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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During a Q&A session at an April 11 public meeting in Ottawa, John Carpay was asked about the unequal treatment of protestors in Canada. We start the show with his thoughts on the problem of discrimination against protestors. We move on to discuss a book that John was given while on that same trip to the capital, entitled “Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order,” edited by Michael Walsh.

John Carpay in The Epoch Times, Apr 30, 2024: Protests Must Be Handled Under the Rule of Law, Not Politics

Justice Centre: High School Curriculum

City of Calgary: 2021 Results - Calgary General Election

City of Edmonton, Oct 22, 2021: Official 2021 Edmonton Election Results (PDF)

Amazon.ca: Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order by Michael Walsh (Editor)

Deeper Into the Rabbit Hole, YouTube, Mar 27, 2022 : Klaus Schwab: "We Penetrate The Cabinets" September 20, 2017 at Harvard Kennedy School

Victor Davis Hanson's The Blade of Perseus

Victor Davis Hanson in The National Review, Jul 7, 2020: Year Zero

Amazon.ca: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray

BBC, May 6, 2020: Coronavirus: Prof Neil Ferguson quits government role after 'undermining' lockdown

Stat Modeling Columbia, May 8, 2020: “So the real scandal is: Why did anyone ever listen to this guy?”

Managed Healthcare Executive, Apr 29, 2020: Remdesivir: Fauci Thumbs Up, Lancet Study Thumbs Down

Science, Oct 29, 2020: The ‘very, very bad look' of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug

WSJ, Oct 3, 2021: Unlearned AIDS Lessons for Covid--In the 1980s, Fauci and Redfield sowed fear about a heterosexual epidemic that never happened.

The Independent, May 2, 1993: The rise and fall of AZT: It was the drug that had to work. It brought hope to people with HIV and Aids, and millions for the company that developed it. It had to work. There was nothing else. But for many who used AZT - it didn't

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Lawyer Marty Moore takes us through a complex Supreme Court of Canada decision, Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, about whether First Nations governments are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If they are, then what protections would they have to preserve what is known, legally, as "indigenous difference?"

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation is in the very north of the Yukon Territory and centred in the remote community of Old Crow (pop. 221) on the banks of the Porcupine River. It is accessible only by plane. Isolated though it is, this decision will reverberate across Canada.

CanLII, Mar 28, 2024: Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Supreme Court of Canada: Summary, Cindy Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Dwight Newman on Verfassungsblog, Mar 28, 2024: A Supremely Complex Decision

CanLII, Feb 15, 2023: McCarthy v. Whitefish Lake First Nation #128, 2023 FC 220

The Court, Oct 25, 2022: Appeals Watch: Clashing Constitutional Principles — SCC grants leave in Cindy Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Supreme Court of Canada, May 20, 1999: Corbiere v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs)

Supreme Court of Canada, Jun 9, 2005: Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General)

CBC, Nov 7, 2006: House passes motion recognizing Quebecois as nation

CTV, Apr 4, 2023: 24 Sussex Drive closed as rodent carcasses fill the walls and attic: documents

Supreme Court of Canada, Sep 9, 1993: Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

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

Justia, U.S. Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)

Cornell Law School LII: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Archaeology, Jan 17, 2017: New Dates Obtained for Bones from Canada’s Bluefish Caves

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Lawyer James Manson critiques Nova Scotia's new law allowing the government to access everyone's private medical information. He says it’s dangerous because it is so overbroad and ill-defined. Then he talks about a potential new case in which two public education teachers were fired for their religious beliefs. And we finish with an update on the Zexi Li et al v. Chris Barber et al lawsuit against the truckers for the 2022 Ottawa protest.

LifeSite News, Apr 15, 2024: Nova Scotia passes law allowing government access to private medical records

CBC, Mar 21, 2024: Doctors Nova Scotia concerned about proposed changes to health information law

Wired, Jun 7, 2019: The complicated truth about China's social credit system

Justice Canada Charterpedia: Section 1 – Reasonable limits

Ole Braatelien in The Western Journal, May 21, 2023: Teen Reportedly Arrested After Handing Out Bibles - His Response Proves He Isn't Backing Down on the Gospel

The Tenneessee Star, May 13, 2023: Parents of Student Urging Pro-Catholic Teachings Suspended from Their Teaching Positions, Under Investigation

John Carpay in The Post Millennial, Dec 15, 2018: The government retreats from compelled speech on Summer Jobs program

