Kootenay Freedom is a volunteer run group consisting of people from the West Kootenay region, formed in 2020 in response to growing concern related to COVID measures. Our goal is to empower people by providing educational material and resources and by coordinating planning meetings and public events. Our mandate supports medical freedom, vaccine choice, informed consent, privacy rights, unbiased journalism, transparent science, free speech, democracy and the opening of the economy. Kootenay Freedom is governed by an executive committee consisting of a rotating chair and administration and includes a membership of 708 participants.