RoadKill Radio: Why Are So Many Canadian Universities Suppressing Free Speech?

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Dec 042012
 

Oliver Capko joins Kari Simpson and Ron Gray to talk about the challenges of having to educate some university student groups about the Charter Protected Rights of individuals. Oliver is a first year agriculture student at Langley’s Kwantlen Polytechnic University that is giving a crash course in LAW 101 to the Kwantlen Student Association after they refused to give club status to his pro-life group! The outrage is that public money is used to fund these so-called institutions of higher learning! It is a tragic commentary that university students fail to understand that in Canada we have the right to have differing opinions and that Student Associations are prohibited from discriminating against some groups because they value the protection of human life! What are they teaching these students?

Drive For Justice 24: The Appeal and Its Appealing Decision

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Dec 032012
 

Ron Gray steers Drive For Justice into the courtroom of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, where Rafe Mair's inexplicable exoneration by "Justice" M. Marvyn Koenigsberg was decidedly overturned by Justices Southin, Thackray, and Prowse. Kari Simpson wins her case against Rafe Mair, who was found guilty of malicious libel. While the Appeals decision itself repeated some of Mair's lies as apparent facts, the case was nonetheless settled. Or was it? Tune in to find out what happens next!

Associated Press to be SLUR-free, Says Good-bye to Using the Term “Homophobia”!

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Nov 302012
 

RKR News (RoadKillRadio.com)

The Associated Press is following the lead of Roadkill Radio’s own Kari Simpson by nixing the slur “homophobia” and a number of other terms from its Style Book in recent months.

AP’s online Style Book now says that “-phobia” is “an irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness” and should not be used “in political or social contexts,” including “homophobia” and “Islamophobia.” It also calls “ethnic cleansing” a “euphemism”, and says the AP “does not use ‘ethnic cleansing’ on its own. It must be enclosed in quotes, attributed and explained.”

AP Deputy Standards Editor Dave Minthorn was quoted as stating “Homophobia especially – it’s just off the mark. It’s ascribing a mental disability to someone, and suggests a knowledge that we don’t have. It seems inaccurate. Instead, we would use something more neutral: anti-gay, or some such, if we had reason to believe that was the case.”

“We want to be precise and accurate and neutral in our phrasing,” he said.

The changes made to the online Style Book will appear in next year’s printed edition.

RoadKill Radio was one of the first media campaigners to start confronting those who relied on this slur, a slur used typically to denigrate those who would not be bullied into the sex activist political agenda.  The campaign began after RoadKill Radio host Kari Simpson attended a meeting at the Vancouver School Board and was appalled by the sex activist rhetoric being used by students and certain school trustees.  Simpson immediately sent a letter to Patti Bacchus, Chair of the Vancouver School Board and a vocal supporter of students engaging in activities sponsored by the Queer Film Festival.  In it, Simpson wrote:

I was disappointed and offended to see you allowed hateful and contemptuous slurs being used that night: slurs made by trustees, teachers, students and PAC representatives. The terms “homophobe”, “homophobic” and “homophobia” are well-known hateful words, typically rooted in bigotry or ignorance and used to target, demean and bully into silence and compliance individuals and/or groups opposed to the public dissemination of false and propagandist information related to homosexuality and other allegedly “fluid” sexual determinations.

Simpson didn’t stop there.  Next in her sights was then BC Education Minister George Abbott.  In her letter she demanded change and that government officials cease using slurs.  It had an effect.  Simpson says that the use of terms like “homophobia” has been dramatically reduced since.

Simpson is pleased with the news about AP and admits she has been instrumental in providing “corporate America” with information about the tactics of sex activists.  She refers to a recent victory with VIMEO over complaints made by a militant homosexual activist.  “The situation Mr. Flanders presented to us has not only served to educate some of the top legal firms and media outlets in the United States and Canada but also the courts about how sex activist use unsubstantiated terms, lies and threats to get their way.”

