FREEDOM EVENTS IN THE OKANAGAN: DAVID LINDSAY CASES;THANKSGIVING RALLIES — KELOWNA, OK FALLS, KAMLOOPS, VERNON, OLIVER; CASH IS KING

“It Ain’t Over”

Freedom activists are critical thinkers!

Our society is so dumbed down and indoctrinated that anyone who is a critical thinker is labeled as a Conspiracy Theorist to avoid critical debates

Did you know: The term ‘conspiracy theorist’ was first coined and used by the CIA to ridicule anyone who opposed the gov’t narrative?

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IMPORTANT

It is important to come out on Saturday to oppose all Gov’t corruption and support others.

Thanksgiving Rally!!!

Let’s remind all Kelowna that the reason people have the remaining rights and freedoms we have today – is because of people like US!!

Let’s give thanks to people all over Canada who stand up for freedom!

 Courts

Falsified assault charge

Kelowna Courthouse

R v David Lindsay s. 266 Criminal Code Assault – Appeal

Thank you for all your support and belief for freedom!!

Remember the Freedom Principle:

An attack against one is an attack against all.

An attack against all, is an attack against one.

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⇒ Donations ⇐

Next Supreme Court Appeal Hearing Date:

Week of Nov. 4 – TBA on Nov. 1

November 14, 2:00 p.m.

Case Management Hearing for the Appeal

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City of Kelowna v David Lindsay et al

Petition to Stop Rallies at Stuart Park

December 3, 4, 5, 2024 10:00 a.m.

1355 Water St.

Kelowna Courthouse

for hearing on my SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) application to strike the City’s Petition against us. (See the B.C. Protection of Public Participation Act)

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19003

Our documents in this case are located on our website at:

All City of Kelowna documents and pleadings are now placed on our website for public viewing: https://clearbc.org/city-of-kelowna/

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Candidate Forums

Get your damning questions ready or submit them in advance – check location for details

https://www.kelownachamber.org/events-programs/2024-bc-provincial-election/

Kelowna

Coast Capri Hotel

1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna

Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream: Wed 9 Oct register

https://secure.kelownachamber.org/events/AllCandidates%20Forum%20%20Kelowna%20Lake%20Country%20Coldstream%20Riding%20-6480/details

Kelowna-Centre: Thurs 10 Oct register

https://secure.kelownachamber.org/events/AllCandidates%20Forum%20%20Kelowna%20Centre%20Riding%20-6481/details

Vernon

November 10, 2024 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre

Live Stream

https://www.vernon.ca/activities-events/news-events/events-calendar/all-candidates-forum-vernons-councillor-election

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Rustad promises to ensure all court proceedings are recorded and made available online so people can hear what is going on. This is the first step in holding judges accountable.

If my case was open to the Canadian public who could see J. Heinrich’s actions and incessant eyeball rolling, as well as Grabavac’s, the hot lines would be filled with people demanding their resignations.

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/rustad-vows-to-restore-public-safety-in-bc-via-improvements-to-law-enforcement-justice-system/58437

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Thought of the week

Ask everyone running for office the following:

Alberta has had its own effective Bill of Rights for decades and will be strengthening it this fall.

If elected, will you promote the passage of a similar B.C. Bill of Rights for this Province, including protection for property rights, protection for unvaccinated, and parental rights over their children?

Yes You get my vote

No Why would you not want to protect our rights and freedoms? You don’t get my vote.

Maybe Sorry, I don’t vote for fence sitters!

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Please remember other innocent people who have stood up for our rights and freedoms against our tyrannical governments during COVID-19 and to the present, who are now in the midst of their ongoing, oppressive trials:

Tamara Lich

Chris Barber

The Coutts prisoners: Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert

Pat King

Tommy Robinson

and many other real victims.

NOTE: Jury decision in the Coutts trial was rendered and the jury determined that they were innocent of the primary charge of conspiracy to commit murder against police officers.

Despite this, they remain in custody now for over 900 days.

Justice Labrenz unbelievably sentenced Carbert to 6 ½ years for possession of a restricted firearm and six months for mischief (to be served concurrently), and Olienick to six years possession of a restricted firearm and six months for mischief, as well as a six month sentence for possession of an explosive also served concurrently, for a similar total of 6 ½ years. Less 900 days (credited to equal about four years).

Make no mistake, no one goes to jail for this length of time on these types of criminal offences.

An appeal by the Accused should now have already been filed.

The Crown, Mr. Johnston, to no surprise has already appealed as well.

Counsel for the accused has submitted a sealed envelope that could implicate one of the prosecutors in criminality. No details have yet been provided, but it is said to be part of the appeals process.

An application will be made shortly to have the prisoners released pending the hearing of their appeal.

Defence counsel have already raised the issue of the jury being pressured into a rushed verdict so as to be released for the August long weekend. This would not be surprising. Other concerns about the jury have already been expressed by counsel that they were culturally biased in relation to a firearms possession charge.

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/gag-order-on-canadians-packed-gallery-disappointing-outcome-in-coutts-sentencing/57679

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Wins of the Week 41 with Ted Kuntz

And Dr. Trozzi

https://www.drtrozzi.news/p/wins-of-the-week-ep41-with-ted-kuntz?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#media-7d920076-d105-4e5c-af15-9842ae2a7478

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Action4Canada

Guidelines for Peaceful Protesting/Gathering/Rallies and/or Attending Events (eg. Council Meetings, School Boards, Handing out Flyers)

Check out A4C for some of the most successful actions and strategies available to us!

And a big thank you to Tanya for all her hard work and dedication and support for the Christian principles that founded our nation!

