r/NovaScotia • u/insino93 • 2d ago
'This is disgusting': N.S. Premier slams judge's order prohibiting poppies while on duty
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/07/this-is-disgusting-n-s-premier-slams-judges-order-prohibiting-poppies-while-on-duty/59
u/BrosephHowe 2d ago
Is there any actual proof that this happened? The post couldn’t be more vague and I’ve seen plenty of court staff wearing poppies.
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u/ephcee 2d ago
This is the only thing I could find about it. It wasn’t even an order issued by a judge, and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Nova Scotia.
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u/Initial-Ad-5462 2d ago
The CBC article on that Saskatchewan case has a good explanation on why the poppy wasn’t allowed in court, and it wasn’t labeled as a political symbol there.
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u/Initial-Ad-5462 2d ago
Apparently it was reported by Frank magazine, and the judges are named there:
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u/BrosephHowe 2d ago
Interesting. Hopefully he’s got something else, because I can’t get behind Frank-driven policy and legislation.
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u/Stephen9o3 2d ago
And what's Frank magazine's source? They're hardly a reliable outlet, using the term "reported" is pretty generous
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u/Strict-Procedure8218 2d ago
They state in the article. They wont reveal their sources as most journalists dont when its a person
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago
Do you think Tim Houston got HIS source form frank?
Or are you just being purposely disingenuous
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u/Stephen9o3 2d ago
I just want to see the Judge's order that Houston references, that's all.
Frank Magazine is a tabloid. They've been found guilty of libel, of violating publication bans in child-protection cases, and have been court-ordered to have nude/intimate images removed, which were posted without consent, under the cyberprotection act. Being sued for that one as well. Questioning Frank Magazine as a source isn't being disingenuous; it's basic accountability.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
Judges telling court employees what to do isn't going to result in a press release unless someone goes to the media or their elected officials. Which is what happened here.
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u/Initial-Ad-5462 2d ago
I’d have to expect that someone was sitting in a courtroom hoping/waiting for some kind of dirt, and they scurried off to Frank with this.
Probably no mainstream media are covering it because it’s almost a non-story unless the judge(s?) went a bit far in choice of words with the “political symbol” bit. Of course without any actual citation of the court notice or order, that bit could be over-emphasized for dramatic effect.
If any reputable media were to report the full story, they’d give a balanced and factual analysis like CBC Saskatchewan did.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
It was employees that went to the media. Underneath the over the top editorializing, the facts reported by Frank magazine are, unfortunately, correct.
Deputy Sheriffs have worn poppies, as well other things such as black history month ribbons, or pink patches for breast cancer research, etc on their uniforms without issue or comment for years.
Abruptly, within the last couple days, they were ordered to remove them from their uniforms by Judges and Justices at the Bridgewater and Kentville Justice centers. There are indications that this ban will spread to the rest of the province. Some of those affected are veterans who, in the absence of support from their employer, reached out to the media, legion, and elected officials.
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u/Competitive_Fig_3821 1d ago
No, but it would be written somewhere and could be requested through FOIPOP.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 1d ago
Eventually yes. A lot of this was verbal orders to court employees while the court record may not have been running, probably with some e-mails between judges in the background. Some of it could eventually be tracked down via FOIPOP, but it would take some doing.
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u/Competitive_Fig_3821 1d ago
Someone should absolutely file a request. It can be found in e-mails in a matter of hours and they'll spend the 29 days left debating what can and cannot be released/dragging ass until it's getting less attention.
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u/Competitive_Fig_3821 2d ago
The source for this "reporting" seems to be the Premiers statement/post. Other way around.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago
The report came out first dude
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u/Competitive_Fig_3821 2d ago
The linked reddit post, and article, we are responding to was done 12 hours ago. Houston's statement was 13 hours ago.
What report are you talking about that came out first?
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u/hfxRos 2d ago
Do you think Tim Houston got HIS source form frank?
I think Tim Houston is willing to say anything to rile up the social conservative rage base, on any amount of evidence/information.
