Anti-lockdown protesters won't be armed or flip Canadian flags upside down or hinder traffic when they assemble Saturday near the steps of the Manitoba Legislative Building.
But even if the number of demonstrators is scant, the collective message will be loud and clear, says rally spokesman Gerry Bohemier.
"This is friends of ours and myself, and we all discussed it and decided maybe we should go speak our truth. That's a right of democracy," said Bohemier, who said he was a retired Winnipeg chiropractor and noted during an interview Thursday that he spent much of his career studying and administering "natural health."
Their truth? The shutdown of many services, businesses, activities and public spaces across Manitoba and the rest of the country owing to the COVID-19 pandemic is more harmful to human health than the novel coronavirus.
"This was overblown. Many other doctors around the world, scientists around the world... have spoken up against the excessive decisions made by the World Health Organization and the immediate compliance that all of our leaders did without considering other opinions. It was one opinion and that was it," said Bohemier.
The group, calling itself Winnipeg Aware, is holding a "Rally for Freedom and Human Rights" at the stately building at Broadway and Memorial Boulevard at 2 p.m.
Bohemier and his backers are planning a small, peaceful protest — and will adhere to the provincial health guideline of keeping a two-metre distance from one another.
"The shutdown of a country for that long, the economy, the number of people that have suffered financially, loneliness and when people are isolated. There are going to be serious ramifications that have happened already and will happen if these kinds of very exaggerated manoeuvres are tried again," Bohemier said.
"This was overblown. Many other doctors around the world, scientists around the world... have spoken up against the excessive decisions made by the World Health Organization and the immediate compliance that all of our leaders did without considering other opinions. It was one opinion and that was it." – Gerry Bohemier, rally spokesman "When is it going to stop? They're going mad on one pathway right
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But even if the number of demonstrators is scant, the collective message will be loud and clear, says rally spokesman Gerry Bohemier.
"This is friends of ours and myself, and we all discussed it and decided maybe we should go speak our truth. That's a right of democracy," said Bohemier, who said he was a retired Winnipeg chiropractor and noted during an interview Thursday that he spent much of his career studying and administering "natural health."
Their truth? The shutdown of many services, businesses, activities and public spaces across Manitoba and the rest of the country owing to the COVID-19 pandemic is more harmful to human health than the novel coronavirus.
"This was overblown. Many other doctors around the world, scientists around the world... have spoken up against the excessive decisions made by the World Health Organization and the immediate compliance that all of our leaders did without considering other opinions. It was one opinion and that was it," said Bohemier.
The group, calling itself Winnipeg Aware, is holding a "Rally for Freedom and Human Rights" at the stately building at Broadway and Memorial Boulevard at 2 p.m.
Bohemier and his backers are planning a small, peaceful protest — and will adhere to the provincial health guideline of keeping a two-metre distance from one another.
"The shutdown of a country for that long, the economy, the number of people that have suffered financially, loneliness and when people are isolated. There are going to be serious ramifications that have happened already and will happen if these kinds of very exaggerated manoeuvres are tried again," Bohemier said.
"This was overblown. Many other doctors around the world, scientists around the world... have spoken up against the excessive decisions made by the World Health Organization and the immediate compliance that all of our leaders did without considering other opinions. It was one opinion and that was it."
– Gerry Bohemier, rally spokesman
"When is it going to stop? They're going mad on one pathway right