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Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Founded in 2010 as a voice for freedom in Canada’s courtrooms, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF’s) mission is to defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through litigation and education.

Most Recent Articles by Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms:

AHS and Alberta Transplant Doctors Fail to Follow Science on Natural Immunity


ALBERTA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms provides an update to its April 18, 2023 News Release concerning Sheila Annette Lewis’s recent demand letter to the Alberta Transplant Program.

On April 14, 2023, Ms. Lewis’ legal counsel sent a demand letter on her behalf to her transplant doctors and AHS providing them with scientific proof that she has robust natural immunity to Covid-19. A highly sensitive blood test revealed the presence of antibodies which showed that she had Covid-19 in September 2021, and again more recently. She requested that as a result of her natural immunity to Covid-19, the transplant team and AHS exempt her from the Covid-19 vaccine policy, and reinstate her to the high priority (Status 2) organ transplant list so that she can have a chance to receive life-saving surgery.

- Friday, May 19, 2023



Trustee censured for asking questions about Board policies files court application against school board

OSHAWA, ONTARIO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (“JCCF”) is announcing that School Board Trustee Linda Stone has filed an application for judicial review against the Durham District School Board (the “Board”) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for censoring her speech and interfering with her ability to fulfil her role as an elected official.

Trustee Stone was recently censured by the Board and excluded from a Board meeting for exercising her freedom of expression and for voicing her constituents’ concerns about the Board’s policies around race, sexuality, and gender. She has also been barred from attending any Board committee meetings for the rest of this year.

- Tuesday, April 18, 2023


Ontario father takes denial of EI benefits for not taking Covid-19 vaccine to Federal Court of Appeal

Toronto, Ontario: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is sharing that Robin Francis, who was terminated from his employment and deemed ineligible for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine, has made a special judicial review application to the Federal Court of Appeal. The Federal Court of Appeal is being asked to determine that the denial of EI benefits to Dr. Francis was unjustified and violated his Charter rights.

- Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Canadian trucker asking for stay of criminal charges for violation of his Charter rights

Ottawa, Ontario: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is defending Nova Scotia trucker, Guy Meister, whose Charter Application seeking a stay of his criminal charges of mischief and resisting or wilfully obstructing police, which will be heard today at 10 a.m. in Courtroom #2 at the Ontario Court of Justice, 161 Elgin Street, Ottawa. Mr. Meister was arrested last year while peacefully protesting at the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

In court today, Mr. Meister’s counsel, Brian Doody, will be arguing that Mr. Meister’s was arbitrarily detained and arrested by the police in violation of his section 9 Charter rights and that therefore the criminal charge against him should be stayed.



- Friday, February 24, 2023

Charges against Windsor pastor dropped


Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that charges against Pastor Aaron Rock were withdrawn at the request of the prosecuting Crown Attorney in Windsor on February 6, 2023. Pastor Rock was facing another charge in Stratford, Ontario which was withdrawn at the request of the Crown on February 16, 2023. In both jurisdictions Pastor Rock was charged under the Re-opening Ontario Act (ROA).

- Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Justice Centre Disappointed with Commissioner Rouleau’s Conclusion that Invocation of Emergencies Act was Justified

Ottawa, Ontario: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is disappointed by the Report of the Public Order Emergency Commission (“POEC”), which was tabled before Parliament today. The seven weeks of hearings showed the protests in Ottawa and across the country to be disruptive, yet overwhelmingly peaceful. The hearings provided evidence to show that they did not pose a “threat to the security of Canada” (as that term is defined in s. 2 of the CSIS Act). Despite this, Commissioner Paul Rouleau’s Report concluded that the Government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act was justified.

In finding that there were reasonable grounds for Cabinet to believe that a national emergency existed when the Act was invoked, the Commissioner’s Report states: “I do not come to this conclusion easily, as I do not consider the factual basis for it to be overwhelming and I acknowledge that there is significant strength to the arguments against reaching it.” In his public statement today, he added “Reasonable and informed people could reach a different conclusion than the one I have arrived at.”

