The Freedom Feature Podcast - First Freedoms Foundation

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Law Professor Ryan Alford gave the inaugural Diefenbaker Lecture sponsored by the First Freedoms Foundation. This year’s lecture was co-sponsored with Augustine College located at St. Peter’s St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 152 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The title of Prof. Alford’s lecture was, “A F...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Kristen Nagle was fined $10,000 for attending a church service in April 2021. How could that be possible in Canada? During that service she was not asked to speak or participate in organizing the church service. However, she was called called up to the front of the church and stood on the stage with a group of...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Lawyer Daniel Freiheit explains how the federal government uses the legal process as a punishment against the Canadian people. It is a “tactical pattern” of bringing people to court, making them run up legal bills and then dropping the case. Charter rights are only valuable to the extent they are enforced, or...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Derek Sloan, a lawyer, a politician and a family man is currently the leader of the Ontario Party. Barry caught up with Derek to find out what he is up to now that there are no elections to run. Well, it is not surprising to find that Derek remains busy fighting for freedom. He is now raising money for those w...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Dr. Emanuel Baston practised medicine in Romania and came to Canada about 20 years ago. Unable to obtain a residency in Ontario he is now laying tiles in the construction industry. His strong work ethic has meant that he and his family are successfully making their way in their new country. However, when the f...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Cara Hamstra has been targeted with a human rights complaint because she does not accept the modern day narrative. She is a videographer who has been forced out of business because she declined to video a same-sex marriage on the basis that it was not in the scope of the work that she does. This is first case...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Psychotherapist, author, and speaker Ted Kuntz, M.Ed., describes how a tragic vaccine injury altered his family’s life. This personal experience caused him to research the safety and efficacy of vaccines, eventually leading to his current role as the president of Vaccine Choice Canada. Although the group has b...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ What are the challenges or pressures faced by Canadian families who choose to homeschool their children? Why might parents choose to teach their children at home, and what are the benefits or concerns? Listen as Peter Stock discusses his work with the Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada.  As f...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Should Dundas Street in Toronto be renamed? What does the furor over Henry Dundas (and other figures like Edgerton Ryerson) reveal about our cultural moment? Freedom Feature guest Patrice Dutil, Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) discusses the...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ In Canada today, “to be progressive is to be neutral and to not be progressive is to be wrong.” Special guest, lawyer Bruce Pardy, returns to Freedom Feature for an in-depth discussion of progressivism. First, Prof. Pardy highlights some of the contradictions in progressive thought. He explains that the double...

Sign-up for our newsletter:  https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Can a thirteenth century document “written in Latin on the hide of a sheep” mean anything to us today? Dr. John Robson (historian, columnist, documentary filmmaker, Executive Director of Climate Discussion Nexus, and professor at Augustine College) gives a vivid account of the people and principles that...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Pastor Artur Pawlowski sat down with Barry W. Bussey and shared his personal story of coming to Canada and ministering in Calgary. He candidly shares his trouble with government. His congregation lost charitable status. His ongoing court hearings and his new venture into politics. Please note the views express...

Sign-up for our Newsletter at: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ At what point do you stand up? Prof. David Haskell describes a university assignment he presented to students, which resulted in several students dropping his course with the encouragement of the dean. What was so “offensive” and what does this controversy reveal about our culture? Watch the latest “Freedom...

Pastor Artur Pawlowski sat down with Barry W. Bussey and shared his personal story of coming to Canada and ministering in Calgary. He candidly shares his trouble with government. His congregation lost charitable status. His ongoing court hearings and his new venture into politics.

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ What’s wrong with Bill C-11? According to the government, Bill C-11 ( https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-11/third-reading ) is designed to update the Broadcasting Act. It gives the CRTC sweeping power to “regulate and supervise” the internet. Critics have raised serious concerns about the wordin...

Sign-up for our newsletter: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ The Honourable Brian Peckford’s, P.C., second visit on Freedom Feature centres around the importance of maintaining our democracy. Mr. Peckford reminds us that it requires a lot of engagement from the public which has fallen short. If we are to maintain our freedom we must do better. Our discussion began with...

Sign-up for our Newsletter at: https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Tom Marazzo one of the main organisers involved in the Ottawa Trucker Freedom Convoy. As a retired military officer, he was called in to Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy to help organise all the logistics needed for a sustainment plan to ensure that the protest remained peaceful and ran smoothly. He worked...

Sign-up for our Newsletter https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Jennifer Kabbany is editor of the College Fix, a daily news website focused on higher education. In this Freedom Feature interview, Jennifer and Barry discuss the left-leaning bias in academia, and the importance of proactive parenting to enable our young people to discern the truth. When news headlines are mor...

Sign-up for our Newsletter https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Lawyer Daniel Freiheit joins Barry to discuss the current state of the Canadian Government’s infringement on individual rights. The Canadian Government was motivated to save lives during the pandemic – but just how far can a government go in pursuing that goal. And, has it been successful? People have suffered...

Sign-up for our Newsletter at:   https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ What are human rights? André explains Abraham Kuyper’s “sphere sovereignty” concept, which offers a helpful paradigm for thinking about our society and our place in it. The notion of “sphere sovereignty” recognizes that institutions like the church and the family are distinct from the state, with the...

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Sign-up for our Newsletter at:   https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Donald Best, a former Toronto Police detective, shares with Barry about his experience of being put into jail for contempt of court because three lawyers gave false evidence about him. He also explains the case against Ottawa Police detective Helen Grus who is facing disciplinary action for investiga...

Sign-up for our Newsletter at:   https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Is freedom a bad word? Freedom Feature guest Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, describes what it was like being imprisoned for holding a political rally; why the trucker protests were so important and effective; and what it means to be a free Canadian. He addresses questions lik...

Sign-up for our Newsletter at:   https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Barry caught up with former livestream guest, veteran James Topp. Having completed his march from Vancouver to Ottawa, James explains what motivated his trek across Canada, what he learned, and what his vision for the future is. The purpose of James’ march was to advocate for a plan he describes as t...

Sign-up for our Newsletter at:   https://firstfreedoms.ca/call_to_action_pages/stay_informed/ Montreal journalist Noé Chartier describes what motivates him in his work as a reporter. Through his conversation with Barry W. Bussey, he demonstrates his balanced approach as he thoughtfully considers multiples sides to different issues. Listen in as Mr. Chartier discusses recent topics he has cove...