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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

LEVY: Mike Bullard is back and he’s ready to laugh again

By
Sue-Ann Levy
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Legendary stand-up comedian Mike Bullard has been to hell and back.

After more than three years of legal wrangles, a social media thrashing by a lynch mob of female journalists and repeated efforts to cancel his outspoken voice, Bullard is back on the circuit and wanting to tell his side of the story.

He says he’s playing to packed houses at his old stomping grounds, Yuk Yuk’s, and is working on a book. 

“For five years I was muzzled,” says Bullard, who’s now 64. “I’m a social animal, and it nearly killed me.”

Five years ago, the comedian saw his career suddenly go into freefall — dismissed from his gig at Newstalk 1010 radio after being accused of stalking and harassing equally high-profile TV reporter Cynthia Mulligan.

It all occurred in the aftermath of what can be described as a tumultuous, on-again, off-again eight-month relationship. When Mulligan suddenly cut off all contact with Bullard in June 2016, he said he stubbornly and foolishly continued to text her (partly, he added, because he believed rumours were being spread that he was stalking her).

In the late summer of 2016, Mulligan lodged a complaint with the Toronto police, and that’s when things began to unravel for him. 

He said his 83-year-old mom had a fatal heart attack after the Toronto Star’s Kevin Donovan broke the story in October of 2016. 

After seeing his name trashed on social media, he also admits he tried to take his own life.

Bullard said he found himself the bullseye of three overlapping targets – of an overzealous crown attorney who seemed to want to make an example of him, of a police force under pressure to jump on any complaint involving a woman and of media interested in linking his story to the emerging #MeToo movement.

Bullard was slapped with charges of criminal harassment, obstruction of justice and breaching conditions of staying away from Mulligan. 

In June of 2018, broke and unable to continue his defence, he made a deal. He pled guilty to one count of making harassing phone calls and two breaches of a court order and was given a conditional discharge with no criminal record.

At a preliminary hearing, Judge Howard Borenstein – who registered disdain for the four days spent in court on this issue – ruled that there was “nothing in any of the communications (from Bullard) which gives rise to the reasonable inference that her (Mulligan’s) safety was being threatened.”

The judge added that no reasonable jury would convict Bullard of criminal harassment. 

Nonetheless, Mulligan wasted no time in having her victim impact statement posted on Facebook and Twitter by her friend TV journalist Avery Haines – a statement in which she repeated claims that Bullard abused her, and she feared for her safety.

In a transcript of a pre-interview with Chatelaine writer Sarah Boesveld for a June 2018 story, Mulligan said that the judge “didn’t get it” when he dropped the criminal harassment charge. Nor, she contended, was it his role to say she had “no reason to be afraid.”

Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick also tweeted a series of now-deleted comments including – “This is what comic Mike Bullard did to a prominent TV journalist. Stalkers are terrifying. They are vipers. Why is this man not in jail?”

In Oct. 2018, Donovan even retracted his original claim in the Star that Bullard had stalked Mulligan at her home – two years after the story appeared and months after Bullard pled guilty. Reached recently, Donovan said he had written the story because “it was about a public figure” who “ultimately pled guilty” to three crimes. 

By then, however, it had cost Bullard $1.7million in both lost income and legal costs to defend his reputation.

Bullard’s lawyer Calvin Barry has said Bullard’s only crime was “unrequited love” and being “stubborn and naive rather than criminal.” 

Diana Davison, founder of the Lighthouse Project which advocates for the wrongly accused, said she feels that once the “ball got rolling, Mulligan couldn’t stop” and continued to push the narrative that she was “traumatized.”

Mulligan, now a CITY News reporter, did not acknowledge or respond to my four requests for comment over more than six weeks.

Bullard, though, is just happy to be getting back to the laughs and the resilience that led to his successful career. He describes its derailment in 2016 as an anomaly he’s glad to leave behind.

“I never felt helpless in my life until then,” he said.

Unreal use of propaganda in Canada

By
Candice Malcolm
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Why did the Canadian government pass the Emergencies Act last night?

There are no border closures, no road blockades, and thanks to a weekend of police brutality and excessive force, there are no protesters or trucks left in Ottawa.

Trudeau passed the Emergencies Act to crush dissidence and punish his political foes.

And the worst part is, the legacy media are giving him a free pass, parroting and pushing his propaganda and cheering him on.

Despite the brutal crackdown in Ottawa (including against journalists) and Trudeau’s best attempts to shut down political dissidence, the freedom convoy lives on! Tune into The Candice Malcolm Show.

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Conservative MP asking about World Economic Forum accused of “disinformation”

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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An NDP MP accused Conservative MP Colin Carrie of disinformation in the House of Commons after Carrie asked the Trudeau government a question about the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Saturday. 

