Justice with John Carpay

John calls upon Canada's religious leaders to stop blindly accepting government restrictions on religious freedom. The claims made in March 2020 about COVID-19 have now proven to be false, and those who love truth need to look at the facts, rather than be governed by fear.  We then speak about ending the neglect and abuse of the elderly in long-term care homes. John Carpay in the Epoch Times...

Justice Centre lawyer Lisa Bildy talks about her legal work in Ontario during the last few weeks of the pandemic, including peaceful assembly and freedom of religion cases. We also talk about the mistreatment of seniors in long term care facilities, and get some background on Lisa herself as she tells us what motivates her to work with the Justice Centre. Lisa Bildy on Twitter Justice Centre News...

A short while ago, police were handing out tickets with enormous fines to those who violated lockdown orders and encroached on social distancing regulations. But in recent protests against racism, it's like the social distancing thing never happened, and Canada’s politicians are perfectly fine with that. This double standard is a dangerous rejection of the rule of law. We also discuss freedom...

John reports on a conference call he participated in with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Chief Medical Officer Deena Hinshaw, along with faith leaders from around the province. He wonders why the government relaunch and re-opening rules allow restaurants so much more freedom than houses of worship. Justice Centre News Release, May 19, 2020: Kenney challenged on unscientific and arbitrary violati...

Justice Centre lawyer Marty Moore has co-written two papers on the issue of conversion therapy bans and recently appeared before a Calgary city council committee considering a ban. In this show he discusses concerning actions by Calgary City Councillors and the constitutional concerns with City of Calgary's proposed bylaw: it's vague, it's broad, and it violates Canadians’ rights an...

We discuss the Justice Centre's newly released report called "No longer demonstrably justified," looking at the wildly inaccurate predictions the Alberta government is using as a basis to violate our Charter freedoms. Justice Centre Report, May 13, 2020: No Longer Demonstrably Justified--An Analysis of Alberta’s COVID-19 Modelling Justice Centre News Release, May 14, 2020: Lockdown...

John Carpay tells us the Justice Centre is preparing a report, still in the draft stage, analyzing the Alberta government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If rights and freedoms are suspended in Canada, the  constitution requires that politicians demonstrably justify their actions. Justice Centre News Release, May 5, 2020: Actual data seems to disprove government projections CBC, May 4, 2...

We are getting more data on the COVID-19 virus daily, and some medical doctors are now publicly challenging the idea that the lockdown is still necessary and beneficial. The onus is on politicians to justify their violations of our Charter freedoms. Justice Centre News Release, Apr 29, 2020: Chief Medical Officers questioned on lockdown’s adverse health impacts Global News, Apr 24. 2020: B.C. woma...

We discuss a letter sent by the Justice Centre to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's ten Premiers asking them to reveal their models and reasons for the extreme disruption of the nation's life--social and economic--during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to our constitution, the onus is on the government to justify the suspension of our civil liberties. Justice Centre: Letter to...

Are the measures taken by governments to limit the spread of COVID-19 too drastic? Do we risk causing more harm than we prevent? We face all sorts of unintended consequences as we deal with the social and economic fallout from the pandemic. John Carpay in the Post Millenial, Apr 10, 2020: The cost of the coronavirus cure could be deadlier than the disease National Post, Apr 9, 2020: Coronavirus li...

We're still talking about the COVID-19 public health emergency. However, this time, instead of hypothetical situations, we're discussing laws that are being passed, tickets handed out, and fines levied. Our focus is mainly on our home province of Alberta and amendments to its Public Health Act that allow government ministers to unilaterally create new laws. Justice Centre News Release, A...

We continue our discussion, which began in our previous episode, about the various emergency measures taken by politicians and health officials dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. Everyday a new emergency order is issued by some level of government. How far will this go? What will be the impact, legally, socially, economically? Medicine Hat News, Apr 1, 2020: Strict new rules for apartment dweller...

With governments declaring states of emergency due to the pandemic, what individual rights remain? In the second half of the show, we discuss a case that has a lot of parents throughout North America concerned about their rights. What happens if their child falls into the grip of the radical transgender agenda being pushed by school, medical and legal systems? Canada Justice Laws Website: Emergenc...

Canada summer jobs funding is the topic. BCM International v. Canada is a case where the federal government tried to cut summer jobs funding to anti-abortion groups, and then moved on to target a whole host of Christian organizations, including summer camps for underprivileged kids. The Justice Centre is using the Canadian Charter to fight this anti-religious bigotry. Justice Centre, Active Cases:...

We discuss proposed legislation by the Canadian Liberals banning conversion therapy. The law only bans conversion therapy that attempts to turn LGBTQ people straight, not attempts to turn people gay. Further, it includes gender identity, prohibiting those who want to come to terms with their birth gender from seeking help, similar to Leelah's Law(s) in the US. John Carpay in The Post Millenni...

The Canadian government has re-invigorated a previous attack on a free press and free speech, cloaking it in high-minded language about the need to protect (ever-changing) "societal norms" and to prevent (ill-defined) "social harm." They want to expand the power of their broadcast regulator so it can control all content, even news coming into the country from outside. In other...

In the first half of the show, we discuss the rule of law. Protesters blockading railways in Canada ignored court orders to disperse, but the police and government did nothing. Critics accused Prime Minister Trudeau of encouraging lawless behavior because it supports his favored causes. The second half of the show we talk about an article in a German paper that says hate speech laws in Africa are...

The topic for the first half is a case involving the banning of a film, Killing Europe , from the Ottawa Public Library. But legally, there isn't much to discuss, so we get to talk about the film instead. The second half of the show is dedicated to Christie Blatchford, recently deceased Canadian journalist and recipient of the Justice Centre's 2019 George Jonas Award. Justice Centre Acti...

License plates--personalized, vanity, specialty, or ordinary--have been the subject of court actions both here and in the US for the last 40 years. It's a complicated topic, pitting government speech against free speech and, often, political correctness against common sense. Host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel talk about the case of Lorne Grabher and others. Justice Centre News Release,...

The topic is freedom of the press, and host John Carpay, along with producer Kevin Steel, discusses the attempted exclusion of a couple of "right-wing outlets" from Canada's Federal Election Leaders' Debate last year. Even though it ended in a media victory, it's not over yet. Justice Centre Press Release, Feb. 4, 2020: Andrew Lawton and True North Centre for Public Policy...

How has the fight for civil liberties changed over the last two generations? Host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel talk about the shift in society from an emphasis on individual rights against the power of the state, to group rights competing for political power. Infogalactic: U.S. Supreme Court Case Cohen v. California  1971 (Note: "F**k the Draft" tee-shirt case) The Rebel, June 11...

The case of a father and his minor child undergoing gender transition in British Columbia is the main topic, followed by a discussion of an appeal hearing in Saskatchewan about a city's disputed public flag pole, in which a mayor and council, out of the blue, banned a pro-life group from flying their colors. Join host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel for the 3rd installment of their weekl...

The Justice Centre loses one when the ruling in the British Columbia smudging case comes down. This pitted a parent's rights against a school that conducted an aboriginal smudging ceremony. The judge decided that the smudging was cultural, not religious and therefore the school could do as it saw fit. In an update on the Ngo case, the Justice Centre will be suing UBC for their cancellation of...

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms launches their podcast in the New Year as the Centre is in the news. In December, the University of British Columbia banned American journalist Andy Ngo from speaking to the local campus free speech club, and now the Justice Centre has sent UBC a letter threatening legal action. This leads host John Carpay and facilitator Kevin Steel into a discussion...