College of Psychologists vs Jordan B Peterson | Mikhaila Peterson | EP 322
Jordan Peterson is being disciplined for his tweets. Why some say that raises free speech issues
College of Ontario psychologists launched investigation after complaints about Peterson's tweets
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.
Jordan Peterson says he has no intention of giving up his fight with Ontario's psychologist regulatory body, accusing the college of attempting to stymie his speech and discipline him for his political opinions.
The College of Psychologists of Ontario has ordered Peterson — who has gained international fame for his bestselling self-help books and lectures — to undergo a media training program, saying some of his tweets may be "degrading" the profession and even raise questions about his abilities as a psychologist.
Peterson, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toronto, has sparked controversy over his views on women, masculinity and gender identity, namely refusing to use people's preferred pronouns.
Peterson has refused the regulatory body's demand, arguing that the tweets cited by the college have nothing to do with the profession of psychology.
The case has also raised broader issues about freedom of expression and whether the college is overstepping its authority by penalizing the controversial psychologist for his opinions.
"I can either stop or give up or accede to the demands or continue the fight. And I'm not stopping," Peterson said in a phone interview with CBC News.
Peterson's battle with the college has won him allies among freedom of expression advocates, and drawn support from public figures like Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre and Tesla and Twitter boss Elon Musk.
James Turk, director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University, said while he opposes many of Peterson's views, he's "deeply troubled" by the actions of the college.
"There's no reason whatsoever for the College of Psychologists to try to stop him from expressing those views."
"It's really worrisome … in a democratic society when a professional body feels it has a right to censor political speech of all of the members over whom it has regulatory authority."
Peterson said his battle with the college isn't just about him, but the idea that a regulatory body, backed by government power, can try and silence someone by "threatening their livelihood."
Tweets result in disciplinary action
Peterson said he no longer treats patients and his career is instead focused on social and political commentary.
Some of those views have resulted in disciplinary action against him by the regulatory college, which has ordered him to take a remedial media training course. Peterson has refused and has filed a judicial review and a "notice of constitutional question" regarding the constitutional validity of some bylaws of the college with the Ontario Superior Court.
He denies that he has brought disrepute to the profession, arguing the opposite is true.
"I think I've done demonstrably more than any psychologist has ever produced to increase the prestige and trust of the practice of psychology around the world," Peterson said.
In an email to CBC News, the college said it was not authorized to discuss Peterson's case due to confidentiality issues.
But the college panel that investigated Peterson has ordered him to complete a "specified continuing education or remedial program" to address issues regarding professionalism in public statements.
He must also pay for the program or face an allegation of professional misconduct, which could lead to the suspension of his licence to practise psychology.
Peterson gave up his clinical practice when he gained a global profile, but he said he doesn't want to give up his clinical licence.
"I deserve it. I earned it. I haven't done anything to justify suspending it, and I don't want to give the hyenas their bones."
Complaints to college
Last year, the college launched an investigation into Peterson after receiving public complaints about statements he had made on Twitter.
The complaints centred on tweets Peterson had made about public health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. The panel followed up on the concerns, examined other tweets Peterson had made and noted particular concern with a series of statements that included:
- Referring to Catherine McKenney, an Ottawa city councillor, who prefers to use they/them pronouns, as an "appalling self-righteous moralizing thing."
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A tweet in which he used the dead name of actor Elliot Page, stating: "Remember when pride was a sin. And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician."
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A tweet in which he referred to Gerald Butts, the former principal secretary of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as a "prik" (sic).
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His tweet in response to a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover of a plus-sized model, in which he said: "Sorry. Not Beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that."
Peterson was temporarily suspended from Twitter for his tweet about Page. His account was reinstated by Elon Musk shortly after he purchased the social media platform in 2022.
After its review, the panel concluded that Peterson's conduct "poses moderate risks to the public," which includes the potential of "undermining public trust in the profession of psychology, and trust in the college's ability to regulate the profession in the public interest."
The panel said it recognizes Peterson has a constitutional right to freedom of expression, but as a member of the college it said Peterson is obligated to maintain its professional standards.
Peterson's comments, the panel also concluded, "raise questions about Dr. Peterson's ability to carry out his responsibilities as a psychologist."
The college said his comments about Page and McKenney, for example, reveal that Peterson "may be engaging in degrading, demeaning and unprofessional comments."
Peterson, however, said his tweets on subjects like gender dysphoria are based on his informed knowledge and are, in fact, "professional of the highest order."
Claim of political motivation
The complaints about him, he said, are being brought forward by the political left, and the college's motivations to go after him are clearly political and one-sided.
The college has failed to demonstrate any harms to the targets of his tweets, he said.
Asked whether the college has any role in policing speech, even speech that may, for example, clearly be racist, Peterson said, "If you grant a board the right to bully speech outside of the narrow purview of professional interactions with clients, then you open the door to ideological capture of the colleges.
"Which of those is a bigger danger? It is not obvious."
The
College of Psychologists of Ontario expressed concern about a number of
Jordan Peterson's tweets, including one in which he called Gerald
Butts, the former principal secretary of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a
'prik' (sic). (Canadian Press)
Peterson's court application for a judicial review argues that the college's disciplinary measures were "unreasonable and unduly infringes upon [his] free expression in contravention of his Charter rights." Peterson's public statements do not relate to the practice of psychology, were political in nature and "fall within the core of protected speech."
