We're still talking about the COVID-19 public health emergency. However, this time, instead of hypothetical situations, we're discussing laws that are being passed, tickets handed out, and fines levied. Our focus is mainly on our home province of Alberta and amendments to its Public Health Act that allow government ministers to unilaterally create new laws. Justice Centre News Release, Apr 6, 2020: Alberta government gives itself sweeping new powers to create new laws without Legislative Assembl...
Apr 09, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 14
We continue our discussion, which began in our previous episode, about the various emergency measures taken by politicians and health officials dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak. Everyday a new emergency order is issued by some level of government. How far will this go? What will be the impact, legally, socially, economically? Medicine Hat News, Apr 1, 2020: Strict new rules for apartment dwellers who are self-isolating National Post, Apr 1, 2020: Coronavirus live updates: Officials say Canada'...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 13
With governments declaring states of emergency due to the pandemic, what individual rights remain? In the second half of the show, we discuss a case that has a lot of parents throughout North America concerned about their rights. What happens if their child falls into the grip of the radical transgender agenda being pushed by school, medical and legal systems? Canada Justice Laws Website: Emergencies Act Radio Canada International: History: August 22, 1914: War Measures Act CBC, Mar 24, 2020: We...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Canada summer jobs funding is the topic. BCM International v. Canada is a case where the federal government tried to cut summer jobs funding to anti-abortion groups, and then moved on to target a whole host of Christian organizations, including summer camps for underprivileged kids. The Justice Centre is using the Canadian Charter to fight this anti-religious bigotry. Justice Centre, Active Cases: BCM International v. Canada John Carpay in The Interim, Mar 12, 2020: Canada Summer Jobs: ideology ...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 11
We discuss proposed legislation by the Canadian Liberals banning conversion therapy. The law only bans conversion therapy that attempts to turn LGBTQ people straight, not attempts to turn people gay. Further, it includes gender identity, prohibiting those who want to come to terms with their birth gender from seeking help, similar to Leelah's Law(s) in the US. John Carpay in The Post Millennial via The Justice Centre, Mar 11, 2020: New Trudeau law could jail parents who oppose gender conversion ...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
The Canadian government has re-invigorated a previous attack on a free press and free speech, cloaking it in high-minded language about the need to protect (ever-changing) "societal norms" and to prevent (ill-defined) "social harm." They want to expand the power of their broadcast regulator so it can control all content, even news coming into the country from outside. In other words, they only want bureaucratic power over everything everywhere. John Carpay and Lisa Bildy in the Post Millennial v...
Mar 05, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In the first half of the show, we discuss the rule of law. Protesters blockading railways in Canada ignored court orders to disperse, but the police and government did nothing. Critics accused Prime Minister Trudeau of encouraging lawless behavior because it supports his favored causes. The second half of the show we talk about an article in a German paper that says hate speech laws in Africa are bad. These laws, they say, are based on the German hate speech law, which is good. John Carpay in th...
Feb 27, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The topic for the first half is a case involving the banning of a film, Killing Europe , from the Ottawa Public Library. But legally, there isn't much to discuss, so we get to talk about the film instead. The second half of the show is dedicated to Christie Blatchford, recently deceased Canadian journalist and recipient of the Justice Centre's 2019 George Jonas Award. Justice Centre Active Cases: Weld v. Ottawa Public Library John Carpay in The Post Millenial, Sep 2019: ‘Killing Europe’ and kill...
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 7
License plates--personalized, vanity, specialty, or ordinary--have been the subject of court actions both here and in the US for the last 40 years. It's a complicated topic, pitting government speech against free speech and, often, political correctness against common sense. Host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel talk about the case of Lorne Grabher and others. Justice Centre News Release, Jan 31, 2020: Nova Scotia judge denies Lorne Grabher return of licence plate McGill University, Art Hist...
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 6
The topic is freedom of the press, and host John Carpay, along with producer Kevin Steel, discusses the attempted exclusion of a couple of "right-wing outlets" from Canada's Federal Election Leaders' Debate last year. Even though it ended in a media victory, it's not over yet. Justice Centre Press Release, Feb. 4, 2020: Andrew Lawton and True North Centre for Public Policy v. Canada (Leaders’ Debates Commission) and the Attorney General of Canada Canada Federal Court, Oct. 6, 2019: Responding Mo...
Feb 06, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 5
How has the fight for civil liberties changed over the last two generations? Host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel talk about the shift in society from an emphasis on individual rights against the power of the state, to group rights competing for political power. Infogalactic: U.S. Supreme Court Case Cohen v. California 1971 (Note: "F**k the Draft" tee-shirt case) The Rebel, June 11,2019: Scheer is letting Trudeau bring back Canada’s internet "hate speech" law — but we're fighting back! Amaz...
Jan 30, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The case of a father and his minor child undergoing gender transition in British Columbia is the main topic, followed by a discussion of an appeal hearing in Saskatchewan about a city's disputed public flag pole, in which a mayor and council, out of the blue, banned a pro-life group from flying their colors. Join host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel for the 3rd installment of their weekly podcast. Theme song "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens Justice Centre Active Cases: AB v. CD John Carpay in ...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 3
The Justice Centre loses one when the ruling in the British Columbia smudging case comes down. This pitted a parent's rights against a school that conducted an aboriginal smudging ceremony. The judge decided that the smudging was cultural, not religious and therefore the school could do as it saw fit. In an update on the Ngo case, the Justice Centre will be suing UBC for their cancellation of a speaking event due to "safety and security." Host John Carpay and producer Kevin Steel also discuss th...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms launches their podcast in the New Year as the Centre is in the news. In December, the University of British Columbia banned American journalist Andy Ngo from speaking to the local campus free speech club, and now the Justice Centre has sent UBC a letter threatening legal action. This leads host John Carpay and facilitator Kevin Steel into a discussion about cancel culture, a recent ruling in a University of Alberta trial, and many other cases involv...
Jan 09, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1
