Josh Alexander is an amazing young Christian who has been facing personal and religious discrimination since he was in grade 11 at St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Ontario. Josh has since been expelled from school and has been arrested twice, and we are so grateful that he is here to tell us more about his story.
00:00:00.000Uh, I've had, uh, teachers and, uh, board members from other boards reach out, but, uh, none from my school or my board. Um, and we, we had just talked about that, that trustee meeting that I attended just in now I got the response from the board.
00:00:17.460So this is the first time anybody's heard it, but, uh, it says here in compliance with this, um, obligation, Ontario Human Rights Code, we will continue our practice of allowing members of our community to utilize the restricted washrooms of their lived gender, their lived gender.
00:00:33.100Just as a Christian and a young man, I recognize this is my duty and I have an obligation to take up, uh, this fight. Um, and I also recognize that we're at a point where masculinity is under attack and not just masculinity, but traditional femininity.
00:00:52.160And, uh, our, our entire generation is, uh, is captivated by useless vices. Um, whether it's video games or, um, phones or pornography or all this just degeneracy that has, uh, swamped our generation. Um, it's numbed them to the attack and it's, uh, it's a, uh, direct attack on the, uh, family unit.
00:01:20.220And, uh, I don't, uh, I don't want to be a part of that. So, uh, I'm taking my stand and I'm going to continue to do so.
00:01:30.120I am so pleased to introduce Josh Alexander, an amazing young Christian who has been facing personal and religious discrimination.
00:01:40.360Josh was in grade 11 at St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Ontario.
00:01:44.560And in November of 2022, he was suspended for expressing his belief in the scientific and biblical principle that there are only two genders, male and female.
00:01:57.920He has also been standing up for the girls at his school who are uncomfortable with male students entering the girls' washroom.
00:02:05.780Josh has since been expelled from school and has been arrested twice.
00:02:10.260And we are so grateful that he's here to tell us more about his story.
00:02:15.340Will you all help me welcome Josh Alexander?
00:02:54.820They did a few articles and I'm supposed to be on Tucker soon, but we'll see.
00:02:58.320Okay. Well, this is a worthy story to get out there.
00:03:03.600I've got to just say from across the miles here, I'm so proud of you.
00:03:07.000And I'm so grateful for the steps that you've taken to protect the young women in your school.
00:03:12.640It's a necessary step, Josh, and you're an example to men across this nation.
00:03:17.420So I'd like to just hand the floor over to you.
00:03:20.300There's going to be people on the show and who are going to watch this video that haven't heard about you and haven't, they don't know your story.
00:04:09.000Um, a lot of schools walked out and it was fairly successful, but, uh, the, the conflict with the school just wasn't worth it after the, like, it was just, it was getting, uh, pretty stupid.
00:04:18.500So I, uh, I decided to switch to the Catholic board and hopefully find a board where, uh, my, my religious views would be, uh, more so accepted and, uh, upheld.
00:04:29.820But, uh, obviously that wasn't the case.
00:04:32.420Um, a few, uh, they, well, probably even days into the, uh, into my time there, I realized there was an issue and it wasn't long before female students, uh, told me that there were males using female washrooms and that they were concerned about this.
00:04:47.900Um, and, uh, uh, I decided to say something about it.
00:04:51.380Um, I said this in a classroom format and, uh, I also brought to the principal himself and, uh, I was completely ignored.
00:04:59.620Um, a female student that did the, the same thing was also ignored and it was just becoming, uh, very apparent that the, the school didn't, uh, care at all about the concerns of, uh, their students.
00:05:11.680Um, so, um, at that point I decided to organize a protest outside of my school just to get some, uh, media attention on the issue and, uh, they decided to suspend me indefinitely.
00:05:22.840And, uh, so I was, uh, kicked out two days before the protest.
00:05:27.620Um, the, uh, staff members at the school went around class to class and intimidated students and told them not to walk out.
00:05:34.640And, uh, then, uh, then after that, um, I held the, I staged the protest anyways.
00:05:41.120Um, I was met by, uh, countless counter protesters.
00:05:46.380Um, I was vastly outnumbered like usual, but, uh, yeah, the, the, the event itself went fairly smooth.
00:05:53.320Um, I was suspended for 20 school days, um, until they, uh, called me into a meeting and, um, they informed me that I was allowed to return.
00:06:04.640Um, under the condition that I was permanently banned from two of my classes, uh, math class and religion class.
00:06:11.800And, uh, I also wasn't allowed to speak to certain students.
