An Ontario court has denied bail for Pat King, a vocal protester who took part in the large-scale protest dubbed “Freedom Convoy” in downtown Ottawa in recent weeks in opposition to federal COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. King, who was arrested in Ottawa on Feb. 18, is facing charges of mischief, counselling to commit mischief, counselling to commit the offence of disobeying a court order, and counselling to obstruct police. He is often referred to in the media as one of the organizers of the Freedom Convoy protest and has over 350,000 followers on his Facebook page. However, Keith Wilson, a lawyer from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms representing the organizers, made it clear at a press conference on Feb. 6 that King is not one of the organizers. “These folks [the protest organizers] and Freedom Convoy have no affiliation with Mr. King whatsoever,” Wilson stated, acknowledging that “we have many people …