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A Christian doctor has been found guilty of “professional misconduct” but not for how he treated patients, rather, for what he believed and posted online. This is Australia’s new heresy trial.
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A Christian doctor has just been found guilty of misconduct, not for medical failings, but for private online beliefs.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal reviewed 12 years of posts and condemned dozens as too offensive or unbalanced for public tolerance.
None of the content harmed patients or was linked to clinical care, yet it triggered professional punishment.
This ruling signals that Christian and conservative professionals can be penalised for personal convictions.
The message is clear: speak biblical truth publicly, and risk losing your career in modern Australia.
Let me say this as plainly as I can: they didn’t just suspend a doctor. They suspended truth itself. They nailed a man to the wall for saying what millions of us believe: that life begins at conception, that men cannot become women, and that COVID mandates were a masterclass in tyranny.
Dr Jereth Kok, a Christian GP from Melbourne, has had his career torched by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), not for what he did in the clinic, but for what he posted online. Posts most people never even saw. Posts behind privacy settings. Posts that were satirical, biblical, or, heaven forbid, conservative.
Twelve years of online posts. Eighty-five total. They dredged them up like some twisted inquisition. VCAT found 54 of them to be misconduct. That’s right, memes, articles, scripture, all labelled too “disrespectful,” “unbalanced,” or “derogatory” to be tolerated in today’s Ministry of Truth.
One of his crimes? Sharing a Babylon Bee satire article titled “Instead of Traditional Warfare, Chinese Military Will Now Be Trained to Shout Wrong Pronouns at American Troops.” That’s it. That’s “misconduct” now. Another “offence”? Calling abortion what it is: baby-killing. For that, he’s been declared unfit to practise medicine.
This wasn’t about patient safety. This wasn’t about medical negligence. This was about a regime flexing its muscle and sending a message: if you believe in God over government, you’re next.
You think I’m exaggerating? Read the tribunal’s ruling yourself. They openly admitted his comments weren’t directed at patients, didn’t harm anyone, and were often private. But because they might offend the rainbow gods of identity politics, he’s been thrown into the wilderness.
Let’s be clear: this man never hurt a soul. Not a single patient ever complained about him. But faceless bureaucrats, tipped off anonymously, decided that his thoughts were too dangerous for modern Australia.
Even the worst allegations, that he supported genocide or racial violence, were not upheld. They admitted most of the content was satirical. They admitted much of it was political or religious commentary. In fact, one-third of the Medical Board’s accusations were flat-out rejected. And yet, the verdict? Guilty of professional misconduct.
He didn’t commit malpractice. He committed wrongthink.
And it’s not over. The sentence hasn’t even dropped yet; that comes in 2026. He could still be permanently deregistered. That means banned for life from ever practising medicine again, not for botching a surgery or misdiagnosing a child, but for having the spine to say what the woke class hates.
The official statement from Dr Kok, released through the Human Rights Law Alliance, makes it crystal clear: this is a test case. A precedent. A warning to every doctor, lawyer, teacher, or professional with a licence.
The Medical Board now claims the power to police not just what you do at work, but what you think at home, post on social media, or say in church. Christian doctors, beware: your Facebook post could cost you your career.
The Human Rights Law Alliance put it bluntly:
The delineation is unclear of where the Medical Board’s powers to police online speech may end… This allows the Medical Board to police the religious and political beliefs of doctors and makes health practitioners dramatically vulnerable to professional sanction…
Translation? If you’re a Christian who dares open your mouth — you’re on notice.
So here’s my question to every freedom-loving Australian reading this: How long are you willing to stay silent? Until they gag your priest? Your children’s teacher? Your own employer? Until quoting the Bible gets you fired? Until satire is banned? Until truth is illegal?
We are watching the birth of a medical theocracy — not one ruled by faith, but by woke doctrine. A world where “respecting diversity” means deleting Christianity. A country where a meme can destroy your life.
VCAT and the Medical Board just declared war on conscience.
They’re betting that if they burn one man publicly, the rest of us will fall in line. They want the rest of us to whisper in the shadows, to apologise for believing in truth, to beg for permission to speak.
Well, I won’t. I won’t apologise for being Christian. I won’t bow to rainbow ideology. I won’t pretend that silence is safer than truth. And neither should you.
Here’s What You Must Do — Right Now:
Share this article like wildfire. Post it in every group. Email it. Print it. Share
Contact your MP, federal and state, and demand action on freedom of speech and religious expression.
Donate to the Human Rights Law Alliance and help fund Dr Kok’s legal appeal. They need it. Badly.
Refuse the muzzle. If you’re a professional, speak now or forever regret your silence.
This is the hill. This is the line in the sand. If we don’t defend Dr Jereth Kok, we’re next. Let’s show VCAT they picked the wrong Christian to crucify. Let’s roar back.
