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News Releases – COVID-19
Apr 14th, 2020 – Saskatchewan Health Authority challenged for violating Charter freedoms
April 6, 2020 – Alberta government gives itself sweeping new powers to create new laws without Legislative approval.
April 4, 2020 – Justice Centre Statement on COVID-19
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Related News & Articles
April 14, 2020 – Ted Cruz: Social-distancing restrictions are fine — petty authoritarianism is not – New York Post
APRIL 14, 2020 – Mass gathering: Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned – The Canadian Press
April 13, 2020 – The Coronavirus Is Exposing Little Tyrants All Over The Country – The Federalist
April 7, 2020 – WHO calls for “dignified” seizure of sick family members Rebel News
April 7, 2020 – Tucker Carlson: There has to be a more balanced course on coronavirus than the one we’re on now – Fox News
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Columns & Reports – COVID-19
April 14, 2020 – Alberta’s Bill 10 is an affront to the rule of law By John Carpay, The National Post
April 10, 2020 – The cost of the coronavirus cure could be deadlier than the disease – By John Carpay, The Post Millenial
April 7, 2020 – Analysis of Part 3 of Alberta’s Public Health Act: (Communicable Diseases and Public Health Emergencies) – By John Carpay
April 5, 2020 – Canadian coronavirus prediction models must be transparent – By John Carpay, The Post Millenial
Mar 31st, 2020 – Careful, crises are an ideal time for the state to grab powers: we’re already seeing it in Canada – By Justice Centre board member Bruce Pardy, The Financial Post
March 20, 2020 – Justice dismantled as restrictions placed on court systems – By staff lawyer Lisa Bildy, The Post Millenial
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Columns & Reports – COVID-19
April 14, 2020 – Alberta’s Bill 10 is an affront to the rule of law By John Carpay, The National Post
April 10, 2020 – The cost of the coronavirus cure could be deadlier than the disease – By John Carpay, The Post Millenial
April 7, 2020 – Analysis of Part 3 of Alberta’s Public Health Act: (Communicable Diseases and Public Health Emergencies) – By John Carpay
April 5, 2020 – Canadian coronavirus prediction models must be transparent – By John Carpay, The Post Millenial
Mar 31st, 2020 – Careful, crises are an ideal time for the state to grab powers: we’re already seeing it in Canada – By Justice Centre board member Bruce Pardy, The Financial Post
March 20, 2020 – Justice dismantled as restrictions placed on court systems – By staff lawyer Lisa Bildy, The Post Millenial
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Related News & Articles
April 14, 2020 – Ted Cruz: Social-distancing restrictions are fine — petty authoritarianism is not – New York Post
APRIL 14, 2020 – Mass gathering: Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned – The Canadian Press
April 13, 2020 – The Coronavirus Is Exposing Little Tyrants All Over The Country – The Federalist
April 7, 2020 – WHO calls for “dignified” seizure of sick family members Rebel News
April 7, 2020 – Tucker Carlson: There has to be a more balanced course on coronavirus than the one we’re on now – Fox News
[/cs_text][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”20″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”21″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”22″ ][cs_element_accordion _id=”23″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”24″ ][cs_content_seo]80 year old in a wheelchair ticketed despite doctors’ exemption letter\n\nI had asked the Canadian Consulate in Mazatlan to fill out my Arrivecan form. Also, my exemption from staying in a designated hotel . My exemption was under Canadian guideline. “Unaccompanied dependent”. My son Mark had suddenly passed away. We always travelled and lived together in Mexico. I was forced to find a way to get home on my own. I was lucky as I discovered a friend and his wife were also going to Vancouver.
I was told by my Dr. in Mazatlán that she was very much against me being locked up in a hotel. She gave me a letter to that effect, that listed my health conditions. I have recently given her permission to divulge my most recent health problems while in Mexico. I have this letter. Plus diagnostic reports, xrays ,ultrasound etc. Medications. Also my mental anxiety due to loss of my son Mark. And panic to be home near family and medical clinic.