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CASH UPDATES

In a mixed set of updates here. The Bank of Canada (B of C) has recently announced plans to suspend introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to the public.

https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2024-09-20/bank-canada-suspends-plans-introduce-cbdc-public

While this may sound victorious on its face, and there is much positive to say when such plans are shelved or put on hold, please remember the use of the word “suspend” as opposed to “cancel”.

Has the B of C simply decided to wait on the outcomes and research from other countries and then simply tag along?

In this past summer, the B of C was recommending Canada provide its own CBDC for digital payments. This apparently has been suspended or now put on hold. We can only hope for some permanency to this decision.

We need a Constitutional amendment that 100% absolutely provides for the mandatory use and acceptance of cash for all transactions – in any amount. So, if you wish to pay $1 000 000.00 for a house in $100/bills, you should be allowed to so do. That is privacy.

Conversely, Google has announced that the Google Wallet can now function as digital ID, based on the selling point of course, of convenience to the exclusion of all privacy. Once privacy is lost, so is freedom.

Imagine starting a vacation like this,” Google Wallet executive Alan Stapelberg wrote in a blog post last week. “You arrive at the airport and breeze through security by tapping your phone to a reader, scanning your boarding pass and ID. While waiting to board, you grab a drink at an airport bar, tapping your phone to prove your age. When you arrive at your destination, you find your rental car and leave the lot without stopping for an in-person ID check because you already provided the necessary information in the rental car app. You check into your hotel online and your key is issued straight to your digital wallet. You do all of this with your phone — no physical wallet required.”

https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/google-announces-digital-id-wallet

Though a bit late, in June, 2024, Norway passed legislation requiring use of cash!

Yes to cash

REMINDER

New Credit Card Fees & Lack of Privacy

It is starting – Use cash as much as possible – use credit cards or digital only if there is no other alternative.

The Bank of Canada is admittedly planning for digital currency. It claims that it will not replace cash – BUT – and here is the caveat, it will continue to use cash “notes for as long as Canadians want them.”

In other words, if you don’t use cash, you will lose it. Reading between the lines, it is clear that the Gov’t will simply issue press releases and polls showing most Canadians don’t use and/or don’t want cash, and then the Bank of Canada will claim it has to eliminate cash because few people are using it or want it, and it is, ironically, too costly to maintain printing the notes and coins.

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/digitaldollar/#what-digital-canadian

Bill Still, the US Patriot and author of the incredible documentary, The Money Masters, outlines the results of recent polls showing that 86% of Canadians fear the digital dollar!!! Wow.

87% of Canadians have heard or are aware of the Bank of Canada’s CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), and 82% are strongly opposed to it!!

https://www.thestillreport.com/post/bank-of-canada-survey-86-fear-digital-dollar-the-still-report-episode-4280

Companies will not use digital currency if we are not using digital currency!

It will cost them too much in lost business.

Here are two awesome posters that you can distribute to all businesses to put on their entrance doors, advocating for the use of cash. Print on 8 1/2 x 11 glossy hard stock for best results.

For Business owners:

The dangers of digital gov’t ID and currencies are here… you need to use cash as much as possible. As recognized by Freedom Rising, there are many inherent dangers of using digital currency. What do you do, not if, but when:

The internet is down

There is a power outage

The card reader malfunctions

Your phone battery dies or doesn’t work for other reasons

WE SUGGEST YOU CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS WELL:

Your phone is stolen

Your passwords are co-opted

Your credit/debit card strip is damaged – needs replacing

There are errors in relation to the quantum of $$ on your card

Gov’t limits your purchases/CRA liens the balance on your card

AND MANY OTHER DANGERS

CLEAR has promoted the non-use of digital currencies and credit/debit cards as much as possible, for years.

Suggested Solution:

Withdraw money on Saturday/Sunday from the bank or bank machine, and then leave your money at home if you are scared to carry it with you, and just carry the amounts of cash for each day’s purchases for the week.

NO MORE CARDS!!!! NO EXCUSES!

USE CASH $$$$$$$$$

Do you want to be the next person to be “unbanked” because of your political beliefs????

 Get these cards below at the CLEAR booth to give out everytime you use cash – or print your own to hand out!

Make Business sized cards to hand out at all your cash purchases!

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Kindness of the week

To Johnwho continues to tirelessly support our website and internet related activities!!

And….

To all our kind and wonderful volunteers who make this all possible…including these newsletters!

Thank you!!!

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Sunday Paper Deliveries

Next delivery day:

Sunday, October 13, 2024

(Weather Permitting)

Capril Mall, Gordon & Harvey St. (Hwy 97)

10:30 a.m.

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CLEARBITS:

A must insight to making informed voting choices.

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Pastor Reimer was fined $500 for allegedly breaching bail conditions, despite the fact that the original, underlying charges against him were dismissed!

https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/derek-reimer-found-guilty-of-bail-breach-given-500-fine-for-charge/58445

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Pro-Palestinian groups chanting ‘death to Canada’ in Vancouver

Why do we import these people and allow them to use our public areas to oppose our country and demonstrate about events in their country?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA32wsRyeqD/?igsh=ajNhM2d3MXF0MHE=

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Great Britain: Unregistered Chickens Could Land Their Owners in Jail

https://www.infowars.com/posts/great-britain-unregistered-chickens-could-land-their-owners-in-jail

Online revolt – people list rubber chickens and chicken nuggets as pets!

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Speaker of the House of Commons freezes all Government Bills, including Bill C-293, until all STDC documents are turned over to the RCMP in relation to the Green Slush Fund (Auditor General found over $300 million funneled to Liberal insider businesses)

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/parliament-ground-to-a-halt-over-conservative-allegations-of-liberal-corruption-5735250?ea_src=ai_recommender&ea_med=a_bot_2_ads

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We have more work to do!!

