Justice with John Carpay The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

The federal government has merely suspended its vaccine mandates for travelers, and these measures can be re-imposed at any time without warning. John explains why the Justice Centre will press on with court challenges against these mandates. He then describes the good time he had at the Justice Centre's George Jonas Freedom Award dinner in Toronto on June 16th. And we discuss two new court cases; one in which a retired teacher was kicked out of a public school board meeting for raising concerns about inappropriate sexual material aimed at children, and another where EI benefits are being denied to those who lost their jobs over refusing to take the Covid shots.

Toronto City News, Jun 20, 2022: Vaccine mandates lift for Canadian travellers, federal workers

Justice Centre, Jun 14, 2022: Justice Centre Statement on the suspension of vaccine travel mandates

Global News, Jun 14, 2022: Canada to update its 'fully-vaccinated' definition

Rebel News, Jun 15, 2022: Top Public Health epidemiologist says vaccine mandates were 'never recommended' for air travel

True North, Jun 17, 2022: Lawyer challenging mandates says government must be held accountable

Larry Brock on Youtube, Jun 20, 2022: MP Brock questioning Deputy Prime Minister Freeland about the emergency declaration

CTV, Jun 9, 2022: How delays at Pearson Airport got so bad: Aviation experts weigh in

CTV News, Jun 13, 2022: Timeline unclear as to when passport delays could be resolved: minister

Justice Centre: The 2022 George Jonas Freedom Award

Live From The Shed on Youtube, Jun 20, 2022: Tamara Lich Delivers a Speech for the Ages - Freedom Award

Justice Centre, Jun 20, 2022: Legal action filed against school board that expelled teacher criticizing age-appropriateness of classroom books

Justice with John Carpay, May 21, 2020: Ep. 20 What is "Conversion Therapy"?

Justice Centre, Jun 14, 2022: Justice Centre warns federal government it is illegally denying EI benefits based on vaccine status

The Province, Jun 19, 2022: Strokes, blood clots, wheelchairs: B.C. patients describe rare reactions to COVID vaccines

Yahoo News, Jun 13, 2022: Canadian PM Trudeau tests positive for COVID a second time

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We discuss the politicization of the judicial system in light of recent remarks regarding judicial independence by Canada Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner. This is followed by a closer examination of two recent Supreme Court rulings, one regarding concurrent sentences for multiple murders, and another about diminished capacity for violent crimes.

National Post, Jun 7, 2022: Supreme Court doesn’t want your political criticism (even if they keep doing political things)

Bruce Pardy in the National Post via MSN, Jun 1, 2022: Supreme Court undermined by chief justice condemning freedom convoy

Justice Centre, May 20, 2019: 2019 Judicial Freedom Index

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions, May 27, 2022: R. v. Bissonnette

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions,  May 13, 2022: R. v. Brown

CanLII, Sep 30, 1993: Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions, Feb 6, 2015: Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)

CTV News, Mar 9, 2019: 'Knees together' judge resigns from federal court

Canadian Judicial Council: Review Procedures ("Complaints: Depending on the matter, the Council can recommend that the judge be removed from office.")

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions, Jan 28, 1988: R. v. Morgentaler

McMillan Law, Municipal Law and Litigation Bulletin, Sep 2018: Ontario Premier to Set Precedent Invoking Notwithstanding Clause

CBC, Nov 8, 2017: Sask. government invokes notwithstanding clause over Catholic school ruling

CBC, Jun 7, 2022: Elections watchdog says it should be illegal to spread misinformation about voting

Panot Book, Apr 18, 2022: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (PDF download link at bottom of page)

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The Justice Centre has filed a brief with the Quebec government in support of Bill 32, which will require universities to respect academic freedom. John refutes the arguments made by academics who oppose the legislation. We then discuss the June 6 and 7 appeal in B.C.'s "smudging" case concerning children who were forced by their public school to undergo a religious ceremony in the classroom.

Justice Centre, Jun 2, 2022: The Justice Centre files brief in support of Québec’s academic freedom bill

Robert Leckey and Sarah Ghabrial in CTV News, Apr 27, 2022: Is Bill 32 the real threat to academic freedom? 130 Quebec professors speak out in open letter

Peter Ives and Eve Haque in The Conversation, Jun 1, 2022: What is Québec’s Bill 32 on academic freedom, and why does it matter?

slaw.ca: Indexed As: Pridgen v. University of Calgary 2010 (PDF)

Ontario Gov. News Release, Aug 30, 2018: Ontario Protects Free Speech on Campuses

National Post, Mar 7, 2018: Christian couple that lost foster children for refusing to lie about Easter Bunny vindicated by Ontario court

Justice Centre, Our Cases, 2016: UAlberta Pro-Life v. University of Alberta

Inside Higher Ed, Dec 21, 2018: In Defense of the Chicago Principles

Justice Centre, Jun 5, 2022: BC Public school smudging case returns to court

CTV, Jun 1, 2022: 'We're still in a pandemic': PM defends extension of travel restrictions as industry groups demand relief

Justice Centre, May 13, 2022: September court date set for Maxime Bernier’s travel lawsuit

True North, Jun 1, 2022: Westjet and travel & tourism leaders tell Trudeau to end travel restrictions

True North, Jun 1, 2022: Toronto Police revokes vaccine mandate for serving members

Just the News, Jun 1, 2022: Canadian service members, legal 'Samurai for hire' go to court to stop military COVID vax mandate

Fox News Video, Jun 2, 2022: NHL legend: We're seeing the insane run the asylum

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We give an update on Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich's bail hearing by diving into the judge's ruling, which John sees as a mixed bag of victories and defeats. We then turn to John's latest column in The Post Millennial on Bill C-11, an Epoch Times story on Canada's PM calling on security agencies to tackle "extremism" (free speech) on the internet (to keep us safe, of course). Finally we discuss the potential expansion of the World Health Organization's pandemic powers.

