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Last year, former MPP Randy Hillier was charged with criminal offences in relation to his support for the #FreedomConvoy. His trial is currently set to be held in Ottawa. Tomorrow we argue a change of venue motion so that he can be tried in a jurisdiction other than #Ottawa.
In Ottawa, the #ArrestRandyHillier hashtag was prominent during the time. Further, the city and other local politicians have demonized the Freedom Convoy. One such example is the creation of @ottpeoplescomm funded largely by the taxpayers of Ottawa.
Another example is when then-mayor @JimWatsonOttawa tweeted his support for #ZexiLi who had received the “city builder” award from the City of Ottawa for her role as the lead plaintiff in a massive class-action lawsuit naming tens of thousands of ottawa residents as defendants.
1. So, you know how people have been using the hashtag #arrestrandyhillier?
Well... funny thing happened...
Well... funny thing happened...
2. So how are Mr. Randy Hillier's supporters dealing with this news?
Uhm, with quiet dignity?
Yeah, not so much.
Ezra Levant engages in the usual hyperbole.
Uhm, with quiet dignity?
Yeah, not so much.
Ezra Levant engages in the usual hyperbole.
3. And Diagolon de facto leader Jeremy MacKenzie (and far-right pseudo-journalist Leigh Stewart), who routinely call for the arrest of politicians they want charged for enforcing legal mandates, are outraged that politicians they like might be held to account.
For those who would like to get technical about the meaning of "fascism", here are two good articles:
faena.com/aleph/umberto-…
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Having considered the matter further, I hereby retract what I said yesterday, about Randy Hillier being a fascist. /1
faena.com/aleph/umberto-…
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Having considered the matter further, I hereby retract what I said yesterday, about Randy Hillier being a fascist. /1
In fact, technically, I don't even think Trump qualifies as a fascist.
This does not mean, however, that we should be any less concerned about Trump (or Hillier, to a lesser extent), Trumpism, or the rightward malignancies that they are spawning. /2
This does not mean, however, that we should be any less concerned about Trump (or Hillier, to a lesser extent), Trumpism, or the rightward malignancies that they are spawning. /2
While Trumpism may not currently meet the technical definition of fascism, it is: (1.) illiberal (2.) right-wing authoritarianism (3.) that openly flirts with violence as an acceptable political strategy & (4.) engages in tactics used by fascists (e.g. negative integration). /3
NEWS ALERT: Feb 21, 2022
@ryanlindley at the desk today.
Coverage of important stories from the day will be added to this thread.
🔺Gov. General of Canada announces new "Non-confidence" voting tools including likes/retweets, Facebook "angry face" reactions and chain letters.
@ryanlindley at the desk today.
Coverage of important stories from the day will be added to this thread.
🔺Gov. General of Canada announces new "Non-confidence" voting tools including likes/retweets, Facebook "angry face" reactions and chain letters.
🚨 POLICING NEWS:
Police colleges across #Canada will now include comprehensive training modules that include climbing snow bank barricades.
Police colleges across #Canada will now include comprehensive training modules that include climbing snow bank barricades.
BOOKS:
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has an exciting announcement. An unnamed source reports that @brittlestar
has been approached to narrate, and 'Terry' from Red Deer will offer interpretative commentary.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has an exciting announcement. An unnamed source reports that @brittlestar
has been approached to narrate, and 'Terry' from Red Deer will offer interpretative commentary.
1/ R v Hamilton, 2005 SCC 47: "In short, the actus reus for counselling is the deliberate encouragement or active inducement of the commission of a criminal offence."
2/ R v Hamilton, 2005 SCC 47: And the mens rea consists in nothing less than an accompanying intent or conscious disregard of the substantial and unjustified risk inherent in the counselling: that is, it must be shown that the accused either intended...
3/ R v Hamilton, 2005 SCC 47: "that the offence counselled be committed, or knowingly counselled the commission of the offence while aware of the unjustified risk that the offence counselled was in fact likely to be committed as a result of the accused’s conduct."