Edmonton Council Passes Plan for 15-Minute Cities in 14 Districts

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/edmonton-council-passes-plan-for-15-minute-cities-in-14-districts-5735454

https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/edmonton-city-council-approves-15-minute-city-plans/58369

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Felony Charges Filed Against 7 in Michigan Double-Voting Case

Concerns over election integrity are mounting among U.S. voters. According to a recent Gallup poll, the percentage of Americans saying they are “not at all confident” in the vote has steadily climbed from 6 percent in 2004 to 19 percent in 2024.

While 57 percent of voters say they are somewhat or very confident that the votes for this year’s presidential election will be accurately counted, a deep partisan divide persists. A record-high 56-percentage-point gap exists between Democrats and Republicans, with 84 percent of Democrats expressing confidence in the voting process, compared to just 28 percent of Republicans.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/felony-charges-filed-against-7-in-michigan-double-voting-case-5735381?ea_src=frontpage&&ea_med=top-news-top-stories-1-title-1

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Vrooooommm!

Poll finds most Canadians oppose feds’ plan to ban conventional vehicle sales.

https://www.westernstandard.news/business/poll-finds-most-canadians-oppose-feds-plan-to-ban-conventional-vehicle-sales/58399

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Parks Canada turned down fire trucks and firefighters at the Jasper fire this year.

Stupidity of the Week:

Liberals wanted to rename inflation to ‘heat-flation’ to show effects of climate change on prices

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/liberals-wanted-to-rename-inflation-to-heat-flation-to-show-effects-of-climate-change-on-prices/58418

This is compounded by the fact that food prices are generally not included in the determination of the inflation rate in Canada. Make no mistake – they should be.

Freedom Rallies

Publicity is the soul of justice

https://academic.oup.com/book/35276/chapter-abstract/299868899?redirectedFrom=fulltext

It ain’t over till it’s over”

Next Kelowna Rallies:

Saturday,

October 12, 2024

Hwy 97 & Cooper

November 2, 2024

Stuart Park!!

Join us for important announcements on the local, legal scene, and informative speakers!

October 12, 2024 12:00 noon

Vernon Freedom Rally

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Polson Park

Join Ted for the Largest rally in the North Okanagan, and growing weekly!

North Okanagan Shuswap Freedom Radio

http://s1.voscast.com:11464/stream

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October 12, 2024 12:00 noon

Kamloops Freedom Gathering

Valleyview Centennial Park

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October 12, 2024 12:00 noon

O.K. Falls Freedom Rally

11:30 a.m.

Across from Esso Station

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October 12, 2024 12:00 noon

Oliver Freedom Rally

12:00 p.m.

Town Hall

By defending Chris Barber, we are defending the Charter freedoms of all Canadians https://cafe.nfshost.com/?p=9997
By defending Chris Barber, we are defending the Charter freedoms of all Canadians
By defending Chris Barber, we are defending the Charter freedoms of all Canadians

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Justice Centre has been able to provide Chris Barber and other Canadians with criminal defence counsel.
 
(Photo credit: Monick Grenier, clickmonick.com)

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Justice Centre has been able to provide Chris Barber and other Canadians with criminal defence counsel. His lawyer, Diane Magas, has spent 45 days in court over the past 31 months, challenging the Crown’s prosecution every step of the way.

For the criminal defence of Chris Barber alone, the Justice Centre has received invoices for $217,117 in the past 31 months. We have also previously paid invoices for $122,272 to defend Tamara Lich against the unjust prosecution that she has been facing since February 2022.
 
Will you partner with us in the defence of Chris Barber?

Your donation of $500, $100, $50 or any other amount will help us cover these legal expenses. Your support will ensure that we can continue to fight for Chris and other Canadians whom we are defending against political prosecutions. As a registered charity, we will send you an official tax receipt in 2025, for all donations you make in 2024.

Essentially, by defending Chris, we are defending the Charter freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly on behalf of all Canadians.  

Peaceful protests, attended by Canadians like Chris Barber, belong on Parliament Hill. The violent suppression of peaceful protests should have no place in Canada, nor should citizens ever face criminal prosecutions over simply exercising their Charter freedoms peacefully.

Thank you for your generosity in supporting the Justice Centre’s work to defend the free society.


Yours sincerely,



John Carpay, B.A., LL.B.
President
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

FREEDOM NEWS IN THE OKANAGAN; THE VICTIMIZATION OF FREEDOM FIGHTER DAVE LINDSAY BY THE B.C. JUSTICE SYSTEM, DRUTHERS; THE METTHA FERNANDO COVID CASE; RALLIES IN THE OKANAGAN, JULY 20 — VERNON, OK FALLS, OLIVER, KAMLOOPS, & KELOWNA,

“It Ain’t Over”

Freedom activists are critical thinkers!

Our society is so dumbed down and indoctrinated that anyone who is a critical thinker is labeled as a Conspiracy Theorist

Did you know: The term ‘conspiracy theorist’ was first coined and used by the CIA to ridicule anyone who opposed the gov’t narrative?

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  Kelowna Courts

Falsified assault charge

Kelowna Courthouse

R v David Lindsay s. 266 Criminal Code Assault

Next Provincial Court Hearing Date:

I am only appearing to the scheduler’s office on July 17 to set a date for the sentence judgment.

I will not know of the Sentencing date until Wednesday morning at some point.

Thank you for all your support and belief for freedom!!

