The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) will take on Bruce & Donna Montague’s case after Doug Christie’s death left them without counsel to fight property forfeiture under Ontario's Civil Forfeiture Law. The Canadian Constitution Foundation (http://www.theccf.ca) announced today that it would provide legal counsel to Bruce and Donna Montague of Dryden, Ontario in … [Read more...]
Even the Rich and Famous must suffer the Fools of Airport Security
In the realm of human stupidity it's hard to do worse than the intrepid fools who inhabit the ranks of airport security. There common sense is verboten and the ability to think rationally... well, let's just say it's not welcome there either. The latest entry into the stupidest airport security blunder ever this week goes to the Swiss... a prize that actually surprised me. … [Read more...]
Guntersville Mayor Leigh Dollar is just another jackbooted thug, albeit with perfume…
Is there no end to the raft of elected officials who cannot comprehend the oath of office they swear? You know, those pesky little section where they affirm they will “support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic”? It’s a simple phrase and an even simpler concept, yet time and time again we hear of duly elected officials doing the exact … [Read more...]
Can the government really steal your bank account without notice?
Can the government really steal your bank account without notice? Virtually overnight and with no warning of any kind, the emergency tax deal was imposed on the people of Cyprus without vote or debate. People ran to ATM machines today only to discover that the taxed amount of their cash had already been frozen. Monday in Cyprus is a national holiday, the first day of Greek … [Read more...]
Registration Leads to Confiscation and much worse… Just ask Ontario Gunsmith Bruce Montague
Sun News Commentator Brian Lilley did an excellent segment on how registration leads to confiscation in his January 8, 2013 installment of his show Byline. In that segment Lilley described the insanity of Ian Thomson being forced to defend himself against criminal charges for the so-called “crime” of defending his life against 4 men trying to kill him. He went on to … [Read more...]
No Right to Bear Arms in Canada? You might want to re-check your history.
By Chris McGarry If there is one topic of conversation your average Joe Canuck takes pleasure in discussing over a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee (besides hockey) it’s the fact that we’re not American. Despite months of unending snow and cold and short summers plagued by hazy, mosquito–filled skies, we in the Great White North have it pretty darn good: a health care system … [Read more...]
Obama bathes in the blood of victims, gun owners fight back against “gun control” executive orders
President Barack Obama will do what every "gun control" advocate does when attempting to advanced more Liberty-crushing leftist ideology: he will bathe in the blood of the victims. Worse, he will cower behind a human shield of children while he proclaims his desire to rid America of guns. In the Brave New America, it's Obama's Way or the highway as he attempts to force his … [Read more...]
Your Right to be Free of Unreasonable Search and Seizure does not apply in bars or other private establishments
A 2005 court ruling by the Alberta Court of Appeal makes it clear that bar staff of a privately-owned business cannot be considered “agents of the state” when they detain and search you on private property. The decision in R. v. Dell (2005 ABCA 246) is an interesting read and makes a clear distinction between private individuals employed by a private company and police or … [Read more...]
Attn: BC Residents! You Can Still STOP Your Smart Meter Installation
The information below is if you still have your ANALOG meter in place. Information on how to get rid of your already-installed Smart Meter is not yet available, but will be posted at Citizens For Safe Technology as soon as it is. Here is the latest information from Citizens For Safe Technology on dealing with BC Hydro and its Smart Meter program. [hr] Your Guide to … [Read more...]
Freedoms: Yours Until They Are Stolen by Jane Gaffin
People don’t give a whit about freedom as long as they naively believe the government is not goring their ox, which, they painfully discover with time, it was their own personal inalienable rights that were stealthily chipped away in silence until those freedoms no longer exist. Frequently, freedom-lovers allude to the famous “First They Came For” passage that refers to … [Read more...]
When is your private property not your own? Whenever a bureaucritter of the Nanny State says so.
We like to believe that when we make the most expensive purchase of our lives, our family home, we’re actually the ones who own it. It’s a fallacy, however, as more and more homeowners, if I can even call them that, are discovering across North America. When we buy a piece of land and a house, we believe we can do what we want with that land and home. Oh, we’re such … [Read more...]
Finally! A response from Lake Country RCMP Detachment Commander Sgt. Scott Rempel re: Pellet Gun Seizure
In the May 16, 2012 edition of the Vernon Morning Star it was reported that RCMP had seized a pellet gun from a person and were going to destroy it, despite the fact they were not laying any charges against the pellet gun owner. This seizure arose from a complaint called in to police that someone was shooting a handgun off the north side of the dock near the Turtle Bay … [Read more...]
Steven Boyd and Karen Bursey are the latest victims of Bureaucrat’s Rule #1
Anyone hanging out here for any length of time will already be familiar with Bureaucrat's Rule #1, but for the benefit of any newcomers, here it is in all its repulsive glory: Bureaucrat's Rule #1: The Rules are More Important than People As you can see, it's quite a simple rule and it is gleefully used the world over by tyrannical bureaucrats who love nothing more than … [Read more...]
Western Wheat Farmers finally get a taste of freedom from the oppression of the Canadian Wheat Board
Can you imagine starting a business, creating a product and then being sent to jail for the “crime” of selling that product to whoever you wanted? This sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Of course, yet this was the reality for farmers in Western Canada for the past 70 years. The Canadian Wheat Board made it a crime for a farmer to sell the fruits of his labour, namely the wheat he … [Read more...]
Warren Kinsella is “a fucking idiot” who despises YOUR Rights and Freedoms
Warren Kinsella, touted as a "Liberal badboy", showed his true colors a week ago on his blog and again last night on Sun TV. Warren Kinsella despises your Liberty. Warren Kinsella despises your Charter Rights. Warren Kinsella believes you have absolutely no right to defend yourself from a violent attacker, especially if you're using a handgun to do so. Warren Kinsella … [Read more...]
