Justice with John Carpay
John Carpay, founder and president of The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, talks about the issues--legal, political and cultural--that concern him most. The Justice Centre (website jccf.ca) has been going strong for ten years, so there is a lot to discuss. With facilitator and producer Kevin Steel, each week John will bring you up to date on the latest, as well as provide insights about the law and the fight for freedom.
Episodes
224 episodes
Time for a public Covid inquiry
Kevin interviews Dr. Gary Davidson, lead author on the Final Report of the Alberta Covid Pandemic Data Review Task Force. They discuss the criticism of the Report, and what Dr. Davidson believes should be the next steps following the report’s r...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:05:11
Double standards and the rule of law
John Carpay discusses a double standard he sees in the application of the law. He cites the case of Derek Reimer, a Calgary pastor who has been convicted of causing a disturbance after protesting drag queen story hours at public libraries. John...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:00:29
Pickering's political attack ad
John Carpay starts off by reading an interesting X post asserting that wokeism is not dead, despite all the commentary that the ideology is on the way out. Then, he points to a news story about the 15,000+ Canadians who died last year while on ...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:10:39
On prorogation and fair elections
This show, we start off by discussing the court action against the Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament - filed the day after the PM's press conference. Then, John highlights a story out of British Columbia, where some are calling f...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:01:30
A busy year at the Justice Centre
We at the Justice with John Carpay podcast take it easy at the end of the year. Instead of our usual conversation, we’ll play a recording of a mid-December Zoom meeting with our donors. Marcie Clare, the Justice Centre’s Events and Special Proj...
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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1:03:44
John Carpay's new book: Corrupted by Fear
John Carpay discusses his new book, Corrupted by Fear: How the Charter was betrayed, and what Canadians can do about it. The eBook is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Though John has been publishing opinion pieces and columns for...
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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1:00:30
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Does DEI violate the Charter?
To open the show, Kevin asks John if Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies violate the equality provisions in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This leads to a discussion about the cultural shift away from DEI among...
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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57:35
A digital fence?
John and Kevin discuss the requirement that drivers headed to the United States will have to submit photo ID and biometric data in advance. Why is this necessary, and how does this requirement tie in with concerns about digital ID? John and Kev...
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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58:57
A false sense of security for parents
Lawyer Marty Moore takes us through the good and the bad of proposed changes to Alberta's Education Act. There is a lot in here that firmly establishes parental rights and puts some serious guardrails around gender transitions for mino...
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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59:15
The Zexi Li lawsuit in court
Lawyer James Manson brings us up to date on the $290 million lawsuit brought by Ottawa resident Zexi Li and others against the Freedom Convoy. In court on Oct 28, Mr. Manson put forward his arguments in an appeal against the dismissal of his An...
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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53:59
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Climate Change Charter Rights?
We discuss a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision, Mathur v. Ontario, which was the subject of a recent National Post column by Jamie Sarkonak. In this case, a group of teenagers had gone after the Ford government when it lowered th...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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1:02:21
Does our legal heritage matter?
John shares his thoughts on a National Post column criticizing recent statements from Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner. He agrees that undermining the value of legal precedent harms the rule of law. John also discusses a colu...
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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1:01:17
True Reconciliation
Justice Centre President John Carpay shares his perspective on the residential school system and on NDP MP Leah Gazan's Private Members' Bill (Bill C-413), which would make it a Criminal Code offence to condone, deny, downplay, or just...
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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1:00:31
Corrupted by Fear
Justice Centre President John Carpay returns to the show to tell us about the book he's writing with the working title "Corrupted by Fear." It's about Canadian court judgments in constitutional challenges to the many Covid restrictions over the...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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59:45
Opening closed minds on campus
Lawyer Glenn Blackett talks about cases he's working on that involve free speech on campuses across Canada. This is part of the Justice Centre's Spotlight Campaign this month. He describes the case of the University of British Columbia's Free S...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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58:08
Punished by the Process
Host Kevin Steel talks to former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, an outspoken critic of the government's response to Covid. While exercising his Charter freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly, he was issued 25 tickets with fines. For ...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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58:59
Discrimination and an Abuse of Process
Lawyer Paul Jaffe joins the podcast to talk about how BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry targeted and ticketed churches during Covid lockdowns. He goes over what evidence was presented and what evidence wasn't allowed by the court in...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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59:31
Defeating threats to parental rights
Lawyer Marty Moore defines parental rights and argues we should not separate parental rights from children's rights; they work together. Our lawyers are involved in cases across the country, from British Columbia and Saskatchewan to Ontario, Qu...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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58:11
Donations and "Discreditable Conduct"
Lawyer James Manson walks us through the case of Constable Michael Brisco, who is asking the court to review a charge of discreditable conduct. The charge was laid against him by the Windsor Police Service after he made a $50 donation to the pe...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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59:22
Exposing Covid Narratives
Lawyer Lee Turner joins Kevin Steel to discuss the case of Dr. Charles Hoffe, who faces a complaint from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia after speaking out against government and pharmaceutical solutions to Covid. The...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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48:34
Defending Parental Rights in New Brunswick
John Carpay and I start by discussing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's constitutional challenge to a New Brunswick school policy requiring that parents of children under 16 be notified when their child undergoes a gender transition at...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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55:42
Return to the Rule of Law
During a Q&A session at an April 11 public meeting in Ottawa, John Carpay was asked about the unequal treatment of protestors in Canada. We start the show with his thoughts on the problem of discrimination against protestors. We move on to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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1:03:54
Individual Rights and Indigenous Difference
Lawyer Marty Moore takes us through a complex Supreme Court of Canada decision, Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, about whether First Nations governments are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If they are, then what ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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56:41
S05E13 "Fare Thee Well" to Private Info
Lawyer James Manson critiques Nova Scotia's new law allowing the government to access everyone's private medical information. He says it’s dangerous because it is so overbroad and ill-defined. Then he talks about a potential new case in which t...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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1:06:47
S05E12 Defending the "Religious Defense"
John Carpay and Kevin Steel discuss the attempt by the Bloc Québécois and special interest groups to remove the Criminal Code's Section 319(3) - "the religious defense" to accusations of hate speech. John argues that it will lead to the removal...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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59:01