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Charges against Michael Thiessen of Grace Baptist Church stayed

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News release from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

BARRIE, ON

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased with the Crown prosecutor agreeing to stay charges against pastor Michael Thiessen of Grace Baptist Church. Mr. Thiessen had been charged in 2021 for allegedly violating the Reopening Ontario Act. A trial for Mr. Thiessen had been scheduled for September 14, 2024, but now this trial will not be proceeding.

On the morning of Sunday, April 25, 2021, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police had been conducting surveillance on Grace Baptist Church. The surveillance was in response to a complaint about the Church exceeding the capacity limits imposed under the Reopening Ontario Act. Two church services occurred that morning. Following the first service, police officers stopped most vehicles leaving the parking lot, detaining motorists, and warning them of the potential fines they faced if convicted under the Reopening Ontario Act. Following the second church service, Mr. Thiessen was also detained in a vehicle stop. The officer informed Mr. Thiessen of the complaint against the church and that he would be charged with violating the Reopening Ontario Act.

The Justice Centre provided legal representation for Mr. Thiessen. Legal counsel to Mr. Thiessen drafted a motion to exclude evidence obtained in violation of Section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees the right to retain and instruct counsel without delay. Legal counsel argued that there was no valid reason to delay informing Mr. Thiessen of his Section 10(b) rights. For example, when investigating impaired driving and Highway Traffic Act offences, police are not required to immediately inform motorists of their rights. However, legal counsel argued that Mr. Thiessen should have immediately been informed of his right to counsel upon being detained by the police officer.

“We are pleased that taxpayer-funded resources will no longer be devoted to this prosecution, which had been carried on pursuant to unscientific laws that were unjustified violations of our Charter rights and freedoms,” stated John Carpay, President of the Justice Centre.

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A Canadian court has ordered the release of documents that could shed light on how federal authorities and law enforcement worked together to freeze the bank accounts of a protester involved in the Freedom Convoy.
Both the RCMP and TD Bank are now required to provide records related to Evan Blackman, who took part in the 2022 demonstrations and had his accounts frozen despite not being convicted of any crime at the time.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced the Ontario Court of Justice ruling. The organization is representing Blackman, whose legal team argues that the actions taken against him amounted to a serious abuse of power.
“The freezing of Mr. Blackman’s bank accounts was an extreme overreach on the part of the police and the federal government,” said his lawyer, Chris Fleury. “These records will hopefully reveal exactly how and why Mr. Blackman’s accounts [were] frozen.”
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The Trump administration’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will now require updated safety warnings on mRNA COVID-19 shots to include the “extremely high risk” of myocarditis/pericarditis and the likelihood of  long-term, irreversible heart damage for teen boys and young men up to age 24.

The required safety updates apply to Comirnaty, the mRNA COVID shot manufactured by Pfizer Inc., and Spikevax, the mRNA COVID shot manufactured ModernaTX, Inc.

According to a press release, the FDA now requires each of those manufacturers to update the warning about the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis to include information about:

  1. the estimated unadjusted incidence of myocarditis and/or pericarditis following administration of the 2023-2024 Formula of mRNA COVID-19 shots and
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The FDA has also required the manufacturers to describe the new safety information in the adverse reactions section of the prescribing information and in the information for recipients and caregivers.

Additionally, the fact sheets for healthcare providers and for recipients and caregivers for Moderna COVID-19 shot and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot, which are authorized for emergency use in individuals 6 months through 11 years of age, have also been updated to include the new safety information in alignment with the Comirnaty and Spikevax prescribing information and information for recipients and caregivers.

In a video published on social media, Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, explained the alarming reasons for the warning updates.

While heart problems arose in approximately 8 out of 1 million persons ages 6 months to 64 years following reception of the cited shots, that number more than triples to 27 per million for males ages 12 to 24.

Prasad noted that multiple studies have arrived at similar findings.

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