I am 80 years old. We had travelled home by several flights, were up since four in the morning. Exhausted , last flight arrived home around two p.m. they kept us at the airport for around three hours. Having different meetings among themselves. Not even a glass of water offered. We had never refused or been offered the choice of accepting the hotel stay. Just fined. I was mentally and physically exhausted. I had a friend waiting outside to drive me the five hours to my home in Barriere B.C. The authorities received my arrivecan form, but denied receiving anything else from Consulate.
Only question they asked , was, could I dress myself. I said yes. Forgetting that I often needed help with socks and bra. I arrived in a wheelchair and was given a huge ticket.
This story is posted with the permission of the individual who sent it to us.\n\n
[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”25″ ][cs_content_seo]Travelled to try and be a kidney match for critically ill brother \n\nMy wife, daughter and I traveled overseas mid January 2021 to care for a critically ill person in a foreign country. (Specifically her brother,) My daughter who is a health Care front line worker in Canada also traveled to see if she is a cross type match for a possible kidney transplant.
I don’t understand the situation fully on how the legislation is one sided and with no compassionate grounds at all according to CBSA and Health Canada regulations We did not come here for vacation, we came for medical reasons.
My wife has an approved Canadian medical certificate with the acknowledgement of the Canadian Government for her brother in Kenya Actually, in fact my spouse was receiving full EI benefits in a foreign country under the Crucial Care programme that’s under Service Canada.
I also don’t understand how a complete foreigner with no immigration ties can arrive in Canada to provide critical care and be waved through. I talked to CBSA and Heath Canada, from Kenya and they informed me that we must all be taken for the 3 day hotel stay as it not one of the exemptions listed.
I think this is totally unacceptable that there is no exemption for us at all to just do the 14 day quarantine at our home upon arrival. We arrived on 18th April 2021 in Toronto we were denied by CBSA for any exemption and were subsequently forced into a 3 day stay in Toronto or be charged for non compliance.
D.F.
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[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”26″ ][cs_content_seo]Grieving senior whose son died, and companions for the trip home, fined\n\nOur 80-year old friend from southern BC had her son pass away. They lived together in Mazatlan, Mexico and she was going to have to travel back to Canada. We volunteered to accompany her to ensure she was safe and got all the assistance she needed to make it home safely.
We arrived in Vancouver airport and at the Customs desk I relayed that our elderly friend was being accompanied by my wife and me. I explained her son had recently passed away, she had arranged for self isolation, and had a friend at the airport to pick her up where they would directly travel to her home to self isolate. They were also told our friend met with the Canadian Consular in Mazatlan who had assured her that she would not be required to complete the three-day mandatory hotel quarantine due to medical concerns with documentation indicating her condition was not conducive to her being isolated in a hotel for three days.
The Customs official just nodded, wrote something on our forms and pointed to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) area to have a “determination” of our case and that of our friend. We requested to not be subjected to the mandatory hotel stay. We stated our intent to self isolate until we got our results from the airport test, and then we would be continuing our travel home.
When we all got to the PHAC area we were informed that the Customs official had already made the “determination” and that we would be fined. As the customs official who put the determination coding on our entry form had left his desk, we demanded that the head of Customs for Vancouver come to the POHAC area. When he arrived, we asked who the authority for the determination was and he told us it could be Customs or PHACV and that it was a “grey area”.
PHAC officials were all very young and did not identify themselves or show their credentials. They interrogated our elderly friend three times. Each time resulting in her nearly collapsing and breaking down in tears. The young lady from PHAC seemed to relish the moment where she wrote out fines to each of us for $3,450 each and showed little sympathy for our elderly friend who was totally exhausted and stressed beyond belief. It was deplorable how these young people all who looked to be less than 25 years old handled the whole situation with little care of treating an elderly Canadian with dignity and respect. They then took down our drivers licence numbers, informed us of the right to appeal and that if we wanted to appeal we would be assigned a court date and location in British Columbia.
My wife lives in Newfoundland, I work in Yukon and our BC friend is located 5 hours drive from the Richmond court where proceedings would occur. We were told if we refuse to pay our fines our driver’s licences will be taken away from us. My friend is worried that she will end up with a criminal record if she refuses to pay the fine.
