Duncan, B.C. Rally Protests Police Brutalization of Salon Owner Taneal McLovelynn

A good time was had by all on Feb 12th  2021 at our rally in Duncan BC.    From the Aquatic Centre we marched over to City Hall, calling on the civic authorities to reconsider mistreatment of Taneal McLovelynn.  Lots of thumbsup and enthusiastic honks along the way

The crux of our statement,  being : the way she’s been harassed as she tries to do business as usual in her salon is outrageous. Apparently, someone in high places has a problem because she accepts the word of customers who declare they’re medically-exempt from wearing the face covering.   Bylaw officers / RCMP slap violation notices on her for – ostensibly – failing to be appropriately-muzzled in her own business premises!   In one instance, an officer grabbed her by the arm dragged her over the threshhold out of her shop, handcuffed her and put her in a copcar because she refused to give them identification. Of course they knew exactly who she was.  Question now for a lawsuit, is:  “Was she properly arrested according to law?”

At our rally on Friday bylaw officers were very much in evidence … their truck parked smack dab in the public square, standing-by, masked to the eyebrows. As there were already over 50 warm bodies gathered … ILLEGALLY, according to the previous Orders of Her High-and-Mighty-Nessy-Bonnie Henry … I asked the lady officer “what are you going to do?”  Politely, she replied ‘You have the right to protest.  As long as you keep moving you’re a protest. If you stop, then you’re an  EVENT  which is illegal’…. Such sophistry didn’t just come off the top of her head.   No : right to the bottom of the hierarchy, they’ve been coached to mouthe such highfalutin’ legalese.  Same as what VPD Sgt. Walters told me at our first big rally in Vancouver, on Sept 13 2020 >   “we decided not to not issue tickets today because the Charter overrides the Public Health Act” direct quote … But – hey ! – it works for me. 

I went over to the RCMP who were discretely across the street. I asked Cpl Pharis “do you guys have your ticket books with you?”   To which he said with a smile “we always have them with us.” I realized he was the same one with whom I’d spoken at the big rally back in November, when 6 officers did nothing as 250 of us gathered to raise public consciousness about the Lockdown.  He said the same thing he’d said back then = that they would NOT be issuing tickets because “we’re here to keep the peace and make sure everyone is alright. Since this is a peaceful event, we have discretion”.   I was glad to hear a glimmer of sanity in this huge, tragic situation

The leading courtcase now underway in British Columbia to do with the Grand Lockdown,  is,  the action brought by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, on behalf of 12 Petitioners. * Three of the parties are churches which had their worship services INVADED by the RCMP.  The accounts rendered to Affidavits in that file =  facts of how the police acted as goons =  will make you shake your head in dismay 

when that matter is heard – March first to fourth 2021 at the Vancouver Lawcourts – the cops will be reminded of their proper place : as our servants, not uniformed thugs wearing loaded sidearms, enforcing the wicked policies of Bon-Monster Henry and the antichrist directing mind of the New Democratic Party. 

It’s important all-concerned appreciate how – other than the outrages committed in Chilliwack **  – the police in BC,  especially for the Victoria and Vancouver city,   are doing their job properly.     

Point being : no tickets nor bye-law infraction Notices were issued to us on Friday even though it most certainly was an EVENT, contrary to the Public Health Act Order.  It may seem that such a tiny little GATHERING doesn’t matter in the face of the onslaught of  propaganda puked-out by the lamestream media. Yet we do make a difference.  What I did not know yesterday afternoon, was =  the wording of the very latest Order.   In paragraph “J” of her Order of Feb 10 2021,  High Priestess of the Cult of the White Robe, Bonnie Henry,  goes on about how  ‘being sensitive to Charter rights for public gatherings in which a political position is being considered’. She didn’t retreat out of her good graces. No : the   NeeDiPpers   are venal but they’re not stupid.   John Horgan / his gaggle of chickenshit Trotsky-ites backed down after rumblings of our outrage disturbed supercilious celebration of their communist coup in BC.

