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Another Legion Branch Caves to LGBTQ Protest & Cancels Free Speech

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Another Legion Branch Caves to LGBTQ Protest & Cancels Free Speech

Victoria Free Speech activist Gordon Watson reports: “Attached is a letter from Meghan Murphy concerning the outrageous way the Canadian Legion grovelled to the weirdos after her very successful event in Victoria Sept 14th.   
Miss Murphy had rented the room at the Legion in Victoria. where she was telling the truth about how the mental illness of “gender dysphoria”  harms children and women. What wonderful irony — the Legion, ostensibly representing people who’d gone to war to defend “core values” …   coming down hard AGAINST freedom of speech !

Gordon Watson

Open letter to The Royal Canadian Legion regarding their coerced response to
hosting Vancouver Island Speaks
We will not accept being libeled, censored, and bullied at every turn, simply
for defending the rights of women and kids
MEGHAN
MURPHY
OCT
14

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APP

 
Disappointingly but predictably, following last month’s Vancouver Island Speaks event in
Victoria, local activists launched a harassment campaign against our venue, The Royal
Canadian Legion (Trafalgar/Pro Patria Legion Branch 292). The pattern of capitulation
is unacceptable, and functions to silence free and fair speech in Canada. We will never
stop fighting, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to host events in Canada when
venues cave to the bullying and libel of a small but loud minority of activists. Please
consider supporting our fight and speech by signing onto our open letter to the Legion.
To sign your name to this letter, go to: www.vancouverislandspeaks.org/about
~~~
The Royal Canadian Legion
National Headquarters
86 Aird Place

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Ottawa, ON K2L 0A1
October 3rd, 2024
To whom it may concern,
On Saturday, September 14, 2024, Vancouver Island Speaks! (VIS) hosted their fifth event in B.C.,
discussing the debate and issues surrounding gender identity ideology, women’s rights, free speech, and
kids’ safety. These events aim to bring a much suppressed, misrepresented, and censored conversation out
into the open, and allow Canadians of all stripes to learn more, hear from other community members, and
share their views and concerns. All five events have been well-attended, peaceful, and inspiring. In this
case, after having lost our first venue, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 292 in Victoria hosted us.
The women who speak on these panels draw from their experiences growing up female in this world, as
well as from research, data, and news reports. Most of us never expected to have to fight for our rights
and spaces in 2024, as women, nor our right to free expression, as Canadians. We never anticipated
having to stand up publicly and insist men not be given access to women’s sports, prisons, shelters and
change rooms. We certainly never imagined being protested, vilified, harassed, censored, libelled, and
threatened for doing so, painted as criminals by our own “feminist” governments, but here we are.
Holding these events has always been a challenge. In every single case, the venues who
agree to host us are subject to harassment campaigns, threatened and bullied into
cancelling and denouncing our group and message, often without any real understanding of what our
message is, and why these small but loud groups demand we be cancelled.
While our September 14th event went off without any issue, a small group of local activists sought to
pressure the Legion into denouncing us, using fear-mongering and manipulative language, aimed at
instilling fear by painting us as “hateful” and dangerous. A sample letter offered by an individual going
by the name Lin Robinson-Young as a template for activists read:
To the Royal Canadian Legion, its Members, and its Leadership:
I am writing to you as a member and/or ally of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. I was
deeply hurt to hear that on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, the Victoria branch of
the Royal Canadian Legion hosted a panel focused on perpetuating hateful

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anti-transgender rhetoric at an event hosted by “Vancouver Island Speaks” called
“Surgeries, Sports & Speech in Tranada”. This panel represented yet another attack
on the rights of our transgender community members, and the Legion’s decision to
host this event fails to align with your June 3rd, 2019 commitment to not affiliate with
groups that promote hatred or violence toward protected groups including on the
basis of gender, or your website’s core values, which include being “supportive,
inclusive, courteous and fair to all”.
The allowance of the Legion for this panel to be hosted at the Legion’s Victoria
Branch betrays the trust of 2SLGBTQI+ people in Victoria and in Canada overall.
How are we meant to trust an organization that is willing to host a panel promoting
hate speech against our transgender siblings, parents, and children? Transgender
people remain a deeply vulnerable population – even in Canada, transgender people
experience more physical and sexual violence and report worse mental health
statuses than cisgender people (Statistics Canada 2018). Even the Canadian
Security Intelligence Service warned us in February of this year that “extremists could
“inspire and encourage” serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community”
(Tunney 2024).
The featured panelists at the hateful event hosted at the Victoria Legion building
included Meghan Murphy, a transphobic internet personality who was banned from X
for violating rules prohibiting hate speech against trans people; Mia Hughes, founder
of “caWsbar”, an “advocacy group” which is “focused on one issue: denying trans
people rights” (McArdle 2023); Linda Blade, who says that trans athletes “harm […]
female athletes” and pose an “almost existential threat” to cisgender athletes (2021);
Bryony Dixon, who “publicly stated transitioning threatens queer youth, specifically
gay children, and that medically prescribed hormone blockers to ease gender
dysphoria “castrates” children” (Morton, 2023); and Magdalena Huston, who is
associated with Murphy and characterizes transgender people’s self-realizations as
“social contagion” (Huston 2024).
Our 2SLGBTQI+ community must assume that by hosting this event, these fair-right,
anti-transgender viewpoints must align with that of the Royal Canadian Legion unless

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otherwise indicated. In fact, one of our Victoria community members called the
Victoria branch yesterday while the panel was taking place and had a conversation
that seemingly endorses this:
“The guy on the phone says he was a bartender. I told them that they are hosting a
hate group. Guy said ‘no, we are renting out a room – whatever they do up there is
not our business.’ I asked ‘Would you rent out to Nazis?’ and he said ‘Sure, if they
were paying.’”
In these times where Canada’s social progress is threatening to reverse itself, we as
allies and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community look to organizations such as
yourselves to not only refuse to aid and abet hateful rhetoric against our community,
but to actively include us and fight for our right to exist, just as our veterans fought
for. I therefore urge you not only to denounce the Sept 14 event and its organizers
and to formally apologize to the 2SLGBTQI+ community for hosting a group that
promoted hate toward us, but to make and announce a public donation to the Victoria
Pride Society as a gesture of support and good will.
