Justice Centre President John Carpay returns to the show to tell us about the book he's writing with the working title "Corrupted by Fear." It's about Canadian court judgments in constitutional challenges to the many Covid restrictions over the last 4 years. Judges, he's found, relied heavily on fear driven media narratives. He also discusses two recent and related columns, "COVID-19 in Italy, what actually happened?" and "Will we fall for the same old PCR tricks again?"

Justice Centre, Mar 13, 2024: Challenging Manitoba’s lockdown measures

John Carpay in the Western Standard via the Justice Centre, Sep 14, 2024: COVID-19 in Italy, what actually happened?

Xinhuanet, Feb 11, 2020: I am human, NOT virus! Stories behind trending anti-racism videos after novel coronavirus outbreak

The Atlantic, Apr 8, 2020: An Unimaginable Toll

Justice Centre, May 11, 2021: Manitoba Chief Microbiologist and Laboratory Specialist: 56% of positive “cases” are not infectious

Justice Centre, Apr 29, 2020: Chief Medical Officers questioned on lockdown’s adverse health impacts

CTV News, Oct 14, 2021: Hinshaw apologizes after Alberta mistakenly reports 14-year-old's cancer death was caused by COVID-19

Bonnie Henry: Reconsideration decision

John Carpay in the Western Standard, Sep 5, 2024: Covid Apocalypse and the triumph of fear over facts

Justice Centre Report, Dec 3, 2020: Flying Blind - Governments’ hasty decisions to lock down Canadians while damaging public health and the economy

Scientific American, Apr 29, 2021: Flu Has Disappeared for More Than a Year

WHO, Jun 7, 2020: Medical certification, ICD mortality coding, and reporting mortality associated with COVID-19

CBC, Sep 9, 2024: Alberta's COVID-19 death toll more than 4 times higher than flu over past year

Global, Sep 11, 2024: New Alberta COVID data highlights value of getting newly formulated vaccine once available: expert

George Jonas Freedom Award dinner in Calgary on Friday, September 27, 2024

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Lawyer Glenn Blackett talks about cases he's working on that involve free speech on campuses across Canada. This is part of the Justice Centre's Spotlight Campaign this month. He describes the case of the University of British Columbia's Free Speech Club where the administration shut down an event in which journalist Andy Ngo was to talk about Antifa. The other big case involves Professor Frances Widdowson. She was denied the opportunity to give a speech at the University of Lethbridge about the damage that woke culture does to academic freedom. Also, Glenn describes recent changes to health and safety laws used as cudgels to beat down free expression in post-secondary education and elsewhere.

Justice Centre Spotlight Campaign: Help us stop censorship on Canadian campuses

Justice Centre, Jun 4, 2024: University of British Columbia censors Free Speech Club

Justice Centre, Aug 1, 2023: University of Lethbridge cancels event, undermining academic freedom

Frances Widdowson on Amazon.ca: Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation

BBC, Feb 23, 2021: Canada's parliament declares China's treatment of Uighurs 'genocide'

Frances Widdowson in C2C Journal, Feb 23, 2023: Into Wokism’s Raging Maw: Frances Widdowson at the University of Lethbridge

Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship

Christopher Rufo Podcast via the Manhattan Institute, Aug 5, 2022: The Long March Through the Institutions

Supreme Court of Canada, Dec 6, 1990: Mckinney v. University of Guelph

Supreme Court of Canada, Oct 9, 1997: Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

The Canadian Bar Association, Jun 11, 2020: Alberta Court of Appeal finds that Charter applies to students’ exercise of freedom of expression on university campus

McMillan LLP, Jan 2018: Alberta Bill 30: Changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act on the Horizon

Open Alberta Bulletin BP024 (PDF): Assessment and Control of Psychological Hazards in the Workplace--OHS information for employers and workers

Jonathan Kay in Quillette, Jun 4, 2022: The Case Against Hate-Speech Laws: a Canadian Perspective

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Host Kevin Steel talks to former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, an outspoken critic of the government's response to Covid. While exercising his Charter freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly, he was issued 25 tickets with fines. For his participation in the 2022 Freedom Convoy, he even faces criminal charges. In this interview, he speaks to the issue of governments using the courts to punish and silence critics. Mr. Hillier also explains what motivates him to keep fighting.

