The 2024 Diefenbaker Lecturer is Dr. Julie Ponesse. Barry sits down for a few minutes with Dr. Julie Ponesse to discuss some of the themes that she will be presenting for the 2024 Diefenbaker Lecture.

First Freedoms Foundation is co-hosting the 2024 Diefenbaker Lecture with Augustine College in Ottawa on November 11, 2024, at the St. Peter’s/St. Paul’s Anglican Church.

Tickets are now available for you to purchase at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2024-diefenbaker-lecture-by-dr-julie-ponesse-tickets-1042325663117

A reception will be held immediately following the presentation where the audience will be able to meet with Dr. Ponesse and purchase her books.

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Canadian journalist Donna Laframboise was among the founding journalists with the National Post. In her long career she wanted to understand the story behind the story. In January-February 2022 she followed with interest the unfolding story of the Freedom Convoy 2022 in Ottawa and decided she would take her camera and find out what was happening. During the second week of the protest, she walked among the crowd as an observer. The festive atmosphere of the protest was nothing she experienced before. Her family was concerned for her safety because of the government and media news reports from the mainstream media. The reports were so far from the truth that it shocked her journalist ethic.  Now she is writing a book telling the stories of the truckers and what happened at that rally. In other words, she is writing the truth that government and media refuse to tell.

Join Barry and Donna as they talk about the misinformation of government on what has turned out to be a pivotal moment in Canadian history.  This is the first of a two-part interview.

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The 2024 Garden Party was our biggest yet. Some 80 people from around Ontario came into the country for great music from the Duketow family, a talk by Tom Marazzo and fellowship. Much was gained from spending several hours together as we shared our experiences of working together to maintain our first freedoms in Canada.

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In this interview Greg Wycliffe tells Barry about the importance of free speech and his efforts to fight against Bill C-63. The attacks on free speech by the current government is unprecedented and Greg has decided to do something about it. He has published an important website to fight back.  Go to:  https://savefreespeech.ca/ and join him in letting your voice be heard….while you can.

Greg Wycliffe is a Canadian content creator. He does comedy commentary and reporting in the Great White North and provides a fun relatable platform for those who desire an alternative to the mainstream media and government funded options. For more information see his website at: https://www.gregwycliffe.com/

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CARDUS Health Director Rebecca Vachon https://www.cardus.ca/research-library/health/

In less than a decade, euthanasia has gone from being a rare exception — as was originally intended – to a routine cause of death in Canada, sometimes with same-day service for assessment and provision. By 2022, Canada’s “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) deaths had grown 13 times higher than they were in 2016, the year when MAiD became legal.

Rebecca Vachon discusses these and other findings of the

Dr. Lyon “raises important questions about the risks of MAiD clinicians subjectively defining, approving and providing MAiD in ways that deviate from accepted legal and clinical concepts and ethics. Examples show some prolific clinicians describe MAiD in terminology that differs from such norms, as a personal mission, as personally pleasurable, and as a rights-based service.”

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Canadians need to embrace the cynicism of politics, according to Greg Wycliffe in his discussion with Barry W. Bussey. That means we must recognize that politics is a dumbed down cynical ploy to make the opposition look stupid. To stop the madness, conservative voices have to be willing to take on the verbal assaults and be willing to stand up to the opposition without fear. That is a tall order, but it is a must if we are to change the political culture. This enlightening conversation from one who has decided to find comedy in the political reality we find ourselves in.

Greg Wycliffe is a Canadian content creator. He does comedy commentary and reporting in the Great White North and provides a fun relatable platform for those who desire an alternative to the mainstream media and government funded options. For more information see his website at: https://www.gregwycliffe.com/

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Rebecca Vachon recently wrote an op-ed on the importance of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia taking seriously the conscientious objection of doctors and Dalhousie medical students forcing

Barry interviewed Rebecca on her piece and the issue that is causing concern throughout the country.   

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Toronto lawyer and frequent contributor on Twitter (X.com) Daniel Freiheit shares with Barry the recent projects that he is involved in – including some wins for clients dealing with the ArriveCan charges, his comments of what is developing in British Columbia, his dealing with a multitude of issues that just keep coming day after day.

His message: take time off to recoup, recharge, keep in formed and do not accept the narrative – find out what is happening out there and make positive changes.

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Find out more about Daniel Freiheit at: https://x.com/LionAdvocacy

Be sure to get a copy of Barry W. Bussey’s book:
210 Celsius: 16 Ways The Truckers Ignited Canada For The Long Haul – https://www.amazon.ca/210%C2%B0-Celsius-Truckers-Ignited-Canada/dp/103918474X

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“This is not the first rodeo for the cosmic powers that be.” – Lee Harding, Freelance Journalist

Many of us recognize a continual loss of our freedoms, yet many might be unaware that the current agenda for a world state led by oligarchs is not something new. Freelance journalist Lee Harding tells host Barry W. Bussey about two eye-opening books that reveal a history of elite rule. One is “The Fruits of Graft: Great Depressions Then and Now” (2010) by Wayne Jett exposing corruption in world finance. The other book is “Anticipations” by H.G. Wells published in 1902. Wells supposedly theorizes future events such as the entry of China into the field of European politics and that the New Republic will control wealth—everyone’s wealth, not just the rich. Harding suggests that Wells wrote this book on behalf of a ruling elite at the time.

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 “So many things that are actually designed for our subversion—they require a group of people to believe that it’s the moral thing to do.” – Lee Harding

Bill C-11, which amends the Broadcasting Act, received royal assent on April 27, 2023. The bill has given the CRTC authority to regulate the internet in Canada. The CRTC recently put out a diversity questionnaire to Canadian broadcasters. Freelance journalist Lee Harding and host Barry W. Bussey agree that such schemes as identifying “equity-deserving groups” will only divide Canadians, not unite them; DEI policies are in themselves discriminatory and their sole aim seems to be to solidify a cultural Marxism that aids in destroying sovereignty and strengthening corporatocracy.

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