Another freedom of expression expert says the case raises questions about the reach of public regulatory bodies.
Richard Moon, a University of Windsor law professor, said the college's actions raise some "difficult questions" about the scope of authority of a professional body to oversee the speech of an individual member of the profession.
"When it's outside the scope of that immediate professional relationship, what kind of limits are acceptable or justified to ensure that somebody behaves in a professional way and doesn't bring the profession into disrepute in some way?
"And so there's a lot of room for debate and disagreement."
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Methinks I should ask who and where was the source of Zen N'esy Pas?
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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 13:53:25 -0400
Subject: Fwd: YO Jordan Peterson I just called you again and you hung
up on me over a medical emegency this time Correct?
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Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 13:48:48 -0400
Subject: YO Jordan Peterson I just called you again and you hung up on
me over a medical emegency this time Correct?
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<Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, jordan.peterson@utoronto.ca, premier
<premier@ontario.ca>, attorneygeneral <attorneygeneral@ontario.ca>,
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:40:17 -0400
Subject: YO Jordan Peterson You claimed that truth is the antidote to
suffering but did not have the balls to call me back while you yapped
around the world Correct?
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"Gerald.Butts" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Jonathan.Vance"
<Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
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"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:12:46 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Attn Jordan B Peterson I called you (647 390-2132)
earlier from 902 800 0369 Then watched a video to check you out It
appears we agree
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:15:13 -0400
Subject: Attn Jordan B Peterson I called you (647 390-2132) earlier
from 902 800 0369
Then watched a video to check you out It appears we agree
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Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
2017/05/17: Senate hearing on Bill C16
673,441 views
Jordan B Peterson
Published on May 18, 2017
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:11:59 -0400
Subject: Seems that Jordan Peterson is a busy man too
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Rick.Mehta@acadiau.ca, general@jordanbpeterson.com,
jordan.peterson@utoronto.ca
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<PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.
<Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>
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From: Jordan B Peterson <jordanbpeterson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:01:11 -0800
Subject: If you emailed Jordan B Peterson Re: Rick Mehta was too busy
to talk to me so methinks somebody should say Hey to Wayne MacKay for
me N'esy Pas Petey Baby MacKay?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Note to all who are trying to contact Dr. Jordan B Peterson
Because of the increased volume of email I am currently receiving, I
have differentiated my email addresses, and set up a number of
specialized forms. As of July 15, 2017, the email addresses
jordanbpeterson@gmail.com and jordanbpeterson@yahoo.com will no longer
be attended to.
If you would like to contact me, please use the form or email address
most suitable to your request, as listed below. Each type of request
has its own email account, so that all requests can be properly
organized and attended to.
Forms: There are specialized contact forms at
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Truth is the antidote to suffering.
VIDEO REPORT: The Jordan Peterson rally in Toronto was off the charts
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WATCH: Jordan Peterson supporters protest regulator's persecution of political ‘wrongthink’
David Menzies, Rebel News<info@rebelnews.com> | Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 7:33 PM |
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Dear David,
Talk about psychological warfare!
The College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO), the governing and licencing body regulating clinical psychologists in Ontario, is coming after famed psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson!
For what? Political wrongthink, essentially.
His professional licence currently hangs in the balance because he dared to retweet Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre and criticize Justin Trudeau.
Dr. Peterson's colleagues believe he needs to be reprogrammed in the form of remedial "social media training" — it's as Orwellian as it gets. And get this: none of the 15 complaints launched against Dr. Peterson were submitted by current or former patients. (You can go to SavePeterson.com if you want to help).
On Wednesday, a large group of protesters held a demonstration against this witch-hunt at the college's office in Toronto.
Check out my latest report to hear what they had to sayHundreds of Dr. Jordan Peterson supporters protest outside College of Psychologists of Ontario
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Dr. Peterson is not the only professional whose public political views are being used by their regulatory body as a pretense to revoke their licence.
My colleague Drea Humphrey recently covered nurse Amy Hamm's fight with the British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives (BCCNM) for her views on "gender-affirming care" and support of sex-based rights that run counter to radical trans ideology.
Unfortunately, not every professional has Dr. Peterson's influence or financial means to withstand these types of attacks on their livelihood.
This is why this fight is so important. Tell the CPO to drop their case against Dr. Peterson by clicking here or going to SavePeterson.com right now.
Yours truly,
David Menzies
P.S. This is not a fight the Ontario College of Psychologists should have picked. More than 7,000 people have already emailed them in support of Dr. Peterson through our special website at SavePeterson.com. If you want to help Dr. Peterson, you can call the college at (416) 961-8817 — please be nice — or click here for a one-click option to email their censorship committee directly.
David Amos, thank you
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZsbFAzta7I&ab_channel=KeeanBexte
Massive Rally of Support for Jordan Peterson
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The Council of the College consists of ten professional members elected or appointed by the profession from across the province and five to eight members of the public appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
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FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO THE SCUM OF THE EARTH
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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and
Methinks its disgusting to read this These are the same people who
laughed at my homelessness since 2004 when I first ran for a seat in
Parliament while the RCMP, the FBI, the Fat Fred City Finest & many
other corrupt cops harassed me.