Until next time, God bless you, your family and nation.
Traveling evangelical musician Sean Feucht preaches during the final stop of “Kingdom to the Capitol” prayer rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, October 19, 2024. Photo by REBECCA NOBLE /AFP via Getty Images
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Elbows up against free speech! Sean Feucht, a Christian singer, preacher and Donald Trump enthusiast saw all six of his scheduled concerts in Eastern Canada cancelled in recent days. All were scheduled to be held on public sites. Groups of citizens of unknown size demanded the shows be cancelled, and said they would protest if not, which is certainly their right. And as ever, when governments cave to a censorious mob, they sounded ridiculous.
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In Halifax, where he was to perform at a national historic site, Parks Canada cited “evolving safety and security considerations based on confirmation of planned protests (and) input from law enforcement.” Charlottetown seemed to piggyback on that: “Evolving public safety and security concerns.” Moncton, N.B.: “Following a thorough review, the event was found to be non-compliant with the city’s code of conduct in city facilities.” Vaughan, Ont., cited “health and safety as well as community standards and well-being.” Gatineau, Que.: “concerns about public safety and security.” Quebec City: “the presence of a controversial artist was not mentioned when the contract was signed.” (Perhaps they should make people tick yes or no: “Are you controversial?”)
There is plenty that bien-pensant Canadians would object to on Feucht’s record: He was fervently anti-lockdown, he deplores abortion, has said nasty things about drag queens. Rolling Stone reports his security detail had included a notorious member of the Proud Boys. But you will notice that none of the statements from Canadian officials explain what specifically their actual problem is with the guy.
Sean Feucht, shown in a picture from the press kit on his website, will be performing at Confederation Landing in Charlottetown despite pushback from local residents. Photo by MARK STORY/CONTRIBUTED
Do they really want us to believe that an anti-MAGA protest in Halifax might turn violent? And even if it did, why is that the performer’s fault, worthy of cancellation?
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Meanwhile, we had the usual chorus of politicians being breathtakingly insincere about free speech.
Halifax Liberal MP Shannon Miedema: “I have the utmost respect for the value of free speech, (but) I do not believe this event aligns with Parks Canada’s core values of respect for people, equity, diversity and inclusion, or integrity.”
To respect free speech rights, you first have to understand them. These two clearly do not.
Interestingly, Charlottetown at first seemed to understand its obligations. Its first reaction was very different: “From a legal standpoint we are limited in restricting access to public spaces,” a statement read. Many constitutional lawyers would agree.
You’ll often hear politicians say that government-owned spaces have a special obligation not to rent venues to people whose views don’t reflect appropriate “values.” “When it comes to public buildings, I believe we should hold ourselves to the highest standard,” then Toronto mayor John Tory averred in 2019, when the Toronto Public Library rented a stage to barely controversial feminist Meghan Murphy.
It’s exactly the opposite. Government-owned venues are subject to the Charter. Privately owned venues, such as those Feucht ended up performing at instead near Halifax, Moncton and Charlottetown, are not. It would certainly be interesting to see someone mount a Charter challenge to these decisions.
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In Halifax, where he was to perform at a national historic site, Parks Canada cited “evolving safety and security considerations based on confirmation of planned protests (and) input from law enforcement.” Photo by Sean Fuecht
As is often the case with censorship, one of the primary achievements of these cancellations was to give a ton of free publicity to Feucht. He’s not exactly a household name even in the United States. Exactly one of his records has ever charted: at number 37 on Billboard’s Christian albums, in 2016. His constituency is considerably smaller north of the border. I would never even have heard of him had these cities just let the shows go ahead.
Had we denied him entry to Canada, as many were calling for, it would have been an even bigger deal. It’s also one of those things you could imagine Trump taking note of and retaliating — say, by banning godless Canadian bands from crossing the border and performing in the U.S.
And the crazy thing is, many Canadians would say, “good, they shouldn’t be playing in the U.S. anyway.” Canadian singer-songwriter Matthew Good received lavish praise for cancelling his stateside shows recently … though he had only booked them in January, when Trump was already president.
It’s a great pity that incoherence, on everything from free trade to live music, is the primary characteristic of Canada’s response to the second Trump era. And there is no sign of it letting up.
Bill Whatcott’s Thoughts on the State of Religious and Political Freedom in Canada
Dear Friends,
Freedom has been in decline for awhile now in Canada. In 1994 I was arrested for standing on a public sidewalk in Toronto with a Life Chain sign that read “Abortion Kills Children.” The Ontario NDP Government of the time went to court and got an injunction to prevent Ontario’s pro-lifers from protesting in front of abortuaries, even we as taxpayers have to pay for them. I and many other pro-life citizens believed the injunction was unjust and an unjustified attack on free speech. I went into the no protest zone and stood on the public sidewalk and prayed while holding my sign to challenge the injunction. I didn’t obstruct, threaten, or accost anyone. A sheriff read me the injunction and a police officer put handcuffs on me and walked me to the back of a police car where I got in.