Sincerely,
[Name]
Sources:
www.them.us/story/megan-murphy-terf-twitter-lawsuit
www.meghanmurphy.ca/p/never-give-up-never-surrender
www.transgendermap.com/issues/topics/media/mia-hughes/
www.maelys.bio/2023/06/anti-trans-mob-in-ottawa/
https://thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/nanaimo-fringe-festival-director-steps-down
www.threads.net/@magdalenahuston/post/C-s-cLSSvuw
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00009-eng.htm
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-lgbtq-warning-violence-1.7114801
https://web.archive.org/web/20240323014905/https://legion.ca/news/2019/06/03/legi
on-r eleases-hate-group-policy
https://web.archive.org/web/20240829103013/https://rcl292.ca/our-branch/about-
page.php?id=32

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www.facebook.com/JodieGastel/postspfbid028FZFyJYLWStqQNqmRTM2Fx6
This letter, and others like it, including one from an activist named Tressa Brotsky, asked the
Trafalgar/Pro Patria Legion to apologize for having hosted our event in order to “show compassion to and
for trans people and their families and communities.” In her letter, Brotsky claimed that the aim of VIS is
to “limit the rights and health of vulnerable people, and specifically to try to stop access to life-saving
healthcare for children and youth of all sexes and genders.”
This is a wildly defamatory statement. In truth, we aim to protect the health of children and vulnerable
people and aim to raise the alarm about the wide-ranging harms of so-called “gender medicine” and
surgeries on minors who are not able to consent to such life-altering decisions, nor are they fully informed
of the irreversible consequences of these treatments. Brodsky cites previous unwarranted cancellations of
our bookings at other venues as justification for the Legion to cancel this one and to reject future
bookings, writing:
A number of business [sic] have cancelled their booking with Vancouver Island Speaks once they
discovered that the charisma and half-disclosures of Meghan Murphy and organizers mask their
fundamental belief that trans people should not be allowed equal healthcare or to exist in Canada.
Not only are the letters and public statements made about our group, directed at the Legion and other
venues, defamatory, but they are chock-full of medical misinformation; ideologically driven, with no
basis in fact or science; and hyperbolic, inserting motivations that only exist in the imaginations of the
authors. The aim of these activists is to frighten people into compliance by implying we aim to harm
rather than help (and to simply have open, honest debate), bullying organizations into cancelling our
events, denouncing our group, and refusing future bookings. This behaviour is authoritarian,
undemocratic, and insulting to our veterans and the aim of the Royal Legion of Canada.
The truth is that no venue has cancelled VIS events because they disagree with our views or beliefs.
Venues have cancelled or denounced us because they have been terrorized, threatened, harassed, bullied,
and, in the words of our last venue managers, “abused” by these activists and their supporters. Venues and
staff are confused and reasonably frightened.
In response to Brotsky’s letter, the Branch Manager of the Trafalgar/ProPatria Legion, Lorrie Weston,
wrote via email :

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I am Deeply ashamed and distraught over the group that was in attendance on Saturday, September
14th, 2024.
I understood this group to be a non-profit focusing on current woman’s issue. There is in NO Way that
the Legion supports the beliefs of this group.
We have been and always will be here to support all military and all those who serve or have served.
There are not enough words to convey our deep sadness over this and apologize profusely to those
who were hurt by this.
Activists took this private email and began sharing it as a “public statement” from the Legion about the
“anti-trans event held at their venue.” When one of our organizers called the legion to ask for clarification
on the statement, she was told that the branch manager “had repercussions from the Navy base, as well as
from our head, BC Yukon command and Ottawa.” Weston told us she had been ordered to “issue an
apology that if we’ve hurt anybody’s feelings as a result, like, that I am completely distraught and
ashamed that people would think that of our Legion.”
The immediate capitulation of the Legion to the activists’ J’accuse! is emblematic of these activist tactics,
which have been used to assail us for years — to censor our speech, libel us, and to ensure that the
Canadian public does not hear our concerns, or is misled and misinformed about our just, fair, and
reasonable concerns and views.
We support and advocate for the rights and protections of women and girls in Canada and across the
globe. We are Canadians committed to human rights and the values of a liberal democracy. We support
free speech, child safeguarding, and ethical, evidence-based, approaches to health care. We advocate for
compassionate, ethical treatment of all Canadians, especially of minors who struggle with body image,
mental health issues, and the natural and often distressing experience of puberty.
We are grateful to the Royal Canadian Legion for hosting our event. Every member of our volunteer
security team are veterans. Holding our event at a Legion has profound
significance to them. They fought for the rights we now enjoy in liberal democracies and know all too
well what happens to women and girls in places that do not enjoy those rights.
Our security team — again, veterans — supports our work by protecting us from activists like those who

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contacted you, as they seek to cause us harm. Not emotional harm — real, physical harm.
Meghan Murphy, for example, has been threatened with violence for nearly a decade for speaking out in
defense of women’s sex-based rights. She has received death threats, been stalked, and has been attacked
in public. She requires bodyguards, security, and a police presence almost every time she speaks in public
as a result. This is not an uncommon experience for those of us who are critical of gender identity
ideology and its harms. It is the norm and it is shameful.
Tactics employed by these activists include: intimidation, threats of violence, threats of sexual assault and
rape, targeting employment, actual physical attacks, and criminalization.
They target women in particular, knowing we are vulnerable.
Women and girls remain a deeply vulnerable population globally — even in Canada. Women experience
physical and sexual violence at disproportionate rates (Statistics Canada 2018). Female inmates are
particularly vulnerable, often with histories of trauma, poverty, addiction, mental health issues; they come
from marginalized communities and harsh backgrounds, yet are now being incarcerated with violent male
sex offenders, with no way to advocate for themselves.
The letter template used by some of the activists who contacted you cites a statement
published on June 3rd, 2019, with regard to “hate groups.” The letter argues that “your
decision to host this event fails to align with your June 3rd, 2019 commitment to not affiliate with groups
that promote hatred or violence toward protected groups including on the basis of gender, or your
website’s core values, which include being ‘supportive, inclusive, courteous and fair to all.’”
Surely, women and girls fall under the category of “all.” Surely we deserve to be treated fairly and with
the same rules and respect as any other group. Surely the Legion stands for women’s rights, and wouldn’t
cave to pressure from bullies who threaten our rights, safety, and wellbeing. Surely, the Legion supports
women and community members in their efforts to gather and discuss their concerns about the impact of
something as controversial as gender identity ideology on women and kids — the most vulnerable among
us.
VIS events are inclusive — everyone is welcome, provided they don’t endanger or disrupt. Ironically, we
are accused of being exclusive, while being excluded ourselves.

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What we do is dangerous, but we continue to fight, at our own risk, with no institutional, corporate, or
government support, in the face of constant threats, harassment, and censorship, because preserving
women’s rights and protecting kids, as well as defending free speech in Canada is of pivotal importance.