Remember the Freedom Principle:

An attack against one is an attack against all.

An attack against all, is an attack against one.

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Update on July 10, hearing

Let me begin by extending my heartfelt gratitude to everyone for all your kind support over the past week, and even ongoing. The amount of support was really overwhelming.

I am also much indebted to Bettina for all her sacrifices and appearing in Court for me when I could not make it. Appearing in Court for the first time can be frightening no matter what the reason, but especially under these conditions where she is simultaneously worried about me, while trying to convince the Judge and Grabavac that I truly was seriously ill, for which she had direct personal knowledge.

I was unable for the most part to communicate in the hospital as I had no computer for internet access until about ½ hour before I left. The weekend was pretty much spent in rest.

As by now all are aware, I was unable to make it to the sentencing hearing last Wed due to medical reasons; painful medical reasons.

Comments and actions taken by Grabavac (Crown Persecutor) and Judge Heinrichs on this date were completely unprofessional and disrespectful. And they may and likely do, go further than that.

Upon hearing Bettina in Court of my health situation, Grabavac immediately stood up in court and objected to my non-appearance, alleging that this was somehow typical Lindsay strategy, and on the basis that he is allegedly to be in pain every week and he still shows up to work. My life/health threatening situation was clearly of more importance than Grabavac’s weekly hemorrhoid problems. (Wait, yes this confirms he truly is a pain in everyone’s ass)

I wish to add at this point. Grabavac and local ragbloid media (primarily but not restricted to Castanet, InfoTel) strongly suggested I was on the lam to avoid the sentence, and possibility of jail. I have never been afraid of any Court in Canada, ever. I am not scared of Grabavac nor the Judge in this case. I have been falsely incarcerated for standing up for freedom in the past and this will likely happen in the future, simply because corrupt Socialist governments and justice system officials, do not like challenges to their corruption, not that I am doing anything wrong. The fact that sentencing involved the possibility of jail does not frighten me in the least. As Bruce and others will support, I was fully ready for Court the day prior.

J. Heinrich’s and Grabavac came to the decision that they did not believe Bettina when she appeared as my agent in court to advise them that she had to drive me to the hospital at 5:00 a.m. that morning due to unforeseen medical issues, that further resulted in absolutely no sleep at all. No reasons were provided for their unbelief, as usual.

Grabavac called the RCMP to come to the hospital and check on me that morning; as if they didn’t have more important things to do. The Officer arrived demanding the nurses and doctors tell them my private, confidential health information. Fortunately, and thankfully, they refused to so do and immediately came and advised me of his presence. They refused to tell the Officer any medical details and at their request, I agreed to speak to the RCMP Officer.

He arrived to my emergency room stall and the first words out of his mouth: “Good morning Mr. Lindsay….you don’t look too well.” He explained that he was there from the Court. He pretty much left immediately after that. He then filed a report with Grabavac confirming that there were real health problems. If he was there on behalf of the Court (Judge), why did he file a report with the Crown? Why did he not file his report directly with the Judge? Clearly Grabavac was behind this attack to my good name and reputation.

Have no doubt, that if Grabavac called in that he could not come to court due to medical issues, not one question would be demanded of him. The Court would simply adjourn and that would be the end of the matter. Why was I not accorded this same respect? If the Judge was truly believing that I was on the lam, all she had to do was have the Court clerk call the emergency department at the hospital to confirm my presence there. End of matter.

The fact that I had Bettina appear for me, still allowed the Judge to maintain jurisdiction over me. (Bit of a complicated legal issue – Provincial Court judges have jurisdiction over the offence and the person. If the person does not appear at all, warrants are issued to preserve the Court’s jurisdiction. If they did not, they would lose jurisdiction and it could only be regained if the accused voluntarily appeared at some future date.)

J. Heinrichs demanded that Bettina release the nature of my confidential health situation to her in open court. This was absolutely not permitted in law. No judge would compel any lawyer to release information under solicitor-client privilege, yet J. Heinrichs demanded Bettina release my private health information, against my express instructions, and which was completely covered in doctor-patient privilege/confidentiality. If anyone should know this, it is J. Heinrichs and Grabavac. Bettina has never been in any court in Canada in the past, and this was truly a dishonest opportunistic J. Heinrichs to compel answers to release my private health issues which she had no moral, ethical or legal right to know. Nor did Grabavac, or the media or the public. Remember, this was in open court with hounds of BC Socialist, ragbloid reporters just waiting to pounce.

At one point, after Grabavac finally conceded only after the RCMP report was provided to him that I was on IV in the hospital and it would be unfair to force my appearance, J. Heinrichs then exclaimed that the IV could be removed for me to appear at 2:00 p.m. that afternoon!!! So Judge Heinrichs is now Dr. Heinrichs. Compelling me to appear to any hearing, while I am high on opioids and incapacitated with significant amounts of pain, emanating from health and/or life-threatening issues and against doctor’s orders to remain in the hospital, is, to put it mildly, gross professional negligence at best. Forcing me to court could have been health or life threatening. I was in serious condition in the hospital for two days.

I have appeared to all court appearances in this matter without fail, for over 2 ½ years and done nothing to deserve any questioning or unbelief by the Judge or Grabavac. But if anything, this again confirms the politics behind these charges, as those people in attendance witnessed first-hand.

I now appear on July 17 to fix a date for hearing of the sentence and will let everyone know later this week of this date.

Once again, thank you to everyone for your kind support and concern. It is with your support that I will continue to stand for freedom in the coming years in ways that most people do not yet even know or are aware of. But more freedom issues will be arising, and I will be there. Quitting is not an option, period.

