S04E32 Politics and the Judicial Class

08/21/23 • 55 min

We look at recent research showing that a majority of judges who donated to political parties, prior to their appointment, directed their money to the Liberal Party of Canada. We then discuss a column in The National Post by Jay Bhattacharya and Leighton Grey commenting on Alberta's Ingram decision, in which they level some pointed criticism at the judge.
Kate Schneider and Christopher Nardi in The National Post, Aug 9, 2023: Trudeau's law society: Exclusive data analysis reveals Liberals appoint judges who are party donors
Jamie Sarkonak in The National Post, Aug 20, 2023: Trudeau's 'nonpartisan' Supreme Court advisory panel skews left
True North, Aug 11, 2023: Outrage over Trudeau's appointment of judges who donated to Liberals

CBC, Jun 10, 2021: Federal government stops using Liberal Party database to vet would-be judges
The Canadian Press via National Newswatch, Aug 11, 2023: Former Prince Edward Island premier tapped to help pick next Supreme Court Justice
Justice Centre, May 27, 2019: Supreme Court Justices divided on Charter freedoms, reports 2019 Judicial Freedom Index
Jay Bhattacharya and Leighton Grey, Special to The National Post, Aug 18, 2023: Canadian courts complicit in failed lockdowns that violated rights
Justice Centre, July 31, 2023 (PDF): Ingram v Alberta (Chief Medical Officer of Health), 2023 ABKB 453
Justice Centre, Jun 23, 2021: Lockdowns and the Science of Covid, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Justice Centre, May 11, 2021: Manitoba Chief Microbiologist and Laboratory Specialist: 56% of positive "cases" are not infectious
Statista, Jul 6, 2023: Global health care systems comparison - Statistics & Facts
(South Africa) Cape Times via MSN, Aug 18, 2023: Access to Covid vaccine contracts a major victory for transparency
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S04E31 Vaccine Mandates, EI, and Charter Rights

Lawyer James Manson describes and explains the issues in the Robin Francis EI case, now headed to the Federal Court of Appeal. Mr. Francis was fired after he refused to follow his employer's vaccine mandate and was then denied Employment Insurance benefits, like so many other Canadians who asserted their Charter rights.
Justice Centre, Mar 27, 2023: Francis v. Canada (AG)
Justice Centre, Mar 27, 2023: Ontario father takes denial of EI benefits for not taking Covid-19 vaccine to Federal Court of Appeal
The Ontario Human Rights Code
Ontario.ca: Your guide to the Employment Standards Act
Justice Centre, Nov 8, 2022: Tribunal Ordered to Reconsider “Misconduct” Denial of EI Benefits to Unvaccinated Employee

London Free Press, Mar 28, 2023: Longtime hospital worker denied EI after being fired over COVID vaccine
Rebel News, Mar 29, 2023: Unvaccinated engineer appeals decision to deny him EI benefits
Cornell Law School: contra proferentem
CBC, Oct 21, 2023: Don't expect EI if you lose your job for not being vaccinated, minister says
Gov't of Canada, Justice Laws Website: Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23)
CanLII, Mar 22, 2012: Doré v. Barreau du Québec, 2012 SCC 12 (CanLII), [2012] 1 SCR 395
Human Rights Law Centre: What is the standard of review to determine whether a public authority has acted compatibly with human rights
Edward J. Cottrill in Alberta Law Review Society via CanLII, 2018: Novel Uses of the Charter Following Doré and Loyola
Justice Centre, Jun 8, 2023: Supreme Court of Canada declines to hear challenge to Covid-19 vaccine mandate for transplant candidates

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S04E34 So Much Winning

John tells us about the recent Justice Centre victories. Then we comment on this year's George Jonas Freedom Award winner Jordan Peterson and his recent loss in an Ontario court. He's being ordered to attend social media thought control classes. Finally, we revisit the Egale lawsuit against the Saskatchewan government for making it mandatory to inform parents if their children chose to undergo gender transition.
John Carpay in the Western Standard via The Justice Centre, Aug 2, 2023: A win on a technicality, but still a win

Justice Centre, Aug 30, 2023: Pastor James Coates and GraceLife Church acquitted following Ingram decision

Justice Centre, Aug 31, 2023: Mischief charges against documenter of Freedom Convoy dismissed
Justice Centre, Aug 31, 2023: Judicial Stay of Proceedings for Ty Northcott
CBC, Aug 28, 2023: New justice minister appoints more than a dozen judges in effort to address vacancies
The Canadian Press via rdnewsNOW, Aug 30, 2023: ‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders’ criminal trial goes beyond mischief charges
The Democracy Fund
Justice Centre, Feb 16, 2023: $300-million class action against Freedom Convoy participants: Zexi Li et al v. Chris Barber et al
John Carpay in The Epoch Times via The Justice Centre, Aug 25, 2023: Canada’s Regulatory Colleges Have No Business Monitoring Speech
Daily Caller, Aug 30, 2023: ‘Absolutely Necessary’: Jordan Peterson Reveals ‘Plan’ To Expose Court-Ordered Media Sensitivity Training
Decision posted on Jordan Peterson's site (PDF): Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685
CBC, Aug 31, 2023: Legal action filed against Sask. government over new school pronoun rules

The National Post, Aug 30, 2023: Canadian politicians stampeding away from policy of concealing gender transitions from parents
Justice Centre, Oct 12, 2019: PT et al v. Alberta
John Carpay in the Western Standard, Aug 31, 2023: Parents have more love for their own children than sexual minority activists have for other people’s children

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