Freedom Convoy-Related Charges Stayed for Former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier

Published on November 16, 2024

Criminal charges against former MPP Randy Hillier related to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa have been stayed after a judge determined the case had gone on too long. Hiller was charged with a total of nine offences, including assaulting a peace officer, mischief, counselling others to commit mischief, and resisting or obstructing a peace offer in connection to the truckers’ convoy protests against COVID-19 lockdowns. He was charged with assault in an incident on Parliament Hill where Hillier allegedly pushed a metal gate onto an officer. Hillier announced the charges had been stayed against him in a Nov. 15 video posted to the X platform....

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