British Columbia’s Conservative Earthquake Shakes Canada’s Political Landscape

 

Canada went tropical last week (October 24, 2026).

I would have written “Hell freezes over in Canada,” but Canada is frozen most of the year, so that wouldn’t work. A political earthquake like nothing before has shaken the Great White North to its tundra core.

I’ve previously vented my disdain for our Frozen Banana Republic neighbor, which locks up Christians, dismisses citizens in need of health care, and treads upon the rights of the common man while claiming to be nice in the process.

The country has drifted, then rushed to the political left over the last ten years. Aside from ongoing Conservative wins in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada was turning into a Liberal graveyard. Even one prairie province, Manitoba, is governed by the New Democratic Party (NDP), which is further left than the national Liberal Party.

After last week, change looks like it’s coming, and for the better.

A miracle happened in British Columbia, one of the country's most liberal provinces: Conservatives have won, big time. Imagine Republicans taking over the state legislatures in California and New York. Far-fetched, right? Total fantasy, for sure.

Yet something similar just happened in British Columbia.

The BC Conservative Party swept the provincial election, winning a commanding majority. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson campaigned on cutting red tape, cutting taxes, increasing energy and resource production, and making the province business-friendly.

Unlike other Conservative parties, the BC Conservative Party spent decades on the political margins. For years, anyone who wanted to get the NDP out of power generally had to vote for the BC Liberal Party, which served as the centrist/center-right alternative. The Liberals renamed themselves BC United in 2023, but the Conservative Party, reinvigorated when former BC Liberal MLA John Rustad joined it that year, rapidly gained ground. In 2024, BC United suspended its election campaign, leaving the Conservatives as the NDP’s principal opposition. Rustad and his team almost won the election, taking 44 seats to the NDP’s 47, with the Greens winning two. Premier David Eby’s NDP held on by a single-seat majority.

So close, and yet so far.

The diminished yet still majority NDP government doubled down on its rapacious left-wing policies. The BC Conservative Party ousted its leader, Rustad, then elected a more conservative fighter, Kerry-Lynne Findlay. A few months later, still dealing with a mix of more liberal members and staunch conservatives, party members feared Findlay’s approach would alienate swing voters, and she was forced to resign. Another round of infighting threatened the NDP’s main opposition, and the BC Conservatives settled on interim leader Lorne Doerkson, while other members became Independent MLAs or joined the more populist OneBC party.

The NDP smelled an easy win, which would have given it another four-year mandate, so Eby called a snap provincial election to beef up his one-seat majority. Eby’s arrogance got the better of him and worked in the Conservatives’ favor. Despite the infighting, the BC Conservatives united under Doerkson, set aside their disputes, and focused on defeating the NDP.

They succeeded, with preliminary results showing Conservatives leading in 63 of the province’s 93 seats, a commanding majority. Eby won his riding (what Canadians call their electoral districts), but announced his resignation as NDP leader the same night.

He should have known better. Thankfully, the voters did better.

British Columbians were desperate for a course correction. An October Ipsos poll found that the voters’ biggest concerns were the cost of living (57%), health care (39%), and housing affordability (30%). Under NDP mismanagement, British Columbians endured skyrocketing food and energy prices, unattainable housing costs, and a strained health care system, where long wait times, rural hospital service disruptions, and difficulty accessing medical care left many residents frustrated.

Other grievances included open-air drug use, mass immigration, rising crime, LGBT-dominated education, and a government whose regulatory policies discouraged private investment and resource development. The province's economic struggles and mounting costs of living gave voters plenty of reasons to demand change.

Not only that, but a novelty in left-wing governance reared its ugly head in the province: the undermining of private property rights under the guise of honoring Indigenous rights. British Columbia has become the center of a major legal controversy over Aboriginal land title and the security of privately owned property.

In 2025, a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling involving the Cowichan Tribes recognized Aboriginal title to approximately 732 acres of land in Richmond and held that Aboriginal title takes precedence over certain fee-simple property interests. The ruling did not simply order whole neighborhoods handed over to Indigenous owners, but it raised profound concerns about the reliability of private property titles. The City of Richmond and the provincial government appealed the decision.

The controversy extends beyond that single court ruling. The province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), intended to align provincial laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, has become a flashpoint in disputes over land use, resource development, and government authority. Critics argue that the law has increased legal uncertainty and complicated economic development, while supporters see it as an essential step toward reconciliation.

To their credit, OneBC pushed the BC Conservatives to take a stand on DRIPA. Premier-designate Doerkson has pledged to repeal DRIPA, while pursuing economic partnerships with First Nations. He has also promised changes to the province’s approach to education, including its LGBT curriculum. Doerkson has announced that his government will prioritize pipelines, resource development, and an audit of provincial finances. Local leaders are looking forward to growth instead of stagnation, declaring that the province cannot live on “coffee shops and whale-watching” alone.

Huge win!

I spoke with a friend in British Columbia, and she has nothing but optimism for her province. She has witnessed what she considers the worst evils perpetrated by the left-wing NDP government, and she celebrated the different conservative factions uniting to oust the NDP.

As expected, the NDP tried to tie President Trump to the BC Conservative Party, claiming that a BC Conservative government in Victoria would sell out the province and bring extreme right-wing tyranny and disaster to British Columbia.

The strategy failed. An early-October Angus Reid Institute poll found that only 10% of British Columbians considered Trump, U.S. tariffs, and related trade issues among their leading concerns in deciding how to vote. Cost of living, health care, jobs, and housing ranked far higher.

