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CATCH 22: RCMP VISIT BRAD LOVE THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK, BUT COURT SAYS HE CAN’T TALK TO THEM

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CATCH 22: RCMP VISIT BRAD LOVE THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK, BUT COURT SAYS HE CAN’T TALK TO THEM

On Monday, August 24, I received an urgent call from former political prisoner Brad Love (under Canada’s “hate law” he’d received 18 months in prison for writing non-violent letters to politicians)
 
Brad was in a Catch 22 situation: damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
 
 
 
 
Frederick Fromm's photo.Brad Love in Fort McMurray
 
He’d arrived home from work in Fort McMurray that afternoon and found a business card from the RCMP. He informed his advisors at CAFE, lest he be arrested, passed the word to several others and went out to dinner with a friend.
 
Why, you might ask, did he not take the card and call the cop back? Well, he’s under a probation order from Ontario Judge Kelly Wright forbidding him from contacting or expressing his views to police, media or political groups. [Yes, that Orwellian order was imposed, not in communist North Korea or in some African despotism, but in an Ontario court that gurgles on about Trudeau’s Charter of [very limited] Rights and Freedoms.
 
Specifically, Judge Wright’s July, 2012 order insisted: “Mr.  Love is to refrain from any political speech or commentary to any media  outlet, political, cultural or religious group or organization, or  police organization.“
 
So, strictly speaking, Brad was not supposed to talk to the police. Were they trying to entrap him and send him back to jail. Fort McMurray sees regular killings among its newly acquired Somali community but the RCMP seem to spend an inordinate amount of time and manpower trailing, visiting and harassing the town’s most prominent dissident.
 
Brad continues the account. “On August 26 the RCMP attended my house for the third day in a row to finally toldl me that I’m being investigated for ‘writing to Ottawa officials.’
 
It takes two cops in two cars to do all this? And am I actually being ‘investigated’ or intimidated?
 
I asked them this. I also told them that I am under  their own order as well as a Court order not to communicate with them and, as they had visited me three times to communicate with me, this constitutes a ‘conspiracy to impel an offender to breach  bail/court orders’ and I would be subpoenaing them to my October 26 trial to let a judge hear of this.
 
They were not happy campers upon hearing this.
 
And the beat goes on.
 
Locally, I am dying to have answers to the following questions, yet dare not ask a single yellow-bellied politico or media sap any of them,
 
They are:
 
1. Besides Kuwaiti money being poured into it, is any public money being thrown at the local super mosque that’s being built?
 
2. How much did our Western Summer Games cost/lose?
 
3. What is the true price of our real estate collapse in Alberta?
 
4. Who dares to take on or even discuss all of those ‘Natives only’ hiring practices?
 
5. There are so many Somali shootings here, yet no media attention. Why?
 
6. Who calls for the media’s constant stream of multicult promotion or do they make it all up themselves?
 
7. How many millions of dollars are sucked out of my country by Temporary Foreign Workers sending money home to the Philippines, Jamaica, Africa, etc.?
 
8. And what do banks like the TD, RBC or Western Union make by facilitating such a drain?
 
9. What does our over-staffed $1.25 a ride whoosh transit company lose yearly?
 
10. How many local jobs have been lost due to the $43-a-barrel oil?
 
11. What do so many sickly recent immigrants and their  large broods, whom I never see working, cost my local hospital, schools and welfare system?
 
12. There are many sports and entertainment facilities being built here that no one asked for. What are their final costs to the taxpayers? And how many people will actually use them? Beware of your government using your money to amuse you.
 
13. Why is the Food Bank here always empty?
 
14. Why does China or Chinese interests won 20% of Syncrude and all of Nexen, Husky Energy and Synopec? — Paul Fromm

 

The Legal Grinding of Brad Love

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The Legal Grinding of Brad Love
Free speech victims are slowly ground down by the judicial system. It is not just an abuse of process it is an abuse BY process.
 
In 2003, inveterate letter-writing Brad Love was sent to jail for 18 months for sending letters critical of immigration to 20 MPs and other public officials. He was saddled with increasingly onerous parole conditions, at one point, being forbidden to write to “any person” without their consent.
 
On January 19, having disposed to a host of charges in Fort McMurray Provincial Court — all but one was withdrawn by the Crown — Mr. Love was handcuffed by RCMP officers on an “outstanding warrant.” [Abuse BY process]
 
 The Crown, a David Belanger, told Judge Cleary that, as the  evidence for the list of charges was “circumstantial” [them. wny charge him in the first place?]  he was withdrawing  charges of “mailing scurrilous” material; (including the Canadian Immigration Hotline and Free Speech Monitor!) to an OXFAM campaigner and the local newspaper Fort McMurray Today. [Sec. 168]; causing a disturbance [Sec. 175.ii] and failure to attend court [Sec. 145.2]. On this latter charge (two counts). both alleged to have occurred last year, the Crown had been informed that Brad was serving a sentence for “breach of undertaking” (sending information packages to FOUR Jewish groups in Toronto) and had been so advised  by Peter Lindsay, his Toronto lawyer.
 
Very ill-advisedly, Brad pleaded guilty to “harassing” the OXFAM operative, a Mr. Crossley, by sending him material through the mail and similarly harassing the the-editor of Fort McMurray Today. How the system works is this: charges are piled  on a defendant, more court appearances hover on the horizon and, then, the accused is offered a “deal.” Mr. Love hoped to start a new job imminently and, thus, pleaded guilty to “harassing” these public figures by sending them material through the mail. He received a suspended sentence but is to have no contact with Mr. Crossley or the paper Fort McMurray Today for three years,. Thus, his right to communicate with the local press is severely limited. [Abuse BY process.]
 
In her sentence, Judge Cleary said: “Mr. Love has these views and he is not going to change. We are entitled to our views but there are limits.” There sure are in politically correct Canada where a person confronted with a politically incorrect opinion is likely to scurry off squealing to the police.
 
