Says ongoing court proceedings related to COVID-19 lockdowns have cost ‘a fortune’
Abbotsford West MLA Mike de Jong has questioned why the NDP government is continuing to go after Fraser Valley churches that lost their court challenge claiming their constitutional rights were violated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three churches – Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford, Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley and Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack – were among those charged with violating pandemic gathering restrictions in 2020. They fought the matter in court, challenging the legislation that made the gatherings illegal.
Now that the constitutional challenge is over, the original matter – whether the churches are guilty of violating the “gathering and events” order – is back in court June 6 in Chilliwack. “Isn’t it time that the government tired to reconcile with the law-abiding … and God-fearing folks who drew on their faith during a very difficult time and couldn’t understand why they could go to a Pilates class but couldn’t go to church?” de Jong said.
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