{"id":8067,"date":"2022-10-02T03:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T07:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2022-10-02T04:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T08:01:25","slug":"freedom-report-from-victoria-by-gordon-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8067","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Report from Victoria by Gordon Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Freedom Report from Victoria by Gordon Watson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here in Victoria, the VIVA group is having a bit of fun in the local election andthe usual suspects are crawling out of the woodwork polluting the dialogue, slagging us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On CHEK tv news Tuesday night at 5 pm,\u00a0 there was a segment, a few minutes of pretty thin gruel, attempting to make VIVA guilty by association with the People&#8217;s Party of Canada.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing opens with the reporter saying &#8220;the Canadian anti-hate network &#8230; &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to wonder at the propriety of, \u00a0 one of the many pretend non-governmental agencies, which is on the dole from public accounts of Canada  &#8212; the Canadian Anti-hate Network &#8212;\u00a0 pulling strings in the media,\u00a0 attempting to influence voters at the city\/ municipal\/ school board level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I count it a small yet important victory &#8212;\u00a0 the mighty mighty Canadian Anti-hate Network, headed by longtime militant anti-free speech warriorsBernie Farber ad Richard Warman, expending its time and talents on little old us, &#8216;way out here on the edge of the continent.\u00a0 That tells me that the NDP farm team is worried by our candidates bluntly talking about the SOGI program in the schools.\u00a0 We know that has hit a nerve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VIVA is the Vancouver Island Voters Association.\u00a0 A newly-created non-profit society, the purpose of which is to educate voters and promote participation in local politics<br>Eight\u00a0 candidates standing\u00a0 for council and also School Board in Victoria, are on the ballot officially endorsed by\u00a0 VIVA \u00a0 for the Oct 15th election<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gordon-watson-protesting-1.jpg 1725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Maxime Bernier will be here with Brian Peckford at a dinner on October 8th in Victoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Gordon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom Report from Victoria by Gordon Watson Here in Victoria, the VIVA group is having a bit of fun in the local election andthe usual suspects are crawling out of the woodwork polluting the dialogue, slagging us. 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