In this episode of the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s Freedom Update, Christine compares the dark symmetry between Justin Trudeau and his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Both Prime Ministers relied on emergency legislation in the face of a crisis, one real (in PET’s case) and one imagined…
In this episode of the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s Freedom Update, Litigation Director Christine Van Geyn asks all the Conservative Leadership Candidates one question: “what is the biggest challenge to civil liberties in Canada today?” Don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube if you haven’t…
The Canadian Constitution Foundation is challenging the Trudeau government for its illegal invocation of the Emergencies Act and the unconstitutional orders issued under it, including the freezing of bank accounts. The Trudeau government invoked this extraordinary legislation, giving it powers that had a massive impact…
The Canadian Constitution Foundation will be intervening in the Supreme Court hearing of McGregor v The Queen on May 19 to argue for a new proposed test about when the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies outside of Canada’s borders. “The main overwhelming question in…
In this episode of the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s Freedom Update, Christine discusses whether at age 40, Canada’s Charter still matters. April 17 was the 40th anniversary of Canada’s charter, and Christine has a look at how well this part of our constitution has done protecting…
In this episode of the #FreedomUpdate, Christine gives an update live from in front of the court, live tweets the hearing, and interviews the CCF’s lawyer, Geoffrey Trotter, about how the hearing went, some concessions made by the government, the details of the case and…
In this episode of the #FreedomUpdate, Christine gives an update live from in front of the court, live tweets the hearing, and interviews Erica about her experience being discriminated against by the BC government because of her inability to be vaccinated.
It’s Shuffle Season! Canada’s Prime Minister has shuffled his cabinet, and the new Minister of Heritage has an opportunity to clean up his predecessor’s mess. In this episode of the Freedom Update, Christine gives her top 3 pieces of advice for the new Heritage Minister.…
In this episode of the Freedom Update, Christine explains how a case about the size of Toronto City Council went all the way to the Supreme Court. The case was a victory for Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who was successful in reducing the size…
The BC Vaccine Passports are the worst in Canada, and in this video I explain exactly why. The policy has huge problems, beyond just my broad concerns about vaccine passports. The BC passport does not have any automatic exemptions for people who cannot be…
