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Very pleased to say that @ShaunRickard67 and I have been successful in being able to proceed to trial with our Charter damages case in relation to the divisive and discriminatory Vaccine Mandate for Travel of Justin Trudeau.
Predictably the Attorney General attempted to strike our action but failed in Federal Court in Toronto in November last year.
This is the only case of its kind which has been able to proceed to trial in Canada.
We will look to introduce all the relevant evidence from our previous case which was rendered moot in 2023 once Trudeau climbed down as the evidence became clear.
Shaun's post below sets out more details as to how you can obtain all the information and court documents and, most importantly, as to how you can support our continued efforts.
Thanks of course to our amazing young lawyer Sam Presvelos
presveloslaw.com/our-lawyers
BIG NEWS! Justice Kent Horne recently ruled that our Vaccine Travel Mandates Lawsuit can proceed to trial.
After 3 long & arduous years, our 15,000 pages of damning evidence will finally be heard in a public Federal Court hearing - Please repost this announcement widely.
Institute for Freedom & Justice - Our full official press release and all court documents can be reviewed here: freedomandjustice.ca/travel-…
SUMMARY - Trudeau’s Discriminatory Travel Ban Finally Heads To Trial
In October of 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau imposed upon Canadians a discriminatory and unscientific requirement to be vaccinated for Covid-19 before being able to board planes, trains or ships travelling within or out of Canada.
The restrictions implemented by Trudeau effectively prevented millions of Canadians from moving freely around in their own country and travelling abroad to work or to visit loved ones.
Two months later, in December of 2021, Shaun Rickard and Karl Harrison filed an application in the Federal Court to challenge the restrictions imposed by Trudeau. Inspired by Shaun and Karl three other similar applications were filed subsequently by the Hon Brian Peckford (and others), the Hon Maxime Bernier and a courageous young Quebec attorney, Nabil Ben Naoum. All four cases would be managed by Shaun and Karl’s young and brilliant lawyer, Sam Presvelos.
Over the next 6 months – including 6 weeks of cross examination of as many as 25 witnesses – there were around 15,000 pages of evidence assembled which showed that the Prime Minister had lied to the Canadian people about his so-called ‘health measures’, which had in fact been imposed only to create a ‘wedge issue’ and to aid his general election campaign in the Summer and Fall of 2021.
Faced with the reality of the overwhelming evidence, three of Trudeau’s ministers held a press conference on June 14th 2022 to announce that his travel mandate would be suspended. Immediately afterwards Trudeau’s lawyers filed a motion to strike the legal proceedings on the basis that they were deemed moot.
The Federal Court supported Trudeau’s motion and, whilst Shaun and Karl appealed the decision, the Federal Court of Appeal also decided that the matter was moot and that there would be no trial of this matter despite enormous public interest from the Canadian people. Close to 20,000 people attended the hearing via Zoom.
Brian Peckford and Maxime Bernier appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, which refused to hear their appeals.
Shaun and Karl decided instead upon a different strategy, one that they felt had a better chance of a positive outcome.
Earlier in the proceedings in the Federal Court in Ottawa, Sam Presvelos had been successful in getting agreement from the Trudeau lawyers that if Shaun and Karl were to file an action for damages, then the government would not oppose use of the large and valuable evidentiary record from the earlier case.
In November of 2023 Shaun and Karl filed their claim for damages against the Trudeau government. Preliminary proceedings were protracted, and Trudeau’s lawyers filed a motion, in July 2023, to strike the claim entirely.
In November of 2024 Sam Presvelos represented Shaun and Karl in the Federal Court in Toronto to fight the motion to strike the claim. The outcome is perhaps not what Trudeau expected. The case will go to trial!
The claim was made in relation to a breach, by the Trudeau government, of the rights afforded to Shaun and Karl under Sections 6(1), 7, 12 and 15 of the Charter of Rights & Freedoms. The Court’s ruling found as follows:
Section 6(1) - The claim can proceed to trial for Karl but not for Shaun on the basis that Shaun was not a Canadian citizen, but a permanent resident, when the travel mandate was in place. (Canadian permanent residents are not protected under Section 6(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.)
