Manitoba man who stormed Rideau Hall gets statutory release

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The Manitoba man who slammed his truck through the gates of Rideau Hall in an attempt to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2020 has received a statutory release.

Corey Hurren, who had previously received day parole in 2022, was released July 7. He will have to receive psychological counselling, find gainful employment, report his financial information to a parole officer and take prescribed medication as conditions for his release.

“The board acknowledged the work you have been doing on day parole, the strong family supports that are assisting in your reintegration, and that you continued to see a psychologist,” the parole board documents read.

Hurren, a Manitoba reservist and sausage maker, crashed his pickup truck through Ottawa’s Rideau Hall grounds, where the governor general and prime minister live, on July 2, 2020. Neither were on the grounds at the time. He was armed with three loaded firearms and a knife during a 90-minute standoff with police.

He told officers he wanted to arrest Trudeau and was angry about COVID-19 restrictions and gun law amendments.

He was sentenced to six years in prison in 2021 after pleading guilty to seven weapons charges and one charge of mischief.

Parole board documents say Hurren “suffered from major depression prior to and at the time of” the incident and that he had not displayed any violent behaviour in the time since he was granted day parole.

He will be staying at a community residential facility and will be allowed to travel to visit family.

While the Ontario Court Justice at the time of his sentencing said Hurren had not expressed remorse for his actions, the parole board documents note he has since “expressed regret” for his actions.

malak.abas@freepress.mb.ca