July 12, 2023: Charges dropped against former MP Derek Sloan and MPP Randy Hillier

Justice Centre, Jul 27, 2023: Challenging constitutionality of Ontario’s public health orders

Justice Centre, Nov 27, 2023: Judge ignores evidence of lockdown harms when justifying Charter violations

CBC, Mar 28, 2022: MPP Hillier granted bail as he faces 9 charges related to Ottawa convoy protest

Randy Hillier Substack

Randy Hillier GiveSendGo

Randy Hillier on YouTube, Nov 21, 2023: The great assault on Parliament Hill

AP via The Toronto Star, Feb 19, 2020: Passengers leave ship docked off Japan after quarantine ends

Randy Hillier on Youtube, Feb 28, 2024: Hillier gives evidence in the USA Senate -What did they hide?

Britannica: Canadian History--Rebellions of 1837

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Winnipeg General Strike of 1919

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Lawyer Paul Jaffe joins the podcast to talk about how BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry targeted and ticketed churches during Covid lockdowns. He goes over what evidence was presented and what evidence wasn't allowed by the court in cases where - and this may surprise listeners - British Columbians are arguing that Dr. Henry acted in a discriminatory way against faith groups.

Justice Centre Active Case, Jun 13, 2024: Fraser Valley churches argue that Dr. Bonnie Henry was dishonest and discriminatory

Justice Centre, Sep 12, 2023: British Columbia Public Health Officer preferred some faith groups over others

Justice Centre, Jan 8, 2021: Justice Centre to defend numerous individuals and faith communities issued $2300 tickets under BC public health orders

Justice Centre, Aug 10, 2023: Supreme Court will not hear appeal of BC churches challenge to total ban on in-person worship

CanLII, Jan 1, 1959: Roncarelli v. Duplessis, 1959 CanLII 50 (SCC), [1959] SCR 121

Justice Centre, Dec 16, 2022: Challenging British Columbia’s prohibition on outdoor protest--Beaudoin et al v. British Columbia and Dr. Bonnie Henry

CBC, Feb 9, 2021: B.C.'s provincial health officer seeks injunction against churches for defying COVID orders

CBC, Mar 3, 2021: Judge questions whether B.C.'s top doctor appreciated right to religious freedom

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Lawyer Marty Moore defines parental rights and argues we should not separate parental rights from children's rights; they work together. Our lawyers are involved in cases across the country, from British Columbia and Saskatchewan to Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Marty Moore takes us through a few of these. The main action is happening in New Brunswick because, he says, that is where parental rights are being put to the most extreme test.

Justice Centre Spotlight: Help us protect children and parental rights across Canada

Justice Centre, May 9, 2024: Parent and gender dysphoria groups granted intervenor status in New Brunswick school policy case

Our Duty Canada

Gender Dysphoria Alliance

Government of Canada Justice Laws Website: Canadian Bill of Rights

Government of Canada: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Open Alberta: Alberta Bill of Rights

Justice Centre, Jan 10, 2024: Keeping parents informed about their own children denounced as “cruel and unusual treatment”

Justice Centre, Sep 5, 2024: Transsexual and parent groups support children’s rights in SK court case

National Post, Jan 31, 2024: Alberta's new transgender rules: From restricted treatments to pronouns and parental rights

Justice Centre, Oct 11, 2019: Christian schools ordered by Education Minister to adopt policies opposing religious tenents

Justice Centre, Oct 18, 2023: Lynda di Armani sues Chilliwack School Board for violating her Charter right to free expression during public meeting

Justice Centre, Jun 6, 2023: Expelled WRDSB trustee for challenging censorship of a teacher in court today

Justice Centre, Dec 7, 2023: Court Hears Challenge To Censorship Of School Board Trustee

Justice Centre, Feb 20, 2024: Quebec teacher challenges gender transition policy in case about compelled speech and freedom of conscience

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Lawyer James Manson walks us through the case of Constable Michael Brisco, who is asking the court to review a charge of discreditable conduct. The charge was laid against him by the Windsor Police Service after he made a $50 donation to the peaceful Freedom Convoy in 2022. Constable Brisco was forced to forfeit 80 hours' pay as punishment.

