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In Praise of Individual Rights and Freedoms

Freedom of Speech

Grandma Sues Chilliwack School Board

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that Chilliwack Board of School Trustees (the “Board”) has been sued for censoring and ultimately ending the public remarks of a Chilliwack grandmother at a public school board meeting on June 13, 2023. 

Neil Young: So Woke He Cancelled Himself

Careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. That’s the lesson rocker-turned-woke-government-lackey Neil Young discovered yesterday when Spotify called the aging singer’s bluff.

Free Speech Win: Port Colborne F*CK TRUDEAU Flag Remains

“I am so happy that the city of Port Colborne has backed own on their attempts to silence me. I’m proud to continue to be able to express my political views, which is my right as a Canadian.”

The Most Empowering Button on the Internet

I call the “publish” button in the Amazon KDP publishing dashboard “The Most Empowering Button on the Internet” for a reason – it feels AWESOME to complete a book and hit that button!

Freya Kellet: Do You Stand on Principle or Sinking Sand?

But it’s Freya Kellet’s musings that accompany her self-portraits which are even more fascinating. Her writing is brilliant, beautiful and defiant – precisely the recipe we need in these perilous times. 

Compelled Speech is Now the Law of the Land

Is it just for a judge to order a defendant to violate his own freedom of thought and freedom of conscience?

Unless you are no longer capable of being honest with yourself, the answer is clearly “No.”

Free Speech is Despised Across the Political Spectrum

I expect politicians on the left of the political spectrum to despise free speech. But when supposedly conservative politicians embrace this censorious nonsense, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford did with Bill 254, how do I explain that away?

Manitoba Invokes COVID Vaccine Passport, Arrests Maxime Bernier

If anyone can explain to me in rational terms why Canada must continue to destroy jobs, lives and families over COVID lockdown measures, I’m all ears.

Until then, I cite Florida and Texas as evidence of why we must stop the madness immediately.

Bill C-10: Free Speech Under Attack

I don’t need or want the government and their bureaucratic minions to have control over what I say in public on social media or my own website.  Yet that’s what we’ll be stuck with if Bill C-10 passes as it is currently written.

19 Ontario Cops Side With Religious Freedoms and Constitutional Liberty over COVID Lockdowns

In a refreshing change from COVID cops arresting pastors for preaching the Gospel, a group of 19 serving and former police officers are challenging the constitutionality of Ontario’s COVID restrictions.

They claim enforcing COVID lockdown and public gathering restrictions forces them to breach their oath to uphold the constitution. [Please read the Court Filing (PDF)]

Retired Pastor in Ghana Accidentally Shoots Himself While Patrolling His Property

It’s every upstanding person’s worst nightmare.

A gang of thieves target you and your family for harassment because of your faith. Police can’t be there 24/7 so you do what you can to keep your family safe, which includes patrolling your property with a loaded firearm.

This was the predicament a retired Pastor in Ghana found himself in on April 28, 2021. 

CCF WIN: Section 91 of the Canada Elections Act is Declared Unconstitutional

On February 19, 2021, in another free speech win for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, Justice Davies ruled:

I find that section 91(1) of the CEA violates section 2(b) of the Charter and is not saved under section 1.  Pursuant to s. 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, section 91(1) of the CEA is of no force or effect.

France: Off-Duty Police May Now Carry Concealed Weapons

On March 18, 2021, the French Senate passed Article 25, a ‘security measure’ allowing off-duty police officers to concealed carry of their police-issue firearms in public.  Article 25 also states that police who carry may not be refused access to museums, cinemas, shopping centers and schools – places France deems ‘open to the public.’

Pastor James Coates to be Released from Edmonton Remand Centre

Pastor James Coates spent the past 29 days in the Edmonton Remand Centre for the heinous crime of preaching a Christian sermon on Sundays. 

John Carpay, executive director of the JCCF, expects Pastor Coates will be home with his family “as early as Friday.”

Loki Hulgaard Appeals Conviction and Slap-On-The-Wrist Sentence

Medicine Hat’s CHAT News Today! reports Hulgaard will appeal his conviction and sentence in favour of a new trial by judge and jury.