I couldn’t raise enough money to go to trial. The lawyer I got thought I would be looking at a $100 fine or so if I plead guilty, in line with anti-logging protesters who were arrested in BC that year who were blocking worksites and disobeying injuctions obtained by logging companies. Both me and my lawyer quickly learned that the treatment of Christian protesters defending the human rights of the unborn child would be very different than the treatment of left wing protesters protecting trees. The NDP saw my case as serious enough to merit sending a special prosecutor to ask for the maximum sentence allowable under law (6 months in jail). And a judge, aptly named Judge Mean, duly imposed the maximum sentence on me as requested by the provincial government’s special prosecutor.
Campaign Life put out a press release denouncing my sentence. My church organized a telephone campaign targeting the Attorney General’s office. A number of pro-life groups held demostrations in front of the Attorney General’s Office demanding I be released from jail. Two Christian media outlets covered my case and I got letters from across Canada and the United States as a result. However, the big media outlets CBC, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Global News, etc….., they all got the press releases and protest announcements and they all ignored the story.
That was 31 years ago…..
Alot has happened since then….
In 2013 the Whatcott Decision was rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada and for the first time ever, the court ruled that in hate speech cases litigated in a human rights tribunal that truth was not an absolute defence. Since then Whatcott has been cited in multiple cases, criminal, human rights and civil, and sadly the rulings in favour of restricting speech have been piling up.
In parallel with our loss of freedom of speech, the right to firearm ownership and the right for private citizens to protect their persons and private property has also been eroded over the years. In 2015 an Edmonton man named Robert Hinchey was convicted of careless use of a firearm. Mr. Hinchey received a criminal record, and had to forfeit his guns, after he fired a warning shot through the top right hand of his door in an attempt to scare off a large, young, drunk, who was screaming and trying to kick his door down. In the 911 call played in court Mr. Hinchey’s panicked wife could be heard begging the police to come quickly, saying her door was coming off the hinges as the screaming of the drunk and kicking could be heard in the background. Mr. Hinchey fired one warning shot and the drunk quit kicking. Apparently the drunk got a small cut on his forehead from a small piece of wood catching him as the bullet went through the top of the door. The drunk sat on the front step until the police arrived. The police arrested the home owner Robert Hinchey for discharging his firearm in defense of his home and set the drunk free who was screaming and kicking down Mr. Hinchey’s door.
In December 2023, Bill C-21 became law and the sale of handguns became banned in Canada. Since 1996 more than a thousand different types of long guns (mostly semi autos) have also been banned. I lost one gun that I purchased as a non-restricted .22 rifle. It was a 10 shot M-16 look alike called the Armi Jager. It was a cheap, Italian .22 rifle that was not actually that great. I kept it around for rabbits and plinking. One day the government declared it was a “military assault style” rifle and too dangerous for civilians to own. In actual fact after doing some research, I could not find one single instance of the Armi Jager .22 being used in a crime. But truth doesn’t matter and even though gun crime and all types of violent crime and property crime has gone up dramatically in Canada over the past ten years most Canadians are apathetic about the loss of their right to own legal firearms.
Canada’s erosion of freedom cannot be analyzed without considering the lockdowns of 2020-2022. For the first time in Canada’s history churches and small businesses were forcibly closed, people were coerced to take an experimental vaccine, and the negative side effects and reactions were hidden from the public, and the government forced people to wear masks in public.
Eventually the economic and emotional damage was such that large numbers of Canadians started questioning the “science.” It also became hard for Canadians to take Chief Public Health Officers seriously as they started wrecking their own credibility. Alberta’s Public Health Officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw was caught in a lie when she claimed during a press conference that a 14 year old girl died from Covid -19. Dr. Hinshaw and the media was trying hard to convince Albertans young people were dying from Covid -19 and that they needed to be vaccinated. In actual fact more children have been injured and have had their lives potentially shortened from vaccine induced myocarditis than from Covid-19, which has not taken the life of a single healthy child. The girl’s family went on Twitter and corrected the Chief Public Health Officer and stated their daughter died from Leukemia. Twitter deleted the parent’s comment, but not before it went viral and Hinshaw was forced to apologize.
In British Columbia, Chief Public Health Officer “Dr.” Bonnie Henry decided the “science” was you could go to the cannabis store and Starbucks safely, but you couldn’t go to church. Henry kept cannabis stores open for the entirity of the Covid pandemic as they were “essential.” Starbucks while not “essential” was allowed to reopen in the spring of 2020. Churches however were forced to remain closed until June 2021.
