THE LATEST | CANADABauder, a resident of Calgary before he fled to the U.S., has argued he’s the victim of “political persecution” and tried to have his court case moved from Ottawa to Brockville or North Bay, Ont.
“I believe that I will not get a fair trial in Ottawa because I participated in a very high-profile, highly politicized, lawful protest directed at the federal government in Ottawa,” he said during a February 2023 hearing, adding the city is full of government employees who are “not my peers…