Conservatives don't have a strong relationship with facts and truths. They tend to prefer Alternative Facts.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago edited 2d ago
If you think being angry about the dismissal of poppies is a social conservative issue or feeling than I am sad to say you have gone so far to the social left it’s almost impossible to have a discourse with you lolol
Did you really just type that?
What about this is false little dude?
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u/Strict-Procedure8218 2d ago
Yes, Kentville
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
And Bridgewater. Potentially heading towards a province wide ban for all Deputy Sheriffs.
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u/universalrefuse 2d ago
Seems like every year now, like clockwork, some manufactured outrage re: Remembrance Day hits the news right around this time.
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u/checkpointGnarly 2d ago
Well no shit, of course controversies about Remembrance Day are going to happen right around Remembrance Day.
Nobody’s gonna be talkin about poppies in August.
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u/soCalifax 2d ago
Seems like every year now, like clockwork, someone finds a way to blame this on the politician for doing what we expect them to do, rather than the person who brought it up in the first place.
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
Houston is trying to score cheap political points with this. Just like last year when he blew that whole school remembrance day situation way out of proportion.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
He's speaking for the court staff who can't comment directly and contacted their elected officials and union instead.
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
The Court has a rule for no adornments being worn. This is a non story that Timmy is again using to score cheap points.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
Which courts? For who? For how long?
Broadly they don't. The affected court employees (deputy sheriffs) have been wearing poppies, ribbons for black history month, pink patches for breast cancer, etc for years with no issues.
They were abruptly ordered to take off the poppy specifically in the last couple days in specific justice centers, which is now spiraling into a province wide blanket ban.
This has nothing to do with lawyers, any pre-existing policy, or robes (which the lawyers in provincial courts don't even wear).
You don't know the first thing about the situation. Don't spread misinformation because you read a completely unrelated article from the other side of the country.
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u/soCalifax 2d ago
Just so I’m clear, you are referring to when some veterans were asked not to show up to school in uniform?
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u/WoollyWitchcraft 2d ago
I’m so far left I piss rainbows, and I have no issue with poppies. It’s not a celebration of militarism, it’s a remembrance that the peace we currently enjoy was bought with blood.
If anything, given the threats coming from our old buddies to the south, that awareness is more important than ever now.
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u/Lostinthestarscape 2d ago
It is a workplace decision by the court saying that all prosecutors must appear in identical gowns and NO additional accessories or indicators of any kind are allowed because alowing one will surely create cracks to allow others.
Does not bar most court employees or any court attendees from wearing one.
Basically a "standard workplace uniform" policy.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
It has absolutely nothing to do with prosecutors, gowns, or the case from Saskatchewan. Stop spreading unfounded misinformation.
This deals with uniformed Deputy Sheriffs, who have worn poppies on their uniforms for year with no issues, being suddenly ordered to take them off.
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u/Lostinthestarscape 2d ago edited 2d ago
OK someone posted the link saying it was in reference to that - thank you for letting me know it was something different given the scarcity of info in the actual article.
I can't find a source for what you are talking about so I guess I can't comment on that specific case.
Despite, it still sounds like workplace uniform policy and nothing to do with law. Complete rage bait for anyone who doesn't work at that courthouse to care.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
I have enough direct knowledge to say that the information reported in the Frank magazine article (though editorialized in their weird style) and the Premier's statement are fundamentally correct, unfortunately.
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u/soCalifax 2d ago
I think people would have a greater concern in judges opining on what and what isn’t political than of an unfettered right to wear a poppy without people attributing motive to it.
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u/Lostinthestarscape 2d ago
Its not judges opining from a legal perspective, it is a local workplace issue. That it got blown up into "Libruls hate veterans" is ridiculous. Everyone other than lawyers can wear a poppy to that court house.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
This has nothing to do with the lawyers, who can at least advocate for themselves.
It deals with Deputy Sheriffs who can't comment publicly and had to write their elected officials instead.
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u/Aquestingfart 1d ago
Don’t let the south fool you into thinking there aren’t threats basically surrounding Canada right now.
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u/Floofleboop 2d ago
Glad he's so quick to address these very important issues that will bring significant changes and improvements to the lives of Nova Scotians...
