Ex-Ontario MPP Randy Hillier has Freedom Convoy-related charges stayed over delays

The March 2022 charges included assaulting a peace officer, mischief, counselling others to commit mischief and resisting or obstructing a peace officer

OTTAWA — The criminal charges against former Ontario legislator Randy Hillier related to his participation in the Freedom Convoy protest have been stayed after a judge ruled his case had taken too long.

Hillier was charged in March 2022 with nine offences connected to his role in the demonstrations early that year, in which protesters gridlocked downtown Ottawa in protest of COVID-19 pandemic measures and the federal government.