Lawyer John Carpay is president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF.ca).
These lockdowns were imposed for the purpose of flattening the curve, not stopping the spread. The curve is flat, and has been for months.
Our politicians' singular focus on eradicating COVID-19, to the exclusion of so many other aspects of public health is, not surprisingly, proving to be harmful.
Government policies are still based on the panic of March, rather than on the facts known in July.
The University of British Columbia would rather encourage violence and get sued than honour its own mission to support free speech, enquiry and debate.
Faced with baseless NDP claims about a "racist" Aboriginal scholar and lawyer who represents people harmed by residential schools, Jason Kenney’s UCP government folded like a cheap tent.
It’s one thing when the majority of people agree with a particular belief or opinion. It’s quite another when the government renders disagreement "illegal".
Jerry posted on Facebook: “…my government told me they’re willing to let me die, which according to them is for my own safety.”
When will the Ontario Government stop violating Charter freedoms and destroying livelihoods by enforcing a lockdown that causes more harm than good?
“My mom is calling every day asking why I don’t want to visit her anymore... She does not know what is going on, why she can’t leave, and why I cannot come and see her."
When the Prime Minister bars a media outlet from a news conference it is a first step in the direction of Canada becoming like Hong Kong or Iran.
What we now know in May, but did not know in March, is that the global COVID-19 death toll is at the low end of the range of deaths resulting from the annual flu.
The facts are in. The COVID-19 death predictions of governments are proving to be wild exaggerations that have inflicted unnecessary fear, anxiety and stress on millions of people.
The restaurant relaunch guidelines show that the Alberta government sees us as naïve toddlers, who must be carefully managed. For our own good, of course.
Governments owe it to Canadians to consider it, and let the data, rather than inaccurate and outdated predictions, drive decision-making.
Citizens have a right to access the entirety of literature, documentation, evidence and methods which undergird the COVID-19 predictions of our federal and provincial governments.
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