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Rule of Law in Canada?

26th May 2025

Last night somehow, I found myself watching CPAC on which there was a panel of three Supreme Court of Canada judges at UVIC answering questions.

One came from a usual member of the public, who had no idea about the court system, requesting the judges’ reactions to bail hearings setting people free after serious crimes. The supreme court does not offer bail as they are a stage way beyond that, however the chief justice in reply mentioned that in Canada the principal is “innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” so bail, except in extreme cases, is almost mandatory and immediate.

Instantly the case of Tamara Lich came to my mind, where she was arrested on the charge of “mischief” (such a violent, viscous and hateful crime !) and was kept in jail – not a comfortable prison- but in jail, solitary confinement yet, despite not having been convicted of anything for 2 weeks before a bail hearing was even held. Meanwhile, Canada’s bail laws continue to allow habitually violent offenders loose after just a few days or maybe even hours in custody.

The Canadian Criminal Code states: “Persons who are charged with an offence are constitutionally entitled to be released from custody unless Crown Counsel is able to justify their continued detention … including consideration of the background of the accused and risk to the public.” It’s inconceivable that Lich could be considered a risk to anyone. Times Colonist Gwyn Morgan Mar 21, 2024 2:01 AM

Back to the CPAC program, several times “the rule of law” was mentioned by the trio of judges and it has long been my contention that the rule of law does not actually exist here in Canada, after all, how could there still not be any end to the trial of Barber and Lich after over 3 years. On the other hand, a primary school drama teacher turned politician who used hate speech against that Convoy and all its supporters (and that included me) was not charged with anything under the Criminal Code. Lets not also forget the enactment of the Emergencies Act when a simple conversation could have solved the problem. Rule of Law applied to him? Hell no.

To my mind both the Rule of Law and the Charter of Rights a Freedoms were both abandoned by Trudeau and it remains to be seen if this WEF banker will reinstate them.

Somehow I doubt it.

Open letter to Omar Alghabra

To the current Minister of Transport for Canada and the Queen.

On 3rd November of last year, I wrote to you asking several questions about both The Constitution Act of 1982 and the repeal of that act; the criminal code re coercion into taking an unproven, not yet tested for long term effects toxic jab.

I am not surprised that I have not heard from you as silence is your best defense for illegal and irresponsible actions against a selective portion of the transportation industry.

Since your colleague the Minister of Labour is coming to your rescue with some overreaching regulations under Part 11 of the Labour Act, again aimed at specific targets within the federal jurisdiction but excluding some 200,00 federal employees according to the deputy PM,

“Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Wednesday detailed a vaccination program for federal employees exempting over 200,000 workers without mandating immunization proof.”  CANADIAN NEWS Oct 7, 2021 

 I wrote to him on 4th January asking for clarification, and no I haven’t heard from him either.

But to the situation in which your federal ministry of transport now find itself regarding transportation and the supply chain.

For you information I have been involved with transportation sine 1973 in one form or another – mostly as an over the road long haul driver travelling between Canada and the USA.  I am acutely aware of the importance of moving products of all kinds to their destination safely and on time.  One of the main reasons I stopped was the increasing regulations making it very hard to conform to this ideal of safety and on time. Petty regulations and high fines were a reality I had no inclination to encounter.

Crossing the border has never been easy with all the paper work involved, but now you are demanding that all drivers be fully vaccinated or self-isolate between trips.   Perhaps you are not aware that most drivers are alone in their cabs for 20 hours a day, and only leave their cabs for necessary breaks and fuel.  Sitting a home for 10 days at the end of each trip not only reduces the movement of goods but also makes driving unaffordable. Each 5 day trip would require 10 days of sitting at home !!!  Perhaps you are not aware that there is already a shortage of drivers without you making 25% of those left sitting at home for no reasons other than sheer bloody mindedness!

But the overriding aspect that the CBC finally acknowledged today that this Freedom Convoy of truckers heading your way, is not about icy roads, (whoever heard of such nonsense – icy roads are a fact of Canadian winter) but about something that used to be really important to Canadians.  It is called Freedom.   This is not a word used in Ottawa anymore because your leader only believes in freedom for corporate profiteering.

I heard today that you claimed the truckers had been given plenty of warning about this yet another illegal mandate of yours so the fault lies with them and not you.  How can you sleep at night with this attitude? Who gave you the right to demand that anyone should hand over control of their body to you are anyone else? 

Your government will, I am sure, blame everyone but yourselves when the crunch comes and the grocery stores are almost empty, gas shortages are everyday events and unemployment skyrockets.  You will have no answers because you are bereft of ideas that do not originate with your heroes the Economic Forum, Fauci, Pfizer and Gates.

You have bought this upon yourself, and I feel no sympathy with anyone but the unwitting Canadians who were foolish enough to believe the Emperor’s new clothes scam.

Enjoy the convoy when it arrives and hopefully you will have the courage to meet with them.

Jeremy Arney