Canadians have not suddenly turned around and fallen in love with President Trump, either, but BC voters refused to be distracted by “Orange Man Bad” when their own homes, families, and communities were facing economic hardship and declining public services. The NDP’s Trump-bashing could not overcome dissatisfaction with its provincial record.

This is a historic win. Trump-bashing no longer appears to be the political left’s guaranteed winning strategy. The whole conservative ecosystem, from the United States to Latin America and throughout Europe, should recognize this victory as a possible sign of a conservative resurgence against left-wing agitprop and increasingly intrusive government.

Is this a sign that we can stop hating Canada now? Time will tell. My contact told me that there will always be room for improvement. Canada’s conservative parties nationally and provincially have failed and succeeded on some fronts, but things are looking better with the British Columbia group.

The most important message from this massive political upset in the most unlikely of places is this: if the pain is bad enough, if the voters get tired enough, if independent media and political organizations are brave enough, an oppressed populace can oust the awful tyrants in their midst and restore goodwill and proper rule in their communities and country.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

Is It OK to Hate Canada Now?

 

Blame Canada! Blame Canada! You know that everything’s gone wrong since Canada came along! --- South Park, The Movie

On September 16, 2026, the Ontario Superior Court Justice Ann Molloy convicted a Christian activist named Bill Whatcott of “willful promotion of hatred.”

What did Bill do that was so hateful? With five fellow Christians, he dressed up as a gay zombie, complete with a green skin suit and tutu, then he passed out gospel tracts disguised as condom packages to the 2016 Toronto Pride parade attendees: a silly practical joke to share the Good News. For ten years, the Canadian government has pursued and persecuted Whatcott, believing that his little evangelical escapade was a greater affront to Canadian society than, say, homeless vagrants defecating on major city streets, the destructive spread of fentanyl, or the rise of other serious crimes. In 2024, the Toronto Police Chief advised residents to leave their car keys on their front porches to avoid harm or death in the face of the city’s epidemic of car theft.

In Canada, passing out Gospel tracts is the heinous crime that must be stamped out. Yes, you can go to jail for so-called “hate speech” in Canada, too. They don’t have freedom of speech in the Great White North, despite all their supposed claims and celebrations about a Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Those mere parchment guarantees guarantee nothing for the average Canadian citizen. For Christians, even less. Even Holocaust deniers have gone to jail in Canada, as well as critics of Islam. A Saskatchewan man went to jail for willful promotion of hatred against an unidentified identity group! No matter how vile or disconcerting someone’s speech may be, the proper remedy is more speech. For Canada, the answer is a jail cell, a complete violation of natural law and natural right.

The conviction of a Christian in a purported Western country, especially one outside of Europe (which has sadly maintained its own poor record on freedom of speech), is a travesty. It sickens me, and it should infuriate all of us.

My animus with Canada originates with the ongoing persecution of Mr. Whatcott, which I have written about before, but there is more reason for the rest of us to despise our northern neighbor. In 2021, Whatcott was actually declared “not guilty” of these thought-crimes! Unfortunately, unlike other Commonwealth nations, Canada permits double jeopardy. The Crown can appeal an acquittal and demand a retrial. This is insane. With such kangaroo (or bull moose?) justice, can any Canadian hope for justice if the government can keep appealing your acquittal? In theory, the government can persecute a suspect with vexatious litigation until the citizen calls it quits and goes to jail.

That is not justice.

Injustice reigns in Canada in other ways, as well.

There is no Second Amendment, so gun ownership is tenuous at best. The Justin Trudeau government issued a blanket gun confiscation scheme, and current prime minister Mark Carney has expanded on this tyranny. To their credit, some provincial governments have started pushing back, but by and large the country remains gun-shy. Despite the aversion to firearms, Canada has witnessed a disturbing increase in gun-related crimes. No kidding, eh?!

Every provincial government across the nation has also established Human Rights Tribunals, before which aggrieved citizens can drag their counterparts and demand compensation for offending them. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ordered Whatcott to pay $55,000 to a confused man wearing a dress because he called him a “he.” The same provincial tribunal fined McDonald’s for firing an employee because she had failed to wash his hands properly. One Human Rights case dragged on for twenty-three years! Only recently, a former chairman of one of these tribunals has begun sounding the alarm on their abuses. Too little, too late.

Their healthcare system is not just abysmal; it’s evil. Instead of care, you get a waitlist, or the option to end your life. The testimony of Donovan James and his wife Kristin, who is surviving and thriving despite Stage Four ovarian cancer, should chill and outrage all of us. The Canadian system told Donovan’s wife to choose MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) instead of providing her adequate healthcare. The couple gave their government the middle finger and fled to America to live. Many Canadians do that, in fact, and there are plenty of reasons why. The wait times for a surgeon or a specialist are much longer in Canada. Michigan-born American commentator Steve Crowder’s expose of the rampant incompetence of the horrible healthcare system in Canada is entertaining if it wasn’t so devastating

Canada has been the most intransigent opponent of the United States. Last month, Vice President JD Vance remarked on the ongoing frustrations our leaders have faced just trying to work out a better trade deal with our northern neighbors. They won’t budge one bit towards better trade. They won’t negotiate in good faith with us, and they insist on keeping their Dairy Cartel and other heightened tariffs to protect their industries while shutting out our country’s goods.

