We need a leader, not someone trying to limit Christmas gatherings.
People Of Saskatchewan,
Since Scott Moe declared a
State Of Emergency in March of this year, we have been extremely patient
(and perhaps naïve) with the provincial government’s handling of the
so-called “COVID-19 pandemic”. Sentiments seem to have changed
considerably following Moe’s re-election earlier this year as citizens
are beginning to see that he is completely willing to restrict our
freedom over a flu virus which has a survival rate of approximately 99%.
Scott Moe recently called out an anti-lockdown rally that was held in the provincial capital on Saturday, December 12th,
for its alleged “racism”, even though the comment about Health Officer
Saqib Shahab was about not being able to remember the names of
foreigners. It is worth noting that whether or not someone is a foreign
citizen (Shahab is obviously not), race does not necessarily
factor – but Scott Moe will cry racism in order to avoid answering the
calls of hundreds who attended, demanding the State Of Emergency be
lifted. I myself attended and can say that the only thing more
impressive than the turnout was the speakers themselves, who recognize
that these measures are not truly in the interest of public
health, but to bring forward, inch-by-inch, a world government
surveillance state where your opinion is essentially meaningless and you
are considered a tax-slave. If that’s the type of world you want to
live in, then keep waiting for your next opportunity to vote because
liberation simply isn’t on the ballot anymore.
We have watched a proposal for a 3-week lockdown in order to
“flatten the curve” turn into a prolonged stretch lasting the entire
year without a definite end in sight. Bill Gates, the Vaccine Predator,
is saying this thing could last until 2022.
This government has went from imposing lockdown measures out
of an “abundance of caution”, to fining people thousands of dollars for
not wearing a mask at the local, public library. This is what oppression
looks like. There is a coordinated media campaign to instill fear into
the hearts of those who would think to stand up to these measures, yet
fines mean nothing if they are constitutionally unenforceable in a court
of law. We’ll take your unjustified, unconstitutional fines to court
every single time – and we’ll tell the Judge what we think about them
too.
Change starts here at home and when the business owners in
this province (especially restaurant owners) want change bad enough, it
will come. Let’s retake our province, then retake the entire federal
constituency as well, and when we have accomplished that, maybe we’ll
ask Denmark if they are willing to make a deal for Greenland
(territorial jurisdiction is important to our success). In exchange,
we’ll send them all the snakes who are currently in our mainstream
media, spreading their deception by cherry-picking facts to fit their
twisted narrative and hoping you’re too stupid to notice.
Let’s not buy into a narrative of fear over these holidays
but recognize it for what it is: an important religious holiday for
Catholics, a time to be with family, and an opportunity to express
gratitude with what we have.
COVID Madness in Calgary — Moslem Mayor Imposes Another Year of Forced Masking & Increases Fines for Dissenters
[If you thought the arrival of the COVID vaccines might mean an end to lockdowns and masks, you were deluded, mislead and wrong. Masks were never about protecting people. They are virtually useless. They were all about CONTROL and scaring or threatening people into conformity. Calgary’s is in for another year of forced masks and fierce fines for dissenters. Once the heart of the rugged Western individualist, poor old Calgary is now just another communist style Medico-Stalinist tyranny! The Mayor and six councillors who voted for repression MUST be defeated on principle in the next municipal election.]
Under the new bylaw, masks will be mandatory in most non-residential places until December 2021.
CALGARY: Mayor Naheed Nenshi led Calgary’s City Council in voting to
extend the mandatory mask bylaw for a year and double fines for
non-compliance.
Under the new bylaw, masks will be mandatory in most non-residential places until December 2021.
Fines were also doubled by the council, up to $100 for a first time offence, $200 for a second offence, and $300 for a third.
The council approved the new bylaw by a 9-3 vote, with conservative
councillors Jeromy Farkas, Sean Chu, and Joe Magliocca opposed, and
Nenshi and the remaining councillors present in favour.