RoadKill Radio: Jim Enos Uses Common Sense to Flush the Bathroom Bill

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Nov 272012
 

Kari Simpson and Ron Gray speak with Jim Enos, President of the Hamilton-Wentworth Family Action Council, about the pros (none) and cons (many) of the private members' Bill C279. Dubbed the "Bathroom Bill", this law is using the smokescreen of protecting gender equality to – among other things – allow a person of any self-identified gender to enter any bathroom. That is, a man can claim to be a female and enter a girl's bathroom without any legal reproach.

Drive For Justice 23: Silly, Sloppy, or Sinister? – A Schizophrenic Verdict

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Nov 262012
 

Ron Gray takes us point-by-point through "Justice" M. Marvyn Koenigsberg's schizophrenic verdict in Kari Simpson's defamation case against the liar Rafe Mair – a verdict that was so contradictory and contrary to the facts of the case that it begged the question: Was the judge being silly, stupid, or sinister? Tune in the hear why the appeals court had absolutely no problem tossing the verdict out.

Clare L. Pieuk: But that was then and this is now Chief Justice McLachlin!

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Nov 232012
 

by Clare L. Pieuk

Let me begin by asserting that Canada has a strong and healthy justice system. Indeed, our courts and justice system are looked to by many countries as exemplary. We have well-appointed courtrooms, presided over by highly qualified judges. Our judges are independent and deliver impartial justice, free of fear and favour. The Canadian Judicial Council, which I head, recently issued an information note on the judicial appointments process in which it affirmed these long-standing principles on which our justice system is based. Canadians can have confidence that judges are committed to rendering judgment in accordance with the law and based on the evidence. Corruption and partisanship are non-issues. In all these things, we are fortunate indeed.

Remarks of the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C. Presented at the Empire Club of Canada Toronto, March 8, 2007 (The Challenge We Face).

Good Day Readers:

Since that statement was made there’s the Douglas Inquiry and the shocking allegations concerning the conduct of British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Mary Marvyn Koenigsberg (federally appointed) in Simpson versus Mair & WIC the subject of a series of videos on www.DriveForJustice.com. There is also the case of a third federally appointed Justice CyberSmokeBlog is unable to discuss.

… We have well-appointed courtrooms …

Don’t think so! What good are they if the public is unable to hear Justices, counsel and witnesses half the time? Such is the case in Manitoba Queen’s Bench and the Federal Court of Canada in Winnipeg.

During the Douglas Inquiry on more than one occasion the audio system broke down leaving lawyers scrambling to try to fix it. At times it functioned like that one would expect to find in a third world country. Was any thought given to having an audio expert available in the event of such a contingency? Of course not! Witnesses and even counsel had to be constantly reminded by Chair Alberta Chief Justice Catherine Fraser to speak louder or sit/stand closer to their desk microphones because lapel microphones where not being used.

A veteran Toronto reporter at the Douglas Inquiry who has covered many, many Federal Court proceedings there noted it was deja vu all over again.

It has been said when you send a letter to the Supreme Court of Canada it disappears into a big, black hole never to be seen or heard from again.

That has been CSB’s experence on three previous occasions the most recent of which is reprinted below.

An open letter to Chief Justice McLachlin
Sunday, August 12, 2012

The Right Honourable Chief Justice of Canada
Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
Supreme Court of Canada
301 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0J1

Dear Chief Justice McLachlin:

The assumption is made you were accurately quoted.

We would like to offer our views regarding The Globe and Mail article based on The Manitoba Law Courts where our experience lies. There is no reason to believe it is any better or worse here than in other jurisdictions throughout Canada. In fact, it’s likely a poster child or microcosm of what ails courts across the country.

1.0 Barriers To Legal System Must Be Lowered If Public Confidence Is To Be Maintained

Barriers to entry can take many forms. Why cannot standard legal documents such as Statements of Claim/Defence, Affidavits, Motions, Motion Briefs, to name but a few, not be registered, filed and expensed online? Is the technology not already in place? What economic impact does this have on litigants who are in a different Canadian jurisdiction much less outside the country?

Why are Daily Dockets not displayed electronically?

2.0 Not Enough Judges, Lawyers Are Expensive

If there are not enough judges whose fault? Surely, in any jurisdiction there must be qualified candidates lined up to share in the salary, pension, benefits and other perquisites of a judicial appointment.

