The National Telegraph - Wyatt Claypool - July 31, 2025


BC City cancels Christian musician from US for political reasons!


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Abbotsford, British Columbia has denied a permit to Christian rock singer Sean Foyt to perform in a public park because of fears of "public protest" and "public safety concerns" and the city says it can't handle the situation because it's a "church event" and not a "free speech" event.

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00:00:00.000 Hey guys, Wyatt Claypool here.
00:00:02.660 Apparently city officials in Abbotsford, British Columbia
00:00:05.980 were feeling really left out of all the censorship nonsense that was going on in eastern Canada
00:00:11.860 and so they have also decided to deny Sean Foyt a permit to be able to have a performance in a public park.
00:00:20.980 Sean Foyt, as you may already know, is the Christian rock singer who is attempting to do a tour around eastern Canada
00:00:27.900 and in the Maritimes and was having his permits denied everywhere
00:00:32.020 and when he did try and do a performance in a Montreal church
00:00:36.280 he had smoke bombs thrown at him by pro-Palestinian and Antifa activists
00:00:41.120 and then the city of Montreal fined the church because I guess they didn't have a permit to have him there.
00:00:48.420 This drives me up the wall because he's being denied permits everywhere
00:00:52.380 and then when a church just goes ahead with it saying it's basically a church event
00:00:56.460 why should we need to get a permit they get fined and you'll have people say
00:00:59.200 well you should have gotten a permit well it's almost like every single government is denying him
00:01:03.920 no matter what and so yeah he's just going to go forward and just do an event
00:01:08.440 and say it's completely free so it's not a real concert why should I have to get a permit
00:01:12.340 this whole situation is stupid but before I get into the situation in Abbotsford, British Columbia
00:01:18.940 I just want to mention hey guys I help run the 1BC party in British Columbia
00:01:24.400 with our MLAs Tara Armstrong and the leader Dallas Brody
00:01:28.580 we have a petition going for British Columbia for trying to defend the ability for this Christian performer
00:01:35.400 to actually perform so check out the link in the description below
00:01:39.820 if you're in British Columbia sign the petition
00:01:41.860 defend Christian worshippers again in the description below
00:01:46.580 as well as pinned at the top the comments
00:01:48.780 and I'm going to say right off the bat here
00:01:50.720 I don't even exactly like everything that Sean Foyt does
00:01:53.960 I'm not really a Christian rock guy
00:01:55.580 I am a classic hymns person
00:01:57.400 but that's the point of free expression rights
00:02:00.000 I can disagree with him
00:02:01.640 I can say I don't really like certain things he does
00:02:04.000 in the United States or whatever
00:02:05.520 there's some things about his charitable status
00:02:08.460 that's a little like hanky in the US
00:02:10.480 but it doesn't matter
00:02:12.260 it has nothing to do with free expression rights
00:02:15.900 in Canada
00:02:17.080 you are allowed to speak freely
00:02:20.220 you should be able to have equal access
00:02:22.940 to getting a permit for a performance
00:02:24.820 that anyone else would be able to
00:02:26.860 but what's happening in Abbotsford
00:02:28.580 is obviously politics
00:02:30.480 political biases
00:02:32.620 religious biases
00:02:34.040 frankly a lot of chauvinism towards Americans
00:02:36.920 is determining whether or not somebody
00:02:39.660 or the organizers they're even working with
00:02:41.760 are able to get a permit
00:02:43.680 so check this out from the Western Standard
00:02:46.480 the headline is
00:02:48.340 Abbotsford cancels permit
00:02:50.000 for a US Christian worship leader
00:02:51.900 Sean Foyt's concert
00:02:53.340 so it was cancelled
00:02:55.420 so originally whoever had applied for it
00:02:59.200 for this purpose of having him in
00:03:01.120 got it
00:03:02.140 and then when Abbotsford city officials
00:03:04.160 saw it was Sean Foyt
00:03:05.220 they decided to cancel it
00:03:06.740 and the thing is