More important than our jobs, safety, comfort, or income.
The defamation in these letters and social media posts collapse in the face of VIS’s demonstrated value of
reality-based analysis, direct communication, and transparency. We invite The Royal Canadian Legion,
your members and allies, as well as all interested and concerned Canadians to see for themselves what we
have to say, openly, proudly and clearly. We are not ashamed of our words.
We urge you to review the footage of our Vancouver Island Speaks events, and determine for yourself
whether or not they constitute “hate” and should be cancelled and censored.
Sincerely,
Meghan Murphy, VIS Organizer, Writer and Podcaster, Founder of Feminist Current

Bryony Dixon, VIS Organizer, Director of Development and Events at Civilization Works

Niki Fortier, VIS Organizer and Royal Canadian Legion member

Linda Blade, PhD Kinesiology, Co-founder of the International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS) and Board Member of Canadian
Women’s Sex-Based Rights (caWsbar)

Mia Hughes, Director of Genspect Canada and Director of Gender at Civilization Works

Michelle Mackness, Vice Director of Genspect Canada

April Hutchinson, Canadian powerlifter, founder of Keep Female Sports Female XX

Janayh Wright, VIS speaker and businesswoman

Magdalena Huston, VIS speaker

Kim Zander, Women’s Space Vancouver

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Matthew Foxcroft, Business Owner
Christopher Shaw, UBC
Stuart Parker, Los Altos Institute
Kim Goldberg, Author/Poet
John Thompson, C.D. Canadian Forces Decoration
Kevan Hudson
Ingrid Berg, Attendee
Scott Geiler, LGB Alliance supporter
Sarah Rean
Syed Abbas
Eric Kaufmann, University of Buckingham
Elizabeth Ely, Retired Musician
Melanie Bennet
Rose Forte
Leslie MacMillan
Wilma Lawrence, Supporter of free speech
Harald Hewett, Attendee
Donna Schurman, Concerned citizen
Shawn Shirazi, Gays Against Groomers
Felicia Rembrandt, Lesbian
Suzanne Baril, Freedom
Pamela Buffone, Canadian Gender Report
Stella O’Malley, Genspect
Brian Driscoll
Gale Tyler, retired BC teacher
Margaret Sherlock
Karin Litzcke
Dr. Joan Russell, UELAC. RDB self-identified.
Michele Kofod
Savanah Wright
Lorraine Hepting
Linda Batten, Retired educator
Kate Macdonald, Duncan Businesses owner

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Paul ORorke
Ruth Waddell, BScN
Bryant Kashmere
Jenniffer Millington
K Houtby
Frank Pluta, Freedom of Speech believer
Steven Lay, local business owner
Toni Vonk, Gender Dissent
Brenda Brooks, Descendant of WW1 and WW2 veterans/Writer
Sandra Currie, Women’s Space Vancouver
Kristine Anderson, Vancouver Island resident
Kelly Constabaris, Adult Human Female
Ian Glass, Friend
Linda Stone
Jacqueline Carstensen

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Mark Zukerberg Reveals He Was Part of U.S. Gov’t Black Op During COVID Tyranny to Censor Dissent on the Internet

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Vindicated: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Regrets Collusion with Government on CovidJUSTIN HARTAUG 27 


READ IN APP Mark Zuckerberg’s August 26, 2024, letter to Congress offers a long-awaited acknowledgment of what many of us at Rational Ground—and across the nation—have known all along: Facebook was an active participant in the systematic censorship of American voices during the COVID pandemic.Rational Ground by Justin Hart is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Upgrade to paidIn his letter to Chairman Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg admits that “government pressure was wrong” and expresses regret for not being “more outspoken about it” at the time.



But let’s be clear—this is no minor regret. Facebook, a platform that touts itself as a modern-day digital town square, was complicit in silencing American citizens. This wasn’t just a passive response to government pressure. Facebook actively enforced policies that stifled discussion, flagged dissenting opinions as “misinformation,” and crippled debate during one of the most critical periods in recent history.Zuckerberg now claims, “with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make [those choices] today.” But where was that judgment when we needed it most? For months, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, pressured social media companies like Facebook to censor COVID content—content that ranged from humor and satire to serious debates about policy.This wasn’t about protecting public health. This was about controlling the narrative, ensuring that only one perspective—often one that aligned with flawed or incomplete data—was allowed to reach the public. The result? Millions of Americans were deprived of critical information and perspectives that could have shaped public understanding and policy.Everything Changed on July 15th, 2021On July 15th, 2021, the mask was ripped off. In a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that senior White House staff were “in regular touch” with Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms regarding COVID posts. More egregiously, the Surgeon General’s office was “flagging problematic posts for Facebook” that spread what the administration deemed “disinformation.”This wasn’t just coordination—it was collusion. The government wasn’t just advising these platforms; they were actively steering the censorship of Americans. They even released a blacklist of so-called “super-disseminators” of COVID “disinformation.” We’re talking about doctors, scientists, and everyday citizens whose only crime was questioning the dominant narrative.These actions represent a gross violation of the principles on which our country was founded. Freedom of speech isn’t just a footnote in American democracy—it’s a pillar. Yet, in the name of “public safety,” this administration weaponized social media platforms to suppress dissent and silence critics. Facebook and Twitter, companies that were built on the ideals of free expression, became tools of government censorship.The Damage Is Done, but the Proof Is HereZuckerberg’s letter is too little, too late. The damage has been done. Lives were impacted, businesses shuttered, and children were forced into isolation—all while reasonable discussions about COVID policies were being suppressed. But what’s more, this letter provides clear proof of what we fought against in our lawsuit: the unlawful collusion between the government and social media companies to suppress free speech.While we’re not currently pursuing our lawsuit, these revelations vindicate everything we’ve been fighting for. They demonstrate beyond a doubt that the censorship efforts during the pandemic were not just real—they were orchestrated at the highest levels of power. And though the lawsuit is paused, we may yet resurrect it in the future.That’s one of the reasons why we built the AI ChatGPT bought for Rational Ground. To be the collective mind and repository of everything we went through and everything we can use to fight in case they rear their ugly hat again.Subscribers have unlimited full access to the tool here.At Rational Ground, we’ve been documenting these issues for years. We’ve exposed the coordinated efforts between government agencies and Big Tech to stifle dissenting voices. In our article, [“Facebook Files: Rep. Jordan Revelations”], we highlighted just how deep this collaboration ran. And in our piece, [“Breaking: FOIA Emails Reveal CDC and Big Tech Collaboration“], we showcased the direct involvement of the CDC in shaping what information was allowed to be shared.These revelations affirm that our fight was justified. The principles of free speech and open debate must be upheld, even in times of crisis. As we move forward, we remain vigilant. And while the lawsuit may be on hold, we will continue to pursue every avenue to ensure that these wrongs are addressed.You’re currently a free subscriber to Rational Ground by Justin Hart. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.Upgrade to paid LIKE
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Vindicated: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Regrets Collusion with Government on CovidJUSTIN HARTAUG 27 


 Mark Zuckerberg’s August 26, 2024, letter to Congress offers a long-awaited acknowledgment of what many of us at Rational Ground—and across the nation—have known all along: Facebook was an active participant in the systematic censorship of American voices during the COVID pandemic.Rational Ground by Justin Hart is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Upgrade to paidIn his letter to Chairman Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg admits that “government pressure was wrong” and expresses regret for not being “more outspoken about it” at the time.



