Free speech is alive and well in Canada today for people whose beliefs about abortion, President Trump, homosexuality, Israel, transgender ideology, aboriginal policies, unrestricted immigration, globalism, lockdowns, mandatory vaccination policies, and human-caused climate change generally align with those of the Liberal Party of Canada — and its taxpayer-funded propagandist, the CBC. Conversely, people with perspectives that are conservative, libertarian, Christian, or otherwise contrary to the CBC-Liberal worldview, are not nearly as free to speak their views in public.Canada’s Liberals, NDP, Greens, and Bloc Québécois consistently claim to support free speech. In practice, whatever these people disagree with they call “hate speech” (speech that they hate) or “misinformation,” to be suppressed by the all-good and all-wise government authorities. Like the fascists in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, these people are so confident of possessing the truth that they feel entitled to silence anyone who disagrees with them..In 20 years of defending free speech in Canada, I have yet to see a single example of a feminist, pro-choice, LGBT-etc, animal rights, climate alarmist, Black Lives Matter, or Aboriginal rights advocate facing censorship on a university campus. People who hold one or more of the foregoing opinions are never banned from using a public space, or barred from renting a government-run facility. In the past 20 years, the only Canadians who have needed legal assistance to defend their Charter freedom of expression have been people whose opinions are not aligned with the CBC-Liberal narrative or the similar Green-NDP-Bloc worldview.A current example of selective, politically-motivated censorship in Canada is the CBC-generated hysteria over the American Christian musician, Sean Feucht, who has been subjected to an ongoing aggressive censorship in recent weeks..For the CBC and most of Canada’s political parties, Sean Feucht’s sins are both numerous and serious.In 2019, Sean Feucht reportedly joined other worship leaders at the White House to lay hands on President Trump and pray for him. In 2020, Feucht ran a “socially conservative” campaign in a Republican primary in California. According to Wikipedia, his campaign focussed on homelessness and affordable housing, opposed abortion and high taxes, and supported parental rights concerning mandatory vaccination and sex education. He rejected the government’s narrative about COVID-19 and lockdowns, arranging worship concerts across the U.S. that drew thousands to protest government restrictions on gatherings, proudly portrayed in the movie Superspreader. He held a memorial service in Washington DC for the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and led others in a prayer walk around the White House, Supreme Court, and other landmarks. One source claims that Sean Feucht has described drag queens as demonic, sick, twisted and "perverting the minds of children." Another source claims that he has lamented "gender confusion [and] sexual perversion" among young people. (Feucht reportedly helped lead a protest against Disney’s promotion of LGBT-etc ideology.)During the 2022 congressional elections, Feucht performed at campaign rallies in support of Republican candidates and did so again in 2024. It’s safe to assume that Sean Feucht is one of the 77 million Americans who voted for Trump in 2024..Sean Feucht’s views are in fact shared by tens of millions of Americans, as well as millions of Canadians. Yet the CBC sees Sean Feucht’s opinions as blasphemous falsehoods and outrageous monstrosities, so vile that they must be pushed out of the public square.The CBC’s ideological bias is evident from its media coverage.The CBC repeatedly describes Sean Feucht’s opinions as “controversial” when those same opinions are adhered to by millions of Canadians and Americans. Inside their echo chamber, CBC’s paid propagandists rarely encounter anyone who disagrees — even partially — with their own political assumptions and worldview. Calling conservative and Christian opinions “controversial” says more about the CBC than it does about Sean Feucht..Sean Feucht, like everyone else, has political opinions. However, he is first and foremost a Christian evangelist who leads people in prayer and worship, his political commentary being secondary.Yet CBC describes him repeatedly as a “MAGA musician” or “MAGA-affiliated Christian musician,” as though the primary purpose of his Canadian tour is to promote President Trump. If an American Christian musician who publicly supported the Democrats was touring Canada, the CBC would describe the artist as a “Christian musician,” not as a “Democrat musician” or as “Democrat-affiliated.”The CBC accuses Feucht of having “spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community” and of having a website and social media that are “littered” with “stances” against “the queer community.” The CBC makes it sound like Sean Feucht hates gay people, but the CBC provides zero support for its slimy and unethical insinuation.Accurately reporting on the Christian approach of “love the sinner, hate the sin” does not fit the CBC-Liberal narrative. Further, this ancient Christian approach is far too nuanced for lazy CBC 'journalists' to grasp or explain. It’s easier to demonize one’s opponent as 'hateful' than to provide the public with nuanced information that accurately presents what one’s opponent believes.The CBC smear campaign against Sean Feucht seems to be backfiring, with large crowds attending prayer and worship services across Canada. Regarding Sean Feucht’s cross-Canada tour, perhaps free speech is now winning against censorship. However, when Canada’s taxpayer-funded state broadcaster and the majority of Canada’s political parties are actively hostile to free expression, practicing “free speech for me, but not for thee,” freedom-loving Canadians have their work cut out for them.Ultimately, the guarantor of freedom of expression and other Charter freedoms is not the Charter itself, nor freedom-loving judges who interpret it properly, but rather the culture and social fabric of Canadian society. If Canadians cherish the free society in their hearts, and understand their constitutional freedoms in their minds, the free society will endure.John Carpay B.A., LL.B. is President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (jccf.ca), which is providing lawyers to Sean Feucht in defence of free expression.
