Canadian legal advocacy organization
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF ) is a Canadian legal advocacy organization specializing in a social conservative approach to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .[ 2] The libertarian organisation has partnered with several right-wing backers in the United States.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The centre has been involved in cases including Allen v Alberta , Wilson v University of Calgary , Yaniv v. Various Waxing Salons , and the revocation of vanity licence plates . They have also intervened on behalf of Trinity Western University in their fight to retain anti-homosexual college rules, and the Alberta far-right news outlet Rebel News . In 2021, their founder John Carpay took a seven week leave of absence after hiring a private investigator to surveil Manitoba Chief Justice Glenn Joyal , who was presiding over a case the centre had brought.[ 7] [ 8]
JCCF was one of the lead backers of the Freedom Convoy in early 2022, providing its legal support.[ 9] [ 10]
^ a b "Support the Justice Centre" . Calgary, Alberta: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Retrieved 20 November 2018 .
^ "Home Page" . Calgary, Alberta: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. Retrieved 14 November 2014 .
^ Dobbin, Murray (2015). "Canada's Progressive Politics Need Renewal". In Finn, Ed (ed.). Canada After Harper . Toronto: James Lorimer & Company. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4594-0943-9 .
^ Climenhaga, David (2018). "The Wealthy U.S. Libertarians Supporting Canada's Right-Wing Think-Tanks" (PDF) . CCPA Monitor . Vol. 25, no. 3. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. pp. 8–9. ISSN 1198-497X . Retrieved 19 November 2018 .
^ Appel, Jeremy (17 November 2018). "Kenney Must Take Right-Wing Extremism More Seriously" . Medicine Hat News . Medicine Hat, Alberta: Continental Newspapers. Retrieved 20 November 2018 .
^ Climenhaga, David (5 July 2018). "What Does the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Get from Its Right-Wing US Partner?" . The Tyee . Vancouver. Retrieved 20 November 2018 .
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^ Hunter, Justine (2 January 2023). "Lawyer who hired PI to spy on Manitoba judge shocked to be arrested" . The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 8 January 2023 .
^ "Justice Centre representing 2022 Truckers' Freedom Convoy" . Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms . 3 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022 .
^ Bradley, Jonathan (3 February 2022). "Justice Centre lawyers in Ottawa representing Freedom Convoy truckers" . True North. Retrieved 8 February 2022 .