The year-long extension and increase in fines comes on the heals of
persistent ‘Freedom Marches’ on Saturdays in opposition to lockdowns and
mask-mandates.
Nenshi strongly condemned the marches, but supported Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests during the summer.
END THE LOCKDOWN MEGA RALLY IN KELOWNA DRAWS 2,000 JOYOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS KELOWNA. December 12, 2020.
“This is the biggest freedom rally the Okanagan has ever seen,” Dave
Lindsay shouted as he greeted the over 2,000 people who had gathered
here for the Mega END THE LOCKDOWN Rally at noon. They came from Lilooet
and Kamloops, from Salmon Arm and the Lake Country, from Vernon and
Armstrong, from Keremos, Penticton, Okanagan Falls and Oliver. One
caravan even drove up from Vancouver. As the cavalcade from Salmon Arm
and Vernon drove down the highway their honking horns and anti-Lockdown
banners drew many thumbs up and supportive honks. The
rally opened with the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer. Singer and
songwriter Jacqueline-Rose warmed up the crowd as latecomers continued
to stream in. Then,
Dave Lindsay of Penticton, Chairman of C.L.E.A.R. (Common Law Education
and Rights Initiative), who has organized the weekly Kelowna Rally
since April had the crowd cheering with an attack on Bonnie Henry,
British Columbia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health: “Bonnie Henry is
trying to steal Christmas from us. Have as many people in your house as
you want to.” “And,” he added to laughter and more cheers, “Bonnie the
commie will never get another Christmas present!” Mr.
Lindsay noted: “COVID has divided families and it’s divided mine.” He
charged that the government’s position is a mass of lies and
misinformation. “The PCR test they use ha 10 major flaws. It can have an
up to 95% error rate. So, why are we using this test?The death rate in
B.C. was going down before masks were made mandatory in indoor public
spaces. Now, the death rate is going up!” In
a nurses’ case, several years ago, “Bonnie Henry gave testimony that
masks are not effective,” but now she’s imposing them on British
Columbians. “Bonnie Henry, you’re not a hero,” Mr. Lindsay concluded and
the crowd took up a chorus of “lock her up!” Ted
Kuntz, President of Vaccine Choice Canada, also spoke. He outlined the
terrible damage done to his son by a vaccine and the years of suffering
before the lad’s premature and untimely death.
Thanking the R.C.M.P. for helping the rally co-ordinate its march, Mr. Lindsay directed the crowd out from Stuart Park for a parade through the downtown part of Kelowna. Police blocked off one side of the road. The freedom fighters, including many couples with children and even some with babies in strollers stretched more than 10 city blocks. The joyous crowd, with not a mask in site, frequently broke into chants of “freedom” “no more lockdowns!” and, at several points, “Oh, Canada.” Many people along the route gave a thumbs up, many passing cars honked in approval. A few signalled disapproval, including one old lady, masked and alone in her car, who flashed the middle finger at the freedom parade.
After
the parade many of the freedom fighters lined the sidewalk along Harvey
Street where traffic inbound to Kelowna crosses over a bridge spanning
Lake Okanagan. The
afternoon, however, ended on a sour note when rally organizer Dave
Lindsay was presented with a $2,500 fine by the R.C.M.P., a fine that
the court-wise Mr. Lindsay intends to challenge vigorously. Once again, CAFE, which has backed all END THE LOCKDOWN protests since they began in Vancouver in mid-March, attended with a number of supporters from up and down the Okanagan.
One Woman’s Passionate Plea to Premier Doug Ford: “No More Lockdowns!
Premier Ford,
As you may be aware, Quebec Premier François Legault has decided to shut all non-essential businesses for two weeks, beginning Christmas Day, as a result of new COVID 19 infections in that province. Essential services such as grocery stores, supermarkets, drugstores, hardware stores and garages will not be affected by the measure, which will apply from December 25 to January 11.
Apparently, you have refused to rule out similar measures for Ontario – or at least in the GTA – which would appear to have the lion’s share of new COVID 19 cases.