00:06:16.200So, uh, I, uh, I informed the school, um, with my lawyer who was from Liberty Coalition Canada.
00:06:23.040Um, they were, they decided to take on my case and I informed the school that I wouldn't be abiding by those, uh, unlawful conditions.
00:06:29.800Um, so at that point, the school gave me an exclusion order and, uh, they told me that they felt my presence in the building would be detrimental to the physical and mental well-being of the pupils.
00:06:43.000So, uh, that's what, uh, they had to offer.
00:06:46.300Um, once again, I felt this was unlawful and discriminatory and I didn't want to, uh, condone the, their wrongful behavior by, uh, accepting it and complying with it.
00:06:56.840So I decided to attend and, uh, I was handed a trespassing notice by my school and yet again, another suspension.
00:07:04.980I waited all of that out till, uh, the beginning of February, um, February of 2023 and, uh, I had now lost four credits and, uh, it was the beginning of the new semester.
00:07:19.480Um, my trespassing notice was over, my suspension was over and, uh, I informed the school that I'd be returning and, uh, I would continue to adhere to my religious beliefs.
00:07:29.220And I expected to, uh, be treated like any other student without the discrimination I had been facing, uh, previously.
00:07:36.300And in response to that, once again, they excluded me for the exact same reason.
00:07:40.320They felt I was a threat in the building and, uh, I, uh, talked with my lawyer and, uh, once again, I, it just didn't sit right with me.
00:07:50.140I felt I would be condoning their, uh, wrongful behavior by staying home.
00:07:55.120And, uh, I didn't feel I could comply, um, with the unlawful order that, um, that infringed on my religious freedoms.
00:08:03.320And I decided to attend class once again, uh, not long into my time at class that day, uh, they tried to take my phone from me.
00:08:12.140Um, they, I eventually agreed to meet in the office with them once I had my lawyer on the phone and I accompanied the, uh, vice principal down to the office.
00:08:20.920And, uh, as soon as I walked into the office, the principal blocked the exit and informed me there were some people on the way to see me.
00:08:29.440And, uh, not long after that, some Ontario provincial police officers walked in.
00:08:33.700They informed me I would, uh, be arrested if I didn't leave.
00:08:36.940And, uh, I, I had to tell them that I wouldn't leave on a request.
00:08:40.920And should they choose to arrest me, um, I wouldn't resist, but I also wasn't going to, uh, uh, surrender my, my fundamental freedoms.
00:08:49.500And, uh, I decided to take that stand and ended up reading me my rights.
00:08:54.080And, uh, in the back, they charged me from the back of the cruiser.
00:08:59.820What were you, what were you feeling at that point, Josh, as you were going through this at the school, like this, this last section where, I mean, I can only imagine.
00:09:09.600How tumultuous it must have been in October, November, you know, the fact that you knew that you were going to be expelled, suspended, uh, losing four credits, and then having the courage to go back to school, uh, because there's something called tacit agreement, right?
00:09:27.000If you go along with it, if you hadn't gone back to school, that means in a sense that you had agreed with the decision that they made.
00:09:33.420And, um, I'm hoping that was part of good counsel that you received, or, or maybe within yourself, you just felt compelled that you were going, weren't going to accept it.
00:09:42.120You walk back into school, you're ready to be educated as is your right.
00:09:46.740And then you're taken down to the office.
00:10:12.800But, uh, after what I've seen and what I've personally experienced over the last, uh, couple of years during protests and at the Freedom Convoy and other demonstrations, it, it really didn't surprise me.
00:10:23.640Um, and, uh, then, and it was, uh, it was actually one day later that they, uh, they violated my freedoms again and arrested me outside of a Drake Queen story time.
00:10:33.540Um, one day after my arrest at the school.
00:10:52.000I said, let's start with 10 and we'll go from there.
00:10:54.400And, uh, they had deemed by Wednesday, they had deemed that, uh, they were not, uh, pornographic.
00:11:01.200And then it was all over the five o'clock news.
00:11:04.560And so at that point I knew it was a highly politicized decision and definitely not something that had been made in the best interest of kids.
00:11:14.580And I know I've, I've mentioned this book many times, the doctrine of the lesser magistrate by Matthew Troella.
00:11:22.360I'm just going to hold it there because sometimes people ask, what was the name of that book?
00:11:25.340And it's just so good because it says a hundred percent beyond a shadow of a doubt.
00:11:31.360As I was going through the constitution, the charter, we actually have a duty not to comply with laws.
00:11:37.540So, uh, the lesser magistrate is our police force and they have a duty that when they're being requested to do something that is in violation of the law, they have to uphold the law.