Carrie said the question had come from a constituent and was related to foreign interference in Canada’s democracy. 

“Klaus Schwab is the head of the World Economic Forum, and he bragged how his subversive WEF has “infiltrated” governments around the world,” said Carrie. “In the interests of transparency, could the member please name which cabinet ministers are on board with the WEF’s agenda?” 

Before Carrie was even able to finish his question, Deputy Speaker Chris d’Entremont stated that the “audio and video” were really bad. 

Before Carrie could repeat the question, however, NDP MP Charlie Angus complained that Carrie “was openly promoting disinformation.” 

WEF has been a topic of controversy recently after a 2017 clip resurfaced where WEF head Klaus Schwab bragged about infiltrating governments around the world using politicians sympathetic with his organization’s views. 

In the clip, Schwab states that “half of (Trudeau’s) cabinet” were WEF Young Global Leaders. 

“I have to say, when I mention now names (sic), like Mrs. (Angela) Merkel and even Vladimir Putin, and so on, they all have been Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum,” said Schwab.

“But what we are very proud of now is the young generation like Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau … We penetrate the cabinet. So yesterday I was at a reception for Prime Minister Trudeau and I know that half of his cabinet, or even more than half of his cabinet, are actually Young Global Leaders.”

The WEF has been a proponent of the Great Reset, which it describes as a global shift towards stakeholder capitalism – a sustainable economic concept developed by Schwab. 

According to the Great Reset, capitalism is dead, and every aspect of society needs to be revamped according to notions of diversity, inclusion and sustainability. Proponents of the idea have pushed for what’s called a “circular economy” that privileges renting over ownership, or the idea that you would “own nothing” and be happy. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others have frequently referred to using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for a Great Reset. 

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and former health minister Patty Hajdu also spoke at the Great Reset Initiative hosted by the WEF in 2021. 

Judge who denied bail to Freedom Convoy organizer ran for Liberals in 2011

By
Jonathan Bradley
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The Ontario judge who denied Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich bail on Tuesday ran as the federal Liberal candidate for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in 2011. 

Julie Bourgeois, who was a Crown attorney when she ran, came in second place for the Liberals in the 2011 federal election, losing to former Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux. 

Bourgeois also made 71 donations to the federal Liberals from 2009 to 2014, ranging in amounts from $5 to $1,186. 

During her failed campaign, Bourgeois spoke about how tough times led people to commit crimes. 

“Not necessarily major crime,” she said. “You see desperate people going through desperate times.” 

Justin Trudeau himself had also praised Bourgeois in a campaign video. 

“Her vision, her authenticity, her strength is going to be an amazing asset,” said Trudeau in a video from 2011, before he became Liberal leader. “Both for the people of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell but also to everyone in the House of Commons after the next elections when I will have, hopefully, the honour of sitting beside her in the House.” 

Lich, who is facing counselling to commit mischief charges, was denied bail on Tuesday.

“I cannot be reassured that if I release you into the community that you will not reoffend,” Bourgeois said in her decision. 

The judge said the convoy’s effect on Ottawa was immense and that Lich was stubborn in her responses to the court during her bail hearing.  She said that the organizer’s detention “is necessary for the protection and safety of the public.”

The revelation that the judge was a failed Liberal candidate came when prominent Canadian psychologist and author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson posted an email from a tipster on Tuesday.
“Said judge did not recuse themselves for a perceived conflict, nor did the organizing judge take issue with assigning this care to them,” said the tipster. “Even to a former Yugoslav like me, I am surprised.”

Liberal MP says trucker slogan “honk honk” is code for “heil Hitler”

By
Jonathan Bradley
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Toronto Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks claimed during a parliamentary debate that the freedom convoy’s trucker-horn slogan “honk honk” is actually an acronym-style codeword for the Nazi salute “heil Hitler.” 

Saks made the claim on Monday while testifying in defence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s implementation of the Emergencies Act to crack down on convoy protesters. 

“How many guns need to be seized?” said Saks in the House of Commons on Monday. “How much vitriol do we have to see of honk honk – which is an acronym for heil Hitler – do we need to see by these protesters on social media?”

Saks attempted to justify her remarks by sharing a Twitter thread about the topic. 

“For those of you who think that honk honk is some innocuous joke, I’ll leave this here,” she said. 

She included a screenshot of a tweet from Antifa member Gwen Snyder that said since “heil Hitler” and “honk honk” both have two Hs, it is “often used ‘ironically’ by alt-right trolls.” 

Urban Dictionary defines “honk honk” as “a word referring to Freedom Convoy 2022 in Canada.” 

Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay mocked Saks for the allegation.

“Actual tweet from Liberal Member of Parliament seeking to back up her claim that saying ‘honk honk’ means you are pledging allegiance to Adolf Hitler,” said Kay. “These are the people running our country.” 

