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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2re5WJvYU

YT generated transcript. I can repost, later, when on laptop...apologies, in advance, for the lengthy post....

this was not part of my life plan that’s

for certain

i uh ironically enough similar to dr

panesi losing her job over

a violation of what she held to be her

ethics
i’m about to lose mine

and my primary responsibility for the

last eight years was supporting
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protection of our prime minister
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the irony is not lost on me and probably
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not lost on him either
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and as a mountie i always felt it was
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very
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important that i know what my legal
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authorities are
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and that police officers should know
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exactly what authority they have to do
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what they do
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so i spent a fair amount of time
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researching the different legislation
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surrounding what we’re currently dealing
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with have uh subsections that detail how
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both are subject to the canadian charter
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of rights and freedoms
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and i would like to just read the
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paragraph three of the emergencies act
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to you
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whereas the governor and council and
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taking such special temporary measure
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measures would be subject to the
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canadian charter of rights and freedoms
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and the canadian bill of rights and must
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have regard to the international
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covenant on civil and political rights
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particularly with respect to those
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fundamental rights that are not to be
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limited or abridged even in a national
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emergency
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i recently heard doc um former premier
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of newfoundland ryan peckford
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say very clearly that they have failed
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to demonstrably justify their
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infringements on our fundamental freedom
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there’s many but i’ll hit on the key
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ones that i think are
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germane to the current situation
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our mobility rates where every citizen
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has the right to enter remain in and
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leave canada
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our legal rights everyone has the right
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to life liberty and security of person
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and the right not to be deprived thereof
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except in accordance with the principles
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of fundamental justice
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section 8 everyone has the right to be
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secure against unreasonable search or
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seizure
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that’s a big one in the police world
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and when i read that
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i can’t help but think of
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people who are not even law enforcement
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demanding your private medical
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information at the door of a hockey rink
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what legal authority do they have to
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demand that information from you
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i certainly never had any training or
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direction in my law enforcement career
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that indicated to me that i had the
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right to demand that from someone in
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fact if i wanted to get medical
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information from a victim of a crime i
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had to obtain written consent to deliver
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to the hospital
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or i had to obtain it by a warrant
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for a suspect who was
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potentially involved in a serious
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violent crime
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and the criteria to obtain a dna warrant
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which i have done in my career
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is extremely high the criteria
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everyone has the right not to be
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arbitrarily detained or imprisoned
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so when i read about the secure
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isolation facility in north battleford
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saskatchewan
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that was very concerning to me
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detailed about how it is meant for
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people who willfully
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do not abide by their quarantine when
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they are deemed contagious
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but very little detail as
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every individual is equal
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before and under the law
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excuse me
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and has the right to equal protection
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and equal benefit of the law
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without discrimination
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and finally the most important in my
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mind is section 52 where it clearly
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states that the constitution
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i can’t look at you piper
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is the supreme law of canada
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so i’d like to read my oath of office
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that i took 15 years ago
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i daniel beauford
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solemnly swear that i will faithfully
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diligently and impartially execute and
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perform the duties required of me as a
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member of the royal canadian mounted
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police
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and will well and truly obey and perform
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all lawful orders and instructions that
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i receive as such without fear favor or
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affection of or toward any person so
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help me god
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i cannot be compliant or complicit
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with federal policies and provincial
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regulations that i sincerely believe to
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be unlawful by every measure
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it is certainly
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not the case that the official narrative
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has demonstrably justified
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a gigantic overreach into the
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fundamental freedoms of every citizen of
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this country
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the rcmp’s purpose if you can you can
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read this right off of the rcmp website
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from coast to coast to coast
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at the community provincial and
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territorial and federal levels
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we work to prevent crime
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enforce the law
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we know that the supreme law of this
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country is the constitution
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we investigate offenses
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i can’t help but wonder perhaps offenses
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of intimidation to our physicians and
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our scientists
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and knowingly withholding life-saving
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treatment from thousands of canadians
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and millions of people globally
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we are to keep canadians and their
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interests safe and secure
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all canadians
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not just a select few
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we are to assist canadians in emergency
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situations and incidents
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so in the context of the pandemic
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i’ve seen us intimidate and arrest
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canadians as opposed to assisting them
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we’ve all seen videos
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look at our own history
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other stains on canada and the rcmp in
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particular
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things that we have been a part of
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carrying out
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so-called lawful orders
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orders to remove children
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from their homes
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to satisfy a government conformity
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initiative
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or the registration and internment of
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japanese canadians during world war ii
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we’re not immune to the stains of
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history
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and i fear we may be repeating past
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mistakes
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in our open letter under the heading
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call to action to commissioner lucky we
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have asked her to direct investigators
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to determine if any criminal acts have
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been committed in the dissemination of
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information from federal and provincial
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health
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authorities or public figures in
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positions of trust
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thereby putting canadian lives at risk
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to expand on that i’d like to talk to
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you about some key points that i
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recently reviewed from
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commissioner lucky’s mandate letter that
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she received from minister goodale
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paragraph one the rcmp is responsible to
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keep canadians safe and safeguard
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canadians rights and freedoms in an open
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inclusive and democratic society and
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it’s quoted i want to be clear
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the government of canada recognizes and
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respects police independence
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of the rcmp in
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exercise of police powers and criminal
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investigations paragraph 10
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at best
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the rcmp at their best pardon me at
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their best the rcmp embodies what canada
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and canadians aspire to be
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upstanding loyal
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and committed to the pursuit of justice
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how can we pursue justice without fully
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understanding both sides of this
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argument with a complete censorship and
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suppression
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of bullseye of one side of this argument
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on loyalty i would say this
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we must not confuse dissent with
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disloyalty
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we must remember always that accusation
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is not proof and that conviction depends
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upon evidence and due process of law
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we will not walk in fear one of another
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we will not be driven by fear into an
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age of unreason
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if we dig deep in our history and
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doctrine and remember that we are not
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descended
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from fearful people
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not from people who fear to write speak
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associate and defend causes that were
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for the moment unpopular that’s edward
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r moreau
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i feel that we have detracted so far
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from the values
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and culture that form the core identity
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of what it means to be a canadian
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that belief in ourselves that we are a
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humble welcoming fair and compassionate
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people
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when i reflect on these past months i
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even recognize that same failure in
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myself
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we are divided
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with both sides angry and fearful of
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each other
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and how much worse this will get
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our language has been used to divide
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canada into an us versus them mindset
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the responsible versus the irresponsible
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the anti-vaxxers versus the sheep we
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cannot continue to allow this decline
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toward a further divided increasingly
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authoritarian state
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we need to communicate honestly and
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courageously
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to make our perspective heard so that
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others may be given the opportunity to
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understand
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if others have not sought out both sides
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of the argument it’s no wonder they
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think and believe what they do
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it is time to be strong in mind
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and body and in character
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it will require sacrifice and
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preparation
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the sacrifice will be of the comfort and
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the security that can be found in
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remaining silent
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it’s difficult to have discussions with
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people who disagree on such a
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contentious issue
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but that’s a good place to start
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courage takes practice
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if you’re actively exercising peaceful
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non-compliance go with a group if
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possible
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there is strength in numbers
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it will be hard
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and awkward
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and very uncomfortable at times
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however if we continue to allow
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this unchecked by our silence and
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compliance
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then the failure to effect change is on
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our shoulders
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we can live up to the anthem the true
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north strong and free
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i have drawn my line in the sand
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no more silence and compliance for me
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life will not be the normal of before
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relationships and careers will be
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sacrificed
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but we will learn who we can rely on