00:11:53.300I mean, when I was a kid, you know, we looked up to the police, we respected them.
00:11:58.220They were an authority in our lives that we felt were the protectors and the overseers.
00:12:02.900And here you are as a young man and, uh, you know, your peers as well, who are, are paying very close attention to you are watching what's going on.
00:12:11.480And, uh, you know, I can't help, but, um, you know, support the fact that they wouldn't have a healthy respect for the police at this point.
00:12:21.940I mean, I remember, uh, I guess it would have been in my grade nine year, I was called a, uh, a racist for wearing a, uh, in blue line, um, flag patch because I do, I do support law enforcement.
00:12:34.700I support just law enforcement, but, uh, it seems the police have turned on their own once they were under attack and we stood up for them.
00:12:42.620And, uh, now when it's the other way around, uh, they can't say the same.
00:12:48.900And I've been calling on, uh, you know, the police officers with this knowledge and there's many good officers on the force.
00:12:56.520And I, and I do want to, uh, give them a shout out right now.
00:13:00.140This is not, you know, addressing all police officers, but if they don't start pressing in on their fellow officers and saying, look, you can't do this.
00:13:08.360We need to maintain the respect of our youth with the inundation of the global campaign to defund the police and, uh, to cause this divide and disrespect.
00:13:22.020And so shame on those officers, but the other officers should be pressuring them.
00:13:26.580They should be telling them, look, you have a duty to uphold the law and we're going to support that.
00:13:32.000There should have been officers that showed up at these rallies with you, Josh, in my opinion.
00:13:36.440And, uh, so we just got to keep pressing in.
00:13:38.760I was going to ask you about your second arrest.
00:13:41.860You, you guy, you, so you end up going to a drag queen event and I understand that it was a peaceful event and that you were reading scripture.
00:13:53.820So it was actually about a week before my arrest at the school that I had, uh, with my crew from Safe Canada announced that we would be demonstrating, uh, outside of the national arts center in Ottawa, where a transvestite was reading books to kids.
00:14:08.000Um, I communicate with police liaison.
00:14:25.520And, uh, the day of, um, when we were assaulted at that agreed upon location by counter protesters, uh, we were pinned up against the wall.
00:14:36.280They stole our hats, stomped them out.
00:14:38.060They, uh, they, I mean, they do a lot of inappropriate stuff when they get the chance in a tight crowd like that.
00:14:44.720But, um, yeah, the, the police responded fairly quickly, but, uh, instead of responding to the assaulters, they grabbed myself and my crew.
00:14:54.100Um, they wouldn't let us onto the, the police on the sidewalk wouldn't let us onto the sidewalk, but the police on the road were telling us to get off the road.
00:15:02.840And, uh, they ended up arresting my brother for being on the road, um, after they had thrown him there.
00:15:08.500But, uh, a few minutes later, um, I was using the, my megaphone.
00:15:13.960I was given the gospel and I was quoting John 3, 16 at the time.
00:15:17.180Um, and the police told me if I didn't stop, uh, using the megaphone, I'd be charged and arrested and, uh, were told to go into the world and give the gospel.
00:15:28.460So, uh, I continued to, uh, exercise my fundamental freedoms and, uh, yeah, I was arrested and I, they held me for approximately two hours.
00:15:37.600Um, they ended up charging me with trespassing, although they arrested me on a crosswalk.
00:15:42.440Um, but, uh, yeah, they drove me away, dumped me on the side of the road and then left.
00:15:49.760Um, and, uh, they stole $600 worth of my camera equipment.
00:15:55.720And, uh, so far haven't, they haven't, uh, given that back, but they did apologize and say they didn't mean to, uh, arrest me for trespassing and the charges have been dropped.
00:16:07.160Of course, because they had no grounds.
00:16:08.480You're on, you're on public property and, uh, you know, under know your rights, you know, your rights, you know, you have, uh, you know, the right to be there and even to use a megaphone.
00:16:18.640Uh, will you repeat for those, uh, in the audience that don't know John 3, 16?
00:16:24.200You know, for God's love of the world, he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
00:16:30.940That's what I was quoting and, uh, didn't end well.
00:16:34.460Well, and is that, you know, considered hate speech?
00:16:37.640What, what, what do they determine is the grounds on, uh, arresting you for trespass?
00:16:43.060And, uh, you know, the other side, when you were talking about, I can't remember who did an interview the other day and, uh, one man was being forced onto the street also into traffic.