“Dr.” Henry also opined that in order to stay safe from Covid-19 when having sex, it was a good idea to do it using “glory holes.” “Glory holes” are a thing in some homosexual bars where homosexual men get a thrill by sticking their penis into a hole in a wall and then a person unkown to them on the other side services it. Bonnie thought this was a good idea for all BC residents and the media uncritically reported it, of course in the name of “science” and “public health.”
Trudeau’s Chief Public Health Officer, “Dr.” Theresa Tam; a possible, crossdressing, homosexual male, locked up Canadians returning from abroad in quarantine hotels for two week periods. He/she decided to do this after allowing thousands of Chinese citizens into the country without any testing or quarantine. Then one day he/she announced to the media it would be a good idea for couples to engage in sex while wearing masks to stay safe from the Covid virus. In addition to huge salaries, Tam and Henry were awarded the Order of Canada for their quackery and incompetence.
Strangely, churches, businesses, and millions of Canadians went along with this “science” for a long time, to great harm to themselves and their country. By the two year mark though, enough Canadians suffered sufficiently, and various politicians and chief public health officers discredited themselves enough that thousands of Canadians said no more and the Freedom Convoy rolled across Canada in early 2022. Dozens of Canadians were imprisoned in various provinces for defying the lockdowns and the Federal government violently crushed the peaceful protest in Ottawa , trampling an elderly indiginous woman using a police horse and thousands of Canadians across the country who donated to the Freedom Convoy had their bank accounts frozen.
Elderly Metis woman lying on ground in red jacket after being trampled by a mounted police offcer during a violent operation (the police were violent not the protesters) to end the Freedom Convoy protest in front of Parliament Hill, February 18, 2022
The draconian measures inflamed many Canadians even more and it was clear if the lockdowns and repression continued things were going to likely spiral out of control, so suddenly the “science” changed and the country opened up. Masking requirements and vaccine passports ended. Travel bans were lifted, businesses and churches opened up again and people could socialize freely. The predicted mass death from Covid-19 if things opened up didn’t happen.
The government backed down on the mass repression but they were determined to make examples of a few dissidents. Four protesters who were arrested at a blockade in Coutts Alberta were to remain in custody for two more years. Two of the protesters were eventually sentenced to 6.5 years after spending two years in pre-trial custody. The other two I think were released after time served. Apparently they brought some hunting rifles with them to the protest. They claimed their motive was to protect fellow protesters if things got violent. The Prosecutor claimed they were planning on killing police. The Coutts 4 were eventually were acquitted of conspiring to kill a police officer but convicted on illegal gun possession charges.
Trudeau became very unpopular and eventually left in early 2025 and Canadians in an act of “elbows up” and in a display of shallow, pseudo patriotism, elected Mark Carney, a globalist with deep ties to China’s communist party. Just like under Trudeau, car theives, muggers, fentanyl dealers, and sex offenders are being treated leniently, especially if they aren’t white. Political prisoners, if they are conservative and standing for freedom are also being treated the same as under Trudeau. The courts are merciless with those who protest and vocally oppose the Liberal agenda.
The organizers of the Freedom Convoy Chris Barber and Tamara Lich were both arrested as the Freedom Convoy was crushed and spent nearly two months in jail before being released on bail. After more than two years and a lengthy trial, Barber and Lich were found guilty of Mischief in April 2025. Typically, peaceful protesters in Canada receive no jail time for their first offense. Homosexual activist and NDP politician Svend Robinson received a $700 fine when he blocked a logging company’s road in BC back in the 1990s. In 2003 Svend decided to steal a $60,000 ring at an auction to give as a gift to his boyfriend. This offense got Svend copious praise from the sentencing judge for all his alleged good work, promoting homosexuality, euthanasia, hate crime laws, etc…. and Svend’s “sentence” for the $60,000 theft was an absolute discharge.
The Oka confrontation was a more violent affair than either Svend’s anti-logging crusade or the Barber’s and Lich’s Freedom Convoy. Native protesters killed one police officer, shot it out with the provincial police for over an hour, and then enaged in an armed stand-off with the Canadian army for more than two months. Bridges and roads were blockaded, rocks were sometimes thrown at police and soldiers. When the stand-off ended the most visible protester Ronald Cross (he was photographed staring face to face with a Canadian soldier and had a prohibited assault rifle slung over his back) was sentenced to six years in prison.
The Crown Prosecutor is asking for 8 years in prison for Chris Barber, along with the destruction of his truck which is his source of livelihood. The Crown is asking for 7 years in prison for Tamara Lich. Neither are accused of doing anything violent. Neither have criminal records. They have been found to be responsible for some of the truckers honking their horns at inappropriate hours during the first couple days of the protest, though Barber and Lich both encouraged truckers to keep horn honking to daylight hours and indeed all of the truckers complied with that request after they were asked to do so.
