“Criminalizing Dissent” – Page 42

In Canada fears of ‘dangerous’ politics mounting

Online threats, racist or misogynistic insults, public harassment and outright physical intimidation are just some of the behaviours that officials warn are changing the face of Canadian politics.

The issue was highlighted last weekend, when a man was filmed launching an expletive-laden verbal assault at Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

The incident – which was posted to social media – shows a man shouting at her as she approached a lift in Grande Prairie’s city hall during a visit to Alberta.

The only “danger” Canadians face is from the Liberal party.

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2022August 31, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to go on trial in September 2023

OTTAWA – Two of the main “Freedom Convoy” organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, are expected to go on trial in September 2023 for charges related to the massive protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa earlier this year.

Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Ottawa at the end of January and stayed for three weeks to protest COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government.

A year?

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2022August 30, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

LPC Thuggery: RCMP “investigating” harassment of Chrystia Freeland in Alberta

The RCMP says it is investigating the verbal harassment of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland that occurred in Alberta on Aug. 26, saying it “takes threats against public officials seriously.”

“The RCMP, or local police of jurisdiction, review all incidents to determine the appropriate course of action,” said RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Caroline Duval in a statement to CTV News. “Physical action and statements made in person or online can have a significant impact and can be against the law.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 30, 2022August 30, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

‘These people are not guilty’: Documentaries on historic Jan. 6 protest cover rest of the story

What really happened on Jan. 6, including the killing of Ashli Babbitt, and the costly human impacts that followed with the imprisonment of hundreds in D.C.’s “American Gulag” is examined in new documentaries.

by Sarcasticat•August 25, 2022August 24, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Insurrection, Protest

FBI: Trust Us, We Swear We Got It Right This Time!

Five summers ago in August 2017, FBI counterintelligence agents were still working the last of four ill-gotten FISA spy warrants used to investigate former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Then, earlier this month, the FBI counterintelligence team executed a search warrant on the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Trump. The latest of many terrific reports from Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations raises the possibility that many of the same agents were involved in both investigations.

Despite illegally using of one of the most intrusive surveillance weapons in their toolbox for a year, the Bureau discovered no wrongdoing by Page, who held onto his presumption of innocence throughout the ordeal. It’s now fair to say the FBI and the media managed the clumsy and legally needless trick of proving Page innocent after stomping on his civil liberties, putting his life under a microscope, and yet still finding nothing.

by Sarcasticat•August 25, 2022August 24, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", FBI

Trudeau Hiring “Climate Police” As Canada Moves To Neo-Dictatorship

According to a Federal government website, Environment and Climate Change Canada “informs Canadians about protecting and conserving our natural heritage, and ensuring a clean, safe and sustainable environment for present and future generations.”

Sounds innocuous enough. Too bad it isn’t. In what appears to be a paean to George Orwell’s “1984,” the federal Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is building a new facility in Winnipeg that will “be home to a firearms armoury, interrogation rooms, biological labs, media relations offices, “controlled quiet rooms,” and intelligence facilities.”

by Sarcasticat•August 25, 2022August 24, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Authoritarianism, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Climate Change, Global Warming Hoax

Admitting Defeat: The Crown Is Dropping Charges Against Freedom Convoy Supporters

According to The Democracy Fund (TDF), a supporter of the Freedom Convoy 2022, who they had their legal team representing in court, has had the charges against them stayed by the Crown prosecution.

The unnamed client was facing up to 45 days in prison and had been charged with mischief, disobeying a court order, and obstructing a police officer, which is arguable an equal set of charges to what convoy spokeswoman Tamara Lich has put against her.

From the vague details that TDF has given about this case, it sounds like the organization’s lawyer, Mr. Adam Blake-Gallipeau, representing this particular client had taken a strategy of aggressively pushing the Crown to provide details to back up its charges, which evidentially it could not.

It sounds like TDF is taking the position that the onus is not on them to scramble around citing the Charter to defend their client’s attendance at the Freedom Convoy protest when the Crown cannot provided evidence a crime was even committed.

by Sarcasticat•August 19, 2022August 18, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", A Little Good News, Ottawa, Protest

False Flag Incoming? FBI Warns Of “Dirty Bomb” and “Civil War”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says that the threat of a civil war is increasing. A bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security and FBI was sent to law enforcement agencies warning of increased threats following the FBI’s execution of the search warrant at former President Trump’s Florida estate.