 
 
 
'The Legal Grinding of Brad Love Free speech victims are slowly ground down by the judicial system. It is not just an abuse of process it is an abuse BY process. In 2003, inveterate letter-writing Brad Love was sent to jail for 18 months for sending letters critical of immigration to 20 MPs and other public officials. He was saddled with increasingly onerous parole conditions, at one point, being forbidden to write to "any person" without their consent. On January 19, having disposed to a host of charges in Fort McMurray Provincial Court -- all but one was withdrawn by the Crown -- Mr. Love was handcuffed by RCMP officers on an "outstanding warrant." [Abuse BY process] The Crown, a David Belanger, told Judge Cleary that, as the evidence for the list of charges was "circumstantial" [them. wny charge him in the first place?] he was withdrawing charges of "mailing scurrilous" material; (including the Canadian Immigration Hotline and Free Speech Monitor!) to an OXFAM campaigner and the local newspaper Fort McMurray Today. [Sec. 168]; causing a disturbance [Sec. 175.ii] and failure to attend court [Sec. 145.2]. On this latter charge (two counts). both alleged to have occurred last year, the Crown had been informed that Brad was serving a sentence for "breach of undertaking" (sending information packages to FOUR Jewish groups in Toronto) and had been so advised by Peter Lindsay, his Toronto lawyer. Very ill-advisedly, Brad pleaded guilty to "harassing" the OXFAM operative, a Mr. Crossley, by sending him material through the mail and similarly harassing the the-editor of Fort McMurray Today. How the system works is this: charges are piled on a defendant, more court appearances hover on the horizon and, then, the accused is offered a "deal." Mr. Love hoped to start a new job imminently and, thus, pleaded guilty to "harassing" these public figures by sending them material through the mail. He received a suspended sentence but is to have no contact with Mr. Crossley or the paper Fort McMurray Today for three years,. Thus, his right to communicate with the local press is severely limited. [Abuse BY process.] In her sentence, Judge Cleary said: "Mr. Love has these views and he is not going to change. We are entitled to our views but there are limits." There sure are in politically correct Canada where a person confronted with a politically incorrect opinion is likely to scurry off squealing to the police. The surly RCMP would not confirm to me whether they had Brad in custody. On his instructions. I drove his car to his residence and secured his keys. Much later that night, he called me. He'd been released on $1,000 bail. The charges were four counts of breach of probation [Sec. 733.1] involving communication in Edmonton, November 13, November 24, 2014 and January 7 and 8, 2015, with unnamed media in Edmonton. "Being bound by a probation order dated the 13 day of July, 2012, [Mr. Love] did without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the order in that he failed top abstain from any political speech, correspondence, communication or commentary with any media outlet." Yes, that bail condition was actually imposed by Ontario Judge Kelly Wright, not by some judge in Cuba or North Korea. What's quoted in the charge is not exactly what Judge Wright said. I was there. She ordered: "Mr. Love is to refrain from any political speech or commentary to any media outlet, political, cultural or religious group or organization, or police organization." At Mr. Love's first court appearance on these charges, he drove the five hours both ways to Edmonton only to find that he did not have to attend court but merely check in at the clerk's desk and get a new date. [Abuse BY process.] Late Sunday night, March 8, Mr. Love was asleep. He'd gone to bed early to arise at 1:30 to head back to Edmonton for his next court appearance. His sleep was interrupted by knocking at about 12:30. The RCMP were there to arrest him for allegedly making threats while working at the Suncor site outside Fort McMurray. Apparently, a fellow worker had Googled his name and decided Mr. Love was a "White supremacist" and scurried off to the police. Mr. Love was held for more than 24 hours (the legal limit) before he saw a Justice of the Peace. The police wanted him held in custody but the JP did not seem overly impressed with the charges, saying, "Mr. Love's beliefs are not part of this case," and released him on $500 bail. However, he had missed his court appearance in Edmonton. On Tuesday, Mr. Love drove to Edmonton . "I arrived in the courthouse. My name was not on any list. In court, The Crown refused to bring my file up. I did not want to be charged with failure to appear. The judge told me to go around the corner to the police station and turn myself in. I did. I was told it takes 14 days for the system to get around to issuing a warrant for a non-appearance. I was told to come back March 17. What a screw around." That's another five hour trip each way to set a date. [Abuse BY process.] "I can't even take a job now because I'll need two days off for these brief court appearances in the next month," he adds. On April 8, he must appear in Fort McMurray on the most recent charge. The comical disclosure provided to him by the Crown notes that "Love wouldn't talk to the arresting officers." "That's right," he explodes. "On March 1, I was charged with 'breach of probation' for calling the local RCMP detachment." The disclosure, like a secret police file from some thug state, notes: "Love has a history of contacting police and the government." "Damn right," he answers, "I'm a taxpayer." And the abuse BY process continues. -- Paul Fromm'
 
 The surly RCMP would not confirm to me whether they had Brad in custody. On his instructions. I drove his car to his residence and secured his keys. Much later that night, he called me. He’d been released on $1,000 bail. The charges were four counts of  breach of probation [Sec. 733.1] involving communication in Edmonton, November 13, November 24, 2014 and January 7 and 8, 2015, with unnamed media in Edmonton. “Being bound by a probation order dated the 13 day of July, 2012, [Mr. Love] did without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the order in that he failed top abstain from any political speech, correspondence, communication or commentary with any media outlet.” Yes, that bail condition was actually imposed by Ontario Judge Kelly Wright, not by some judge in Cuba or North Korea.
 
What’s quoted in the charge is not exactly what Judge Wright said. I was there. She ordered: “Mr.  Love is to refrain from any political speech or commentary to any media  outlet, political, cultural or religious group or organization, or  police organization.”
 
At Mr. Love’s first court appearance on these charges, he drove the five hours both ways to Edmonton only to find that he did not have to attend court but merely check in at the clerk’s desk and get a new date. [Abuse BY process.]
 
