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Speaking about the charge on Tuesday, EPS Det. Rae Gerrard said the “paper terrorism” tactics allegedly used by Boisjoli are typical of the Freeman on the Land.

“They use a plethora of documents, which really mean absolutely nothing, they’re just cutting and pasting from all over the Internet, from all over the world. They put them together in hundreds and hundreds of pages of documents and flood the courts with this, just in an effort to overwhelm the courts and confuse people,” Gerrard said.

What makes this charge “precedent setting,” Gerrard said, is that this is the first time police in Canada have been able to pin a charge to a Freeman based on the practice of trying to overwhelm and intimidate the legal system with filings.

Gerrard said Boisjolis was arrested and charged on Aug. 27. He said so far Boisjolis has not “accepted” the charge, and has not retained a lawyer. Gerrard said he would not be surprised if Boisjolis attempts to subvert the legal process during his own criminal trial, but said that will be up to the justice system to manage.

Boisjoli’s next court appearance is set for Nov. 7.

In October of last year, a top Alberta judge targeted the Freeman on the Land movement — and Boisjoli — in a decision declaring him to be a “vexatious litigant.”

The lengthy and scathing decision by Court of Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice John Rooke restricts Boisjoli from filing or continuing actions in all Alberta courts.