Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski is guilty of mischief for encouraging truckers to continue blocking the Canada-U.S. border crossing during a 2022 protest that lasted more than two weeks, a Lethbridge judge has ruled.
Pawlowski was also charged criminally under Alberta’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (CIDA) for remarks during a 20-minute speech to protesters in Coutts, Alta. However, the judge has reserved a conviction on that charge.
“Mr. Pawlowski intended to incite the audience to continue the blockade — intended to incite protesters to commit mischief,” said Justice Gordon Krinke in delivering his decision Tuesday.
Krinke found the preacher “counselled other persons to interfere with the use of Highway 4 in a manner which