Late Sunday night, March 8, Mr. Love was asleep. He’d gone to bed early to arise at 1:30 to head back to Edmonton for his next court appearance. His sleep was interrupted by knocking at about 12:30. The RCMP were there to arrest him for allegedly  making threats while working at the Suncor site outside Fort McMurray. Apparently, a fellow worker had Googled his name and decided Mr. Love was a “White supremacist” and scurried off to the police. Mr. Love was held for more than 24 hours (the legal limit) before he saw a Justice of the Peace.
 
The  police wanted  him held in custody but the JP did not seem overly impressed with the charges, saying, “Mr. Love’s beliefs are not part of this case,” and released him on $500 bail.
 
However, he had missed his court appearance in Edmonton. On Tuesday, Mr. Love drove to Edmonton . “I arrived in the courthouse. My name was not on any list. In court, The Crown refused to bring my file up. I did not want to be charged with failure to appear. The judge told me to go around the corner to the police station and turn  myself in. I did. I was told it takes 14 days for the system to get around to issuing a warrant for a non-appearance. I was told to come back March 17. What a screw around.” That’s another five hour trip each way to set a date. [Abuse BY process.]
 
“I can’t even take a job now because I’ll need two days off for these brief court appearances in the next month,” he adds.
 
On April 8, he must appear in Fort McMurray on the most recent charge. The comical disclosure provided to him by the Crown notes that “Love wouldn’t talk to the arresting officers.” 
 
“That’s right,” he explodes. “On March 1, I was charged with ‘breach of probation’ for calling the local RCMP detachment.”
 
The disclosure, like a secret police file from some thug state, notes: “Love has a history of contacting police and the government.”
 
“Damn right,” he answers, “I’m a taxpayer.”
 
And the abuse BY process continues. — Paul Fromm

CAFE Appears on Deanna Singola Show

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'I had a great time today on the Deanna Spingola Show on Republic Broadcasting. I spent two hours discussing the attack on free speech in Canuckistan -- the weekend arrest of political prisoner Brad Love for discussing Canada's foreign aid waste with a canvasser for SOS and for calling the Fort McMurray detachment of the RCMP and asking how a Pakistani woman could enter Canada from a terrorist hotbed like Pakistan (her homeland that she'd recently visited) carrying a poisonous bug spray. He's charged with "breach of probation" for expressing his opinions. I also hammered the hypocrisy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. Both marched for free speech in early January and proclaimed "Je suis Charlie". Yet, both are tossing free thinkers in prison,. Last week, lawyer Sylvia Stolz was sentenced to 20 months in prison for making a speech in SWITZERLAND in 2012 discussing restrictions of free speech in Germany. And, in France, teacher Vincent Reyounard was sentenced to two years in prison for expressing doubts on Facebook about the Hollywood version of WW II, particularly the new religion of holocaust.'
Host Deanna Spingola.

CAFE Appears on Deanna Singola Show

I had a great time today on the Deanna Spingola Show on Republic Broadcasting. I spent two hours discussing the attack on free speech in Canuckistan — the weekend arrest of political prisoner Brad Love for discussing Canada’s foreign aid waste with a canvasser for SOS and for calling the Fort McMurray detachment of the RCMP and asking how a Pakistani woman could enter Canada from a terrorist hotbed like Pakistan (her homeland that she’d recently visited) carrying a poisonous bug spray. He’s charged with “breach of probation” for expressing his opinions. I also hammered the hypocrisy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. Both marched for free speech in early January and proclaimed “Je suis Charlie”. Yet, both are tossing free thinkers in prison,. Last week, lawyer Sylvia Stolz was sentenced to 20 months in prison for making a speech in SWITZERLAND in 2012 discussing restrictions of free speech in Germany. And, in France, teacher Vincent Reyounard was sentenced to two years in prison for expressing doubts on Facebook about the Hollywood version of WW II, particularly the new religion of holocaust.