Canada and its leaders have been growing closer to China, too, and even allowed their military to conduct training exercises! Canada is supposed to be our ally. Instead, they lock up Christians; they tell their citizens to tolerate crime; they offer death instead of healthcare; they fight us on trade while resisting our own national interests and reject cooperation.

Canada, a Frozen Banana Republic, and the voters are proud of this increasing hostility to the United States. After ten years of woke tyranny under Justin Trudeau, Carney repeated “Orange Man Bad” and bashed Trump, and Canadians went along with it. They have no problem voting to their own harm, just as long as they can retaliate against the United States.

The West is dying from Wokeness, the progressive leftist madness that insists on seeing disparities of any kind as discrimination, which treats absolute equality as the end goal of society, not the protection of citizens’ natural rights or even public safety. Canada is in the terminal stages of this morally bankrupt mind virus, and the citizens are proud of it! Canada officially sucks. Pardon my invective, but this wannabe runt cousin of the United States is just plain horrible. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were onto something, after all!

I never thought I would have such an abiding disdain for a nation. Mexico deserves our opprobrium for the border controversies, but that country is a better trade partner whom President Trump has knuckled under to our advantage. China is the United States’ most militant adversary, yet that country does not pretend to be free or enlightened. The European Union and its member states have their own share of issues, but a rising populist, nationalist conservative movement is making headway across the continent, and even the more liberal interests across Europe are willing to work with Trump, since Europe needs our money and military aid.

There is no such thing as “Canada Nice.” There is no “nice” in its government, and it’s time for Western countries that care about the rule of law, individual liberty, and citizen sovereignty to stop being so nice with its leaders.

Billboard Grift: Chris Elston Aids LGBT

                

Chris Elston, aka Billboard Chris, is getting a lot of attention these days.

He is well-known with his ubiquitous "Children cannot consent to puberty blockers" sandwich boards draped around him.

True, children cannot consent to puberty blockers. In fact, adults should not consent them, should not force them on children ... or allow them on themselves, for that matter.

What is really frustrating about people like Billboard Chris, however, is that they are aiding and abetting the LGBT agenda, just "at the speed limit."

In October 2022, I confronted Billboard Chris and another independent vlogger outside of the Anaheim Convention Center. We were all there protesting a national pediatrics conference because this institution was favoring sex mutilation of minors under the guise of "gender-affirming care."

I met some powerful speakers and activists who want to protect children from the transgender cult. I even met some parents who were fighting their ex-spouses. Why? To prevent their ex-wives and ex-husbands from mutilating their kids!

All of these effort are noble and welcome.

Some of the activists wanted to focus only on stopping transgenderism, however. They wanted to draw a distinction between identity and attraction, as though the whole perverted LGBT cult should only focus on the T, but the LGB is A-OK.

When I contested this issue, some of the activist leaders were willing to discuss the issue. They were willing to consider that it was time to get back to normal sexual dynamics in all cases, not just on transgenderism.

Then I confronted Christopher Elston, aka Billboard Chris.

He is a well-known Canadian activist/spokesman fighting the corrupt agenda to push kids into transgenderism. However, I spoke with MassResistance activists who had worked with him in Texas, and they shared that he was OK with same-sex marriage. He thinks that homosexuality is benign, not something that anyone should be concerned about.

When I saw him at the Anaheim Convention Center protests, I approached him and started discussing this issue.

You will note in the video above how he criticizes LGBT activists for shutting down debate, that they refuse to allow other people to discuss issues.

But when I wanted to press him on the lie that people are "born gay," he didn't want to talk about it. He curtly declared "Yes, people are born homosexual, and there is nothing they can do about it."

That is a total lie. There are millions of people around the world who have abandoned the homosexual lifestyle. They get married, and they have children. There is no gay gene, whereas there is plenty of genetic evidence to affirm that an individual is male or female.

But Chris didn't want to talk about it. He shut me down and brushed me aside.

Then the vlogger next to him said: "He's getting paid by the hour."

Was this a joke? Was this a statement of fact? Who knows?

One thing we can attest to, though, is that instead of actually helping children, instead of taking steps to stop this horrible sex mutilation crazy, Billboard Grift Chris Elston goes around the world having conversations with people. He gets to speak on vlogs and podcasts. He gets to give a speech to the UN.

And nothing improves.

Why does this bother me, in particular? Because in his home country of Canada, there are parents who are actually fighting to protect their children, and all of Canada's children. There are parents who have risked fines and even jail time to tell the public about the sex mutilation cult that is invading Canada's public schools and public spaces.

Robert Hoogland is one example: a father from the same province as Billboard Chris (British Columbia). Rob found out that his daughter was getting transitioned in the Delta School District in Surrey, BC without his knowledge or permission. He fought to stop this horrid transition from taking place, but by then his wife had full custody, and the BC trial courts ruled against him. In fact, they placed him under an outrageous gag order, so that he could not talk about this case, including the mutilation of his daughter, without anyone.

Rob defied those court orders, and he took every opportunity he could to alert the public to what was happening to his daughter.

He violated the gag order, and he went to jail. He also faced considerable court costs appealing his conviction and the sentencing imposed on him. He fought the good fight to protect kids, but he struggled to raise money. Why? Because he could not even identify himself!

And then you have Billboard Grift, who gets to scoop up lots of media and money for himself. He gets rich saying that it's not OK to mutilate kids. Whoop-dee-doo. He has two kids of his own, but he is not taking care of them, is he? He's not in British Columbia watching out for their well-being, is he?!

