Alberta’s chief medical officer of health allegedly withheld evidence alluding to the possible dangers of mandating mask requirements for children, according to a new court application by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).
Deena Hinshaw, who has served as Alberta’s chief medical officer since 2019, allegedly received a memo in February 2022 from then-Premier Jason Kenney’s office stating a number of possible adverse health effects that children could suffer as a result of masking.
The Justice Centre, a legal advocacy organization, says Hinshaw withheld the memo’s evidence when she was cross-examined in an April court challenge questioning if her health orders violated Albertans’ Charter rights….