Kevin and Jill
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[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”27″ ][cs_content_seo]Following travel rules still cost us $1500 in hotel bills\n\n
I travelled in may to France with my wife for business and personal reasons. Coming back to Canada, Montréal, I followed all the instructions and had our hotel already booked. I went to the website from the government, picked one from the authorized list. After selecting the hotel holiday inn express, I googled it and was directed to the hotel chain portal. I looked for any covid information, and found just generic sanity topics. I used the reservation part from this main page and indicated the city and dates. I followed each step until paying, once again always looking for any covid specific without finding anything.
When crossing the border i showed my reservation to the federal agent, as mandatory instructed and they revise it and allowed us to enter Canada.
Arriving at the hotel we have been declined our check-in, the reception telling us it was not Covid valid and that we should have booked it another way. As the hotel was full for the covid reserved portion, they sent us to the Novotel, from the same chain. There we had to pay 1500 instead of the 433 originally paid with the first reservation.
I called the customer service and went to many of their department to explain my case and ask to be reimbursed. They refused by telling me that on the front page of the website for the specific hotel of Montreal airport there is information about a covid specific booking. As explained earlier i never saw that page following the path from the chain hotel.
As I specifically used their hotel chain portal to book my reservation and not any other secondary website I found that misleading and found myself paying 3 times the original price which was not planned in my budget. I saved all of that on my computer when doing it again several times with the customer service.
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[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”28″ ][cs_content_seo]Travelling snowbirds alarmed about where Canada is headed as a society\n\nElizabeth and I travelled to our winter destination in early December 2019, and travelling with our motorhome, stopped in to visit friends in Kingsville, Missouri.
One of our friends had a serious respiratory affliction, to which we offered sympathy and home remedies, to no avail.
We continued on our way, touching base with family, some of whom were travelling in Mexico, who told us they were so concerned about the flu-like respiratory illness they had contracted they were considering sending the young grandson, unaccompanied , to us for safe keeping in case they died. They did not die, but recovered. The six year old boy was sick also and recovered quickly.
When we arrived at our regular winter haven, we noticed that every second person we knew, it seemed, was getting sick for a brief period and recovering.
It was in February 2020 that Elizabeth became sick with respiratory symptoms, and her breathing was laboured enough to spur on a trip to the Emergency Room.
The Doctor assured her that she was not contagious, questioned her with three subjects: Have you travelled to China? Have you eaten any bats? Have you drank any Corona beer?
Obviously, the Doctor was joking, in part, but also telling in that he clearly suspected Covid 19.
Two weeks later, I developed a fever of 101 F for about one day, was totally exhausted, and developed a severe prostate symptom.
Our neighbour, two doors down, also developed the same symptoms. He was in his seventies, and survived nicely.
Another visit to the Emergency department earned a prescription for antibiotics, and again, some joking about Covid.
We decided to head for home as fast as we could go, and travelled day and night, arriving at the Canadian border crossing at Pigeon River in about three days.
We were treated respectfully, at no closer than eight feet to any agent, advised to quarantine, and sent on our way. No problem.
Our family Doctor was contacted, advised of our experience, and had us purchase prescriptions, to be picked up by our neighbour for us while we were in quarantine.
Our family Doctor told us she was certain that we had contracted CoVid19, and we recovered.
Fast forward through to the 2020 fall travel season (snowbirds), and now the Government has closed the border, and we cannot drive our self contained, isolated motorhome across the border, but we can go to a crowded airport, into a crowded airplane, repeat this four times, and we are back at our winter destination, renting a vehicle and a place to stay for six months.
During this six months, we met no one that was sick, we experienced no sickness, and enjoyed classes, outings, weekend car races or rodeos, and social interactions without restrictions, some people wearing masks, some not, everyone respectful of the others.
We travelled to Yuma, and while there, donated blood at a drive, and were subsequently contacted by the local health authority, who advised us that we had antibodies to CoVid19, and would we mind donating again, to help people who were in intensive care struggling to recover from CoVid, and of course we agreed, donating in Phoenix, and received a second confirmation of antibodies to CoVid19.
Three weeks before we were to fly home, we were advised that the airline, by Canadian Government mandate, has cancelled our flight.
Now, because we are quite serious about obeying the law, we need to find a way to leave the U.S.A. before the six month deadline, and we were unwilling to violate our implied visa.