00:03:08.420 I see so many people saying
00:03:09.980 well he's an American
00:03:11.000 so he doesn't have free expression rights here
00:03:12.740 what are you talking about
00:03:14.080 it's not just some random American
00:03:15.640 coming over the border
00:03:16.340 and saying I want to play my guitar
00:03:17.500 over on that park
00:03:18.720 it's saying
00:03:19.680 it's a person
00:03:21.000 who wanted him here
00:03:22.340 an organization
00:03:23.380 a church
00:03:24.280 some random
00:03:25.660 private organization
00:03:26.940 non-profit
00:03:27.560 wanted him here
00:03:28.960 they brought him here
00:03:30.820 and because it's him
00:03:32.740 apparently you're allowed
00:03:33.580 to pull that group's ability
00:03:35.220 to have a concert
00:03:36.580 so here it says
00:03:38.360 city of Abbotsford
00:03:39.240 has abruptly pulled the plug
00:03:40.680 on US Christian worship leader
00:03:42.440 Sean Foyt's free
00:03:43.480 open air concert
00:03:44.620 scheduled on August 24th
00:03:46.300 at Mill Lake Park
00:03:47.500 citing fears of public protest
00:03:49.320 it says it cannot safely manage
00:03:51.280 well arrest those people
00:03:52.860 if someone's going to protest an event
00:03:55.000 and they're going to do so
00:03:56.440 in a way that makes other people unsafe
00:03:58.020 like you know
00:03:58.900 throwing rocks
00:03:59.860 or committing some sort of
00:04:01.080 violent act
00:04:02.300 or trying to intimidate people
00:04:03.740 arrest those people
00:04:04.720 we can't cancel
00:04:06.660 someone else's speech
00:04:07.440 because someone else
00:04:08.320 is unhinged
00:04:09.640 and again
00:04:10.320 you don't have to
00:04:11.680 love Sean Foyt
00:04:12.820 you don't have to love anybody
00:04:14.200 you don't have to like their music
00:04:15.640 you don't have to like
00:04:16.360 their ideas
00:04:17.240 for them to be able to speak
00:04:18.660 I would stand up
00:04:19.860 for a communist's right to speak
00:04:21.480 I would stand up
00:04:22.740 for anyone's right to speak
00:04:24.820 you're allowed to speak
00:04:26.340 as an Islamist
00:04:27.280 as long as you're not
00:04:28.480 promoting violence
00:04:29.400 but the hilarious thing
00:04:30.740 is there is an actual Islamist
00:04:32.760 who runs a mosque
00:04:34.060 in Victoria
00:04:35.240 who cannot have
00:04:36.960 seemingly the police
00:04:37.900 can't lay a finger on this guy
00:04:39.060 despite him openly promoting
00:04:40.900 terrorism and martyrdom
00:04:42.520 insane
00:04:43.600 but the article goes on to say
00:04:45.460 the decision lines
00:04:46.620 decision lines Abbotsford up
00:04:49.180 with every city
00:04:49.940 on Foyt's east coast swing
00:04:52.120 Halifax
00:04:52.840 Charlottetown
00:04:53.420 Moncton
00:04:53.940 Quebec City
00:04:54.640 Vaughn
00:04:55.120 and Winnipeg
00:04:55.860 all six of which
00:04:56.960 yank their pyramids
00:04:57.860 for the same
00:04:58.480 health and safety concerns
00:05:00.060 Foyt still lifts
00:05:02.120 Prairie
00:05:03.000 and BC stops
00:05:03.920 in Saskatoon
00:05:05.020 on August 21st
00:05:06.240 Edmonton on August 22nd
00:05:07.680 and West Kelowna
00:05:08.440 on August 23rd
00:05:09.500 although West Kelowna
00:05:10.420 says its safety plan
00:05:11.480 is quote unquote
00:05:12.100 under review
00:05:12.900 and no final ruling
00:05:14.620 has been made
00:05:15.460 in a social media post
00:05:16.980 Foyt accused
00:05:18.520 Canadian officials
00:05:19.460 of religious discrimination
00:05:20.700 while local
00:05:22.120 advocacy groups
00:05:23.020 praised the cancellation
00:05:23.880 as unnecessary
00:05:24.720 to keep LGBTQ
00:05:26.240 and other residents safe
00:05:27.740 so these front groups
00:05:31.460 these left wing 0.76
00:05:32.200 front groups
00:05:32.800 are saying that
00:05:33.440 this was needed
00:05:34.200 to protect
00:05:35.300 the LGBT community
00:05:37.280 from Sean Foyt
00:05:38.720 what was he going to do
00:05:40.180 was he going to do
00:05:41.420 anything to them
00:05:42.080 apparently
00:05:43.320 because the man
00:05:45.060 believes in
00:05:45.640 traditional marriage
00:05:46.560 if you allow him
00:05:47.820 to show up
00:05:48.440 and sing some
00:05:49.860 contemporary
00:05:51.520 modern
