This week, Members of Parliament voted to adopt Bill C-9, ushering in a dangerous roll-back of civil liberties that will be used to target the Palestine solidarity movement.
The bill was adopted 186 to 137 with Liberals and Bloc MPs voting in favour, while the NDP, Green, and Conservatives voted against.
As CJPME has long argued alongside our partners, C-9 criminalizes protest, suppresses dissent, and expands police discretionary power. The bill was rushed through Parliament without full review or debate, ignoring the significant concerns raised by civil society.
This legislation to restrict dissent was passed just days after Israel’s Ambassador called for Canada to limit certain “freedoms,” and amid escalating Israeli violence in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran.
However, the fight is not over. Now that the Bill has passed the House of Commons, it moves to the Senate. Senators will have an opportunity to properly review and debate the bill, bringing in expert witnesses. We need the Senate to have a full hearing on C-9 so that they can understand its full implications. Please use our email tool to send an email to Senators to express your concerns.
Red China-Born Lawyer Opposes Law Society Demands That Lawyers Be Social Justice Warriors
Beijing-Born Alberta Lawyer Says ‘Wokeism’ in Canada Increasingly Resembling Communist China’s Ideological Tyranny
November 14, 2025
Alberta lawyer Roger Song filed a court action against the Law Society of Alberta in 2023 for mandating “cultural competence” training. Courtesy of Roger Song
Alberta lawyer Roger Song moved to Canada 25 years ago from China to distance himself from a regime he says he could no longer live under.
Having witnessed the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre–when government forces opened fire on unarmed students demanding democratic reform–he says he saw Canada as a place of freedom where he and his family could start over. He was a law professor at Peking University at the time, and says he witnessed how the regime used its authority to suppress students’ “legitimate demands” for democracy. “I couldn’t allow my children, my next generation, to be still subject to this type of dictatorship,” he told The Epoch Times in an interview. “So that’s why I decided to leave China at that moment.”
But now, he is raising the alarm over what he says is a growing ideological push in Canada that increasingly mirrors the ideological tyranny of communist China. Song filed a lawsuit against the Law Society of Alberta in 2023, over concerns about mandatory cultural training for lawyers imposed by the society–a move he says is similar to what he saw growing up in China.
“Canada is now moving toward the place where I escaped from,” he said.
In 2019, Song was required to complete “cultural competence” training to maintain his legal credentials in Alberta. He says the society’s professional development program–which covers topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), gender identity, and promotes the need to “dismantle systemic inequalities and barriers”–imposes “politicized” requirements and redefines legal competence as adherence to “woke” political beliefs.
He launched a legal challenge in 2023, asking the courts to remove these requirements for lawyers, but the challenge was dismissed this year, with the Court of King’s Bench ruling in a Sept. 12 decision that the training requirements fall under the law society’s scope.
“Having a basic understanding of the people and communities you serve as a lawyer does not work against the public interest. Nor does cultivating a safe work environment built on the principles of evolving human rights law,” reads the decision.
It adds that the law society sees its professional development requirements as “necessary to achieve a greater societal good, and it was within their authority to do so.”
Song argues that compelling lawyers to adopt specific viewpoints goes against the principle of independence of the bar, which the Supreme Court of Canada has described as “one of the hallmarks of a free society.” This principle refers to the ability of lawyers to act in their clients’ best interests, free from undue state or public influence.
“In the area of personal belief, ideology, political issues, it’s an alarming sign if you’re forced to take any type of mandatory training, because if you’re taking mandatory training, that means the content of the mandatory training is considered as the dominant notion, dominant view, dominant attitude, dominant culture of this society,” Song said.
He adds he felt pressured to complete the training because he did not want to lose his licence. “The thing is that if you fail to submit that certificate by deadline, your licence is automatically suspended,” he said.
Song says the law society’s training violates his Charter rights to freedom of conscience and expression, amounting to “compelled speech, forced ideological conformity, and suppression of conscience and expression,” according to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which represents Song in the case.
According to Rule 67.4 of the Law Society of Alberta, the society can “prescribe specific continuing professional development requirements to be completed by members, in a form and manner, as well as time frame.”
Lawyers who do not complete the mandatory training “shall stand automatically suspended” the day after the deadline to complete the course, the rules say.
Law Society’s Position
The law society told The Epoch Times it does not comment on matters before the court.
The society says that Song’s allegations are based on subjective views, and that there is no basis to find that the society has infringed on Song’s Charter rights, according to the Sept. 12 decision.
The society also maintains that its rules and codes of conduct “fall within a reasonable interpretation” of its mandate under the Legal Profession Act, which grants it the authority to regulate the legal profession. It also says that the words, scheme and object of the act support an “expansive construction” of the society’s rule-making authority.
“In [the society’s] view, the competency of the profession, which includes cultural competency and elimination of discrimination and harassment, are inherent to protecting the public’s confidence in the profession,” the document says.
