Grave news for freedom of the press

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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Deja Vu Anyone???
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Watch    Listen    Take Action Shop   Donate   Dear David, Grave news for freedom of the press: the Federal Court of Canada just upheld an atrocious ruling by Justin Trudeau’s hand-picked censorship committee, denying Rebel News a QCJO news licence. (But a minor miracle happened that I want to tell you about, too.) QCJO stands for Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization. In free countries, readers get to decide which journalists to trust. But in Trudeau’s Canada, that’s now a government decision and Trudeau hand-picks the censorship panel making the decision. Click here to see today’s ruling for yourself and to see our “memorandum of fact and law” that our lawyers submitted to the court. I’d really like to encourage you to read that memorandum of fact and law; it’s 31 pages long, but it’s easy to understand. I think it’s one of the best defences of freedom of the press I’ve ever read in Canada. In a way, that makes today’s loss even worse. Our lawyers made the best case possible. And the judge just threw it out. But I’ve got some hope. I’ve read the ruling carefully and consulted with our lawyers. And I believe we can have it overturned by the Federal Court of Appeal. There are strong grounds for appeal that I hope more senior judges will recognize. Unfortunately, we’re up against the unlimited resources of the Trudeau government. Trudeau has spent millions of dollars censoring us, including creating this well-paid censorship panel, clearly built with us in mind. Obviously we don’t have that kind of money. And so far, this case has cost us a staggering $177,000 which really has stretched us to the breaking point. An appeal will be tens of thousands of dollars more. And we might have to go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. But here’s the miracle I mentioned. I just got off the phone with a passionate Canadian who loves Rebel News, and loves free speech even more. (He asked me to keep his name private — no telling what Trudeau would do to him.) He said he will match your donations for this legal appeal, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000! I was feeling down in the dumps about this court ruling, but that amazing offer made me feel like we’ll be OK. Click here to join in, and to activate this donor’s promise to match you. But none of this should even be happening. We shouldn’t be in court at all, because there shouldn’t be a Trudeau censorship committee in the first place. (And the terrifying part of it is: that censorship committee is part of the Canada Revenue Agency.) What’s extra-gross is the silence from mainstream media journalists. Most Canadian journalists have been bought off by Trudeau. If they work for the CBC, (and more than 50% of Canadian journalists do) they get 100% of their pay from Trudeau. And even if they work for the “private” news media, they get, on average, a $30,000 subsidy from Trudeau. That’s why they’re silent today. And that’s another reason why they hate Rebel News: because we don’t take any cash from the government, and they’re ashamed that they do. Click here to see my short video on the subject: I don’t want to spend too much time on the court ruling. But there’s one part that shows you how unreasonable it is. Rebel News publishes thousands of news stories every year. And the busiest time in our history was during the trucker convoy, back in February, 2022. We were publishing up to twenty stories a day, almost all of it from the ground — in Ottawa, Windsor, Coutts and other protest places. We were the window on the trucker convoy for the whole world. That month, we actually had more viewers than the CBC state broadcaster gets on an average month. But here’s how Trudeau’s censorship committee described that three-week period of time: “only 2% of the items during the aforementioned period constituted original news content.” Huh? Only 2% was original news content? What does that even mean? What else do they think we do over here? We’re not covering sports or the weather. That’s madness. But the judge accepted that bizarre claim and used it as a reason to deny us a QCJO licence. We’ve got to fight back. We’ve got to appeal. And thankfully, we’ve got a donor willing to match any donations, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. There are a lot of reasons why we have to win. Under Bill C-11, which is now law, Trudeau has the power to order companies like YouTube and Facebook to either “boost” or “throttle” Canadian content. It would be too conspicuous for Trudeau to order them to ban Rebel News. But all he has to do is to order them to ban journalism that doesn’t have the QCJO licence. That way he can say he wasn’t targeting Rebel News, and that the tech companies did it, not him. That’s what I’m terrified of. 99% of Canadian journalists have QCJO status. There really isn’t any point to the certification, other than to ban those very few media outlets that criticize Trudeau. I’ve actually heard this called the “get Rebel News law”. But it’s actually a “get Rebel News supporters law” as well. When people subscribe to the Globe and Mail or the Toronto Star, they are able to deduct that subscription price off their taxes. Our subscribers, because of this ruling, cannot. Trudeau really does mean to stamp us out. And today’s court ruling gets him closer to that goal. We have to fight back. We lost in Federal Court, but we can go to the Federal Court of Appeal. We’ve beat Trudeau before — in 2019 and in 2021 when he banned us from attending the leaders debates, and we got the courts to overturn that. We can beat him again. We have to. Please go to www.WeAreSuingTrudeau.com, read the ruling, read our memorandum of fact and law, and read the original censorship committee report condemning us. And if you can help us cover our legal costs, please do — you can do that right on the same page. Thanks for your support. We’re fighting for our own rights here. But we’re also fighting for all Canadians who care about freedom of the press and stopping Trudeau’s censorship plans. Yours truly, Ezra Levant  P.S. Trudeau already controls 99% of Canada’s media. But he is obsessed with destroying the last few independent voices out there. He thinks that might save his election chances. P.P.S. I was demoralized when I saw the ruling. But then I talked to that passionate donor who said he’d match any crowdfunding, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 to help us with the appeal. And that gave me hope! (Click here to activate this double-donation gift.) P.P.P.S. If you want to be inspired, read our memorandum of fact and law at www.WeAreSuingTrudeau.com — I think it’s not just great lawyering, it’s a beautiful read!

