
What happened next: Miller obeyed the court order and closed his doors two weeks ago, resuming his Zoom class service to his dwindling clientele, and filed a motion for a Charter Challenge in hopes of proving closing gyms is unconstitutional, and that “these lockdowns are basically infringing upon my right to earn a living and people’s rights to associate here,” he said. “I would be very happy to go to jail for 30 days for this fight, but I have a wife and three kids and it would be more than they would be able to handle,” he said.The result was the judge instructing Miller he would be in breach of a court order if he continued to operate, an offense that could land him 30 days in jail. Remind me: Last week we reported on CrossFit 819’s decision to continue operating despite a gym closure mandate that began in December 2021, a decision that ultimately landed Miller in court last month. “Affiliate owners have gone through a lot, persevered and did everything they could to keep their communities moving and healthy,” he said. Still, he feels for Quebec gym owners.
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He added: “And it won’t change my Charter Challenge, because the bottom line is, that as long as they can keep doing this, we’re at risk of continually going deeper and deeper into debt… and if I go out of business, then I can’t help any of the people that rely on us.“If you just look back at the record… it was two weeks (of closures), and then it was another two weeks, then it was a month, then another month… they just do this over and over and over, so I totally don’t have any faith in the government (that this will be the last time),” Miller said.

As a result, he’s continuing to push forward with a Charter Challenge-a legal challenge to the government because he believes his rights and freedoms have been violated-in an attempt to show that gyms are an essential service, and that it’s unconstitutional to close them down.
