I don't get where these fines were imposed. Were these Amish crossing the border and then an agent said "you don't have the ArriveCan app", and the Amish said "no shit" and then they wrote a fine?
I bit the bullet and watched the first 7 mins of the 26 minute long grifting Ezra Levant video.
Chatsworth, Ontario is quite far from any border. It's at the base of the Bruce Peninsula near Owen Sound, ON. Closest border likely Sarnia / Port Huron
74 Mennonite families live in the commune
a local farmer tried to take out a bank loan to buy cattle
was informed there's a sizeable 2 year old lien on his property
they showed some legal notices from May 2022 where two community members were charged 18k for not using the border app for crossing at Welland, ON in Niagara
the community has no means of telephone or email at all, so the government didn't update them on outstanding fines or liens (no mention of snail mail)
they are a completely pacifist community including not contesting things in court
the community usually pools for payment for fines, so that's likely where "community owes 400k" comes from
Like a lot of ideologies, it only works when everyone is on board.
As soon as one person, from within or out, doesn't want to play then its completely invalid and retarded.
The reason why communism (and libertarianism) doesn't work. The second that somebody realizes that hard work doesn't result in proportional reward, or somebody strong realizes they can form a gang and take what they want, those systems are toast, and it just goes back to might is right (which is how the world really works).
they are a completely pacifist community including not contesting things in court
That don't make no sense.
I have to imagine they would contest some things in court. Otherwise they could be rolled over by anyone with a false accusation.
Maybe they meant that they wouldn't challenge the law or government? One of those Romans 13 interpretations about submitting to authorities?
The example that Levant gave after talking with a Mennonite elder was of a hypothetical young man getting charged with trespassing or a hunting violation after crossing on to signed private property with a rifle hunting rabbits.
Ezra said the community would never have an individual plead Not Guilty to any such charge and would always just pay out whatever financial penalty immediately by a pooled collection.
I could only stomach the first 1/4 of the video. Levant didn't specifically outline how the liens reached 400k.
He did mention that his sham charity, The Democracy Fund that he is constantly crowdfunding for, was already representing at least 3 cases but hoped to take on more.
It also was not specifically mentioned if the community members were served by letter mail over the last 2 years prior to learning of the liens.
The old border ArriveCAN clips I used to see on Twitter had public health & border agents write out tickets outlining the 5 figure fines right there at the Customs office at the land border before citizens were permitted re-entry.
The first 7 minutes of the video did flash on screen a few offense notices outlining amounts owed dating back to May 2022.
It's not made clear whether these were newly learned about with the recent lien or if the individuals or community leaders were served tickets 2 years ago but didn't immediately concede because the penalty amounts were so ridiculous.
I don't get where these fines were imposed. Were these Amish crossing the border and then an agent said "you don't have the ArriveCan app", and the Amish said "no shit" and then they wrote a fine?
I bit the bullet and watched the first 7 mins of the 26 minute long grifting Ezra Levant video.
Pacifism is just a much slower version of suicide.
Like a lot of ideologies, it only works when everyone is on board.
As soon as one person, from within or out, doesn't want to play then its completely invalid and retarded.
The reason why communism (and libertarianism) doesn't work. The second that somebody realizes that hard work doesn't result in proportional reward, or somebody strong realizes they can form a gang and take what they want, those systems are toast, and it just goes back to might is right (which is how the world really works).
Good work.
That don't make no sense.
I have to imagine they would contest some things in court. Otherwise they could be rolled over by anyone with a false accusation.
Maybe they meant that they wouldn't challenge the law or government? One of those Romans 13 interpretations about submitting to authorities?
The example that Levant gave after talking with a Mennonite elder was of a hypothetical young man getting charged with trespassing or a hunting violation after crossing on to signed private property with a rifle hunting rabbits.
Ezra said the community would never have an individual plead Not Guilty to any such charge and would always just pay out whatever financial penalty immediately by a pooled collection.
I could only stomach the first 1/4 of the video. Levant didn't specifically outline how the liens reached 400k.
He did mention that his sham charity, The Democracy Fund that he is constantly crowdfunding for, was already representing at least 3 cases but hoped to take on more.
It also was not specifically mentioned if the community members were served by letter mail over the last 2 years prior to learning of the liens.
The old border ArriveCAN clips I used to see on Twitter had public health & border agents write out tickets outlining the 5 figure fines right there at the Customs office at the land border before citizens were permitted re-entry.
The first 7 minutes of the video did flash on screen a few offense notices outlining amounts owed dating back to May 2022.
It's not made clear whether these were newly learned about with the recent lien or if the individuals or community leaders were served tickets 2 years ago but didn't immediately concede because the penalty amounts were so ridiculous.