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 4:17 PM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:

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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Deja Vu Anyone???
To: <Marie-Claude.Bibeau@parl.gc.ca>

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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Subject: Fwd: Deja Vu Anyone???
To: <news@everythinggp.com>
Cc: <Lethbridge.newsroom@pattisonmedia.com>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, <ab.director@taxpayer.com>

Kris Sims

Alberta Director

Office Location:
Mailing address: PO Box 38029 RPO Capilano, Edmonton, AB T6A 3Y6

Cell:
604.997.1798

Email:
ab.director@taxpayer.com

https://everythinggp.com/2023/12/19/some-taxes-set-to-increase-in-alberta-in-2024-report/

Some taxes set to increase in Alberta in 2024: report

Dec 19, 2023 | 11:44 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Albertans are set to see some tax changes in the new year.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released its report
titled, “2024 New Year’s Tax Changes,” highlighting the provincial and
federal levies that will change.

CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano said tax hikes will give
Canadians a whole new kind of hangover in the new year.

“Canadians need help with the rising cost of living, but the feds will
be reaching deeper into our pockets with major tax hikes in 2024,”
said Terrazzano.

Some of the federal taxes that are set to go up include:

    Carbon tax
        From $65 per tonne to $80 per tonne on April 1, 2024
        Estimated to cost families $12.32 more each time they will up
a 70-litre minivan
    Alcohol tax
        4.7 per cent increase in the federal excise tax on beer, wine
and spirits in 2024.
        Estimated to cost Canadians $100 million in 2024-25
    Digital services tax
        New tax on large tech companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook,
Uber, and Airbnb. CTF predicts costs will be passed onto consumers
        Estimated to cost Canadians $1.2 billion in 2024
    Payroll taxes
        Increasing mandatory contributions to Canada Pension Plan and
Employment Insurance
        Estimated to cost workers up to $347 more in 2024

The Government of Alberta will also be implementing some tax changes next year.

Of particular concern to CTF Alberta Director Kris Sims is that the
provincial fuel tax is being partially reintroduced after having been
suspended for all of 2023.

“Premier Danielle Smith did the right thing one year ago when she
fully suspended the Alberta fuel tax because people are struggling
with affordability so it’s mindboggling that she would hike the fuel
tax back up now,” said Sims. “With the Trudeau government hiking its
federal carbon tax in a few weeks and with so many still people
struggling to afford food and home heating, increasing the Alberta
fuel tax is the wrong way for the Smith government to go.”

Some of the provincial taxes that are set to change include:

    Fuel tax
        Part of the 13-cent-per-litre fuel tax will be reintroduced.
The government said drivers will still have at least four cents per
litre, depending on the price of West Texas Intermediate oil
        Estimated to cost $10-$15 more each time you fill up your vehicle
    Personal income tax
        The province has pledged to create a new lower-income tax
bracket for the first $59,999 of income, going from 10 per cent to
eight per cent
        Estimated to save workers $760 annually

The full report can be read on the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s website.

READ MORE: Alberta fuel tax to partially return in 2024

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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 17:40:24 -0400
Subject: Deja Vu Anyone???
To: brenda.paquette@cra-arc.gc.ca, Chrystia.Freeland@fin.gc.ca

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From: Chrystia Freeland <Chrystia.Freeland@fin.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2023 21:55:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re The CRA in the news again Deja Vu anyone???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 17:14:30 -0400
Subject: Fwd: I thank you for your correspondence, which she received
on October 8, 2023. 2023-006285 and 2023-006287.
To: "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin"
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 17:15:24 +0000
Subject: I thank you for your correspondence, which she received on
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Cc: "fin.dcu-ucm.fin@canada.ca" <fin.dcu-ucm.fin@canada.ca>


David Raymond Amos
david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com<mailto:david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>


Dear David Raymond Amos:

On behalf of the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National
Revenue, I thank you for your correspondence, which she received on
October 8, 2023.



I assure you that the concerns you expressed have been carefully
considered. The Canada Revenue Agency administers the tax system and
applies the current tax legislation, while the Department of Finance
Canada develops federal tax policy and amends the legislation. I am
therefore sending a copy of your correspondence to the Honourable
Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance, for her consideration.



Thank you again for writing.



Yours sincerely,





BPaquette




Brenda Paquette

Director

Executive Correspondence and

  Language Services Division

Canada Revenue Agency





c.c.:  Hon. Chrystia Freeland' P.C.' M.P.

Minister of Finance