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Brad Love Charge With Breach of Probation for Talking to Charity Fundraiser and Calling RCMP To Ask About Pakistani Poisoner
REXDALE. March 1, 2015 “There’s definitely a bull’s eye target on former political prisoner Brad Love’s back,” says Paul Fromm, Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression. Mr. Love was convicted under Canada’s notorious “hate law” in 2003 for writing letters to 20 public officials. He has been under increasingly onerous probation conditions ever since. At one point, former Ontario Judge Hogg imposed bail conditions that forbade him to write to “any person” without their consent.
Yesterday, Mr. Love attended the Winter Festival in Fort. McMurray, where he lives. He spied a table set up by SOS. He approached and plunked a wad of bank notes down on the table. “I’ll give you this entire roll, if you can tell me how much Canada’s government is giving to Haiti in foreign aid,” said aid opponent Love.
'Canadian Association for Free Expression Box 332, Rexdale, Ontario, M9W 5L3 Ph: 905-566-4455; FAX: 905-566-4820; Website http://cafe.nfshost.com Paul Fromm, B.Ed, M.A. Director FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brad Love Charge With Breach of Probation for Talking to Charity Fundraiser and Calling RCMP To Ask About Pakistani Poisoner REXDALE. March 1, 2015 "There's definitely a bull's eye target on former political prisoner Brad Love's back," says Paul Fromm, Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression. Mr. Love was convicted under Canada's notorious "hate law" in 2003 for writing letters to 20 public officials. He has been under increasingly onerous probation conditions ever since. At one point, former Ontario Judge Hogg imposed bail conditions that forbade him to write to "any person" without their consent. Yesterday, Mr. Love attended the Winter Festival in Fort. McMurray, where he lives. He spied a table set up by SOS. He approached and plunked a wad of bank notes down on the table. "I'll give you this entire roll, if you can tell me how much Canada's government is giving to Haiti in foreign aid," said aid opponent Love. "Are you Brad Love?" the apprehensive man asked. Mr. Love confirmed his identity. "You scrape to raise pennies and the Harper government has given hundreds of millions to Haiti," Mr. Love added. They talked for a few minutes and Mr. Love moved on. SOS stands for Some Other Solutions are runs a crisis prevention service. On returning home, he called the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to inquire about an investigation into a Pakistani immigrant who recently returned from a visit to her homeland with pesticide that is not authorized in Canada. She used it to try to get rid of bedbugs and, in the process, two of her children died of poisoning and two more are in hospital. "How could she get into Canada with this poison? Mr. Love asked. "Isn't Pakistan one of those nations that exports terrorists that Prime Minister Harper is always talking about? " The person answering the phone said she felt "threatened" and hung up. Twenty minutes later, three RCMP officers arrived at Mr. Love's townhouse and arrested him for "breach of probation" to talking to the SOS representative and making his inquiry at the RCMP detachment. His probation conditions, imposed by Ontario Judge Kelly Wright as part of a brutal 18 months sentence for breach of undertaking (which usually attracts a 30 day sentence) imposed a three year ban: ""Mr. Love is to refrain from any political speech or commentary to any media outlet, political, cultural or religious group or organization, or police organization,." "Yes, this gag order was imposed in Canada, not Cuba or North Korea," says Mr. Fromm, who has championed Mr. Love's battle for free speech. "This is a country where press and politicians were tripping over themselves six weeks ago to proclaim 'Je suis, Charlie' and stand up for freedom of speech in France," he added. "It's time to stand up for it here!" Early Sunday morning, Mr. Love appeared by video-conference before a JP. The police opposed bail. Mr. Love was freed on $500 bail. Mr. Love is to appear in court March 9. "I will be seeking a jury trial. I am not allowed to talk to the media. I want 12 people to hear how this system has trampled on my freedom of speech."'
“Are you Brad Love?” the apprehensive man asked. Mr. Love confirmed his identity.
“You scrape to raise pennies and the Harper government has given hundreds of millions to Haiti,” Mr. Love added. They talked for a few minutes and Mr. Love moved on.
SOS stands for Some Other Solutions are runs a crisis prevention service.
On returning home, he called the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to inquire about an investigation into a Pakistani immigrant who recently returned from a visit to her homeland with pesticide that is not authorized in Canada. She used it to try to get rid of bedbugs and, in the process, two of her children died of poisoning and two more are in hospital.
“How could she get into Canada with this poison? Mr. Love asked. “Isn’t Pakistan one of those nations that exports terrorists that Prime Minister Harper is always talking about? ”

The person answering the phone said she felt “threatened” and hung up.
Twenty minutes later, three RCMP officers arrived at Mr. Love’s townhouse and arrested him for “breach of probation” to talking to the SOS representative and making his inquiry at the RCMP detachment. His probation conditions, imposed by Ontario Judge Kelly Wright as part of  a brutal 18 months sentence for breach of undertaking (which usually attracts a 30 day sentence) imposed a three year ban: “”Mr.  Love is to refrain from any political speech or commentary to any media outlet, political, cultural or religious group or organization, or police organization,.”
“Yes, this gag order was imposed in Canada, not Cuba or North Korea,” says Mr. Fromm, who has championed Mr. Love’s battle for free speech. “This is a country where press and politicians were tripping over themselves six weeks ago to proclaim ‘Je suis, Charlie’ and stand up for freedom of speech in France,” he added. “It’s time to stand up for it here!”
Early Sunday morning, Mr. Love appeared by video-conference before a JP. The police opposed bail. Mr. Love was freed on $500 bail.
Mr. Love is to appear in court March 9. “I will be seeking a jury trial. I am not allowed to talk to the media. I want 12 people to hear how this system has trampled on my freedom of speech.”

Je Suis Brad — Attend Trial of “Citizen Journalist” — Fort McMurray, Monday, January 19, 2015

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Paul Fromm, B.Ed, M.A. Director

January 18, 2015

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Je Suis Brad — Attend Trial of “Citizen Journalist” — Fort McMurray, Monday, January 19, 2015

A week ago, many Canadians joined rallies across the country supporting free speech and showing solidarity with the victims of the radical Islamic terrorists who gunned down 12 people at French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Most Canadians smugly thought free speech as safe in Canada. After all, we have Trudeau’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms with its guarantees of freedom of speech, freedom of opinion, freedom of the press. Sadly, due to the weasel clauses in the Charter, these rights have been steadily eroded since it took effect in 1982.

A good case in point is inveterate letter writer, Brad Love, a construction worker in Fort McMurray, Alberta. A self taught writer, inveterate reader and opinionated curmudgeon, Mr. Love’s problems began in 2002. Over a 20 year period, he estimates he’d written over 10,000 letters to politicians at all levels, the media and public figures. That year he was charged under Canada’s notorious “hate” law — Section 318 of the Criminal Code — for 20 letters he’s written to politicians and public figures. It must be emphasize that none of these letters contained threats — just his populist opinions. He is critical of foreign aid, immigration and waste of taxpayers’ money.

Mr. Love was sentenced to 18 months in prison — the stiffest sentence ever handed down under the “hate law” — for writing letters. Amnesty International defines a prisoner of conscience or political prisoner as someone punished or jailed for the non-violent expression of his political, religious or cultural views. Yes, Brad Love is a political prisoner and may soon be so again. This situation is a disgrace to Canada.

However, when he was released in 2003, Mr, Love faced a three year parole and increasingly restrictive conditions. At one point, an Ontario judge named Hogg imposed the condition that he could not write to “anyone” without their consent. That condition

In 2012, Mr. Love was convicted of “breach of undertaking” for having sent opinionated information packages to several Toronto Jewish groups, having obtained their oral consent. For this he received 18 months and a further three year gag order. The average sentence for a drug dealing gangbanger for “breach of bail” is 60 days, A non-violent letter writer draws 18 months,

In 2013, Mr. Love was charged in Fort McMurray with “sending scurrilous material through the mail” and “harassment” for repeated communications with the editor of Fort McMurray Today, which advertises that it WANTS its readers’ comments,  and a local representative of OXFAM.