He takes donation money that could go to parents like Rob Hoogland (who is fighting to repeal the gag order on his case, by the way). He is actually doing something to help kids. He has connected with other British Columbia residents to elect better people to the provincial government so that new leaders can end the mutilation of children and the grooming of children in the classrooms.

People like Rob are fighting to make a difference. People like Billboard Grift are just out to make a buck all while aiding and abetting the LGBT agenda--and it's wrong!

MassResistance Stands with Canadian Pro-Family Activist Bill Whatcott

 

Canadian government continues to pummel pro-family activist Bill Whatcott for “anti-gay” flyer he passed out in 2016! Facing trial again for the same “hate speech” charge - after acquittal.

Judge ruled “not guilty” in 2021. But government appealed for 2nd trial, and Canadian Supreme Court agreed. “Double jeopardy” is legal in Canada.

Whatcott continues to stand strong – a principled inspiration for all of us.

March 20, 2024

 Bill Whatcott has been persecuted and tormented by the Canadian government for simply telling the truth about a politically protected subject - but stands by his principles.

Bill Whatcott is one of those people who ultimately helps change the world for the better. Many people talk about fighting back against the radical agendas degrading society – but back off when the government (or the Left) threatens them. Bill Whatcott takes his Christian faith seriously and refuses to back down!

 Bill Whatcott speaks at Pastor Artur Pawlowski's church in Alberta in Dec. 2018 about the LGBT movement's assault on rights in Canada.

The details of this outrageous situation are documented by MassResistance here.

The “crime”

In 2016, Bill and his friends registered to march in the Toronto Gay Pride Parade as members of the “Gay Zombies Cannabis Consumers Association.” Marching in the parade wearing masks and green body suits, they passed out flyers to the crowds of onlookers. The flyers warned of the horrible medical consequences of homosexual behavior and contained Bible verses. (Publication of the flyer has been banned in Canada by the courts. MassResistance has made it available.)

 The "Gay Zombies" marching in the Toronto Gay Pride Parade. Note the contingent of naked men right behind them.

 The "Gay Zombies" handing out flyer packets.

The “gay pride” parade itself was incredibly disgusting and revolting. Among other things, there were contingents of completely naked men marching in front of and behind Bill’s group, in full view of children and everyone else. (This was a clear violation of Toronto’s nudity laws, but that was ignored by the police and authorities.) The parade also included bigoted anti-Catholic and anti-Christian imagery. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had no problem with any of this and marched in the parade.

 Also in front of them this group of completely naked men was marching. The authorities ignored them. See a 39-second video clip here.

After the parade – attempted LGBT civil lawsuit against Bill

A month after the parade, a group of prominent Canadian homosexual activists filed an absurd $104 million civil lawsuit against Bill – and anyone who financially supported him. They were seeking damages for “defamation” and “hate speech” against the parade participants and the Toronto LGBT community. To make their point, they announced the lawsuit in the press room of the Canadian National Parliament in Ottawa.

 LGBT activists hold press conference in the press room of the Canadian Parliament building on August 12, 2016 to announce their $104 million lawsuit against Bill Whatcott.

But the lawsuit was dropped the by plaintiffs in 2018 when they learned Whatcott had neither personal funds nor wealthy donors.

Bill’s arrest for “hate speech”

There was clearly an obsession that Bill must be severely punished.

In 2018 (two years after the parade incident), when it was clear the multi-million-dollar lawsuit was failing, the Ontario government stepped in. The Ontario Attorney General formally charged Bill with “willful promotion of hatred.” Because Bill was living in Alberta, they put out an over-the-top “nationwide warrant” for his arrest (a procedure usually reserved for dangerous criminals and fugitives).

When Bill heard about it, he simply turned himself in at the Calgary police station. At the station, a group of Bill’s supporters, including noted Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski, gathered to show support.

 Bill Whatcott (center) with well-known Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski and Amy Contrada of MassResistance on the day he turned himself in to the Toronto police. (Amy was the lone American reporter to cover Bill's arrest.)

 Some of the two dozen Christian protesters outside of the Calgary Police Station supporting Bill Whatcott as he comes to turn himself in.

Around the time of his trial (2021), overwhelming numbers of actual crimes were simply being dismissed (due to Covid confusion), including approximately 80% of the drug offenses in Ontario and 43% of the DWI offenses, as well as assaults, theft, and others. But the government insisted on spending upwards of a million dollars prosecuting Bill Whatcott for passing out a flyer.

The trial – and the verdict

Attorney John Rosen was considered the best criminal defense lawyer in Canada. In an incredible stroke of luck, he agreed to take Bill’s case. Rosen was also able to get public funding for his fee, since Bill had no money.

 Ontario Superior Court, the scene of an absurd criminal trial - over the text of a flyer passed out several years earlier!

The trial began on Oct. 4, 2021. During the 8-day trial the government threw everything they had at Bill. They even brought in a prominent medical expert to “debunk” the facts on his flyer. But Attorney Rosen was absolutely brilliant in his defense. He even proved how the medical expert was wrong in her assessment! And he brought in a university theologian who testified that Bill’s flier reflected Christian belief.

On Dec. 10, 2021, the judge announced his verdict: Not Guilty! He wrote that the flyer was “obnoxious” and “offensive,” but did not legally constitute “hate speech.” He added the obvious: that if Bill had truly intended to promote “hatred toward gays,” he would not have picked a gay pride event to do so!

Even with Canada’s absurd “hate speech” laws (and lacking our First Amendment), the Crown could not make a convincing argument against John Rosen’s rock-solid defense.

