All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. —Lord Acton I expect politicians on the left of the political spectrum to despise free speech. It's a foundational tenet of their belief systems - that only approved speech must be permitted and leftists are, naturally, the only ones capable of being the arbiters of 'permitted speech'. Justin Trudeau's … [Read more...]
Manitoba Invokes COVID Vaccine Passport, Arrests Maxime Bernier
UPDATE: Added South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who never shut down her state. (Thank you to Dave and Lyle for reminding me about Governor Noem) On Saturday, June 11, 2021, Manitoba RCMP arrested and detained Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) for daring to use his Charter-protected rights to freedom of mobility, freedom of assembly and … [Read more...]
Edmonton Crown Prosecutor vs Mexican Police Hunted and Murdered by Drug Cartels
On June 8th I took great exception to a gutless and cowardly Edmonton Crown Prosecutor who feels the need to hide his or her identity from a Christian Pastor, the Pastor's wife and children and the Pastor's congregation and supporters. “A Crown prosecutor, whose identity is under a publication ban due to security concerns, called only one witness,” said the CBC. Security … [Read more...]
Edmonton’s Gutless and Cowardly Crown Prosecutor
This bizarre line is from a May 03, 2021, CBC article published as Edmonton Pastor James Coates’ trial for defying COVID restrictions began. “A Crown prosecutor, whose identity is under a publication ban due to security concerns, called only one witness.” WHAT?!?! When I read that the Crown Prosecutor attempting to put Pastor James Coates in prison asked for and was … [Read more...]
Bill C-10: Free Speech Under Attack
Yesterday morning the Canada Strong And Free Network (formerly the Manning Centre) presented a panel discussion "Big Government, Free Speech and Tin-Foil Hats: A Discussion on Bill C-10". At this event, John Robson hosted panelists J.J. McCullough (columnist and Youtuber) Rachel Harder (Member of Parliament for Lethbridge) Peter Menzies (former CRTC Vice-Chair) … [Read more...]
Brittany Smith: Woman who killed her rapist finally released from Jackson County Jail
You may remember the case of Brittany Smith, the woman who killed her rapist on January 16, 2018, only to find herself charged with murder despite living in Alabama - a 'Stand Your Ground' state. After a long legal battle for her freedom, Brittany Smith pleaded guilty to murder in order to avoid spending the rest of her life in prison. While I and others believe she was … [Read more...]
Self-Defence: Don’t Mess with Grumpy Old Men
Do you remember that awesome scene from Gran Torino where Clint Eastwood’s character, Walt Kowalski, tells some nasty little jerks to “Get off my lawn.” ? That was the first image that came to mind as I read the story of a 62-year-old California man who, upon arriving home to find his house being ransacked by a couple of criminal dirtbags, promptly took the home invader’s … [Read more...]
Ladies, a Firearm is a Great Equalizer
Ladies, when your husband tries to strangle you, a handgun can save your life. That’s the lesson learned in Colorado Springs recently after a man attempted to strangle his wife to death. Instead of her lifeless body lying on the ground as he intended, the husband dialed 911 and begged for medical assistance after his would-be victim shot him in the head. About 2am on … [Read more...]
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. The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney … [Read more...]
Jason Kenney: Alberta’s King of COVID and Master of Tone-Deaf Hypocrisy
UPDATED May 11, 2021 at 18:00: Corrected reference to Artur Powlowski's childhood in Poland under communist rule. The same day he ordered a Calgary SWAT team to perform a ‘high-risk takedown’ of Pastor Artur Pawlowski in the middle of a busy Alberta highway [Watch Arrest Video], Jason Kenney had the audacity to Tweet: Today is an important commemoration of one … [Read more...]
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. While Pastor … [Read more...]
Loaded Firearms and Children Don’t Mix
On April 27, 2021, a 5-year-old boy in Elkhart, Indiana, found a loaded gun in his home in the Four Seasons Mobile Home Park. The boy picked up the loaded gun and, while playing with it, managed to shoot himself in the chest. He was rushed to South Bend Memorial Hospital in critical condition, then flown to The Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis where doctors … [Read more...]
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. The decision, Canadian Constitution Foundation v. … [Read more...]
Where are the Defenders of Religious Freedom?
Independent MP Derek Sloan and independent Ontario MPP Randy Hillier are the only two politicians I’m aware of who dare defend the right of Canadians to worship God during COVID. So where are the rest of the politicians defending the fundamental religious freedoms of Canadians? This question immediately brings to mind that famous scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when … [Read more...]
UN Elects Iran to UN Commission on the Status of Women
As if the world needs another reason to ridicule the United Nations, news arrives that this useless international body elected Iran - a state renowned for all manner of human rights abuses in its notorious Evin Prison - to the UN Commission on the Status of Women on April 20, 2021. Commission on Status of Women Again by acclamation, the Council elected the following seven … [Read more...]
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.' Denis Jacob, Secretary-General of … [Read more...]