I am strongly opposed to this potential new lockdown in Ontario – as I believe that it will do very little to thwart the rising daily number of new COVID 19 cases. The current lockdown in the City of Toronto and Peel Region, which have been in place for a few weeks now, has completely failed to do much of anything,especially given the fact that those who most enthusiastically support these job destroying and small business ruining lockdowns – would appear to hypocritically have no problem with public schools and other facilities remaining open. I am guessing that the potential electoral backlash from those many parents who use public schools as a type of glorified baby sitting service – resonates much more with lawmakers than any business lobby ever could – hence the aforementioned glaring hypocrisy and contradiction?
Never mind that public schools are far more likely to be vectors of COVID 19 transmission – than any restaurants offering indoor dining – which are already operating at 75% or less capacity – and which have implemented expensive social distancing and contact tracing measures – along with regular decontamination protocols – all at great financial cost – ever could. Nevertheless, in my experience, very few, if any, elected public servants are prepared to deviate from the proverbial script – much less the iron yolk of mass conformity during these times.
An eye on the next election cycle and one’s Sunshine List six figure salary as well as OMERS pension – would appear to bury any righteous objections – much less the use of critical thinking skills and deductive reasoning abilities in most of our public servants (surely an argument for strict term limits and recall mechanisms – to say nothing of ranked ballots – at all levels of government – if there ever was one) – when their primary focus at ALL levels of government should be individually advocating tirelessly with your government to find ways to mitigate and alleviate the restrictions on workers and business owners.Instead, many, not all, but many of your Liberal and NDP aligned opponents, both provincially and municipally, largely give your government a blank cheque, when it comes to these draconian lockdowns, and rather focus on demanding that your government run up even higher deficits to cover income supports for all of those dislocated by these unnecessary lockdowns.
Unfortunately, no real organized opposition or individual dissenting voices, with the notable exception of MPP Randy Hillier, currently exists at Queen’s Park, but I believe that that will soon change with the formal registration in the early new year of a new populist provincial political party, which will finally give a voice to the the tens of millions of Ontarians who have had their jobs and businesses taken away from them as a result of these repeated lockdowns.
Being a skeptic or a critic during these Covid 19 times – is increasingly an audacious and revolutionary act. However, for a growing number of Ontarians like myself, fidelity to truth, facts, common sense, personal freedom, individual liberty, property rights and bodily autonomy are paramount.
I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that any new lockdown in Ontario – or enhanced lockdown – for those Ontario regions which have already been under this statism run amok for the past few weeks – will result in the cancellation of countless numbers of surgeries and diagnostic imaging in hospitals – as hospital CEOs are already asking their staff to “make room” for an anticipated wave of COVID 19 cases. I wonder how many Ontarians will now die as a result of cancelled surgeries and/or diagnostic testing? In the UK this year,over 2000 people have died from pancreatic or liver cancer alone – as a result of British hospitals cancelling surgeries, diagnostics and treatments.You are aware that cancer, HIV/AIDS, clogged arteries and sclerotic organs do not take a vacation just because COVID 19 gets disproportionate attention, right?
I also wonder how many idiots with a mild cough or sniffle will now flood ERs all across Ontario as a result of your government’s extreme and disproportionate overreaction to these rising – but primarily asymptomatic cases – where there is a very low hospitalization rate and an extremely low mortality rate? The vast majority of COVID 19 deaths are the result of comorbidity – with those of very advanced age and immunodeficiency being the primary victims.
Of course, the sensationalizing media will no doubt fan the flames of public hysteria over any new or enhanced lockdown.