The Cass Review: Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people

Justice Centre, Dec 12, 2023: $290-Million Class Action Against Freedom Convoy Participants

Ottawa Citizen via MSN, Feb 6, 2024: Judge tosses motion to dismiss proposed class-action lawsuit against convoy participants

CBC via MSN, Feb 8, 2024: Convoy organizers want Ottawa police board to pay any damages in class action

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John Carpay and Kevin Steel discuss the attempt by the Bloc Québécois and special interest groups to remove the Criminal Code's Section 319(3) - "the religious defense" to accusations of hate speech. John argues that it will lead to the removal of certain portions of religious texts in Canada. Would this proposed amendment result in the outlawing of all kinds of religious belief? We also discuss John's column on unvaccinated medical professionals still being barred from working in Ontario and BC health systems. We finish by examining a recently leaked, secret report by the RCMP that predicts civil unrest in Canada. The solution? John thinks "freedom" and "democracy" may be the answers.

The Globe and Mail, Mar 29, 2024: MPs, religious groups seek to end religious hate-speech defence in online harms bill

Parliament of Canada: C-367 November 22, 2021, to present - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred or antisemitism)

John Carpay in The Epoch Times via the Justice Centre, Apr 6, 2024: Bill C-367 Threatens Religious Freedom in Canada

Justice Centre, Aug 11, 2023: Ontario Court of Appeal orders new trial for William Whatcott on criminal hate speech

Supreme Court of Canada, Dec 13, 1990: R. v. Keegstra

CBC, Nov 8, 2023: Politicians, Jewish groups outraged by Montreal imam's prayer at pro-Palestinian protest

Justice Centre, Apr 3, 2024: Two years later, Ontario and BC medics still need vaccination proof

Justice Centre, Nov 20, 2023: BC healthcare workers prevented from returning to work despite understaffing

Justice Centre, Apr 11, 2024: RCMP Report to Federal Government Sees Democracy as a Threat

Rob Shaw in BIV, Apr 5, 2024: B.C.’s opposition parties demand probe into alleged government grant kickbacks

CTV Montreal, Apr 6, 2024: Former premier Jean Charest calls on politicians to promote civility

Toronto City News, Sep 30, 2020: ‘Bunch of yahoos’: Ford on anti-maskers sharing his phone number with contact tracers

LifeSite News, Apr 9, 2024: Trudeau says infamous remarks calling unvaccinated ‘racist’ and ‘misogynist’ were taken out of context

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In this week's Justice with John podcast, John announces the winner of the Justice Centre's annual George Jonas Freedom Award. Later, John talks about what led him to write a column on the rise in school absenteeism in Canada. We also discuss an op-ed in the Toronto Star supporting the Online Harms Act. The show ends with a bonus clip from 2008 in which we hear our 2024 George Jonas Freedom Award recipient address a controversial issue in defense of free speech.

Justice Centre: George Jonas Freedom Award--The annual recognition of a Canadian advancing and preserving freedom.

The National Post, Feb 29, 2024: The history of Section 13, the controversial hate speech law the Liberals just revived

Rebel News

CBC, Feb 16, 2016: Rachel Notley's NDP bans The Rebel from Alberta government news conferences

The Hill Times, Nov 25, 2019: Rebel Media, banned by press gallery ‘for years,’ vows to continue to cover parliamentary news ‘with or without’ gallery approval, says Levant

CBC, Jan 9, 2024: Rebel News personality arrested after an encounter with Chrystia Freeland

New York Times, Nov 3, 2004: Dutch Filmmaker, an Islam Critic, Is Killed

The Guardian, Sep 28, 2012: Andres Serrano's controversial Piss Christ goes on view in New York

John Carpay in the Western Standard, Mar 30, 2024: No surprise — school absenteeism remains high after lockdowns

CBC, Mar 27, 2024: Kids missing more school since pandemic, CBC analysis finds

Ottawa Citizen, Jan 1, 2022: Ottawa teachers' unions call on Ottawa Public Health to keep schools closed

Supriya Dwivedi in The Toronto Star, Mar 28, 2024: Have you heard the one about Justin Trudeau attacking your free speech online? Trust me: That’s just rage farming

Peter Menzies on X, Mar 28, 2024: "the same people who approved the Online Harms Act decided it would be a cool idea have a staffer write an oped for The Star..."

Ezra Levant human rights complaint videos

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