Sure he did
And his delay just happens to coincide with the current 2 week reset Kenney implemented
I am sure its just a coincidence
Notice also that the same judge BANNED all media so people can not actually see the kangaroo court in action?
And exactly why does the Crown need to be anonymous?
As for your delusional nonsense about needing time to consider a "shot gun defence" you can read transcript online or even coles notes versions of them
The Crown prosecutor has sought and obtained a Court Order to withhold video-taping of the Court proceedings of the Alberta Government vs Pastor James Coates from the public, and to anonymize the name of the Crown Prosecutor. The Crown called its only witness, Janine Hanrahan, the Alberta Health...
www.jccf.ca
You must have missed this when you didn't read the article, media was not banned from hearing the trial and states why the crown attorney requested to remain anonymous.."
JCCF says that the trial, which is set to take four days, is being held in Edmonton “specifically so it can take place in a courtroom that has the infrastructure to permit the expected audience of hundreds to observe the trial virtually.” Up to 1,000 people are permitted to listen to the trial online, but there will be no video streaming of the proceedings. One of the likely reasons why is that the public health prosecutor was granted permission not to reveal her identity after she expressed concerns about security."
I read those notes and I also read the transcript of the pastors testimony, JCCF said "Crown counsel then cross-examined Pastor Coates, who demonstrated impressive knowledge of facts and science in relation to Covid and lockdowns."
His "facts" were based on bible passages and personal views of the premier, the health unit and the RCMP. He also touched on "the Great Reset" ,said "I don't believe that COVID-19 poses a serious health risk to our people," and that the reaction to covid was overblown.
The delay is to give the judge time to research all six different
Charter rights and freedoms that the JCCF said were violated. The Crown said three of these were hopeless and made an Application to prevent the Justice Centre lawyers from calling evidence to these alleged violations. The judge ruled against the Crown, saying that it has to be very clear that no
Charter right breach could possibly be found, and that the rule is to permit evidence and argument regarding alleged Charter breaches. He completely denied the Crown’s application, saying all of Pastor Coates’ alleged
Charter rights violation arguments are fair game, and the defence can present evidence of them. So now they will produce their evidence and the judge will take the time to research and make decisions on each. That is all there is to it, no conspiracy, just the way courts work.
