{"id":15829,"date":"2025-11-12T00:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=15829"},"modified":"2025-11-18T23:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:52:44","slug":"938-the-great-escape-from-canada-mark-vandermaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/15829","title":{"rendered":"938 &#8211; The great escape\u2014from Canada | Mark Vandermaas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/938-theGREATescape-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15830\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20251112-justRIGHT-938-GUEST-MarkVandermaas-TheGreatEscape-fromCanada.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio element<\/audio><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve gone from being a patriotic Canadian to the point where I wouldn&#8217;t risk a hangnail for Canada,&#8221; laments our guest Mark Vandermaas.<\/strong>  &#8220;Canada&#8217;s done.  There is no political solution; there is no legal solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A retired member of the Canadian armed forces, Mark&#8217;s experience as a Canadian activist included his being arrested for carrying a Canadian flag in public.<\/strong>  This was perhaps an event symbolic of his ultimate decision to escape the tyranny in Canada and thus be able to say:  &#8220;We love our life in Ecuador.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In sharing his story of how he came to ultimately choose Ecuador as his destination, <strong>Mark&#8217;s narrative of events describing Canada&#8217;s descent into tyranny serve as a chilling reminder of just &#8220;how fast a supposedly civilized society can go off the rails.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Referring to the Canada of today as a &#8220;grotesquely racist country,&#8221; whose national pass time has become &#8220;hating people,&#8221; Mark is convinced that Canada is not &#8220;fixable&#8221; and is doomed to collapse as a nation.        <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Canada threw out the entire rule of law; they shredded the fabric of Canadian society for refusing medical experimentation.  Covid cemented the idea that Canada was over<\/strong>; the sooner Canada is over, maybe then you can build something better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark is encouraging other Canadians concerned about their personal individual freedom in Canada to flee the country<\/strong>, not necessarily to Ecuador, but to any jurisdiction that does not directly threaten their lives or liberty.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>When patriotic citizens find it necessary to flee the country of their home and allegiance, it can justifiably be seen as an act of self defense.<\/strong>  Whether such a decision turns out to be Just Right is a question only answerable by those who manage to make the great escape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/938-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/938-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the audio element &#8220;I&#8217;ve gone from being a patriotic Canadian to the point where I wouldn&#8217;t risk a hangnail for Canada,&#8221; laments our guest Mark Vandermaas. &#8220;Canada&#8217;s done. 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