We heard horror stories about the Covid hotel prison camps, and arbitrary detainments, and were quite alarmed about where society was heading in Canada.
Several of our American friends offered to take us in should that become necessary, suggesting we should leave Canada for good.
Elizabeth, always resourceful, awoke one morning and said… we will rent a U-haul truck…called the Canadian border, and confirmed that yes, you can cross the border in only one mode…a U-haul truck.
So the plan was fleshed out. We would drive to Phoenix, fly to Minneapolis, rent a car and drive to Duluth, Minnesota, rent a U-haul truck, buy some building materials, and head north to the Canadian border.
So, we went on, fortunately perceiving that a Negative CoVid test , taken at the Minneapolis airport before heading on to Duluth, would satisfy the requirement at the border.
So we thought.
We arrived at the Pigeon River border crossing, presented our passports, tax declarations and our negative CoVid19 test results.
The treatment we received was extraordinary, amicable, warm, friendly and helpful, until the Canada Health Agency enforcement person was sent out to speak to us.
A woman with thinning hair approached us, and identified herself as a nurse, representing the Canadian government, responsible for enforcing CoVid19 quarantine rules. She spoke contrived English, as if she was from Quebec, and told us that she did not care about our natural immunity. She said that she was here to “enforce an order in council”.
She advised us that we must be in total, uninterrupted quarantine for at least fourteen days. We must this day, complete a self administered CoVid19 test, on-line, under supervision of “Switch Health”, and again in eight days. Failure to complete these tests, or failing to have the tests successfully delivered, would result in a two million dollar fine, and five years in prison.
We protested that Purolater does not serve our area, and the contract with the Canada Health Agency is with Purolator. She conceded that one of us could then deliver the test results to Purolator.
This enforcement nurse then demanded documents proving negative CoVid19 testing in the last seventy-two hours. When we showed the documents, on the I-phone as received from the testing company at the Minneapolis airport, she advised us that the document was insufficient, and that if we could not produce documents that had our birthdates on them, we would be going into a “government facility”.
That said, she turned and re-entered the border building, obviously to arrange an arrest.
Miraculously, Elizabeth found documents on her phone that showed negative CoVid19 results and the birthdates. Thankfully, the administrator of the testing lab at the airport was watching out for us, and sent the needed information. We give thanks to God.
When the enforcer came back out of the border building to present our detainment order, she was quite obviously disappointed to discover that we had met her demand, and therefore could not arrest us.
We hurried home, got on the internet, and executed the day one test as required, under the supervision of Switch Health.
I delivered the completed tests to the Purolator Depot and returned home without incident.
On day eight, as instructed, we completed the tests, but were told by Switch Health that we could not, under any circumstance, deliver the test results to Purolator. Our daughter came and picked uo the tests from off a table isolated outside from us, and left to deliver the tests.
About an hour after our daughter left, a man, who appeared to be Muslim, parked his minivan outside our house and walked up to the door. He was wearing a security uniform.
I answered the door, and told him that we were in quarantine , and that he should not be here. He responded by mumbling something under his face mask, and reached in his pocket.
In his hand was a crumpled 8.5×11 photocopy of what he stated was his authority to enforce CoVid19 quarantine rules. I asked to see his identification, and he produced a card similar to an Arizona visitors driving permit card.
He noted that his authority was electronically signed when I pointed out his “authorization” was not signed.
I advised him that we did not have CoVid19, and that we in fact are immune to CoVid19, and have documents to prove that we were in fact tested twice for antibodies. He said that did not matter, and that he was going to give our information to the police.
He demanded to know if we had any visitors, and we reminded him that we were in quarantine, and that our daughter had just left with the tests, and that we had not done any visiting.
He sat in his vehicle for at least twenty minutes, took photos of our place and our motorhome, and finally left.
A few days later, we looked out the window after hearing a car door close, and it was an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser.
I put on my boots, opened the door, and went outside, calling for the officer, who had already made it into our back yard behind the house.
I said hello to the masked female officer, and she responded respectfully. As we walked together back to the front of the building where her cruiser was, we talked, and I was grateful that she was a good listener.
When I told her that we were in fact immune to Covid19, and that we had told every official contacted that fact, she responded that she would never have come to bother us if she had known this.
