This is such a good piece and yet, Carney still has huge support. I worked in law enforcement and in a women’s prison before that. I can tell you that what you have written is spot on. A hardened criminal gets released on bail, while peaceful protesters with jumpy castles who are feeding the homeless and cleaning the streets get prison and massive fines and frozen bank accounts. I can only see destruction and complete dictatorship ahead if carney gets in. Our biggest threat, by far, is more of the liberal reign and Carney at the head of it all. Canada is truly finished if this psychopath gets in. It must be Stockholm syndrome along with cognitive dissonance of the people insane enough to want more…God help Canada.
Great editorial Dan. The reality of it is, the liberal “appointed” judiciary in Canada must be brought under some semblance of control. The drawn out trials,biased sentencing and vilification without bail of Canadian citizens for what they describe as “mischief” while violent offenders are caught and released within days, sometimes hours is just one example of how flagrantly lopsided justice is in Canada at present. The Liberal government puts in place a program with ever expanding laws to seize the property of legally licensed, background checked and vetted firearms owners and dealers, while obviously unlicensed violent criminals using illegal and smuggled firearms to commit drive by shootings and murder on a daily basis remain free to walk the streets. When the Liberals plan gets too much pushback, they parade out a spokesperson from the Ecole Polytechnic tragedy to speak out against the ills of firearms, spewing only liberal rhetoric such as “assault style” and “killing the maximum number of people”, yet nothing is ever mentioned about harsher sentences for violent offenders or even about the obvious mental illness that is the core of any mass shooting.. it’s about who pulls the trigger ultimately and not the trigger itself.. is it not? The violent home invasion epidemic that is escalating from the major cities to the suburbs is being “cured” with the law enforcement advising to basically leave your door unlocked and your car keys accessible for the home invader’s and shelter in place! Canada is evolving into the next episode of the “Purge” movie franchise. Perhaps when liberal supporters start becoming the victim’s of these horrifying crimes they will not “experience it differently”!The Conservative use of the Notwithstanding clause is not to create an authoritarian state… it is meant to bring to heel the authoritarian state that the Liberal government has been installing in Canada for the last decade. It needs to be reigned in. Should Carney be successful with his installation, the authoritarian government will reign supreme and we will be made to heel to it.
…I wish the same, but know that not one newspaper in Canada would print his work. They are all captured by the Liberal swamp machine that uses Taxpayer money to buy them all off.
Not related to this specific article Dan, but an important read - liberals should see this to understand the whole net zero Carney plan is a total scam…money grab for the elitists and harmful to the earth.
In 1968, Pierre Trudeau didn't want Alberta to reap the benefits of its oil resources by putting high taxes in oil export to the US and the federal government took a huge percentage of the revenue. That was when Alberta independence sentiment started. Premier Peter Lougheed called it "the biggest ripoff in Confederation's history. That's when the energy wars between Alberta and the federal government started during the 70's. In 1980, Pierre Trudeau created the National Energy Program which was designed to give the federal government complete control of Alberta's energy industry, especially, to take money from Alberta's energy industry. That was the start of Alberta's economic devastation and was the single greatest betrayal of the federal government to Alberta.
"The Liberals aren’t afraid of tyranny—they’re afraid Pierre Poilievre just found the constitutional weapon that can dismantle everything they built." Well, yeah of course that would be true either way (if the CPC had been in power recently.) It's a bit of a broad statement when the object of the post is a pretty narrow situation. I personally agree that the use of Section 12 should not be used in this case. But your headline is exactly the problem. Yes, if Poilievre really thinks the Notwithstanding clause is how he undoes years of Liberal rule, then you are right, Liberals like me would not be happy with that. Undoing a bad Supreme Court decision is one thing, undoing everything is quite another. I'm not sure this article is the benefit to Poilievre that you think it is.
Liberals weren’t worried about tyranny when they invoked Emergencies legislation on truckers or passed censorship bills disguised as online “safety.” They’re only worried now because for the first time in a decade, their ideological monopoly faces an actual challenge.
If you're not afraid of power being used—just afraid of it being used against your side’s legacy—then you’ve admitted the whole game’s been rigged. This article isn’t a warning. It’s a declaration. The old guard built a fortress—and Poilievre may have just found the front gate.