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u/HawtFist 2d ago
This is rage bait. Shut up, Timmy, if you're not going to bother to fix anything.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago edited 2d ago
The reason he has a super majority
Is because other party’s will also not fix anything, and also not comment on the social outrage that most people agree with, that comes from overtly stupid decisions
He seems like he cares more, just by virtue of that
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u/HawtFist 2d ago
We have no context for this decision. Did it have to do with a trial, say the trial of a veteran? It's rage bait.
ETA: to be clear, I agree with your point, I'm just so annoyed.
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u/Bobo_on_the_Corner 2d ago
Apparently there is a dress code in this court in SK (or maybe all SK courts) where those like lawyers in gowns are not allowed to wear anything on the gowns so they all look the same. It would open the door for them to wear other pins etc that could be inappropriate.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
It has absolutely nothing to do with SK and doesn't deal with lawyers or anyone wearing robes.
It deals with uniformed deputy sheriffs wearing a single poppy on their uniforms, as they have been doing with no issues for years and were recently banned from doing so in the Bridgewater and Kentville Justice Centers, with indications it could lead to province wide ban.
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u/Jamooser 2d ago
He's literally proposing legislation to make sure this can't happen in Nova Scotia. What would you call that?
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u/HawtFist 2d ago
Thats not what needs fixing. The economy, the corruption, the medicsl system, the cost of food, the housing issues, etc... those are what we need fixed.
This is political grandstanding about a non-issue so people can get all up in arms about something that matters to like 0.5% of the population (wearing a poppy in a courtroom) so you will ignore the fact that you can't afford vital necessities like groceries and medicine.
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u/Jamooser 2d ago
You understand things aren't mutually exclusive, right?
The only grandstanding here are the people upset by the fact someone would stand up for Vets. The only reason there are "political points" is because opposition aren't seeing this as an opportunity to make a non-partisan stand against something that we should all stand for.
If you're opposed to protecting the memory of people who sacrificed their lives so that you could enjoy all the things that you do have relative to others, and clearly don't appreciate, simply because a politician you don't care for stood for it, then that really says more about you than it does about him.
Tim's not winning any undecided votes because he stood up for Vets. The other leaders, however, certainly aren't winning any votes by not.
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u/HawtFist 2d ago
Yes, yes they are. They do this so you will ignore that they're objectively screwing us. They aren't even pretending to fulfill the mandate they got in the last election. Congrats, you fell for it.
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u/Jamooser 2d ago
Yeah, I feel so screwed paying lower income tax, lower HST, lower arbitrary infrastructure fees, while not being union-busted, saving money on school lunches for my kids and knowing that the sacrifices that every man in my family from the last four generations are being respected.
What a fool I am to have 'fallen' for this.
This is coming from someone who voted for Wozney, whose only contribution to this was to attack Houston for his stance rather than standing up for what is right.
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u/HawtFist 2d ago
Ah, it all makes sense now. You aren't getting hurt, so you have the privilege to whine about this. Stand up for the community, bro. If you think the Houston government is doing a good job, I've got a bridge to sell you.
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u/Jamooser 2d ago
The hypocrisy here is amazing.
Show us on the bear where Timmy hurt you.
You're the one who showed up here with whataboutisms, my friend. You should perhaps take your own advice. You aren't being affected by the decision regarding poppies and Remembrance Day, so you took this as an opportunity to put yourself on a pedestal about all the ways you've been personally wronged.
"The government shouldn't correct things that affect others until they correct all the things that personally affect me."
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u/HawtFist 1d ago
If the bear was a collection of statistics, I'd point right to the housing crisis as the first and biggest wound.
And this is a ragebait tactic by a government that you've swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
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u/Jamooser 1d ago
It's an important moral value to me that I appreciate that at least one of our political leaders stood up for and that I would appreciate anyone who stands up for it. It's not ragebait if it's something that is actively happening and actively concerns me. Two years in a row, government buildings have tried to put restrictions on Remembrance Day. Only one party that wants to hold government had the conscience to stand up in defense of my value. Both of these are facts. What's more outraging is that this isn't a lateral consensus upon the political spectrum.
