Tonight is not about politics.
It’s about power, and North Huron CAO Nelson Santos’ abuse of it.
At recent North Huron council meetings, members of the public were confronted, removed, and physically interfered with for doing something completely lawful: recording a public meeting.
Let that sink in.
An Ontario Provincial Police officer — Murray Foxton — claimed “there is no constitution,” forcibly interfered with cameras, and refused to recognize the Charter-protected right to record police and your own arrest.
This is Canada.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms absolutely exists.
Section 2 guarantees freedom of expression.
Courts have repeatedly affirmed the public’s right to record police in public spaces.
Public meetings are not private clubs.
Council chambers are not ego sanctuaries.
Police are not personal security for municipal administrators.
Tonight, the OPP have a choice:
Stand with the Charter and the law…
or enforce the ego and power trip of a CAO who doesn’t like being questioned.
Using police presence to chill speech, suppress questions, or intimidate residents is government overreach — full stop.
If officers interfere with cameras again, the public response is simple:
Film The Police.
Film calmly.
Film legally.
Film respectfully.
Film everything.
Sunlight is accountability.
This is not about chaos. It is not about disruption. It is about documentation. Peaceful assembly. Transparency. The rule of law.
If there is nothing to hide, there should be nothing to fear from a camera.
17 February
6:00 PM
271 Frances St., Wingham
Bring your phone.
Bring your composure.
Bring your Charter.
Because democracy is not defended by silence.
It is defended by citizens who show up.
FTP.