Score one for The Rebel..Justin Trudeau’s Liberals had barred the news organization from attending the federal leaders’ debates – a decision overturned Wednesday by a federal court judge..“Today we scored one for liberty,” said founder Ezra Levant of the ruling..The Rebel said they planned on sending 11 journalists to Wednesday’s night French leaders’ debate..The Rebel won’t actually get to take part in the debate, but they will be able to attend the press conferences after the event..The same thing happened with the 2019 debates – The Rebel was initially barred, but a court overturned Trudeau’s decision..“I wish I could say this encouraging court ruling would cause Trudeau to rethink his censorship schemes, but I honestly don’t think he cares,” said Levant..“We know he doesn’t think the law applies to him — he’s broken the Conflict of Interest Act more than all previous prime ministers combined. And during this election campaign he said he plans to remove the ability of ordinary Canadians to sue in court to protect their rights under his vaccine passport schemes. He really hates civil liberties.”.Later Wednesday afternoon, Trudeau tried to block one Rebel reporter on the grounds they couldn’t produce a proper negative COVID-19 test..Another emergency court hearing was held – this time by phone – and the reporter was allowed in..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
Score one for The Rebel..Justin Trudeau’s Liberals had barred the news organization from attending the federal leaders’ debates – a decision overturned Wednesday by a federal court judge..“Today we scored one for liberty,” said founder Ezra Levant of the ruling..The Rebel said they planned on sending 11 journalists to Wednesday’s night French leaders’ debate..The Rebel won’t actually get to take part in the debate, but they will be able to attend the press conferences after the event..The same thing happened with the 2019 debates – The Rebel was initially barred, but a court overturned Trudeau’s decision..“I wish I could say this encouraging court ruling would cause Trudeau to rethink his censorship schemes, but I honestly don’t think he cares,” said Levant..“We know he doesn’t think the law applies to him — he’s broken the Conflict of Interest Act more than all previous prime ministers combined. And during this election campaign he said he plans to remove the ability of ordinary Canadians to sue in court to protect their rights under his vaccine passport schemes. He really hates civil liberties.”.Later Wednesday afternoon, Trudeau tried to block one Rebel reporter on the grounds they couldn’t produce a proper negative COVID-19 test..Another emergency court hearing was held – this time by phone – and the reporter was allowed in..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694