Since the Freedom Convoy arrived in Ottawa on Jan. 29, Trudeau has insisted on characterizing the protesters as racists and other kinds of extremists, repeatedly referring to sightings of a swastika flag and a Confederate flag to delegitimize the entire movement.

On Jan. 16, Trudeau even accused Jewish Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman of standing “with people who wave swastikas.” 

Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act passed in the House of Commons due to support from the NDP on Monday. The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois opposed it. 

There were 185 MPs who voted in favour of the act, with 151 against.

Trudeau invoked the act on Feb. 14, granting the Canadian government unprecedented powers. 

The government was, however, required to seek approval from the House of Commons within seven days to extend its use for at least another four weeks. 

Had the vote failed, the emergency declaration would have been revoked. A federal election might have been called because it was a confidence vote. 

The passing of the motion in the House of Commons would keep the emergency measures in place until mid-March, when Parliament would review the measures again.

The Senate – which is currently debating the motion – must vote on the government’s request, but its approval will be more of a formality.

Is the trucker convoy really over?

By
Andrew Lawton
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It’s been a month since the first wave of the trucker convoy set out to Ottawa to call for an end to vaccine mandates and vaccine passports, setting off a massive protest movement and a three-week-long presence in downtown Ottawa. Police action over the weekend pushed protesters and their trucks out of downtown Ottawa, yet Justin Trudeau’s state of “emergency” remains in place. A secure perimeter remains in Ottawa and police have announced plans to continue investigating and charging anyone involved in the protest.

In this live edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, True North’s Andrew Lawton talks about his reporting on the ground in Ottawa over the weekend, and speaks to convoy organizer Tom Marazzo about what’s next.

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Protester group takes Trudeau government to court over Emergencies Act

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Some protesters from the freedom convoy movement are taking the Trudeau government to court to demand it to release the documents justifying the implementation of the Emergencies Act. 

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Canadian Front Line Nurses submitted a Federal Court application demanding the federal government fork over “all Orders in Council, minutes of meetings, cabinet submissions, memoranda, agreements and constituting documents” supporting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Act.

“Invocation of the Emergencies Act is improperly motivated by a design to target, threaten and punish individuals who have different views from that of the Prime Minister with respect to Covid-19 mandates and restrictions,” wrote the group’s lawyers. 

“There is no national emergency. The Freedom Convoy protest has increased the Canadian public’s awareness with respect to the unreasonableness of government Covid-19 mandates and restrictions.”

According to the lawsuit, the federal government’s use of emergency powers contradicted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Bill of Rights. 

The Liberals have been reluctant to provide any evidence to support their claims that the protests constituted a public order emergency. 

In an Orders in Council issued days after Trudeau’s invocation, the federal government argued that “continuing blockades” and the protests’ “adverse effects on the Canadian economy” were among the reasons justifying the emergency.

However, blockades at the Coutts and Ambassador Bridge border crossing have since been cleared. 

Conservative MP John Barlow spoke on Sunday during the debate in the House of Commons over whether the Emergencies Act should be extended.

“Here, I want to be very clear,” he said. “The ramifications of invoking the Emergencies Act are profound. That is because it has never been done before.” 

“Meanwhile, over the last week, the blockades the Prime Minister is saying are devastating our economy in Coutts, at the Ambassador Bridge and Emerson have all been resolved, and it did not take the Emergencies Act to do it. They were resolved because the police services in those areas used the tools that were available to them under the Criminal Code – existing tools. There was no need for the Emergencies Act to resolve these blockades.” 

Despite the borders now being open and the protesters in Ottawa having largely dispersed, the Liberals and the NDP voted to prolong Emergencies Act powers for the Trudeau government for 30 days. 

Under the act, the federal government can seize assets of protesters, arrest them for being in certain areas and even cancel their insurance.

Romanian parliamentarian calls Trudeau “tyrant” and “dictator” over Ottawa crackdown

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Romanian Member of European Parliament (MEP) Cristian Terheș savaged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the European Parliament in Brussels this weekend for cracking down on peaceful freedom convoy protesters in Ottawa.

“The prime minister of Canada, the way he’s behaving right now – he’s exactly like a tyrant, like a dictator. He’s like Ceaușescu in Romania,” said Terheș.

“If you raise doubts about the vaccines, you’re outcasted. What’s the difference between what he does and what happened under the Inquisition?”

Nicolae Ceaușescu was a communist dictator who ruled over the former Socialist Republic of Romania until 1989 when his regime was toppled by revolutionaries after decades of ruthless repression. 

Ceaușescu also oversaw the creation of the Securitate, one of the most brutal secret police forces in the Eastern Bloc. 

Terheș went on to offer his support to the freedom convoy movement and said that he hoped it would spread to other nations. 

