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Freedom Party of British Columbia
LeaderAmrit Birring
Founded2023 (2023)
Headquarters9740 155A Street
Surrey, British Columbia
V3R 7G7
ColorsBlack and Gold
Website
freedompartybc.ca

The Freedom Party of British Columbia, also called Freedom Party of BC, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded and registered with Elections BC on Jan 09, 2023.

Here is the list of all registered political parties in the province of British Columbia from Elections BC government website: https://elections.bc.ca/docs/fin/Registered-Political-Parties-Information.pdf

The Party's founder and leader is Amrit Birring.

The Party's main activities have been to organize protests against SOGI 123 curriculum in British Columbia Public Schools..[1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

The party controversially, disallowed Gays Against Groomers to fly their flags alongside them, in their protest rallies against SOGI 123 in BC Schools[8]

Amrit Birring, leader of the party, launched a criminal case[9] against BC Education Minister Rachna Singh under section 171.1, exposing children to sexually explicit material. The case was concluded[10] by Surrey RCMP, without taking any action. They gave the reasoning that sexually explicity material does existing in BC Public School LIbraries, both in elementary and secondary schools, but it has not been show to any student.

The party is fielding candidates for the Oct 19 2024 BC Provincial Elections in Canada. Here is current list of all Elections BC approved candidates, which includes Freedom Party of BC candidates as well: https://elections.bc.ca/2024-provincial-election/candidate-list/

An article on party's candidate from Delta North depicts their platform as anti SOGI.[11]

The party website is: https://freedompartybc.ca/

Principles

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The Freedom Party of British Columbia advocates for Freedom of medical choice, Freedom of choice for children's’ education free of indoctrination, Freedom of Canadian housing only for Canadians, Freedom from over taxing by government, Freedom of religious places out of government control, Freedom of media companies out of government control, Freedom of movement, Freedom from government surveillance, and Freedom of owning firearms.

BC Elections 2024[12]

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The Party fielded five candidates in BC Elections[13], held on Oct 19, 2024. This makes them fourth largest party in BC in terms of fielding candidates, behind BC NDP, Conservatives BC, and BC Green. The five candidates were Amrit Birring from Surrey-Newton[14], Paramjit Rai from Surrey-Panorama[15], Kiran Hundal from Surrey North[16], Judy Meilleur from Surrey-Cloverdale[17], and Manqoosh Khan from Delta North[18]. No candidate from the party won.

Here are results[19] of Surrey ridings, where four of their five candidates fought.

Party leader claims[20] that one third of the votes of Conservative BC came because of the work of Freedom Party of BC on exposing SOGI 123 and its impact on BC School Children. Particularly, party and its associates' work was instrumental in flipping Surrey North riding in Conservative's favour even though it was a stronghold of BC NDP.

Older Freedom Party of British Columbia

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The name Freedom Party of British Columbia was also used in the past by a party that existed between 2001 and 2009. It was de-registered by Elections BC in 2009.

Here are the details of the older party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_British_Columbia

References

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  1. ^ Magher, Jennifer (25 March 2023). "Manifestation à Surrey contre des politiques intégrant l'identité de genre dans les écoles". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  2. ^ Thayarapan, Arrthy (Jun 15, 2023). "Anti-SOGI protesters bring Surrey school board meeting to a halt". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  3. ^ Campbell, Mike (July 19, 2023). "Fight breaks out over gender ideology at Aldergrove, BC community event - Free speech is under attack, literally". thecountersignal.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Burns, Anna (Mar 25, 2023). "Saturday's anti-SOGI protest in Surrey was a missed opportunity to educate, says Surrey teacher". www.surreynowleader.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Humphrey, Drea (Mar 13, 2023). "Muslims, Christians and Sikhs protest against the sexual indoctrination of kids in BC schools". rebelnews.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  6. ^ Burns, Anna (2023-09-21). "Opposing sides clash at Surrey anti-SOGI rally". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  7. ^ Shantz, Jeff (2023-06-25). "Analysis: Counter-protest opposes far-right transphobic mobilization at Surrey Pride". The Media Co-op. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  8. ^ "BC Freedom Party Takes Aim at "Gays Against Grooming" With Flag Ban". Canadian Anti-Hate Network. 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  9. ^ Burns, Anna (2024-02-01). "Criminal complaint filed against B.C.'s education minister by member of Surrey anti-SOGI group". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  10. ^ NCI, National Citizens Inquiry (Oct 22, 2024). "Protecting Children: The Law Against Explicit Content". x.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2024.
  11. ^ Smith, James (2024-08-09). "Freedom Party of BC running a candidate in North Delta". Peace Arch News. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  12. ^ "2024 British Columbia general election", Wikipedia, 2024-10-24, retrieved 2024-10-24
  13. ^ Weichel, Andrew (2024-10-09). "Every candidate running in B.C.'s 2024 election". British Columbia. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  14. ^ Zytaruk, Tom (2024-10-08). "Meet the candidates: Surrey-Newton". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  15. ^ Zytaruk, Tom (2024-10-08). "Meet the candidates: Surrey-Panorama". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  16. ^ Momen, Sobia (2024-10-07). "Meet the candidates: Surrey North". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  17. ^ "Meet the candidates: Surrey-Cloverdale". Surrey Now-Leader. 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  18. ^ "Meet the candidates: Delta North". North Delta Reporter. 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  19. ^ Bolan, Kim (Oct 19, 2024). "B.C. Election Results: Seven of 10 Surrey ridings go Conservative". vancouversun.com. Retrieved Oct 24, 2024.
  20. ^ Bula, Frances (2024-10-25). "The fate of the B.C. government lies partly in the hands of this diverse Surrey-area riding". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2024-10-29.