Life Under Communism
Song says that when he first received the law society’s notice on the mandatory training, it “immediately” reminded him of the concept of “political competence” on which he was educated in China.
He recalls that in his home country, people are judged by their acceptance of communist ideology. Those who conform have opportunities to climb the corporate and social ladder, he says, while those who don’t face “social death”–the practice of excluding people who hold differing opinions–which he says is the equivalent of “cancel culture” in Canada.
“Under the communist regime, the trick to survive is to unconditionally support the dictator,” he said. “If you say you unconditionally support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, you may have a good life.”
Song says that after he began voicing his opposition to the Law Society of Alberta’s training, some people around him, including colleagues, began to distance themselves from him.
“People online label me as a racist,” he said. “I’m a Chinese, I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my native language, and suddenly, just because I express some view that is different from those people, I was labelled racist.”
He added he has also been told to go back to China by people who say he doesn’t conform to Canadian values. “I think that is the culture of cancel culture,” he said.
In China’s case, however, Song says that not conforming to the Communist Party’s ideology can lead to more serious consequences than social exclusion.
He cites the case of his father, Ziling Xin, who, despite being a retired high-ranking army officer in China, was placed under house arrest for three years for promoting constitutional democracy and criticizing corruption among Party officials. Song said his father did not receive any formal legal trial or document imposing the penalty.
“From my dad’s experience, you can see that people in China don’t really have the protection of the law,” he said.
Song says that when he came to Canada, he realized the importance of the rule of law and the supremacy of God, since unlike in China, where the law is tailored to serve the regime’s interests, these principles ensure that the law is applied independently of political influence.
But if lawyers are not allowed to think independently, as he says is the case when regulatory bodies impose mandatory cultural training, it directly undermines the foundation of the legal profession and ultimately affects citizens’ access to fair legal representation.
“If those judges and lawyers don’t have an independent mind to implement the laws, if those judges and lawyers are subject to all kinds of political influence of authorities, then all the rights granted to the citizens under the laws will come to nothing,” he said.
“Canada is moving away from the foundation.”
‘Social Struggle’
Song says that a sign of communism taking root in Canada is the classification of people into various “identities” to distinguish those who are generally favoured from those who are “discriminated against” or, in communist terms, “oppressed.”
He says this is evident in Canada’s use of gender and racial identity as criteria in a wide range of contexts, from government programs to employment and research funding, under the DEI framework.
“This is not some new trick,” he said. “It’s just another version of communism–playing class identities.”
He recalls that in China, where communism has instilled the ideology of class struggle, a person’s worth is often measured based on their political profile as well as their allegiance and ties to the Chinese Communist Party. He notes that a similar dynamic played out during China’s Cultural Revolution, when supporters of the leftist ideology were favoured, while landlords and wealthy farmers were targeted as class enemies.
“The strategy of wokeness to grab power and control is to engage the struggle of leading the ‘oppressed groups of people’ by identities like gender, sexual orientation, or black or First Nations’ race, to fight against the ‘oppressing group of people’ by identities, like Christians, white, straight, male,” he said.
“Such strategy of social struggle is very effective to create social unrest, division and chaos, and destroy the existing legal regime and social order as Canada already experienced.”
The law society’s professional development documents state that lawyers can demonstrate their cultural and inclusive“competency” by recognizing “how systemic inequalities and barriers affect individuals and groups” as well as “take action to dismantle systemic inequalities and barriers.”
They also encourage attorneys to “develop and promote a deeper understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity” and practice “anti-discrimination and anti-racism.”
Song says that by promoting these views of identity among lawyers, the law society is straying from the principles that everyone is equal under the law and before God.
“The law society is trying to educate lawyers to convert them into a bunch of social justice agents,” he said. “That is very harmful to our legal system and to the protection of the citizens under the law.”
Human Rights legislation originally sought to outlaw discrimination in employment and housing. In the intervening decades, human rights commissions have become more and more sinister, seeking to control speech. Sec. 7 of the B.C. Human Rights Act reads:
7.(1) A person must not publish, issue or display, or cause to be published, issued or displayed, any statement, publication, notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation that
(a) indicates discrimination or an intention to discriminate against a person or a group or class of persons, or
(b) is likely to expose a person or a group or class of persons to hatred or contempt because of the Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age of that person or that group or class of persons.
The bland sounding words “is likely to expose [a privileged group] to hatred or contempt” is so loosey goosey that a defence is almost impossible. Any comment critical of a privileged group, in the case below the LGBTQ crowd, is likely to expose them to “contempt.” Contempt is a negative feeling. Thus, if the critical comments are believed, any criticism possibly might expose the group to contempt. And no actual harm has to be proved. Incidentally, truth is no defence. This has been CAFÉ’s experience in over a dozen “human rights” cases.
