James Topp is on his way to Ottawa.
His trek from BC ends triumphantly with his arrival at our nation’s capital.
James “TOPP’s off” the Freedom Convoy
To me, James’ trek represents the continuation of an enormous and historic effort to accomplish what thousands of truckers set out to accomplish months ago - to restore the voice of average Canadians in Ottawa. I would like to describe James as a “conquering hero”, but not much has materially changed so far….
Ottawa’s Deaf, Dumb And Blind
During and since the Freedom Convoy, none of Ottawa’s Liberal, NDP or BQ Parliamentarians - the ruling elites - deigned to meet with the truckers to discuss their legitimate concerns about Covid policies. They chose to remain 🙉🙊🙈 to the harms they imposed on millions of our citizens.
Furthermore, elites like Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh and Chrystia Freeland also chose to characterize the Freedom Convoy organizers, supporters and participants as enemies of the state. In a “kangaroo court”-like atmosphere, many of these so-called “enemies” were convicted without a trial, endured jail time, arrested under trumped-up charges, had their bank accounts frozen, and suffered unwarranted character assassinations. Of course, all of these “enemies” suffered these actions according to easily-manipulated state-enforced laws which were acted upon by state-employed agents and carried out within state-funded institutions.
So much for “citizen rights” 🥺.
A Smarter Charter is needed
The Trudeau-led government also chose to publicly disrespect and summarily dismiss the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. The authoritarian measures invoked by those elites were carried out without authorization under an Emergencies Act that was never created to address peaceful, citizen-led causes such as the Freedom Convoy.
When will a sufficient number of Canadians wake up to the truth that the Canadian Constitution will never be enforceable until “The People of Canada” create a mechanism to ensure that all levels of government can be held accountable to it?
A Smarter Charter is called for. Canadians now have clear and historical evidence that we have no recourse to stop people like Trudeau, Singh and Freedom from getting away with “killing the Charter” whenever it’s suits their power agenda.
Media coverage from opposing camps
During and since the Freedom Convey, the legacy “corporate media” organizations pushed a narrative that heavily favoured government policies. Concurrently, “alternative media” sources challenged that narrative by performing real investigative journalism which revealed facts that were not in alignment with the state-subsidized “official narratives”.
In the attached link, Anthony Furey podcasts from Post Media to interview Andrew Lawton of the True North Centre (TNC). They discuss Andrew’s new book on the Freedom Convoy.
Both are respected professional journalists but Anthony is associated with “corporate media” and Andrew is employed by an “alternative media” organization. I make this point because organizations like the True North, Rebel Media and The Post Millennial have emerged and grown in recent years because “corporate media” has lots the trust and respect of millions of Canadians. In addition, many independent journalists with their own podcasts have also gained traction owning to their excellence in investigative journalism. The Trish Wood Is Critical podcast is one of my favourites in Canada - she is based in Toronto.
Heralding the arrival of James Topp
This discussion between Anthony Fury and Andrew Lawton is timely because it sets the stage for James Topp’s arrival in Ottawa. Neither Anthony nor Andrew take a side on this ongoing “freedom movement” in Canada; they stick to the facts as reported in Andrews book and the solid investigative work he did to write it.