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Next Supreme Court Appeal Hearing Date:

July 22, 2024 — 10:00 a.m.

Notice of Conviction Appeal Hearing

This hearing date will be to set the agenda for the hearing of the appeal from the conviction and sentence of J. Heinrichs.

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City of Kelowna v David Lindsay et al

Petition to Stop Rallies

Week of September 3, 2024 10:00 a.m.

1355 Water St.

Kelowna Courthouse

for hearing on my SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) application to strike the City’s Petition against us. (See the B.C. Protection of Public Participation Act)

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19003

We had one day before the Hon. Justice Hardwick. The remaining two days were canceled apparently due to the judge either being ill or otherwise not available to appear.

There has now been a further three days set aside during the week of Sept. 3, 2024 for the continuation of this hearing. I will be notified on the Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 of what days this will be. Considering that Monday, Sept. 2 is Labour Day, it appears we will be heard starting Tuesday or Wednesday of that week.

Our documents in this case are located on our website at:

All City of Kelowna documents and pleadings are now placed on our website for public viewing: https://clearbc.org/city-of-kelowna/

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Please remember other innocent people who have stood up for our rights and freedoms against our tyrannical governments during COVID-19 and to the present, who are now in the midst of their ongoing, oppressive trials:

Tamara Lich

Chris Barber

The Coutts prisoners: Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert

Pat King

and many other real victims.

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It was an honour to meet Dr. Trozzi and Dr. Malthouse shortly before the hearing. Thank you to Teresa, Ted and all others whose efforts made our gathering possible.

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Empower Hour

Every Wednesday Action4Canada hosts the Empower Hour, an online zoom meeting open to everyone. We have a special guest each week, who will educate, inform and answer your burning questions. Also, watch the Weekly Updates HERE.

To be kept informed of these webinars sign up for our Email Updates so as to receive advance notification along with details on how to pre-register for each Empower Hour webinar.

July 17, 2024

Sign on starts at: 4.30pm PST/7.30pm EST

Pre-Register Now for this Webinar


Join us! Share this page and link with your friends and social media!

Know Your Rights: 

Guidelines for Peaceful Protesting/Gathering/Rallies and/or Attending Events (eg. Council Meetings, School Boards, Handing out Flyers)

Check out A4C for some of the most successful actions and strategies available to us!

And a big thank you to Tanya for all her hard work and dedication and support for the Christian principles that founded our nation!

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Below is a copy of the decision from the recent win in Ontario, where the Judge ruled that sticking a swab up a person’s nose for a PCR test, did violate the Quarantine Act. Interesting, that the Judge never dealt with the issue that this further constitutes a criminal assault if the legislation permitted it.

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R. v. Fernando, 2024 ONCJ 336 (CanLII)

CITATION: R. v. Fernando, 2024 ONCJ 336

DATE: June 26, 2024

Court File No. 3111-999-00-3261751F-00

ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE

HIS MAJESTY THE KING

v.

Meththa Fernando

RULING

BEFORE THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE PAUL MONAHAN

on June 26th, 2024 at BRAMPTON, Ontario

APPEARANCES:                   

A. Gurpersaud                  Counsel for The Crown

C. Weisdorf                     Agent for Meththa Fernando

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 2024

COMMENCED

MONAHAN, J. (Orally):

INTRODUCTION

This is the case of Ms. Meththa Fernando, M-E-T-H-T-H-A, Fernando.  Ms. Meththa Fernando was charged with failing to comply with an order under Section 58 of the Quarantine Act.  (S.C. 2005, c. 20)

In particular, Ms. Fernando took an airplane flight to her home in Mississauga, arriving at Pearson Airport on April 9th, 2022.  She was apparently vaccinated, but she refused the COVID test, which was randomly selected to be performed on her. 

In particular, she was asked by a screening officer, Mr. Aliel, A-L-I-E-L, Joshua, J-O-S-H-U-A, Roxas, R-O-X-A-S, employed by the Public Health Agency of Canada, to undergo a nasal swab COVID-19 test, and she refused.

The actual test was to be performed by another person (see trial testimony of Roxas at page 12).  The evidence from Mr. Roxas is that he was requiring Ms. Fernando to submit to a nasal swab test.

Ms. Fernando was convicted at trial of failing to comply with an order under Section 58 of the Quarantine Act (the “Act”) and fined $5,000 with additional charges, taking it to a fine of $6,255. 

She appeals now to this Court.

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Ms. Fernando appealed to this Court; she was assisted in her appeal by a non-lawyer, Mr. Weisdorf, who was helpful to her and to the Court.

Ms. Fernando sought to rely on the Canadian Bill of Rights before the Justice of the Peace and before me.  She was not permitted by the Justice of the Peace to rely on the Canadian Bill of Rights because there was no application before the Court.

Whether the Justice of the Peace should have let the defence argue about whether the Canadian Bill of Rights was violated or not is not necessary for me to decide, given my view regarding Section 14 of the Quarantine Act.

The defence raised an argument before the Justice of the Peace and before me which has merit.  The Justice of the Peace did not address this argument.  The argument, simply put, is that the Act did not authorize a screening officer to use a screening test which involved the entry into the traveller’s body of an instrument or other foreign body.

The screening test that Mr. Roxas proposed involved the insertion of a nasal swab into Ms. Fernando’s nasal cavity, contrary to Section 14 of the Quarantine Act.

The relevant provisions are as follows, quoting Section 14 of the Quarantine Act:

Screening Technology

14(1) Any qualified person authorized by the Minister may, to determine whether a traveller has a communicable disease or symptoms of one, use any screening technology authorized by the Minister that does not involve the entry into the traveller’s body of any instrument or other foreign body.