Consider the case of Barry Neufeld:
Committed Traditional Christian & Former School Trustee Barry Neufeld Fined A Crushing $750,000 By BC Human Rights Tribunal For Criticizing the LGBTQ Agenda
[Since our beginning in 1983, CAFE has warned that one of the most sinister enemies of free speech and opinion are human rights commissions. The Charter’s weak guarantees of freedom of expression, belief and religion mean nothing to them. Infected with hatred for traditional Christians and obsessed with gender bending LGBTQ ideology, they tolerate no dissent from the LGBTQ agenda and punish dissenters with fines more in keeping with a shipping company guilty of an environment wrecking oil spill. The complaint against Mr. Neufeld was made by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. There was a time when the teaching profession stood for free speech and inquiry. In B.C., the BCTF is committed to leftist indoctrination of their young charges and pushing the radical, anti-Christian LGBTQ agenda. BCTF president Carole Gordon gloated at the victory and crowed: ” The BCTF will always stand firmly in support of 2SLGBTQIA+ students, families, and teachers. Today’s outcome sends a clear message: inclusion and respect are not optional in British Columbia’s schools.” Don’t let the touchy feely words “respect and inclusion” fool you. There’s no respect for traditional Christians in the BCTF’s opinion and, if you dissent from the LGBTQ agenda and the glorification of transgenderism, you will not be included. It’s our sincere hope that this totalitarian and vengeful decision will be the subject of a judicial review (appeal).]
“A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has released its decision against former trustee Barry Neufeld on Feb. 17, 2026. (Progress file) A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has released its decision against former trustee Barry Neufeld on Feb. 17, 2026. (Progress file) Former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld has been ordered to pay $750,000 by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal for violating the Human Rights Code with “heated public speech” exposing LGBTQ people to hatred or contempt. The tribunal issued its final decision this week, issuing two sets of costs orders in the matter of the BCTF (on behalf of) the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association v. Neufeld, one ordering the payment of $750,000 in costs to the CTA, and a concurrent order of $10,000 for improper conduct during the lengthy process. The decision finally rendered after years of deliberations determined that Neufeld violated sections 7(1)(a), (b), and 13 of the Human Rights Code and the orders constitute the remedies against him.
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is seriously biased against Christians and heterosexuals, in particular member Devyn Cousineau who wrote this decision. Back in 2018 in the Whatcott case she was challenged for bias but refused to recuse herself. Bill Whatcott is a committed evangelical Christian who circulated a leaflet criticizing NDP candidate Ronan (“Morgane”) Oger who was a transgendered activist. Whatcott argued that if the candidate couldn’t get his sexuality right, he should not be entrusted with political or financial decisions. Oger was an NDP provincial vice-president, Cousineau had supported the NDP and many LGBTQ causes. Oger was a well known volunteer at Qmunity, an LGBTQ Vancouver group. In the Qmunity 2016 annual report Devyn Cousineau (the woman tasked with impartially adjudicating Oger vs Whatcott) was recognized for financially donating to the homosexual activist organization.
Devyn Cousineau delivered the brutal judgment in Barry Neufeld’s case. In her decision on costs in this case, she wrote: “I have noted above that the primary purpose of an award of costs under s. 37(4) is punitive. Punishment of a wrongdoer, however, is not an end in itself. It also, of course, serves as a deterrent to discourage and prevent others from committing the same or similar wrongful acts.”
Mr. Neufeld had every right as a concerned citizen to speak out against SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) sex ed programme. As an elected trustee, he had an even great right to make known his views. The B.C.Human Rights Tribunal has again tried to beggar and silence a man with traditional Christian views sexuality. The Neufeld decision is an outrage.
It’s time to send the censors packing.
“ I am Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” These inspiring words of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker form the opening of the Canadian Bill of Rights (1960). What an inspiring vision of a free and constructive society!
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION (CAFÉ), P.O. Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W 5L3. (416)-428-5308. http://cafe.nfsthost.com
Emergencies Act appeal to the Supreme Court shows Mark Carney is not so different from Justin Trudeau after all
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Protestors set up a blockade at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge, sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on Feb. 10, 2022. The Freedom Convoy protests and blockades were nothing police couldn’t handle using the Criminal Code, writes Josh Dehaas. Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images
There was never any question what Prime Minister Mark Carney thought about the Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa. In a Globe and Mail op-ed published on Feb. 7, 2022, the “Ottawa resident and former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England” wrote that the convoy was “terrorizing” people, that women were being forced to “flee abuse,” and that the elderly were “afraid to venture outside their homes.” He accused the organizers of “blatant treachery” and “sedition,” and proposed the government respond by “choking off the money.”
A week later, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau followed Carney’s advice, invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in history to create shocking regulations that banned funding of or travelling to protests and ordered financial institutions to search for and seize bank accounts of suspects without warrants. This authoritarian overreach echoed around the world.