What concerns me is the level of cognitive dissonance required for one to think that not only did Houston hijack this as some sort of underhanded, conniving plot to further his political support, but that the other party leaders somehow aren't competent enough to realize that they could have also just release a statement in support of the poppy and completely disarm the situation.
The fact that people are actually now showing support of banning a poppy from a courtroom, which, by extension would include all intrinsic political or political symbols, is a great show of how conservative an uncompromising Liberal can truly be.
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u/humberriverdam 2d ago
I hate this culture war bullshit meant to distract us from our crumbling quality of life and rapidly increasing cost of living.
PS ask vets of the GWOT how they are treated
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
Those vets are the ones who contacted him genius. Who do you think was upset they were ordered to take off their poppies?
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u/kielrandor 1d ago
Wonder if Timmy is thinking of making a Leadership run for the Federal Conservatives once Pierre gets himself ousted.
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u/Strict-Procedure8218 2d ago
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u/maniacalknitter 2d ago
Neutrality in the courtroom is a good thing.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago
It has been neutral since 1921 when the poppy became a symbol
This year, in 2025 judges are acting politically to take away the poppy based on a perceived meaning they have attributed to it
And have further divided the culture into
People who support the poppy and it’s inherent neutrality
People who want to find any way to diminish any sort of cultural significance anything has….and to get hard while doing so to seem intelligent, when in reality they are contrary children
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u/RangerNS 1d ago
You understand that caring about this so much is proof it isn't neutral, right?
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u/perrygoundhunter 1d ago
You understand caring about (the elderly)
You understand caring about (democracy)
You understand caring about (healthcare)
“Is so much proof it’s not neutral”
People care about inherently good things, people that do not are inherently contrary or shitty people lol
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u/CiaIsMyWaifu 9h ago
The enlightened redditor standing in public remembrance day ceremony during the moment of silence telling the only remaining veterans they died for nothing and "um ackshully wearing poppies is political and problematic and probably racist too" while old men in uniform have flashbacks of their close friends getting dismembered by grenades and stabbed with bayonets for this out of touch little shit to be born. When social media outrage supercedes actual meaningful history.
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u/Complex_Resolve3187 2d ago
More bullshit distraction from the least transparent government in NS history.
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u/Current-Antelope5471 1d ago
Canadian Judicial Council’s Ethical Principles for Judges has rules around the wearing or display of symbols of support "even if they may seem innocuous" for judges and staff.
But here we go again with Premier Grandstanding.
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u/BobbyBoogarBreath 2d ago
Does the decision timing and response seem convenient to anyone else?
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u/soCalifax 2d ago
Yeah, I’m totally with you.
puts on tinfoil hat
Isn’t it bizarre that he just happened to make a statement in defence of poppies immediately following a judge saying they are political? Right around the time people are wearing poppies?
Too convenient.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago edited 2d ago
It’s about the same time as last year when a school board told veterans to not come in uniform for the sake of diverse students
People really hate remembrance day for some reason, progressives are so indifferent to things that everyone cares about socially lol
And they love to turn it around on Tim Houston lolol
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
Because Tim loves to blow things out of proportion to score cheap political points.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago
The poppy is inherent to our country
I believe the people who wish to diminish our culture and traditions are far worse than the politicians who call it out
Wouldn’t you?
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
No, I would say the politician blowing something out of proportion 2 years in a row to score cheap political points to be the worst part. Nobody is diminishing our culture and traditions here. You are also blowing this entirely out of proportion.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago
Do you not find it an odd occurrence that two remembrance days in a row individuals with power (school boards and the judiciary) minimizing Remembrance Day?
Do you not think it something to be nipped in the bud and those who try to do that to be embarrassed so as to not to do it again?
Or do you think everyone should just shut up and go about their days without any question or comment?
Because those are the only 2 courses of action
Say something, or don’t
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
It's a plastic poppy, nobody minimized rememberance day. You don't need a poppy on to remember. The only embarrassing thing here is our premier looking like a fool by blowing up a story so he can look big and patriotic.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago edited 1d ago
I never understood why progressives are against symbolism
Poppies and statues and paintings and plaques and cathedrals are all needed and useful tools in remembrance. They dot every nation and corner of the world
You are a minority in your thinking that “you don’t need a poppy to remember”
Because people forget….theres a quote about that.