In the past, you are on the public record as urging the legal profession to undertake more pro bono work as one way to increase public availability to the courts. Is there not another. Many litigants are well-educated. How many lawyers are prepared to allow them to draft as many of the legal documents required as possible, of course, subject to their final approval?

3.0 Action Committee On Access To Justice In Civil And Family Matters

Our preliminary research based on discussions with litigants here, as well as reading about problems with Family Court in the United States, Australia and just about anywhere else one chooses to turn, is they’re in a mess. In short, a major re-think of the current business model is required .

We have not examined closely the aforementioned Committee but does it at least have some layperson direct involvement/input or, as so often happens, it is the legal system examining and passing judgment on itself in the absence of any citizen/taxpayer oversight? For example, what provision exists for men/women who have been through a divorce or child custody case to outline their experiences firsthand?

4.0 No One Will Solve This Alone

The “silver bullet” referenced in your comments could well turn out to be those citizens and taxpayers who must suffer through the inefficiencies a system that is in dire need of re-shaping. Who better to ask than the users who, in the end, are obliged to pay the cost.

5.0 Courts Have To Be Adequately Staffed

As previously noted, that is but half the equation the other being technology. The Supreme Court of the State of Indiana is about to embark on a year long pilot project that would see automated cameras and recording equipment replace the traditional court clerk in several courtrooms. Any jurisdiction anywhere in Canada experimenting with anything evenly remotely similar? Probably not.

6.0 Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada

In the case of RCMP Officer Monty Robinson, it should be noted a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada is no guarantee of a Hearing. It decides not you.

Finally, Chief Justice McLachlin if there is one change you could make that would be everlasting it would be to do what you can to improve the audio in courtrooms. Time and time and time and … again we have attended Queen’s Bench and Provincial Court Hearings where it is impossible, even sitting in the front row, to often hear Justices/Judges, much less lawyers and witnesses.

We were reminded yet again at the recent Douglas Inquiry where the Committee had to constantly remind Counsel and witnesses to speak louder – that is, when the audio equipment was not malfunctioning which, to date, has occurred several times. And how many millions of dollars will it cost before it has concluded?

Canadians like to pride themselves on having an open court system but is it really if the public gallery cannot hear half the time? If you can bring about the use of lapel microphones by Justices/Judges, lawyers and witnesses, you will have solved a seemingly simple but to date impossible problem.

And for that you will get our vote as the greatest Chief Justice in the annals of the Canadian judiciary.

Respectfully,
Clare L. Pieuk

Media Citizen Journalist
Blog Master
www.CyberSmokeBlog.blogspot.com
pieuk@Shaw.ca

RoadKill Radio: MP Maurice Vellacott Honours Pro-Life Activists

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Nov 202012
 

Kari Simpson and Ron Gray interview Maurice Vellacott, MP for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in the province of Saskatchewan, about his recent recommendation that Linda Gibbons and Mary Wagner receive Diamond Jubalee medals. Vellacott calls these women "heroines of humanity" for their brave and relentless opposition to baby-killing (Canada is now the only country in the world with no law addressing pre-born human rights). MP Vellacott also discusses his support for Canada's removal of diplomatic ties with Iran.

Drive For Justice 22: Closing Arguments, and a Bizarre Settlement Conference

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Nov 192012
 

Ron Gray interviews Kari Simpson about the closing of her first (yes, more follow!) defamation trial against the lying shock jock Rafe Mair, and the bizarre "settlement conference" that "Justice" M. Marvyn Koenigsberg called before she was forced to settle the case on her own (and once you hear her legal decision, you'll understand why she wanted somebody else to take it off her hands!). This "ending" is just the beginning…

RoadKill Radio News: Parenting vs. the Lifelong Negative Consequences of Daycare

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Nov 132012
 

Kari Simpson and Ron Gray speak once again with Helen Ward, President of Kids First Parent Association of Canada, about the damaging ramifications of letting institutions raise your children. With all the evidence and common sense pointing toward the parent-child relationship as the healthiest, most positive way to raise a child, why does the government push institutional care – and why do parents buy into it!?