The DHS and FBI also said that a threat involved a “dirty bomb” that would be placed in front of FBI headquarters.

by Sarcasticat•August 17, 2022August 16, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", "far right", "Feminists", False Flag, FBI, Terrorism - Domestic, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump is literally Hitler!

Do you want free speech to thrive? Then it has to be regulated, now more than ever

Freedom of speech is one of the most slippery concepts in political philosophy. John Stuart Mill pronounced it absolute but qualified it, as he did all liberties, where it causes “harm” to others. On that tenuous footing has grown an edifice of laws on slander, libel, incitement and, more recently, the causing of offence.

by Sarcasticat•August 17, 2022August 16, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "Criminalizing Dissent", Censorship, Freedom of speech, Hypocrisy

Bending The First Amendment Past Breaking

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

the first amendment is a simple, powerful thing. and the message is clear: “congress shall make no law.”

what is unfortunate in this structure is how the government has changed in a manner the framers did not anticipate. we have becomes a government not with a weak executive branch facing mostly outward but one with an exceedingly powerful one facing mostly in. we are, in our domestic lives, affected FAR less by congress than by the ever expanding alphabet soup of agencies that have grown like bureaucratic slime mold to cover nearly every aspect of every action and activity.

by Sarcasticat•August 13, 2022August 12, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Authoritarianism

Alberta minister faces calls to resign for awarding essay linking immigration to ‘cultural suicide’ in government contest

Alberta’s associate minister for the status of women no longer represents the province at the Canadian division of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians and is facing Opposition calls to resign from cabinet, after serving as the head judge in an essay contest that awarded a prize to a submission accused of misogyny and racism.

Blah Blah Blah…

by Blazingcatfur•August 12, 2022August 12, 2022•0•"Because Shut Up!", "Cancel Culture", "Criminalizing Dissent"

̷C̷o̷n̷t̷r̷o̷v̷e̷r̷s̷i̷a̷l̷ ̷g̷r̷o̷u̷p̷ People the CBC were told to attack by the LPC create ‘private security force’ to guard former church

A controversial organization operating out of a historic Ottawa church has set up what it calls a “private security force,” saying it was necessary because police weren’t responding to its concerns quickly enough.

The United People of Canada (TUPC) said it has identified people it claims have committed crimes targeting the group, and is prepared to “ensure the rule of law is upheld within our lawful authority,” according to William Komer, one of its directors.

However, Komer wouldn’t share details about whether the force will be made up of outside contractors or the group’s supporters.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2022August 10, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent"

How Far Will They Go Before We ALL Say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Last night a line was crossed, and everything changed. The home of the former president of the United States and the most likely Republican candidate to run for the presidency in 2024 was raided by the FBI.

How much further will this go before Americans finally realize that this is not just about Donald Trump, it is about THEM.

by Sarcasticat•August 10, 2022August 9, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Leftist scumbags, Leftists - intolerance of political right, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump is literally Hitler!

Let us see secret information about Ottawa’s response to the ‘Freedom Convoy,’ civil liberties groups ask court

Canada’s Federal Court needs information the government claims is secret to properly review whether the first use of the Emergencies Act — to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests this winter — violated constitutional rights, civil liberties groups say.

OMG can you believe the is The Star?

by Sarcasticat•August 10, 2022August 9, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Jan. 6 ‘prison’ exhibit at CPAC causes stir

An exhibit dedicated to those who have faced criminal prosecution stemming from the January 6 Capitol riots created a stir at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this weekend in Texas.

The set inside the Hilton Anatole in Dallas featured a mock prison cell complete with a live action model prisoner who sat barefoot in an orange jumpsuit crying.

At one point, headsets were distributed to viewers which played harrowing courtroom testimony from Jan 6 defendants.

by Sarcasticat•August 8, 2022August 8, 2022•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Government is never your friend, Insurrection