The O.P.P. officer stated that she was told by the Canada Health Agency that we were an active CoVid19 case, suspected of breaking quarantine.
We were shocked to learn that the Canada Health Agency lied to the O.P.P.
The officer apologized repeatedly, and told us she was going to call the Agency and confront them, and vowing that we would not be getting another visit from the Police, and left after thanking us for our patience and peaceful demeanour.
After completing mandatory quarantine, we were shocked to witness the lockdowns, fear, cowering and social isolation, misinformation and social detestation of many individuals who obviously have been systematically programmed to fear their friends and neighbours, and also many self appointed “Covid nazis”, who openly rail on their neighbours, demanding they be “rounded up” and “put in prison” for some perceived mask violation, or walking in a grocery store isle against the arrows marked out in masking tape on the floor, or especially, questioning the actions and disinformation being disseminated by “the authorities”. Also, shocking was the arbitrary withholding of saleable merchandise, at markets, apparently retailers cannot sell anything without government approval.
While in Arizona, we live a normal life. We went to church, socialized with our friends, and befriended strangers, helped many with their several needs, volunteered at events where literally thousands came and went each day. We helped cook meals and served meals. We experienced no sickness, saw no sickness, and met no one sick with Covid19 in the fall of 2021. Just about every one that we knew was sick the previous season, that is to say from November 2019 to March 2020. We met no one that was sick in the fall or winter of 2021.
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[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”29″ ][cs_content_seo]Compassionate exemption to see dying father denied by Canadian government\n\n
I am writing this email today not out of revenge, malice, or anything that will personally change the situation I was faced with. Instead I want to prevent fellow Canadians from having to suffer the way my family was forced to suffer, not because of Covid-19, but because of the restrictions that the Canadian government has put in place, and the refusal of the Canadian courts to even hear the challenges. Below is the story I would like to tell. Thank you in advance for reading this and I really hope that other families do not have to suffer the same way my family has.
My father (Dr. Donald Pattie) had controllable prostate cancer and was receiving injections every 6 months to slow the progression of the cancer (inhibit testosterone production) and was scheduled in April 2020 for a follow-up appointment with Dr. Evans in Edmonton, AB. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, this procedure was deemed non-essential. When my father finally received his injection in late May or early June the cancer had metastasized and the doctor gave him 1-2 years to live.
At that time my father had requested a new Canadian passport (as his was set to expire), so he could come visit me in Florida, and was told that the passport office was not working because of Covid. He finally got a doctor’s note and was able to get a compassionate passport, as well the American embassy in Calgary gave him a US passport (as both my dad and I are duel citizens). This allowed my mother and father to come visit me and eventually join me on a trip to Mexico where my fiancé and our son live (we are still awaiting a K-1 Visa from the US, but that is a separate issue).
Once we returned to the US, my parents drove back to Canada, as my dad needed some additional medical checkups on his pacemaker and other issues. In November, my parents returned to the US to help me move to Florida (permanently) from Michigan and we stayed together through March. At this time I drove my father to Arizona to say goodbye to his neighbors that lived near my parents winter home. In early April my parents returned to Canada, and my father had become quite weak. He wanted to return to ensure he completed his Canadian taxes.
On May 27th he was taken to the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton, so he could be shuttled back and forth to the Cross Cancer Institute for radiation treatments as it was becoming difficult for him to walk. I had my birthday on May 30th and had to celebrate with my parents over Facebook Messenger, because of the Covid restrictions. Little did I know that after a discussion with my fathers doctor would be so wrong. On Tuesday June 1st I was told he only had a couple of weeks left to live. I attempted to contact PM Trudeau’s office on June 2nd, but never received any help until call number ~200. I found out about the compassionate release exception; however, there was a 7-10 business day lead time, which I thought at the time might be too long. I contacted the Covid-19 line who said they could not make any exemption and that health Canada made that decision. Heath Canada told me it was the Covid line that made that decision. At that time I did not know what would happen on Thursday June 3rd. I received a call from my father’s doctor saying he had taken a turn for the worse and that I should try to get back a quickly as I could. I called the Canadian embassy and once again was forwarded to the Covid line (This conversation is available as I recorded it if you need it). The one photo was the last time I saw my dad alive as he passed away about 6-7 hours after the call from the doctor. My mom arranged a viewing of my father on Monday June 7th and I still had not received a response for quarantine exemption. The other photo was the last time I will get to say goodbye to my father because of the heartless Covid restrictions that Canada has taken part in. I finally did receive a response denying my compassionate exemption on June 9th (a week after my dad died).