One would have thought that all this nonsense over a flyer that was handed out in 2016 would finally be over. But no.

The Crown successfully appeals to have a second trial

In the U.S., “double jeopardy” is unconstitutional. But in Canada, the government can appeal a “not guilty” verdict and force a second criminal trial. Even so, everyone was shocked when two weeks after Bill’s acquittal the government filed a “notice of appeal.”

Several months later, in October 2022, the Crown submitted a formal 45-page appeal describing its reasons why the judge “erred” in his verdict.  On May 16, 2023, Attorney Rosen submitted a 37-page rebuttal to the appeal.

One of the reasons given for the appeal was that the Judge declined to allow “expert testimony” from a homosexual activist college professor on the subject of “tropes of anti-gay discrimination” allegedly contained in Bill’s flyer. (These are simply the professor's opinions and not grounded in Canadian law. This professor is also a self-declared authority on “expert kink” and “queering social networks.”)

On August 11, 2023, the three-judge Appellate Court (not surprisingly, all leftists) released a 34-page ruling unanimously accepting the appeal and ordering a new trial for Bill!

Attorney Rosen then filed a further appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. But on February 15, 2024, the Supreme Court announced (also not surprisingly) that it declined to take the case. So Bill must go through a second criminal trial.

The current situation

It’s looking very tough for Bill, but he's standing as strong as he can.

He has been forced to quit his job in Alberta and move to Toronto to begin preparing for his new trial, which will likely commence in June or July. He hopes to find a place to live in Toronto with friends.

Attorney John Rosen has retired. His law firm may or may not represent Bill this time, since there is no public funding for him at this point. The Ontario Attorney General’s office has virtually unlimited funds and intends to do whatever it can to send Bill to prison. All this over a flyer that was passed out eight years ago.

Final thoughts

This whole bizarre situation is very serious. Bill’s persecution is intended as a warning to all Canadians to keep silent on LGBTQ issues.  It is raw government censorship.

A society under siege must have people like Bill Whatcott willing to fearlessly stand up for free speech and push back on the government’s stranglehold on its citizens.

But people like Bill also must not be left to dangle in the wind. They need strong support from the national pro-family community. Sadly, that is not happening in Canada. Not a single major Canadian pro-family group is coming to Bill’s aid and confronting the Ottawa Attorney General (and other officials). They are apparently “embarrassed” that Bill is taking on the LGBT issue so directly. And only one major Canadian conservative news organization, LifeSiteNews, has even written about Bill’s appeal and double-jeopardy second trial.

But MassResistance is behind Bill 100%! We will keep you informed and do our best to keep up the pressure.

   

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Exclusive MassResistance: Top pro-freedom attorney in Canada tells what it’s like fighting for truth

 

Fascinating interview on what’s happening in Canada’s corrupted legal system.

Attorney is now representing Rob Hoogland, father of a "transgender" daughter, who's been banned by the court from talking about his family’s case – or even using his own name.

January 26, 2024

VIDEO: MassResistance interviews Attorney James Kitchen (35 min 27 sec)

Attorney Kitchen currently represents Canadian father Rob Hoogland. The courts require Rob to be called "CD" in discussions about this case.

Canada’s government, its civil society, and particularly its legal system have become a nightmare, routinely thwarting truth and justice. Its ruling class has adopted a brutal, woke/Marxist-like approach contravening liberty, morality, public health, and even public safety – far outpacing the US.

Earlier this month, one of Canada’s top pro-freedom attorneys, James Kitchen, spoke with Arthur Schaper of MassResistance about what’s happening in Canada and how the few remaining “sane” lawyers deal with it. We found this to be a truly fascinating and insightful discussion of the devolution of the legal system and Canadian society – and how principled attorneys are battling back.

Attorney Kitchen currently represents Rob Hoogland, the father of a “transgender” daughter in British Columbia. In February 2020, a Canadian court ruled that Rob could not interfere with his 14-year-old daughter's "sex-change" treatments being pushed on her by her school and pro-trans doctors.

The LGBT movement hired lawyers to help the girl sue her own father, and the courts imposed a draconian “gag order” on Rob. So he (or anyone in Canada!) has been banned from revealing the details of what happened to his daughter, or even from using his real name in conjunction with the case. (The courts have ordered that Rob be called “CD” when referring to this case.) Rob was even sent to prison for breaking the gag order. MassResistance – not bound by Canadian courts – has published the details which are illegal to discuss in Canada.

Rob is now out of prison. The daughter is no longer under 18, so the court’s excuse of “protecting” a minor’s privacy no longer holds. Atty. Kitchen is going to court to have the “gag order” finally lifted. But even that will be an uphill battle.

The interview

James Kitchen describes himself as primarily a civil liberties lawyer. “I’m passionate about people’s individual liberties to live their life as they please.”  That puts him at odds with the direction of Canadian society. “I’m very anti-Marxist and anti-Communist and all the rest of it. I believe in human freedom, which these days makes me a minority – especially among lawyers.”

Why has this happened in Canada? It hasn’t always been this way, he says. There’s been a shift in just the last 25-30 years. “Maybe it’s because Canada has moved to the left and people gravitate toward power. And if people have high individual rights, there’s less power [that can be wielded over them]. And it’s not just the legal profession. It’s most of the professionals, elites, and wealthy, powerful people. It’s why all our institutions in Canada have become Marxist.”

