On October 18, 2023, The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced that Lynda di Armani (my wife) sued the Chilliwack School Board for censoring her repeatedly at School Board meetings. She's not the only one. School Board Chair Willow Reichelt is well known for her speed in cutting the microphone feed for anyone who dares utter a syllable she disagrees … [Read more...]
Neil Young: So Woke He Cancelled Himself
"They can have Rogan or Young. Not both." 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. If you deliver an ultimatum to a service provider you better be sure you have the clout to make them blink. Neil Young doesn't have … [Read more...]
Free Speech Win: Port Colborne F*CK TRUDEAU Flag Remains
When the town of Port Colborne ordered a resident identified only as "Melissa" to remove a "F*CK TRUDEAU" flag from her home in November 2021, she fought back. Every Canadian - even in this Charter-free era of COVID - has the right to express their political views. That right is not limited to speech that we find acceptable nor is it confined to government-approved … [Read more...]
The Most Empowering Button on the Internet
What an exciting evening last night! I finished the final edits and formatting of The 2-Minute Freedom Challenge eBook with over a dozen hours to spare to meet Amazon's pre-sale deadline! 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 … [Read more...]
Freya Kellet: Do You Stand on Principle or Sinking Sand?
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The other day someone sent me an undated newspaper clipping of an article - a poem, really - titled "Stop Your Gaslighting Games" with the attribution to Instagram user @freyakellet. I hopped onto Instagram to see if I could find the original source. Freya Kellet was easy to find. Her Instagram feed consists of a series of self-portraits, each with a poem attached. Her … [Read more...]
Compelled Speech is Now the Law of the Land
Alberta Justice Adam Germain tore up the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, then spit the tattered remains in the face of Calgary Pastor Artur Pawlowski. Why? Because Pastor Pawlowski dares hold an opinion unapproved by our political masters. Justice Germain believed it was his duty to crush this dangerous man, this man of ideas and principles, because our so-called 'just … [Read more...]
Free Speech is Despised Across the Political Spectrum
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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. The charges stem from his arrest for stamping anti-Semitic messages on Canadian currency and distributing that currency through Medicine Hat are … [Read more...]
Claira Janover: Personal Responsibility is Racist?
Whether Claira Janover was serious when she threatened "the next person who has the sheer nerve, the sheer entitled ‘caucasity,’ to say ‘All Lives Matter,’ I'mma stab you" or not, the cold hard reality is stupid actions have consequences. When grownups must face the consequence of their poor life choices they accept it, learn from it and move on. Children of all ages … [Read more...]
Is Dr. Theresa Tam Incompetent or In Over Her Head?
Failure. Incompetent. In over her head. This is the prevailing view of Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, who continues to draw fire for advice that changes almost as often as the weather. Yes, it’s easy to play Monday-morning quarterback when yours isn’t the head on the chopping bloc, but Dr. Tam made it too easy when she failed to heed her own … [Read more...]
Harry Miller: UK Judge Slams Police for Violating Freedom of Expression
“The only way to protect freedom of speech is to keep bloody speaking.” – Harry Miller “In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi. We have never lived in an Orwellian society.” – Justice Julian Knowles Freedom of Speech won another battle in Britain, but one likely to enrage proponents of special rights for some at the expense of equal … [Read more...]
“White Race” Advocate Loki Hulgaard’s Legal Woes Continue
Note: I originally wrote about Loki Hulgaard's case in my column "Another Racist Manifesto" published on March 10, 2020. Loki Hulgaard, aka Brendan Stanley Dell, found himself in hot legal water last year when he was arrested for inciting public hatred for attempting to pass paper paper money with various anti-Jewish slogans written on them. On February 29, 2020, Loki … [Read more...]
Firearm Licence Holders: Is a Political Beliefs Test Next?
A political beliefs test for German gun owners may coming if their Interior Minister gets his way. This desire to test for thought crimes is sparked by Germany’s latest lunatic with a gun and his 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 … [Read more...]
Another Racist Manifesto, This Time From a Licenced Canadian Gun Owner
In his timeline of events, Loki Hulgaard (aka Brendan Stanley Dell) refers to the Jewish Occupation Government (J.O.G.) and claims he is being persecuted by J.O.G. and by police who he claims “probably illegally” searched his home, seizing guns, ammunition and cash. Police were able to charge Hulgaard with firearms offences because Hulgaard made it easy for them to do … [Read more...]
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 last year – sued the tech giant for $50 million for violating her First Amendment rights. In a decision published on March 4, 2020, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson shot down Gabbard’s lawsuit, leaving nothing but a smoking ruin … [Read more...]
Free Speech – Does It Mean What You Think?
What does “Free Speech” mean? Not what a lot of people think it does, unfortunately. This column is sparked by a comment published on ChristopherDiArmani.com earlier this month and the US Court of Appeals decision, Prager University vs. YouTube, delivered on February 26, 2020. “Hey. I dont agree with your post but i will defend your right to post it. I would expect you … [Read more...]
The Canadian Government’s Scheme to Censor the Internet
Freedom of Speech is a fundamental right of all human beings. If this Liberal government wants me to give up right to free speech and beg for their permission to speak they'd best come with a bevy of armed Thought Police thugs because the only way they will shut me up is if they kill me. George Orwell's classic 1984 is not an instruction manual. It's a dire warning about … [Read more...]
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 the trouble. A group of bullies found the topic, “How Media Bias Shapes the Gender Identity Debate” offensive and in today's world, if … [Read more...]
Freedom of the Press, Alan Forsythe and the Hope Standard
Alan Forsythe was fired from The Hope Standard just 7 days after he started his new job due to “concerns about your ability to perform the duties of a journalist in Hope” according to an October 17th letter of termination made public by True North Centre. Then came the outrage on social media. “Canada does not have Freedom Of The Press!!!” wrote @DeniseInCanada in a tweet … [Read more...]
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 a crime to prosecute. They don't even care which crime. Any crime will do. That's the type of broad warrant the US Department of … [Read more...]