The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF)'s lawyer, Sujit Choudhry, is taking the Emergencies Act to task now. He shares some really fascinating information and historical parallels between the FLQ October Crisis and the Emergencies Act. I'll have to learn more about that! "This was not Canada's January 6," Choudhry says, noting that "The Section 58 explanation did not address the requirements of Section 3A of the Emergencies Act," referring to the CSIS Act requirement, which was not met.

“Reviewing the Foreign Interference Documents”

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The Trudeau govt has confirmed its Foreign Interference Commission Report will be published by the end of this month. I've reviewed some of the documents—here are my notes and some important themes you should be aware of. 1/ The Trudeau govt does not care.

Elections Canada identified "loopholes in leadership contests" as a serious concern. The decision to proceed with a leadership race without consideration for closing these loopholes shows the Trudeau Liberals just don't care about interference.

"The Story of Gaganpreet Singh Randhawa"

The next bail hearing for the only man charged in the largest drug bust in Canadian history is set to take place tomorrow. Here's everything you need to know about Gaganpreet Randhawa:

A 🧵. 1/ Most of the information out there on Gaganpreet Randhawa is sketchy or just plain wildly imaginative. Talk of "Trans-national” crime links by the RCMP has prompted all sorts of rumors and speculation—from alleged links to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel to the Khalistan movement.

"I Found a Documentary Unlike Anything I've Ever Seen"

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Scott Kesterson's "Bards of War: Fighting Is Everything" is insane. Amidst the Canada-US spat and a lot of Canadians feel like a bag of dirt—this documentary will surely stir some maple syrup into your double double. Here it is in all of its glory. I've been told that there was once a website where you could buy it—we all should.

This is the most captivating documentary I've ever seen.

"Fake Programs By Fake People": The Unauthorized Story of the Trudeau-Singh Government's Legacy of Promising Everything and Delivering Nothing.

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From "free dental care" to "affordable housing" to "$10/day childcare" the legacy of the Trudeau gov't will be one of fakeness. 1/ Introduction:

In a world of photo ops and platitudes, the Trudeau-Singh government has mastered the art of politics as performance. But behind the curtain lies a trail of broken promises, half-baked programs, empty rhetoric, falsehoods and fraud. Let's unpack this legacy.

The real scandal of the CBC's recent story about Patrick Brown isn’t Patrick Brown—it’s the story itself. This shoddy Pravda-like production offers a case study in how not to do journalism, and a stark reminder of why public trust in media is eroding. Let’s unpack this.

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Here's the crux of this story: according to unnamed and anonymous sources, the CBC says, Indian consular officials interfered in the Conservative Party leadership race, undermining the campaign of Patrick Brown - one supposes - to help Pierre Poilievre secure the victory.

I did an investigation with @vesperdigital and found 10 Justin Trudeau tweets that you won't believe are real - but they are.

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https://x.com/JustinTrudeau/status/53809175842656256?t=KWIl_roLwS_w0Oj-zK9C6g&s=19

As riots engulfed Montreal, Trudeau was spotted enjoying a Taylor Swift concert. He chose to “Shake It Off.” Critics argue this indifference further eroded public trust in his leadership.

Let's explore this and other infamous examples of abdicated responsibility.

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During the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush stayed seated in a Florida classroom reading The Pet Goat for several minutes after being informed "America is under attack." Critics saw it as symbolic of paralysis in a moment of crisis.

Why the Trudeau Liberal - Jagmeet Singh NDP Coalition Are Similar to the Nazis

A Retrospective 🎥🧵 In 9 Parts. 1/9

A caveat: they're not literally the Nazis.

Take a deep breath Leftists - I can hear you exasperating already. Obviously this isn't Nazi Germany. There's no genocide, Canada is largely a rule-and-law country, and I feel privileged to live here. They're just like the Nazis.

THE STORY OF THE OTHER RANDY

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This is not a story about Randy Boissonnault. This is a story about another Randy - I can’t remember his last name.

Randy is a handful who always has his hands full.

He's always busy somewhere, I can't say where, but always busy somewhere. In 2019, Randy was so busy he bumped into a flamboyant figure skater named Stephen.

