Related: The Convoy Protestors have angered a bureaucratic state
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has driven the Freedom Convoy from the front pages. That Putin is a worse tyrant than Trudeau obscures, but does not change, the fact that peaceful protesters now face a vindictive and discriminatory application of the criminal law. This essay examines the justifications of official anger.”
Dave Solway: The government from hell. (h/t Jim)
Something very strange has happened to a large number of Canadians. You see it every day in the big cities. You witness it every day in the legqcy media. The heroic truckers tried to open a window of opportunity for all Canadians to realize that they no longer live in a free, liberal, Western democracy. Those with curious, open minds were woken up but it seems clear that many were not.
Perhaps the words of a wise foreigner might help awaken a few more Canadians:
NZherald- ‘Not demonstrably justified’: High Court upholds challenge to Police and NZDF vaccination mandates, terminations suspended
In a decision released today, Justice Francis Cooke determined that ordering frontline police officers and Defence staff to be vaccinated or face losing their job was not a “reasonably justified” breach of the Bill of Rights.
The lawyer for the police and Defence staff at the centre of the claim is now calling for the suspended workers to return to their jobs immediately, saying many have given decades of service to their community and are still committed to their jobs.
Related: Neil Oliver
If you’re interested to see an example of what kind of person supports coerced injections, the othering of fellow Canadians, the non-stop lies of the legacy media, and conveniently ignores the violence put upon peaceful protesters, including elderly First Nations women, look no further than here:
And surprise, surprise, Sean Devine was a candidate for the NDP. #Shocked!
Globe and Mail- Public health mandates could return in the fall, Tam warns
Rex Murphy explains that Dear Leader’s use of the emergencies act, should never be forgotten.
This is a fascinating article that frames the ongoing conflict in Canada, not so much as a Left/Right divide, but in a somewhat different way:
One problem remained: no amount of narrative control could move the trucks. The Virtuals needed to convince the Physicals to do that, but the towing companies in Ottawa refused to cooperate. In the end, a cornered Trudeau went nuclear and invoked Canada’s Emergencies Act for the first time in its history, seizing powers that allowed him to compel the tow companies into moving the trucks after he bussed police from around the country into Ottawa.
But the most striking new coercive measure Trudeau chose to wield was not the police crackdown. It was a government order for banks, credit card, insurers, companies and other financial infrastructure to stop “providing any financial or related services” to anyone designated as associated with the protests (including donors), effectively freezing them out of the modern economy without due process or means of appeal.
h/t David Murrell
More here – It will be interesting to see the police officers thugs in a court of law one day, when they’re being prosecuted for what appears to be clear abuse of their duty and powers. One can only wonder if they will pinpoint Steve Bell about giving direct or indirect orders to unleash such violence upon Canadians not resisting arrest. Undoubtedly the “I Was Just Following Orders” excuse will be used.
Here’s a segment from one of Viva Frei’s recent livestreams. Cutting to the chase, a curious question has arisen: The Emergencies Act never legally came into effect. It was being debated by the Canadian Senate when Dear Leader revoked it. So, before the Act ever came into effect, Canadian banks reportedly took it upon themselves to investigate the bank accounts of private Canadians citizens and then eventually freeze some of them.
Under what legal legislation did employees at these banks do what they did? Given that the forthcoming Emergencies Act invocation, which they believed was coming into effect, but never did, have they not, in fact, committed egregious illegal actions punishable by severe fines and possibly prison sentences? Lawyers specializing in class action lawsuits are undoubtedly rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of near future lawsuits.
Here are some relevant links:
There is a federal lending agency, Farm Credit Canada(FCC) that pretty much every farmer deals with in one way or another. They were gearing up to do Trudeau’s dirty work.
A federal bank, Farm Credit Canada of Regina, began blacklisting customers suspected of sympathizing with the Freedom Convoy. Critics of Emergencies Act orders targeting bank account holders yesterday called the measure punitive and unlawful: “Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.”
Holly Doan- Consequences included suspension of loans.
Aaron Wudrick– One Liberal-appointed senator, a former federal judge said financial blacklisting of political protesters was unlawful. “this process designed to punish a person, even temporarily, by seizure of assets without any judicial oversight is a clear violation of s,8 of the Charter”
FCC responds- FCC has not compiled any list with respect to the Freedom Convoy. Prior to the Emergencies Act being revoked, FCC was working to understand how to implement the requirements of the act. No actions had been taken and, with the revocation of the Act, no actions are anticipated.