Kitchen has had considerable success in courts undermining tyrannical orders and oppressive dictates against individuals. However, he readily admits that he loses most of his cases. That’s because he doesn’t shy away from cases that are very difficult and controversial. He’s generally taking on something that’s unpopular in the courts, particularly among the judges. “Their worldview is they just don’t like the outcome that I am pursuing,” he notes.

He discusses the mindset of the overwhelming numbers of the legal profession in Canada today – and particularly the judges. As is common in Marxist thinking, they simply refuse to follow the law and legal reasoning as it’s always been understood. The political outcome trumps everything.

“Although the law may be on my side, although the facts may be on my side, I’m fighting an uphill political battle,” he told us. “Our position doesn’t fit their narrative or their worldview. So they’ll make up fancy reasons for why I’m wrong and they’re right, and they’ll subtly change the law to do so.”

He said most of his successes come by fighting hard, with persistence – and the other side simply gives up. They often tend to wither in the face of someone who has strong principles and courage. But that’s still quite a challenge because the other side has far more resources.

However, even the failures in court have had some positive effect, he says.

In one of his recent cases, a Catholic school in Ontario suspended a 16-year-old student and even had the police come and arrest him for saying “there are only two genders and you were born either a male or female.” The school’s trustees defended that action.

 Sixteen-year-old boy is brought into custody by police outside of St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ontario. His crime: stating in class that people can only be male or female.

Kitchen commented on why people like those school officials are doing these frightening things. “What are officials like these so-called Catholic trustees motivated by? They’re not motivated by good things. They’re motivated by power, status, money, or fear because someone’s controlling them, telling them what to do.”

It’s a big problem across the country, he says, as a result of the oppression and attempted brainwashing by the government, the media, and other social forces. “Your typical average person really struggles to have intellectual and moral clarity.” People unfortunately tend to be like sheep. Ideas feel good and sound good, but are really not good when you get a chance to think hard about them.” He added that probably 85% of the people just go along with it because it’s easier to do and most people are followers.

But the good news in Canada, he says, is that people are starting to push back. “When a few leaders do things, people begin to wake up and follow along with them.” More and more people “are no longer terrified.”

“I think that June 2024 – Pride Month – is going to be very interesting. You’re going to see the biggest pushback,” he predicts, because regular people are realizing how horrible for society LGBT normalization really is.

A major push by Kitchen and other attorneys is to force more of these cases to be dealt with in the open. Nearly all establishment attorneys in Canada prefer to have cases decided behind closed doors, or keep large portions of the court record shielded from public view. The written decision by the Catholic school trustees on his case was legally kept from the public.

Kitchen does the opposite. He insists that all his cases be public. “We must expose the corruption by litigating publicly,” he said. That is also an uphill battle. But he has seen that it really helps educate the citizens.

The community of freedom-fighting lawyers in Canada is quite small but is very tight and dedicated despite the hostile environment they’re in, he told us.

His immediate goal with Rob Hoogland is to free his name and identity. “He’s one small part on the big lie that is transgenderism. The best weapon against lies is truth.”

And Kitchen is not about to stop. “Professionally and personally I’m after truth, and justice, and the destruction of lies that are ruining society. I didn’t become a lawyer to get rich. I became a lawyer to serve my calling to actually help humanity with truth and justice. If you like truth and justice and you want to work for them, one of the best ways to do that is to become a lawyer.”

James Kitchen is a great inspiration to all of us. We will keep you posted on his progress on the Rob Hoogland case!

   

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Canadian Decries Canada, Explains Why He Can't Wait to Flee

This video is telling and powerful, very disturbing, as well. 

 Canada is a Communist State, a Frozen Banana Republic, and natural-born Canadians can't wait to flee.

         

Canada's Campaign Life Coalition: Support Pro-Family Doctor

 We’ve decided to start a LifeFunder for Dr. Ann Gillies after the Superior Court of Ontario issued a ruling in May 2023 in which it ordered her to pay $5,000 in costs to the Bluewater District School Board (BDSB).

Dr. Gillies, a retired psychotherapist and trauma specialist who lives in the district, had sued the school board for censoring her delegation presentation to the board of Trustees, back in 2019. She had planned to object to “allowing the LGBT flag to be flown at our schools in June” along with the teaching of harmful transgender ideology in schools.

In the censored presentation that Trustees didn’t allow her to make, Dr. Gillies stated, in part:

“Transgender children don’t exist – this term was brought into being by a coalition of pressure groups and political activists. It is NOT a scientific or medical term.”

“We have a moral obligation to open transgender doctrine to critical scrutiny. We stand in solidarity with biology, human design, physical reality, health and moralism. As parents and concerned citizens we politely ask that you do not support the harmful transgender ideology by allowing the LGBT flag to be flown at our schools in June.”

Campaign Life Coalition fully supports the message that Dr. Gillies wanted to present at the Board of Trustees. It is one of scientific truth and genuine compassion which seeks to protect children from an ideology that can result in the amputation of perfectly healthy body parts.

We appreciate her being a Christian witness to a morally-dulled culture, and for bringing her significant clinical experience and research in the area of human sexuality to enlighten the Bluewater school trustees.

Public school boards have an obligation to be open to public input at public meetings, on matters of concern to the parents and taxpayers of the board. Dr. Gillies felt it was a violation of both her constitutional rights, and the board’s obligation to listen to public concerns.

Sadly, the politically correct judge sided with the school board, ruling that her presentation could be harmful to “trans” children.

Can you believe the insanity of that assertion?