When initially charged, Mr. Love’s bail forbade him to “write by e-mail, text or letter” to any person, presumably not even his gravely ill mother in Ontario. Again, this brutal gag was imposed, not in North Korea or Cuba or Saudi Arabia, but in Alberta, Canada.

Last September, just as Mr. Love was completely his “breach” sentence in Ontario, Albert sent two officers to bring him back in handcuffs and leg irons in a wheelchair to Alberta like some murderer, bank robber or drug lord — all for non-violent communication. What did the three airfares, travel expenses and salaries cost the taxpayers of Alberta?

On Monday, January 19 at 9:30, Mr. Love will go on trial in the Provincial Courthouse (9700 Franklin Ave.) in Fort McMurray.

“Free speech is the issue,” says Paul Fromm Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression which has championed Mr. Love’s struggle since 2003.

“In the education system we both grew up in in Etobicoke, Ontario, we were told that citizenship implied certain duties. A good citizen should inform himself, care, take a stand and voice his opinion. Mr. Love’s outspoken populism may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but by any measure, he is a good citizen, a concerned citizen and should be honoured for his commitment not prosecuted,” Mr. Fromm adds.

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Contact Paul Fromm — 416-428-5308

Brad Love “Citizen Journalist” Opens 37th Year of Alternative Forum

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REXDALE, January 14, 2015, Former political prisoner Brad Love kicked off the 37th year of the monthly Alternative Forum in Toronto tonight with a spirited talk about his persecution over the past two decades for writing and calling politicians and media and speaking his mind.

 
“I only care about my people, not Israel or immigrants,” he said, outlining his philosophy.
 
“I spent all day trying to get my father into extended care, after  a hip replacement operation. Harper has spent nearly $800-million on aid to Haiti, but our medical system cannot deliver,” he added. “Our government spends millions on fighting Ebola, but no one here has Ebola. We spend money on gay marches and multiculturalism, but we can’t get my dad into a nursing home. He’s worked all his life here.”
 
Recounting the events of last year, he said: “I spent one year in jail for breach of probation.” He had sent packages of information and commentary to several Toronto Jewish groups, having obtained oral consent on the phone. Nevertheless, he was convicted of “breach of probation” and given a draconian 18 months in jail. His conditions had forbad him to write to “anyone” without their consent. [These conditions were imposed in Ontario, not North Korea.]
 
“The average black crack pusher gets 60 days for a breach. I get 18 months. I am a working guy who works 84 hours a week and no longer even lives in Ontario!”
 
“Nobody in the newspapers would cover my trial. I had to fly back for repeated hearings 10 times — that’s airfare, car rental, legal fees for a minor breach. They brought in major fingerprint experts for this little breach. They should be working on bank robberies, not a non-violent breach,” he argued.
 
“I was kept beyond my release date so that sheriff’s deputies could travel from Alberta to arrest me. I was taken in a wheelchair in shackles through Toronto International; Airport. How I got on a plane with no ID, I don’t know. When we arrived in Alberta, I was taken to Leduc. I had a bail hearing by telephone with  JP. The Crown said I had no roots in Fort McMurray. I’d worked there for 10 years!,” he exclaimed. “The JP then asked me how much money I had on me. I had $961. I had to post $900. There I was five hours away from home. I was released in a town where I knew nobody at 6:00 a.m. With my remaining money, I took a cab to a bank machine to withdraw money to fly back home.”
 
This coming Monday, he explained, “I go on trial in Fort McMurray for writing letters to the editor of the local paper Fort McMurray Today and for having had a n argument with a representative of OXFAM collecting money in a local mall, I had said, why are you digging wells in Africa. The blacks must be standing around laughing at these silly Whites digging them wells, while they stand around idle.” These do gooders, he added, “are the types who’;d step over a homeless person in their own city.”
 
Mr. Love noticed [police hanging around his home a few weeks back. “The police presence sends a message” to the neighbours that the letter-writer is a dangerous person.
 
“The local paper says ‘we want to hear your comments.’ I wrote to them, I bombarded the editor for years.”
 
“The judge has said I cannot cross-examine the complainants.” Mr. Love will be representing himself, with the assistance of Paul Fromm of the Canadian Association for Free Expression. Mr. Love is charged with “harassment” and “sending scurrilous material through the mails.”
 
“These charges are 20 months old,” Mr. Love noted. “My right to a speedy trial has been violated.”
 
“When I appear in Court,” he explained, “I am animated as I am here tonight. They always have special deputies sitting there. They are used to Newfies or natives,” who tend to be passive. “The IQ in Fort Mac is room temperature,” he quipped.
 
“The lawyers there are afraid of free speech. One Fort McMurray lawyer said to me, ‘I’m not comfortable with you,’ but they’d eagerly represent a native axe murderer.”
 