But let’s be clear—this is no minor regret. Facebook, a platform that touts itself as a modern-day digital town square, was complicit in silencing American citizens. This wasn’t just a passive response to government pressure. Facebook actively enforced policies that stifled discussion, flagged dissenting opinions as “misinformation,” and crippled debate during one of the most critical periods in recent history.Zuckerberg now claims, “with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make [those choices] today.” But where was that judgment when we needed it most? For months, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, pressured social media companies like Facebook to censor COVID content—content that ranged from humor and satire to serious debates about policy.This wasn’t about protecting public health. This was about controlling the narrative, ensuring that only one perspective—often one that aligned with flawed or incomplete data—was allowed to reach the public. The result? Millions of Americans were deprived of critical information and perspectives that could have shaped public understanding and policy.Everything Changed on July 15th, 2021On July 15th, 2021, the mask was ripped off. In a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that senior White House staff were “in regular touch” with Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms regarding COVID posts. More egregiously, the Surgeon General’s office was “flagging problematic posts for Facebook” that spread what the administration deemed “disinformation.”This wasn’t just coordination—it was collusion. The government wasn’t just advising these platforms; they were actively steering the censorship of Americans. They even released a blacklist of so-called “super-disseminators” of COVID “disinformation.” We’re talking about doctors, scientists, and everyday citizens whose only crime was questioning the dominant narrative.These actions represent a gross violation of the principles on which our country was founded. Freedom of speech isn’t just a footnote in American democracy—it’s a pillar. Yet, in the name of “public safety,” this administration weaponized social media platforms to suppress dissent and silence critics. Facebook and Twitter, companies that were built on the ideals of free expression, became tools of government censorship.The Damage Is Done, but the Proof Is HereZuckerberg’s letter is too little, too late. The damage has been done. Lives were impacted, businesses shuttered, and children were forced into isolation—all while reasonable discussions about COVID policies were being suppressed. But what’s more, this letter provides clear proof of what we fought against in our lawsuit: the unlawful collusion between the government and social media companies to suppress free speech.While we’re not currently pursuing our lawsuit, these revelations vindicate everything we’ve been fighting for. They demonstrate beyond a doubt that the censorship efforts during the pandemic were not just real—they were orchestrated at the highest levels of power. And though the lawsuit is paused, we may yet resurrect it in the future.That’s one of the reasons why we built the AI ChatGPT bought for Rational Ground. To be the collective mind and repository of everything we went through and everything we can use to fight in case they rear their ugly hat again.Subscribers have unlimited full access to the tool here.At Rational Ground, we’ve been documenting these issues for years. We’ve exposed the coordinated efforts between government agencies and Big Tech to stifle dissenting voices. In our article, [“Facebook Files: Rep. Jordan Revelations”], we highlighted just how deep this collaboration ran. And in our piece, [“Breaking: FOIA Emails Reveal CDC and Big Tech Collaboration“], we showcased the direct involvement of the CDC in shaping what information was allowed to be shared.These revelations affirm that our fight was justified. The principles of free speech and open debate must be upheld, even in times of crisis. As we move forward, we remain vigilant. And while the lawsuit may be on hold, we will continue to pursue every avenue to ensure that these wrongs are addressed.You’re currently a free subscriber to Rational Ground by Justin Hart. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.Upgrade to paid LIKE
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Ontario Teacher Fired for Criticizing Critical Race Theory

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Marxist ideology has permeated nearly every Canadian institution and has captured our education system.

Cheryl Gould is one of the few teachers who has been brave enough to speak out against the indoctrination of children in Canadian schools, and she has now paid the price.

During a union meeting, Cheryl criticized the use of tax dollars to gift a book advocating for modern-day segregation written by a radical left-wing Marxist titled ‘So You Want to Talk About Race’ to teaching staff.

Her colleagues called her ‘racist’ as a result. Soon after, one of them reported her for posting anti-Marxist satire on social media under a pseudonym.

Click here to find out what happened next:

Cheryl wasn’t just cancelled socially for the concerns she raised in the meeting that day. She was fired from her job, and now her regulator is trying to have her teaching license revoked for the thoughtcrime of criticizing Marxism and critical race theory online.

What happened to freedom of expression?

“We are being subjected to a soft revolution and it’s being done through DEI bureaucracy, and we’re paying for it,” Cheryl told me.

It’s becoming more apparent that the Canadian education system punishes teachers for questioning dangerous ideas and rewards them for indoctrinating children into radical schools of thought!

Not only are our schools hell-bent on stoking racial division among teachers and children through the lens of Marxism, but they are teaching kids they may be born in the wrong body and encouraging them to explore an endless range of sexual identities at a young age.

To fight back against this dangerous system and support teachers like Cheryl, who have been bold enough to speak up, please head to www.StopClassroomGrooming.com to sign our petition.

Yours truly,

Tamara Ugolini
Rebel News

P.S. Cheryl was right when she said, “Revolutionary Marxism does not have a history of making society better, even for the marginalized.” It’s important to counter woke ideology by exposing its bad ideas.

Cheryl Gould is a former Catholic school teacher who is being cancelled by her regulator after it was discovered that she posts satirical content denouncing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, including critical race theory and gender ideology, as Marxist beliefs.

Gould was fired from her position in 2021 after nearly two decades of high school teaching experience and a clear track record.

Now, the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) is vying for a complete revocation of Gould’s license for the commentary that she posted on social media under a pseudonym that had no ties to her, or her work.