#nbpoli #cdnpoli
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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:14:46 -0400
Subject: Hey Victor Boudreau do ya think your friend Eric Demers in
Beantown thinks I am crazy like yout blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc
claims I am? However even if I were anyone bother to notice that my
privacy is still being violated to this very day?
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"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "brian.t.macdonald"
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"mike.obrien" <mike.obrien@fredericton.ca>, woodsideb
<woodsideb@fredericton.ca>
<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
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You and Chucky Baby and many other yap alot with each others but none
of you will speak to Mean Old Me N'esy Pas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Whereas Ms Smith is checking me out on Twitter perhaps I should fill
her in on few things about my doings on boths sides of the 49th the
first thing she should check is the the link right under "Go Figure"
Here is a shortcut for my fellow geeks in "Rabbit Town" which I call
Fat Fred City
http://www.checktheevidence.
Carey Smith
@Carey_Smith follows you
Brand strategist. Marketing enthusiast. Big picture thinker.
Information junkie. Marketing Director @Accreon.
http://www.careysmith.me
This is her boss Mr Demers and
http://www.accreon.com/eric-
mr Memers help in Beantown today said I could not talk to him and
wanted me to talk to a sales agent instead. Go figure why I laughed
and told her that Mr Demers is gonna get an interesting email to say
the least..
Anyway for mr Demers benefit i should introduce myself so this is Mean
Old Me debating for a seat in Parliament recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
While CBC denied that I was running once again
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
This is me in Federal Court in Fat Fred City even more recently
This is the docket
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
These are the last two hearings
Dec 14th
https://archive.org/details/
Jan 11th
https://archive.org/details/
This is what Chucky Leblanc and his buddies have been saying about me lately
Dumb Johnny Never Been Good Gamblin & Dumber Chucky Leblanc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Johnny Never Been Good Gamblin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
This is some of what Chucky Leblanc was publishing about me years ago
Feds institutionalize determined NB whistleblower
DAVID AMOS PICKED UP BY THE R.C.M.P.???
Charles LeBlanc's Other blog
July 8th, 2008
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
David Raymond Amos said...
Looks like covert Yankee Feds are worried about Canadian Feds
versus mean old me today EH?.
BTW danny Boy I wish you would pick sides and quit being so buddy
buddy with my nasty French enemy Chucky Baby Leblanc. You and Richy
Baby can't sit on the fence and be friends to he and his pal T.J.
Burke and mean old me at the same time.
FYI Richy Baby asked my advice recently about running for leader
of the PC Party and I just shook my head at the nonsense of it all and
suggested that he sprout some balls and give T.J. Burke the documents
and CD I gave around his birthday just before the smiling bastardfs
locked me up.
When I look on the web and see that Chucky Baby and the new MLA
the ex cop from Fat Fred City Carl Urquart crossed paths in Harvey and
are now great pals, I see Red and wanna call Wally Stiles again.
For the record it was Carl Urquart and his buddy Greggy Baby
Thompson the MP and Minister (they share and office a couple hundred
yards from where I was staying for the past year just outside of Fat
fred City) that made the false allegatiions that allowed the RCMP to
get me locked up in the looney bin for a bit. The doctors who got
sucked in by the RCMP bullshit about me were.
Manoj Bhargava
Community Mental Health
65 Brunswick Street
Fredericton NB E3B 5G6
Psy 04-02883
Guadalajara 1987
(506)-453-2132
Zlatko Banic
69 Bliss Carman Drive Fredericton NB E3B 9P2
Psy 03-02785
Novi Sad 1981
(506)-460-1905
Dr.Jane V. Findlater
Everett Chalmers Hospital
PO Box 9000 Fredericton
NB E3B 5N5 EmM 75-01333
Dal 1974 (
506)-452-5058
(506)-452-5645
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Chucky Leblanc and his wingnuts Saaly Evelyn and Jenn obviously know
as much about Me versus the RCMP and Shrinks as the corrupt cops
Bernadine Chapman and Lucie Dubois EH?
http://thedavidamosrant.
----- Original Message -----
From: Evelyn Greene
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 8:52 PM
Subject: RE: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
Fredericton's lawyers?
H David. Thank you for the email. Do you mind if I sent it to my
friend Sally who is going thru similar stuff as me? I am not sure
what to think of Charles LeBlanc. Could you fill me in? Youare going
to get an earful in the near future. Do you know that I tried to
contact Barb Whitenect at Dept. of Health and the Minister of Health
put a stop to the communication. Mr. Zed in Sussex said there are
people who want me locked up. I have contacted Chief Commander of
RCMP, Wayne Lang, and he will not look at the evidence I have that the
police is covering up the CCTV video tape tampering when I got beaten
up outside Ambulance N.B on May 13/11.
What do you think of Charles Le Blance these days?
Evelyn Greene (see attached letter that I gave the Crown, the police
and the CBC and Daily Gleaner and Wayne Lang of RCMP--No one wants to
touch the video and I have copies that I took last Friday to head of
NB Police Commission who would not take them) Do you know someone in
Ottawa or elsewhere who would look at the video tapes on CD that are
evidence of crime?
> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:50:44 -0300
> Subject: Fw: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in Fredericton's lawyers?
> From: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> To: evelyngreene@live.ca; mbmurphy@coxandpalmer.com; jlaidlaw@coxandpalmer.com; oldmaison@yahoo.com; Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.ca
> CC: ken.ross@gnb.ca; maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca; Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca; thepurplevioletpress@gmail.com
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)" <ken.ross@gnb.ca>
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300
> Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
> Fredericton's lawyers?
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back
> in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you
> in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
>
> --- On Wed, 7/9/08, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
> Fredericton's lawyers?
> To: ken.ross@gnb.ca, Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
> Cc: rosaire.santerre@gnb.ca, Marc.Pitre@gnb.ca, David.Eidt@gnb.ca,
> oldmaison@yahoo.com, Judy.Cyr@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca,
> police@fredericton.ca, Carrie.Levesque@gnb.ca, anne.elgee@gnb.ca,
> danny.copp@fredericton.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 3:03 AM
>
> KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister
> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health
> Contact Information
> Phone: (506) 457-4800
> Fax: (506) 453-5243
>
> BARBARA WHITENECT, Director
> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health
> Contact Information
> Phone: (506) 444-4442
> Fax: (506) 453-8711
> EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca
>
>
> Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed
> off for very justifiable reasons.
>
> This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read.
>
> http://www.ahsc.health.nb.ca/
>
> I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if
> the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened
> to you.
>
> I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I
> will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter
> note did Herby pick up my bike?)
>
> David Eidt
> Legal Services
> Office of the Attorney General
> Tel: (506) 453-3964
> Fax: (506) 453-3275
> david.eidt@gnb.ca
>
> Best Regards
> Dave
>
>
> These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all
> that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe
> but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times
>
> Subject:
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>
>
> January 30, 2007
>
>
> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>
> Mr. David Amos
>
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>
> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
> Graham of the RCMP "J" Division in Fredericton.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
> Minister of Health
>
> CM/cb
>
> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
> John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
> "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that
> Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the
> US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in
> Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
> charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll
> sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get
> all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca;
> david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca
> stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca;
> scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca
> walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca;
> mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca;
> dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca;
> mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.
> jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca;
> jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
> Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net;
> oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com;
> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca;
> info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca;
> police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca;
> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com;
> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca;
> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM
> Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I
> would try to make him famous
>
> http://www.youtube.com/
>
> A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers,
> politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas
>
> http://actionlyme.org/FBI_
>
> FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
>
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
> contact with you about this previously.
>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>
>
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/
>
> Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-
> David,
>
> I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
> and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
>
> Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
> RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
>
>
>
> http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.
>
> Threat against Burke taken seriously
>
> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
> dgleg@nb.aibn.com
> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
> Appeared on page A1
> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
> recently.
>
> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
> explain the nature of the threats.
>
> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
> Wednesday.
>
> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have
> some
> added protection and that added comfort."
>
> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP security
> unit.
>
> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
> been in recent weeks.
>
> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
> personal safety."
>
> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
> pattern of activity.
>
> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife
> feel awful nervous."
>
> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
>
> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in
> general due
> to my background and training.
>
> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to
> happen."
>
> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns.
>
> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
>
> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
> security in New Brunswick has been
> beefed up.
>
> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
> visitors are screened.
>
> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
> province's "top cop."
>
> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
> prosecutes them.
>
> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had
> numerous
> threats since Day 1 in office."
>
> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with it.
>
> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
> their punishment or their sanction," he said.
>
> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
>
> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
>
> Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
>
> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
>
> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
> complimentary."
>
> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
>
> "They look at each and every situation."
>
> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
> have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
>
> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the RCMP.
Jordan Peterson launches court challenge against College of Psychologists
Rachel Emmanuel
January 6, 2023
Dr. Jordan Peterson has announced he’s launching a court challenge against the College of Psychologists’ efforts to remove his license unless he complies with social media re-education training.
Peterson filed an application for judicial review with the Ontario Divisional Court, he revealed in a Jan. 4 interview with Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley.
Earlier this week, Peterson revealed that the College is ordering him to attend a coaching program “to review, reflect on, and ameliorate my professionalism in public statements.”
A “Coach” would assess Peterson’s performance within six months of starting the program to determine whether he requires more time in re-education classes.
The letter does not specify what Peterson said to require re-education. Rather, the letter generally blames his “social media” posts and comments Peterson made on a four-hour episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Peterson said the College is demanding he submit himself to mandatory social-media communication retraining for the “crimes” of retweeting federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his allies.
He also said none of the complaints came from any of his past or present patients or from any of their acquaintances.
“I am to take a course of such training (with reports documenting my “progress” or face an in-person tribunal and suspension of my right to operate as a licensed clinical psychologist,” he said.
Peterson said the College informed him of a dozen complaints against him from people worldwide about things he’s written on Twitter and things he said on Rogan’s podcast.
According to the letter, the College also requires Peterson to pay for the re-education training.
“I am aware that if I do not comply with the terms set out in this Acknowledgment and Undertaking, this may result in an allegation of professional misconduct, and the College may take disciplinary action in this regard,” the letter stipulates.