Fixing Pipes Breaking Ties: The Double Life of a Khalistani Plumber

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When we left off, Hardeep Singh Nijjar had received his Canadian citizenship in 2015. This chapter will attempt to chronicle his alleged “double-life” between citizenship and his murder in 2023. Reports are that Nijjar spent this working as a plumber in Surrey. And where one man might have a hobby like fishing, Nijjar had a cause. He was a prominent figure at his local temple and a radically outspoken proponent of Khalistan. But was he a terrorist?

I'll let you decide.

Such is the beauty of Canada—where every newcomer can be both a guardian of their roots and a pioneer of their future.

A 🧵 on Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Khalistan, and How Trudeau's Bizarro Canada Is Being Considered a Possible State-Sponsor of Global Terrorism Chapter 1: A Plumber's Pipedream of Khalistan and PM's Pipedream of a Post-National State

The stories of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Khalistanis in Canada embody many elements of Trudeau's vision for a "post-national" state—a place where identity, history, and borders blur.

It's your Canadian politics Weekend Update.

A 🧵. "Big news out of Canada this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interrupted Parliament for a very important announcement. What was the pressing issue, you ask? Was it housing? No, no… he wanted to discuss the possibility of defecating in a bathtub."

Here's a Top 10 Highlights, or Things We Learned Today, in The Canadian House of Comm(edy)ons on September 18, 2024

A 🎥🧵 1/The separatists are in charge and noone seems to know why.

As it is in every other province, things in Quebec have never been worse than they are now. Why are they now the new enablers of this wackadoodle government? Very reasonable question.

Here's a Top 10 Highlights, or Things We Learned Today, in The Canadian House of Comm(edy)ons on September 17, 2024

A 🎥🧵 1/Poilievre is now calling them the Liberal-Bloc government.

Poilievre correctly reminds Canadians that this is the largest expansion of the state in history, but he now refers to this unelected socialist dumpster fire as the Liberal-Bloc gov't and not the Liberal-NDP gov't.

THE COMPLETE COUTTS FOUR STORY (PART II)

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“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour.” – Victor Frankl DETENTION AND TALKING HEADS

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations,” writes Alexander Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago. Words that might have provided instructive advice for some of the onlookers towards this tragedy of justice.

With the arrests made, the gears of justice had been set in motion - or at least we thought they were - grinding slowly yet inexorably toward a courtroom spectacle that would, eventually, transform into something far stranger. What followed in the meantime were years (yes, years) of pre-trial detention, as all of the “Coutts Four” men were denied bail. These years included long bouts of solitary confinement for each of the Coutts Four, although some more than others. The next part of the “Complete Coutts Story” is about those long detentions and the Talking Head weirdos (I'm one of them) who filled the excruciating gap in time between the Arrests and the Trial.

As it were, the moment the cuffs clicked around the wrists of the Coutts Four, a new cast of characters stepped onto the stage, eager to stake their claim in the unfolding drama. So many personalities, pastors, podcasters, pundits, and alleged “feds” gravitated to this story for many of their own unique reasons, as if spectators to a car wreck, that it would be difficult to account for them all (editor's note: by the end of the story just about anyone who came within a ten foot ski pole of it was, at one time or another, accused of being a “fed”).

What had begun as a protest rooted in frustration and defiance was, in some ways, co-opted by a cacophony of voices and oddball onlookers. Some appeared with genuine concern and an overzealous sense of right and wrong, ready to defend principles they felt were at risk. Others slithered into the spotlight with motives far darker, looking to exploit the chaos for their own agendas. And still, even more, were bemused by the tragedy unfolding before their eyes whilst going unnoticed by nearly every other passerby. It was here that the battle lines blurred, and the voices of reason were drowned out by the shrill cries of opportunists, ideologues, and moral crusaders.

This was no longer about the Coutts Four - it was about something much larger. Soon, the story wasn’t just in the arrests themselves, but in the opinions and judgments of those who inserted themselves into the affair. It was now the domain of the "talking heads" - fundraisers, pundits, advocates, politicians, lawyers, podcasters, and snake oil salesmen alike - who, with microphones in hand and moral compasses spinning in all directions, made sure their voices were the loudest.

