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Last week the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy (CSASPP) dropped a very quiet but highly explosive bomb on the Canadian Freedom Movement. Most are not even aware of the detonation, but the shock waves are slowly being felt.
The short version, posted on January 18th, on CSASPP’s website is only the fuse that inquiring minds need to look closer at to reveal the scathing indictment of a handful of members of the Canadian Freedom Movement, and their dubious lawyer, Rocco Galati. The update states that a $1.1 million defamation lawsuit against CSASPP by Galati failed, and CSASPP were presumptively awarded court costs in the amount of $160,000.
NOTE: The judge still needs to issue another ruling on that, hence why it's presumptive because that's normally what happens in a SLAPP. Rocco has an opportunity to convince the judge not to, but he doesn't have a good reason. Especially since the judge already said that Galati brought the suit for an improper purpose.
Clicking on the link at the bottom of the update leads to a short novel detailing the history of this bitter saga, that began here in Vancouver at the Art Gallery in the middle of the lockdowns, when Tanya Gaw, leader of Action4Canada announced she had retained Ontario lawyer, Rocco Galati, in order to launch a lawsuit against the provincial government.
For a brief synopsis, please read our article of last year:
Why did Rocco Galati sue another organization that was supposedly working towards the same goal of fighting the provincial government’s draconian mandates? The answer is simple. CSASPP posted on their website the truth—namely, that Galati’s filing was trash, and they also predicted that the judge would throw it in the trash can (which he did.)
The truth is that Rocco’s lawsuit was Dead On Arrival because it is arguably one of the most incompetent legal documents ever composed by a lawyer.
The judge who ruled on the 391-page lawsuit, called it “Bad Beyond Argument,” a term that is now being used in the Law Society of British Columbia’s training manual here in BC to educate legal professionals on how NOT to file a lawsuit.
The real deep down painful problem that needs to be addressed is that half of the Canadian Freedom Movement funded Galati’s Nothing Burger Lawsuits. Action4Canada, Vaccine Choice Canada, Take Action Canada, Police On Guard, Children’s Health Defense (who had their offices in Galati’s office) all drank the Rocco Kool Aid and signed up for Galati and Action4Canada’s promises that went nowhere.
Rocco Galati came along at the right time. Tanya Gaw, who presented herself as a religious martyr, convinced thousands to donate to what appeared to be a worthwhile lawsuit.
Kip Warner’s comments sum it up: “But help arrived. Like manna from heaven, Toronto-based lawyer Rocco Galati made his debut in the lockdown dissident scene’s onset in 2020. With a reputation that preceded him, revered as a messianic figure by his patrons, he would be their saviour. Evangelized by some as no less than our nation’s top constitutional lawyer, he was the Second Coming.”
It is estimated by CSASPP that “Galati’s total mandate-derived revenue has a conservative and unsubstantiated estimate of, at a minimum, a little over $1M. The evidence we have reviewed is strongly suggestive of at least $3.8M that we were able to trace.”
And it is also reported by CSASPP that Galati bought a house in Toronto with the proceeds and paid cash: “With demand on food bank usage at record levels amidst a national housing crisis, we were reassured after identifying some of the fruits of Galati’s career. We located two properties valued at $1,950,000 and $725,000 in Toronto neighbourhoods. The former was purchased in September of 2021 and with no registered mortgage.”
In other words, Galati paid cash for a house worth almost $2 million bucks.
Galati is also suing Canucklaw.ca for a whopping $7 million—also for defamation. Canuck Law had the audacity to point out the seriously flawed problems with Rocco’s filings—all of her predictions turned out to be accurate:
“While this should be cause for excitement, that is not the case here. The NOCC [Notice of Civil Claim] is filled with obvious defects which will lead to it getting thrown out, if the Government ever decides to challenge it.
Just looking at Rules 3-1 and 3-7 of the British Columbia Supreme Court Civil Rules, it already becomes clear that there will be issues with the pleading. These aren’t minor problems, but ones that seriously and repeatedly violate basic rules of the B.C. Supreme Court.
And no, this isn’t “infighting.” It’s difficult to believe that “Canada’s top constitutional lawyer” could draft such garbage unless it was done intentionally. People are being asked to donate to a case that doesn’t stand a chance in hell of going ahead. And maybe that was the point all along.”
Canuck Law posted many articles about the serious defects in Galati’s lawsuits that cost the Canadian Freedom Movement buckets of money and went nowhere. For a chronological synopsis of the Galati Grift Wagon, see Canuck Law’s latest article.
Galati also threatened to sue me during the defamation hearing for our article and video, detailing his futile lawsuits. Both were submitted as evidence of a “conspiracy” against Mr. Galati:
It is not defamation if you tell the truth. And the truth is that Galati’s lawsuits are prolix, an abuse of process, bad beyond argument, vexatious and scandalous, just as the Canadian legal profession has stated.
A con man tells you what you want to hear, and then he slowly rips you off. When you challenge him, he will double down, play the victim and claim he is being unfairly targeted. He will lie some more, pour you another glass of Kool Aid and carry on ripping you off.
When a used car salesman sells you a lemon, you should never go back and buy another car from him, but some people do go back, over and over again. The sad truth is that some people never learn.
Something about him always picked at the back of my mind. Even at the start of his crusade when he seemed like a saviour.
Trust the gut!
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