Drive For Justice 21: Behind the Curtain

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Nov 122012
 

Host Ron Gray continues taking us through the initial BC Supreme Court trial of Kari Simpson v. Rafe Mair et al in which Simpson accused Mair of defamation – and pulls back the curtain to reveal that the trial judge herself was on the defence side of her spouse’s own defamation case. This obvious conflict of interest should have resulted in the judge recusing herself, but listen to what shenanigans happened instead…

This Week On RoadKillRadio.com! (November 12 – November 18, 2012)

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Nov 112012
 

Behind the Judicial Curtain, Parenting vs. DayCare, Daycare and Bullying, and Who Are the Real Bullies?

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Monday, November 12, 2012
Drive for Justice 21: Behind the Curtain
Host Ron Gray continues taking us through the initial BC Supreme Court trial of Kari Simpson v. Rafe Mair et al in which Simpson accused Mair of defamation – and pulls back the curtain to reveal that the trial judge herself was on the defence side of her husband’s own defamation case. This obvious conflict of interest should have resulted in the judge recusing herself, but listen to what shenanigans happened instead…

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
RoadKillRadio News: Parenting vs. the Lifelong Negative Consequences of Daycare
Kari Simpson and Ron Gray speak once again with Helen Ward, President of Kids First Parent Association of Canada, about the damaging ramifications of letting institutions raise your children. With all the evidence and common sense pointing toward the parent-child relationship as the healthiest, most positive way to raise a child, why does the government push institutional care – and why do parents buy into it!?

Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Mark Hasiuk Show: The Roles of Media and Daycare in Bullying
Join Mark Hasiuk as he explores bullying / cyber-bullying, and the roles that the media and daycare play in this social crime. Citing Amanda Todd‘s recent tragic suicide, Mark explains why this particular teen suicide garnered so much attention. Turning his focus on the cause of bullying, Mark explores the role of daycare and institutionalized child rearing. Want to stop bullying? Start reconnecting parents with their kids.

Saturday, November 17, 2012
Family Freedom Fighters: Who Are the Real Bullies?
Ron Gray takes a step back to look at the bigger picture of bullying. Why does it exist at all? Why does it exist in our culture? And why have we allowed bullies to take our world from us and shape it in their own image? Find out who the real bullies are, and how we allow them to get away with their bad behaviour.

RoadKill Radio News: Creating Bullies – Are Children Raised Better by Their Parents or by Institutions?

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Nov 062012
 

Kari Simpson and Ron Gray speak with Helen Ward, President of Kids First Parent Association of Canada, about the assertion by anti-parent activists that government institutions would actually raise your children better than you do. The theory – already debunked by countless studies – is that peers and autocrats have a better influence on a child's upbringing than good old fashioned parental care and guidance. The real shocker: Such theories are being promoted by teachers and their unions!

Drive For Justice 20: The Trial Begins

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Nov 052012
 

Ron Gray takes us into the original Supreme Court of British Columbia trial in which Kari Simpson's lawsuit against shock jock Rafe Mair and his radio station was heard by Justice Mary Marvyn Koenigsberg who – unbeknownst to Simpson at the time – was embroiled in her own anti-defamation lawsuit. You'll hear the arguments made in defence of Rafe Mair's outlandish lies and slanders against an innocent defender of family rights, and hear why "Justice" Koenigsberg might be inclined to look the other way.

This Week On RoadKillRadio.com! (November 5 – November 11, 2012)

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Nov 052012
 

Truth on Trial, Parents vs. Institutions, BC Housing Scandals, Can a T-Shirt Change the World?

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Monday, November 5, 2012
Drive for Justice 20: The Trial Begins

Ron Gray takes us into the original Supreme Court of British Columbia trial in which Kari Simpson‘s lawsuit against shock jock Rafe Mair and his radio station was heard by Justice Mary Marvyn Koenigsberg who – unbeknownst to Simpson at the time – was embroiled in her own anti-defamation lawsuit. You’ll hear the arguments made in defence of Rafe Mair’s outlandish lies and slanders against a fierce defender of family rights, and hear why “Justice” Koenigsberg might be inclined to tip the scales of justice.

