Crown and Crozier
In Crown and Crozier, we invite leading thinkers to explore how the human experience is shaped by the interplay between Church and State, and what this means for tackling the great challenges of today. Join us as we examine what’s at stake for us as citizens and as a society in the dynamic engagement between civil and religious authority. The common good, basic freedoms, dignity of the person, administration of justice, self-government, the preservation of truth, goodness and beauty - all this and more hangs in the balance.
Crown and Crozier
Meet the Women Who Successfully Fought Trudeau’s Totalitarian Treatment of Truckers ~ Joanna Baron & Christine Van Geyn
Religion declared “non-essential.” Skeptical voices censored. The elderly dying alone. Christmas in lockdown.
These are just a few examples from the lengthy hit-list of government violations of Canadians’ civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guests for this episode are co-authors of Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever. The book attempts to ensure that the implications of government overreach aren’t simply lost down the memory hole forever.
We also discuss our guests making international headlines after a federal judge in Canada ruled in favour of their court challenge against the Federal government’s use of emergency authority in response to the Freedom Convoy protests in 2022.
Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn are the Executive Director and Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation. The CCF is a national non-profit charity committed to defending the constitutionally-protected rights and freedoms of Canadians.
Resources
Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn (official CCF biographies)
Canadian Constitution Foundation
@CDNConstFound
Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn, Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever (2023)
“Ottawa's use of Emergencies Act against convoy protests was unreasonable, violated Charter, court rules”, CBC (January 2024)
Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn, “The government violated Canadians’ rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the courts are giving them a pass”, The Hub (November 2023)
Emily Oster, “Let’s declare a pandemic amnesty”, The Atlantic (October 2022)
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