Police officers shouldnt be used as de Villas de facto muscle for orders to seize a business based on new emergency laws and unprecedented actions that need to be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada if necessary.
Skelly, who has two other locations in the GTA, has been very public in his defiance of the latest 28-day provincial lockdown order to help curb the current spike of COVID-19.
He said he was hoping to inspire other small businesses to follow his lead, but so far his uprising has not grown. Those who have tried have been quickly shut down. But Skelly has inspired people to donate to his cause to go up against powerful players playing with house money.
If Skelly is able to access this crowd funding money, he will have capital to mount a legal challenge.
From Sunday shopping to same sex marriage to abortion rights to women getting the vote to basic rights and freedoms, theres always got to be a trailblazer. Skelly, 2020s freedom fighter, drew more law enforcement than those who tear down statues and block passenger trains combined.
Ford, Tory and de Villa may think because of their power and their authority to use it that this situation is over.
But as people question why can box stores can be open while small business are shut, perhaps the BBQ Revolution has just begun?
jwarmington@postmedia.com
