Twelve jurors have found the Coutts Three guilty of mischief over $5,000 at a courthouse in Lethbridge, Alberta. Marco Van Huigenbois, Alex Van Herk and George Janzen will appear again in court on July 22 for sentencing. Van Huigenbois, Van Herk and Janzen were each...
Justice
Peckford: The Legality and Morality of Our Country Are No Longer Aligned
“Our legal system may find me/us guilty, but the legality and morality of our country are no longer aligned.” This is a part of the statement by Marco Huigenbos of the Coutts three after being found guilty of mischief for behaviour at the Alberta border during the...
Justice, Or Racial Politics?
In a case that has generated enormous news coverage in Manitoba the government of Manitoba and federal government have agreed to spend $20,000,000 each on a search of the landfill site, where it is suspected that the bodies of indigenous women were dumped by a...
Peckford: How Good It Is to See Some Independent Constitutional Thinkers! Surely, We Will Find Some in Canada?
Curious readers of my blog might have noticed that in a recent blog of mine on the career of the Professor of Constitutional Law, Seth Barrett Tillman, by Tablet ‘s Amen Rosen, I highlighted one of Professor Tillman’s quotes. It was: “That is: If you’re trying to...
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Police and the Canadian Charter of Rights
National Citizens Inquiry
Conspiracy Charges Dropped, Chris Lysak, Jerry Morin Released after Agreeing to Plea Deals
Two of the four men at the Coutts blockade arrested in February 2022, accused of conspiracy to commit murder and mischief – Chris Lysak and Jerry Morin – are free men. They were released on February 6, 2024. They remained in custody in remand centres for 723 days....
Peckford: Where Are We?
I have been writing this blog since 2015. I have been covering many of the major issues facing our country and the wider world. It seems that humankind has hit the wall. I remember reading the thoughts of the late evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould about...
Residential Schools Didn’t Hold Back The Marchand Family
Len Marchand Jr. was appointed BC Chief Justice in December last year. He is the first indigenous person to be appointed to that position in the history of British Columbia. His predecessor, Robert Bauman, stepped down in October.
Leaders On The Frontier – Facts, Evidence and Ideologies – with Bryan Schwartz
Big Topics & Big Ideas
What Government Reaction to Church Fires?
Brian Giesbrecht, retired judge and Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy discusses the 90 church arson fires (over the last thirty months) across Canada and the Canadian Government lacklustre response to these deliberate acts with SAUGA960...
Frontier Live on X – Your Rights and Freedoms are Under Attack – With John Carpay
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Leaders on the Frontier – Pushing Back the Powers – With John Carpay & Marty Moore
Big Topics & Big Ideas
Peckford: New Brunswick’s Auditor General Tells the Truth —Province Had No Evidence For Their Covid Measures
Well, one day the truth might come out. At least we have one honest public servant! When I asked the Premiers to refer their measures to their highest court the Premier of New Brunswick was the only one who responded to say they would do their own study. Well, if this...