Section 7 - The claim is struck subject to appeal. (Appeal has been filed)
Section 12 - The claim is struck subject to appeal. (Appeal has been filed)
Section 15 - The claim can proceed to trial for both Shaun and Karl
Therefore, the Federal Court has decided that it will hear the case as to whether mobility rights were infringed and whether so called “unvaccinated” Canadians are in fact a protected group against whom Trudeau discriminated.
Shaun and Karl are now pursuing an appeal in relation to the ruling on Sections 7 and 12. Such an appeal is unlikely to be heard for several months. If that appeal is successful then the government lawyers may appeal further to the Supreme Court, and that hearing would take place some months later.
There are also political issues to consider. A federal election will take place in 2025 and a new government may likely take a different view of these legal proceedings.
It has been a long and arduous journey for Shaun Rickard, Karl Harrison, Sam Presvelos and the thousands of Canadians who were also impacted and who have generously supported the case. This fight for justice is enormously important to millions of Canadians and the eventual outcome, if successful, may shape how future governments in Canada are allowed to impose restrictions in relation to public health concerns, and therefore protect generations to come.
The fight ahead may well be long and financially demanding. If you are able to support Shaun and Karl in this final, critical stage of this landmark legal battle against the Trudeau government you can do so by donating to their legal fund through the Institute for Freedom & Justice* here: freedomandjustice.ca/donate/
*Institute for Freedom & Justice is a registered Canadian charity (#85481 6162 RR0001), therefore a tax receipt can be issued.
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Karl Harrison retweeted
🦅👭🗡️🪦: National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says Canada is failing to investigate missing & murdered indigenous women & girls.
Many of us have called for a complete forensic investigation of the alleged mass murder grave of 215 children at the Kamloops residential school. Something First Nations refuse to do.
$12 million dollars was provided to the Kamloops Band to respectfully exhume the alleged bodies. To date the remains of not even one child has been recovered to be returned to their family.
The Chief in charge of the Kamloops residential school property said he knows the bodies of children are in the septic field because he communed with the dead.
Nepinak also highlights how FN are far more likely to be in prison & to have their children removed, to be placed in the foster care system.
There is room to criticize the Canadian government, but there is also a desperate need for self reflection within FN communities.
Many FN reserves are lawless & many leaders are openly corrupt. This has been a well documented fact spanning generations. They don't govern themselves well at all.
But apparently they're more than competent enough to decide the fate of our nation, including our economy.
We all know when communities are neglected & funding to make things better is given to people who are not accountable, poverty, violence, overall crime & death become normalized.
This is the sort of stupidity that got us into this mess in the first place.
Has this clown even read Elliott’s piss poor thesis?
Hear me out.
BC Conservative star Caroline Elliott has a PhD in Indigenous governance.
Doerkson gives her the difficult Indigenous Relations portfolio.
She shocks First Nations by listening to them. Negotiates treaties. Settles land claims. Unlocks trillions in investment.
BC gets so rich we accidentally solve healthcare and daycare.
What am I missing?
The Prime Minister of the government of Canada concedes that it is trespassing on the land of another “nation”.
Just how stupid is our country? 🤦♂️
Karl Harrison retweeted
Warbus is literally mad that a lightbulb was brought over by white people.
She is going to be a huge woke thorn in the side of the BC Cons.
The two young women who could put an unlikely face on B.C. Conservatives' new government nationalpost.com/news/the-tw…
Dan is kidding himself.
“Likely”?? 🤦♂️😳
#cdnpoli B.C. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson says he remains committed to repealing DRIPA, the province's Indigenous rights law, telling reporters Sunday it "has not worked in this province." He said repeal legislation is likely in the spring session.
The staggering vanity of Angelo is on a par with the ego of Jason Kenney! 🤦♂️
“Likely” is not a solemn promise and “still committed” is weaker than “committed” @LDoerkson
“I am still committed to the repeal of DRIPA. It has not worked in this province” he said, adding that his party will likely move ahead with the repeal plan in the spring session.”
🤔🤦♂️
The Premier Elect @LDoerkson ran a campaign committing to repealing DRIPA.
Many, many people backed him on the basis of his promise. Is he already lining up to betray them saying to journalists today that he "might" look at it in the Spring!!?
