S05E04 B.C.'s Cancel Culture Collision
02/13/24 • 63 min
John starts the show by discussing the kerfuffle around Selina Robinson, forced to resign from the provincial cabinet in British Columbia for remarks about Israel pre-1948. It was a collision of outrage and cancel culture. Everyone involved failed, including Robinson and the mainstream media. Free speech and accurate reporting were completely ignored. We move on to other stories with similar themes, about media bias, free speech on campus, and we finish up with Danielle Smith's transgender policies.
John Carpay in the Western Standard, Feb 13, 2024: Sorry Selina, but what goes round, comes round
B'nai Brith, Jan 30, 2024: An Evening with Our Jewish Public Officials
Glacier Media via Castanet, Feb 1, 2024: College instructors group calls on B.C. minister to resign for criticizing pro-Hamas teacher
National Post via MSN, Jan 26, 2024: Pro-terror college instructor who claimed victory at not being fired... is fired
Vancouver Sun, Nov 2, 2023: How public comments made outside of the workplace can become 'off-duty misconduct'
Brian Lilly in the Toronto Sun via MSN, Feb 6, 2024: Canada's biased media do themselves no favours with Poilievre
Blacklock's Reporter, Feb 8, 2024: Media Untrustworthy, Biase
CBC, Feb 9, 2024: Trudeau 'pissed off' by Bell Media's 'garbage decision' to lay off journalists
John Carpay in the Western Standard, Feb 8, 2024: Unbelievable but true, as NDP legislator demands pro-energy speech ban
Justice Centre, Feb 6, 2024: Justice Centre Weekly: Glenn Blackett on the importance of professional dissent - S02E02
Joel Kotkin in The National Post, Feb 8, 2024: 'Decolonized' universities dividing Canadians--Higher education goes Medieval
Justin Deschamps in Badlands Media, Feb 7, 2024: Gender Ideology Has Become Law--The Cautionary Tale of Canada's Subversive, Incremental Lawfare
True North, Feb 2, 2024: “A step forward” LGBT Albertans react to Danielle Smith’s new gender policies
Pamela Paul in The New York Times, Feb 2, 2024: As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.
Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens
John starts the show by discussing the kerfuffle around Selina Robinson, forced to resign from the provincial cabinet in British Columbia for remarks about Israel pre-1948. It was a collision of outrage and cancel culture. Everyone involved failed, including Robinson and the mainstream media. Free speech and accurate reporting were completely ignored. We move on to other stories with similar themes, about media bias, free speech on campus, and we finish up with Danielle Smith's transgender policies.
John Carpay in the Western Standard, Feb 13, 2024: Sorry Selina, but what goes round, comes round
B'nai Brith, Jan 30, 2024: An Evening with Our Jewish Public Officials
Glacier Media via Castanet, Feb 1, 2024: College instructors group calls on B.C. minister to resign for criticizing pro-Hamas teacher
National Post via MSN, Jan 26, 2024: Pro-terror college instructor who claimed victory at not being fired... is fired
Vancouver Sun, Nov 2, 2023: How public comments made outside of the workplace can become 'off-duty misconduct'
Brian Lilly in the Toronto Sun via MSN, Feb 6, 2024: Canada's biased media do themselves no favours with Poilievre
Blacklock's Reporter, Feb 8, 2024: Media Untrustworthy, Biase
CBC, Feb 9, 2024: Trudeau 'pissed off' by Bell Media's 'garbage decision' to lay off journalists
John Carpay in the Western Standard, Feb 8, 2024: Unbelievable but true, as NDP legislator demands pro-energy speech ban
Justice Centre, Feb 6, 2024: Justice Centre Weekly: Glenn Blackett on the importance of professional dissent - S02E02
Joel Kotkin in The National Post, Feb 8, 2024: 'Decolonized' universities dividing Canadians--Higher education goes Medieval
Justin Deschamps in Badlands Media, Feb 7, 2024: Gender Ideology Has Become Law--The Cautionary Tale of Canada's Subversive, Incremental Lawfare
True North, Feb 2, 2024: “A step forward” LGBT Albertans react to Danielle Smith’s new gender policies
Pamela Paul in The New York Times, Feb 2, 2024: As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.
Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens
Previous Episode
S05E03 Report on the Jonker Hearing
Lawyer James Manson discusses the hearing for Harold Jonker on Tuesday, January 30. Mr. Jonker is a trucker and a former town counsellor who was penalized by his Township for attending the Freedom Convoy. Mr. Manson says he's pleased because he felt Mr. Jonker received a fair hearing. We speculate about the positive influence on the country following the recent ruling that the Emergencies Act was an unlawful response to the Freedom Convoy.
Justice Centre, Sep 26, 2022: Harold Jonker v. The Township of West Lincoln
Justice Centre Weekly on YouTube, Nov 6, 2023: On the unexpected EI appeal decision (with James Manson) - S01E29
CanLII, Mar 22, 2012: Doré v. Barreau du Québec, 2012 SCC 12
Paul Daly in The Canadian Bar Review, Oct 6, 2023: The Doré Duty--Fundamental Rights in Public Administration
John Carpay in The Epoch Times via the Justice Centre, Jan 23, 2024: Emergencies Act: Finally, a Canadian Court Rules Against Government
The Canadian Encyclopedia: The FLQ and the October Crisis - Timeline
Peter Rosenthal in the Manitoba Law Journal via CanLII, 1991: The New Emergencies Act: Four Times the War Measures Act, 1991
Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens
Next Episode
S05E05 A Sea Change on the Horizon?
Lawyer Marty Moore gives us a round-up of court cases involving gender issues and parental rights across Canada. Starting in New Brunswick, the fight moved west to Saskatchewan and then into Alberta with new policy announcements by Premier Danielle Smith. Court challenges in Alberta, he believes, are inevitable. If the province opts to use the Notwithstanding Clause, as the government did in Saskatchewan, there is a potential for a sea change in how constitutional questions are settled, as more provinces move to overrule activist courts.
Marty Moore on X, Feb 10, 2024: "We may be on the cusp of a sea change in constitutional law in Canada, where Canadian legislatures, outside of QC, exercise increasing authority under the notwithstanding clause..."
National Post, Feb 1, 2024: Alberta's new transgender rules: From restricted treatments to pronouns and parental rights
Justice Centre, Feb 20, 2024: Quebec teacher challenges Education Minister’s gender transition policy
CBC, Jun 18, 2023: N.B. premier stands by changes to school LGBTQ policy, says he does not want an election
Regina Leader-Post, Sep 28, 2024: Moe vows to use notwithstanding clause after court injunction halts pronoun policy
Justice Centre, Jan 10, 2024: Intervening for parental rights: UR Pride v. Saskatchewan
National Post, Feb 16, 2024: Judge rules challenge of Saskatchewan’s pronoun law can proceed
National Post, Feb 15, 2023: Ontario school trustee barred from meetings after questioning gender transition policy
Western Standard, Feb 11, 2024: WATCH: NDP MP says children have rights, parents do not
Edmonton Journal, Feb 15, 2024: Alberta law professors believe province's planned transgender policies violate Charter rights
Barry Cooper in the Western Standard, Feb 17, 2024: Where do Alberta lawyers get such kooky ideas?
Policy Options, Aug 24, 2023: Longstanding Canadian confidence in the judicial system may be on shaky ground
True North, Feb 15, 2024: CSIS admits to monitoring parental rights activists, compares them to neo-Nazis
CanLII, Apr 29, 2019: PT v Alberta, 2019 ABCA 158
The Spectator (UK), Feb 13, 2023: How did the Tavistock gender scandal unfold?
Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens
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