Testimony on Day #12 and #13 from Ottawa Emergency Manager Kim Ayotte appears to indicate that Freedom Convoy Truckers and Ottawa Police had fair working arrangements, including maps and a City-sponsored “pizza meeting” before someone higher up squashed the co-operative
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Day #11 of the Barber/Lich trial continued with the appearance of confusion and disorganization, according to reporters at the event. Rebel News’ Ezra Levant dedicated his show to possible reasons for the chaotic events, including the replacement of Crown prosecutor
Read More Patriot Smoothie is struggling valiantly to keep his reports to about five minutes, but the sheer volume of information associated with 22 witnesses and an expanding trial schedule is making that difficult. Below is the final of his three updates
Read MoreCoverage courtesy of the Democracy Fund Day 9 of the Tamara Lich and Chris Barber Trial began with the conclusion of Sgt. Pilotte’s cross-examination. Her testimony was part of a voir dire, a trial within a trial, to determine the
Read More Patriot Smoothie’s final Day #9 update on the Barber/Lich trial slipped into an almost slap-happy tone as he described in euphoric terms the court’s accomplishment in completing testimony from one whole witness. “What is the prosecution doing, playing video after
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Canada is approaching the three-year anniversary of its first case of COVID-19. Over time, it has become increasingly clear that COVID represented not just a public health issue, but a crisis in governance and democratic values. COVID forced Canadians to face the fact that government systems they trusted unquestioningly are not functioning as smoothly as we had all assumed.
For example, long before COVID appeared, expert, professional Emergency Management Organizations (EMOs) already existed in every province and territory. They’ve battled wildfires in Alberta, ice storms in British Columbia, and floods in Manitoba. They maintain constant contact with each other, and with their federal, municipal, and international counterparts. They partner with public sector agencies and private sector businesses.
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Coverage courtesy of the Democracy Fund Day 8 of the trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber saw the cross-examination of Sergeant Pilotte on the voir dire. Counsel for Mr. Barber showed Sergeant Pilotte several videos of Chris Barber wherein Mr.
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So easy to treat the truckers like human beings rather than pond scum by Donna Laframboise During the Freedom Convoy protest, Janice Charette was this country’s most powerful civil servant. (This past June, someone else assumed that responsibility.) As the Tamara Lich/Chris
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler owner Stellantis on Friday, kicking off the most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action in decades in what UAW president Shawn Fain calls “a
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