 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012
RoadKillRadio News: Creating Bullies – Are Children Raised Better by Their Parents or by Institutions?

Kari Simpson and Ron Gray speak with Helen Ward, President of Kids First Parent Association of Canada, about the assertion by anti-parent activists that government institutions would actually raise your children better than you do. The theory – already debunked by countless studies – is that peers and autocrats have a better influence on a child’s upbringing than good old fashioned parental care and guidance. The real shocker: Such theories are being promoted by teachers and their unions!

 

Thursday, November 8, 2012
The Mark Hasiuk Show: The BC Housing Scandals

Mark Hasiuk recently broke the story of widespread abuse of Purchasing Cards – company debit cards – issued to hundreds of BC Housing employees and used to run up unchecked expenses with taxpayer money. This scandal is right on the heels of Mark’s exposé of another British Columbia housing scandal in which tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were discovered being funnelled through the BC Housing Management Commission directly to the CEO’s wife’s personal housing program Atira, a program that unapologetically runs de facto brothels in Vancouver’s east side. How is BC Housing Minister Rich Coleman defending these obvious and egregious abuses and conflicts of interest? During his re-election bid, not much, of course.

 

Saturday, November 10, 2012
Family Freedom Fighters: Can a T-Shirt Change the World?

Ron Gray reviews the 2010 banning of a T-shirt designed by convicted Canadian felons to demonstrate their opinion that Canada is in political and social distress – a ban ostensibly based solely on the fact that an upside-down maple leaf is depicted on the T-shirt. Might the resulting class action lawsuit against the Attorney General of Canada actually lead to a revision of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? And would that be such a bad thing?

Drive for Justice 19: Discovery (The Fix Is In)

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Oct 292012
 

Ron Gray interviews Kari Simpson about the "discovery" portion of her defamation lawsuit against Rafe Mair and his employer, CKNW (WIC Radio). As you will hear, the fix was already in; Rafe Mair's story changes from public venue to discovery to the actual trial as he and his lawyer take advantage of the court's willingness to bend in their direction.

This Week On RoadKillRadio.com! (October 29 – November 4, 2012)

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Oct 292012
 

Lying Lawyers, Vexatious Litigants, Fixed Presidential Debates, and Canada Officially Rejects God

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Monday, October 29, 2012
Drive for Justice 19: Discovery (The Fix Is In)

Ron Gray interviews Kari Simpson about the “discovery” portion of her defamation lawsuit against Rafe Mair and his employer, CKNW (WIC Radio). As you will hear, the fix was already in; Rafe Mair‘s story changes from public venue to discovery to the actual trial as he and his lawyer take advantage of the court’s willingness to bend in their direction.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
RoadKillRadio News: Anatomy of Vexatious Litigation

Kari Simpson and Ron Gray speak with Brian Camenker of MassResistance.org about the recent overturning of a court order against Mr. Camenker. The court order, initiated by an individual named Mr. Flanders, was deemed to have been based on erroneous information supplied by Mr. Flanders, who claims to be on Welfare and therefore able to spend all his time at reduced court costs to file endless lawsuits against people, organizations, and corporations with which he disagrees. Vexatious litigation is examined in this episode. Also discussed is the upcoming U.S. Presidential election.

Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Mark Hasiuk Show: Rules of US Presidential Debates

Mark Hasiuk discusses the role that the rules of US Presidential debates play in modern day campaigning. These rules are privately established between the debating parties and lend little room for spontaneity or true discussion. Are the candidates that fearful of actual discourse? Or is the fix already in? Hear what Mark has to say about it.

Saturday, November 3, 2012
Family Freedom Fighters: Leaving God Behind

Ron Gray interviews Dr. Michael Wagner about his new book “Leaving God Behind”, which examines how Canada has systematically and officially removed Christianity from Canada’s Christian-based culture to replace it with a new State religion: Secular Humanism. The book’s subtitle, “The Charter of Rights and Canada’s Official Rejection of Christianity”, says it all.

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