S05E11 And the winner is

In this week's Justice with John podcast, John announces the winner of the Justice Centre's annual George Jonas Freedom Award. Later, John talks about what led him to write a column on the rise in school absenteeism in Canada. We also discuss an op-ed in the Toronto Star supporting the Online Harms Act. The show ends with a bonus clip from 2008 in which we hear our 2024 George Jonas Freedom Award recipient address a controversial issue in defense of free speech. Justice Centre: George Jonas Freedom Award--The annual recognition of a Canadian advancing and preserving freedom. The National Post, Feb 29, 2024: The history of Section 13, the controversial hate speech law the Liberals just revived Rebel News CBC, Feb 16, 2016: Rachel Notley's NDP bans The Rebel from Alberta government news conferences The Hill Times, Nov 25, 2019: Rebel Media, banned by press gallery ‘for years,’ vows to continue to cover parliamentary news ‘with or without’ gallery approval, says Levant CBC, Jan 9, 2024: Rebel News personality arrested after an encounter with Chrystia Freeland New York Times, Nov 3, 2004: Dutch Filmmaker, an Islam Critic, Is Killed The Guardian, Sep 28, 2012: Andres Serrano's controversial Piss Christ goes on view in New York John Carpay in the Western Standard, Mar 30, 2024: No surprise — school absenteeism remains high after lockdowns CBC, Mar 27, 2024: Kids missing more school since pandemic, CBC analysis finds Ottawa Citizen, Jan 1, 2022: Ottawa teachers' unions call on Ottawa Public Health to keep schools closed Supriya Dwivedi in The Toronto Star, Mar 28, 2024: Have you heard the one about Justin Trudeau attacking your free speech online? Trust me: That’s just rage farming Peter Menzies on X, Mar 28, 2024: "the same people who approved the Online Harms Act decided it would be a cool idea have a staffer write an oped for The Star..." Ezra Levant human rights complaint videos Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens Support the show