Still, I held out hope that the findings by a Federal Court judge and three judges of the Federal Court of Appeal that the invocation of the Act was unlawful and that the regulations made under it violated Charter rights would give Carney pause. Perhaps he believes in Charter rights more than his predecessor? If not, I thought maybe he would stand down from an appeal to emphasize a break with his predecessor. Turns out I was foolish to have been hopeful. In an application for leave to the Supreme Court of Canada that landed in my inbox on the last possible day, I learned that Carney is doubling-down on Trudeau’s illegal invocation.
In their application materials, the federal government makes the same basic argument they made before: some Freedom Convoy supporters had blockaded border crossings, and a handful of individuals near the Coutts, Alta., border blockade were found with a cache of firearms, so it was reasonable for Trudeau to take unprecedented measures to shut down freedom of expression and invade the privacy of all Freedom Convoy supporters nationwide.
As alarming as the blockades and the Coutts cache were, they were nothing police couldn’t handle using the Criminal Code. In fact, they had made their arrests and ended the border blockades by the time Trudeau dropped the bomb. As we, at the Canadian Constitution Foundation, explained in the federal courts — with agreement from all four judges who looked at the question — there was no justification offered by Trudeau for declaring a national emergency, suspending the right to support and travel to certain kinds of protests, and temporarily tossing away the ancient right to security against unreasonable searches by freezing bank accounts without warrants.
In their leave application, the government argues that the Federal Court of Appeal decision “hamstrings governments’ ability to respond effectively to future crises,” but this is simply not true. The Emergencies Act is explicit that governments can take extraordinary measures to deal with situations that pose a serious risk of violence and that cannot be dealt with using existing laws.
We must not forget that the Emergencies Act was Parliament’s genuinely noble response to previous prime ministers who had abused their power in times of crisis, including interning Japanese Canadians during the Second World War and denying habeas corpus to innocent Quebeckers during the 1970 October Crisis. It was designed to prevent prime ministers from over-reacting and suspending rights except when genuinely warranted. Like any law, it can be amended if Parliament sees fit. But why bother with democracy when you can roll the dice in the courts instead, I suppose? It turns out Carney is not so different from Trudeau after all. (National Post, March 18, 2026)
Josh Dehaas is Counsel with the Canadian Constitution Foundation, a legal charity that challenged the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the rules made under it in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.
The Spirit of the Inquisition & Thought Control Lives on at the Toronto Catholic District School Board: Two Teachers Fired for “Racist” Posts
The following is the CBC’s not very newsy report on the firing to two Toronto Catholic teachers for allegedly “racist” posts over the Christmas holidays. The CBC provides no information as to what the posts said or who the teachers were or what their side of the story might be. Note that the vindictive Board seeking to cause maximum harm to their fired employees reported the matter to the Ontario College of Teachers which could take away their teaching certificates. Make no mistake about it, we live in a minority-controlled intellectual police state. “Freedom of thought” “freedom of expression” — these words from the Charter of Rights and Freedom are a sorry joke and empty promise.
A few more details did emerge from a CP24 report (March 16, 2026): “
CP24 previously reviewed a screengrab of what appears to be a series of messages on a shared social media platform in which a racist image is shared.
Another teacher reportedly responded to that image, saying “LMAO where are the chicken wings, (explicative) (N-word) are all the same.”s
“The Toronto Catholic District School Board says two high school teachers are no longer employed by the board after being accused of exchanging racist messages on a school social media page.
Advocacy group Parents of Black Children said last month that messages between two teachers at James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School found on a student athletics Instagram account included a racist slur and an anti-Black meme.t
The group accused school officials of not taking immediate action after a student who had access to the Instagram account screenshotted the exchange and notified the school’s principal.
The school board says the teachers were immediately placed on leave after school leadership received the images, and those teachers are no longer working for the board.
It also says it has reported the matter to the Ontario College of Teachers.
The board says it takes racism and discrimination “extremely seriously” and recognizes the impact this incident has had on the school community. (CBC News, March16, 2026)
Announced Trans Mayoralty Candidate in Hamilton Threatens Juno News For “Misgendering”; That Is, Telling the Truth Why I’m NOT backing down on my Hamilton mayoral race reportingMelanie BennetMar 19Dear Juno News readers,We don’t normally do this, but I am interrupting our regular Juno Jump Start report to let you know that Juno News is staring down the barrel of more lawfare because of my journalism.It is all thanks to my latest story about a trans-identified sex worker who is running to become the mayor of Hamilton.The individual featured in the piece contacted us to threaten legal action because we allegedly “misgendered” him. It is our editorial policy to tell the truth, and that means we don’t gloss over biological reality to please the woke mob.We knew this story would draw heat – and it has.The subject has threatened serious legal action, claiming our factual reporting amounts to libel, defamation, and harassment. We have faced down lawsuits before, and we will never let them stop us from reporting the truth.Here’s the actual email response from our Editor-in-Chief, Candice Malcolm:
The entire Juno Newsroom is in agreement, and I stand completely by what I reported.Men are not women. Men cannot become women. We will not gaslight our readers into pretending they can.The CBC and other tired old legacy outlets that are dependent on government handouts may happily go along with the delusion, just like they did with the Tumbler Ridge shooter, but Juno News will not. We will never.Let me be clear: Juno News is prepared to defend our work – and your right to read the truth – all the way to the end. We will not retract, we will not apologize, and we will not bend to pressure, no matter how aggressive the demands or how deep the pockets behind them.