If you are so concerned that Ontario’s hospitals will be overrun with new COVID 19 cases – which is apparently your justification for – what in my opinion – are these illegal and unconstitutional lockdowns – which trample all over my fundamental rights and freedoms – then why have you not over the course of this calendar year – since the very beginning of the pandemic – established a parallel healthcare system – perhaps operated by the medical corps of the Canadian military – which could erect vast tent cities on the outskirts of any and all sizeable Ontario population centres – for the sole purpose of diagnosing and treating those with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID 19. A toll free number could be established and an over the phone assessment would determine if a person has or likely has COVID 19. This would immediately remove the threat to civilian hospitals of being overrun – and separate medical transportation to such COVID 19 centres could transport those who have or think they may have COVID 19. I am thinking a hermetically sealed special ambulance – equipped with oxygen tanks.Of course, it would have to be strictly voluntary for anyone to go to these COVID 19 treatment/recovery sites – but it would result in not requiring these economically destructive lockdowns. Such facilities would be open and transparent – with full access for visitors and the media. Why are you and the other Premiers not already discussing this option or at least something along these lines with the Prime Minister? Surely, anything to avoid a lockdown and paralysis of the economy should be your very top priority?
You also could create a separate provincial medical corp made up of recalled recently retired physicians, nurses, etc. to exclusively diagnose and treat COVID 19 patients inside of a plethora of provincial government owned buildings – both those in use and those which have been decommissioned. There are also countless municipal government buildings, schools, community centres, military bases,airport hangers, etc. There is no valid reason why civilian hospitals need to be overrun and ICU and ER beds taken by severely ill COVID 19 patients – assuming there are truly going to be that many of them – I have my doubts – and this can all be accomplished in my opinion – without the need for any current or existing lockdowns. You simply are not thinking outside of the proverbial box here. I am quite certain that your well paid team of literally thousands of physicians, public health officials, policy wonks and other assorted bureaucrats could conceive of many different ways to deal with this supposed “imminent tidal wave of Covid 19 cases” which are both creative and anything but the status quo. The fact that you or no other national or sub national elected leader has bothered to think outside of the proverbial box and devise creative solutions to this issue – makes me and a growing number of people highly suspicious as to what is really behind all of this madness.
I believe that the COVID 19 pandemic is very real – but I question the degree to which it is truly a danger to those who are not already of an advanced age and/or who have serious immunodeficiency. I also believe that many state (governments) and non-state actors (big businesses, banks and pharmaceutical corporations) all over the world – are exploiting this tragedy to advance their own self serving agendas. Not all of them, but many of them.Too many things do not make sense -nor do they add up – as it were. I am also very disheartened to see you and many other public servants ,state, “I will listen to the advice of the medical experts” as the standard scripted generic reply to any inquiries such as mine. The medical officers of health are NOT all seeing and all knowing. They DO NOT possess a monopoly on solutions. In fact, some of them even publicly disagree and contradict each other concerning which measures to take and when to take them. The recent disagreement on whether or not to put York Region into lockdown between Dr Kurji and Dr Williams comes to mind. Yet, so many of our elected officials meekly abdicate all decision making to these unelected “experts”. It is truly shameful to say the least. What ever happened to shopping around for the proverbial second opinion? Why do you and most of your public sector ilk always side with the very worst case scenario where COVID 19 is concerned? You seem to automatically assume that whichever “medical expert” paints the most dire and bleak scenario – is the correct one by default – yet this comes at the expense of my livelihood, dignity,freedom and liberty.
While I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that this email will fall on deaf ears – where appealing to you to publicly oppose a lockdown is concerned – I would like to take this opportunity to at least ask you not to begin any new or enhanced lockdown until Christmas Day – as per Quebec’s example? Individuals and businesses both need as well as richly deserve sufficient time to prepare for it. Furthermore, the days leading up to Christmas Day are the most important all year for the vast majority of businesses. This time of the year is truly the economic lifeblood for most businesses and their employees – especially retailers.
May your critical thinking skills, deductive reasoning abilities and healthy skepticism wisely guide all of your future public policy decisions. Be bold, be strong, be courageous and work smarter – not harder.
