The arrest of an Alberta pastor and his brother under a new public health order as they were heading home from church has serious implications for people’s rights and freedoms, a political scientist and author-researcher says. Pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother, Dawid Pawlowski, were arrested on a Calgary highway on May 8 for holding a church service that violated provincial pandemic restrictions. Calgary Police Service said in a statement that the two were in violation of a new Alberta Health Services (AHS) court order “in relation to mandatory compliance of public health orders for gatherings.” The brothers, who were charged with allegedly organizing an illegal in-person gathering as well as “requesting, inciting, or inviting others” to join them, were released on bail on May 10. They will have a court hearing on May 20 to determine if a contempt trial will proceed. Marco Navarro-Génie, president of the think tank Haultain …