The liberals ARE tyranny. They use the word democracy but we have not been in a true democracy since Trudeau jr. got in. Actually, his father sold us out too by turning our banks over to private control…along with more. Anyone that votes liberal today must be a Marx admirer - there is no other logical explanation
IMO your last sentence is judgemental and shameful. I vote with my conscience and I will therefore vote for Max because he is the only candidate with a moral compass. The rest of voters and candidates seem quite happy with all the abominations condemned in scripture that Trudeau legalised and condoned by voters. Man proposes, God disposes! Heed 2 Chronicles 7:14.
“Undoing a bad Supreme Court decision is one thing, undoing everything is quite another.”
Don, I am unsure why you think that the Liberal legacy is good ? The country is a shadow of itself after 10 years and a doubling of the debt ! The only area in our economy to prosper is the MSM and bureaucrats ! The liberal appointed judges, on many levels have tainted the laws of this country ! That fact alone is worthy of the use of the “not withstanding” clause.
Canada would and will be a better place to live when the CPC / PP are running the show !
I really don't care if you are a Liberal or Conservative, but I can't imagine that you think it would be great if we devolve into a US like situation where every new incoming government makes it their number one priority to undo the previous term of an opposing government. A government that was lawfully elected to represent to electorate at that time. Attempting to erase the past is a very dangerous mindset. I presume you are aware that the conservative policies you hold dear and would want implemented could be erased by a subsequent Liberal government. No Liberal government has ever advocated using the Notwithstanding clause to do that, but if they did you would be screaming blue blood murder.
Don’t give me this nonsense 1) I was replying to a comment that inferred that the Liberals supported by the NDP was somehow not a legitimate government and 2) Of course Carney was not elected that is how things happen when the leader of a governing party steps down. The party elects a leader who then calls an election.
It’s perfectly legitimate in a Westminster democracy to repeal or amend laws. And goodness knows, there is a rich area of bad law that has been passed by the Trudeau administration that needs revisiting. Starting with C-69, an odious intrusion into provincial government authority that even the Supreme Court ruled it to be unconstitutional.
I also note that Justin Trudeau took great pleasure in winding down initiatives of the Harper Government, including the avoidance of the Liberal Party adoption of measures to replace party leaders. That sleight of hand entrenched a terrible leader as Prime Minister for at least 4 years beyond his best before date.
Right. Duly elected as a MINORITY after calling an election two years early in the middle of a PLANdemic to extend his ‘reign’ and then underhandedly making a secret arrangement with the NDP to form a basic majority does not a proper Government make. Together, they created some of the most Canada-killing Bills ever conceived. So it deserves to be undone.
Don, I am thinking that you are standing on principles ? A duly elected government propped up by a misguided NDP advocating for an agenda of world domination ! Together they worked to destabilize this country the same as has happened in Britian, Germany and France. Bring in laws to control income, free speech, and what you can say on the internet. Use the emergencies act to quell a peaceful protest when the public is fed up with a PM who thinks he is a dictator. One who turns a blind eye to political interference in elections by other countries !
All this, you would let stand because of your ideals ?
Your response is well written, but critical thinking is lacking when presented with facts ! Wrongs by Trudeau need to be reversed. Change can be embraced or you can hide your head in the sand and rely on ideals !
Discrediting the legitimacy of the government because it was a minority government is incorrect. Personally I prefer a minority government as it have mores checks and balances than a much less accountable majority government. Additionally the number of seats held by the Liberals and NDP represented a very substantial majority of Canadians. Probably more than most majority governments.
Nobody worked to destabilize anything. You may think they did, of course you do, but most people do not as evidenced by the dramatic rise of the Liberals in this election. But inferring the objective was intentional destabilization is ridiculous.
As far as the resident of Ottawa were concerned it was anything but a peaceful protest and the actions of the government were widely and significantly support by a majority of Canadians, excluding those of course who saw it as a political opportunity to attack the Liberals.
And, yes, I am standing on principles because there is nothing else that matters. I believe Conservative are as well, they just have different principles.
Yes, I know he’s still in prison. That was my sarcasm. We have a system in place to keep horrible criminals like Bernardo behind bars. Invoking the notwithstanding clause isn’t the way to do it.