I am not sure why families who have loved ones with Cancer are being treated this way. In 2020 83,300 Canadians died of Cancer and in over 1 year there have been less than 26,000 Canadians who have died of Covid. I do not want other families to have to go through what my mother and I have gone through. We have held off on doing any celebration of life for my father until the government releases all Covid restrictions, so my dad’s family and friends, from the US are also able to attend. I am not sure when existing took precedents over living, but I can say that I am blessed that I was able to spend time with my father in Florida (where there are little to no restrictions) before the cancer took him away.
My father wrote multiple books “Mammals of Alberta” and “Mammals of the Rocky Mountains” to name a few and contributed in countless ways to the conservation of species in the Arctic and around Canada and I hope his memory, and story, are not forgotten.
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I was married to a wonderful guy who was born in Fiji, and we were able to return to his homeland numerous times while we was alive. He went back on November 2019 to see his family, and was to return back home on March 28, 2020. Just before his return was scheduled, the world was brought to a screeching halt, when covid shut down travel and shut down the world. He was unable to get out of Fiji in time. In late April, while in Fiji, he sustained a bad injury to his leg. He called me early one morning to say that his leg was all swollen and he could not walk. I told him he needed to get to a hospital, which in Fiji is not an easy thing to do, as he was from a small island, and had to take a boat side, then a bus, to finally reach a hospital. He was admitted to the hospital and put on IV antibiotics, but only for 1 week, then sent back to his island on oral antibiotics. Sadly he passed away 5 days later. They said he had sepsis.
If the world had not shut down, and he would have been able to come home as scheduled, he would still be here and alive today. I am very angry and HATE this make believe virus, and all the crap the government has shoved into our lives.
I miss my husband dearly. He could not come home and I could not go over there, and it’s not right!!!
Thanks for reading my story. I wrote the PM office and told them I wanted covid compensation too, but of course they had nothing to say or to offer.
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[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”31″ ][cs_content_seo]Life got harder with mask laws\n\nThis fear of lockdown and pandemic is real and it’s not about the mask, virus, lockdown or vaccine – it’s fear itself and it’s personal. First they came for pastors, a specific group who exercise freedom.
I’m 35 so why did Isurvive to live in a world where I feel like I have only a little more freedom in jail or even the hospital? I was stabbed and had a stroke in 2020. I was put on ventilator which has affected my ability to breathe.
I need to use a walker, I wear a backpack, I have foot drop and no AFO brace, double vision, hearing loss, tinnitus, etcetera. Having a stroke makes arguing and travelling pretty hard.
I spent 0.5 months after my stabbing in hospital with family to visit. I had a stroke a month later and spent a further 2.5 months in hospital. In February 2020 I was denied visitors.
Then masking was required. I got an exemption. Then I was discriminated against, and my exemption was not honoured. This included a ban from me being able to access the food bank. I’ve never disrupted mask policy at the food bank, I have witnesses who work there.
The food bank is as essential to me as my ability to thank God for writing you this letter or even going to the bathroom during church service. The ‘pandemic’ has forced me to wear a mask while exempt, shop at specific times, and I’m being blamed for extending this awful and deadly lockdown.
Some people thankfully aren’t trying to ‘cheat the system’. People who are disabled or allergic to masks like my sister and I are frowned on and blamed for prolonging this lockdown that we ALL hate. I am exempt though I’ve always put on a mask when asked, not for my fears, but for those around me.
Tyranny and tyrants hide behind rules like this because it’s easier than an argument or having to thoughtfully discern why a thing may constitute abuse.
I feel government policy is almost more culpable than those fearful workers, for scaring people with heavy fines and trampling on individuals who may look healthy, are exempt, or not able to wear a mask all day.
Some jobs might require it, some people might be exempt from it. It is not a license to be rude, dislike, or downright abuse me.