Having taught at inner-city schools within the Toronto Catholic District School board, Gould specialized in alternative education. She became especially involved in teaching those of different backgrounds and capabilities including highly sensitive youth facing life challenges with histories of mental illness or trauma. Gould had never so much as had a complaint from a parent or student, yet that all changed in 2021 when she spoke out in what she thought was a safe and confidential union meeting.

Concerned about ideological capture by Marxist ideology and political intimidation in the workplace, Gould felt compelled to speak out. “For someone like me, who is dissenting against the prevailing ideology that is radically far left, there is no place to voice [those concerns],” explains Gould.

Gould took issue with a book gifted to all teachers by the school Chaplain titled, “So You Want to Talk about Race” by Ijeoma Oluo, and felt it was a clear effort to politically indoctrinate teaching staff.

“This book is written by an American Marxist who has spoken about supporting violent left-wing revolution. It’s about race and appropriate ways to talk about race,” Gould explains, going on to describe how the book advocates for segregating groups based on race. “I don’t think that a book that promotes that sort of messaging should be purchased with tax dollars, so that’s what I said.”

“Revolutionary Marxism does not have a history of making society better, even for the marginalized,” she continues.

But after the meeting, Gould was told she could not raise those concerns and that her colleagues were calling her a racist as a result.

Gould was subsequently suspended for a few months before being terminated completely, not for what she voiced in the union meeting but rather because a colleague who knew of Gould’s pseudonym account had reported her.

Gould pleaded guilty to professional misconduct due to excessive language used in some of her remarks, but as the OCT moves forward with the revocation of her license, Gould claims that one of the adjudicators in her ongoing case is a “Black Power Marxist” and hints at judicial bias.

“We are being subjected to a soft revolution and it’s being done through DEI bureaucracy, and we’re paying for it,” Gould states.

We’re being subjugated by our own tax dollars to the tune of billions of dollars because every institution in Canada now has a whole layer of middle management called DEI and they enforce ideological conformity and they punish and expel dissidents. It’s really like Maoism with Canadian characteristics and it’s being made clear in this hearing with the OCT. Why do we even have a catholic system if we’re not going to promote catholic values and throw them under the bus for a Marxist political movement? I find that objectionable.

Gould has begun crowdfunding her legal defence on GiveSendGo and partnered with United Kingdom-based stand-up comedian Nicolas De Santo to bring a benefit tour to South Eastern Ontario in the weeks ahead. Gould also writes longer form critiques on Substack under C.C. Harvey, The Cancelled Club and provides commentary on X under Catherine The Grateful.

P.E.I. Councillor Seeks Judicial Review of Council Punishment for Questioning Unmarked Grave Tale

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P.E.I. councillor accused of posting anti-Indigenous sign seeking judicial review

The sign posted by Councillor John Robertson, which is posted saying "Truth: Mass Graves Hoax, Reconciliation: Redeem Sir John A's Integrity." (Courtesy: Gregory Miller) The sign posted by Councillor John Robertson, which is posted saying “Truth: Mass Graves Hoax, Reconciliation: Redeem Sir John A’s Integrity.” (Courtesy: Gregory Miller)

Michael MacDonald

The Canadian Press

[We have pointed to this worrisome problem before. An elected official questions one of the sacred cows of wokeness and finds himself/herself fined or prevented by their elected body from fulfilling their duties to their real employers, those who elected them. This had happened in Prince Edward Island to Councillor John Robertson. — Paul Fromm, Director, CAFE]

A village councillor in Prince Edward Island is asking a court to quash sanctions imposed on him after he displayed a sign on his property referring to a “mass grave hoax” in relation to evidence of unmarked graves at former residential schools.

In documents filed last week with the P.E.I. Supreme Court, Murray Harbour Coun. John Robertson claims fellow councillors exceeded their authority and violated his rights on Nov. 18, 2023, when they decided he had breached the council’s code of conduct.

The councillors then decided to impose a $500 fine and suspend him from his municipal post for six months. Robertson, elected in November 2022, was also removed as chair of the maintenance committee and ordered to write an apology to the mayor, council and the Indigenous community.

The councillor’s application for judicial review, dated Feb. 16, says those sanctions were unreasonable because they failed to account for his fundamental rights to freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, as guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Robertson argues that he shouldn’t be punished for stating personal opinions that have nothing to do with his role as an elected member of council.

Between late September and early October last year, coinciding with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the councillor displayed a sign on his property with the message, “Truth: mass grave hoax” and “Reconciliation: Redeem Sir John A.’s integrity.”

Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, is considered an architect of the residential school system because he championed policies of assimilation and violence toward Indigenous people….

“The subject of Mr. Robertson’s impugned statements included questioning the reliability of news reports of a political nature and providing an opinion respecting a political figure and did not relate to any function undertaken by Mr. Robertson as a member of council,” the application says, arguing the other councillors employed an “overboard interpretation” of the code of conduct.

The document says Robertson has resisted requests to resign, “asserting that the expression of his personal opinions on political topics were not properly the subject of the council’s oversight.” Terry White, mayor of Murray Harbour, population 282, could not be reached for comment Friday.

At one point, the council hired a third-party investigator who concluded Robertson’s signs breached the code of conduct, but the investigator did not make any recommendations about sanctions, the application says. As well, the document asserts that council did not provide reasons for its actions.

On Dec. 20, provincial Communities Minister Rob Lantz said Robertson had until the end of that month to comply with the sanctions. But when that deadline passed, Lantz announced a two-week extension on Jan. 2, saying Robertson had just returned to Canada and was unaware of the ultimatum.

That deadline also came and went. On Jan. 24, Lantz confirmed he had asked a law firm to conduct an inquiry into the matter, mainly because he had received advice from government lawyers saying it was the prudent thing to do, given that the province had never before dealt with this kind of case.

At the time, Lantz said the councillor had failed to show up for council meetings or respond to council’s findings. “He’s shown contempt for his colleagues on council, and contempt for the process,” Lantz said in an interview last month.

Under the province’s Municipal Government Act, only the minister has the power to dismiss a councillor.

Robertson has received calls for his resignation from P.E.I. Sen. Brian Francis, Abegweit First Nation Chief Roderick Gould Jr., as well as the Murray Harbour mayor and other councillors.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 23, 2024.

