others have been punished for their participation. In May, a pastor and father was found guilty of mischief and breaching a release order. He is also facing a criminal charge of “willfully damaging and destroying essential infrastructure,” pending a constitutional case brought by his lawyers.
Another case being heavily scrutinized by the government involves an officer with the Windsor Police Service who received punishment for financially supporting the protests. Earlier this year, Constable Michael Brisco was dealt a penalty of 80 hours of unpaid work—to be completed on vacation or rest days—for donating $50 to the Freedom Convoy last year.
At the end of June, Brisco filed an appeal with the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to challenge his sentence of “discreditable conduct.”
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, who led the Freedom Convoy in 2022, will begin a four-week trial for criminal charges in September, as previously reported by LifeSiteNews.
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