The Freedom Feature Podcast - First Freedoms Foundation

The 2024 Diefenbaker Lecturer is Dr. Julie Ponesse. Barry sits down for a few minutes with Dr. Julie Ponesse to discuss some of the themes that she will be presenting for the 2024 Diefenbaker Lecture. First Freedoms Foundation is co-hosting the 2024 Diefenbaker Lecture with Augustine College in Ottawa on November 11, 2024, at the St. Peter’s/St. Paul’s Anglican Church. Tickets are now available fo...

Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Canadian journalist Donna Laframboise was among the founding journalists with the National Post. In her long career she wanted to understand the story behind the story. In January-February 2022 she followed with interest the unfolding story of the Freedom Convoy 2022 in Ottawa and decided she...

Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter:  https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ The 2024 Garden Party was our biggest yet. Some 80 people from around Ontario came into the country for great music from the Duketow family, a talk by Tom Marazzo and fellowship. Much was gained from spending several hours together as we shared our experiences of working together to maintain...

Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ In this interview Greg Wycliffe tells Barry about the importance of free speech and his efforts to fight against Bill C-63. The attacks on free speech by the current government is unprecedented and Greg has decided to do something about it. He has published an important website to fight back....

Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ CARDUS Health Director Rebecca Vachon https://www.cardus.ca/research-library/health/ is interviewed by Barry about the Cardus report “From Exceptional to Routine: The Rise of Euthanasia in Canada by Alexander Raikin, Visiting Fellow in Bioethics at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. In less...

Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Canadians need to embrace the cynicism of politics, according to Greg Wycliffe in his discussion with Barry W. Bussey. That means we must recognize that politics is a dumbed down cynical ploy to make the opposition look stupid. To stop the madness, conservative voices have to be willing to ta...

Roughshod Over Doctor’s Conscience Rights - Interview with Rebecca Vachon Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Rebecca Vachon recently wrote an op-ed on the importance of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia taking seriously the conscientious objection of doctors and Dalhousie medical students forcing physicians...

Beat the censors, sign-up for our newsletter:  https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Toronto lawyer and frequent contributor on Twitter (X.com) Daniel Freiheit shares with Barry the recent projects that he is involved in – including some wins for clients dealing with the ArriveCan charges, his comments of what is developing in British Columbia, his dealing with a multitude o...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter:  https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “This is not the first rodeo for the cosmic powers that be.” – Lee Harding, Freelance Journalist Many of us recognize a continual loss of our freedoms, yet many might be unaware that the current agenda for a world state led by oligarchs is not something new. Freelance journalist Lee Harding...

 “So many things that are actually designed for our subversion—they require a group of people to believe that it’s the moral thing to do.” – Lee Harding Bill C-11, which amends the Broadcasting Act, received royal assent on April 27, 2023. The bill has given the CRTC authority to regulate the internet in Canada. The CRTC recently put out a diversity questionnaire to Canadian broadcasters. Freelanc...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “We are so addicted; we are so taken over by our comforts.” – Ken Drysdale In this final part of their discussion, Barry W. Bussey and guest Ken Drysdale, Commissioner of the National Citizens’ Inquiry, take a philosophical look at why so many Canadians bowed to the will of the government dur...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “. . . they became a mindless, accepting horde and that’s what happened in Canada. . . . That was the level of hate and fear that the government on purpose cultivated in the Canadian people.” – Ken Drysdale In this video, part 2 of 3, Barry W. Bussey asks NCI Commissioner Ken Drysdale for les...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “If your citizenry can’t rely on getting a fair and even judgement in a court regardless of their standing in society . . . then you’ve left them with the choice of being violent . . . .” – Ken Drysdale In this video (part 1 of 3), Barry W. Bussey talks with Ken Drysdale who was Chair of Comm...

On April 5, 2024, at St. Paul’s, St. Peter’s Church, in Ottawa an audience of over seventy people came out to hear first hand a spirited debate over virtue vs. freedom. Dr. David Haskell advocated for a virtuous government to lead the country back to a traditional view of “conservative.” Haskell noted in his opening statement, Thus, liberty is a core characteristic of the conservatism I’m describi...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “. . . unscrupulous individuals could use it as a means of basically earning an income.” – Barry W. Bussey On Faytene TV, Barry W. Bussey and Josh Dehass discuss the potential negative harms of Bill C-63. Barry Bussey is a practising lawyer in Peterborough, Ontario; he is an author and he is...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “Speech must not be so curtailed that a person is not permitted to voice an opposing opinion for fear that he or she will offend someone who has a different opinion.” – Barry W. Bussey Barry delivers his recent op-ed published in The Epoch Times: https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/online-h...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “The law is always going to be involved in issues with a political dimension, but that is different from the court itself being political.” – Barry W. Bussey In this video, Barry presents his thoughts on the politicization of the Supreme Court of Canada. There is much discussion about the rec...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “The Online Harms Bill—if passed into law—will make the government’s COVID-19 overreach look like child’s play.” – Barry W. Bussey A child with a hammer sees everything as a nail. Nothing is off limits to that child. A child with power can do a lot of damage. You know. You have seen the schoo...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “We have to make sure that we’re open for market-dominated economics and not just pay for whatever the latest trend is.” – Derek Sloan The Ontario Party was established in 2018 and Derek Sloan became its leader in 2021. At its core, the party stands for freedom, family and faith. In this vide...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “The POEC was a farce for the simple reason that it was never even discussed about why the convoy went to Ottawa.” – Tom Marazzo Canadian activist and author Tom Marazzo joins Barry W. Bussey once again, with an eye to the future now that Justice Mosley declared the government’s invocation of...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “When the government delegates authority to the bureaucracy, the bureaucrats are in essence—through their regulations—creating law, and they’ve been granted that.” – Barry W. Bussey, lawyer, author, founder of First Freedoms Foundation In this video, Barry is interviewed by Canadian expat tru...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “If we go woke, that’s the end of the American republic. That’s the end of genuine Canadian and English democracy. . . . The revolutions of the Left never succeeded; they never end and their promises never happen.” – Os Guinness In this interview, author Os Guinness shares with Barry W. Busse...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “As long as you’re abiding by the law, challenging the government is a healthy thing and we should never be afraid of it.” – Eva Chipiuk On January 23, 2024, The Honourable Richard Mosley declared the Emergencies Act invoked on February 14, 2022 to be unlawful. In part 2/2, lawyers Barry W. B...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “Canadians were so united in their cause that no matter what the challenge was, they came together and figured out how they were going to help.” – Eva Chipiuk In part 1 of this interview, lawyers Eva Chipiuk and Barry W. Bussey harken back to the truckers’ convoy in Ottawa now at its two-year...

Beat the censors; sign up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ “We’ve reached a point where our institutions have lost all credibility. . . . It’s us now. . . . We have to look to our peers for insight and some idea of the direction in which we’re heading.” – Jason James In part 3 of 3, Barry Bussey and Jason James delve into the influence of unelected b...