Refusal to be Screened

14(2) If a traveller refuses to be screened with the screening technology and the person using it is not a screening officer or quarantine officer, the person shall immediately inform the screening officer or quarantine officer of the refusal.

Section 58 of the Quarantine Act provides, in part, as follows:

[58(1)]   The Governor in Council may make an order prohibiting or subjecting to any condition the entry into Canada of any class of persons who have been in a foreign country or specified part of a foreign country if the Governor in Council is of the opinion that

(a)there is an outbreak of communicable disease in the foreign country;

(b)the introduction or spread of the disease would pose an imminent and severe risk to public health in Canada;

(c)the entry of members of that class of persons into Canada may introduce or contribute to the spread of the communicable disease in Canada; and

(d)no reasonable alternatives to prevent the introduction or spread of the disease are available.

The Governor in Council made numerous orders during COVID.  It appears common ground that the order in force on April the 11th, 2022, was “PC2022-0321,” which I will refer to as the “Order.”  The Order is over a hundred pages long.  It provides for, among other things, pre-arrival COVID tests and arrival tests, including random tests: see Section 2.3(1.2).

It provides for a polymerase chain reaction “(PCR)” test in these circumstances.  The COVID-19 molecular test is defined in the Order:

Covid-19 molecular test means a Covid-19 screening or diagnostic test, including a test performed using the method of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP), that is

(a)if the test is self-administered, observed and the result is verified

(i)in person by an accredited laboratory or testing provider, or

(ii)in real time by remote audio-visual means by the accredited laboratory or testing provider who provided the test; or

(b)if the test is not self-administered, performed by an accredited laboratory or testing provider.

I return to Section 14(1) of the Quarantine Act.  It provides that the screening test cannot involve the insertion into the traveller’s body of any instrument or foreign body.

The prosecution raised the point that perhaps the insertion into the nasal cavity did not involve the entry into the body.  I disagree.  The insertion of a nasal swab into the nasal cavity is most definitely an insertion into the body.

Another question arises as to whether a nasal swab is an “instrument” or “foreign body.”  “Instrument” is defined in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd Edition, as “a tool or implement.” A “foreign body” is defined in the Oxford Languages Online Dictionary, as “an object or piece of extraneous matter that has entered the body by design or accident.”

In my view, a nasal swab is “an instrument” or “foreign body.”  In my view, the Quarantine Act did not permit a screening officer in this case, Mr. Roxas, to require Ms. Fernando to be tested at the airport by insertion into her nasal cavity of a nasal swab.

I am also of the view that the Order did not purport to expand the powers of the screening officers, and it could not do so as a matter of law.  The governing legislation is the Quarantine Act.  An Order made under Section 58 of the Act could not add to the legislative powers.  Indeed, Section 6.1 of the Order provides as follows:

[6.1]      For greater certainty

      (a)  this Order does not affect any of the powers and obligations set out in the Quarantine Act.

I am not called upon to decide, and I do not decide whether the requirement for pre-arrival COVID tests performed outside of Canada by persons who were not screening officers under the Quarantine Act was a violation of the Act.

I do decide that the nasal swab test, which the screening officer in this case required or demanded Ms. Fernando submit to, was an unlawful requirement or demand.  Ms. Fernando’s refusal to comply with the requirement or demand was lawful on her part. 

Because the requirement or demand made of her by the screening officer was not lawful, Ms. Fernando should not have been found guilty by the Justice of the Peace.

I am reversing the Justice of the Peace’s decision and entering a finding of not guilty.  Those are my reasons.

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Think of your apps as TRAPS!

3. Use CASH:

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A bit about David

Due to time constraints right now, I will try and complete Part II asap.

Thanks for your patience.

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CONVOY TRIAL DIARY: A Citizen’s Personal Confession By Trish Wood

CONVOY TRIAL DIARY: A Citizen’s Personal Confession

After an Emotional Day in Court

Trish WoodSep 19, 2023

Alex Honnold — on a rock face climbing without ropes

Like Alex Honnold in Free Solo, hanging onto rock walls with only his fingertips, we’ve all traversed danger and darkness without a net over the past three years. But we’ve come out the other side – almost. I’m proud I stood tall and refused the vaccine even though the isolation was debilitating and there were days it cost me my sanity. I look back on it now and wonder how I did it.

One thing I do know is that it got easier once the truckers hit the road. The Freedom Convoy brought us together, pulled us out of the shadows and reminded us that Canada is actually a good place, full of pioneering spirit and generosity. I often say that feeling of connectedness reminded me of how we came together to grieve for those sixteen kids and their support staff from the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus who died in pursuit of the ultimate Canadian cultural event — small-town, prairie hockey.

I had nightmares about the scene at that intersection, near Tisdale, Saskatchewan and when the call went out to place hockey sticks on our front porches, my husband did it at his business and we even put one outside our door in the hallway of our apartment building. I loved that our country understood the moment.

Hockey Sticks in Toronto

I was again thinking about this story yesterday in trucker court, sitting just behind Chris Barber and Tamara Lich on trial for various charges that are not connected to any violence. They had already been arrested and yet the Crown lead evidence from February 19th — a day the Sûreté du Québec and other police forces, some dressed in black-bloc were aggressively trying to clear the streets. What I am about to say should disqualify me from reporting on the trial — but I am declaring my bias here and let the chips fall where they may.

