People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier, left, and Todd Dube ahead of Dube's hearing in Winnipeg. Dube was was fighting a $1,296 fine he received for contravening COVID-19 public health orders around gathering that were in place when he attended one of Peoples Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier's rallies at The Forks on June 12, 2021.
A Winnipeg man has lost his bid to have a judge quash a $1,296 fine he received after attending a rally for People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier in Winnipeg three years ago in contravention of COVID-19 public health restrictions.Todd Dube, right, ahead of his court appearance in Winnipeg on Wednesday.
"When I look at the regulations and the court precedent on what would constitute exceptional circumstances, it would have to be something unforeseen, something beyond the individual's control that contributed to the offence occurring," Judge Klassen said. "There's no evidence." Police photographed Dube that day and weeks later served him with the fine for violating provincial public health orders that limited gatherings to no more than five people at the time, court heard Wednesday.
after a rally in St-Pierre-Jolys, south of Winnipeg. He was charged under the Public Health Act for assembling in a gathering at an outdoor public place and for failing to self-isolate once he got to Manitoba, RCMP said at the time. Bernier testified that Dube was a founding member of the party, a donor and someone with shared values. He told court the purpose of the June 12 rally was to protest "unconstitutional" and "illegal" public health mandates.
Outside court, Bernier called the judge's suggestion "laughable," and equated the fines and his arrest with "political repression.""It is very important to protest," he said outside court.
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