A retired veteran has filed an appeal after he was convicted of mischief and obstruction while attempting to stand guard at the National War Memorial during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said it filed the appeal in the Ontario Court of Appeal on behalf of Jeff Evely, who joined the Freedom Convoy, a protest of COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates in early 2022.
Veteran Jeff Evely at the 2025 Reclaiming Conference organized by We Unify in Calgary on Sept. 20, 2025. (Omid Ghoreishi/The Epoch Times)
It is the second time Evely has filed for appeal, as the Superior Court of Justice dismissed his first one in July….