This past week an American Christian musician who happens to support Donald Trump (as does tens of millions of other Americans and for what it is worth a substantial minority of Canadians) by the name of Sean Feucht had all of his venues cancelled in Eastern Canada after the CBC did a hit piece on him and called him a “MAGA supporter.”
When a Spanish Evangelical church hosted Mr. Feucht in Montreal, after the Mayor of Montreal Valérie Plante condemned him for his political and religious views and ordered his venue be cancelled, both the police and Antifa showed up at the church. The police threatened the church with a fine if they didn’t cancel Mr. Feucht’s performance. The performance went ahead and the church was fined $2500. An Antifa thug threw two smoke bombs at Mr Feucht while he was singing. The police did nothing and a parishioner took the bombs off the stage and disposed of them outside.
The Montreal Mayor’s office released this statement as justification for cancelling Mr. Feucht’s performance. “This show runs counter to the values of inclusion, solidarity, and respect that are championed in Montreal. Freedom of expression is one of our fundamental values, but hateful and discriminatory speech is not acceptable in Montreal.”
The guy was singing Gospel music, not unlike the music that is sung at my church every Sunday morning. Mr. Feucht said nothing hateful or discriminatory of anyone. The actual hate and lack of respect was shown by the Antifa thug who threw smoke bombs at Mr Feucht, the police who witnessed the attack and refused to protect Mr. Feucht, and the Mayor who abused the power of her government by shutting down Mr. Feucht’s first venue and punishing the Spanish church for offering him an alternative venue.
The Canadian media and various Canadian politicians hate Sean Feucht and want to cancel him because he is opposed to LGBT ideology, is prolife, and he has publicly supported Donald Trump. It appears Mr. Feught has come to Canada on other occassions and he is on record as saying he loves Canada.
Contrast the visceral hatred shown towards a Christian singer with the “wrong” personal views and the hatred Canadians are displaying towards the American President, to the partiality of Canadian politicians on display in this venue below. The Chinese Benevelont Association hosted this event in February at the Terminal City Club in Vancouver. The Chinese Benevelont Association is connected to the Chinese Communist Party and is known to interfere in Canadian elections and silence negative messaging about the Chinese Communist Party amongst the Chinese diaspora in Vancouver.
This event was attended by Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, NDP Burnaby Councillor James Wang and “Conservative” MLAs Steve Kooner and Dallas Brodie. They all join People’s Republic of China’s Deputy Consul General. Zeng Zhi in singing “March of the Volunteers” the Chinese Communist Party anthem. Neither the Mayor, nor any of the other politicians, nor any of the media present, is calling on the venue to cancel the event because of it’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The Deputy Consul General Zeng Zhi is not being denounced because he is singing the communist anthem nor is he being critciizing because he likes Chinese Communist Dictator Xi Jinping.
While it is true Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian automobiles and our automobile sector is suffering, it is also true China imposed a 100% tariff on Canadian canola. While tariffs are nasty, I don’t think they are a crime. Countries have the right to impose tariffs if they wish. The Canadian government has chosen to keep tariffs to protect Canada’s dairy industry. Depending on the dairy product and its quota, our tariffs on American dairy products seem to be between 7.5% and up to 300%.
Trump’s other “crimes” seem to be calling Trudeau “governor” and saying Canada should be a 51st state.
China by contrast has taken two of our citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and held them hostage for three years in a Chinese prison though they committed no crimes. The Chinese have interfered in our elections. Chinese labs with apparent state sanction have flooded our streets with fentanyl, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. Chinese government actors have stolen both Canadian state and private sector secrets and the Chinese are responsible for hacking into and stealing our former flagship industry Nortel’s data, duplicating our company’s technology, and then the Chinese Communist Party controlled company Huawei underbidded Nortel with its own products and drove our company into bankrupcy, costing Canada tens of thousands of good paying jobs and untold billions of dollars in revenue.
The Orangeman in the White House never did anything like the above to Canada. In fact shortly after BC Premier David Eby announced the BC government was buying 4 ferries from the Chinese and boycotting American shipyards, wine, and whatnot; a quintessentially Canadian terrorist by the name of Shaheer Cassim hijacked a small Cessna and flew it over the Vancouver International airport for a couple hours and shut down Vancouver’s airspace.
I say Cassim is “quintessentially Canadian” because where else except Canada would you find a terrorist like this? Here is an excerpt of his manifesto on Facebook:
“I am a messenger of Allah. I am the messiah sent to save humanity from climate change and usher in an era of world peace, …. The Arctic sea ice is going to disappear within two years. When that happens, huge amounts of methane are going to erupt from the Arctic Ocean, triggering abrupt runaway global warming, turning Earth into Venus.”