The NotWithStanding Clause is to ensure that Parliament, IE, 'The People' are supreme, not the Courts, not the Senate, nor any other jurisdiction, be it Federal or Provincial.
The Courts in Canada, in my opinion, are much to soft on crime and criminals. Why should the families of the victims of heinous criminal acts, such as those perpetrated by Bernardo be put through a parole hearing just to satisfy an unjust requirement.
A life sentence should be just that... Life. Period.
Enacting a Law that upholds that sentiment would certainly be challenged in the Courts; likely all the way to the Supreme Court.
That's why the NotWithStanding is useful, and necessary, in some circumstances.
In a Parliamentary Democracy it is the People, as represented by Parliament, who are supreme.
Should we not try to redo the constitution to make it satisfactory instead of just purposely breaking the constitution because some people don’t agree with it? Or, Should we get rid of the charter of rights and freedoms altogether?
I think that there is a lot we, as Canadians, should try to do. The people write a Constitution, not foreign governments, which is essentially what the BNA Act/Canadian Constitution/Charter of Rights and Freedoms, is.
I also think that.. Does Canada actually have a legitimate Confederation?
Arguments can be made that we do not; but, instead have 10 Nations(the provinces) governed by an illegitimate central government.
You may be interested in watching the 48 minute film from this stack...
This is such a good piece and yet, Carney still has huge support. I worked in law enforcement and in a women’s prison before that. I can tell you that what you have written is spot on. A hardened criminal gets released on bail, while peaceful protesters with jumpy castles who are feeding the homeless and cleaning the streets get prison and massive fines and frozen bank accounts. I can only see destruction and complete dictatorship ahead if carney gets in. Our biggest threat, by far, is more of the liberal reign and Carney at the head of it all. Canada is truly finished if this psychopath gets in. It must be Stockholm syndrome along with cognitive dissonance of the people insane enough to want more…God help Canada.
Great editorial Dan. The reality of it is, the liberal “appointed” judiciary in Canada must be brought under some semblance of control. The drawn out trials,biased sentencing and vilification without bail of Canadian citizens for what they describe as “mischief” while violent offenders are caught and released within days, sometimes hours is just one example of how flagrantly lopsided justice is in Canada at present. The Liberal government puts in place a program with ever expanding laws to seize the property of legally licensed, background checked and vetted firearms owners and dealers, while obviously unlicensed violent criminals using illegal and smuggled firearms to commit drive by shootings and murder on a daily basis remain free to walk the streets. When the Liberals plan gets too much pushback, they parade out a spokesperson from the Ecole Polytechnic tragedy to speak out against the ills of firearms, spewing only liberal rhetoric such as “assault style” and “killing the maximum number of people”, yet nothing is ever mentioned about harsher sentences for violent offenders or even about the obvious mental illness that is the core of any mass shooting.. it’s about who pulls the trigger ultimately and not the trigger itself.. is it not? The violent home invasion epidemic that is escalating from the major cities to the suburbs is being “cured” with the law enforcement advising to basically leave your door unlocked and your car keys accessible for the home invader’s and shelter in place! Canada is evolving into the next episode of the “Purge” movie franchise. Perhaps when liberal supporters start becoming the victim’s of these horrifying crimes they will not “experience it differently”!The Conservative use of the Notwithstanding clause is not to create an authoritarian state… it is meant to bring to heel the authoritarian state that the Liberal government has been installing in Canada for the last decade. It needs to be reigned in. Should Carney be successful with his installation, the authoritarian government will reign supreme and we will be made to heel to it.
Well said.
Very timely, and well written, Dan.
This is your most important newsletter so far.
Well done!
Wow. I'm sitting here in my dining room - alone - & I'm applauding!! 👏 Dan seriously needs to share his view points on politics far & wide.
…I wish the same, but know that not one newspaper in Canada would print his work. They are all captured by the Liberal swamp machine that uses Taxpayer money to buy them all off.
🙏 to Mr Knight. So well expressed. April28.
