{"id":568994,"date":"2021-06-20T19:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T23:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568994"},"modified":"2021-06-20T19:06:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T23:06:55","slug":"watch-new-documentary-details-government-crackdown-on-canadian-christians-likens-to-communist-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-new-documentary-details-government-crackdown-on-canadian-christians-likens-to-communist-china\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: New Documentary Details Government Crackdown On Canadian Christians, Likens To Communist China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-new-documentary-details-government-crackdown-on-canadian-christians-likens-to-communist-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-20-at-3.41.57-PM-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The legal organization that has been advocating in court on behalf of jailed pastors and harassed churches in Canada released a documentary earlier this month detailing how the federal and provincial governments are increasingly resembling communist China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government War on Worship,\u201d which was released by the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms and can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jccf.ca\/the-government-war-on-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viewed<\/a> below or on their website, begins by highlighting how Christians are brutally persecuted in China despite the guarantee of religious freedom in the Chinese Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The film then pivots to draw parallels between China\u2019s tactics and how churches in Canada have been treated since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged from the communist state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exactly like communist China,\u201d said Justice Centre president John Carpay in the video, who also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-pastor-and-lawyer-defiant-after-canadian-police-raid-barricade-church-at-dawn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke<\/a> to The Daily Wire in April. Speaking of the case against Edmonton pastor James Coates, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canadian-pastor-held-in-solitary-confinement-after-defying-covid-19-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0in February and whose GraceLife Church was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-macarthur-commends-underground-church-in-canada-reads-heartfelt-letter-from-jailed-alberta-pastor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forced underground<\/a> after police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-shut-down-church-of-alberta-pastor-who-was-imprisoned-for-holding-church-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">barricaded<\/a> their building, Carpay said, \u201cPastor Coates and GraceLife Church have been quite public about the fact that they are continuing to meet and worship every Sunday, and they\u2019re doing so in secret. And in rural Alberta, there are thousands and thousands of big barns and all kinds of private properties where church services can be held and are being held.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no science to back this up,\u201d Carpay said regarding the lingering lockdowns. \u201cBut the more clear that it becomes that there\u2019s no science to back up these orders, the more repressive they become and the more aggressive the government becomes in enforcing these unscientific public health orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carpay went on to note that because his clients have legally challenged the constitutional validity of the public health orders themselves, provincial governments are being pushed to defend them by putting forward scientific evidence in court to justify them. As The Daily Wire has reported, however, judges are quite willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canadian-judge-tosses-jailed-pastors-charter-challenge-against-church-lockdowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toss<\/a> such challenges, as happened during Coates\u2019 court hearing earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/can-religious-liberty-survive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can Religious Liberty Survive COVID-19 And The New Gnostics?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The documentary goes on to recount the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nazi-cowards-calgary-police-arrest-polish-pastor-who-refused-to-allow-police-health-officials-to-disrupt-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pastor Artur Pawlowski<\/a>, who was arrested in the middle of a busy highway on his way home from his Calgary church and dragged into a police van after he refused to allow health bureaucrats to interrupt his services. As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-jailed-alberta-pastor-released-on-bail-recounts-harsh-imprisonment-and-blasts-evil-canadian-politicians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, Pawlowski alleged that some of the prison guards mistreated him and mocked him for his Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>The film then touches on the arrest of Pastor Tim Stephens, also of Calgary, whose Fairview Baptist Church was locked by authorities when they continued to congregate. Stephens was later released after the Justice Centre argued that the court order under which he was arrested did not apply to him, but last week he was arrested again when a police helicopter found where his church was secretly gathering outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/give-unto-caesar-alberta-pastor-jailed-again-after-police-helicopter-finds-secret-church-gathering-officer-quotes-jesus-to-justify-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, the arresting officer quoted Jesus in an attempt to justify driving the pastor to prison while his young children wept.<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned is the case of Pastor Henry Hildebrandt and his Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario, which was also locked by authorities when they continued to gather. The church and its pastors, who continue to meet outdoors, face <a href=\"https:\/\/lfpress.com\/news\/local-news\/aylmer-pastor-takes-swipe-at-london-mosque-vigil-amid-more-court-fines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than $250,000<\/a> in fines and legal fees. Hildebrandt recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/our-country-is-slipping-pastor-whose-church-was-locked-by-police-warns-of-growing-state-tyranny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke<\/a> to The Daily Wire about the ordeals his church is facing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/our-country-is-slipping-pastor-whose-church-was-locked-by-police-warns-of-growing-state-tyranny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Our Country Is Slipping\u2019: Pastor Whose Church Was Locked By Police Warns Of Growing State Tyranny<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several members of GraceLife Church also speak in the film about what it has been like to have their church singled out. Among them is Dr. Donna Klay, a health care professional who mentioned how many of her patients are falling ill because of the stress induced by the seemingly perpetual lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that stress is the biggest negative actor in our immune systems,\u201d Klay said. \u201cAnd the lockdowns have caused so much stress on my patients and, I think, on many Albertans, that that has been a big factor in people becoming ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klay went on to predict that the fallout from the lockdowns \u201cwill be felt for generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Achnes Smith, another GraceLife member, said, \u201cWhen Pastor James was taken to prison, I think government thought that we would scatter. They firmly believed that we were following a man. So, instead of us all scattering and the church not meeting, the exact opposite happened. Because of the media attention that was brought to our church and to Pastor James, people started coming from far and wide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people drove five hours to come to our church service,\u201d Smith continued. \u201cAnd our attendance doubled. My husband and I met many people who were hungry, who were hurting, who were absolutely so lonely, that they were willing to drive hours to come to our church. And they would walk in the door and they would see us all talking with each other, counseling each other, hugging each other, and they said, \u2018It is like I can breathe again. Can we please come to your church?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said many of those who came were \u201cat the point of emotional and mental breakdowns.\u201d She also talked about how her father, who was subjected to slave labor for refusing to obey an order from the Third Reich to fight against his own countrymen, would be \u201cabsolutely astounded\u201d by what the Canadian government is doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/premier-of-canadian-province-jailing-pastors-caught-violating-own-covid-19-rules-24-times-during-one-dinner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier Of Canadian Province Jailing Pastors Caught Violating Own COVID-19 Rules 24 Times During One Dinner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe underground church is not just in China anymore,\u201d the documentary soberly concluded, noting how Alberta now holds the record for the most Christian pastors arrested in any democratic country.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/give-unto-caesar-alberta-pastor-jailed-again-after-police-helicopter-finds-secret-church-gathering-officer-quotes-jesus-to-justify-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Give Unto Caesar\u2019: Alberta Pastor Jailed Again After Police Helicopter Finds Secret Church Gathering; Officer Quotes Jesus To Justify Arrest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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