I called my MLA to complain but had to leave a message.
JW
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[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”32″ ][cs_content_seo]Vaccinated Americans have more Rights than Canadians entering Canada\n\nThis is my account of what is now happening to unvaccinated Canadian ex-patriates. It may not be called a vaccine passport, but the action of the Canadian federal government is certainly affecting me, and my husband, as though a vaccine passport is in force. Call it whatever you want, but I cannot go home.
I’m desperate to return to Toronto to collect my recently deceased parents’ ashes, in order to spread them on Lake Ontario, as per their dying wishes, and to give closure to my grief.
Public Health Canada made it hell for me to be with my dying father, last August, and threatened me with a $1 million fine and three years in jail, should I step out of the apartment I had to rent to quarantine in with him. Although nobody ever checked on me.
My father died and I had to stay there alone until the quarantine period was done. Now I can’t even return to say my final goodbye until… when? Ever? At the rate that this madness is going, maybe never. What kind of world is it where foreign tourists have more rights than citizens?
Last week, when Trudeau announced that the border might open to “fully vaccinated” Americans in mid-August, I realized that I, a Canadian living in WA State, being fully vaccinated with all previous vaccines, but choosing to sit the Covid vaccine out, have fewer rights than a vaccinated American. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms no longer applies to me, the vaccine rules.
Regardless of whether you have been vaccinated or not, all Canadians should be able to see, as we head down this extremely slippery slope, how easily civil liberties for all can be denied. And they should care about this enough to understand, with France announcing mandatory vaccinations last week, how quickly something they value, and treasure might easily be taken from them, too.
Ruth L\n\n
[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”33″ ][cs_content_seo]Citizen treated like a criminal\n\nThis forced quarantine has been happening for a lot longer than people realize. I was forced to quarantine at the Radisson hotel on Dixie Road in Toronto back at the end of July 2020. I was returning from Costa Rica. I had been there for 5 months. It was set up the exact same as it is now. Police out front. Fences all around. Security etc. Nothing and nobody in and nothing or nobody out until your time was up.
I was taken by their bus and entered through there secured fencing and gates that surround the property. I was in a room for 14 days. Three meals a day were delivered to my door through the day. For the first three days a nurse would visit to check my temperature and ask me symptom related questions. After that I was given a thermometer to check my own temp and they would call each morning.
The food that was provided was barely adequate and I lost 14 pounds in the 14 days I was there. An example of a lunch was a small cup of spinach leaves with a chopped olive on it, a bag of ketchup potato chips and a bottle of water. Other meals would be stew and rice. It would consist of a small portion of rice and some stew that would only have three small pieces of meat, a small piece of potato and a couple pieces of carrot.
I had to request additional granola bars and oatmeal so I could fight the feeling of constantly being hungry.
I was told I could not leave my room, that security would patrol ,and I could be arrested for trying to leave. Nothing was allowed to be ordered in, even though the Harvey’s and Swiss chalet were visible from my window. Torture for a person who is starving because of the lack of substance to the meals.
It was mentally breaking, and I felt like a criminal for coming back to my own country.
I am born and raised here in Canada. I’m a citizen of this country but was jailed when I returned from living with my wife in Costa Rica at the end of July 2020. I had to leave because my tourist visa was extended numerous times but finally their government said no more. My residency paperwork was at a standstill due to offices being closed by covid. My wife is still in Costa Rica while I’m in Canada. We’ve applied for a visa for her to come here but I have no idea if she will be allowed to come here or when. We still don’t have a decision on her visa, and it’s been over 7 months since she did her biometrics and almost a year since we made application.
I wasn’t sure I wanted to get too involved, over fear of it interfering with my job in Canada. I’m a truck driver and I cross the border to the USA for work a few times per week. Plus, I didn’t want it to affect my ability in going to see my wife or affect my wife’s ability to get her visitor’s visa to come into Canada.
Our government should be ashamed of how they handled its own citizens. This was not a free country. I was “guilty” of being infected without any symptoms or any exposure. If anything, I had a below normal temperature almost every day I was there.
I would love to be a part of the group that exposes our government for this disgusting treatment of its citizens.
Adam G
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