Posted on 02/28/2022 4:00:28 AM PST by MtnClimber
Even if all North Americans aren’t getting comfortable, there is one sizable contingent in the United States that really likes the idea.
Tamara Lich, a 47-year-old mother from Alberta, was arrested and charged recently for “counseling to commit mischief” after raising more than $10 million through a GoFundMe campaign in support of the Canadian Freedom Convoy protesters.
Then, incredibly, Ontario Court Justice Julie Bourgeois denied Lich bail, claiming that she was not convinced that Lich would go home quietly and discontinue her counseling activity if she were released on bond. According to the Ottawa Citizen, Judge Bourgeois told Lich: "I cannot be reassured that if I release you into the community that you will not re-offend. Your detention is necessary for the protection and safety of the public."
Even violent offenders are often offered bail—but Judge Julie refused to grant it to someone who legally raised money for those engaging in a peaceful protest to win back freedoms that a tyrannical government took from them?! Because she couldn’t be certain that Lich wouldn’t “re-offend” if she was released back into the community?
Any judge could say that about anyone who has been arrested. If that were a standard, no one would ever be granted bail and no one would ever be released. In this case, it is beyond preposterous—and truly appalling. The “protection and safety of the public” would literally be better served if Judge Bourgeois were behind bars.
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Canada dodged a bullet when Tyrant Trudeau blinked.
Trudeau should be hounded out of Canadian politics, now.
Persecution by whim. What a great legal system you’ve got there, Canada.
engaging in legal activity deemed thought crime.
Seems a bit typical for some in Canada. Frankly we should have invaded and easily conquered over a hundred years ago for their own good.
Not this Yankee.
Judge “Bourgeois”? Is that even real? I feel like I live in bizzaro world.
For me, the scary part is this. You always hear: “Americans won’t put up with this blah..blah. There will be civil war blah..blah.”
Well, Canadians have lots of guns, and I didn’t hear a shot fired.
Getting comfortable with tyranny? - There are those actively promoting it, including some who are so ignorant that they don’t even realize it.
Yes.
We still live too comfortably these days to want to sacrifice our homes and comforts in order to go out, organize and fight for our rights and freedoms.
Oh you don’t know half of it. Canada also has a low standard defamation system.
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