Category Archives: Blog posts

Vaccine concerns weighed against natural immunity

Vaccine coercion by governments and employers and the segregation pass are egregious violations of human rights and democratic principles. Perceptions are manipulated in order to extract public acceptance of these extreme measures. Science itself is enlisted into this authoritarian program, … Continue reading

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Canadian travellers in Russia shocked by Canada’s draconian border measures

OCLA received an email on January 30, 2021, from a Canadian couple planning to  return home from travel in Russia. The writer of the email describes the relatively sane conditions in Russia and compares them to the draconian reality in Canada: “Just … Continue reading

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Criticism of DK Chu et al. on face masks for COVID-19 by professor Joseph Audie

Professor Joseph Audie wrote to OCLA’s researcher Denis Rancourt on July 14, 2020, to describe his observations about the “Chu et al.” article and its use by the WHO. Here is professor Audie’s letter, published with permission. Hello Dr. Rancourt, … Continue reading

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OCLA opposes the international campaign to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism

The OCLA endorses the recently expressed position of the BCCLA. Whereas the OCLA and the BCCLA (and the CCLA) are distinct and separate organizations, the OCLA nonetheless also opposes the international campaign to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) … Continue reading

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BLG lawyer asks LPAT to consider denying full right to appeal urban development decision

In today’s latest development of the case of Ottawa homeowner appellant Dr. Hadi Salmasian [see: “OCLA supports opponents of Ontario’s vague and unfair planning law”], a lawyer from the BLG law firm representing the developer has asked the Local Planning … Continue reading

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OCLA supports opponents of Ontario’s vague and unfair planning law

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) sides with Ottawa residents who are challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “minor variance” bylaw-variance provision of Ontario’s Planning Act. Dr. Hadi Salmasian’s constitutional challenge of section 45(1) of the Planning Act, his challenge … Continue reading

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Report from the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) 2015

I had the good fortune of attending the CELS 2015 in St. Louis, MO last week (Oct. 29-31). This was for my PhD research, not for the OCLA. However, as the research presented at the conference is of interest to … Continue reading

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Free Speech for Candidates

I was an in-studio guest yesterday on CBC Radio’s call-in show “Ontario Today”, hosted by Rita Celli. The title of the show was “Canning candidates: Is it good for democracy?” and the topic was the expulsion of candidates by the … Continue reading

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Update About Dr. Alex Nataros

Dr. Alex Nataros spoke at a public event hosted by the OCLA last May about whistleblowing in the medical system. Fortunately, Dr. Nataros he has been allowed back to work at St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal. Here is an update on his … Continue reading

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140 Groups Call for Anti-SLAPP Legislation in Ontario

Click the image above to go to today’s press release for a Greenpeace-organized campaign calling for Anti-SLAPP legislation in Ontario.

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