Defence Chief General Wayne Eyre Shuts Off Critical Comments on His X (Twitter) Account

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He may be Canada’s top general but he is still OUR servant. His very woke actions as he heads a crumbling, almost unarmed Canadian military SHOULD be subject to comment and criticism by the taxpayers who pay his salary. But, no, in a fit of pique General Eyre has shut down comments on his X account. ”

Public comments on the official social media account of Canada’s top soldier have been blocked by the military because of the nasty remarks being made about the general as well as government policies.

The move was made in January after Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre faced an increase in negative comments about his alleged poor leadership and his decision to bring in what some describe as the Liberal government’s “woke” agenda. …

Some of the controversial elements of his time as defence chief are the move to a gender-neutral dress code and the decision to allow military personnel to have coloured or long hair, face tattoos or long nails if so desired. …

National Defence spokesperson Andrée-anne Poulin confirmed the decision to shut down the public comments on Eyre’s official X account. “In recent months, we observed a concerning increase in malicious and misinformative engagements that proved detrimental to the Canadian Armed Forces’ ethics, values, and communication objectives,”\

And what does that bafflegab mean in plain English?

Canada’s top general shuts off X account’s comments section

Eyre accused of ushering in ‘woke’ agenda

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  • 6 Apr 2024
  • David pugliese
Gen. Wayne Eyre has had a controversial tenure as defence chief, a position he has held since 2021.

Public comments on the official social media account of Canada’s top soldier have been blocked by the military because of the nasty remarks being made about the general as well as government policies.

The move was made in January after Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre faced an increase in negative comments about his alleged poor leadership and his decision to bring in what some describe as the Liberal government’s “woke” agenda.

Defence insiders have told Postmedia News that Eyre is extremely sensitive to the criticism he has faced.

Some of the controversial elements of his time as defence chief are the move to a gender-neutral dress code and the decision to allow military personnel to have coloured or long hair, face tattoos or long nails if so desired.

Eyre has faced additional criticism from military personnel and the public for a variety of issues, including the lack of housing for troops, ongoing sexual assaults in the ranks, and Eyre’s decision to join a standing ovation in the House of Commons for a Waffen SS veteran.

Eyre did not provide comment to questions submitted by Postmedia News.

National Defence spokesperson Andrée-anne Poulin confirmed the decision to shut down the public comments on Eyre’s official X account. “In recent months, we observed a concerning increase in malicious and misinformative engagements that proved detrimental to the Canadian Armed Forces’ ethics, values, and communication objectives,” Poulin noted in an email to Postmedia News. “Considering this, we made the decision back in January to close the comments section on the CDS (Chief of the Defence Staff ) X account.”

Poulin stated that “this measure is aimed at preserving a positive and respectful environment for everyone accessing our information. We believe it is crucial for our platform to uphold standards that promote constructive interactions and discourage harmful behaviours that counter the core principles of the Canadian Armed Forces.”

National Defence would not answer whether there were other official Canadian Forces accounts that prohibit public comments or whether Eyre’s account was the only one. It appears, however, that the only official Canadian Forces account on X that does not allow comments is the one assigned to Eyre.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in January that Eyre would retire this summer.

Eyre has been defence chief since 2021 and in command of the military during one of its most tumultuous times, which has included widespread allegations of sexual assault and misconduct among the senior ranks.

Eyre was named acting defence chief in February 2021 after it was revealed that military police were looking into misconduct allegations against then-chief Adm. Art Mcdonald.

The Liberal government named Eyre as the full-time chief on Nov. 25 of that year, even though no charges were ever laid against Mcdonald.

But Eyre, himself, has had a controversial tenure.

In the fall of 2021, Eyre angered Canadian Forces personnel when he blamed the military’s sexual misconduct crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic for an exodus of personnel. “We need our midlevel leaders to dig deep and do this for the institution, to put service before self, not to retreat into retirement, but to advance forward and face the challenges head-on,” Eyre stated then.

The general’s comments generated an immediate and largely negative response on social media.

Retired and serving military personnel said Eyre was out of touch and that the exodus of personnel had started long before the pandemic or the sexual misconduct crisis. Poor leadership and concerns about quality of life were among the issues cited by those who had left.

Others criticized Eyre for admonishing soldiers who had committed a large part of their lives to serving in the military, noting they had the right to decide when they should leave.

Eyre later acknowledged his comments “did not sit well with some current and former members.”

Eyre also faced criticism for promoting several senior officers who would later be engulfed in allegations of sexual assault or misconduct.

He talked about the need for culture change to stem the number of sexual assaults, but during his tenure the number of reported incidents of sexual misconduct and assaults increased.

Warning to America

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Warning to America:Trudeau’s Online Censorship Bill will,when it becomes law, stifle the growing chorus of anti-immigration voices just in a nick of time. Cheap labour employers, the home building industry and developers are depending on it. Billions of dollars are at stake. Let the Great Replacement proceed!

By Tim Murray on 1 March 2024

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America, this is what happens to countries (like mine) which do not have the equivalent of a Second Amendment:

Liberals’ “online hate” bill contains $70K fines for speech and life imprisonment for hate crimes, True North, 26 February 2024.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a half-assed document that attempts to trade off free speech with other “rights”, as if free speech is not the one right upon which all other rights depend. In other words, Canadian constitutional law is based on a deeply flawed understanding of what makes a democracy work.

If the issue is “harmful” speech, then the good old fashioned Criminal Code of Canada sufficed. Speech that incites violence is prohibited. That litmus test was understood and accepted across the political spectrum.

But then, consensus was easily achieved in a largely homogeneous society, which bicultural Canada was. In the early 70s, well over 90 percent of us were of European origin.

Then along came mass immigration and a change in immigration selection criteria that ensured that nine in ten migrants would come from “non-traditional” (ie. non-European) sources. Over time, a nation of “Two Solitudes”, British and French, eventually became 200 solitudes (and more. Hello “vibrant diversity”, goodbye cohesion and comity.

Subsequently the game became “We have to keep the peace among rival ethnic and religious groups”. The remedy? Suppress free expression that would exacerbate tensions. As Lee Kwan Yu concluded, ethnic and religious harmony must come at the expense of free speech. When famed Canadian journalist George Jonas came to Canada as a Hungarian refugee in 1956, he reported that the most common phrase he heard in his adopted land was “Everyone is entitled to his opinion.” But 40 years later it was “I am offended”.

What does this have to do with sustainable population policy? Everything.

