Former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Brian Peckford says Canadian's liberty and freedom have been infringed on by the federal Liberal government and the integrity of Canada's Constitution has been compromised..In an email, Peckford — the last living architect of the Canadian Charter Of Rights and Freedoms — told the Western Standard, "We have lost our moral compass and have allowed principles and values to become commodities, tradable even by the courts."."As I tried to sleep last night, the words of the lawyers and the judge in my lawsuit kept swirling around in my mind. The judge’s attitude seemed almost like they were debating the validity of a dog license," Peckford said..Peckford recently launched a lawsuit to strike down the federal government’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements for air travellers. The Notice of Application was initially filed on Feb. 1, 2022 on behalf of several Canadians from across Canada challenging the travel ban on the basis their Charter rights and freedoms were infringed.."I realize now that we have lost the ability to distinguish between a simple commodity for trade and the values and principles that are meant to bind a country together," Peckford said.."A constitution is not a trade agreement. We are not talking milk and egg quotas, a lumber deal between the US and Canada, a monetary policy of interest rates and inflation, debts and deficits, GDP, and trade imbalances," Peckford said..According to Peckford, when Socrates stood before the Athenian Jury a millennium ago, around 590 BC, he knew the jig was up for freedom, liberty, and free speech.."He knew it would be traded away because it was too dangerous for the power elite. Cicero knew he was fighting a losing battle in the Senate with the Authoritarians of his day as he fought for the rights of the Sicilians. Socrates knew he would have to take the poison," Peckford said.."When I was in Ottawa this year with the courageous truckers, the cloud hung over the multitude. The power elites would not negotiate and the Emergencies Act followed. The power elites were scared their power was crumbling. Even the terms of reference assessing the Emergencies Act validity is being determined by the government who imposed the act.".Peckford said the lawsuit, which was launched through the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, seeks to protect Canadians' constitutional right to mobility.."Who would have thought this so-called expedited process would still be ongoing and that the federal government would be attempting to block the case from even being heard," Peckford said..Peckford said some legal tricks were implemented for the case, "especially a relevant description in this case of freedom and rights and a detailed description of constitutionally protected rights and freedoms."."One would have thought the federal government would want constitutional validity of what they were doing," Peckford said.."We have lost our moral compass and have allowed principles and values to become commodities, tradable even by the courts. Mootness must now be negotiated before we know whether we have any right of mobility under Sec. 6 of the Charter.".According to Peckford, Judge Hinkson "measures" whether enough liberty has been taken away to infringe upon the value, and the principle of ‘Life, Liberty and Security Of the Person In Canada's Charter and Constitution..Peckford said a judge in Manitoba "believes" the state’s narrative about COVID-19 in the face of credible independent evidence.."Your honour I understood your role was to protect freedom not limit it. I thought the onus was on those trying to limit it to prove this. Yet we see you taking upon yourselves to determine the limits on personal liberty all based upon a circumstance that was and is unscientific by an objective measure," said Peckford..Peckford told the Western Standard Jeremy Maddock, who took the case of liberty to the BC supreme court, said the following about the decision that limited his freedom: "If this precedent stands, [the government] can make your life as inconvenient or unpleasant or uncomfortable as it wants to without infringing your right to liberty," Maddock said..Peckford commented, "Sadly, It seems clear to me now as the last living first minister who signed the 1981 Patriation Agreement that was to become The Constitution Act 1982 that since its inception two things have occurred which have limited our liberty and freedom and the integrity of Canada's Constitution."."From its inception, the process on how our Charter came together was abused and wrongly described," Peckford said.."But more importantly, as your courts ignored in their decisions the two principles that the framers deliberately inserted at the introduction of the Charter, supremacy of God and the rule of law. There was the undermining of values, principles, and permanence necessary for individual rights and freedoms to be paramount in the conduct of our democracy.".Peckford believes what happened over the last two years during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be restored.."If this cannot be restored, given the failed state of the other two branches and the failure of the press, (none carried any news on the federal court hearing on rights and freedoms ) our democracy is in deep peril."."Individual rights and freedoms are not bargaining chips in a trade war, but fundamental, permanent values and principles in the pursuit of satisfying the "supremacy of God and the rule of law" the foundational principles un-girding our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are an integral part of The Constitution Act of 1982," said Peckford.