Justice Centre, May 25, 2022: Tamara Lich can now travel to Ontario, and "courts are not thought police"

John Carpay in The Post Millennial, May 21, 2022: Canada is one step closer to the demise of free speech with Bill C-11

Epoch Times, May 26, 2022: New Tools Being Provided to Security Agencies to Counter 'Extremist Ideology' and 'Misinformation,' Says Trudeau

Terry Glavin in The National Post, May 26, 2022: The year of the graves: How the world's media got it wrong on residential school graves

New York Post, May 27, 2022: 'Biggest fake news story in Canada': Kamloops mass grave debunked by academics

CTV, Feb 20, 2022: So far, no link to existing protests found in Coastal GasLink attack investigation, RCMP say

True North's Fake News Friday, May 27, 2022: Legacy media pushes fake news claiming Trudeau was a victim of "racist slurs"

Epoch Times via ZeroHedge, May 28, 2022: International Opposition Grows To Biden Granting WHO Pandemic Powers

LeslynLewis.ca: The WHO Pandemic Treaty and our Health Care Sovereignty

Brownstone Institute, May 24, 2022: The WHO Treaty Is Tied to a Global Digital Passport and ID System

The Counter Signal, Apr 14, 2022: Canada is a partner in WEF's program to bring digital ID to travel

The Canadian Bar Review, Mar 1, 1983: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Public International Law (PDF)

CBC The National on Youtube, May 26, 2022: Canada confirms more monkeypox cases, sends vaccines to Quebec

Watch Out for the Croc Pox!!

BlogTO, May 26, 2022: Toronto woman describes nightmare experience landing at Pearson airport

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We discuss Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich's recent bail hearing in which the federal crown accused her of violating her bail conditions by agreeing to accept the 2022 George Jonas Freedom Award. John then goes through his recent presentation to a federal committee examining the proposed law to criminalize Holocaust denial.

CBC via Yahoo News, May 19, 2022: Tamara Lich admits accepting award is related to Freedom Convoy in fiery day in court

CBC, May 20, 2022: Lich to find out Wednesday if she's returning to jail

The Canadian Press via The Toronto Star, May 19, 2022: Jail ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich again, Crown argues in heated hearing

True North, May 17, 2022: Nine times Liberal claims about the Freedom Convoy were officially disputed

Lifesite News, Feb 4, 2022: Debunking the top 10 media lies told about Canada’s Freedom Convoy

Justice Centre, Feb 24, 2022: Pastor James Coates to appeal bail condition preventing him from holding regular church services

Justice Centre, Mar 7, 2022: Court ruling vindicates couple who lost foster girls over refusal to say Easter Bunny is real

Justice Centre, Jun 20, 2019: Simcoe Muskoka Child Services sued for rejecting foster parents based on religion

B.C. Law Society, Dec 13, 2021: Citation issued: December 13, 2021--William Carey Linde

Toronto Globe and Mail via Chicago Tribune, Jul 16, 1988: Sleepwalking Canadian Walks on Murder Charge

CBC, May 18, 2022: Ottawa's interim police chief didn't ask for Emergencies Act during Freedom Convoy

Lorne Gunter in the Toronto Sun, May 21, 2022: The persecution of Tamara Lich and the gross overreaction to the convoy

Trucking for Freedom

Justice Centre Report, May 18, 2022: Government has no place in determining the truth for all (PDF)

Canada, Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-19, LCJC meeting no. 13

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We take a look at some of the recent recommendations from an expert panel that is now advising the federal government on how to craft legislation to regulate the internet. Then John brings us up to date on many of the Justice Centre's current cases including; dropped tickets in excess of $100,000 in B.C., a new lawsuit against the military's vaccine mandate, and a student filing a human rights complaint against his polytechnic for their refusal to recognize his vaccine religious exemption.

CTV, May 11, 2022: Advisory panel calls for Liberals' online hate law to cover Airbnb, video games

The Post Millennial, Mar 30, 2022: Trudeau Liberals' 'expert advisory group on online safety' includes known misinformation spreader Bernie Farber

CBC, Dec 24, 2019: Revenge porn and sext crimes: Canada sees more than 5,000 police cases as law marks 5 years

CTV, May 12, 2022: 'Anger that I haven't seen before': Singh harassment incident puts renewed spotlight on politicians' security

The Canadian Press via MSN, May 2, 2022: Hate-motivated crimes up 22 per cent annually in Toronto, police say

CBC via MSN, May 4, 2022: A spike in hate-motivated crimes in Edmonton has police urging people to report all instances of hate

Justice Centre, May 3, 2022: Mandatory vaccine policy creates shortage of volunteer firefighters

Justice Centre, May 4, 2022: Justice Centre retains prominent trial lawyer to defend soldiers who refuse Covid vaccine

Justice Centre, May 5, 2022: Crown drops ticket against woman who refused PCR test due to medical condition

Justice Centre, May 9, 2022: Student expelled for declining Covid injection, files human rights complaint against NAIT

Justice Centre, May 10, 2022: Alberta Court rules protests were never banned by Public Health Orders

Justice Centre, May 11, 2022: Crown drops another 24 tickets against three BC pastors who refused to shutter churches

Justice Centre, May 12, 2022: Date set for Federal Court to hear challenge to travel ban in September

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