Some of these individuals came with a sincere desire for justice, human dignity, and fairness, while others arrived with little more than a twisted sense of righteousness or, worse still, a thirst for spectacle. This next phase would show us who among them truly stood for something, and who was merely reveling in the chance to watch another car wreck unfolded. The purpose of this second part of the Coutts story is to demonstrate - through primary source evidence, secondary source evidence, and observing patterns of behavior - that the crime and punishment of the Coutts Four was political in nature, and that decision-making was almost certainly occurring at the highest levels of power.

THE COMPLETE COUTTS STORY

I waited until the sentencing as I didn't want to jeopardize making accidentally making a bad situation even worse - if such a thing were even possible. With the shocking sentence having been rendered, it is now appropriate for me to share my complete understanding of the Coutts Four story. The purpose of this is to put to rest much of the nonsense and misinformation that has circulated around this story from its very beginnings.

In writing on this subject, one thing I found myself ruminating on, even more than the story itself, was the relevant subplot of a lack of public interest in it. I feel that's a subject worth dissecting before going any further. My working theory - at this time - is that, for many, there is a “disgust factor” at play. There's already so much discontent and lost faith in Canada's political and judicial systems - but few people want to accept that the system could this broken.

Consider that when we slow down and drive past a car wreck on the highway, we often stare mindlessly to assess the damage; but as soon we see even the slightest sight of blood or bones spilled on the roadway, we avert our eyes and hit the accelerator. Coutts is the story of blood, bones and guts sprayed on the highway. This wasn’t a crash people could simply gawk at; it was one that exposed the fragility of the road we all travel on. And yet, despite the carnage, to the less feint of heart, there was a kind of grim, undeniable magnetism to it. It is on that note that proper “thank yous” - and a few “fly your kites” are in order (which we'll get to later).

Like witnesses to a disaster, some of these brave and intrepid souls couldn’t help but gather around, trying to piece together what had happened, who was at fault, and whether anything could have been done to prevent it. Some were good Samaritans looking to lend a helping hand in recognition of the universal truth that “it could be them;” others merely chaos addicts and damaged souls in their own right, seeking some sort of sick redemption arch through the lens of a personal and national tragedy. In any and all cases, the wreckage of the Coutts Four affair has strewn in front of them, and across the public consciousness, a horrific car wreck of confusion and injustice - each twisted fact and mangled truth a reminder of just how quickly things can spiral out of control when the wheels come off. SMUGGLERS SALOON

Smugglers Saloon, a restaurant and unlicensed bar in Coutts Alberta, is currently MLS listed for sale at $200,000. Constructed fairly recently in 2011, she already feels and looks like western Canadian antiquity. Beholding such a building can't help but prompt a pause and a reflection: how many other sites of rebellion stand only with their histories buried deep and long forgotten?

“This a great opportunity for a new businesses!” The MLS listing boasts. “The huge restaurant space is perfect for a quick stop for food and drink before crossing the border. The main floor with pool tables and TV's installed to relax a little, perfect for truckers coming and going. The basement and the loft area are undeveloped but ready for the next phase of the business. Plenty of parking, a beautiful patio area that gets plenty of sun, and a huge garage for the owner to use as a shop/workspace. Located minutes from the border, an hour from Lethbridge, two hours to Great Falls, this is a great location just waiting for you!”

Now closed, the Smugglers Saloon is a two-story bar with an unfinished basement and loft, and an adjacent garage containing a rudimentary kitchen, nestled inconspicuously in the harsh, windswept plains of Coutts, Alberta. If you walked fifteen minutes north from the Sweetgrass, Montana U.S.- Canada border - the largest and only 24-hour point-of-entry to the province of Alberta - you'd eventually run right into it.

Prior to being labelled as “Permanently Closed” on Google Maps, Smuggler’s Saloon’s reviews were mostly positive, with several mentioning the tasty shepherds pie. For reasons related to the health of the one of the owners, rhe business struggled to remain open in the aftermath of the Coutts border blockads, when, in the early winter months of 2022, it served as an unlikely bastion of defiance against the overreach of state authority.

From the outside, the saloon presents a façade of rustic simplicity. Its weather-beaten wooden planks, once a vibrant hue of red, have already transformed into a mottled greyish brown, echoing the long decade of harsh winters that have lashed its frame. Built only thirteen years ago, the Smuggler’s Saloon, with its three rusted vintage cars displayed outfront, rather naturally takes on a nostalgic appearance in spite of its relative age as compared to the old barns and saddleranches that encircle it.

