Coutts Three sentenced... nearly three years after border blockade
Two of three protest leaders were sentenced Friday for their role in the 2022 Coutts protest against draconian mandates.
Outside the Lethbridge courthouse, Rebel News CEO Ezra Levant reports that two of three protest leaders were sentenced for their role in the 2022 Alberta border blockade.
Marco Van Huigenbos has been sentenced to 120 days in jail with no conditions. Upon the court's conclusion, he will head directly to jail. George Janzen was given a "conditional" 90-day sentence to be served in the community.
COUTTS 3 SENTENCED! Ezra Levant reports from Lethbridge courthouse: Two of the three leaders of the peaceful 2022 Alberta border protest against harsh COVID lockdowns were sentenced! Marco Van Huigenbos gets 120 days in jail; George Janzen 90 days conditional. @rebelnews_CA pic.twitter.com/Amr2Rk1FM6
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January 11, 2025
The judge pointed to Van Huigenbos' lack of remorse and noted Janzen was on the path to rehabilitation as he handed out the two sentences.
While Van Huigenbos will likely be out on parole in just over a month, it’s a heavy penalty for a first offence. By contrast, Janzen must stay out of trouble if he doesn’t want to serve any jail time.
The third defendant, Alex Van Herk, awaits his sentencing at a future date.
EXCLUSIVE: @EzraLevant speaks with George Janzen, who was sentenced to 90 days jail, served in the community, for his role in the 2022 peaceful border blockade protest against draconian covid measures. pic.twitter.com/QCfN3enYIe
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January 11, 2025
Rebel News interviewed Janzen after sentencing was carried out by the courts last night. Afterwards, he had dinner with his family.
"You got a pretty light sentence," said Levant. "How did you feel about that?" he asked. "I feel great," Janzen said.
"I want to thank God for being merciful, and for the judge [Keith Yamauchi] being merciful towards us," he added.
The Coutts border blockade was one of many peaceful demonstrations against draconian COVID and lockdown measures during the pandemic.
Ezra Levant
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Ezra Levant is the founder and owner of Rebel News and the host of The Ezra Levant Show. He is the author of multiple best-selling books, including Ethical Oil, The Libranos, China Virus, and most recently, Trudeau's Secret Plan.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-01-13 18:10:31 -0500 FlagWhat a miscarriage of justice! People who do real crimes get shorter sentences or are bailed out. This is clearly political. Canada has turned into a totalitarian state where dissent to insane policies is harshly punished.
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Jamie Perritt commented 2025-01-12 18:13:03 -0500 FlagThe simple answer to the silly people wondering why you are supporting people who have “broken the law”, is that the law was WRONG. The law is not always right. Laws are made by human beings who make mistakes with their decisions.
Every single Canadian should have been able to comprehend this as soon as the government banned unvaccinated people from most of everyday life. That was where it went way too far.
So the Coutts blockade was justified as far as I’m concerned. It was the federal and provincial governments who were breaking rules. And therefore it was because of the government’s actions that Coutts happened in the first place.
Marco does NOT deserve to be behind bars.
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Bernie Moore commented 2025-01-11 13:26:39 -0500 FlagThe sad reality is we all know what so many people did what they turned into during the Covid hoax they were no better than all the people that supported Hitler the people became completely delusional like vigilanties after a person who refused the poison jabs and the people who refused the jab are the people that are right