Former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Brian Peckford says Canadian's liberty and freedom have been infringed on by the federal Liberal government and the integrity of Canada's Constitution has been compromised..In an email, Peckford — the last living architect of the Canadian Charter Of Rights and Freedoms — told the Western Standard, "We have lost our moral compass and have allowed principles and values to become commodities, tradable even by the courts."."As I tried to sleep last night, the words of the lawyers and the judge in my lawsuit kept swirling around in my mind. The judge’s attitude seemed almost like they were debating the validity of a dog license," Peckford said..Peckford recently launched a lawsuit to strike down the federal government’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements for air travellers. The Notice of Application was initially filed on Feb. 1, 2022 on behalf of several Canadians from across Canada challenging the travel ban on the basis their Charter rights and freedoms were infringed.."I realize now that we have lost the ability to distinguish between a simple commodity for trade and the values and principles that are meant to bind a country together," Peckford said.."A constitution is not a trade agreement. We are not talking milk and egg quotas, a lumber deal between the US and Canada, a monetary policy of interest rates and inflation, debts and deficits, GDP, and trade imbalances," Peckford said..According to Peckford, when Socrates stood before the Athenian Jury a millennium ago, around 590 BC, he knew the jig was up for freedom, liberty, and free speech.."He knew it would be traded away because it was too dangerous for the power elite. Cicero knew he was fighting a losing battle in the Senate with the Authoritarians of his day as he fought for the rights of the Sicilians. Socrates knew he would have to take the poison," Peckford said.."When I was in Ottawa this year with the courageous truckers, the cloud hung over the multitude. The power elites would not negotiate and the Emergencies Act followed. The power elites were scared their power was crumbling. Even the terms of reference assessing the Emergencies Act validity is being determined by the government who imposed the act.".Peckford said the lawsuit, which was launched through the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, seeks to protect Canadians' constitutional right to mobility.."Who would have thought this so-called expedited process would still be ongoing and that the federal government would be attempting to block the case from even being heard," Peckford said..Peckford said some legal tricks were implemented for the case, "especially a relevant description in this case of freedom and rights and a detailed description of constitutionally protected rights and freedoms."."One would have thought the federal government would want constitutional validity of what they were doing," Peckford said.."We have lost our moral compass and have allowed principles and values to become commodities, tradable even by the courts. Mootness must now be negotiated before we know whether we have any right of mobility under Sec. 6 of the Charter.".According to Peckford, Judge Hinkson "measures" whether enough liberty has been taken away to infringe upon the value, and the principle of ‘Life, Liberty and Security Of the Person In Canada's Charter and Constitution..Peckford said a judge in Manitoba "believes" the state’s narrative about COVID-19 in the face of credible independent evidence.."Your honour I understood your role was to protect freedom not limit it. I thought the onus was on those trying to limit it to prove this. Yet we see you taking upon yourselves to determine the limits on personal liberty all based upon a circumstance that was and is unscientific by an objective measure," said Peckford..Peckford told the Western Standard Jeremy Maddock, who took the case of liberty to the BC supreme court, said the following about the decision that limited his freedom: "If this precedent stands, [the government] can make your life as inconvenient or unpleasant or uncomfortable as it wants to without infringing your right to liberty," Maddock said..Peckford commented, "Sadly, It seems clear to me now as the last living first minister who signed the 1981 Patriation Agreement that was to become The Constitution Act 1982 that since its inception two things have occurred which have limited our liberty and freedom and the integrity of Canada's Constitution."."From its inception, the process on how our Charter came together was abused and wrongly described," Peckford said.."But more importantly, as your courts ignored in their decisions the two principles that the framers deliberately inserted at the introduction of the Charter, supremacy of God and the rule of law. There was the undermining of values, principles, and permanence necessary for individual rights and freedoms to be paramount in the conduct of our democracy.".Peckford believes what happened over the last two years during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be restored.."If this cannot be restored, given the failed state of the other two branches and the failure of the press, (none carried any news on the federal court hearing on rights and freedoms ) our democracy is in deep peril."."Individual rights and freedoms are not bargaining chips in a trade war, but fundamental, permanent values and principles in the pursuit of satisfying the "supremacy of God and the rule of law" the foundational principles un-girding our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are an integral part of The Constitution Act of 1982," said Peckford.
