John Carpay
Lawyer John Carpay is president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF.ca).
Governments did not use available remedies against Freedom Convoy
What tools were available to federal, provincial, and municipal governments to deal with the Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa this past February?
Trudeau Liberals crushing of truckers' peaceful dissent was illegal and unjustified
This rather violent crack-down on a peaceful protest horrified people around the world, especially those who saw Canada as an advanced democracy which respects human rights and constitutional freedoms. Photo: Beth Baisch
Politicians need to answer for Canada's excess deaths during pandemic
Since lockdowns were first imposed in March of 2020, Canada’s federal and provincial governments have paid little attention to the harmful effects of their policies. Instead, politicians and government-funded media repeat endlessly that “lockdowns save lives.” We know how propaganda works: when people hear a claim often enough, they come to accept it as true.
The dangers of centralized digital ID: Why government has no business knowing so much about us
In Canada, governments and private corporations are working together to develop the same kind of technology now used in China.
Court ruling a death sentence for unvaccinated transplant candidate
The safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines is far from settled.
CARPAY: Court ruling a death sentence for unvaccinated transplant candidate
"Rather than explaining why the evidence put forward by Ms. Lewis was right or wrong, Justice Belzil instead declared the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines is irrelevant to the case."
Canadians still have the same choice between freedom and tyranny
“Democracy’s enemies have refined their instruments of oppression."
The CBC fails to see authoritarianism in our own backyard
What is remarkable about the CBC is its complete and utter blindness to the harsh and uncompromising authoritarianism that has descended upon Canada since early 2020.
CARPAY: Canada is one step closer to the demise of free speech with Bill C-11
The OSA could open the floodgates to other laws that extend government control over what we see, hear, read, and think.
Canada follows China on the path to soft totalitarianism
Many Canadians acquiesced to soft totalitarianism when they accepted vaccine passports from September 2021 to early 2022 with little outcry or protest.
The Charter has not stopped Canada's slide toward tyranny
Canadians who assert their Charter rights will typically have to wait for years before a court rules on whether the government's violation is "reasonable."
Trudeau Liberals' claim that truckers want to 'overthrow' government is false and dangerous
There is a dark and very sinister side to accusing peaceful protestors who disagree with certain government policies of wanting to overthrow the government. It's a move that comes straight out of the tyrant's playbook.
Netflix series 'How to become a tyrant' provides lessons for Canadians
No democracy is immune from becoming a brutal dictatorship.
Tamara Lich, Canada's political prisoner, regains her freedom in part
After spending five nights in jail, Ms. Lich was denied bail on February 22 by Justice Julie Bourgeois, a Liberal candidate in the 2011 federal election.
Is Canada sliding into a form of fascism?
Canadians have been forced to behave as though Covid is as bad as the Spanish Flu of 1918, even after it has become abundantly clear that this fearmongering has no basis in fact.