Not related to this specific article Dan, but an important read - liberals should see this to understand the whole net zero Carney plan is a total scam…money grab for the elitists and harmful to the earth.
https://co2coalition.org/publications/effects-of-net-zero-by-2050-summary/
In 1968, Pierre Trudeau didn't want Alberta to reap the benefits of its oil resources by putting high taxes in oil export to the US and the federal government took a huge percentage of the revenue. That was when Alberta independence sentiment started. Premier Peter Lougheed called it "the biggest ripoff in Confederation's history. That's when the energy wars between Alberta and the federal government started during the 70's. In 1980, Pierre Trudeau created the National Energy Program which was designed to give the federal government complete control of Alberta's energy industry, especially, to take money from Alberta's energy industry. That was the start of Alberta's economic devastation and was the single greatest betrayal of the federal government to Alberta.
https://substack.com/@cesar642183/note/c-120505084?r=5pr3b7&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Love your stack!
👍👍
"The Liberals aren’t afraid of tyranny—they’re afraid Pierre Poilievre just found the constitutional weapon that can dismantle everything they built." Well, yeah of course that would be true either way (if the CPC had been in power recently.) It's a bit of a broad statement when the object of the post is a pretty narrow situation. I personally agree that the use of Section 12 should not be used in this case. But your headline is exactly the problem. Yes, if Poilievre really thinks the Notwithstanding clause is how he undoes years of Liberal rule, then you are right, Liberals like me would not be happy with that. Undoing a bad Supreme Court decision is one thing, undoing everything is quite another. I'm not sure this article is the benefit to Poilievre that you think it is.
Liberals weren’t worried about tyranny when they invoked Emergencies legislation on truckers or passed censorship bills disguised as online “safety.” They’re only worried now because for the first time in a decade, their ideological monopoly faces an actual challenge.
If you're not afraid of power being used—just afraid of it being used against your side’s legacy—then you’ve admitted the whole game’s been rigged. This article isn’t a warning. It’s a declaration. The old guard built a fortress—and Poilievre may have just found the front gate.
The liberals ARE tyranny. They use the word democracy but we have not been in a true democracy since Trudeau jr. got in. Actually, his father sold us out too by turning our banks over to private control…along with more. Anyone that votes liberal today must be a Marx admirer - there is no other logical explanation
IMO your last sentence is judgemental and shameful. I vote with my conscience and I will therefore vote for Max because he is the only candidate with a moral compass. The rest of voters and candidates seem quite happy with all the abominations condemned in scripture that Trudeau legalised and condoned by voters. Man proposes, God disposes! Heed 2 Chronicles 7:14.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion as I am mine…that is the beauty of free speech which we will all lose if Carney should win.
a vote for Max is a vote for the Liberals, at this point.
By the way, when you quote scripture, you are being judgemental.
I have admitted no such nonsense. And Poilievre may have found the front gate, but sadly for him...he doesn't have the key.
“Undoing a bad Supreme Court decision is one thing, undoing everything is quite another.”
Don, I am unsure why you think that the Liberal legacy is good ? The country is a shadow of itself after 10 years and a doubling of the debt ! The only area in our economy to prosper is the MSM and bureaucrats ! The liberal appointed judges, on many levels have tainted the laws of this country ! That fact alone is worthy of the use of the “not withstanding” clause.
Canada would and will be a better place to live when the CPC / PP are running the show !
I really don't care if you are a Liberal or Conservative, but I can't imagine that you think it would be great if we devolve into a US like situation where every new incoming government makes it their number one priority to undo the previous term of an opposing government. A government that was lawfully elected to represent to electorate at that time. Attempting to erase the past is a very dangerous mindset. I presume you are aware that the conservative policies you hold dear and would want implemented could be erased by a subsequent Liberal government. No Liberal government has ever advocated using the Notwithstanding clause to do that, but if they did you would be screaming blue blood murder.
I question your assertion 'lawfully elected' when there has been known interference.
So you think what should happen regarding the alleged interference.
Something - yet there appears to be nothing done about it, along with a legacy of corruption.
I think CSIS did a pretty big investigation. Maybe we should ask the CPC Leader what it revealed about his party.
And I am sorry, but Carney was not elected
Don’t give me this nonsense 1) I was replying to a comment that inferred that the Liberals supported by the NDP was somehow not a legitimate government and 2) Of course Carney was not elected that is how things happen when the leader of a governing party steps down. The party elects a leader who then calls an election.