Peterson has said he will make everything on the case public at some point.
https://thecountersignal.com/peterson-releases-list-of-demands-from-college-of-psychologists/
Peterson releases list of demands from College of Psychologists
Mike Campbell
January 4, 2023
Dr. Jordan Peterson has exposed a list of demands made by the College of Psychologists, which includes the threat of revoking his license if the famed psychologist doesn’t fulfill its “re-education” orders.
“I have formally indicated my refusal to comply @CPOntario,” Peterson tweeted.
Peterson attached a screenshot of the College’s demands which he is to “acknowledge and undertake” regarding his so-called “unprofessional” conduct.
“I acknowledge that the Inquiries, Complaints, and Reports Committee (IRCC) of the College of Psychologists of Ontario (College) is concerned about the following aspects of my public statements contained in the Registrar’s Report dated May 17, 2022:
- That I may have lacked professionalism in public statements on social media and during a January 25, 2022, podcast appearance.”
The College orders Peterson to attend a coaching program “to review, reflect on, and ameliorate my professionalism in public statements.”
Within six months of starting the program, a “Coach” would assess Peterson’s performance to determine whether he requires more time in re-education classes.
The letter does not specify what Peterson said to require re-education. Rather, the letter generally blames his “social media” posts and comments Peterson made on a four-hour episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast.
However, in a tweet on Tuesday, Peterson said the College is demanding he submit himself to mandatory social-media communication retraining for the “crimes” of retweeting federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his allies.
Peterson said the College informed him of a dozen complaints against him from people all over the world, pertaining to things he’s written on Twitter and things he said on Rogan’s podcast.
According to the letter, the College is also requiring Peterson to pay for the re-education training.
“I am aware that if I do not comply with the terms set out in this Acknowledgment and Undertaking, this may result in an allegation of professional misconduct, and the College may take disciplinary action in this regard,” the letter stipulates.
Peterson’s history of refusing to comply with self-censorship stems back to his time at the University of Toronto.
In 2016, despite his then-employer’s attempts to silence him, Peterson refused to stop speaking about Bill C-16 because he took issue with its legal enforcement that people use certain words, specifically about gender.
The legislation added gender identity and gender orientation to the Canadian Human Rights Act, making it illegal to deny someone a job or discriminate against them in the workplace based on the gender they identify with or outwardly express.
Peterson said Bill C-16 would trample free speech and criminalize freedom of expression.
“These laws are the first laws that I’ve seen that require people under the threat of legal punishment to employ certain words, to speak a certain way, instead of merely limiting what they’re allowed to say,” he told The Toronto Sun at the time.
More recently, Peterson refused to delete a tweet that would have instantly restored his Twitter account. The tweet in question referred to transgender actor Elliot Page by Page’s former name, Ellen, and suggested Page’s breasts were removed “by a criminal physician.”
Peterson’s account was restored when Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Jordan Peterson: I will risk my licence to escape social media re-education
The Ontario College of Psychologists wants to retrain me to behave properly — and this should concern everyone
The practice of psychology in Ontario, and in many other North American and western jurisdictions, is subject to regulation by “professional colleges” — essentially governmental organizations with a mandate to protect the public from misconduct on the part of physicians, lawyers, social workers, dentists, pharmacists, teachers, architects and many others, including (and most relevant to me) clinical psychologists.
Anyone anywhere in the world can levy a complaint to these regulatory bodies for any reason, regardless of whether the complainant has had any direct contact with the professional in question. The respective colleges have the responsibility to determine whether each complaint is serious and credible enough to warrant further investigation. Complaints can be deemed vexatious or frivolous and dispensed with. When the college decides to move forward, it is a serious move, essentially equivalent to a lawsuit. The Ontario College of Psychologists in fact recommends legal counsel under such conditions.
Read Jordan Peterson’s tweets that prompted 2022 complaints to psychologists’ college
The Ontario College of Psychologists has levied a multitude of such lawsuits against me since my rise to public prominence six years ago (although none at all in the 20 years or so I practised as a psychologist before that). These have multiplied as of late, and now number more than a dozen. This may seem like a lot (and “where there’s smoke there’s fire,” or so people think), but I might point out that it is difficult to communicate with as many people as I do and to say anything of substance without rubbing at least a few of them the wrong way now and then.
For my crimes, I have been sentenced to a course of mandatory social-media communication training with the college’s so-called experts (although social media communication training is not a scientific and certainly not a clinical specialty of any standing). I am to do this at my own expense (some hundreds of dollars per hour) and for a length of time that is to be determined only by those retraining me and profiting from doing so. How will this be determined? When those very re-educators — those experts — have convinced themselves that I have learned my lesson, and will behave properly in the future.
If I agree to this, then I must admit that I have been unprofessional in my conduct, and to have that noted publicly, even as the college insists that I am not required to admit to any wrongdoing. If I refuse — and I have (of course) refused — the next step is a mandatory public disciplinary session/inquiry and the possible suspension of my clinical licence (all of which will be also announced publicly).
I should also point out that the steps already taken constitute the second most serious possible response to my transgressions on the part of the college. I have been placed in the category of repeat offender, with high risk of further repetition.