Niagara Region chair Bob Gale at a regional council meeting on Feb. 26. (Niagara Regional Council)
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Niagara Regional Chair Bob Gale has abruptly resigned, just hours after anti-racism groups in Niagara demanded he apologize for owning a signed copy of Adolf Hitler’s infamous manifesto, Mein Kampf.
The Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association (NRARA) and Justice 4 Black Lives Niagara said in a joint statement on Wednesday that they condemned Gale for purchasing and owning the book signed by Hitler, the leader of the German Nazi Party and architect of the Holocaust, in which six million Jewish people were systematically murdered along with millions of Roma, 2SLGBTQ+ and other victims.
“[We] demand a public explanation and apology,” the groups said.
Within hours, Gale wrote a formal letter of resignation to Ontario Municipal Affairs Minister Rob Flack, effective immediately. A spokesperson for Flack told CBC the minister has accepted Gale’s resignation.
Gale, who stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy in recent weeks over his proposals to dramatically reshape the landscape of Niagara’s municipal government system, did not mention Mein Kampf by name in his letter or confirm he owned it specifically.
He said he was merely the “owner of a historical book found in many libraries.”
Gale noted he is also the owner of a range of important historic documents.
Gale purchased book in 2010
According to Niagara heritage consultant Jon Jouppien, who has appraised many of Gale’s items for decades, including a Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, his collection is worth millions of dollars.
“It’s not to be taken as an insult to any anti-racist group,” Jouppien told CBC News. “It was collected in the sincere interest of history.” Jouppien added that “not many people have the resources [Gale has]” to preserve rare items and that his collection is a contribution to history.
Gale, a former police officer, is also known in the region for running his family’s oil company starting in the 1980s.
Gale said, in his letter, “as everyone knows, I am a passionate historian with a broad collection of historical art and artifacts,” adding, “my collection includes an 1859 letter from anti-slavery advocate John Brown, a letter from George Washington, a letter from Winston Churchill and Vatican archives.”
The anti-racism groups said they received information from a whistleblower that Gale purchased Hitler’s book, written when the future dictator was in prison, from auction in 2010 and that the book and Hitler’s signature were authenticated in 2018.
The groups questioned the acts of buying and taking the time to get an “authenticated signature of the genocidal fascist dictator responsible for the holocaust and World War II.”
Under Hitler, Nazis also banned opposing political parties, trade unions, the right to strike and, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, closed down or took over anti-Nazi newspapers, controlled what news appeared in media, banned and burned books that they categorized as un-German and controlled what soldiers wrote home during the war.
Jouppien says the inscribed copy, among the rest of Gale’s collection, were appraised “simply for insurance issues so that a general value can be put on the item that’s lost to a fire or stolen.”
In his appraisal report, prepared for the Certified Appraisers Guild of America, Jouppien said Hitler’s signature was “challenging” to authenticate but he believed that “to the best of his judgement the signature in this volume is authentic,” when compared to other examples.
An invoice issued by National Book Auctions to Robert Gale of Niagara-on-the-Lake, seen by CBC, details the purchase of the book on Dec. 5, 2010 for an amount of $6,345. U.S.-based Rare Book Hub, which maintains a database of rare book sales, confirmed a copy of Mein Kampf was sold on that date. Their record describes the copy as being inscribed by Hitler to his “close friend” Max Sauerteig.
According to the appraiser, Gale was “only imitating” Thomas Barnett, an English-born collector who built Canada’s first museum in 1827 in Niagara Falls.
Saleh Waziruddin of NRARA said “Bob Gale needs to explain himself publicly and apologize for owning one of the most notorious pieces of antisemitic hate.”
Sherri Darlene, founder of Justice 4 Black Lives Niagara, said in the joint statement that it’s no secret that racism has been a problem in the region for a long time.
“It’s shocking but not surprising that Niagara’s highest elected municipal official owns hate literature,” she said.
Member of ‘communist party circulated document,’ Gale said
The controversy comes at a time in which white nationalist groups in Niagara are becoming increasingly bold.
In a followup statement issued Thursday morning, Waziruddin said Mein Kampf reflects the same kind of hatred as those groups.
“White supremacist groups are publicly intimidating us in Niagara, pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories against migrants and trans people, so it was just untenable for any official, let alone the top politician, to hold on to a signed book that same hate is based on,” he said.
Waziruddin and Darlene urged Gale to destroy his copy of the book.
