Christopher Carbert
Anthony Olienick
Jerry Morin : 723 days in jail without trial
Chris Lysak : 723 days in jail without trial
Christopher Carbert
Anthony Olienick
Jerry Morin : 723 days in jail without trial
Chris Lysak : 723 days in jail without trial
Negotiated a "Plea Deal" no longer in jail.
Negotiated a "Plea Deal" no longer in jail.
Canadians should feel secure in knowing
• Every Canadian is equal before and under the law.
• No Canadian will be targeted by the Justice system for their personal or political views.
This is what Canada’s Constitution and Charter of Rights promises, but it is not always the case. It seems that certain Canadians are being targeted by our justice system for their political or personal views and are treated by a very different standard of justice than the norm.
No matter your political persuasion, this should be deeply concerning to every Canadian.
We invite you to set aside bias or pre-judgment and take a few minutes to consider the facts yourself.
A real-life example of a ‘double standard’ or ‘politicalization’ of the Justice system, is evidenced by the plight of four men involved in the Coutts Alberta ‘freedom convoy’ (winter 2022). They were arrested on gun related charges only a few hours before Justin Trudeau enacted the Emergency Measures Act (Feb 14, 2022). They are charged specifically with ‘conspiracy to commit murder’.
While allegations against these four men are serious, the norm in Canada is that all four should have, long ago, been released on bail while awaiting trial. This is true in Canada even for those with previous convictions AND accused of committing serious violent crimes including murdering a police officer(s).
Trudeau’s Bail System for All Others:
As an example, the top 40 repeat violent offenders in Vancouver committed a group total of 6,000 crimes, and were REPEATEDLY RELEASED on bail, free to commit an average of 150 such crimes each, in just one year. WATCH
The contrast between the norm in Canada and what these four men have endured, is inexplicable and deeply troubling.
DENIAL OF BAIL: These men have NO criminal records; they HAVE NOT committed any acts of violence, and yet they have each been denied bail TWICE, held in Remand for over 700 days (as of Jan 15, 2024), with their trial still 5 months away. This kind of Remand Incarceration is unheard of in Canada, and is clearly inhumane by International Standards.
Judge Johnna Kubik, who recently denied Chris Carbert's third (3 ) bail application, is a Trudeau appointee to the Federal Court and is a 26X donor to the Liberal Party of Canada,
2. CONDITIONS ENDURED: “Remand”, means being held in a jail cell under conditions much tougher than a regular prison and is intended for short-term holdings while waiting for bail hearing and/or a trial. Prisoners most often spend 23 hours a day confined to a cell with NO access to a gym, a cafeteria, a religious service, a library or even others with which to converse.
*The UK for example, limits Remand time to 6 months (180 days), forcing the judicial system to proceed with a trial expediently.
3. DELAY TACTICS: “Justice delayed is justice denied”. The trial has been repeatedly delayed, largely a consequence of Crown motions/tactics, and is now scheduled for May, 2024, with every possibility of further delays. Even if the trial were to take place in May, that will mean well over 820 days in remand (4X+ longer than the maximum permitted in the UK)
4. COSTS ESCALATION: There have already been three weeks of pre-trail proceedings with more likely. So far the legal costs related to the pre-trial proceedings ranges from $300,000 to $650,000 for each of the accused. There is at least one more week of pre-trial slated before the actual 2 to 3 week trial begins. These pre-trial hearings are also largely a result of Crown tactics, which escalate the costs for the men.
And yet, even though enduring such injustices and extreme hardships, all four men are determined to go to trial with the intent of proving themselves innocent of the charges against them, as is their right to do.
• The accused should be considered ‘innocent until proven guilty’.
• The accused have a right to ‘due process’, meaning fair proceedings and a trial held in a timely
fashion.
• While awaiting trial, the accused should be granted bail under conditions consistent with the norm in
Canada.
- Historically in Canada, the only exception to the above has been repeat, violent offenders.
- The reality under Justin Trudeau’s ‘catch and release policies’ (since 2015), is that even repeat and
violent offenders are routinely granted bail while awaiting trial.
• Only after a determination of guilt in court should punishment/sentencing be handed out.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”
Desmond Tutu
• Why did the RCMP widely publicize the charges and alleged evidence against the accused on the EXACT day and close to the same hour as TRUDEAU enacted the Emergency Measures Act?
• Is politics and the RCMP at play? This would not be the first time TRUDEAU abused his position to politicize Canada's justice system.
• If politics is not at play, why have these four men been treated so unequally and much more harshly than repeat, violent criminals?
• Why was the ‘specialized prosecutions’ division assigned to the Coutts protest cases and who made that decision?
Remember, no actual act of violence took place at Coutts and none of these four men have a criminal record.
1. For all Canadians:
• Email, write and/or call your *MP and Canada's Justice Minister, the Honourable Arif Virani, requesting this matter of double standard or politicized justice be investigated, and respectfully insist to receive a response.
• Email, write and/or call *Alberta Crown Prosecutions asking for ‘Crown consent
to release until trial’.
• Spread the word to others, including on social media, calling for awareness, humanity, and EQUAL treatment under Canada's Law.
• Support these four men, with personal letters of support and/or *donations towards their legal funds (each one has their own administered GiveSendGo account).
2. For all Albertans (your additional action items)
• Email, write and/or call your *MLA and *Alberta's Justice Minister, the Honorable Mickey Amery, requesting this matter of double standard or politicized justice be investigated, and respectfully insist to receive a response.
• Ask your MLA and Premier Danielle Smith, upon the conclusion of the trial, or if charges are stayed/dropped, that the Province of Alberta launch an Independent Investigation to ascertain if there was political interference obstructing due process, and if so, where it originated and why was it allowed? Such investigation should include the RCMP and the federal and provincial judicial systems.
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