00:16:53.260And, uh, this is really quite frightening and, uh, I'm sure that there were those recording around you who got a good look, uh, and video of these officers, I hope, because if, when justice starts to prevail in the courts and all of this starts to undo, I hope they're arrested.
00:17:09.960I, I hope that they are, um, you know, that there's consequences for their action, Josh.
00:17:15.740You are still considered, uh, you know, a minor, and yet you are, uh, more of a man and more mature than any of the individuals that you've had to deal with throughout this whole ordeal.
00:17:26.380And, uh, with the, uh, camera equipment, I know James is your, James Kitchen is your lawyer.
00:17:52.360But, uh, what happened is they took it off my chest and then they put it into my bag and placed it on the cruiser, then searched it and held it for two hours and then returned it to me.
00:18:02.100When it was returned to me, the camera wasn't in it, but they're saying since there's footage of them putting it in the bag, that that's all that happened.
00:18:09.060And, uh, they won't, uh, tell the rest of the story.
00:18:23.320Now you and I have a bit of a history with Action for Canada.
00:18:26.460Uh, Randy Briand is one of our chapter leaders.
00:18:29.080And, um, I know that it was about a year ago and I'd always meant to apologize.
00:18:32.960You had sent this wonderful, uh, you also do sketching and artwork and, uh, we were going to consider making, uh, t-shirts out of it.
00:18:42.300And you had a, like a little fist pump up there, but at the time.
00:18:45.120Actually, that was, uh, that was a friend of mine that did that on my behalf because, uh, I became the, uh, the chapter leader for, uh, Renfrew County, I guess.
00:19:56.560They said they'll responded with a written response.
00:19:59.020Uh, so I, I don't see much coming from that, but it was, it was still, uh, it was still definitely good to be able to sit in the same room with the people that are doing that and look them in the eye.
00:20:10.920Of the people that are doing this, uh, they lack integrity, Josh.
00:20:14.080And I know that, you know, that, and it will be interesting to see the decision, uh, that comes out of it.
00:20:19.960I'm, I'm going to get to a couple of questions.
00:20:21.540If anybody wants to ask questions, please go down into the zoom section and at the Q and a, and we've got a team that ended up texting me them.
00:20:41.720Um, the ones that don't are much more vocal than the ones that do, because, uh, I mean, any of my supporters are silent at this point because they've just watched me get arrested twice in two days over a very similar issue.
00:20:55.800So, I mean, they're, they're, uh, you're using fear mongering, certainly.
00:21:01.460And, you know, it's that, uh, we don't condone violence or anything like that, but we, uh, there's a long honored, uh, tradition in civil disobedience.
00:21:08.800And not standing up, uh, and condoning illegal activities, uh, you know, uh, Josh and what they're doing by allowing males to come into, uh, girls' washrooms and making them feel unsafe.
00:21:23.520And the amount of, uh, abuses that are happening, uh, women need to be protected.
00:21:28.580And so I would encourage youth, you know, that are listening to you, you can see what's happening to Josh.
00:21:54.180One of the reasons we're putting all those beautiful chapters in nationwide is for multiple reasons.
00:21:59.540It's so that we can do community activities and that, uh, we can support parents in going to school board meetings to overturn this.
00:22:07.360We can have parents outside of the school districts and handing out the SOGI, uh, and Winsex ad flyers that we have.
00:22:14.380We can have, uh, churches opening their doors, but we also want to be able to build community with youth.
00:22:21.580Um, so that those that don't have a choice to be homeschooled can be in the public school system, in the Christian or Catholic school system and be safe and have their rights protected.
00:22:32.840So it's very important that we get the word out.
00:22:35.500We need to build a massive coalition with Action for Canada and get as many members as possible so that we, uh, you know, on one day, we're going to do a call to action and say, we want students nationwide to do a walkout.
00:22:48.200Enough of this because how you feel, Josh, is not an, is not isolated.
00:22:53.380I get, uh, I get, uh, testimonies from parents and youth across the country who are wanting to do something about it and just, uh, you know, not sure how to go about that.
00:23:32.260The, the men and, uh, the fathers ought to be ashamed of themselves that they're, that they're allowing a 16 year old kid to take up their responsibilities.
00:23:42.560It's, it's, it's disgraceful, but, uh, I mean, I'm, I'm happy to do it.
00:23:48.860It's just, it would, it would be a nice if some of the men in our country would man up.
00:57:59.240So I am just going to thank you so much.
00:58:02.620I am going to say God bless you and God bless Canada.
00:58:06.980God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you.
00:58:08.780Thank you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and Him and Heview Tom for advisors.