- Saturday, February 18, 2023

Statement Regarding Charge Laid Against John Carpay

Statement Regarding Charge Laid Against John CarpayCalgary: Today, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms issued the following statement concerning the charge laid against John Carpay by the Winnipeg Police: During the height of Covid restrictions and lockdowns, it was reported that key members of Manitoba’s leadership were breaching public health regulations. As was already reported at the time, John Carpay made the unilateral decision to hire an investigator to ascertain the credibility of these claims in June 2021.
- Monday, January 2, 2023

The Justice Centre proposes amendments to the nightmarish Bill C-11

The Justice Centre proposes amendments to the nightmarish Bill C-11CALGARY: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms filed a memorandum with the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications denouncing Bill C-11, which would give the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) the power to control virtually all streaming platforms and audio-visual content uploaded on thereon. The memorandum contains 5 amendments proposed by Justice Centre lawyers, that, if implemented, will protect Canadians from the worst aspects of C-11.
- Wednesday, November 23, 2022



Crown drops Covid charges against Derek Sloan, Randy Hillier, and other protestors

Crown drops Covid charges against Derek Sloan, Randy Hillier, and other protestorsNORFOLK, ONTARIO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that the Crown has dropped charges against former MPP Randy Hiller, former MP Derek Sloan, Pastor Heinrich Hildebrandt, and private citizen, Dan Stasko. The four men were allegedly involved in peaceful rallies against Covid measures in June 2021 and were charged with violating public health orders under the Reopening Ontario Act. After negotiations with Bally Hundal, a lawyer retained by the Justice Centre, the Crown dropped all charges, stating that prosecution was no longer in the public interest.
- Monday, September 26, 2022

Ontario Judge releases Tamara Lich

Ontario Judge releases Tamara LichOTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased with the decision of Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman releasing Tamara Lich from jail. Justice Goodman, after a two-day hearing, overruled the prior decision of a Justice of the Peace, who re-incarcerated Ms. Lich for alleged breach of bail conditions. Ms. Lich spent 49 days in jail, despite having no criminal history or record, on mischief-related charges that do not involve violence. Justice Goodman released Ms. Lich on the existing amount of $37,000 in bond without deposit. The Judge noted, “Counsel is well aware that accused persons facing more serious indictable offences and with breaches of release terms are granted bail.”
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Free speech victory for Canadians: Ontario Court rules against government gag law

Free speech victory for Canadians: Ontario Court rules against government gag lawONTARIO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has taken an interest in a recent court ruling on a matter of pure law. In a Decision released on May 13, 2022, in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice, Justice John Fregeau ruled that members of Parliament and the Senate enjoy the absolute right to freedom of expression in parliamentary debate, and struck down as unconstitutional parts of federal legislation that had prevented certain members from disclosing information on national security matters.
- Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Tamara Lich appeals bail conditions that violate her Charter freedoms

Tamara Lich--Reuters
OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today announced that one of the participants of the Ottawa truckers freedom convoy, Tamara Lich, will appeal the bail conditions imposed on her by the Ontario Superior Court. On March 7, 2022, Justice John M. Johnston released Tamara Lich from jail, in accordance with her Charter right to be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. While the bail conditions align with Ms. Lich's Charter right to be presumed innocent, they also violated Tamara Lich's Charter freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly through the following bail conditions:
- Friday, March 25, 2022


"Use of emergency powers unjustified by Ottawa facts and reality," explains Justice Centre

Use of emergency powers unjustified by Ottawa facts and reality, explains Justice CentreOTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today announced its opposition to any rumoured declaration of a national emergency under the federal Emergencies Act, which defines "national emergency" as follows:
For the purposes of this Act, a national emergency is an urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that
  1. seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it, or
  2. seriously threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Canada
and that cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada.
- Monday, February 14, 2022

Defence Lawyer Hotline Established for Truckers

Defence Lawyer Hotline Established for TruckersThe Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a national, non-profit, non-partisan public interest law firm and registered charity, is announcing the establishment of a network of defence lawyers to assist any truckers peacefully protesting for freedom from covid restrictions and vaccine mandates. The Justice Centre has a team of lawyers on the ground in Ottawa.
- Thursday, February 10, 2022