May 31st, 2024

 

Object: Canadian Citizens and Indigenous Peoples Requesting their National Collective Civil and Political Rights

 

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow citizens, politicians, and all those within the Crown of Canada and Canadian Governance, including the heads of public and private partnerships,

 

I am Nicole Lebrasseur, a legal researcher with over 15 years of experience in addition to pharmaceutical market research before (year). I proudly serve as the founder and CEO of the Canadian Peoples' Union NFP (CPU). Unlike any other organization, the CPU represents informed Canadian citizens and Indigenous Peoples from coast to coast.

 

Our goal is simple yet profound: to challenge the status quo and advocate for the reclamation of our national collective civil and political rights —a legacy eroded by political and judicial oversight, global pressures, and policy interference.

 

Decolonization as a Peaceful and Legal Resolution in Canada

 

Today, I address you to ignite a spark of change, progress, and a reimagined democracy. The PowerShift to Freedom—the CPU's main project—emphasizes the importance of our international collective rights to self-determination and self-governance that would result in the shift of political power from the elites to concerned citizens.

 

I wish to enlist the government's dutiful participation in the peoples’ colonial emancipation. I will gladly expose how, at the CPU, our research has uncovered that the United Kingdom was still responsible for decolonizing Canada's colonial peoples.

 

In 1931, the Statute of Westminster gave Canada independence for free trade and military purposes. However, the people did not win their sovereignty or liberty, which turned Canada into a "nanny state." This is considered Canada's first Coup d'état against citizens and Indigenous Peoples.

 

The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples 1960 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, which both Canada and the UK signed and legally ratified in 1976, gave Canadians and Indigenous Peoples the right to self-determination. The non-respect of these binding international legal instruments endures to this day.

 

The second coup d'état occurred in 1982 when the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution transferred Head of State power from the Imperial Crown to the government of Canada, designating it as the Crown while maintaining the Queen as Head of State, rather than directly to the people. Additionally, certain stipulations from this transfer are still not finalized.

 

This action by Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal government and the Provincial Premiers resulted in a theft of our lawful rights above our government. Canadians and the Indigenous Peoples became mere subjects of the "Crown"—the Canadian government—without genuine national self-determination and decolonization. Trudeau self-determined only the State, not the people. Yet the right to self-determination is accorded to People as opposed to States (countries).

 

Despite entering the 21st century, Canada remains an un-decolonized constitutional monarchy. This status starkly contrasts with the principles of a true democracy.

 

In a true democracy, citizens would collectively serve as the sovereign Head of State and actively participate in decision-making. While the Imperial Crown persists as Head of State, we will never be truly and fundamentally decolonized. Even with a de jure government, the people remain subjects of the Crown.

 

Without their national collective civil and political rights, citizens are powerless against the many transgressions committed by their governance. 

 

The Repercussions of Not Having Our Collective Rights in 2024

 

The CPU’s mission to promote a legal and peaceful resolution to finalize decolonization has never been more urgent. Here is a brief overview of the negative impacts of leaving decolonization unattended:

 

-            Citizens have no means to modify our current political system, Partocracy, which allows for the degrading of the Canadian governance system in favor of outside interests

 

-            Citizens are powerless to fix ethical dilemmas posed by figures such as Chrystia Freeland, who serves on the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is identified as a Global Young Leader, from making decisions that affect the entire nation. Klaus Schwab, the Forum's founder, has stated that these leaders were selected to influence and align government policies more closely with the objectives of the World Economic Forum. This is interference in Canadian policymaking. (please see https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance/)

 

-            Citizens cannot make our politicians accountable for the procedural lapses in legislation and policymaking that adversely affect Canada and its citizens.

 

-            Citizens have observed a shift in their country's governance, where the "Rule of Law" principle is being replaced with a "Rule by Law" strategy. This change, coupled with a lack of respect for the International Bill of Rights and the non-derogable rights under humanitarian laws, even during emergencies, wars, or other conflicts, has severely undermined the integrity of Canada's governance system.

 

-            Citizens are threatened by unlawful Bills, such as Bill-C11and Bill-C63, directly contradict the critical Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Many more examples could be offered, and indeed, many activist groups are bringing several concerning issues to the attention of our governance. However, none is more pressing than the CPU’s imperative plea to return to principled governance guided by the Rule of Law, and a genuine human rights commitment.

 

Enforcing the Full Rights of Canadians and Indigenous Peoples: A Transformative Shift toward Genuine Democracy

 

Ignoring the proper decolonization of Canadian citizens and Indigenous Peoples is a breach that implicates the Canadian Imperial Crown, federal and provincial legislatures, municipal governments, the Governor General, the Privy Council, Health Canada, provincial public health agencies, justice departments, bar associations, and the judiciary. It casts a shadow over their roles under the auspices of His Majesty in Right of Canada and the provinces as the constitutional Head of State.

 

Every level of Canadian governance, from Band Councils to Municipal Mayors and Councillors, bears a fiduciary duty to Canadians and Indigenous Peoples to uphold the International Bill of Human Rights. Three foundational treaties of the International Bill of Rights and guidelines are automatically embedded into our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This integration should stand firm, regardless of specific national, provincial, or municipal laws. This is often the excuse our governance gives to justify its non-respect of such a pivotal legal instrument.

 

The CPU maintains that these rights are inherently protected and that non-derogable rights are upheld in peacetime, during emergencies, and war. Along with these Treaties, the Siracusa and Johannesburg Principles ensure that governments do not exercise overreaching powers over the people, as we have witnessed over the past four years. 

 

The International Bill of Human Rights, a Self-Executing Jus Cogen, and Erga Ormes Customary International Law includes:

 

1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

2. The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights,

3. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including its two Optional Protocols.

 

 

The CPU’s PowerShift to Freedom project is crucial to embedding our collective rights firmly within our Constitution and shifting political power to Canadian citizens and Indigenous Peoples. We've crafted a legally binding living contract named the “Indigenous And Civil Unified Sovereign Enactment” Convention of Consent.

 

This pioneering document invites all Canadians and Indigenous Peoples aged 15 and older to affirm their commitment to our national collective civil and political rights—rights to self-determination and decolonization that have been overlooked since 1982. This significant pledge was celebrated by signatures collected at a landmark 3-day gathering on Parliament Hill from July 30 to August 1, 2022.

 

Your engagement is vital to ensure continuity and reach 51 % of citizens in 7 provinces with the Convention of Consent. Your support of the Convention of Consent and Parliament’s formal acknowledgment of Canadians and Indigenous Peoples as the rightful shareholders and co-owners of Canada and its resources would help correct past grievances. 

 

The CPU insists that it is the Government's responsibility to provide the people with the necessary means—financial or otherwise—to succeed in our self-determination and decolonization processes, as determined by the International Human Rights Committees and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

 

On behalf of the citizens I represent, I would like to thank you for your time.

 

Looking forward to your positive action,

 

Nicole Lebrasseur

The Canadian Peoples Union

https://thecpu.ca