Like much of the country and most of those living in it, Smugglers Saloon seemingly aged at warp speed in the shadows of the Trudeau regime and what most would describe as a decade of darkness. The sign above the entrance, bearing the name 'Smugglers Saloon' in bold, uneven letters, sways slightly in the relentless wind with the original paint nearly unintelligible and covered in cobwebs - the sign a symbol of Canada itself, as if perpetually teetering on the brink of disintegration.

In February 2022, a group bound by their sobriety and driven by a fierce moral compass, clustered around the tables laden with maps and radios, their faces lined with fatigue yet alight with determination. The contrast between them - outlaws in a gathering place named “the Smugglers Saloon” united in sobriety, pacifism and opposition to government and Big Pharma overreach - was palpable, a vivid illustration of the peculiar dynamics at play within an unorthodox sanctuary of resistance.

This group of misfit teetotalers, drawn together by a shared belief in the sanctity of their cause, exuded an air of earnestness that belied their outwardly disparate natures. Among them were ranchers and teachers, tradesmen and homemakers, truckers and students, public officials and pastors, united not just by their backgrounds but by their unwavering commitment to the principles they held dear.

Soundtracked by folk songs about peace on earth, the clinking of glasses filled with non-alcoholic beer and orange juice, and the occasional burst of raucous laughter, men and women, but mostly men, their faces hardened by short winter days but long weeks of cold and confrontation, clustered around tables strewn with maps, radios, and half-empty bottles of non-alcoholic beer. In the dim, flickering light, their eyes burnt with a fervent determination, each one a beacon of defiance against the looming specter of governmental tyranny.

Upstairs, the atmosphere shifted from the convivial to the conspiratorial. The second floor, accessible via a creaking staircase, served as the nerve center of the protest. Here, the loft area was completely empty outside walls adorned by unfinished insulation, maps of the border, routes meticulously marked and re-marked, plans revised and strategized in the eternal cat-and-mouse game with the authorities.

If you're struggling to understand the Coutts sentencing that occurred today, let me provide some mythbusting:

- They were not charged with "domestic terrorism."

- They were not charged with possessing restricted firearms.

- They were found NOT GUILTY on the conspiracy charge. - They did not bring a "pipe bomb" anywhere near a protest.

- They were never considered a flight risk or danger to the public.

- They did not have previous criminal convictions (aside from one small possession of ecstasy charge from one of the defendants when he was a minor).

The Coutts Four story is an obvious travesty of justice, and yet it is just another example of how history rhymes. There is actually a centuries-long trend of lawfare, wrongful convictions, and even executions in Canada by the hands of corrupt judiciaries and gov'ts.

🧵A thread. 1. Louis Riel was a Wexit-man well ahead of his time. He was a leader of a resistance movement by the Métis and First Nations people of western Canada against the Government of Canada. For his beliefs and his resistance actions, he was tried for treason and executed in 1885.

Just finished listening to the closing arguments from the defence counsel in the Coutts case. The reviews from the gallery are a mixed bag. I'll have more updates later - stay tuned. Of note: there's a suit guy/glowie who stands in the back staring at the gallery and the jury, who are all sitting. Apparently, and this is unconfirmed, he's been brought in as "private RCMP security for the crown prosecutors" in a most extraordinarily unlikely event that "someone attacks them."

It's odd to me that this is permitted, despite its potential to impact the feelings of the jury when chalk on a sidewalk a few weeks ago was not permitted, and resulted in an interested observer being accused of threatening the jurors. A rule for me and a rule for thee, I suppose.

The Trudeau Liberal Hall of Shame megathread continues 🧵. It was getting a bit long in the tooth, so let's split this up a bit and call this Part 3 - the 'C' team.

Today's inductees include Bardish Chagger, George Chahal, and FP Champagne, so it should be a good one. 153) One of the most useless Trudeau government ministries is the Ministry of “Diversity and Inclusion and Youth,” and so it only makes sense that the most useless ministry would have the most useless minister. Enter Bardish Chagger.