Under Agenda 21 “Property Seizure” is Seen as “Profit-Sharing” by Jane Gaffin
Canada's Constitution is the supreme law. Any law passed by any federal, provincial, or territorial government that is inconsistent with the constitution is invalid. The next highest law in the pecking order of paramountcy is the Criminal Code of Canada and the same rules of law apply--or should apply--under the Criminal Code as with the Constitution. The Safer … [Read more...]
Does the Yukon Territory really need a pseudo-police department to deal with drug dealers, bootleggers and prostitutes?
Does the Yukon Territory really need another layer of bureaucracy to do the job the RCMP is already paid to do? Apparently, the answer to that question is a resounding YES! according to Yukon’s Parliament. If that shocks you, you’re not alone. “There oughta be a law! What? There already is? Since when?” We already have laws against drug dealing, bootlegging and … [Read more...]
Russ Caswell’s Civil Forfeiture Nightmare
Russ Caswell is 68 years old. He has not been charged with a crime, yet the Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Police Department is using civil forfeiture laws to steal both his livelihood and his retirement estate. Russ Caswell owns and operates his family-owned motel called, oddly enough, the Motel Caswell. It’s not the Ritz but that’s to be expected given the motel was built by … [Read more...]
Alabama vs Agenda 21 and the United Nations. Alabama (and Liberty) Wins!
“Land…cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. “Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development … [Read more...]
The ongoing abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
When policing devolves from solving crimes to seeing how much private property police can seize from citizens there is something very wrong with the focus of our nation, yet under civil forfeiture laws this is precisely what’s happening across Canada and the United States. Like most laws, civil asset forfeiture has, at its heart, good intentions. As the saying goes, … [Read more...]
Vernon BC’s Lake Country RCMP the latest addition to Police State Canada
Vernon, British Columbia, located in that province's Okanagan Valley, is where constables from the Lake Country RCMP detachment have decided they can do whatever they want; the hallmark of police state tactics. The case revolves around a man and his legally-owned pellet gun that was seized by RCMP constables and was reported by the Vernon Morning Star newspaper on May 16, … [Read more...]
How Some Sucker Stole the Water
The Christopher di Armani-produced Rights and Freedoms Bulletin of April 28, 2012 carried a frustrating article about the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) declaring war on British Columbia’s Fraser Valley farmers. The ditches the farmers dug to drain their land have been designated “fish habitat”. The heavy-handed, gun-toting, jackboot boys told the … [Read more...]
Mining Study Cuts to the Core
(Originally published in the Yukon News, March 20, 2000) Dutch Van Tassell Photo, 2009 “When you push somebody far enough, they will stand up and fight. If they don’t fight for their rights, then they are done for. They are slaves.” -- Jim McFaull (1952 to 2012) -- *** Private property ownership is the cornerstone of any free society. The land issues the late Jim … [Read more...]
Property Owners Are An Endangered Species
The delegates who heard about the Wildlands Project during a 1998 Alaska Miners Conference may have naively thought the plot too outrageously unrealistic to pay heed to at the relevant time. A reprint of Kathleen Benedetto’s paper in the July/August 1998 Mining Voice warned that the ranting of a handful of radical activists really was a must to be taken seriously. The … [Read more...]
‘Land-Use Planning’ Means Driving People from the Land
Under the United Nations’ Agenda 21--Agenda for the 21st Century--the main thrust is to return all privately-owned property back to public domain. As with the Marxist doctrine, Agenda 21 doesn’t recognize privately-owned property because it is the cornerstone of all free societies. America’s 50 states are being carved into 12 land-planning regions in anticipation of the … [Read more...]
Douglas Ranch: When Property Rights and your sense of entitlement clash, property rights win
There was an odd story emanating from the CBC yesterday (nothing unusual there) where those nasty rich Americans were being mean to honest, hardworking Canadians who just wanted to go fishing. Those so-called nasty Americans are Stan and Ann Kroenke, the owners of the Douglas Ranch, located near Merritt, British Columbia. Those honest, hardworking Canadians are members of … [Read more...]
Albertans: Alison Redford stole your property rights. NOW is the time to take them back.
Most Albertans have no idea that the Progressive Conservative government, under the so-called “leadership” of Ed Stelmach and Alison Redford, literally extinguished property rights in the province of Alberta. This was done in a deceitfully systematic and methodical way using Bill 50, Bill 19, Bill 36 and Bill 10. The combined effect of these laws and the order in which a … [Read more...]
A small glimmer of hope for Property Rights in America
As amazing as it sounds, the United States Supreme Court has actually ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their abusive violations of the rights of Mike and Chantell Sackett of Priest Lake, Idaho. The EPA is one of those wonderful agencies that treats Bureaucrats Rule #1 as Gospel. The Rules are More Important Than People The EPA treats people … [Read more...]
Castle Doctrine Rebounds in Indiana after stupid Indiana State Supreme Court ruling
The Indiana State Supreme Court made a ridiculous ruling last year in Barnes v. State (May 12, 2011). That decision said that Indiana state residents had no right to obstruct illegal police invasions of their homes. Folks who actually comprehend the Rights and Freedoms declared in the Magna Carta were up in arms (pun intended) over the ruling that essentially overturned … [Read more...]
Withdraw from the UN’s Agenda 21. It’s easy. Just follow the lead of College Station, Texas.
Jane Gaffin wrote a great article about the United Nations’ Agenda 21 the other day titled Everybody Has Heard of Agenda 21; Most Just Don’t Know It. After reading that I stumbled upon an article about a city in Texas named College Station. This Texas city had withdrawn from Agenda 21, the program created at the UN’s 1992 Earth Summit on climate change held in Rio de … [Read more...]