What exactly have I done that is so seriously unprofessional that I am now a danger not only to any new potential clients but to the public itself? It is hard to tell with some of the complaints (one involved the submission of the entire transcript of a three-hour discussion on the Joe Rogan podcast), but here are some examples that might produce some reasonable concern among Canadians who care about such niceties as freedom of belief, conscience and speech:
- I retweeted a comment made by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about the unnecessary severity of the COVID lockdowns;
- I criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau;
- I criticized Justin Trudeau’s former chief of staff, Gerald Butts;
- I criticized an Ottawa city councillor; and
- I made a joke about the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.
I did all that “disrespectfully,” by the way, in a “horrific” manner that spread “misinformation”; that was “threatening” and “harassing”; that was “embarrassing to the profession.” I am also (these are separate offences) sexist, transphobic, incapable of the requisite body positivity in relationship to morbid obesity and, unforgivably of all, a climate change denialist.
Every single one of these accusations (and now accepted evidence of my professional misconduct) is independent of my clinical practice — which, by the way, has been suspended since 2017, when my rising notoriety or fame made continuing as a private therapist practically and ethically impossible. Every single accusation is not only independent of my clinical practice, but explicitly political — and not only that: unidirectionally explicitly political. Every single thing I have been sentenced to correction for saying is insufficiently leftist, politically. I’m simply too classically liberal — or, even more unforgivably — conservative.
For criticizing our prime minister and his cronies and peers, for retweeting Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the official Opposition in Canada, and for holding and for daring to express reprehensible political views, I have now been convicted by the College of Psychologists of “harming” people in some manner serious enough to justify my forced re-education. Now that I have refused, I will definitely face further exceptionally public, demanding, time-consuming and expensive disciplinary action, including the suspension of my licence. This, despite the fact that none of the people whose complaints are being currently pursued were ever clients of mine, or even knew clients of mine, or even knew or were acquainted with any of the people they claim I am harming. This, despite the fact (and please attend to this) that half the people who levied such complaints falsely claimed that they had in fact been or currently are clients of mine.
It may be of some interest to note that I wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week, informing him of this situation. Here is the letter, for public consideration — which by necessity repeats some of what I have just covered in this introduction:
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:
I thought it my duty to inform you and your office of the following proceedings against me.
The Ontario College of Psychologists, the provincial government-mandated and supported professional body charged with regulating the practice of clinical psychology, is requiring that I undergo a lengthy course of “media training” so that I “more appropriately” conduct my online communication. This is occurring, by the way, despite my 20 years as a research psychologist at Harvard University and the University of Toronto (with an unblemished behavioural reputation), my extensive clinical experience and my history of bringing psychological knowledge to people around the world.
Some 15-million people currently follow me on three main social media platforms, and the overwhelming majority of them appear to regard my words and the particular manner in which I formulate them as interesting, helpful and productive — some real evidence to the contrary with regard to the college’s accusations.
I have rejected this forced re-education request, and will in consequence soon be required to appear in front of an in-person “disciplinary hearing” to bring me into line — with the threat of the revocation of my clinical licence, and the public exposure and implied disgrace that would accompany that, hanging over my head.
It may be of interest to you to note that all of the complaints against me: (1) were brought by people with whom I had zero clinical contact; (2) have nothing whatsoever to do with my function as a clinical psychologist (except in the broadest possible public sense); and, most importantly with regard to this letter, (3) that half of them involve nothing more than political criticisms of you or the people around you (with all the remainder being complaints generated because I dared state some essentially conservative philosophical beliefs).
As the enclosed documentation indicates, I am being investigated and disciplined for, among a few other reasons not germane to my present communication with you:
- retweeting Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s official Opposition;
- criticizing you, your former chief of staff Gerald Butts, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and an Ottawa city councillor; and
- objecting to the Ottawa police threatening to apprehend the children of the trucker convoy protesters.
I am not suggesting or even presuming that you or any of the people associated with you had anything directly to do with this. However, the fact that it is happening (and that physicians and lawyers have become as terrified as psychologists now are of their own regulatory bodies) is something that has definitely happened on your watch, as a consequence of your own conduct and the increasingly compulsion-based and ideologically pure policies that you have promoted and legislated.
I simply cannot resign myself to the fact that in my lifetime I am required to resort to a public letter to the leader of my country to point out that political criticism has now become such a crime in Canada that if professionals dare engage in such activity, government-appointed commissars will threaten their livelihood and present them with the spectacle of denouncement and political disgrace.
There is simply and utterly no excuse whatsoever for such a state of affairs in a free country.
Jordan B Peterson, PhD, C. Psych (for now)
Professor emeritus, University of Toronto
Why should Canadians who read this care? Perhaps those reading in this country (and elsewhere) might ask themselves the following questions — and in all seriousness, painful as it might be do so; requiring as it does the almost unbelievable admission that something has gone dreadfully wrong in our lovely country:
- What makes you think that something similar won’t happen to you, or to someone you know and respect or even love?
- What makes you think you are going to continue to be able to communicate honestly with your physicians, lawyers and psychologists (and representatives of many other regulated professions) if they are now so terrified of their regulatory boards that they can no longer tell you the truth?
