{"id":33527,"date":"2025-11-18T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=33527"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:30:10","slug":"mr-john-carpay-justice-centre-for-constitutional-freedoms-thanks-for-warning-us-about-bill-c-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/mr-john-carpay-justice-centre-for-constitutional-freedoms-thanks-for-warning-us-about-bill-c-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. John Carpay, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms: thanks for warning us about Bill C-9!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FinalAcademicFreedom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FinalAcademicFreedom.jpg 624w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FinalAcademicFreedom-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For those who do not know him, Mr. John Carpay is the President and Founder of the &#8220;<em>Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms<\/em>&#8220;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you can find his brief video explaining Bill C-9&#8217;s risk of slippery slope:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Bill C-9 criminalizes feelings and restricts the free speech of Canadians. Bill C-9 is largely an exercise in virtue signaling because Canadian judges already have the power under the Criminal Code, section 718, to impose a harsher sentence on a criminal if the crime was motivated by hate<\/em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why does Ottawa seem to insist, either carelessly or perhaps knowingly, to dive Canada into an increasingly authoritarian state? Is this approach wise and fair for all, including the children and grandchildren of our lawmakers? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, Canada has principled lawyers\/legal experts, like Mr. Carpay, who raise awareness to help us keep protecting our beautiful Canadian values of freedom of expression (for all) and of personal responsibility.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"John Carpay speaks out on Bill C-9 - the Combatting Hate Act.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYABcBX5Ffo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Song For Liberty\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rDuXS97x-sY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29970\" style=\"width:272px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who do not know him, Mr. John Carpay is the President and Founder of the &#8220;Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms&#8220;. 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