Anyways, as Cassim flew over the Vancouver International Airport (Canada’s third busiest airport) and shut it down, performing jihad in the name of saving the earth from climate change, Canada’s airforce was unable to respond. We had no fighter jets on the west coast. Our closest air assets on the day Mr. Cassim performed his climate jihad were located in Cold Lake AB, and they were a half dozen or so 40 year old CF-18s. These elderly fighters were over three hours away and it was determined they would need to refuel upon reaching British Columbia before they could engage the Cessna.
We had to call the Americans to save our third largest city from the Cessna flying jihadist trying to bring awareness to climate change. The Americans scrambled two F-15s to liberate our airspace, but thankfully Mr. Cassim decided he made his point and peacefully landed his commandeered airplane, freeing his flight instructor unharmed, and peacefully gave himself up.
Canadians should note it was the Americans who scambled jets to save us not the Chinese. We should also note we allowed our own airforce to become so pathetic that we were literally unable to save our third largest city from a Cessna.
Our media and leftist politicians in all three levels of governments are complicit in our erosion of freedom; they seem irrationally hostile to the western, Christian, democratic tradition we as a nation have been founded on. This hostility motivates them to move us as a nation away from America’s orbit and towards the Chinese orbit. This is not in Canada’s best interest and for ordinary Canadians to tolerate it, it will be a huge mistake. I pray we Canadians awaken from our apathy and mind numbness and prevent this shift in orbit from happening. If we can’t or won’t wake up, then I pray the Americans themselves prevent us from going further towards Beijing.
If you read this far, I would like to remind you of another freedom issue that is near and dear to my heart. Namely, my own. I have a court case coming up with 5 days of hearings in October and three weeks of trial in March, 2026. The Prosecutor is asking for 6 months to a year in prison if I am convicted. My “crime” is sharing the Gospel and accurate health information while disguised as a “Gay Zombie Cannabis Consumer” at the Toronto Homosexual Pride parade in 2016. You can find out more on the link below and donate if you wish to help me out with the expenses related to this ridiculous prosecution that are imposed on me and my family.
Permit revoked for MAGA musician’s concert at Parks Canada site, but show will go on
Cancelled for “safety” reasons. Isn’t that’s what cops are for?
Parks Canada rescinded approval of permit due to ‘evolving safety and security considerations’
Aly Thomson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 23, 2025 6:07 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Musician Sean Feucht preaches during the final stop of ‘Kingdom to the Capitol’ prayer rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, outside the Arizona State Capitol, in Phoenix on Oct. 19, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)
Parks Canada says a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement will not perform at a national historic site near Halifax after the federal agency revoked the organizer’s permit, but the show is slated to go on at a new venue.
Christian rocker Sean Feucht was scheduled to play a concert on Wednesday night at the York Redoubt National Historic Site, a fortification constructed in 1793 to help protect the port city.
Feucht, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican in 2020, is also a missionary and an author who has spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, abortion rights and critical race theory on his website.
Residents who live near the site and throughout the province had raised concerns about the performance, which they argued went against Parks Canada’s guiding principles of inclusion and safety for all visitors. Some had planned to stage a protest at the concert.
In a news release late Tuesday, Parks Canada stressed that the event was not being put on by the agency, but rather was being hosted by a permit holder.
York Redoubt was constructed in 1793 at the entrance of the Halifax Harbour to help protect the port city. (Parks Canada)
It said due to “evolving safety and security considerations” based on the planned protests, input from police and security challenges with the configuration of York Redoubt, Parks Canada has reassessed the conditions of the permit and the potential impact to community members, visitors, concert attendees and event organizers.
“After careful review, and due to heightened public safety concerns, Parks Canada has notified the organizer that the permit has been revoked,” it said in a statement issued just after 11 p.m. AT.
Feucht did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
Sean Feucht’s tour bus in Shubenacadie, N.S., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (CBC)
In a video on his Facebook page late Wednesday morning, Feucht noted that people have been gathering for Halifax Pride Festival events over the past week, “but now they’re not so tolerant when peaceful Christians come together.”
“This is not the hour to cower. This is not the hour to bow down to the mob. No, we need to rise up. And so tonight, we are going to gather,” he said.
On Wednesday morning, the event page said the show would go ahead at a “new location that’s even better than the old one,” and asks people to send a direct message for the venue.
The free concert will now take place at a location in Shubenacadie, N.S., a rural area about 60 kilometres north of Halifax. That address is associated with a religious group called Lighthouse Ministries.
N.S. show kicks off summer tour
Feucht has called for government policy in the United States to be based on traditional Christian values in the midst of a “spiritual war” in that country.
His website calls on young people to stand up against the “progressive agenda being forced upon America.”
Feucht’s show in Nova Scotia kicks off his “Revive in 25” tour across Canada, but the singer has also been facing backlash in other cities.