- What are your children going to be taught when all their teachers (that’s a regulated profession, too) are so afraid of the woke mob that they swallow all the ideological lies that are now required of pedagogues — regardless if they believe what they are saying?
- Where are we going to be if we allow criticism of the public figures charged with the privilege of our governance to be grounds for the demolition of not only the critic’s reputation but their very livelihood?
- How far are we willing to go down this road, without forthright resistance?
In any case: I’m not complying. I’m not submitting to re-education. I am not admitting that my viewpoints — many of which have, by the way, been entirely justified by the facts that have emerged since the complaints were levied — were either wrong or unprofessional. I’m going to say what I have to say, and let the chips fall where they will. I have done nothing to compromise those in my care; quite the contrary — I have served all my clients and the millions of people I am communicating with to the best of my ability and in good faith, and that’s that.
And to the College of Psychologists, I issue this challenge: I am absolutely willing to make every single word of this legal battle fully public, so that the issue of my professional competence and my right to say what I have to say and stand by my words can be fought in full daylight. I would and could post all the correspondence with and accusations levied by those who complained about me and the college itself public, and will do so, if the college agrees. But I can’t, on legal grounds justified in normal times but rendered specious by the dominion of the politically correct and radical. I can’t, because of this, and because it is not in the interest of the college or the complainants they are sheltering and abetting to allow it. They’ll cite confidentiality concerns for their refusal, because it’s 100 per cent OK for them to come after me publicly while they and those who complained hide cravenly and cowardly behind a wall of self-serving and self-protective silence.
And this of course does little but embolden those who have learned to weaponize college disciplinary processes, and to give the accuser and his or her lackeys the upper hand, practically and legally. And such weaponization risks placing all our once justly trusted institutions firmly in the hands of those willing and able to manipulate them for reasons both political and personal.
The sad and sorry state of this once-great Dominion at the dawn of 2023 … and it’s still going to get worse before it gets better.
National Post
https://nationalpost.com/news/ontario-college-of-psychologists-jordan-peterson-social-media
Psychologists’ college silent on Jordan Peterson sanction
Jordan Peterson says the Ontario College of Psychologists has proposed disciplinary action after more than a dozen complaints were made about him
The Ontario College of Psychologists says it’s unable to discuss why it is allegedly taking disciplinary action and trying to force social media training on Canadian commentator and psychologist Jordan Peterson.
In an opinion piece in the National Post, Peterson said he faces more than a dozen complaints from the public. They have all come since his “rise to public prominence,” he said, adding he faced none in the prior 20 years as a practising psychologist in Ontario.
In documents that Peterson posted to Twitter, the college says that Peterson “may have lacked professionalism” in social media posts, and in a podcast appearance from January 2022 — potentially an episode with Joe Rogan, the former Fear Factor host and comedian, in which he claimed there’s no such thing as climate. The specific concerning comments are not identified.
The document, which sets out a coaching plan for Peterson, says Peterson must “review, reflect on, and ameliorate my professionalism in public statements,” and that it will cost up to $225 per hour.
Peterson, who is also a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, said on Twitter he has formally indicated that he will not comply; the college’s website indicates that Peterson has sought judicial review of the college’s disciplinary proceedings.
The Post sought comment from the Ontario College of Psychologists, and put a number of questions to Rick Morris, the college’s executive director, but he said that due to Ontario privacy legislation, the college is “not authorized to discuss this matter.”
The stakes are heightened by the controversial professor’s fame and reach, including to 3.6 million Twitter followers.
His tweets on the college’s action prompted several alarmed responses from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest men, who called it all “extremely concerning!”
Peterson catapulted to fame in 2016, following his public objections to specific provisions of legislation that would add protections for transgender people to Canada’s human rights codes. Peterson has since become a widely read and popular cultural critic; his two books, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, are best-sellers. At present, he hosts a podcast for Ben Shapiro’s right-wing media company The Daily Wire and is completing a worldwide speaking tour.
The complaints against him, he says, are due primarily to his views on politics.
He identifies four specific complaints, including making a joke about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, retweeting Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative party leader, criticizing Trudeau and his former principal secretary Gerald Butts, whom Peterson last February called a “stunningly corrupt and incendiary fool,” prompting threats of legal retaliation from Butts.
Peterson has yet to make public the details of any remaining complaints, beyond noting that in the complaints, he is accused of being “sexist, transphobic, incapable of the requisite body positivity in relationship to morbid obesity and, unforgivably of all, a climate change denialist.”
Peterson has pledged to make public all the complaints and his responses to them.
Peterson’s private practice has been suspended since 2017, which, he says, was “when my rising notoriety or fame made continuing as a private therapist practically and ethically impossible.” Yet, in 2018, Peterson agreed to a plan to improve his clinical practice; while there are few details of what constituted professional misconduct, the complaint against him had to do with the quality of his service, psychologist/patient boundaries and the way he communicates with his patients.
Peterson says that none of the people who have levied complaints against him are — or have ever been — his clients, and says that “half” of them falsely claimed to be patients. (The college declined to address this specific allegation.)
Indeed, Peterson threatens to make “every single word of this legal battle fully public.”
“I’m going to say what I have to say, and let the chips fall where they will. I have done nothing to compromise those in my care; quite the contrary — I have served all my clients and the millions of people I am communicating with to the best of my ability and in good faith, and that’s that,” he writes.
