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Welcome to our October B2B Bulletin.

This month we touch on the theme of "Freedom of Speech" in Canada. Freedom of speech is supposedly an inalienable right enshrined in our Charter. However in practise the call today, supported by activist unelected judges, is to "balance" the right to free speech with other so called competing rights. This is resulting in ordinary Canadians, who do not agree with the prevailing woke narrative, to be cancelled, silenced and punished for daring to dissent.

PS - Please sign our Petition to Paul Calandra, the Minister of Education below. You'll find it under "School Matters". Please share this as widely as possible.

Back2Basics

Core Team

Oct. 2025

NO. 13

This month's theme...

Freedom of Expression

Is it a myth in Canada?

Keeping B2B Going and Growing..

Thank you - to those who responded to our request for financial help last month

Can you help this month - with a contribution towards launching

our social media campaign? - DONATE HERE

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Freedom of Expression

Is it a myth in Canada?

When asked this question, most Canadians point to our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and correctly point out that freedom of speech is a guaranteed right for all Canadians Phew! We can all relax.

But not so fast!

What too few of us realize is that unelected judges have taken it on themselves to reinterpret the Charter. Without parliamentary approval or legislation, judges have effectively re-written the Charter to reflect their own political and ideological views. Judges have exceeded their mandates and are undermining the foundations of our democracy.

The result is an ever increasing suffocation of freedom of expression across Canada. Individuals who dare to challenge progressive narratives are silenced and cancelled. Courts rule against individuals who are exercising their so-called freedom of speech, effectively re-writing the Charter at the same time. Judges decree punitive financial sanctions on those who dare to question and speak up.

Are we making this up? Read on and decide for yourself.

88% OF STUDENTS FAKE PROGRESSIVE VIEWS TO MAKE IT THROUGH COLLEGE - The vast majority of undergraduate students who took part in a survey said they don’t feel safe expressing their true opinions on campus.

NIAGARA PRIDE AND ST. CATHERINE'S MAYOR PRESSURE PRIVATE ADVERTISER TO REMOVE CHILD PROTECTION BILLBOARDS -  A series of billboards urging that children be protected from harmful, irreversible medical interventions were taken down...after Pride Niagara pressured the Mayor of St. Catharines to intervene

WOKE WATCH CANADA: THE RED THREAD OF ANTIFA SUBVERSION - Since it was spawned from the German Communist Party, Antifa has waged war against political, sexual, and religious norms. They've won a lot of battles in recent years, but will they win the war?

RULE BY JUDGES OVERRIDES DEMOCRACY - Under the pretense of upholding the 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, judicial activists on the Supreme Court of Canada have subverted democracy and the rule of law in Canada by systematically violating the separation of legislative and judicial powers. (Credit: "The Interim")

What is Actually happening in schools

in Durham Region

and what can be done about it?

Host a one hour Catch the Vision event in your home, church or

hired hall.

B2B will bring our presentation which will be sure to

generate a lot of discussion.

It's time to leave the sidelines and become part of the solution.

To find out more email - back2basicsdurham@gmail.com

The Good

BERNIE SANDERS V CANADIAN ACADEMICS ON CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER - Why is the Vermont socialist the voice of reason while some Canadian "educators" become unhinged?

UN EXPERT SLAMS "DANGEROUS NARRATIVE" THAT CHILDREN CAN CONSENT TO "GENDER TRANSITIONS" - UN special rapporteur Reem Alsalem told a Geneva panel parents are vilified, ostracized, or even separated from children for refusing harmful ‘gender-affirming’ practices.

DANIELLE SMITH, PREMIER OF ALBERTA IS DETERMINED TO PROTECT CHILDREN:

• Alberta policy protecting female athletes from gender confused males takes effect

• Premier Danielle Smith willing to use the notwithstanding clause on Alberta’s trans health bill

The Bad

CANADIAN MOM BARRED FROM SCHOOL FOR CRITICIZING TEACHER'S PRO LGBTQ SHIRT - It just makes my skin crawl, this whole idea that these propaganda symbols are being shoved down our kids' throats,' 

HIGH SCHOOL COACH FIRED FOR CRITICIZING GENDER IDEOLOGY CHALLENGES SCHOOL BOARD - A Canadian high school football coach .. fired for sharing his views opposing transgender ideology on social media in a video discussing his Christian faith sent a legal demand to his former school board demanding he get his job back.