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The scenes were surreal. Convoy protestors, sometimes nose to nose with police chanted love over fear and peace, despite the militaristic threat they faced. I believe I heard a couple of hold the line comments as well. What I saw was a study in thoughtful civil disobedience — the kind we usually applaud from historical figures. The protestors were mostly men, some of them military age and during a another era, they might have been soldiers deployed overseas. Watching them keep their cool in the face of overwhelming police power felt miraculous.

Police and convoy protestors from an unknown date.

Here is my live tweet from court:

So my confession is that I felt deeply yesterday that I should have been there, standing with those people. I supported the convoy — that’s no secret but I wonder if that was enough.

Every time video clips are lead by the Crown, I have the same reaction — how calm and in control of themselves the protestors seemed to be. That was underscored by the SQ officer on the witness stand admitting that his Green Squad broke in the midst of it to go for lunch – a moment highlighted by Tamara’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon.

In the meantime it’s being reported on social media that some of this country’s biggest unions are planning to disrupt tomorrow’s protests against schoolboards, teachers and ideological medicine working to indoctrinate our kids. If you ever doubted that the lone and distant Nazi flag at the trucker protest was a product of the same thinking, here is more evidence they don’t tolerate debate or opinions different from their own.

Stay critical.

Day 3 of the Trial of Truckers’ Freedom Convoy Leaders, Political Prisoners Tamara Lich & Chris Barber

CONVOY TRIAL DIARY: DAY THREE

Crown Evidence Also Documents the Success of the Convoy Protest

Trish WoodSep 8, 2023

Seen outside the Ottawa Court of Justice

The prosecution of Chris Barber and Tamara Lich for their roles in the trucker convoy protests at times feels unsettling. Is it a microcosm of how our institutions and systems haven’t come to terms with what many people, outside the laptop bubble, are experiencing. Like forcing vaccination with an experimental product on healthy people or enabling a child’s psychic confusion with pharmaceuticals and surgery, the trial is a process but to what purpose? Where does this lead?

As I watched a series of Chris Barber’s TikTok videos unspool on courtroom screens yesterday, I was pulled back to those first days of the convoy when my faith in my fellow Canadians was restored. I had been concerned that the running of the country had been handed to public health bureaucrats, that our elected officials had stepped away and were no longer in charge. That media was not holding to account the people they should. Risk/benefit calculations had not been run and it was becoming clear the cure was worse than the disease. No matter how esteemed the expert witnesses, courts were not finding in favour of people challenging the government’s civil liberties overreach as we faced lockdown after lockdown and a mandated shot.

In the TikToks, we see Barber reacting to what the convoy had achieved and it made me smile for a minute recollecting those weeks of hope. Sitting almost directly in front of me, I watched him for a reaction but saw only a focussed man jotting notes in rapt attention.

The short videos and other social media seem to be making up a large part of the Crown’s case which involves proving mischief and the counselling of same — something Tim Radcliffe will likely argue the videos show. But that’s not what I saw. No one in that courtroom could walk away without noticing how well Barber comes off. He veers between imploring the protestors to be peaceful, to frustration at the government’s intransigence, to astonishment over the convoy’s successful fundraising campaign — a measure of how Canadians perceived the protest. And perhaps its downfall. Don’t forget it was the former mayor of Ottawa who convinced Go Fund Me to shut down the convoy account based on false allegations the truckers were violent. From Blacklock’s:

The proceedings have been plagued by organizational issues and technical glitches but so far it’s been cordial between all parties. Justice Heather Perkins-McVey even addressed the gallery Thursday morning to inquire if we could see and hear the video monitors well enough to follow along. I raised my hand and asked if they could be raised higher and she acknowledge that this a problem but not fixable. As I’ve said, she seems affable and fair. All good things in a criminal court justice.

Back to the videos — from the Ottawa Citizen:

Convoy protest organizer Chris Barber called for people to “flood the city” in a social media video that was shown Thursday in court as part of his criminal trial in Ottawa.

The Crown hopes his rallying call for people to come to Ottawa last year as police ordered protesters to leave may prove just as damaging to his fellow organizer, Tamara Lich as they could potentially be to Barber.

Barber, who operated a trucking business in Swift Current, Sask., and Lich, from Medicine Hat, Alta., are co-accused in the trial. They face charges of mischief, counselling others to commit mischief, intimidation, and obstructing police, all in relation to their roles organizing the protest against COVID-19 health restrictions last year that blockaded downtown Ottawa streets for weeks.

Barber faces an additional charge of counselling others to disobey a court order that banned the big rigs and other vehicles parked in the streets in protest, from honking their horns in the downtown core.

In the end, no matter what the outcome, this trial will be seen as a referendum on a citizen’s right to peacefully protest in the face of what they perceive as a grave and even life-threatening injustice.

There will be a motion to dismiss from the convoy lawyers at some point.

Just about to record this week’s podcast and then back to court.

Stay critical.

Day 4 of the Trial of Political Prisoners Tamara Lich & Chris Barber

Crown exhibit from police body cam.

Hybrid Edition: Sorry for the delay. Yesterday was busy, just getting back from Ottawa. I am including this week’s podcast which is also about the convoy and includes voice messages from people whose lives were harmed by Trudeau’s vaccine mandates (that he says didn’t force anyone).

I’ve been tough on Crown Attorney Tim Radcliffe this week but I don’t think unfairly. It is a mystery to me why he is conducting his case against trucker convoy defendants Chris Barber and Tamara Lich in a manner that is clearly frustrating the judge, annoying the defence and making long days in the courtroom almost unbearably boring.

Friday was a shit show that caused Justice Heather Perkins-McVey to suggest the trial has the potential for going off the rails. She has been a paragon of patience so far but Friday was so bizarre she requested a recess to settle herself. And her mantra was something like I am not happy.

