Brian Jenkins wearing a sandwich board reading “Let us pray for the end of abortion"--(Courtesy of Brian Jenkins)

SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that the City of Sherbrooke has withdrawn a ticket issued to local resident Brian Jenkins in 2025 for peacefully displaying signs opposing abortion during the annual “40 Days for Life” campaign. However, police ticketed Mr. Jenkins again for the same activity on October 3, 2026. Both tickets rely on a municipal bylaw banning “sandwich boards” used for commercial advertising, even though Mr. Jenkins was expressing his personal views, not promoting a business.