Also posted on ZeroHedge etc. with 350 comments Canadian Hikers Get the COVID-Style Tyranny Treatment by Jim Bovard | Sep 1, 2025 Canadian politicians are creating one bonfire after another of freedom and individual rights. COVID crackdowns established persecution precedents that politicians in some provinces refuse to allow to gather dust. Politicians are claiming the right […]
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N.Y. Post: Canada, Where “Mischief” Considered Worse than Tyranny
New York Post Oh, Canada’s hypocrisy! ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters face ludicrous prison sentences for mere ‘mischief’ By James Bovard Published Aug. 2, 2025, 10:00 a.m. ET According to Canada’s top prosecutors, the only thing worse than tyranny is “mischief.” And the worst possible “mischief” is objecting to tyranny. In a sentencing hearing earlier this week, […]

New York Post: Trudeau’s Iron Fist Flattens Canadian Freedom
New York Post, February 15, 2022 Justin Trudeau’s Canadian injustice is just a naked grab for power By James Bovard To save Canadian democracy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must first destroy it. Since the start of the pandemic, Trudeau has acted like COVID entitled him to unlimited power in the name of public safety — […]

USA Today: Covid Hypocrisy Shows Crackdowns Must End
USA Today, February 6, 2022 From Canadian truckers to European protests, the world is fed up with COVID crackdowns After two years of prohibitions designed to placate fears rather than protect public health, can we compel our rulers to end COVID-19 restrictions? by James Bovard Opinion columnist If hypocrisy were a panacea, the COVID-19 virus […]
Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One?
The Media War on Canadian Truckers: Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One? by James Bovard The denigration of the Canadian trucker protest convoy exemplifies how freedom is now the biggest villain of the Covid-19 pandemic. A Washington Post cartoonist portrayed the trucker convoy as “fascism” incarnate while another Post column derided the “toxic ‘Freedom Convoy.’” […]