Protesters camped outside Saskatchewan legislature taking province to court
REGINA — Protesters camped outside the Saskatchewan legislature say they are taking the government to court over six arrests made last month.
The people were taken into custody June 18 when Regina police enforced an eviction order. They were never charged and lawyer Dan LeBlanc says he believes the arrests were illegal.
“What we would hope is if the courts indicate what occurred on June 18th unjustifiably interfered with these folks’ right to express themselves, then the government will take that under advisement and will be hesitant to take steps to evict them again,” LeBlanc said Monday.
The camp was set up in February to protest racial injustice and the disproportionate number of Indigenous children apprehended by child-welfare workers. It set up again shortly after the protesters were evicted.