Seventy percent of Canada’s population growth is driven by immigration, and the percentage is growing. Now the three major parties favour an annual immigration intake of 500,000+ in pursuit of an insane population target of 100 million (up from our present 40 million!). Trudeau’s agenda of stringent internet censorship and extreme punishment for thought crimes makes any challenge to this immigration policy risky to say the least. Especially when Canada’s version of the SPLC, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, is looking for a xenophobe / Islamophobe / transphobe under every bed. In addition to the criminal charges that Trudeau’s proposed changes would involve, human rights charges under the various civil provincial codes could be applied.

It should be remembered that under the federal and provincial Human Rights code, the legal costs incurred by a complainant are picked up by taxpayers, however frivolous or absurd the change. Meanwhile, typically the defendant has to mortgage his house to mount a defence. In other words, a complainant has no incentive not to file a complaint and financially ruin you. How’s that for fair play?

What transpires over the next year or half a year is critical to the country’s future. At long last there are mainstream voices calling for a halt to over-immigration madness. Trudeau and his puppeteers on Bay Street understand that these voices must be stifled NOW. The backlash against hyper-immigration proposals must be nipped in the bud. Billions of dollars are at stake. Cheap labour employers, developers, the homebuilding industry and the major banks are counting on the windfall that will fall into their laps as runaway population growth proceeds.

I am very alarmed.

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Elon Musk says Justin Trudeau is trying to crush free speech in Canada

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Elon Musk says Justin Trudeau is trying to crush free speech in Canada

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“The Canadian government, armed with one of the world’s most repressive online censorship schemes, announces that all “online streaming services that offer podcasts” must formally register with the government to permit regulatory controls,” journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted on October 1.Retweeted Greenwald’s post, Musk said, “Trudeau is trying to crush free speech in Canada. Shameful.His remark came in the wake of tense diplmatic ties between India and Canada. The Canadian PM created an uproar after he alleged India’s role in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey in July this year.India has denied the claims, calling it ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’, while Canada has yet to provide any public evidence to support the claim about Nijjar’s killing.This is not the first time the Trudeau government has been accused of acting against free speech.News agency ANI reported that in February 2022, Trudeau had invoked emergency powers – for the first time in the country’s history – to arm his government with more power to respond to the trucker protests, who were opposing the vaccine mandates at that time.(Edited by : Akriti Anand)

New Brunswick Village Wants to Restrict Meetings on Action4Canada

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[The following report is from the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, one of Canada’s most militant anti-free speech groups. Apparently, the village council of the obscure village of New Maryland, NB was shocked it had rented space to the Christian pro-freedom Action 4 Canada for a meeting of its leader Tanya Gaw. The town now wants to ban meetings of groups ” One east coast village is looking at changing its policies to forbid events held by organizations that target marginalized groups after an anti-2SLGBTQ organization held a talk at a local community centre this week.” Let’s be quite clear, the town’s space is taxpayers’ property. It belongs to everyone. Any censorship of views in abhorrent. Note the mantra “marginalized groups.” The LGBTQ crowd are scarcely marginalized. They received buckets of money from various levels or government, privileged status in “anti-hate laws and fawning publicity from the mass media, especially the rabidly anti-Christian, taxpayer funded CBC. Advertizing yourself as “marginalized” is a way to insist on freedom from criticism. The Jewish lobby are masters at this so that under Trudeau’s law, snuck through Parliament as a budget item, disbelief in the holocaust story is now a criminal offence. — Paul Fromm]

Village Council Reviewing Rental Policies After Speech By Founder Of One Of Canada’s Largest Anti-2SLGBTQ Groups

The village will be “reviewing our facility rental policy” after Tanya Gaw of Action4Canada spoke at a municipal venue. Posted on August 1, 2023

Peter Smith
Canadian Anti-Hate Network


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One east coast village is looking at changing its policies to forbid events held by organizations that target marginalized groups after an anti-2SLGBTQ organization held a talk at a local community centre this week. 

On Monday, Action4Canada (A4C) founder Tanya Gaw was a guest speaker during an event in the Village of New Maryland, NB, about 10 km outside of downtown Fredericton. 

A broad Christian nationalist organization with chapters across the country, A4C lends its voice to a variety of social issues. Regularly pushing Islamophobic, conspiratorial, and anti-2SLGBTQ+ theories about the problems plaguing Canada and Western nations, the group is well-resourced and extremely active since its founding in 2019. 

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network has previously reported on the history and advocacy of A4C, the most recent of which has been campaigning against family-friendly events featuring drag performers. Many drag events intended for adults take place in age-restricted venues and do feature sexualized performances and themes. Family-friendly drag events feature performers in colourful costumes and high-energy performances that are suitable for children.

The organization makes regular claims about a network of child groomers, using 2SLGBTQ issues – all 2SLGBTQ issues – as a means of subverting the county’s Christian values. A4C also publishes a wide range of bizarre takes relating to subjects from 5G cellular phone technology, cannabis legalization, “political Islam,” and more. 

“Unbeknownst to us,” the village council wrote in a statement released on social media, “event organizers have invited a guest speaker that has previously openly and publicly expressed points of view that are not consistent with what our Council nor what we believe our community would support.”  https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-

According to the statement, these views include that the struggle for 2SLGBTQ rights has been hijacked by radical activists who are attacking the core freedoms and rights of all Canadians, that there is a “harmful Marxist agenda” to destroy Canada’s foundational Judeo-Christian principles, and that “political Islam” is a threat to the “sovereignty and security” of the country.

“Our staff and Council will be reviewing our facility rental policy to ensure these types of activities are avoided in the future,” the statement adds. 

In a statement of her own, Mayor Judy Wilson-Shee apologized for the upset the rental had caused in New Maryland, adding she understands the impact it had on many residents. 

“We had rented the space in good faith and later, and closer to the time of the event, learned the event was not what was presented,” she said in the statement. “Moving forward in a positive manner, Council will be meeting with senior staff and seeking legal advice so as to be better prepared to respond to similar situations arising in the future.”

The group distinguished itself during the pandemic by providing printable Notices of Liability, which it encouraged members to deliver to public officials and law enforcement. A4C claimed the notices provided a type of legal protection against health mandates and opened up future avenues of legal recourse against a variety of levels of government.

In February 2023, A4C was banned from speaking during school board meetings in Mission, BC, after board Chair Shelley Carter told City News that Gaw used the meeting to spread hate propaganda.

Winnipeg Trustee Francine Champagne Punished by Being Docked Three Months Pay for Remarks Critical of the LGBTQ Agenda

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Police were called to a Windsor Park school board meeting after a ruckus was raised by a group of people who made anti-LGBTTQ+ comments and demanded answers about a trustee’s recent suspension on Tuesday.

