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OCLA is now hosting EH Carr’s seminal book about geopolitics

THE TWENTY YEARS’ CRISIS 1919-1939 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS By Edward Hallet Carr (1939) https://ocla.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/167060273-E-H-Carr-the-Twenty-Years-Crisis-1919-1939-an-Introduction-to-the-Study-of-International-Relations-1946.pdf  

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Letter from a Swab-Injured Support Worker

OCLA received the following letter from a long-term care home worker in Ontario who was injured by a swab test. Ontario has ordered that support workers must undergo two tests per week, in a directive dated March 15, 2021. To … Continue reading

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Resources to help you defend your civil liberties in relation to COVID

This post contains links to resources to help individuals in Ontario defend their civil liberties against COVID-related violations. Note that the resources or services listed below are all offered by organizations other than OCLA. We will update the list below as … Continue reading

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OCLA Report 2021-1: Ontario’s mandatory face masking and physical distancing law (Reg. 364/20)

OCLA, today, released its report entitled: “Analysis of the scientific basis for Ontario, Canada’s mandatory face masking and physical distancing law, 2020“, by Denis Rancourt, PhD. Here is the LINK to the full report. The report is a detailed critical … 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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OCLA’s 2020 Year in Review

Dear OCLA Supporter, This email is to give you an update on the Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA)’s work in the surreal year of 2020. We hope to stay connected with you and work together to resist and reverse the … Continue reading

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The Chairperson of the Ottawa Board of Health Keith Egli Refuses to Debate Ottawa’s Face Mask Law

This week, the OCLA invited Mr. Keith Egli, the Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health (OBH) and a City of Ottawa Councillor, to publicly debate Ottawa’s mandatory face mask by-law. The mandatory mask law was recommended by Ottawa Public … Continue reading

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OCLA at the Toronto rally against the lockdown

Carly Benjamin spoke about the OCLA’s opposition to the lockdown, mandatory masks, and other oppressive COVID measures at the 17 October 2020 rally at Dundas Square in Toronto. You can watch Carly’s speech below:

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Professor Michael Palmer’s email to faculty, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, about COVID-19: “the long-festering idiocy of academia has reached its terminal stage”

You have seen the media outrage resulting from Professor Michael Palmer suggesting that COVID-19 “is no worse than a flu”, but the media have avoided publishing the important email itself, and have avoided reporting key content in the email. Here … Continue reading

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OCLA Letter in Defence of Free Speech of Dr. Kulvinder Gill

The OCLA has written to Dr. Brenda Copps, President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), asking her to immediately dismiss investigations into tweets made by Ontario medical doctor Dr. Kulvinder Gill that are critical of COVID-19 … Continue reading

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