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Omicron surge in US and Canada underway. Experience in South Africa and UK “extremely encouraging”

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Despite a slew of restrictions being announced daily, Omicron is here and there’s no stopping it.

Medical researcher John Campbell is back with the numbers from the US, the UK, and South Africa. Ā According to the latest data, South Africa ‘may’ be on the downside of this latest surge. Ā The daily numbers show the surge is in full swing in the UK. Ā Meanwhile it’s only just beginning in the US and Canada.

Campbell shows us the bad news and the potentially good news as South Africa and the UK have not seen a massive surge in hospitalizations. Ā  In the UK, 50% of the people in hospital who tested positive for Covid are actually in hospital for another reason. Ā The conclusion so far is that the surge of cases are not turning into a corresponding surge at hospitals.

In the following video John Campbell also talks about adverse reactions from vaccinations. Ā Data from Denmark and Norway show the manner in which those vaccinations are given (aspiration vs no aspiration) can drastically affect the number of serious health reactions.

Canadians should be encouraged to keep on eye on these daily video explanations shared by John Campbell. Ā (Many already are) Ā Campbell’s take on the daily data is unique in its lack of politicization. Ā It’s one of the few places you can go to become informed without contributing to the growing polarization in our families, and our communities.

After 15 years as a TV reporter with Global and CBC and as news director of RDTV in Red Deer, Duane set out on his own 2008 as a visual storyteller. During this period, he became fascinated with a burgeoning online world and how it could better serve local communities. This fascination led to Todayville, launched in 2016.

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Maxime Bernier slams Freedom Convoy leadersā€™ guilty verdict, calls Canadaā€™s justice system ā€˜corruptā€™

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By Anthony Murdoch

The leader of the Peopleā€™s Party of Canada says Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were victims of a ‘political witch hunt.’

The leader of the Peopleā€™s Party of Canada (PPC) ripped Thursdayā€™s federal court ruling that found Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber guilty of mischief, saying the court siding with the government amounted to a ā€œpolitical witch hunt.ā€

ā€œIt is disheartening to learn that two of the heroes of the Freedom Convoy, @LichTamara and @ChrisBarber1975, have been found guilty of mischief in the longest and one of the costliest trials in Canadian history,ā€ Maxime BernierĀ wrote Thursday on X.

ā€œThis clearly was a political witch hunt.ā€

Bernier added that in his view the reality is that Canadaā€™s justice system is ā€œcorrupt.ā€

ā€œTrudeau and his ministers who illegally invoked the Emergencies Act and violated basic rights will go unpunished,ā€ he noted.

ā€œOur justice system is corrupt to the bones.ā€

On Thursday, Justice Heather Perkins-McVey, the federal judge overseeing the mischief trial, deliveredĀ her verdict, finding both Lich and Barber guilty of mischief.

Perkins-McVey seemed to agree with the Crownā€™s case that Lich and Barberā€™s influence on the Freedom Convoy constituted public mischief but did dismiss the Crownā€™s Carter Application accusing Lich and Barber of conspiracy outright.

Lich and Barber both faced six charges each, those being charges of mischief, obstruction, intimidation, and counseling others to commit mischief and intimidation. After the court reconvened Thursday afternoon, Lich was acquitted of four of her six charges, with the fifth charge, counseling to commit mischief, being stayed by the judge.

As for sentencing, the court will reconvene on April 16 at 1:30 p.m. EST, at which time it will say when a date and time for sentencing will be held.

Lich and Barber both face aā€Æpossibleā€Æ10-year prison sentence. LifeSiteNews has reportedā€Æextensivelyā€Æon their trial.

The Lich and Barber trial concluded in September 2024, more than a year after it began. It was only originally scheduled to last 16 days.

Lich and Barber wereā€ÆarrestedĀ onā€ÆFebruary 17, 2022, in Ottawa for their roles in leading the popular Freedom Convoy protest against COVID mandates. During COVID, Canadians were subjected to vaccine mandates, mask mandates, extensive lockdowns and even the closure of churches.

Despite the peaceful nature of the protest, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act to clear out protesters, an action a federal judge has since said was ā€œnot justified.ā€ During the clear-out, an elderly lady wasā€Ætrampled by a police horseĀ and many who donated to the cause had their bank accounts frozen.

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Mark Carney refuses to clarify 2022 remarks accusing the Freedom Convoy of ā€˜seditionā€™

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By Anthony Murdoch

Mark Carney described the Freedom Convoy as an act of ‘sedition’ and advocated for the government to use its power to crush the non-violent protest movement.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to elaborate on comments he made in 2022 referring to the anti-mandate Freedom Convoy protest as an act of ā€œseditionā€ and advocating for the government to put an end to the movement.

ā€œWell, look, I havenā€™t been a politician,ā€ Carney said when a reporter in Windsor, Ontario, where a Freedom Convoy-linkedĀ border blockade took place in 2022, asked, ā€œWhat do you say to Canadians who lost trust in the Liberal government back then and do not have trust in you now?ā€

ā€œI became a politician a little more than two months ago, two and a half months ago,ā€ he said. ā€œI came in because I thought this country needed big change. We needed big change in the economy.ā€

Carneyā€™s lack of an answer seems to be in stark contrast to the strong opinion he voiced in a February 7, 2022,Ā columnĀ published in theĀ Globe & MailĀ at the time of the convoy titled, ā€œItā€™s Time To End The Sedition In Ottawa.ā€

In that piece, Carney wrote that the Freedom Convoy was a movement of ā€œsedition,ā€ adding, ā€œThatā€™s a word I never thought Iā€™d use in Canada. It means incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.ā€

Carney went on to claim in the piece that if ā€œleft uncheckedā€ by government authorities, the Freedom Convoy would ā€œachieveā€ its ā€œgoal of undermining our democracy.ā€

Carney even targeted ā€œ[a]nyone sending money to the Convoy,ā€ accusing them of ā€œfunding sedition.ā€

Internal emails from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) eventuallyĀ showedĀ that his definition of sedition were not in conformity with the definition under Canadaā€™s Criminal Code, which explicitly lists the ā€œuse of forceā€ as a necessary aspect of sedition.

ā€œThe key bit is ā€˜use of force,’ā€ one RCMP officer noted in the emails. ā€œIā€™m all about a resolution to this and a forceful one with us victorious but, from the facts on the ground, I donā€™t know weā€™re there except in a small number of cases.ā€

The reality is that the Freedom Convoy was a peaceful event of public protest against COVID mandates, and not one protestor was charged with sedition. However, the Liberal government, then under Justin Trudeau, did take an approach similar to the one advocated for by Carney, invoking the Emergencies Act to clear-out protesters. Since then, a federal judge has ruled that such action was ā€œnot justified.ā€

Despite this, the two most prominent leaders of the Freedom Convoy, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, still face aā€Æpossibleā€Æ10-year prison sentence for their role in the non-violent assembly. LifeSiteNews has reportedā€Æextensivelyā€Æon their trial.

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