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Convoy fallout: Ontario politician faces charges

As longtime Ontario MPP Randy Hillier faces nine charges related to the Ottawa convoy protest, a closer look at what led up to this point.
Randy Hillier, independent MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, argues with police at a protest against government measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Peterborough, Ont., on Saturday, April 24, 2021. He also attended the three weeks of protests in Ottawa, in February 2022. (Fred Thornhill/Canadian Press)

Randy Hillier, a longtime member of Ontario's legislature, is facing nine charges related to his participation in the trucker convoy protest and occupation in downtown Ottawa — and they could lead to jail time. Hillier's protests against public health restrictions and spreading of misinformation about vaccines have also gotten him banned from Twitter and barred from speaking in the legislature.

Today, we speak to CBC reporter Mike Crawley about how the long-standing Ontario politician became a high-profile voice in Canada's anti-vaccine movement, and the trouble he finds himself in now.

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