Here we have a retired professional psychologist who is trying to protect children from sterilizing puberty blockers, genital mutilation and the mental health problems associated with going down this path, and she is told by a judge that her presentation could be harmful to trans youth?

It’s outrageous.

We need to support courageous people like Dr. Gillies. When they stick their necks out for the cause of life and family, they deserve to be supported by our community.

For that reason, we’ve set up a LifeFunder crowdfunding campaign at www.lifefunder.com/StandWithAnn. It has a $5,000 goal which she can use to cover the court-ordered penalty, or to appeal the ruling. Either way, we don’t want to leave Dr. Gillies holding the bag alone, when trying to defend our children… and our freedom of speech.

For life & family,

Jeff Gunnarson
National President

P.S. Please support Dr. Ann Gillies' legal defense by donating here.

P.P.S. For a web version of this email that you can share on social media, click here.

Campaign Life Coalition: Now Dress Codes are "Discriminatory"

 

Dear Arthur, Do you ever have those days when you just want to shake your head and go back to bed?  I have an unfortunate update on the situation regarding Kerry “Kayla” Lemieux, the Oakville Trafalgar High School teacher sporting oversize fake breasts and protuberant nipples and what seems to be a sick pleasure in involving youth in his sexual fetish.   The Halton District School Board approved a motion in September to examine the possibility of implementing a staff dress code.   I last emailed you to lament that that measure was not nearly sufficient—a teacher this deranged has no business teaching minors and ought to be fired.   Developing a dress code was the very least the board could do to make it look like they were actually doing something. Here was their opportunity—their free pass—to pretend like they cared about parents’ and other stakeholders’ concerns.   It never crossed my mind that they wouldn’t even manage the bare, performative minimum. Believe it or not, they're actually advising against a dress code!   You have to read for yourself an excerpt of their rationale (emphasis added):  Read the full report from Director of Education Curtis Ennis and Superintendent of Human Resources Sari Taha here. Once again, the board’s priorities are crystal clear. They’re interested in protecting themselves from liability first and foremost – before even the safety and well-being of students. Recall, too, that the HDSB does, in fact, constrain students’ attire, stating that “Dress codes must prevent students from wearing clothing that exposes or makes visible genitals and nipples.” Apparently they can’t hold adults—their own employees—to the same standards that they hold children. So, where will it end? What could a teacher hypothetically get away with wearing (or not wearing) before the board realizes how insane and untenable their position is?  Our outrage will not be quelled. If you haven’t yet signed our petition, please do so here: https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/petition/id/56. If you haven’t yet shared it on social media or with friends and family, please take the time to do so now (or do so again). Above: Josie Luetke delivering CLC petition signatures to the HDSB We did deliver a hard copy of the signatures already, but clearly the HDSB has yet to appreciate the immense outcry! We must persist and make it impossible to ignore, by amplifying our voice even more. SIGN PETITION The resistance is building. There’s even a local parental rights group called Students First Ontario that has formed in Oakville, where the school board operates, that might be taking legal action against the HDSB over this debacle. Lord have mercy on us. Sincerely, Josie Luetke Director of Education & Advocacy Campaign Life Coalition 1 (800) 730-5358, ext. 220 P.S. Our petition against this perverse teacher has surpassed 5,000 signatures! If you haven’t signed yet, please do so now: https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/petition/id/56 P.P.S. Please share our petition with friends and relatives to help us reach the next signature goal.

BREAKING: Christian Schools in British Columbia are Pushing LGBT Perversion on Kids

I received this alert from a contact in British Columbia. Teachers working in the one local school district, the Society of Christian Schools of British Columbia (SCSBC) are raising the alarm about the infiltration of homosexuality, transgenderism, and other anti-Christian, anti-natural law perversions that are becoming all too pervasive .... in the Christian Schools!

Teachers are speaking out against this unspeakable evil, which shocks the conscience, undermines parental rights, violates natural law, and makes a mockery of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Here's the preliminary statement I received from my contact in BC a few weeks ago:

David Loewen is the current superintendent of the Surrey Christian Schools in British Columbia.  He has brought SOGI123 into the Surrey Chrisitian Schools . . . and has now been promoted to introduce SOGI123 into all Christian Schools in BC.

Dane Splinter is the Bible teacher at the Surrey Christian Schools who teaches both SOG123 and LGBTQ acceptance while hanging a LGBTQ rainbow flag at the front of his classroom.  Please pass this on to your contact that exposes perverted teachers! 

Attached are reference points to both of these perverts and their sodomy.  I can assure you that more information is to follow and that I will continue to follow up with other US based resources as the situation warrants. 

God bless my friend!

So, who is this David Loewen guy?

The SBSCB issued the following press release about him:

SCSBC Appoints David Loewen as Next Executive Director

The SCSBC Board is pleased to announce the appointment of David Loewen as the next Executive Director of SCSBC. The Board began its search for an Executive Director in June 2021 after Ed Noot informed the Board of his intention to retire in 2023. David will join SCSBC in August 2022 as Incoming Executive Director and will work alongside Ed in a collaborative leadership transition process. David will assume responsibility as Executive Director in 2023.

So far, so good ...