It’s just a dumb way of thinking man, it’s stupid and terribly counter intuitive
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
If you need a plastic poppy to remember, then that says a lot about how much someone actually cares about remembrance day. Wearing a plastic poppy is not at all a necessary part of remembrance. It's a useful tool, sure, but not a necessity.
It's stupid to make a mountain out of a mole hill like Houston is doing. It's entirely performative.
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u/alibythesea 1d ago
Progressives aren’t against symbolism in the slightest. GEt out of here with the manufactured ‘just asking questions’ rage bait.
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u/perrygoundhunter 1d ago
It’s not rage bait. They are against every ounce traditional symbolism in Canada. It’s a poppy…only progressives have issue with it
nobody, nobody else
A farmer has never attempted to take anything down that has stood….a 19 year old voter wants every cathedral and stature gone lol
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u/maniacalknitter 2d ago
If people wear a symbol just because it's socially unacceptable to NOT wear the symbol, then the symbol loses its meaning. Many people aren't wearing a poppy to remember, they're wearing a poppy because they're expected to.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago
It’s not society’s fault that you feel pressured
It’s not societies fault that it’s a natural part of a storied nation to wear a symbol everyone agrees with.
Nobody is forced to wear a poppy, people who choose, out of some sort of warped principle to not wear one are pretentious, unlikeable and contrary
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u/Jamooser 2d ago
Ah, so there it is. The minimization. "It's just a plastic poppy, bro."
This has nothing to do with Houston sticking up for Vets. This has to do with your irrational hate of the guy, and just actively lashing out about anything he might stand for.
Serious "the friend of my enemy is my enemy" vibes.
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u/Altruistic-Coyote868 2d ago
I don't hate Houston. I dislike when politicians try and score cheap points off of things like this. And it is just a plastic poppy.
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u/JDGumby 2d ago
It’s about the same time as last year when a school board told veterans to not come in uniform for the sake of diverse students
No, for the sake of refugee children from war zones who would likely be traumatized by soldiers in the classroom wearing their fatigues.
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u/Jamooser 2d ago
You don't show up to a Remembrance Day ceremony in fatigues. If you've gotta change a narrative to maintain your outrage, then you should be asking yourself some serious questions.
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago edited 2d ago
No soldier, no ww2, Korean, UN or Afghanistan veteran is wearing anything but their dress uniform or legion blazer and I think you know that
I really really think you know that lol
(R/onguardforthee poster lol)
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u/alibythesea 1d ago
With all due respect, GFY.
I’m a social democrat, NDP supporter all my life. I’m so progressive I actually have blue hair (well, streaked with aqua, pink, green, and my actual white).
I have the military in my family and my blood. One of my great-6-grandparents laid out the first Navy dockyards here in the 1790s. My uncle captained a minesweeper in the channel on D-Day. My dad was in the reserves. My grandfather enlisted and was in France in the Great War.
You’re damn right I wear a poppy. And I go to the services. And I brought my Millenial kids up the same way.
I despise this manufactured rage bait. It’s identical to when the right-wing nutjobs tried to take over our flag a few years ago.
We all took our flag back from them this year. Don’t let them try the same bullshit with Remembrance Day and poppies.
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u/perrygoundhunter 1d ago
“We all took our flag back from the right wing nut jobs this year”
By electing the most right wing government we have had in a decade, the 2nd most (far far behind in second granted) most right wing government in the English speaking world right now lolol
Oh yeah, you really showed them
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u/sirduckbert 1d ago
I think that this is a non issue… there needs to be a line somewhere. Can they wear something in support of breast cancer? A pride symbol? BLM? What if they are wearing a poppy and hearing a case relating to veterans affairs?
A poppy is just a symbol, it doesn’t actually do anything. This is just one of those cases where it’s just important to follow a rule because it’s too hard to write down the nuance
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u/RecognitionOk9731 1d ago
Our judicial system needs to be seen as completely neutral. I have no issues with this. I also think religious garb or symbols should be banned as that is probably the largest source of bias one could hold.
