In the end, Dr. Roger Hodkinson, one of world’s most high-profile contrarian COVID-19 medical “experts,” meekly submitted to the authority of the regulatory college he had vehemently derided for years as having no right to limit his dangerous public statements.

At a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta disciplinary hearing in November, Hodkinson, a pathologist, admitted he was guilty of unprofessional conduct. The CPSA tribunal ruled he had made statements outside his scope of expertise, and that he had breached the college’s code of ethics.

The CPSA issued a caution to Hodkinson, ordered him to complete an online course, at his own expense, from the Canadian Medical Association on influence and advocacy, and to pay $5,000 to cover a portion of the college’s investigation costs.