PARENTS BLAST ALBERTA GOVERNMENT FOR WEAKENING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCHOOL BOOK BAN - The revised rules no longer place restrictions on written descriptions of sexual content

and the Ugly

ONTARIO SCHOOL CURRICULUM DOUBLES DOWN ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI) - Despite repeated promises that the Ontario government would usher in a back-to-basics approach to education in the province’s public schools—and reject (DEI)—the current school curriculum actually increases its focus on DEI, finds a new study.

TRANSGENDER PROPAGANDA EXPOSES ITS OWN HORRORS MORE THAN CRITICS DO - Most people read the story of a confused man opting for castration and do not conclude that transgender ideology should be mainstreamed. Instead, we feel horror or, at best, pity.

Durham Region Prayer Breakfast 2025 is here!

You’re warmly invited to join friends, neighbours, and community leaders at the 2025 Durham Region Prayer Breakfast—a meaningful morning of worship, encouragement, and prayer for our cities and those who serve them.

Event Details
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Venue: Canada Christian College, 300 Water St, Whitby, ON L1N 9B6

RSVP & Tickets
Please RSVP by Saturday, September 27, 2025.
Reserve your free ticket (registration required; limited seating)

School Matters

CONCERNED PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF LONDON:

• THE FALSE PROMISE OF “DIVERSITY” IN OUR SCHOOL’S READING LISTS – at first glance, it looks like a healthy variety of modern Canadian literature. But look closer and you’ll see the irony.
  
  

• A WARNING FOR PARENTS - On the surface, these changes are framed as promoting safety and inclusion. But look closer, and a different picture emerges: one that feels less like a partnership with families and more like a blueprint for silencing dissent, bypassing parents, and extending bureaucratic control.
  
  

• TRUSTEES REPRESENTING PARENTS? DON'T MAKE US LAUGH - Let’s be honest: for parents who have spent years showing up, speaking out, writing letters, and making deputations, the claim that trustees have been faithfully representing us is pure fiction.

ARISTOTLE FOUNDATION

• ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS AN ANSWER TO PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPAGANDA? -Parents want their children to be educated, not indoctrinated

  It is not surprising that increasing numbers of parents are turning to charter schools. They want their children to be educated, not indoctrinated, and they expect reasonable parity among their public-school options.
  
  

  THE STAR
  

• ELECTING SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES IS NO GUARANTEE OF ACCOUNTABILITY - I’m talking about the other Rs now top of mind in 2025: Responsibility. Responsiveness. Representation. Those three Rs are the test that grown-ups keep failing in our schools.
  
  

Please sign our Petition

Paul Calandra, the Minister of Education has been speculating that he plans to eliminate school board trustees. Despite the weaknesses inherent in the current system, elected trustees represent the local community and offer a voice for parental concerns. They are a vital part of our democracy. We should not stand by to allow the government more centralized control over the well being of our children.

Please sign our petition asking Paul Calandra to step back from eliminating trustees. Sign Here

Will You Help?

Share this Bulletin with friends and help them Stay Informed. We need everyone to know about the travesty that is being inflicted on school going children in Durham and across Canada.

Recommended Reads and Views - this month

the following materials challenge modern day commonly accepted narratives

WATCH (10 MINS): ALBERTA'S "BOOK BAN" IS A PORN BAN - LEARN THE DIFFERENCE - Sheila Gunn Reid breaks down some of the widely circulated myths about Alberta's attempts to get age-inappropriate content out of kids' classrooms.

WATCH (1HR AND 10 MINS)l KAMLOOPS THE BURIED TRUTH - Drea Humphreys from Rebel News digs deep into the unexplained cloak of silence surrounding the "discovery" of 250 so called unmarked graves

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