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey

Radcliffe seems either unprepared or somehow unaware of the rules of evidence and disclosure — the gist of which is that the prosecutor must provide the elements of its case to the defence plus all materials in reasonable time to allow counsel to prepare a response. Criminal law 101. From the Criminal Law Notebook.

The Crown must disclose all materials and information that is in its possession or control that is not clearly irrelevant, regardless of if the evidence is to be called at trial or is inculpatory or exculpatory.[1]

The right to disclosures premised upon (1) the right to know the case to meet and (2) the right to make full answer in defence of an offence charged.[2]

Materials in possession of the Crown are not the “property” of the Crown but rather is the “property of the public to be used to ensure that justice is done.”[3]

Purpose

The right to disclosure is founded in the principle of fair play between parties[4] as well as the right to make full answer and defence. [5]

The right to make full answer and defence also suggests in a timely fashion which defence lawyer, Diane Magas asserts did not happen here. Canadian Press picked up by CTV reported in detail what transpired.

Hope that the trial of two “Freedom Convoy” organizers would last only four weeks may be dashed after the defence raised complaints about receiving heaps of new evidence mid trial. 

There was a sense of tension in the courtroom Friday as Crown and defence lawyers sparred over the timing of the delivery of binders of text message evidence to the defence.

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey called a short recess to step away from the bench to “settle” herself after telling the lawyers she was “very unhappy” about the late-stage disclosure.

“This should have been done well before the trial,” she chided before leaving the courtroom.

Perkins-McVey is now working with court staff to find more dates as the prospect the trial will run long has grown. Initially 16 days were set aside for the trial, with three extra days added to the court’s calendar as a precaution.

But as the first week of hearings drew to a close Friday, it was clear the timelines were on the brink of being blown.

In fairness to Radcliffe, he might argue that there is precedent for what he is doing. Perhaps I just didn’t understand it or had stepped out to the washroom but there seemed to be general bafflement toward his approach to evidence. What does this mean for the case? It’s not a good look for the Crown but honourable judges, as Justice Perkins-McVey seems to be, can overlook these issues in the end and focus solely on the evidence as she perceives it — so this is not necessarily a freebie for Lich and Barber.

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In American courts, not handing over exculpatory evidence, something called a Brady violation, will get a convicted person out of jail if discovered after trial. It happened in a wrongful conviction case I investigated involving boxer Dewey Bozella, imprisoned for murdering an elderly lady in upstate New York. No one is suggesting Radcliffe is hiding evidence. But rather delivering it in perhaps obstructionist ways.

All week, there have been housekeeping issues and questions of actual provenance around what seems like hundreds of exhibits, from TikTok videos to digital messaging. As someone who works in documentary films, I can tell you that organizing this kind of material, on a scale this size is a humongous job and the Crown should have set aside a special budget and staff to ensure it was organized and accessible to all relevant parties in meaningful ways. I suspect the Crown’s case relies on it – so this could require a huge fix. Lots of people will be working on it this weekend on both side of the aisle.

This week’s show (listen here) is a convoy special with my documentary producing partner Jacqueline Bynon who was in Ottawa with me and our crew and Tom Marazzo, a convoy participant who has a new book out about his experience. On the show you will hear the voice recordings from Canada and the UK of people whose lives were turned upside by the vaccine mandates that didn’t, according tour our prime minister, mandate the vaccine at all. We didn’t suffer the losses and pain we think we did — because Justin Trudeau is now saying it didn’t happen.

Don’t you feel better now?

Stay critical.

Back to to Ottawa soon.

Appeal from Derek Sloan Regarding the Emergency Inquiry to Give A Voice to Victims of Trudeau Brutality

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Appeal from Derek Sloan Regarding the Emergency Inquiry


First, I would like to thank you again for all of your donations, your generosity to these freedom fighters is going a long way to help them continue to fight.

As the Emergency Inquiry continues – we have an exciting week ahead – with Tom Marazzo, Chris Barber, Danny Bulford, Brigitte Belton and Tamara Lich scheduled to testify. I’m certain their testimony will be riveting.
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Today we want to broaden the net to raise some money for lost wages and living expenses for other Convoy heroes who are in Ottawa testifying and witnessing the proceedings.

Chris Barber, AKA Big Red, is one of the original founding members of the Freedom Convoy from Saskatchewan. He has been in Ottawa occurring expenses for the past few weeks.

Maggie Dingman is a mother who was arrested, driven 30 min away from downtown and dropped off in the snow without a working cell phone. She’s been suffering from PTSD as a result of the police pointing a rifle at her head.

Brigitte Belton is a hardworking trucker and one of the main organizers of the Convoy. Brigitte and Chris brought Tamara Lich into the original group and she began organizing the Freedom Convoy.

Chris Deering is an Afghanistan veteran and a Convoy leader. He was beaten by the police, and lost one of his medals that he was proudly wearing during his arrest. He lost a significant amount of wages during the period of his arrest, and is incurring further expenses right now in Ottawa during the Emergency Act inquiry.

Danny Bulford is a former RCMP sniper who worked on Justin Trudeau’s security detail. His stand for truth cost him his job, but gained him a lot of respect. He was a crucial part of Convoy operations.

And finally there’s Tamara Lich. She’s been arrested, denied bail, and re-arrested and denied bail again. The government has brought the hammer down on her – because she’s been the figurehead of the Convoy movement. They hope they can break her. I’m betting they won’t. 
 
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Please help support Tamara Lich, Chris Barber, Chris Deering, Maggie Dingman, Brigitte Belton, and Danny Bulford as they continue to fight for truth in Ottawa.