Do As I Say, Not as I Do: Premier of Canadian Province Arresting Pastors Breaks Dozens of COVID Orders in One Night

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jun 9, 2021
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"In total, this fact check finds that even using the premier's own defense, Kenney and his colleagues violated eight of its government's guidelines and 16 of their legally binding regulations." -Western Standard fact check

[Faithwire.com] While authorities in Alberta, Canada, continue to arrest pastors for failing to comply with pandemic health orders, the province's premier broke dozens of his own mandates in just one evening. (Screengrab image)

"I truly regret that," Premier Jason Kenney said in a statement to reporters Monday after clandestine photos taken June 1 showed the politician dining with fellow provincial leaders and other guests on a rooftop terrace in Edmonton, the hometown of Pastor James Coates, who was jailed for more than a month for breaking COVID guidelines. "I take full responsibility."

Kenney's social event with Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Finance Minister Travis Toews, Government House Leader Jason Nixon, and others came just days after Alberta law enforcement officers arrested a third pastor, Tim Stephens, who leads Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary.

Stephens was arrested for presiding over a Sunday worship service that "did not comply with public health orders, including masking, physical distancing, and attendance limits," police said in a mid-May statement... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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