Crown Drops COVID-Related Charges Against Sloan, Hillier

Then-Ontario Independent MPP Randy Hillier speaks to lockdown protesters at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Nov. 26, 2020. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press

COVID-19-related charges laid against former MP Derek Sloan and former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier have been dropped by Crown prosecutors, says the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).

Mr. Hillier, a former Ontario MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, and Mr. Sloan, former MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, were both alleged to have attended a rally protesting lockdowns in 2021 during provincial health orders that banned outdoor gatherings. The men each faced a maximum fine of $100,000 for attending the protest.