Being the Saskatchewan rep for Action4Canada cost Tonie Wells her job and her driver’s licence, but she says this has only given her more time and motivation..“’Don’t fire me because I’m gonna have nothing to do but 24 hours a day to Erin Brockovich your ass all the way to court!’ The Justice Department fired me. And so here I am,” Wells told the Western Standard in an interview..In October, the former Ontario Provincial Police officer became a rep for Action4Canada, which describes itself as “a grassroots movement reaching out to millions of Canadians and UNITING our voices in opposition to the destructive policies tearing at the fabric of this nation.”.In an online interview, shortly thereafter, she urged workers to file grievances against their unions for a failure to represent them against what she called unconstitutional mandates for proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests to maintain employment..In November, Wells lost her job as a deputy sheriff for Saskatchewan Justice for “behaviour unbecoming an officer.”.“’ I’m not allowed to discriminate. I’m not allowed to criticize my government,’” Wells said she was told..“I said, ‘Well, geez, the NDP and the Conservatives are screwed, then. It’s my right as a Canadian to question my government. It’s my right as a paying member of a union to say you need to support me and you need to back me as your paying member and not support the government.’ And apparently, that’s not allowed, so they terminated me.”.Wells said her boss did not take kindly to being served a notice of liability for overseeing COVID-19 mandates or for being called a name..“I went on mental health leave prior to this because things were just getting too much for me…I was supposed to come back to work on Monday. I went in on Friday to grab something, my desk and my chair was gone. My desk was completely gone through. Everything was just all over the place. My keyboard was gone and all this stuff that was assigned to me through the government. And all my stuff was gone. And I was like, ‘Why do you have to be a ______? Why?’ And apparently, that’s not allowed.”.Despite picking up part-time work, Wells has more time than before to rally support for Action4Canada. On January 6, she announced a tour that would take her to five communities. She soon found out she had the government’s attention..“Thursday, I put my plates on my vehicle and put a payment on my receivable. They scanned my license, everything was great. Thursday afternoon, I released my tour dates across Saskatchewan, where I was going to be. Friday I finally got pulled over and got told that I had no licence,” Wells said..“I lost my licence because the government of Saskatchewan got a hold of my tour dates…The cop looked at me and he goes, ‘It’s disabled.’ And I’m like, ‘What does that mean?’ He goes, ‘I have no idea.’ I’m like, ‘Excellent! Cool.’”.Wells, a former Ontario Provincial Police member, said she would continue to drive the vehicle under common law..“The cop was like, ‘Oh, you know about that?’ .“And I was like, ‘Yes, I own it. I paid for it. I have the right to enjoy my possessions. So you go away.’”.Wells made more inquiries later but got partial answers..“They disabled my license, gave me a $1,000 fine, an arbitrary fine, which I am still yet to see the actual ticket, for acting as a commercial vehicle rather than a personal vehicle. And I said, ‘What are you talking about?’ ‘Well, you travel a lot.’ I’m like, ‘How do you know I travel a lot?’ ‘Well, we can’t speak to that.’.“I’m like, ‘Well, you’d better start speaking to it! When I travel, I travel for not for profit. I am not paid. I’m a volunteer.’” .Wells said she paid the fine, but has a court date July 18 to appeal it. In the meantime, the blogger is rallying groups across Saskatchewan where Action4Canada already has nine chapters..“We really welcome in the other little groups to empower them and to help them legally. In Regina here we’ve got a legal task force of 12 people. We have our rallies. We help businesses with $14,000 fines, helping parents with schools and school boards. It just goes on and on and on. And like I said, ‘If you fire me, I’m going to keep traveling.’ And here I am.”.Lee Harding is a Saskatchewan contributor to Western Standard.
Being the Saskatchewan rep for Action4Canada cost Tonie Wells her job and her driver’s licence, but she says this has only given her more time and motivation..“’Don’t fire me because I’m gonna have nothing to do but 24 hours a day to Erin Brockovich your ass all the way to court!’ The Justice Department fired me. And so here I am,” Wells told the Western Standard in an interview..In October, the former Ontario Provincial Police officer became a rep for Action4Canada, which describes itself as “a grassroots movement reaching out to millions of Canadians and UNITING our voices in opposition to the destructive policies tearing at the fabric of this nation.”.In an online interview, shortly thereafter, she urged workers to file grievances against their unions for a failure to represent them against what she called unconstitutional mandates for proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests to maintain employment..In November, Wells lost her job as a deputy sheriff for Saskatchewan Justice for “behaviour unbecoming an officer.”.“’ I’m not allowed to discriminate. I’m not allowed to criticize my government,’” Wells said she was told..“I said, ‘Well, geez, the NDP and the Conservatives are screwed, then. It’s my right as a Canadian to question my government. It’s my right as a paying member of a union to say you need to support me and you need to back me as your paying member and not support the government.’ And apparently, that’s not allowed, so they terminated me.”.Wells said her boss did not take kindly to being served a notice of liability for overseeing COVID-19 mandates or for being called a name..“I went on mental health leave prior to this because things were just getting too much for me…I was supposed to come back to work on Monday. I went in on Friday to grab something, my desk and my chair was gone. My desk was completely gone through. Everything was just all over the place. My keyboard was gone and all this stuff that was assigned to me through the government. And all my stuff was gone. And I was like, ‘Why do you have to be a ______? Why?’ And apparently, that’s not allowed.”.Despite picking up part-time work, Wells has more time than before to rally support for Action4Canada. On January 6, she announced a tour that would take her to five communities. She soon found out she had the government’s attention..“Thursday, I put my plates on my vehicle and put a payment on my receivable. They scanned my license, everything was great. Thursday afternoon, I released my tour dates across Saskatchewan, where I was going to be. Friday I finally got pulled over and got told that I had no licence,” Wells said..“I lost my licence because the government of Saskatchewan got a hold of my tour dates…The cop looked at me and he goes, ‘It’s disabled.’ And I’m like, ‘What does that mean?’ He goes, ‘I have no idea.’ I’m like, ‘Excellent! Cool.’”.Wells, a former Ontario Provincial Police member, said she would continue to drive the vehicle under common law..“The cop was like, ‘Oh, you know about that?’ .“And I was like, ‘Yes, I own it. I paid for it. I have the right to enjoy my possessions. So you go away.’”.Wells made more inquiries later but got partial answers..“They disabled my license, gave me a $1,000 fine, an arbitrary fine, which I am still yet to see the actual ticket, for acting as a commercial vehicle rather than a personal vehicle. And I said, ‘What are you talking about?’ ‘Well, you travel a lot.’ I’m like, ‘How do you know I travel a lot?’ ‘Well, we can’t speak to that.’.“I’m like, ‘Well, you’d better start speaking to it! When I travel, I travel for not for profit. I am not paid. I’m a volunteer.’” .Wells said she paid the fine, but has a court date July 18 to appeal it. In the meantime, the blogger is rallying groups across Saskatchewan where Action4Canada already has nine chapters..“We really welcome in the other little groups to empower them and to help them legally. In Regina here we’ve got a legal task force of 12 people. We have our rallies. We help businesses with $14,000 fines, helping parents with schools and school boards. It just goes on and on and on. And like I said, ‘If you fire me, I’m going to keep traveling.’ And here I am.”.Lee Harding is a Saskatchewan contributor to Western Standard.