The Rebel’s Tamara Ugolini speaks to a woman with a mask exemption due to PTSD who was strong armed by mall security in London, Ontario, despite clearly following the rules posted on the entrance to the White Oak Mall: http://rebelne.ws/34xZ26r
UPDATE ON ADAMSON BARBECUE LEGAL DEFENCE FUND: As of December13, $334, 550 Raised http://cafe.nfshost.com/?p=5190
UPDATE ON ADAMSON BARBECUE LEGAL DEFENCE FUND: As of December13, $334, 550 Raised Barry posted a new update to Adamson BBQ Legal Defence Fund
13, 2020 Alright, alright.
Enough of you have said that you don’t want me to take this GoFundMe campaign down on December 19.
You told me that you want to give monthly, or weekly.
And you said that the ongoing success of this campaign stands as a daily
reminder to the political class that we’ve all had enough.
Well, there is one more valid reason to keep this campaign active.
Adam’s counsel called me yesterday informing me that bylaw officers and
government officials have made it their mission in life to attend each
of Adam’s locations every single day in an effort to find something
legitimate to complain about and exhaust his financial resources.
That’s right.
Rather than respond to your support with an effort to understand the
needs of small business, the Tory and Ford governments have started to
use the power of your tax dollars to crush the one small business person
who is out there taking a stand.
So yes, I will keep this campaign active.
Even better, I have raised the stretch target to $500,000.
And Adam’s attorney assures me that every single dollar raised is going
straight into a Trust account to fight this asymmetric COVID regime.
Our effort has been described as a “David & Goliath battle” by the national press.
Well, we all know who won that fight.
So let’s keep this campaign running.
Let’s commit today to a monthly donation of $20, $10, $5 or whatever you can afford.
If each one of you contributes just $20 per month, this campaign grows by $126,000 per month.
If each one of you contributes just $10 per month, this campaign grows by $68,000 per month.
And if each one of you contributes just $5 per month, this campaign grows by $34,000 per month!
No donation is too small.
Even better, those monthly donations keep this effort at the top of
GoFundMe’s “popular campaigns” page, maximizing our international reach
and reminding our politicians that we’re not going away.
For those of you who prefer to pay via PayPal, we will be opening an account for that purpose.
So please, do not set this letter aside.
Let’s keep this issue front and centre in the public mind.
And let’s refuse to let Big Government use our own money to steamroller the voice of small business.
Thank you so much.
by Barry McNamar, Organizer
Amidst the slough of politicians, media and citizen fear mongers
supporting irrational COVID “public health orders” that shut down small
businesses while allowing corporate big-box stores to remain open…
one small business is standing up for the rights of the “little guys”
like you and me to get out and earn a living too.
Ontario’s Adamson BBQ has been opening every day to serve people
lunch. And owner Adam Skelly is paying a high price for carrying that
cudgel of liberty. Over the past 24 hours he’s been hit with numerous
fines totalling tens of thousands of dollars for violating
unconstitutional and draconian COVID “public health orders.”
All because he refuses to let your politicians—who are out there
enjoying their fat salaries that we all pay for, wag their fingers at us
and tell us we don’t have a right to earn a living too. After all,
“we’re all in this together” right?
I don’t know him but I do
know that guys like Adam are in short supply during this overblown COVID
nonsense. And he deserves our support.
So c’mon.
If we’re not going to be out there leading by example, let’s at least
kick in $100, $75, $50 or whatever you can afford to help Adam fight
this fight for us.
If we’re not willing to kick in a few bucks to help Adam fight for our freedoms, then maybe we don’t deserve them.
Don’t put this aside for later. Every fine, every police visit, every
daily scolding by some fat cat politician is chipping away at Adam’s
courage. Show him that he’s not alone.
Ontario’s Randy Hillier stands athwart Ford and the lockdowners
The Western
Standard’s Ernest Skinner spoke with Hiller about his opposition to
lockdowns, mandatory-masking, and why he is putting his neck on the line
to fight them.
Rogue Ontario MPP Randy Hillier doesn’t mince words. He never has.
