Reservist who rammed Rideau Hall with truck to ‘arrest’ Trudeau released on day parole
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According to records released to Global News on Tuesday, the Parole Board of Canada has agreed to release Corey Hurren to a half-way house and allowed him 'leave privileges.'
A former Canadian army reservist has been granted day parole just over two years after he crashed his truck through the gates of Rideau Hall to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with firearms.
According to records released to Global News on Tuesday, the Parole Board of Canada has agreed to release Corey Hurren to a half-way house in an unnamed city and also allowed him “leave privileges.”
The 48-year-old former Canadian Ranger was ordered to get a job, undergo counselling and take his prescribed medication. Day parole was granted for six months. His application for full parole was denied.
“It is the Board’s opinion that you will not present an undue risk to society if released on day parole and that your release will contribute to the protection of society by facilitating your reintegration as a law-abiding citizen,” the board wrote in its Nov. 16 ruling.
Fueled by COVID-19 conspiracy theories and anger over gun laws, Hurren drove his pickup truck from Manitoba and rammed the pedestrian gates at Rideau Hall early on the morning of July 2, 2020.
Armed with two shotguns and a semi-automatic rifle, he then abandoned his vehicle and went looking for the prime minister in what a judge called a “politically motivated armed assault intended to intimidate Canada’s elected government.”
On March 10, 2021, Hurren was sentenced to six years for eight offences. At the time, an Ontario judge said he was unremorseful, had not renounced his conspiracy theories and posed “an ongoing risk.”
But just 20 months later, he has already been granted day parole. The decision said Hurren identified as Métis and as an Indigenous offender his loss of culture was a required factor in the parole decision.
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