Keep the pressure on Lorne. to #repealDRIPA
@iainblackbc @katy_merrifield @Anthony__Koch @jkenney @PierrePoilievre
cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7…
I hope that @ikwilson might be a candidate.
Karl Harrison retweeted
"WHAT HAS HE EVER DONE FOR PICKERING?" HERE'S THE RECORD.
Some have asked what I've done for this city. Some have even implied that I've never done anything at all, and that I have zero experience. So here's the answer, with receipts. All of it was done at my own expense and on my own time, not as a paid member of Council.
I spearheaded the fight against the towers proposed for Frenchman's Bay, long before this election:
shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
And through Freedom of Information requests and my own investigations, I uncovered what I believe are shocking and unethical actions at City Hall that residents were never told about:
- Years of City Hall assistance to the landowner behind the $40-million Frenchman's Bay sale: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Half a million dollars in taxpayer-funded Integrity Commissioner and workplace investigation costs: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- The City's $1-million naming rights deal with Dorsay: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Elexicon, the utility Pickering co-owns: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Police data on public safety in Pickering: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Four more FOI requests filed this summer: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
When I asked for more Elexicon records, the City called my request "frivolous and vexatious" and refused it. I've appealed to Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner:
shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
I'VE FOLLOWED THE MONEY
- Developer donations to Council members: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Gifts to Council: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- The OPG fine print in the Frenchman's Bay deal: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Who profits from Pickering's casino: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Property taxes up more than 9% in two years: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- Why Pickering needs a forensic audit: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
- What the Liverpool Road traffic study missed: shaunrickardformayor.ca/news…
And I've done it all while running several businesses over the years, managing teams, budgets and payroll, and taking zero developer donations.
You don't have to agree with me on everything. But nobody can say I haven't done the work. My full plan has been public for months: shaunrickardformayor.ca/plat…
TODAY IS ELECTION DAY
Vote online until 8 p.m.: intvoting.pickering.ca/
Or in person today, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Locations: pickering.ca/vote
#Pickering #PickeringVotes #Election2026
Karl Harrison retweeted
Few seem to understand the biggest winner in BC politics this year was @Dallas_Brodie
A truly courageous leader who put truth over popularity and position. She made the platform of the BC Conservatives possible by opening the Overton window in the legislature and holding them accountable for the last two years.
If we’re all extremely lucky, we have not seen the last of Brodie in the political realm.
The Premier Elect @LDoerkson ran a campaign committing to repealing DRIPA.
Many, many people backed him on the basis of his promise. Is he already lining up to betray them saying to journalists today that he "might" look at it in the Spring!!?
Keep the pressure on Lorne. to #repealDRIPA
@iainblackbc @katy_merrifield @Anthony__Koch @jkenney @PierrePoilievre
cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7…
Karl Harrison retweeted
This is criminal. Alberta's own data clearly shows that COVID is 99.9996% survivable for anyone under the age of 18.
The risks of taking this experimental gene therapy are 20x greater than the disease.
Everyone should be pleased that Eby is gone but the hard work starts here and that includes an honest assessment of the election results.
Eby was undone in 13 ridings by the Greens splitting his vote.
As conservatives we polled less overall than in 2024.
The hard work starts now and that includes the essential repeal of DRIPA. Let’s not replace it with anything either. Get rid of it. #RepealDRIPA
It might have taken five years, but we finally brought common sense back to British Columbia.
Congratulations to the first Conservative Premier in nearly 100 years, @LDoerkson, on his crushing victory - looking forward to working with you to restore the promise of BC! 🇨🇦
Have any of these young hacks asking questions actually read DRIPA and UNDRIP??
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
Karl Harrison retweeted
💯 @Dallas_Brodie has done an incredible service for this province and country with her courage and moral clarity. Thank you, Dallas.
@One_BCHQ
You seem to not understand at all the importance of Dallas Brodie and One BC in raising important issues into the consciousness of British Columbians and motivating the Conservative base
Sit down and stay in Quebec you fucking idiot.
The phone is going to be red hot for @LDoerkson and his advisors like @iainblackbc .
I hope they assemble the jigsaw pieces carefully and root out the vested interests and land manipulation.
#RepealDRIPA





