The Tory-turned-independent from the notoriously populist-conservative
Ottawa Valley has always been on the outside looking in, even when he
was on the inside of the PC Caucus. In November 2020 he was charged for
leading an anti-lockdown protest at the Ontario Legislature.
The Western Standard‘s Ernest Skinner spoke with
Hiller about his opposition to lockdowns, mandatory-masking, and why he
is putting his neck on the line to fight them.
1. Who is Randy Hillier, the MPP?
“Well, I’m an independent member the legislature and the
provincial Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston. I’ve been in
elected office since 2007. My political views don’t always get met with
enthusiasm as I am a bit of a maverick you could say. Besides that, I’m a
dad, a husband, a father of four kids, and have 6 grandkids.”
2. Would you consider yourself an outlaw or bohemian in the realms of your political views at times?
“Well, listen, I’m a very independent-minded person, and I speak
my mind, regardless of what others may or may not think, and that often
has me swimming against the currents of political correctness and
accepted dogma. I’ve often been in the penalty box, but I have an
absolute foundational view that to be in elected office, one must be
truthful and honest at all times, regardless of the consequences.”
3. We all know that you’re against the lockdowns. Can you
comment on your findings regarding deaths and collateral damage as a
direct result of them?
“Yes, the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms released a
report today (December 3) that lays out an exceptionally strong case of
the evidence that the lockdowns and this social experiment that we have
undertaken as a result of COVID[-19] have led to substantial and
significant harm, injury and fatality for those who were never at risk
of COVID. We are seeing at least a 50 per cent increase in deaths in
these other areas such as the suicides, addiction, overdoses, etc.”
4. How would you assess Chief Health Medical Officer Dr.
Theresa Tam’s handling of COVID-19 and her advice to Canadians since
March?
“Professionally, I’d have to do use some diplomatic language, and just call her incompetent.
This is the same person who suggested that masks could not stop the
spread of COVID at the height of the threat, and then in July thought
they were the most wonderful thing. She also said you should wear them
when you are having sex, and one of the ways we can reduce the spread is
by engaging in masturbation instead of intimate relations.”
5. What are your thoughts on Doug Ford and how he has used his powers since the start of the pandemic?
“He should be singled out for derision. He came into office with a
mandate of open economy, that Ontario is open for business, that he is
for the little guy. He’s also the one we’ve seen throughout this,
telling people that it was too dangerous to go to the cottage; we find
he’s going to his cottage. He tells people it’s unsafe to have a
wedding, and he’s going to weddings. It’s been an endless contradiction.
He told us we have to have a broad-based provincial approach to this
and then of course that changed to a regional approach. He’s been flying
off-the–cuff for nine months and everybody in Ontario has been harmed by this ineptness.”
6. Why do you think that “experts” such as Dr. Tam, Dr.
Fauci, and others keep staying on the same path even when they reverse
course and contradict themselves? Can you also talk a bit about the
wearing of masks.
“Well, I see them as bureaucrats; they’re not engaged in
practising medicine even though at some point they may have had a
medical degree. We all know that if you are going to wear a mask the
benefits have to outweigh the consequences. We know very clearly now
that the asymptomatic spread is not an issue. If you are going to
contract the virus it’s going to be because you are in a confined space
with proximity to infected people for a prolonged period of time. Many
studies tell us that”
7. Have you personally spoken with experts in the field of
vaccines and viruses that disagree with the lockdown and mandatory-mask
approach?
“Today, [December 3] I’ll be speaking with Dr. Roger Hodkinson who has been slammed by big tech and social media for speaking out at an Edmonton city council meeting.