Gale was appointed regional chair by Flack in December following the death of former chair Jim Bradley. Flack cited Gale’s “strong record of public service” in announcing the appointment.
Gale said in his resignation letter Wednesday that “a member of the communist party circulated a dated document” that showed he owned a “historical book,” and that he was a target for some people when he undertook the work to begin “fixing the issues” at the Region.
“There was a strong vocal minority who decided they would stop at nothing in order to keep their fiefdoms and addiction to power and tax dollars,” he said. “They wish to paint a picture that is untrue and hurtful to my family, my friends, and those in Niagara that believe in the hard work I have undertaken.”
Earlier this year, Gale told the province he was “deeply contemplating” the possibility to amalgamate Niagara’s 12 municipalities to a one- or four-city model. After push back from residents, some local mayors and regional councillors, Niagara’s regional council voted in late February to hold Gale back from “any further action” concerning amalgamation.
CBC News has reached out to Gale for further comment.
Whatcott Update, In Toronto collecting signatures and new court date April 9
Bill Whatcott standing at the corner of Spadina and Dupont in his riding collecting signatures to run for Parliament
Dear Friends,
I landed in Toronto at 2 pm today. Everything about the flight spoke about the need for me to run and share my message and Christ centred election platform with the people of Toronto.
To see Bill’s, Godly, Christian, conservative, election platform for woke Toronto go here:
My flight lasted 4 1/2 hours from Edmonton to Toronto. Normally, when I fly with WestJet or Porter I have no idea what the politics or ideology of the stewardesses serving me are. Usually their uniforms are pretty and professional. On Flair today nothing was left to imagination. My stewardess had a large nose ring, was wearing short sleaves showing off a massive number of tatoos on her arms and she had a so-called pride, black lives matter, transgender flag lapel on the front of her shirt. I considered saying something, but decided to focus on the work awaiting me in my University-Rosedale riding instead. Anyways, I had little interaction with the stewardess. Flair is the ultimate no-frills flight. No water, no snack, no nothing, unless you are willing to pay a premium price. I chose to starve and dehydrate until I got off the plane as I didn’t want anymore of my money going to their corporate agenda. On their Instagram I informed Flair that so long as promoting sodomy is their corporate priority I won’t be flying with them.
Anyways, after I got my rental car I headed straight to the Elections Canada office in downtown Toronto. I learned that as of today the Conservative Party of Canada has not named a candidate to run for University-Spadina riding. I assume they will find someone, but it is amazing in my view that four days into the by-election being called they still don’t have a candidate.
The Chief Electoral Officer is a true federal bureaucrat and spoke like one, but he was helpful and seemed non-partisan. I pulled out my election flyer with an almost naked sodomite hugging Carney, a murdered unborn child, and a crow I shot last year and turned into a tasty stew. The Electoral officer winced a little and proceeded to act like he didn’t notice my election flyer and proceeded to give me some pretty useful information in regards to making sure my campaign complies with the election act.
By 4:30 pm I was on the street collecting signatures. It is not easy to get people to sign, but I got 17 signatures so far. Amongst those I approached, I noticed some Liberal supporters were polite and willing to sign my nomination paper. Their attitude is their mind is made up and they will be voting for the pro-abortion Danielle Martin who will likely take this riding by a massive margin, but they see the value of allowing independants like myself to run and have their voice heard. I stress to potential electors that signing my paper is not an endorsement of my politics or a vote for me, it only means they feel I should be allowed to run. Some of the Danielle Martin supporters are actually polite and open minded, so I let them know I was truly grateful they were willing to sign my paper to allow me to run.
Anecdotally, the hard left people in the riding are less friendly. I approached two black lesbians and asked them to sign my nomination paper. They didn’t know my election platform and didn’t care, they just walked on. Awhile later I approached a heavily tattooed woman with a dozen or so piercings and we chatted a bit and I petted her dog. When I asked her if she would sign my nomination paper, she demanded to know my politics. I had an idea she was no conservative and I didn’t want to lie to her, so I picked what I thought were the least controversial parts of my platform and talked about the need to restore law and order and tackle the massive drug plague in Toronto. As soon as I said that she shut down and said “I’m not signing your paper” and walked away.
A lot of immigrants live in the riding and some of them were friendly and approachable. One Ukrainian girl started signing before telling me she was not a citizen after I asked and one Israeli immigrant did the same. I thanked them but explained for them to be an elector they needed to be a citizen. I guess that’s why Elections Canada recommends you get more than 150 signatures, even though the requirement is 100 signatures.
Anyways, by 7:30 pm it was getting dark and I was getting tired so I packed it in. Tomorrow my official agent and I will be opening my election bank account. Pray we have no problem doing this. Pray I get all the signatures I need and get my paper work in before I have to go back to Alberta. I have 5 days to get this done. If anyone reading this lives close to Toronto and can help for even an hour or two I would be grateful.