Elected officials in the Louis Riel School Division unanimously voted to discipline St. Boniface representative Francine Champagne earlier this month.

The rookie trustee was found to have breached internal policies on respecting human diversity and social media usage.

LOUIS RIEL SCHOOL DIVISION</p> School trustee Francine Champagne was suspended for three months without pay, owing to recent anti-LGBTTQ+ activity on her personal social media page.
LOUIS RIEL SCHOOL DIVISION School trustee Francine Champagne was suspended for three months without pay, owing to recent anti-LGBTTQ+ activity on her personal social media page.

“The sexualization of our children in schools is all part of the agenda (insert angry face emoji),” she recently wrote on Facebook in one particular post linking to stopworldcontrol.com — a conspiracy theorist website.

More than two dozen of Champagne’s supporters showed up to the board’s latest public meeting before it was scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. to question her three-month suspension without pay. At least one person wore a Freedom Convoy 2022 T-shirt.

All individuals were allowed in the boardroom at 50 Monterey Rd., despite the LRSD’s ongoing request that anyone who wants to attend a virtual or in-person meeting register in advance. The majority of attendees showed up unannounced.

When division staffers realized they were overcapacity and raised the fire code issue, visitors began shouting in protest of anyone being kicked out. They made slurs, many of which were directed at trustee Ryan Palmquist.

Palmquist, who represents South St. Vital, has been subject to harassment since he came out as bisexual on social media — an act he said was in solidarity with the LRSD’s LGBTTQ+ community after his board colleague’s online activity was brought to light.

On Tuesday, attendees called him everything from “pedophile” to “groomer” to “f—-ing faggot.”

“There was a definite feeling that this situation could spiral even further out of control at any second,” Palmquist said, noting one individual made threatening throat-cutting gestures at him.

“This crowd was riled up and these people really, truly, honestly believe, I think, that children are being victimized in our schools and they are acting accordingly. They have been fed a diet of propaganda and vitriol by social media and that has detached them from reality.”

Amid the chaos, the board declared a brief recess, after which members reconvened with a shortened agenda of priority items that had to be addressed before the end of the 2022-23 school year.

When it came time for the standard 15-minute forum where trustees take questions, various participants took the mic to demand why Champagne was penalized for “expressing a point of view.”

Board chairwoman Sandy Nemeth told attendees that trustees determined the code of conduct had been breached and followed protocols in line with legal obligations set out in the Public Schools Act.

“(We) hold each other accountable, which all of us — Francine included — agreed to,” Nemeth said, noting all nine board members signed an oath of office when they assumed their positions for the 2022-26 term.

Trustees must “refrain from expressing opinions and/or sharing information through social media that would discredit, undermine or compromise the integrity of the board,” per LRSD policy.

Division documents state its facilities are inclusive environments wherein students, staff and visitors are expected to demonstrate respect for human rights.

Throughout the June 20 event, attendees heckled the board and senior administrators. “Wake up, you people!” someone shouted at one point.

One speaker — a 16-year-old who said she used to attend the LRSD before starting homeschooling during the pandemic — accused city schools of sexualizing students and confusing children about their gender, popular claims made by anti-LGBTTQ+ groups.

Wayne Sturby described himself as a former corrections officer in Headingley who was terminated because he refused to declare his COVID-19 vaccination status or submit to regular testing at the height of the public health crisis.

“I have seen nothing but abuses made by our provincial government, the civil service and I’ve seen what appears to me – what appears to me – may be a blatant abuse of power on the part of this school board, too,” Sturby said, after which the room erupted in applause.

Winnipeg police confirmed it received multiple reports and updates about disturbances at the site, the first of which came in around 6:30 p.m.

Const. Dani McKinnon said the dispatch unit asked the usual questions about risks and given there were no reports of assaults or injuries, officers did not immediately go to the scene.

Three police vehicles arrived around the time the meeting was abruptly adjourned after the question-and-answer session and tensions had largely simmered.

As far as Palmquist is concerned, the people who showed up pose a threat to students and division families at large.

“The way that they spoke to me in a public setting, the homophobic slurs they threw out my way — in a completely public meeting that was filmed and that they were filming — begs the question of what they might be capable of,” the trustee said.

As of Wednesday afternoon, roughly 750 people had signed an online petition calling for Champagne’s resignation. A mother with a child in the LRSD launched the appeal on Change.org last week.

Champagne did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Provincial legislation equips school boards with the power to censure, temporarily bar or suspend a member from their duties for up to three months if they breach a code of conduct.

A board can only declare a seat vacant due to a trustee death, resignation, disqualification, move to reside outside the division or failure to attend three consecutive regular meetings without authorization.

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The Censors Never Rest: Moon Rock Books Cancelled By Square, Their Debit/Credit Card Processor

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We are sorry to inform you that due to this activity, your account is now deactivated, and we are no longer able to accept payments related to your business.

Thank you for choosing Square. We understand that this decision may cause changes in how you run your business and did not make it lightly.

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They never tell you why you were canceled, but it’s usually tied to one of their big lies.

This Moon Rock Book, which was banned twice by Amazon, dismantles their phony “Holocaust,” the key to their control over the weak-minded, which are, sadly, most humans.

While they have canceled our credit/debit card payment processor, again, there are many ways for U.S. & non-U.S. customers to transact business with us. U.S. customers can use GreenPay eCheck, which allows you to pay with your U.S. checking or savings account, by simply entering your routing and account numbers, less information than a credit or debit card requires.

Most non-U.S. customers worldwide can use Western Union or similar services, or their own bank’s wire transfer service for a small fee, while others can use national e-Transfer services such as Interac in Canada. Most customers can create an account at the low-fee money transfer service Wise (formerly TransferWise). Additionally, we have never had one issue with receiving cash, checks, or money orders from all over the world, which is pretty amazing, especially the cash option. Just make sure the check or money order is drafted in U.S. dollars and not your local currency.

If opting not to use GreenPay eCheck, select Cash, Check, or Money Order via Snail Mail to save your order, even if choosing to use any of the aforementioned options. You cannot, and will not, be charged anything, but we will have all your info to expedite your delivery.

Thanks for your patience during these difficult times; please let us know if we can answer any questions, and so sorry for the inconvenience. Free speech, of course, is at stake, and we all must do anything and everything to ensure its survival, at whatever cost. Make no mistake, this is a war for our survival.