Every time we get out and own the streets,  and amplify it with our own publicity media = we reach hearts and minds of folks whose instincts and human logic tell them there is something sinister about this KronaMadness … provoking them to think for themselves.  The Lie comes to an end but the Truth goes on forever     

Gordon S Watson

Justice Critic, Party of Citizens Who Have Decided To Think for Ourselves & Be Our Own Politicians

* S 210209 Vancouver Registry Supreme Court of British Columbia :  ALAIN BEAUDOIN  et al. versus  HMTQ ; BONNIE HENRY IN HER CAPACITY AS PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICER

** what the RCMP did in Chilliwack at the IMMANUEL COVENANT REFORMED CHURCH ; RIVERSIDE CALVARY CHAPEL ; FREE REFORMED CHURCH was a plain violation of section 176 of the Criminal Code. Don’t think that policemen are immune from being charged with such crime. 

Justice Centre to defend numerous individuals and faith communities issued $2300 tickets under BC public health orders

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News Release Justice Centre to defend numerous individuals and faith communities issued $2300 tickets under BC public health orders
Photo: Dawson Creek Mirror VANCOUVER: The Justice Centre of Constitutional Freedoms announced today that it will be challenging more than a dozen $2300 tickets given to different British Columbia individuals and faith communities, all for allegedly violating COVID public health orders.
 
The Justice Centre represents the following individuals and faith communities from across the province of British Columbia:

Alain Beaudoin
Brent Smith
Free Grace Baptist Church
Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack
Grant Reich
Heather Lucier
Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church
Jack Schoeman
James Butler
John Koopman
Jonah Zryd
Kelowna Harvest Fellowship
Riverside Calvary Chapel
Timothy Champ
Valley Heights Community Church
100 Mile House Baptist Church

The Province of B.C., specifically Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, has made orders prohibiting people from organizing or attending “events” “except as provided for” in her Orders
 
This has resulted in individuals being ticketed while exercising their Charter rights to peacefully protest because they did not comply with various requirements in the Orders, such as collecting the first and last names and contact information of fellow protestors. 
 
Further, in-person worship services have been completely prohibited, regardless of the extra safety measures implemented by the faith community. Pastors and faith communities have been issued whopping fines for holding religious services despite having gone to extraordinary lengths to comply with health guidelines, including limiting attendance to no more than 50 persons, pre-registering attendees, rearranging seating to ensure physical distancing, providing hand sanitizer and masks and enhancing cleaning and sanitizing procedures. 
 
Many members of faith communities cannot access online services. For these individuals, gathering in-person is essential to their spiritual and emotional well-being, especially to cope with the negative effects of lockdowns. Support groups have been allowed to remain open, yet the government of BC has warned: “Do not attend a service at a church, synagogue, mosque, gurdwara, temple, or other places of worship”. These severe measures are being imposed on BC residents, while the BC government allows hundreds of people to gather at any given time in a Walmart or Costco. The government allows residents to gather and seat six at a table at bars and restaurants. 
 
On January 7, 2021, the Justice Centre filed a Petition challenging the BC governments’ lockdown Orders on the basis that they unjustifiably violate the rights and freedoms of BC residents protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression; freedom of peaceful assembly; freedom of association; and the rights to life, liberty and security of the person as well as equality rights.
 
The Petition also challenges the Orders on the basis that they are unreasonable and exceed Dr. Bonnie Henry’s authority as Provincial Health Officer.
 
“The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the right of citizens to protest and to gather for religious worship and puts the onus on government to show that any infringement of Charter freedoms is justified in the circumstances,” notes Marty Moore, Justice Centre staff lawyer.
 
“Individuals across the province of BC have been issued significant fines for responsibly exercising their fundamental Charter rights and freedoms,” states Mr. Moore. “The Justice Centre’s legal team will be challenging each of these tickets in court. COVID-19 does not cancel Canadians’ constitutional rights.”
 

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Marty Moore, Staff Lawyer, Justice Centre
Phone : (587) 998-1806
Email: mmoore@jccf.ca; media@jccf.ca
 
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