Former Progressive Conservative MPP Roman Baber has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government’s COVID-19 lockdown measures. Baber said the lawsuit aims to strike down Premier Doug Ford’s Reopening Ontario Act as unconstitutional. “I sued the Attorney General of Ontario for our right to protest, pray and gather outdoors,” Baber wrote on Twitter. “The risk of transmission outdoors is exceedingly low, but the Government’s outdoor restrictions deny Ontarians their fundamental freedoms.” In his 14-page court file to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Baber stated that the provincial law violates Ontarians’ Charter rights and the rights of “free association, the free expression of ideas and peaceful assembly, including for protests,” the Toronto Star reported. The court filings said prohibiting worshippers from gathering outside the Jewish Russian Community Centre of Ontario in Toronto “or elsewhere” is unconstitutional. Baber said the outdoor restrictions in the Reopening Ontario Act “are inconsistent with their …

Former Progressive Conservative MPP Roman Baber has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government’s COVID-19 lockdown measures. Baber said the lawsuit aims to strike down Premier Doug Ford’s Reopening Ontario Act as unconstitutional. “I sued the Attorney General of Ontario for our right to protest, pray and gather outdoors,” Baber wrote on Twitter. “The risk of transmission outdoors is exceedingly low, but the Government’s outdoor restrictions deny Ontarians their fundamental freedoms.” In his 14-page court file to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Baber stated that the provincial law violates Ontarians’ Charter rights and the rights of “free association, the free expression of ideas and peaceful assembly, including for protests,” the Toronto Star reported. The court filings said prohibiting worshippers from gathering outside the Jewish Russian Community Centre of Ontario in Toronto “or elsewhere” is unconstitutional. Baber said the outdoor restrictions in the Reopening Ontario Act “are inconsistent with their …