“I hope this movement for freedom and for rights is spreading all around the world. Because at the end of the day, we have to make sure that those elected officials understand that they were elected into those offices for the people. Not to behave like masters of slaves.”

Terheș joins a growing chorus of international voices who are condemning Trudeau for abusing his powers. Others who have spoken out against Trudeau include UK MP Marcus Fysh, US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US congresswoman Yvette Herrell and Indian politician Vijay Chatuhaiwale. 

On Monday, Liberal and NDP MPs successfully voted to extend the use of the Emergencies Act to deal with the protests against COVID restrictions and mandates. Trudeau invoked the extreme measure to crush demonstrations in Ottawa but also cited border blockades that had come to end before or shortly after he implemented the act. 

To date, nearly 200 people have been arrested for participating in the protest, and 76 vehicles have been towed from the city’s downtown core. 

Checkpoints remain in place throughout Ottawa as well as a heavy police presence. 

Trudeau government gives $10 million to race-based housing

By
Jonathan Bradley
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The Trudeau government has announced it is giving millions of taxpayer dollars to help 200 black families in the Greater Toronto Area pay for their first home. 

“This investment builds on previous announcements by the Government of Canada to support Black Canadians in achieving their dream of homeownership,” read an announcement by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) on Friday.

The program will provide $10 million in taxpayer money to the BlackNorth Homeownership Bridge Program along with a “joint contribution of $40 million with Habitat for Humanity to create 200 additional homeownership opportunities for Black Canadians, as part of a recently announced $50 million investment through the National Housing Co-Investment Fund to support Black Canadian renters.”

“Different Canadians face unique challenges, especially when it comes to finding a safe and affordable place to call home,” said federal minister of housing and diversity and inclusion Ahmed Hussen.

“Our government continues to support Black Canadians in accessing equitable housing opportunities. This funding will support Black Canadians across the GTA to become homeowners and break the cycle of core housing need.”

The CMHC press release said that the program would be led by BlackNorth Initiative in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and “will support homeownership for Black Canadians through a shared equity mortgage structure.”

“We need to focus first and foremost on the most vulnerable of our fellow Canadians, including those who face unique challenges,” said BlackNorth Initiative founder Wes Hall. “Investment in the BlackNorth Initiative Homeownership Bridging Program (HBP) highlights the Government of Canada’s commitment to both anti-racism initiatives and finding pathways to homeownership.”

The HBP, said the press release, will “support homeowners in building strength and generational wealth through their home, create ownership opportunities for multiple generations of homeowners and will ensure housing units remain affordable across multiple owners to build inclusive communities.”

Quillette associate editor Jonathan Kay mocked the race–based funding program on Saturday. 

“So how do they decide who gets the money?” said Kay in a tweet on Saturday. “Do they pick, like, the *blackest* applicants?” 

Race-based data collected by Statistics Canada suggests that about 25% of Black Canadians are in core housing need, with 80% of them paying about a third or more of their income towards housing. 

Convoy organizer Tamara Lich denied bail

By
Harrison Faulkner
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One of the leading organizers behind the freedom convoy has been denied bail by an Ontario court judge.

Ontario Court Justice Julie Bourgeois made the ruling in Ottawa on Tuesday, saying she believes Tamara Lich would reoffend if released.

“I cannot be reassured that if I release you into the community that you will not reoffend,” Bourgeois said in her decision.

Bourgeois said the convoy’s effect on the community was immense and that Lich was obstinate and disingenuous in her responses to the court during her bail hearing. The judge said Lich’s detention “is necessary for the protection and safety of the public.”

In addition, Bourgeois ordered Lich to have no contact with other convoy organizers Benjamin Dichter, Christopher Barber and Daniel Bulford.

Lich was arrested on Feb. 17 and charged with counselling to commit mischief. Barber was arrested the same day and released on bail over the weekend.

Lich’s detention also comes just over two weeks after the man who was arrested in Winnipeg in connection with a hit-and-run that injured four protesters at a freedom rally was also released on bail. According to court documents, 42-year-old  David Alexander Zegarac was released from custody on Feb. 5 on a promise to pay $10,000. His next appearance is scheduled for March 22.

Bourgeois’s decision comes one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act passed a vital vote in the House of Commons thanks to the parliamentary support of Jagmeet Singh and the New Democratic Party.

The Trudeau government invoked the act on Feb. 14, immediately granting itself unprecedented powers.

The passing of the motion in the House of Commons will keep the emergency measures in place until mid-March at the latest. The Senate must also vote on the government’s request, although this will serve more as a formality.

Since the act was invoked, supporters of the Freedom Convoy have had their bank accounts frozen, while police in Ottawa brutally cracked down on protesters over the weekend. 

All border blockades, including those in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario, had already been cleared before or shortly after Feb. 14. 

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