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When Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Sterling Sanderman walked into an Edmonton courtroom Tuesday morning, everyone assembled stood up — except for the accused.

It is customary for people in a courtroom to rise when a judge enters, and to only sit down once court is called to order.

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But Allen Nelson Boisjoli, a self-proclaimed Freeman on the Land facing an allegation he used “paper terrorism” as a way to intimidate the legal system, argues the province’s superior court has no jurisdiction over him.

The Freeman on the Land movement generally espouses the view that all government and related rule of law is illegitimate.

In court Tuesday, Boisjoli didn’t stay seated for long.

“I don’t consent or agree to any of these proceedings,” he said, standing to address the court. “Why do you believe you have the right to command my presence here?”

After interrupting Sanderman several times, Boisjoli acknowledged he was agitated, but said it’s because the charges, laid in 2016, have been hanging over him despite, he says, there being no evidence.