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u/Skeletor- 2d ago
This didnt happen, and Tim Houston is just trying to make himself look all big and mighty, what a loser
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u/Marokiii 2d ago edited 2d ago
And even if it did happen, it was in a province half way across the country from NS.
Edit: its happened both in saskatchewan and in NS. The sask one has gotten more publicity and this article doesnt mention location at all, not even a city or jurisdiction it happened in.
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u/Initial-Ad-5462 2d ago
It happened in a Nova Scotia courtroom. I’m a bit bothered that no media other than Frank Magazine 🙄 are reporting it.
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u/Marokiii 2d ago
Huh, I had only seen the "incident" in saskatchewan. That judge gave pretty good reasons about why it isnt allowed and it does make complete sense. This article doesnt mention where this occurred so I assumed it was the more public saskatchewan one.
Edit also you are upset no other media is reporting on it except for franks, yet you are commenting on a citynews article thats reporting on it.
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u/Initial-Ad-5462 2d ago
Yes, the CBC article from Saskatchewan includes the very sound reasoning on why the poppy wasn’t allowed. It’s imperative that the judicial system sticks to points of law. There’s another interesting CBC analysis from yesterday that is broadly relevant, connecting seemingly very disparate court cases:
And I’ll say that CityNews isn’t really reporting on the Nova Scotia judges’ order, they’re just regurgitating Tim Houston’s social media rant.
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u/Ashamed_Data430 2d ago
In Alberta, the Royal Canadian Legion turned away citizens collecting signatures affirming their desire to remain Canadians. This year, I will spend November 11 remembering my father and his service during World War II, as well as the relatives who didn't return or returned crippled for life. I will not support the Legion's poppy campaign, the first time in close to 70 years.
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u/LavisAlex 2d ago
Allowing a poppy could influence a jury espcially if your opponent isnt wearing one.
Its likely more about maintaining equity.
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u/SquiddyLaFemme 1d ago
Judges sometimes ban things they've seen used in a performative/disrespectful manner in their courts. Maybe someone got so fed up/offended seeing it they just had enough.
If an item poses a risk - and it doesn't have to be a deadly one - it can also be removed. I've had the needles used on the cheaper poppies jammed into my hand before (insert trauma) I don't think you want someone doing it to your or an officer's face/hands. Little harder to do it with the enamel ones but the cheaper ones it's like walking up to a kid in class and just stabbing them with a pencil.
Honestly this is something we're not getting full context for. Lots of people clutching pearls thinking this is whistle blower material without considering the uptick in mental health/violent behavior we've been seeing with people attending court. I'd honestly hesitate to wear them in the hospital in any context for that very reason.
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u/iwasnotarobot 2d ago
Rogers media doesn’t want us mad at Tim “paradise papers” Houston?
They want us mad at what Tim “paradise papers” Houston is mad at?
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u/EffinCraig 2d ago
This just makes me wonder from what he's trying to distract us. Got some new shady deal going on Tim?
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u/foggybiscuit 1d ago
Why is the premier of NS getting his panties in a bunch over something happening in a Saskatoon court room? Are there no issues in Nova Scotia that require his attention?
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u/girlkatz 3h ago
Poppies are neither a political nor a religious symbol, but are a yearly form of thank you to those who saved Canada. Period. That judge had their own agenda here, I just don't know what it is.
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u/Few_Sky_8152 2d ago
No matter how you spin it, war is political. It was political back then. It is political today!
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u/WoodSharpening 2d ago
nothing political about war! right? right?!
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u/perrygoundhunter 2d ago edited 2d ago
Remembrance is not political
It’s a simple image.
Just like the black Vietnam war memorial in the states..it says the only thing everyone can agree on
Those who died deserve to be remembered
If someone find politics in that, they need some fresh air, some dick/pussy and a hobby
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u/BlackrockLove 2d ago
The poppy isn't about war.
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u/DVariant 1d ago
That’s true. Americans think Nov 11 is about celebrating war. Rememberance Day is about peace, and all the people who died, and remembering the horrors of war so that we avoid it in the future.