Shows were cancelled Wednesday in three other provinces, including a performance scheduled for Thursday in Charlottetown. The city said it had revoked the permit “due to evolving public safety and security concerns.”
Another concert planned for Thursday in Moncton, N.B., was scrapped when that city cancelled the booking. It said a review found Feucht’s event did not comply with the code of conduct for city facilities.
The plug was also pulled on a Quebec City performance planned for the weekend. In a statement, a spokesperson for the city said that “the presence of a controversial artist was not mentioned in the contract” between the venue and the promoter.
Feucht was scheduled to play over the weekend in the Ottawa and Toronto areas. He will take his tour to Western Canada in late August.
Ontario dad demands answers after his bank accounts are frozen in case that could strengthen the Charter rights of all Canadians Dear friend of freedom,Every day, Canadians rely on access to their bank accounts to pay bills, manage expenses, and support their families.But imagine discovering that your bank accounts had been frozen, with no explanation and no warning.Your online banking access denied. Your ATM cash withdrawal requests denied. Your pre-authorized payments blocked, jeopardizing your vehicle, mortgage, or insurance payments. Evan Blackman experienced this, along with hundreds of other Canadians.
Evan Blackman with his son Damian (Photo courtesy of Evan Blackman)
Police arrested Evan in downtown Ottawa on February 18, 2022, during the violent suppression of the peaceful Freedom Convoy protest. Though police released him that same day, he later discovered that his Toronto-Dominion Bank accounts had been frozen. “The initial impact was drastic, being five hours away from home,” he explained. “It was an absolute shock to find out my bank accounts were frozen. As a self-employed worker, it not only affected my family, but my employees as well.”
Four days after the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act against the peaceful protesters resisting Covid vaccine mandates and lockdowns, police arrested Evan and charged him with mischief and obstruction. The Crown’s prosecution rested on a 14-minute drone video and the testimony of a single police officer. The video footage showed Evan attempting to de-escalate tensions between police and protestors. At one point, he was even seen holding others back and raising his hand to prevent conflict. The footage showed Evan kneeling in front of officers, hat in hand, singing O Canada.At his trial in October 2023, the judge dismissed all charges against Evan. The Crown failed to produce persuasive evidence that Evan had done anything criminal. The judge found the police officer’s testimony unreliable and even described Evan as a “peacemaker.”For a brief moment, it felt like Evan’s life could finally return to normal.
Evan Blackman with his son Damian (Photo courtesy of Evan Blackman)
Regrettably, the Ottawa Crown Attorney’s Office appealed the decision, claiming that the judge had made several legal errors. Lawyers provided by the Justice Centre, however, have turned the tables. In the retrial of this case, Evan’s legal team will argue that the freezing of his bank accounts violated his constitutional rights and will seek the dismissal of his case as a remedy if he is convicted.On July 4, 2025, a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice ordered the RCMP and TD Bank to produce key records related to how and why Evan’s accounts were frozen. Evan thanked the Justice Centre after the decision was made public, remarking, “I’m delighted that we will finally get records that may reveal why my bank accounts were frozen.” Evan’s retrial is scheduled to begin on Thursday, August 14, 2025. By supporting the Justice Centre with a donation, you’ll not only be supporting Evan’s case. You’ll be one step closer to protecting your own bank accounts from interference by Canadian governments.
This isthe first criminal trial in Canadian history to involve a Charter challenge against the use of emergency powers to freeze personal bank accounts. Evan’s experience remains a stark reminder of how quickly core freedoms can be threatened when governments violate Canadians’ rights in the name of public safety and national security.If you have not previously donated to the Justice Centre, please consider doing so today. You can join other freedom-loving Canadians who make it possible for us to defend your freedoms in courts of law and in the court of public opinion. Please consider becoming a monthly donor so that the Justice Centre can continue to defend your rights and freedoms throughout 2025. Yours sincerely,
Catherine Kronas, member of Ancaster Secondary School Council
The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board has reinstated a member of the School Council of Ancaster Secondary School after suspending her for publicly objecting to the routine reading of an Indigenous Land acknowledgement at a school council meeting in April. At the meeting Catherine Kronas registered her complaint and requested that her objection be noted in the minutes of the meeting.
In a letter this week reinstating Kronas, Yohana Otite, Human Rights and Equity Advisor · Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, described the events following Kronas’ objection at the April Meeting writing, “The Board received allegations of hate and harm from parents and community members concerning your conduct. As a result, HWDSB’s Human Rights Office conducted a threshold assessment.” Adding “while the board reviewed the concerns the interim measure to pause your engagement with the school council (our emphasis) was taken to prevent further harm…”
In reinstating Kronas, Otite wrote, “the threshold assessment indicates your conduct does not amount to a Code of Conduct or Human Rights Policy Violation, however, the parents and community members who brought forward their concerns shared that they have experienced significant harm, which continues to create a concern around the school council climate.”