I’ve spoken with Dr. Matt Straus, Dr. Kulvinder Kaur, Dr. Stephen
Malthouse and these are credible doctors. Tens of thousands across the
world have signed on to the Great Barrington Declaration,stating
unequivocally that this social experiment of masking and lockdowns in
isolation and confinement is not a solution. Another thing is social
media has been engaged in actively suppressing dissenting views, and
we’ve also seen it from our mainstream media – CTV, CBC,
anybody who has a dissenting opinion – is disregarded as some sort of
conspiracy theorist. We had Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, the Chief Medical
Officer of Health in Montreal state it’s like a bad flu season, and even
our own Minister of Long Term Care stated categorically that it was
like a bad flu season; but both the MSM and our social media have been
active in suppressing that information and knowledge to the general
public.”
8. Regarding your colleagues in the legislature; are there
others that you know of that agree with your thoughts and views on
COVID-19?
“A great many. These are people that I know in the NDP, the
Liberal Party, the CP, who all share my views and my sentiments or a
great many of them. They are fearful of speaking out. They’re fearful of
being removed from their caucus, being kicked out of their parties,
fearful of losing the added perks and benefits of being a parliamentary
assistant or a minister.”
9.What would be your overall personal
assessment of what people in general are feeling, and the ramifications
for the ones in charge of steering the ship?
“People are living in fear, because they have not been exposed to
alternative views and dissenting opinions. They are not aware of the
facts and evidence that show beyond a reasonable doubt that this
situation is exaggerated. At the end of the day – as more and more of
these exaggerations are dispelled – people will come to realize that we
made some very horrible and tragic decisions during COVID[-19] and there
is going to be a price to pay for those officials who failed to do
their jobs”
10. What advice would you give to people that are confused by
the contradictions and questionable advice that our leaders are giving
us?
“There’s an individual whose name is Dr. Michael Yeadon. He’s a
former chief scientist for Pfizer. He has put out a video which is
about 30 minutes long. It is an astonishing, all-encompassing video
that covers things such as masks. It covers clearly why the tests that
we’re doing are creating so many false-positives and that we ought not
to be basing our public policies on a test that is faulty, and faulty to
such a high degree. He would be a good one to go to for people that
have very limited time to investigate on their own.”
Ernest Skinner is the WestRock Columnist for the Western Standard
Manitoba Trucker Jake Klassen for Organizing A Singing Session for Christmas Hymns in a Public Park
Brian Pallister, Manitoba’s conservative-in-name-only premier, recently imposed strict lockdown measures on his entire province, including the closure of anything he deems “non-essential” — and according to him, you’re an “idiot” if you disagree with his decision.
His new rules make the town in “Footloose” look like a bastion of freedom!
Among Pallister’s many authoritarian decrees is the closure of all churches in Manitoba. And singing, apparently.
That’s why we are helping Jake Klassen from Reinfeld, Manitoba. Jake organized a singing service in a public park where people could gather (2 metres apart) to sing Christmas carols and Christian hymns.
They were there spreading Christmas cheer while socially distancing in an empty park. How can there possibly be anything wrong with that?
Well, wouldn’t you know it, the very next day, the cops showed up and handed Jake a $1,296 fine!
For singing Christmas carols in the park? It’s insane!
We won’t rest until we challenge every single one of these fines and win our freedom back!
That’s why we launched an ambitious plan to fight the fines for the first 1,000 Canadians who have been issued a coronavirus ticket.
We don’t plan to pay Jake’s fine — we’re going to fight it! And we’re hoping we can count on you to help us crowdfund Jake’s lawyer.
Rebel News hired David Anber, an excellent civil liberties lawyer, to represent Jake. David has been on the front lines with many of our other “Fight the Fines” cases, so we know Jake is in great hands.
We’re taking a stand to defend our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, like the freedom to run a business, visit our family, practice our religion, and SING when and where we want to. But we can’t win this fight alone, and we’ll need as much help as we can get.
To support our fight, please go to www.FightTheFines.com and help us out with a donation. Whether it’s $5, $50, or $500, every little bit will help us fight Jake’s case and all the other cases we’ve taken on.
And if someone you know received one of these lockdown fines, send them our way, and we’ll work to get them a lawyer too.