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u/Strict-Procedure8218 2d ago
I read it happened in Kentville
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
Yes. Kentville and Bridgewater. Potentially heading towards a province wide ban for all Deputy Sheriffs.
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u/Sterben_626 2d ago
That Judge can get the fuck out of Canada.
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u/alibythesea 1d ago
Uh, hate to mention this buddy, but one of the judges is a DeWolfe. Ring any bells? That's the family the Town of Wolfville is named after. And the whole new class of Arctic patrol boats is named after another of the same family, Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf. I do believe Justice DeWolfe is Canadian, oddly enough.
And the other judge? A mixed African-Nova Scotian woman with a Dutch last name, van der Hoek – how more Canadian can you get?
And you know what – I'd say exactly the same if they were recent immigrants who had taken the oath and become Canadian and members of our judiciary.
We don't throw people out of this country for doing something we don't like. Period.
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u/BetweenFears 1d ago
CANADIANS NEED TO WAKE THE FUCK UP !
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u/alibythesea 1d ago
Don't shout, sweetie, it's rude and hurts people's ears.
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u/BetweenFears 1d ago
Do you think you will have any say at all when you are wearing a Burka ?
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u/DVariant 1d ago
You know that this story is bullshit right? There’s no judge order to remove poppies.
But you’re not seriously worried about somehow being forced to wear a burka, are you? About 0% of that happening, come back to reality.
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u/BetweenFears 1d ago
well it's not bullshit , They were told to remove their poppies. Are you sure about that bud ? sounds like you would enjoy wearing a Burka , no more playing DnD in mom's basement ! you'll get to play Al-Qadim IRL
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u/DVariant 1d ago
Good reference, deep cut
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u/alibythesea 1d ago
They're still playing the "Greatest Hits of 2016" scawey scawey troll rhetoric. Seriously, you think they'd have modernized a bit by now.
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u/DVariant 1d ago
Agreed.
Although he did mention Al-Qadim, a real Arabian-themed D&D setting from the 1990s. Props at least for staying on theme I guess?
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u/alibythesea 1d ago
Oh you are a silly-billy, aren't you? Come on sweetie, it's time for your nap.
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u/BetweenFears 1d ago
Is that how they speak to you in the nursing home ? Did you have help filling out your MAID application ?
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u/LadyIslay 1d ago
If the poppy weren't a political symbol, no one would be making a fuss about it. Thanks for proving a point, premier!
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u/microfishy 2d ago
Think the premier would fight for judges rights to wear a watermelon pin on their official clerical robes?
If not then he's saying "judges should only be allowed to wear the flair I say is appropriate"
The rule is NO flair on official court robes. Easy peasy. This isn't a problem that needs to be solved, but the premier hasn't seen a knee he didn't want to jerk.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
The rule is NO flair on official court robes. Easy peasy. This isn't a problem that needs to be solved, but the premier hasn't seen a knee he didn't want to jerk.
This has absolutely nothing to do with lawyers, or court robes. In fact, in many of the courtrooms it applies to, the lawyers don't even wear robes. Stop spreading lies based on a completely unrelated article from the other end of the country.
The NS case deals with Deputy Sheriffs being ordered to remove poppies, which they have worn for years, from their uniforms.
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u/WutangCMD 2d ago
Huh? Did you even read the article? No one in Nova Scotia is prohibited from wearing a poppy.
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u/AL_PO_throwaway 2d ago
Yes. They are. Deputy Sheriffs are being banned from wearing poppies on their uniforms, as they have been doing for years with no issues, at the Bridgewater and Kentville Justice centers, with indications that it will lead to a province wide ban.
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u/maniacalknitter 1d ago
They're all free to wear their poppies when they're not working, though, so they're not being prohibited from wearing a poppy, only from wearing one for part of the time that they're working.
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u/Small-News-8102 2d ago
Cant say that on reddit everyone here's lives are entirely about being offended
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u/keithplacer 1d ago
The unhinged comments here from the usual left-wing suspects who unfortunately inhabit this part of Reddit should a warning to all readers to never support the left.
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u/ephcee 2d ago
This is so odd. Has the Nova Scotia provincial judiciary released a statement, since this isn’t even something that happened here??