Justice Centre, Apr 3, 2024: Disciplined police officer asks court to reverse violation of his privacy and freedom of expression

Justice Centre, Jun 1, 2023: Windsor Officer Appealing his Conviction for Making a $50 Donation to the Freedom Convoy

Windsor Star, Feb 6, 2023: Disciplinary hearing underway for Windsor cop who donated $50 to Freedom Convoy

Justice Centre, Nov 21, 2023: Police officer challenges harsh discipline in free speech case

CanLII, Jun 21, 2024: York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2024 SCC 22

Justice Centre, Jun 6, 2024: Today, court hears misconduct complaint against judge who imposed Covid vaccine mandate

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Lawyer Lee Turner joins Kevin Steel to discuss the case of Dr. Charles Hoffe, who faces a complaint from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia after speaking out against government and pharmaceutical solutions to Covid. The College couldn't convince the disciplinary panel to accept their statements as facts in a significant victory for Dr. Hoffe. Lee Turner explores the case and what it means for medical professionals across Canada.

Lee Turner at Doak Shirreff Lawyers LLP

CPSBC, February 22, 2022: Citation re: Dr. Charles Douglas Hoffe

Legal Dictionary: Judicial Notice

Rebel News, Mar 1, 2024: B.C. doctor Charles Hoffe to face hearing for allegedly spreading 'COVID misinformation'

Dr. Charles Hoffe's Website https://drhoffe.ca/

Justice Centre, July 6, 2021: Science should leave room for discussion


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John Carpay and I start by discussing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's constitutional challenge to a New Brunswick school policy requiring that parents of children under 16 be notified when their child undergoes a gender transition at school. Then, we discuss a recent poll showing that a majority of Canadians are now concerned with threats to freedom of expression. Following that, we talk about the recent Notwithstanding Clause controversy. We conclude our discussion with the case of Red Deer Catholic school board trustee Monique LaGrange, who was forced to resign because of her social media posts. In a Judicial Review, a lawyer for the board said LaGrange had an obligation to "communicate inclusively."

Justice Centre, May 9, 2024: Parent and gender dysphoria groups granted intervenor status in New Brunswick school policy case

New York Times, Mar 11, 2017: Crime and the Adolescent Brain

The Globe and Mail, Dec 21, 2022: How Canada’s youth criminal justice system handles murder charges

The Canadian Press via National Newswatch, May 3, 2024: More than half of Canadians say freedom of speech is under threat, new poll suggests

CNN, Apr 24, 2024: Biden just signed a potential TikTok ban into law. Here’s what happens next

Jonathan Turley, Apr 3, 2024: Scottish Minister Doubles Down on Anti-Free Speech Law

ITV News, May 7, 2024: Humza Yousaf officially steps down as first minister as King accepts resignation

National Post, May 1, 2024: Pierre Poilievre prepares to embrace the notwithstanding clause — and all its controversy

Chris Selley in The National Post, May 1, 2024: The notwithstanding clause can save B.C. from its decriminalization chaos

The Epoch Times, May 5, 2024: Hearing Extended for Red Deer Catholic School Trustee Ousted Over Social Media Posts on Gender Ideology

The Epoch Times, May 5, 2024: Hearing Extended for Red Deer Catholic School Trustee Ousted Over Social Media Posts on Gender Ideology

CBC, Jun 19, 2020: Lawyer who posted Black Lives Matter 'leftist lie' video resigns from Alberta judicial vetting committee

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