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Edmonton Prolife has been denied a booth at next month’s K-Days festival, after having participated for the last 15 years.

The group has retained the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which said Northlands is violating the group’s freedom of expression Charter rights because Northlands is, in its view, a government actor.

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In addition, the centre, which frequently supports free speech and right-of-centre causes, said in a letter to Northlands that Northlands’ position is also “unreasonable, violates the administrative law principles of procedural fairness, has the appearance of bias, and fails to meet the standard of proper exercise of discretion.”

In a statement, Northlands confirmed that on Jan. 6, Edmonton Prolife was advised of the decision. Northlands added that at the time, the group didn’t express concerns.

“It is standard practice for Northlands to review customer feedback and business practices as a tool to ensure we provide the best guest experience to our patrons,” Northlands said.