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https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/jordan-peterson-lawsuit-wilfrid-laurier
Exclusive: Wilfrid Laurier University asks court to dismiss Jordan Peterson lawsuit
The lawsuit dates back to Lindsay Shepherd's use of a Jordan Peterson TVO interview in her classroom in 2017
An Ontario university being sued by controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson has asked the Superior Court of Justice to dismiss the defamation lawsuit, arguing that it would limit free expression.
The controversy dates back to 2017, when Peterson, a best-selling self-help author and clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto, began rocketing to fame over his objections to adding protections for transgender Canadians to the human rights code.
Peterson, who’s now an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and a podcaster on the right-wing media website The Daily Wire, as well as an occasional columnist for National Post, sued Wilfrid Laurier University, and the three others in the meeting, arguing the comments made about him in the exchange were defamatory. Peterson, who speaks and writes often of the dangers of cancel culture and threats to free speech, seeks $1.5 million in restitution, according to legal documents.
Peterson then sought another $1.75 million for a press release from Wilfrid Laurier, which announced it was being sued and that it would defend itself against Peterson’s allegations.
In its motion to dismiss the lawsuit, filed in court in late November, Laurier invokes a legal provision that’s meant to, according to the Courts of Justice Act, “discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest.”
“This action is a strategic lawsuit against public participation, which has been brought to limit Laurier’s expression and to deter it from participating in public discourse on matters of public interest,” Laurier’s motion says.
The court has yet to issue a decision on the motion.
Kathryn Marshall, a National Post columnist and lawyer who’s representing Peterson along with Toronto labour lawyer and Financial Post columnist Howard Levitt, said in an interview that they will contest the use of an “anti-SLAPP” rule.
“There’s zero merit to their motion, that this is just a maneuver to intimidate him and try to get him to drop his lawsuit, which he’s not going to be doing,” said Marshall.
Lindsay Shepherd finishes speaking at a rally in support of academic
freedom near Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, November
24, 2017. Photo by Tyler Anderson/National Post/File
After Shepherd released the contents of the conversation at Laurier, Peterson launched his lawsuit. While none of the defendants shared the allegedly defamatory statements themselves, Peterson argues they “could have reasonably anticipated … that (Shepherd) would inform others of what had occurred,” given her personality and how easily conversations can be recorded in the modern day.
The contents of the meeting were uploaded to YouTube and were widely shared in the media, including the National Post.
Among the allegedly defamatory statements were: that Peterson was “academically suspect, to say the least” and that he exhibits “charlatanism”; that Peterson is “spreading transphobia”; that his position on trans rights “would be the equivalent of debating whether or not a student of colour should have rights or should be allowed to be married”; and that playing a speech of Peterson’s is “basically like playing … a speech by Hitler.”
The statement of claim argues the myriad statements damaged Peterson’s character as a “professor, author, lecturer and public intellectual.”
“Ironically,” Peterson’s lawsuit claims, “Peterson’s academic credentials are dramatically superior to those of either Professors Rambukkana or Pimlott.”
In response, Laurier argues that Peterson’s statement of claim does not contain the full extent of the remarks, “causing the actual meaning of the words spoken to be taken out of context and obscured.” The two academics sued by Peterson argue that their statements were “done as an exercise of their academic freedom” and say Peterson’s claims against them are “frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process.”
Laurier’s statement of defence also says that since Shepherd was the one who released the recording, she should be liable for any harm caused, and, at any rate, no reputational harm was done. “The further fact is that Peterson’s star has risen significantly since November 1, 2017,” the statement of defence says.
At the time, said Marshall, the statements were made in an academic environment. Indeed, Peterson had yet to achieve the far-reaching fame he’s found since or immersion in the world of conservative politics. The first part of the lawsuit was filed in June 2018, just six months after the publication of Peterson’s bestseller, 12 Rules for Life.
“You can absolutely be the biggest proponent of freedom of speech, and the greatest critic of cancel culture, and also have every single right to defend yourself from defamatory and malicious attacks against your reputation and your character,” Marshall said.
In the second part of the lawsuit, regarding the press release, and filed in September 2018, Peterson further alleges it was defamatory. According to court documents, the statement said Laurier would “vigorously” defend itself, and that Peterson’s lawsuit was “for the stated purpose of causing academic and administrators to be more circumspect in their choice of words and that the lawsuit is being used as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest, including gender identity.”
Peterson claims that this is defamatory and that the university “knew and intended that the statement … have the potential of disrupting (his) emotional well-being and would detrimentally affect his professional reputation.”
In response, in court documents dated Oct. 11, 2018, Laurier argues that the posting of the statement was necessary as it had become a matter of public interest, and that Peterson and his lawyers had spoken to the media. Furthermore, it argues that it was simply re-stating Peterson’s own points, citing a video statement from Peterson’s YouTube channel, and that at any rate they were not defamatory, and if they were, they were defensible as fair comment or “substantially true” and without malice.
“It is ironic that the Plaintiff, who came to prominence through vehement advocacy of free speech principles, has commenced the within action,” Laurier states.
Wilfrid Laurier University did not respond to the National Post’s request for comment.
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