Brad Love "Citizen Journalist" Opens 37th Year of Alternative Forum REXDALE, January 14, 2015, Former political prisoner Brad Love kicked off the 37th year of the monthly Alternative Forum in Toronto tonight with a spirited talk about his persecution over the past two decades for writing and calling politicians and media and speaking his mind. "I only care about my people, not Israel or immigrants," he said, outlining his philosophy. "I spent all day trying to get my father into extended care, after a hip replacement operation. Harper has spent nearly $800-million on aid to Haiti, but our medical system cannot deliver," he added. "Our government spends millions on fighting Ebola, but no one here has Ebola. We spend money on gay marches and multiculturalism, but we can't get my dad into a nursing home. He's worked all his life here." Recounting the events of last year, he said: "I spent one year in jail for breach of probation." He had sent packages of information and commentary to several Toronto Jewish groups, having obtained oral consent on the phone. Nevertheless, he was convicted of "breach of probation" and given a draconian 18 months in jail. His conditions had forbad him to write to "anyone" without their consent. [These conditions were imposed in Ontario, not North Korea.] "The average black crack pusher gets 60 days for a breach. I get 18 months. I am a working guy who works 84 hours a week and no longer even lives in Ontario!" "Nobody in the newspapers would cover my trial. I had to fly back for repeated hearings 10 times -- that's airfare, car rental, legal fees for a minor breach. They brought in major fingerprint experts for this little breach. They should be working on bank robberies, not a non-violent breach," he argued. "I was kept beyond my release date so that sheriff's deputies could travel from Alberta to arrest me. I was taken in a wheelchair in shackles through Toronto International; Airport. How I got on a plane with no ID, I don't know. When we arrived in Alberta, I was taken to Leduc. I had a bail hearing by telephone with JP. The Crown said I had no roots in Fort McMurray. I'd worked there for 10 years!," he exclaimed. "The JP then asked me how much money I had on me. I had $961. I had to post $900. There I was five hours away from home. I was released in a town where I knew nobody at 6:00 a.m. With my remaining money, I took a cab to a bank machine to withdraw money to fly back home." This coming Monday, he explained, "I go on trial in Fort McMurray for writing letters to the editor of the local paper Fort McMurray Today and for having had a n argument with a representative of OXFAM collecting money in a local mall, I had said, why are you digging wells in Africa. The blacks must be standing around laughing at these silly Whites digging them wells, while they stand around idle." These do gooders, he added, "are the types who';d step over a homeless person in their own city." Mr. Love noticed [police hanging around his home a few weeks back. "The police presence sends a message" to the neighbours that the letter-writer is a dangerous person. "The local paper says 'we want to hear your comments.' I wrote to them, I bombarded the editor for years." "The judge has said I cannot cross-examine the complainants." Mr. Love will be representing himself, with the assistance of Paul Fromm of the Canadian Association for Free Expression. Mr. Love is charged with "harassment" and "sending scurrilous material through the mails." "These charges are 20 months old," Mr. Love noted. "My right to a speedy trial has been violated." "When I appear in Court," he explained, "I am animated as I am here tonight. They always have special deputies sitting there. They are used to Newfies or natives," who tend to be passive. "The IQ in Fort Mac is room temperature," he quipped. "The lawyers there are afraid of free speech. One Fort McMurray lawyer said to me, 'I'm not comfortable with you,' but they'd eagerly represent a native axe murderer." "If yuo write about immigration and black crime, White cops will come and arrest you, White lawyers will prosecute you. Why? If Love is right and cutting immigration would reduce crime, then it could mean our jobs. The police forces could lose 40% of their force. We're the bogeyman. Our own people have sold us out!" he charged. While in jail in Lindsay, he said, "my mail was held without a court order. I was specially punished. When I was released, they gave me 138 letters that had been held." "I consider myself a citizen journalist," he explained. "When I speak to people in Fort McMurray of these matters, they resent me because I remind them of their own cowardice," he concluded. A lively discussion and question-and-answer session followed and those in attendance cheered Mr. Love and wished him every success at next week's trial.
 
“If you write about immigration and black crime, White cops will come and arrest you, White lawyers will prosecute you. Why? If Love is right and cutting immigration would reduce crime, then it could mean our jobs. The police forces could lose 40% of their force. We’re the bogeyman. Our own people have sold us out!” he charged.
While in jail in Lindsay, he said, “my mail was held without a court order. I was specially punished. When I was released, they gave me 138 letters that had been held.”
 
“I consider myself a citizen journalist,” he explained.
 
“When I speak to people in Fort McMurray of these matters, they resent me because I remind them of their own cowardice,” he concluded. A lively discussion and question-and-answer session followed and those in attendance cheered Mr. Love and wished him every success at next week’s trial.

Notes from Former Political Prisoner Brad Love in Fort McMurray — Native Privilege

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Notes from Former Political Prisoner Brad Love in Fort McMurray — Native Privilege
 
 

I’ve been working up at the Fort McKay Indian Reserve for over a month now and it’s quite a sight up there.  Native teens  blast up the roads all day on motor bikes,  dune buggies, etc.  No helmets, no seat belts, no speed limit and the RCMP wave at them as they go by.  I try any of this on my street and they’d take my licence, then jail me!  

 
Many homes have hundreds of thousands of dollars in boats, trailers, skidoos and jet skis sitting on their front lawns.  Where do they get all this money? Many don’t seem to work and all the day long, the residents there walk (waddle) to the local store situated in a trailer which is run by a Chinese guy (some surprise) who charges them outrageous prices for the junk food that they consume en masse.  Everyone seems to smoke and beer cans and liquor bottles lie everywhere.  Meanwhile, they blame big oil companies for their alleged health concerns.  

 
There is a school on the reserve and each morning, I see a brand new shiny school bus deliver one kid.  There’s also a new hockey arena.  No one’s ever there.  A small ski hill with an electric tow system and a huge glass and wood theater-style  band office, which is cleaned by Filipino foreign workers.  Many of the reserve homes have numerous security cameras attached to them. There is also an outdoor amphitheater that would seat 100s and is made from costly-looking square granite slabs.  Impressive.  Yet, who pays for it? How much does such a reserve receive and why?  
 
I’d ask my local media to delve into this, but chances are, they’d simply call the cops on ME for my “racist overtones”.  
 
Nuts!  “Poor Natives,” not a chance!  But of course, everything is a big secret.  No one questions anything and Whtle homeless guys here sleep outside  our hospital has a charity drive to buy much-needed equipment, a local native chief buys a new speedboat and a Cadillac Escalade, Now, half my wage is taken in taxes while well-off natives pay NO taxes.  Some Democracy.
 
