Support Freedom Protest Sparks Public Interest

Support Freedom Protest Sparks Public Interest

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

People were honking their horns in their vehicles when they saw a group of people carrying signs outside of Provincial Court Vegreville Building on Sept. 26 to convey the message, ‘Power is Within Us to Create Change.’

One of the organizers was Helma Wilson who has a home in Sherwood Park and owns a shop in Beaver County. She said, “We are over here today to try and help people understand that our court systems are not working on behalf of the people when it comes to our civil rights regarding mandates that are not really law and the enforcement of them. I had to shut down my business because I was not enforcing my customers to wear a mask. The vaccine mandate is also an issue because cohesion is not a mandate; especially when it is not based on medical facts.”

Sharlene Smith from Sherwood Park said the protest is meant to bring awareness about the unlawfulness that is happening and people have been experiencing over the last year and a half or so. “When it comes to the unlawful mandates that has been placed with this COVID-19 issue and not just with this COVID-19 issue but also with the general laws that are related to the common man.

People who attended the protest for freedom.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo)

For example, a mandate is not an actual law and in order for police officers to give out fines to anyone for not wearing a mask is not lawful nor is it lawful to prevent someone from working at a place because they never had the COVID-19 vaccine. For them to be supporting that type of mentality goes against constitutional bill of rights and the courts and our legal system are not standing up to support the people in our private bill of rights. That is very important in a democracy. As well, we want to make the courts more accountable to abiding by our bill of rights and freedom to our supposedly democratic country.”