Loki Hulgaard, when contacted via email, gave this explanation for his appeal:

Justin Trudeau: I Will Always Defend Approved Speech

“Should it be allowed to make fun of religion and Muslim leaders?”

Yes – the obvious answer in defense of free speech – was glaringly out-of-reach of the Prime Minister, who started off strong before a tidal wave of caveats knocked him off his tricycle.

Carolyn Strom’s Free Speech Victory in Saskatchewan

Mere citizens question the SNRA statement, believing that having a registered nurse like Carolyn Strom, one of the SNRA’s own, publicly question the competency of health care providers in long-term care homes would be embraced in the spirit of openness and transparency. Those mere citizens would indeed be confused.

Loki Hulgaard: Firearms Charges Dropped in exchange for guilty plea and wrist slap

Twelve firearms-related criminal charges were dropped when Loki Hulgaard, born Brendan Stanley Dell, pled guilty to wilfully promoting hatred and contravening the conditions of his firearm licence on Thursday, October 22, 2020.

Claira Janover: Personal Responsibility is Racist?

Children of all ages refuse to accept the consequences of their actions and do what kids typically do – they blame everyone for their problems and refuse to accept any responsibility at all.

That’s the trouble I have with Claira Janover, the latest 15-minutes-of-fame internet crybaby.

Is Dr. Theresa Tam Incompetent or In Over Her Head?

Dr. Tam’s failure to take decisive action early on, the very thing she insisted was critical in 2006 and again in 2010, arguably led to the situation we’re in today.

Harry Miller: UK Judge Slams Police for Violating Freedom of Expression

In a decision published on February 14, 2020, Justice Knowles quoted both George Orwell’s 1984 and the European Convention on Human Rights as he severely chastised the Humberside Police for violating Harry Miller’s right to freedom of expression.

“White Race” Advocate Loki Hulgaard’s Legal Woes Continue

Now that his lawyer, Mike Gilchrist, has quit his case, Loki Hulgaard is attempting to use his lack of legal counsel to get his guilty plea set aside.

Firearm Licence Holders: Is a Political Beliefs Test Next?

A political beliefs test for gun owners may be next if Germany’s Interior Minister gets his way, courtesy of a lunatic with a gun and another hate-filled internet manifesto.

Once a gun owner beliefs test implemented there, you can bet it will come to Canada next, courtesy of Loki Hulgaard’s Racist Manifesto or another one like it.

Another Racist Manifesto, This Time From a Licenced Canadian Gun Owner

Political activists use Hulgaard’s criminal actions with guns to tar millions of ordinary Canadians with Hulgaard’s racist ideas. They don’t ask why RCMP issued Hulgaard his firearms licence in the first place. They use Hulgaard’s firearm ownership as “proof” all gun owners are murderous racists waiting for the “race war” to begin.

Free Speech: Tulsi Gabbard, Google and the First Amendment

On July 25, 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard – the most searched-for candidate on Google for about 15 seconds – sued the tech giant for $50 million for violating her First Amendment rights. Her frivolous lawsuit was tossed out of court on Wednesday… Shouldn’t a presidential candidate know better?

Free Speech – Does It Mean What You Think?

The principle of free speech is a protection from government’s attempts to restrict what we say. It does not, nor was it ever intended to restrict what you say in someone else’s home, be it a physical home or a virtual one, like this blog or social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook or Twitter.

The Canadian Government’s Scheme to Censor the Internet

A government license to speak my mind on the internet? I already have a licence. It’s called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Free Speech? No thanks, we’re Canadian.

The bullies of the intolerant left succeeded again. They shut down another event where, gasp, people wanted to have an open and frank discussion about media bias and gender identity. In public. It’s the “in public” part that caused all…

Freedom of the Press, Alan Forsythe and the Hope Standard

Freedom of the press is about government intervention – specifically the right of the press to be free from government intervention. Freedom of the press has nothing to do with the right of a business to hire or fire employees.

Washington DC Judge Shuts Down US DOJ Fishing Expedition

Cops love vaguely-worded search warrants with a wide-open net. Why they love them is no secret. These kinds of search warrants are fishing expeditions. These search warrants are massive gill nets tossed into the ocean of humanity in search of…