My lawyer called tonight and told me we need another court hearing to deal with my “hate crime” case. I can’t say anything much as the case is under a publication ban. Anyways, I promised my lawyer in the event I win this by-election and stay out of jail, I will give her a cushy patronage position as my top legal advisor. It remains to be seen if she quits her private practice for bountiful government largesse from potential Member of Parliament Bill Whatcott or not.
To read about my “hate crime” and why I am being dragged to Toronto a second time go here: MassResistance
My next court date is April 9 at 9:00 am. I think my lawyer and the Crown will be appearing virtually, but seeing as I am in the riding campaigning and seeing as the Superior Court is in my riding, I will likely appear this time in person.
Election Day is April 13th, 2026….
Existing in Toronto is not cheap. If you would like to help with my living expenses while I am here you can go here: https://www.lifefunder.com/whatcott/
In Christ’s Service, Bill Whatcott
“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.” Deuteronomy 7:9
Seven Air Canada pilots who refused complying with controversial Covid-19 vaccine mandates on religious grounds will soon be compensated by the airline Seven Air Canada pilots who refused complying with controversial Covid-19 vaccine mandates on religious grounds will soon be compensated by the airline after an arbitrator ruled that their rights had been violated.In his ruling, Arbitrator James Hayes stated, “All of the grievors testified honestly and the substantive nexus between their religious beliefs and objections to the employer mandatory vaccination policy was manifest.”
Additionally, Hayes noted that the Air Canada union “has made out a prima facie case of workplace religious discrimination pursuant to the Collective Agreement and the Canadian Human Rights Act.”Air Canada was ordered to compensate the pilots, most of whom were captains, within 60 days for denying their religious exemptions. The arbitration decision stated that the arbitrator would “remain seized in the unlikely event that calculation of those damages becomes an issue.”The pilots were part of a group called Free to Fly, which advocates for workers affected by refusing to adhere to government COVID-19 vaccination mandates
.“I am thrilled these seven men (Colin Finlay, David Sibley, Aric Verduyn, Darren Tucker, Matthew Griffin, Christopher Olson, and Kale Haley) were able to bring glory to God throughout this arduous process,” wrote Free to Fly co-founder Greg Hill in a statement on Thursday. “They gave powerful, Biblical reasons for the hope that is within them – the only true source of hope and light for our dark world!”Hayes ruled that the seven pilots should have been “placed on initial paid leaves of absence, as had been their pilot colleagues granted exemptions at the outset” instead of being fired.The COVID-19 vaccine mandate, implemented in October 2021 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, placed an unprecedented and sweeping burden on federal workers and those in the transportation sector.
Those who chose to abstain were prohibited from travelling by air, boat, or train, both domestically and internationally, resulting in thousands of Canadians losing their livelihoods for failing to comply.“God speaks to us in many ways through a well-formed moral conscience and often we can be to distracted to listen. But in this case, I heard Him clearly in my heart and soul: that to take the vaccine would be to go against His will for me,” said Air Canada Captain Colin Finlay.Finlay, who is Catholic, said his faith prevented him from getting the shot because of its connection to aborted fetal cells.“For me, this was not a matter of personal preference or politics.
It was a matter of obedience to God and fidelity to my Catholic faith,” he added.Air Canada Captain Christopher Olson also objected to the vaccine because fetal cell lines from aborted babies were used in the making of the mRNA shots.“My faith is with me at all times and informs all of my decisions, including decisions about what I allow into my body. Therefore, as companies around Canada began discussing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, I immediately recognized the potential conflict with my faith,” wrote Olson.According to Hayes, the rationale for seeking religious exemptions by Olson, Finlay and the five other pilots was “sincere.”“I find without hesitation that Captain Olson’s objection to vaccination was grounded in sincere religious conviction,” reads the ruling.
The ruling follows a similar decision last year that saw Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, ordered to compensate an employee “wrongfully terminated” for refusing to be vaccinated.Calgary Justice Aldo Argento ordered the airline to pay Duong Yee $65,587.72—the equivalent of 11 months’ salary—after her termination on Dec. 1, 2021, when she declined to be vaccinated.“The plaintiff’s refusal to comply with the company’s vaccination policy did not impact her job performance,” Argento wrote in his decision. “It did not endanger the defendant’s employees or the public as the plaintiff was working from home. While a future, partial return to work was anticipated, that was not yet implemented.”
78 year old former School Trustee Barry Neufeld arrested at Chilliwack Court House, as officer grabs handcuffs, Nov 24, 2025. Neufeld was arrested (as reported previously by The New Westminster Times) due to his inability to pay more than $50,000 to Chilliwack School Trustee Carin Bondar in relation to a defamation suit she brought against him. image NWT
BC’s “Human Rights” Tribunal last week ordered former Chilliwack School Board Trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 to the Chilliwack Teachers Association over injury to the “dignity, feelings and self-respect” of a small but unknown number of LGBT teachers and staff.