The Kronas suspension received no local coverage but was the subject of an article in the National Post. Kronas appealed for assistance from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms which issued a legal warning letter to the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board over its suspension of Ms. Kronas. Constitutional lawyer Hatim Kheir stated that Ms. Kronas’ comments “were a reasonable and measured expression of a viewpoint held by many Canadians. “The Board’s decision to suspend her from the Council, which she has a right to sit on as an elected parent member, is an act of censorship that offends the right to freedom of expression,” explained Mr. Kheir. The Justice Centre is called for Kronas to be immediately reinstated and permitted to fulfill her elected duties without further retaliation for expressing her views. In the letter to the Hamilton Board the lawyers wrote:
The following information, which is necessary for Ms. Kronas to understand the allegation against her, is missing: Who made the complaint? Who experienced the harm allegedly caused by Ms. Kronas? What is the nature of the harm allegedly experienced? What did Ms. Kronas say or do that is alleged to have caused the harm? How did Ms. Kronas’ comment cause the alleged harm? Which provisions of the HWDSB Code of Conduct or Provincial Code of Conduct are alleged to have been breached by Ms. Kronas?
Kronas, who ran for the Board of Education in Ward 15 in 2022, was then described as an “anti-woke” candidate in a media profile for her objection to the HWDSB board’s DEI policies and its policies around gender. She told the Ancaster News the board should teach students to treat people equally regardless of skin colour or other factors, rather than seek equity’s “equality of outcomes among groups.” In the article she continued, “This comes down to the ideological basis. Are we living in a liberal society or are we living in a Marxist society?…I’m being called hateful, we’re being called racist, just for pushing back on some of these ideas.” In the election she finished second in the Ward 15 trustee race, but garnered 41 percent of the vote.
This isn’t a typical email. It’s an update on what’s happening behind the scenes at The Maple. Below, opinion editor Davide Mastracci shares how he found himself investigated by the RCMP, simply for doing journalism.
A couple months ago, we revealed that The Maple had been the target of a campaign to take us offline. Today, I can tell you the campaign has escalated, with critics wanting me in prison. In February, I published Find IDF Soldiers — a database of Canadians who have joined the Israeli military, based entirely on public information. With a list of 163 current and former IDF soldiers, it’s the largest in Canada, and offers rare insight into this group.Israel’s supporters have tried everything to get the site taken down, including hacking, suspension demands, discussing lawsuits, email campaigns, a multi-country media assault and death threats.
I recently learned something even more troubling: the RCMP investigated me.Documents I obtained show that someone complained to the RCMP about the project and called for me to be charged. The RCMP received the bogus complaint, screened it and rather than deciding to end things there, chose to investigate.They assigned an analyst to the complaint, who then ran my name through law enforcement databases, searched for information about me online and compiled a report.Unsurprisingly, the RCMP concluded I wasn’t a threat to “national security,” and that my journalism didn’t break any laws.
But the damage was done. My name is now in a police database used by at least 25 law enforcement agencies across Canada.Experts say this could follow me for years, and that it sends a message to other journalists: reporting on the wrong topic may land you in a police database. It’s chilling.Most journalists would stop here.I’m not one of them. I’ve spent years writing about Palestine. If threats and intimidation tactics were going to stop me, it would’ve happened a long time ago.And thankfully, I work at a publication that isn’t vulnerable to pressure the way most outlets are.
The Maple doesn’t depend on funding from advertisers, grants or major donors that can be scared off. That makes us hard to intimidate — but only if we have readers backing us.If we’re going to keep publishing this sort of work, we need to be able to withstand the tough moments that defang other publications. If we have you on our side, we can.If you believe in what we’re doing — fearless, independent journalism that can’t be bullied —then consider becoming a Maple member. Every membership is a lifeline. And if we’re going to keep publishing, we need more of them.
Because, the thing is, the threat isn’t over. I’m waiting on very overdue ATIP requests from CSIS, Ontario’s Solicitor General and Toronto Police. I don’t know what they’ll return, but I’m increasingly confident these agencies and departments looked into me because of complaints from powerful Israel supporters about my journalism.If that ends up being the case, we may have to finally hire a criminal lawyer. They’ve been willing to help me pro bono so far, but that can’t last forever.And if we want to keep publishing, we need to be ready — not scrambling after the fact.Your support doesn’t just help us do the journalism we want to — it helps protect it, and protect us. It ensures I can move forward with this work without being afraid. It makes me feel confident that you’ll have my back should anything happen.If you believe in independent journalism that won’t cower — even when it’s under attack — I hope you’ll support it. Already a member? Thank you. Your support has kept us alive, and I hope you’ll stay with us. If you’re in a place to do more, you can also make a one-time donation here.— Davide Mastracci Opinion editor, The Maple