Brad
 
Notes from Political Prisoner Brad Love in Fort McMurray -- Native Privilege I've been working up at the Fort McKay Indian Reserve for over a month now and it's quite a sight up there. Native teens blast up the roads all day on motor bikes, dune buggies, etc. No helmets, no seat belts, no speed limit and the RCMP wave at them as they go by. I try any of this on my street and they'd take my licence, then jail me! Many homes have hundreds of thousands of dollars in boats, trailers, skidoos and jet skis sitting on their front lawns. Where do they get all this money? Many don't seem to work and all the day long, the residents there walk (waddle) to the local store situated in a trailer which is run by a Chinese guy (some surprise) who charges them outrageous prices for the junk food that they consume en masse. Everyone seems to smoke and beer cans and liquor bottles lie everywhere. Meanwhile, they blame big oil companies for their alleged health concerns. There is a school on the reserve and each morning, I see a brand new shiny school bus deliver one kid. There's also a new hockey arena. No one's ever there. A small ski hill with an electric tow system and a huge glass and wood theater-style band office, which is cleaned by Filipino foreign workers. Many of the reserve homes have numerous security cameras attached to them. There is also an outdoor amphitheater that would seat 100s and is made from costly-looking square granite slabs. Impressive. Yet, who pays for it? How much does such a reserve receive and why? I'd ask my local media to delve into this, but chances are, they'd simply call the cops on ME for my "racist overtones". Nuts! "Poor Natives," not a chance! But of course, everything is a big secret. No one questions anything and Whtle homeless guys here sleep outside our hospital has a charity drive to buy much-needed equipment, a local native chief buys a new speedboat and a Cadillac Escalade, Now, half my wage is taken in taxes while well-off natives pay NO taxes. Some Democracy. Brad
Political prisoner Brad Love with some 150 letters the prison never send out, 
part of the State’s campaign to silence this letter-writing dissident. Oh, yes,
 and this happened in Canada, not in Communist China or North Korea or Cuba!

Former Political Prisoner Brad Love Victimized by “Trespass” Charge for Trying to Save An Abandoned Dog

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Former Political Prisoner Brad Love Victimized by “Trespass” Charge for Trying to Save An Abandoned Dog
There’s no doubt about it: Alberta’s political police are seeking to make things too hot for former political prisoner Brad Love and, by petty harassment, hope to drive him out of Fort McMurray.
 
In an exclusive interview with CAFE today, he explained that, at 8:00 a.m. this morning, there was a knock on his door. A policewoman handed him a ticket charging him with “trespass” to a neighbour’s property. If found guilty, he faces a fine of $289.
 
“This is ridiculous,” he told the policewoman, whom he’d seen before.
 
Cryptically she answered: “It’s not me. It’s people above me.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photo: Former Political Prisoner Brad Love Victimized by "Trespass" Charge for Trying to Save An Abandoned Dog There's no doubt about it: Alberta's political police are seeking to make things too hot for former political prisoner Brad Love and, by petty harassment, hope to drive him out of Fort McMurray. In an exclusive interview with CAFE today, he explained that, at 8:00 a.m. this morning, there was a knock on his door. A policewoman handed him a ticket charging him with "trespass" to a neighbour's property. If found guilty, he faces a fine of $289. "This is ridiculous," he told the policewoman, whom he'd seen before. Cryptically she answered: "It's not me. It's people above me." Two weeks ago, on July 27, Mr. Love became aware of the persistent barking of a neighbour's dog. The barking went on for hours. The dog had been left alone in the heat in a back yard. After 12 hours, Mr. Love approached the neighbour's house and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Two hours later, out of concern for the poor dog, Mr. Love phoned the police. The same female policeman answered his call and went to investigate. By now there were some people there. They insisted they were tenants and that the dog was not theirs but belonged to the owner. The policewoman told Mr. Love there was nothing she could do. In the meantime, the dog has disappeared. All the policewoman could tell him today when she delivered the summons today was that the neighbours had been "concerned" by his knocking on their door (when they, apparently, were not at home). Mr. Love heads to court in Fort McMurray on this latest charge on September 27.,
 
 
Two weeks ago, on July 27, Mr. Love became aware of the persistent barking of a neighbour’s dog. The barking went on for hours. The dog had been left alone in the heat in a back yard. After 12 hours, Mr. Love approached the neighbour’s house and knocked on the door. There was no answer.
 
 
Two hours later, out of concern for the poor dog, Mr. Love phoned the police. The same female policeman answered his call and went to investigate. By now there were some people there. They insisted they were tenants and that the dog was not theirs but belonged to the owner.
 
The policewoman told Mr. Love there was nothing she could do. In the meantime, the dog has disappeared.
 
All the policewoman could tell him today when she delivered the summons today was that the neighbours had been “concerned” by his knocking on their door (when they, apparently, were not at home).
 
Mr. Love heads to court in Fort McMurray on this latest charge on September 18.

The World from Fort McMurray — Commentary By Former Political Prisoner Brad Love

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On a rare day off I attend Burger King for a 25-cent coffee and I am served by a 12-year-old East Indian boy.  I asked his age.  This town of For. McMurray (Ft. Mac) is awash with temporary foreign workers. Land at the newly opened airport and the facility is awash in Filipinos cleaning and serving.
 
The costliest hotel in town (where politicos constantly meet) is the Saw Ridge Inn which is owned by a native ban,although, no natives seem work there. Its staff is all Third Worlders, some of whom, despite the vast profits this hotel rakes in, are housed in local subsidized housing.  Corporate welfare?  Of course.  The workers who did interior renovations at this hotel were all mainland Chinese.  I asked.  

 
Downtown streets are awash with strolling Africans and Muslims and all of the women seem to be enormously pregnant.  Not good.  While our hospital and other social facilities hold nonstop charity drives to buy equipment, our mayor spends $20 million on a footbridge that will cross a rarely used river.  And tens of millions more will go  on a downtown arena and outdoor rink near city hall.  The bridge and the rink will be deserted come our -40-degree winters.
 