BC Supreme Court Sides with Bonnie Henry, BC’s High Priestess of COVID
So much for Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If you ever believed the Charter was worth the paper it's printed on (I don't) then the decision in Beaudoin et al v. British Columbia and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry should disabuse of that silly notion. On March 18, 2021, BC Supreme Court Justice Christopher Hinkson sided with Dr. Bonnie Henry - BC's … [Read more...]
Pastor James Coates Released from Edmonton Remand Centre
On Monday, March 22, Pastor James Coates was finally released from the Edmonton Remand Centre after spending 34 days behind bars for the 'crime' of preaching a Sunday sermon. Pastor Coates pleaded guilty to 'breaching a court undertaking to follow public health regulations' and stop preaching at GraceLife Church on Sundays - an undertaking Pastor Coates never agreed … [Read more...]
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. More accurately, Pastor Coates was incarcerated on February 16, 2021, for refusing to sign a bail condition demanding he stop exercising his Charter freedoms of conscience, religion, expression, association and peaceful assembly. John … [Read more...]
Who Should We Fear More: Christian Pastor James Coates or Registered Child Sex Offender Cyle Larsen?
On March 1st, 2021 - Pastor James Coates' 14th day in solitary confinement in Edmonton Remand Centre - the Edmonton Police Service issued a Public Warning about Cyle Larsen, a convicted child sex offender who was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre. This raises an obvious question. A couple of them, actually. Why does the Alberta Government fear the release of a … [Read more...]
Pray for Edmonton Pastor James Coates
Today I ask you to pray for Pastor James Coates who, for the 13th day in a row, sits in a solitary confinement cell in the Edmonton Remand Centre - a maximum security prison - while that same facility released over 500 prisoners in the past year due to COVID, including dangerous offender Clint Carifelle. The hypocrisy of releasing violent offenders while imprisoning … [Read more...]
Bonnie Henry Wants to Arrest Churchgoers, not just Pastors
Dr. Bonnie Henry refuses to shut down ski resorts after 547 COVID cases are linked directly to Whistler Mountain in January alone, yet refuses to rescind her order banning religious worship services despite her inability to link a single COVID case to a worship service anywhere in British Columbia since November. “What I’m telling people is it’s okay to go outside to go … [Read more...]
Dr. Bonnie Henry to Arrest, Jail Pastors for Defying Her Senseless Public Health Orders
Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's very own High Priestess of COVID, doubled down on her hatred of religious worship services, despite over 500 cases of COVID linked directly to the Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort (which remains open). Bonnie Henry will now attempt to have church pastors arrested and hauled off to jail for daring to defy her senseless and contradictory … [Read more...]
Bonnie Henry’s Health Orders Stand Trial on March 1st
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms’ lawsuit against public health orders issued by Dr. Bonnie Henry will be heard before BC Chief Justice Hinkson on March 1–3, 2021 at the Supreme Court in Vancouver. This is good news. The JCCF filed their legal challenge against restrictions on public protest and public worship services on January 7, 2021. (Download PDF of … [Read more...]
BC Premier Horgan Obeys One Section of Charter While Happily Violating Another
On Thursday, January 21, 2021, BC Premier John Horgan told reporters he would not impose a travel ban based on a “review of our legal options.” The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees our right to mobility in Section 6: Mobility Rights. 6 (1) Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada. (2) Every citizen of Canada and every person who … [Read more...]
Singapore Police can now access data from Singapore’s TraceTogether COVID Contact Tracing App
On January 4, 2021, Desmond Tan, Minister of State for Home Affairs, revealed that contact tracing data from TraceTogether, Singapore’s COVID Contact Tracing App, is available to police. (YouTube video) The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is empowered under the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) to obtain any data, and that includes the TraceTogether data, for criminal … [Read more...]
15 Signs of an Abusive Relationship: Government Edition
How do you know if you’re in an abusive relationship with your government? If your government tells you not to see your friends and family, you’re in an abusive relationship with your government. If your government says you must ask for their permission before leaving the house, you’re in an abusive relationship with your government. If your government tells you what … [Read more...]
Loki Hulgaard Appeals Conviction and Slap-On-The-Wrist Sentence
Medicine Hat's CHAT News Today! reports Loki Hulgaard will appeal his conviction and sentence in favour of a new trial by judge and jury. A long and twisted legal road led to Hulgaard pleading guilty to this single charge of willfully promoting hatred, and it is this plea that's at the centre of of Loki Hulgaard's appeal. At some point in the legal process, all Firearms … [Read more...]
Justin Trudeau: I Will Always Defend Approved Speech
Section 2 (b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is clear. Canadians have the right to freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression. The lesser son of the man who brought Canada the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is, sadly but predictably, utterly incapable of defending this bedrock principle of the Canadian Constitution. Trudeau's pathetic mewling started after … [Read more...]
Carolyn Strom’s Free Speech Victory in Saskatchewan
On October 6, 2020, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Carolyn Strom and her Charter-protected right to freedom of speech. It was the culmination of a years-long battle between Carolyn Strom and the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association that began in 2015. Carolyn Strom is a registered nurse who lived and worked in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. On … [Read more...]