Labour Minister Kaycee Madu and Premier Jason Kenney, file photo. (Image: Canadian Press)

By Canadian Press

Kenney staying quiet on Madu’s support of ‘freedom convoys’ fighting COVID restrictions

Sep 22, 2022 | 11:45 AM

EDMONTON, AB – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is declining to weigh in on one of his cabinet ministers lauding protesters and the “freedom convoys” fighting COVID-19 restrictions.

Kenney says if anyone wants to hear more on the views of Labour Minister Kaycee Madu, they should contact him.

Madu took to Twitter on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, to urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to end the lingering COVID rules on foreign travellers coming to Canada.

He also thanked protesters and freedom convoys, who tied up border points and downtown Ottawa earlier this year to protest COVID rules.

“It never was about science but about political control and power,” Madu tweeted. “Thanks to all those citizens, freedom convoys, who had the courage to mobilize against these tyrannical policies. They endured a lot hate, name calling, suffered and vilified on behalf of all of us. I thank them!”

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The protest that tied up the Alberta-U.S. border point at Coutts ended in February shortly after RCMP made multiple arrests and seized weapons and ammunition.

Four men have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection to events at the blockade, while several others face a variety of other charges.

Madu was appointed Alberta’s justice minister in August 2020 and was shuffled out of the job in February.

His office did not respond to a request for an interview.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 21, 2022.

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