Blacklock’s- FCC didn’t respond to questions yesterday. It’s not telling the truth today. FCC is lying and knows it.
We need a whole new system to finance things in Canada. ASAP
A short article from Reuters was published recently. It talks about Iceland. Here’s a key portion:
COPENHAGEN, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Iceland will lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, including a 200-person indoor gathering limit and restricted opening hours for bars, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
“Widespread societal resistance to COVID-19 is the main route out of the epidemic,” the ministry said in a statement, citing infectious disease authorities.
“To achieve this, as many people as possible need to be infected with the virus as the vaccines are not enough, even though they provide good protection against serious illness,” it added.
The emphasis is the last paragraph is from yours truly. Is it not fascinating that many of us have been screaming this from the rooftops for at least 22 months but doing so would:
Will any of these “science deniers” now apologize for their misdeeds or outright stupidity? Or will the politicians & health care “experts” in Canada and the U.S. conveniently rewrite history in their own minds?! We know the answer.
#DespicableScoundrels
Interview starts at the 3 minute mark. Well worth the listen.
The John Gormley Show- Protest and convoy organizers, and some others who have donated to the GoFundMe for the Freedom Convoy 2022, have had their bank accounts frozen under the Emergencies Act powers granted to financial institutions. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the freezing of the accounts was justified to “follow the money” and cut off support for the illegal protests occupying Ottawa. Tom Korski, managing editor for Blacklock’s Reporter in Ottawa, joins Gormley to discuss what standard they are using to freeze these accounts, and why it’s so concerning to many observers.
Something very interesting is happening in America. One wonders if President Brandon will be so quick to threaten these truckers and their supporters as easily as #BlackFaceHitler did to their Canadian neighbours.
Update: Live views this evening
We must all help Justin eradicate free speech. Report any hate speech in Canada.
To rubber stamp, or not rubber stamp… that is the question.
Leonid Sirota: On the Emergencies Act, the Senate gets an equal say. It should lead
Back to the government’s emergency declaration: does the same convention mean that the Senate ought to follow the lead of the House of Commons and assent to it? It does not. Let me explain.
First, approving an emergency declaration is a different task from that of legislating. The House of Commons and the Senate are not making law. They are scrutinizing and checking the cabinet’s decision-making. Here, the electoral credentials of the House of Commons matter rather less than when it comes to enacting new laws.
The genie is out of the bottle. Good luck getting it back in. Liberals have shown Canada and the world that Canadian banks are not a safe place to keep your money.
WSJ- Canada Instructs Banks to Unfreeze Freedom-Convoy Accounts
Toronto Star- RCMP working to ‘unfreeze’ protesters’ bank accounts, Ottawa says
But don’t go thinking you can do anything you want with your(our) money.
In what I’m sure is completely unrelated banking news…
Financial Post-Analyst downgrades five of the Big 6 banks
Then there’s the conspiracy theory come to life as the Canadian Banking Association starts singing from the Klaus Schwab hymnal.
Naomi Wolf: The Fall of Canada, The Danger in the US
[I]n this essay I wish to explain, especially to Canadians, what martial law really is, and how very dangerous it is, since many leaders there, especially Parliamentarians, appear to be in the treacherous “hangover” state of thinking that they still inhabit the old world that died when Justin Trudeau declared emergency law. I also wish to warn what happens historically at this moment in the decline of a formerly democratic nation, and what the murder of Canadian democracy — at least for now — means to the rest of the world.
Parliamentarians in Canada do not seem to understand that now their former colleague, Justin Trudeau, can arrest not just truckers, whose lawful protest has been declared illegal, but also the Parliamentarians themselves. This is, sadly, the next step in this kind of drama, historically. It is an extraordinarily dangerous sign that Parliament is not seated. When the Australian Parliament was suspended, by the time they reconvened, their powers had been dramatically curtailed. Tyrants seek to normalize the convening of Parliaments as “optional” or to suspend normal Parliamentary processes long enough to hollow out a legislative body’s deliberative powers, and to ensure that when and if a Parliament (or a Congress, for that matter) meets again, it will be merely a ceremonial assembly.
Parliamentarians in Canada also do not seem to understand that “dictator” is no longer rhetorical. A member of Parliament was shushed when he cried out this epithet, but the fact is that this is not a slur at this point. Justin Trudeau is by definition now in fact a dictator.
h/t Jim