David brings to SCSBC deep experience in Christian educational leadership. He has spent over 25 years as an administrator and teacher in BC Christian Schools, including serving from 2011 to present as Superintendent of Surrey Christian School. In his time at Surrey, David oversaw significant school growth and led the implementation of two five-year strategic plans that resulted in the renewal of many significant aspects of the institution. Prior to his role in Surrey, David served as Principal of White Rock Christian Academy, and before that as Principal of Abbotsford Christian School. He has led and participated in numerous school evaluation and leadership reviews for the Ministry of Education, for SCSBC, and for Christian Schools International. He has served on the board of the Federation of Independent Schools Association (FISA) from 2012 to the present.

There is nothing untoward here. Of course, schools and their official press releases seek to convey information with as little controversy and fanfare as possible.

David has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to professional development and learning. He has a PhD from the University of Victoria in Educational Leadership, Administration and Organizational Theory. He is currently pursuing an M.A. in Theological Studies from Regent College. David is passionate about applying his knowledge and skills to invest in educational leaders and organizations. He has served as Adjunct Faculty in Trinity Western University’s M.A. in Leadership Program, teaching a course in Team Leadership and Conflict Resolution. He has consulted with a number of Christian Schools on strategic planning, including vision and mission development. He is a frequent keynote speaker, workshop leader, and author of articles on topics relating to Christian education and leadership.

David enjoys participating in and coaching sports including volleyball, basketball, and rock climbing. He likes to recharge by spending time in nature, including hiking, camping and canoeing. David is happily married to Sharlene and has three children: Chloe, Olivia, and Ilya. The Loewens are members of Hope Community Church.

David is widely regarded as an energetic, passionate, and articulate leader. He often speaks of a desire for Christian Schools to know and tell their “story within the grand story”. This involves leaders understanding their school’s particular story arising from their context and history and relating that story to the grand story of Jesus and His announcement of the coming of the kingdom of heaven. The Board is pleased with Dave’s appointment to the Executive Director position and looks forward to working with him on carrying forward the mission and vision of SCSBC.

Some warning signs start to emerge in this last paragraph. He wants schools to "tell their 'storty within the grand story.'" What does that mean? Where is the emphasis on Christian doctrine or Biblical revelation? All of that is seemingly missing from this initial announcement. There is something amiss about this. 

More information to come ...

So, what is happening in the school? One of the teachers, Dane Splinter, is pushing the boundaries of propriety by promoting homosexuality and transgenderism.

When we look at Splinter's Twitter feed, we find out where this guy really stands on issues:

The fact that this guy has preferred pronouns is a bad sign already. His avatar showcases a boxer wearing shorts with the American flag pattern on them.

What is this?

Here are some notable and disturbing tweets from this so-called teacher at a Christian school:

This 👇🏻 https://t.co/EyMJVHr4C1

— Dane Splinter (@DaneSplinter) August 5, 2022

When someone talks about the book in terms of authors rather than Author, we are witnessing a secularized skeptic who does not hold the Word of God in high esteem. But it gets worse:

This 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/nIgKdSbf3h

— Dane Splinter (@DaneSplinter) May 6, 2022

He wants to promote sexual confusion, degeneracy, and perversion. This is absolutely terrible, and very disturbing. Dane Splinter has no regard of the authority of God's Word, and he disdains the wisdom and direction of God's Word. One cannot claim to be welcoming of anyone if we insist on letting them identify with a lie. Homosexuality and transgenderism are false identities. No Christian, no Pastor, no leader or teacher in the church or a church setting can accept these behaviors and consider them identities. 

That is a lie from the pit of hell. Paul writes to the Corinthians: 

 "9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

And Splinter also shared this tweet:

Happy Birthday James Baldwin!
Born on this day in 1924.

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

Prints: https://t.co/SGe70Hw3Uz#jamesbaldwin pic.twitter.com/tKUxG1TorY

— kellylatimoreicons (@KLICONS) August 2, 2022

James Baldwin was an out homosexual, and he was hostile to faith. There is no place for celebrating this corrupt character in a church or Christian school seeting. 

To put it mildly, there are some really bad teachers at the Society of Christian Schools, and more is going to be revealed shortly!

BREAKING: Pastor Art Pawlowski Contempt Charges DROPPED (via Rebel News)

 

Pastor Artur just scored his biggest and most complete victory yet!  The Alberta Court of Appeals ruled that the injunction against him, his arrest, his jail time, the censorship order and fines against him were illegal.  This is HUGE news. The injunction used to put Pastor Artur Pawlowski in prison for months was deemed so vague and useless, that it should never have been used in the first place. The judge threw it out!  Ezra Levant is LIVE right now to share the details of this monumental decision and break down the ruling.  Tune in right here.  This is a total condemnation of Jason Kenney’s persecution of Pastor Artur, the Liberal judge Adam Germain, and frankly, Judge Rooke, who wrote the illegal injunction. A repudiation of all of them — and the Health Minister and Justice Minister who obsessively pursued Pastor Artur and his brother Dawid. There must be a resignation over this — but of course there won’t be.  Pastor Artur has been vindicated. This really is the best result we could have asked for.  Two years of tireless legal battles got us here, and much of the credit goes to our viewers and donors who shared Pastor Artur’s story and pitched in at SaveArtur.com to help pay for his legal battles. (We still have substantial legal bills to cover, so please click here to donate.)  There’s so much more to come, including our exclusive interviews with Pastor Artur and his incredible lawyer Sarah Miller.  Stay tuned for more, and please join Ezra on the livestream right here.  Yours truly,  Rebel News P.S. This incredible legal victory could not have been possible without our viewers who pitched in at SaveArtur.com to help cover his legal fees. Pastor Artur beat the odds because of your help. If you haven't had a chance to donate, please do so by clicking here.