What vile hatred did Mr. Neufeld promote to warrant a $750,000 punishment? Did he suggest that all the gay teachers in Chilliwack should be fired? Or forced to undergo conversion therapy?
Screen capture from BC Human Rights Tribunal Homepage. Image: from HRT website
Here is the first of dozens of comments made by Mr. Neufeld from 2017 to 2022, reprinted by the BC “Human Rights” Tribunal in its 50,000-word, 64-page ruling:
“The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) program instructs children that gender is not biologically determined, but is a social construct. … allowing little children to choose to change gender is nothing short of child abuse. But now the BC Ministry of Education has embraced the LGBTQ lobby and is forcing this biologically absurd theory on children in our schools.”
And here is the last comment of Mr. Neufeld that the Tribunal reprinted in its lengthy decision:
“… if an anorexic person is suffering, you don’t pat them on the back and say, here, here, I’ll give you some diet pills, and you don’t have to eat as much. Sometimes the loving thing is saying something very challenging to a person who’s struggling with a problem. If an alcoholic is suffering because they can’t find any booze, you don’t hand them a case of beer. You tell them to, you know, buckle up and do without. Give them a cup of coffee instead.”
The other opinions expressed by Mr. Neufeld from 2017 to 2022 are like the first and last comments here above: standard, run-of-the-mill citizen opposition to radical transgender ideology.
Screen capture of page from recent BC Human Rights Tribunal decision regarding Barry Neufeld. Image: from BC HRT website
The local teachers’ union was outraged that an elected Trustee would publicly and repeatedly state his belief that there are only two sexes, that children should not be exposed to transgender ideology in schools, and that gender-confused children should be provided with compassionate help rather than with puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones and eventual gender-reassignment surgeries.
The teachers’ union found a like-minded ally in the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Both organizations fervently embrace unscientific transgender ideology. Neither organization understands that free expression is the cornerstone of a democracy that embraces a diversity of opinions, and that facilitates healthy debate about controversial issues. Like other censors throughout human history, they believe in “free speech for me, but not for thee.”
Rather than seeking to persuade parents and other citizens to support SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity), the teachers’ union and the “Human Rights” Tribunal instead use coercive state power to silence and punish their political opponents. They use section 7 of BC’s Human Rights Code, which prohibits “discriminatory publications” that indicate “discrimination” or even “an intention to discriminate” against a person or group, or that is likely to expose a person or group to hatred or “contempt.”
Section 7 pertains only to speech. It does not prohibit discrimination in services, tenancies, property purchases, job ads, wages, employment and trade union membership. Section 7 applies to all speech in all public places, everywhere in BC, online and off-line. Non-criminal, non-hateful “discriminatory” speech in public is illegal in BC. Only fully private communications are exempted.
Mr. Neufeld is not the first person whose basic human right to speak freely has been trampled into the ground by the Tribunal.
In 2019, the Tribunal ordered political activist William Whatcott to pay $55,000 to unsuccessful NDP candidate Morgane Oger, who felt offended by a plain-spoken election flyer titled “Transgenderism vs. Truth.” The flyer included the following: “Because gender is God-given and immutable, “transgenderism” is an impossibility. A male cannot “transition” into a female, nor can a female “transition” into a male. One can only cross dress and disfigure themselves with surgery and hormones to look like the gender they are not.” The Tribunal ruled that Mr. Whatcott violated section 7 of the Human Rights Code because the flyer demonstrated “an intention to discriminate against Morgane Oger in a critical area of public life, namely participation in an election as a candidate for public office.”
Barry Neufeld has been punished for expressing opinions intended to support, protect, and advocate for the well-being of young people. British Columbians who love freedom and democracy should be outraged by the Tribunal imposing its woke ideology on citizens by censoring conservative and libertarian speech. Citizens should not be punished for speaking out to protect young people from irreversible harm (such as permanent infertility) that results from unscientific transgender ideology.
But the real culprit is not the Tribunal. It’s BC’s Human Rights Code that makes non-criminal political speech punishable in the first place.
The best way to prevent further injustices of this kind is to repeal section 7 from BC’s Human Rights Code.
Some might argue that repealing section 7 opens the door to signage like “Apartments for Whites only” or “women need not apply.” But signs like that are clearly prohibited by sections 8-14 of the Human Rights Code. Sections 8-14 already outlaw discrimination in any accommodation, service or facility customarily available to the public, including hiring and employment practices.
Repealing section 7 would place all people in BC on an equal footing, by removing the Tribunal’s power to punish speech that it disagrees with under the false pretext of “promoting human rights.” The federal Criminal Code prohibition against the wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group (section 319) would not be impacted in any way. The amended Human Rights Code – without section 7 – would continue to prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services, the same way that it does now.
The Spirit of the Inquisition & Thought Control Lives on at the Toronto Catholic District School Board: Two Teachers Fired for “Racist” Posts