It’s perfectly legitimate in a Westminster democracy to repeal or amend laws. And goodness knows, there is a rich area of bad law that has been passed by the Trudeau administration that needs revisiting. Starting with C-69, an odious intrusion into provincial government authority that even the Supreme Court ruled it to be unconstitutional.
I also note that Justin Trudeau took great pleasure in winding down initiatives of the Harper Government, including the avoidance of the Liberal Party adoption of measures to replace party leaders. That sleight of hand entrenched a terrible leader as Prime Minister for at least 4 years beyond his best before date.
Right. Duly elected as a MINORITY after calling an election two years early in the middle of a PLANdemic to extend his ‘reign’ and then underhandedly making a secret arrangement with the NDP to form a basic majority does not a proper Government make. Together, they created some of the most Canada-killing Bills ever conceived. So it deserves to be undone.
Don, I am thinking that you are standing on principles ? A duly elected government propped up by a misguided NDP advocating for an agenda of world domination ! Together they worked to destabilize this country the same as has happened in Britian, Germany and France. Bring in laws to control income, free speech, and what you can say on the internet. Use the emergencies act to quell a peaceful protest when the public is fed up with a PM who thinks he is a dictator. One who turns a blind eye to political interference in elections by other countries !
All this, you would let stand because of your ideals ?
Your response is well written, but critical thinking is lacking when presented with facts ! Wrongs by Trudeau need to be reversed. Change can be embraced or you can hide your head in the sand and rely on ideals !
Discrediting the legitimacy of the government because it was a minority government is incorrect. Personally I prefer a minority government as it have mores checks and balances than a much less accountable majority government. Additionally the number of seats held by the Liberals and NDP represented a very substantial majority of Canadians. Probably more than most majority governments.
Nobody worked to destabilize anything. You may think they did, of course you do, but most people do not as evidenced by the dramatic rise of the Liberals in this election. But inferring the objective was intentional destabilization is ridiculous.
As far as the resident of Ottawa were concerned it was anything but a peaceful protest and the actions of the government were widely and significantly support by a majority of Canadians, excluding those of course who saw it as a political opportunity to attack the Liberals.
And, yes, I am standing on principles because there is nothing else that matters. I believe Conservative are as well, they just have different principles.
So be it. We agree to disagree. Thanks for the chat.
Anytime ;)
Canadians WANT a LOT of the damage Trudeau has done, undone. And if it takes the Notwithstanding Clause to do it, so be it.
Is this why Paul Bernardo now roams Canada as a free person?
Bernardo isn't free Thomas. He was moved from a maximum security prison to a medium security prison on the sly. He's still there.
I suspect that, after the Conservatives win the election, Bernardo will be back where he belongs, in a maximum security jail cell.
Yes, I know he’s still in prison. That was my sarcasm. We have a system in place to keep horrible criminals like Bernardo behind bars. Invoking the notwithstanding clause isn’t the way to do it.
The NotWithStanding Clause is to ensure that Parliament, IE, 'The People' are supreme, not the Courts, not the Senate, nor any other jurisdiction, be it Federal or Provincial.
The Courts in Canada, in my opinion, are much to soft on crime and criminals. Why should the families of the victims of heinous criminal acts, such as those perpetrated by Bernardo be put through a parole hearing just to satisfy an unjust requirement.
A life sentence should be just that... Life. Period.
Enacting a Law that upholds that sentiment would certainly be challenged in the Courts; likely all the way to the Supreme Court.
That's why the NotWithStanding is useful, and necessary, in some circumstances.
In a Parliamentary Democracy it is the People, as represented by Parliament, who are supreme.
Should we not try to redo the constitution to make it satisfactory instead of just purposely breaking the constitution because some people don’t agree with it? Or, Should we get rid of the charter of rights and freedoms altogether?
I think that there is a lot we, as Canadians, should try to do. The people write a Constitution, not foreign governments, which is essentially what the BNA Act/Canadian Constitution/Charter of Rights and Freedoms, is.
I also think that.. Does Canada actually have a legitimate Confederation?
Arguments can be made that we do not; but, instead have 10 Nations(the provinces) governed by an illegitimate central government.
You may be interested in watching the 48 minute film from this stack...
https://open.substack.com/pub/forbiddennews/p/canada-the-illusion?r=1epd35&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Talk about opening a 'can of worms' wrt governance!