No one asked for this stuff.  Is our city government  simply rewarding their contractor pals with borrowed dollars?  Our delicate media dare not ask hard questions … nor do I.  Despite the billions that Harper wastes on Afghan/Africa/Haiti, our door-to-door mail service gets cut off in 60 days. Meanwhile, I work 80 hours weekly, the government steals half so Harper can fly all his pals to Israel.  I know, BUT DON’T SAY ANYTHING!!!
 
Back in Ontario, which I also subsidize, almost 2 million souls wile away their days on welfare or ODSP while here in Ft. Mac, a steady stream of temporary foreign workers lands at the airport.  No one gets this. 
 
In the parking lot of our downtown mall, dozens of homeless and disoriented natives sleep on lawns and in doorways.  At night, they actually lock the doors on our heated bus shelters to prevent vandalism and sleepovers. No one ever asked for these costly shelters either.  Our local radio DJs will utter “fart and boob” comments but will never talk about what I’ve written and I dare not call them to prompt them either. They might complain of “harassment” again.  Juvenile cowards, all of them!
 
Here’s a prediction:  When Harper/Kenney/Baird leave office, how much you wanna bet that these three stooges for Israel find great jobs with companies like Gerry Schwartz’s Onex Corp for their undying obedience to Jewish causes.    Not a coincidence. Trust me.  No one will question this. 
 
Obesity is a huge problem here.  Too many dollars and nowhere to go. So, they eat fast food like you wouldn’t believe. This will jam up our depleted healthcare in the years to come, Yet, let’s not offend self-inflicted fat people who don’t know what to do with their dollars.  I’ve met grown men who don’t even know what an RRSP is.  ‘Course, they’ve never ever voted and would understand nothing of this letter’s contents.  A 300-pound woman covered in tattoos is not pretty to look at!
 
Now that the holocaust of Gaza is all but complete, certain media types and politicos here mouth off about Israeli’s right to defend itself.  Now of course, if you ever mentioned Canada or Canadian’s “right to defend themselves” or such similar nationalistic themes, especially when it comes to immigration, illegals, foreign aid, etc., these same brash Israel-firsters will be the first to accuse you of being “closed minded and racist” and will set upon you like only the B’nai Brith knows how.  What is good for racist Israel is NOT good for or in Canada. If this same tribe continues to shut down free speech as they’re doing then they should not be surprised when no one speaks up when they come for them again.  They’ve dug their own graves. 
ALL FOR NOW, BRAD.
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Brad Love arrested at Toronto free speech meeting in April, 2009 for “breach of probation” for writing more letters.. The eight-man take  down squad of Metropolitan Toronto thought police brought a Globe and Mail reporter in tow.
Political prisoner Brad Love was hammered, in 2003, with the harshest sentence ever — 18 months — under Canada’s notorious thought crimes law, Sec. 319 of the Criminal Code for writing opinionated non-threatening letters to elected officials. His probation conditions have been repeatedly tightened over the intervening years so that, at one point, a Judge Hogg (no kidding) ordered him not to write to “any person” without their  express consent. This order was issued, not in North Korea, but in Canada. In 2012, he was convicted of breach of probation for sending information packages to several Jewish groups who had, in fact, consented. He received an additional 18 months and now labours under a further ban not to write to political media or religious groups. Again, this Orwellian trampling of free speech occurred , not in North Korea or the Congo, but in smug, self-satisfied and increasingly repressive Canada.

No Parole For Political Prisoner Brad Love — Whisked Off By RCMP For Another Trial

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No Parole For Political Prisoner Brad Love — Whisked Off By RCMP For Another Trial

REXDALE, ON. June 16, 2014. Yesterday was supposed to be a day of rejoicing for free speech supporters in the Toronto area to welcome home local Etobicoke boy, inveterate letter writer Brad Love, Having served over 11 months of an 18 month sentence for breach of probation (sending information packages to four Toronto Jewish groups in 2009), when the usual sentence for such an offence is usually 30 days, Mr. Love was to be picked up by his brother from the Lindsay jail in time for a Father’s Day gathering.
 
The Alternative Forum and the Canadian Association for Free Expression had planned a meeting here tonight to welcome Mr, Love who has been put through a 12-year ordeal, including over 30 months in prison, for writing non-violent, opinionated letters to politicians, police chiefs, media outlets and Jewish groups.
 
I wasn’t particularly worried when I did not hear from Mr. Love on Sunday. After all, it was Father’s Day, the first anniversary of his beloved mother’s death, and he naturally wanted to be with family.
 
A call this morning delivered a boot to the solar plexus and ruined our joys. The collect call was from Brad Love at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay. It was bad news:   “I am being kept here for six more days. The RCMP is going to fly me back to Fort McMurray. I am going to be charged with missing a court date.”
 
The situation is beyond absurd. The Alberta courts have been contacted repeatedly for proof that Mr. Love’s bail conditions, stemming out of a charge for sending “scurrilous material” to several politicians and media officials, had been amended. They know he has been incarcerated in Ontario since mid-July 2013. The cost to the taxpayers of several airfares and the RCMP escort is atrocious.brad love political prisoner
 
A disappointed Mr.  Love observed: “they know I am coming back to Fort McMurray. I live there. I own a home there. I intend to resume my job there and I have posted $2,000 cash bail.”
 
“They are going to fly me, a letter writer, back to Fort McMurray like a dangerous bank robber. What a kick in the balls. What a system! They caused me to miss my Dad’s Father’s Day and the one year memorial of my Mom’s death.”
 
Mr. Love will seek bail on this latest near fanatical enmity of the Canada’s politically correct justice system to silence an opinionated letter writer. “I am going to say to the judge, ‘I’d have been here earlier but the RCMP kidnapped me.’|”
 
Canada’s justice system is increasingly in the hands of Christian-hating cultural Marxists intent on silencing populist opposition to the forced egalitarian agenda.