00:05:52.700 Christian songs
00:05:54.420 again I'm not even
00:05:55.760 exactly a fan
00:05:56.440 of that kind of music
00:05:56.980 but apparently
00:05:57.680 if he does that
00:05:58.800 these people
00:06:00.800 are going to be unsafe
00:06:01.800 but the thing is
00:06:03.220 that these are
00:06:03.560 contradictory things
00:06:04.440 so the advocacy groups
00:06:05.600 are saying that
00:06:06.260 he was putting people
00:06:07.000 at risk
00:06:07.680 but then the city
00:06:08.400 saying well
00:06:08.960 he and the people
00:06:10.060 showing up to his concert
00:06:11.020 may be put at risk
00:06:12.120 because some protests
00:06:13.900 may result in
00:06:15.100 an unsafe situation
00:06:16.220 so is the city
00:06:19.040 aware that it's
00:06:19.900 actually the advocacy
00:06:20.740 groups themselves
00:06:21.760 and their allies
00:06:22.580 who would be
00:06:23.020 stirring up trouble
00:06:23.840 because the advocacy
00:06:24.940 groups are apparently
00:06:25.940 saying that
00:06:26.820 it's Sean Foyt
00:06:28.540 who's putting people
00:06:29.220 at danger
00:06:29.740 which makes
00:06:30.740 absolutely no sense
00:06:32.260 what has Sean Foyt
00:06:33.280 done to put people
00:06:34.360 at risk before
00:06:35.420 again you can find
00:06:37.120 character flaws
00:06:37.920 with people
00:06:38.500 you can find
00:06:39.400 character flaws
00:06:39.960 with anyone
00:06:40.380 you can absolutely
00:06:41.260 find character flaws
00:06:42.060 with Sean Foyt
00:06:42.780 I've never seen
00:06:43.940 violence
00:06:44.580 on the list
00:06:45.800 of issues
00:06:46.240 with him
00:06:46.660 like he started
00:06:47.200 attacking people
00:06:48.020 or whatever
00:06:48.420 advocating violence
00:06:49.540 it obviously has
00:06:50.720 nothing to do
00:06:51.380 with that
00:06:51.780 what this has to do
00:06:53.080 with
00:06:53.500 is just
00:06:54.740 woke
00:06:55.360 left-wing thinking
00:06:56.720 infecting
00:06:57.860 city governments
00:06:58.920 making it so that
00:07:00.240 they are
00:07:01.160 literally
00:07:01.760 more terrified
00:07:03.020 of just letting
00:07:04.180 a normal concert
00:07:05.500 go forward
00:07:06.340 within a
00:07:07.440 on a public park
00:07:08.880 on public land
00:07:09.960 in their city
00:07:10.540 than they are
00:07:11.580 at cancelling it
00:07:12.660 they think that
00:07:13.540 it's going to be
00:07:14.420 better for them
00:07:15.100 to cancel this
00:07:15.960 and get all the
00:07:16.720 public blowback
00:07:18.020 from reasonable
00:07:18.900 people who think
00:07:19.620 this is ridiculous
00:07:20.380 then it tick off
00:07:21.660 the progressive
00:07:22.520 activist groups
00:07:23.640 which really should
00:07:24.660 tell you
00:07:25.100 that we have
00:07:25.980 a problem
00:07:26.600 with just
00:07:27.460 out of control
00:07:28.300 unhinged
00:07:29.200 left-wing activist
00:07:30.000 groups
00:07:30.400 that can shut down
00:07:31.560 any event
00:07:32.340 that they want
00:07:33.020 simply from
00:07:33.960 basically
00:07:34.480 insinuating
00:07:35.360 that there's
00:07:35.760 going to be
00:07:36.080 trouble
00:07:36.420 that we're
00:07:37.200 going to
00:07:37.500 protest
00:07:37.800 that we're
00:07:38.360 going to
00:07:38.880 call you
00:07:39.680 names
00:07:40.060 if you allow
00:07:40.520 this person
00:07:41.040 to come in
00:07:41.380 you're a bigot
00:07:41.980 because Sean
00:07:42.680 Foyt was able
00:07:43.280 to sing some
00:07:43.920 okay songs
00:07:44.800 in our town
00:07:46.020 okay
00:07:47.980 this is
00:07:48.880 this is the
00:07:49.320 problem
00:07:49.600 British Columbia
00:07:50.500 you don't
00:07:51.440 really have
00:07:52.180 anyone speaking
00:07:53.080 out about this
00:07:53.800 obviously our
00:07:54.820 two MLAs
00:07:55.940 in one BC
00:07:57.240 Dallas Brody
00:07:58.660 the leader
00:07:59.120 and Tara Armstrong
00:08:00.000 the house leader
00:08:00.700 have spoken out
00:08:01.260 about this
00:08:01.720 big shout out
00:08:03.020 to BC
00:08:03.580 conservative MLA
00:08:04.880 Heather Maas
00:08:05.840 for speaking out
00:08:06.560 about this
00:08:06.960 she's one of the 0.79
00:08:07.600 MLAs from 0.95
00:08:08.520 Chilliwack 0.99
00:08:09.120 but I really
00:08:10.100 doubt you're
00:08:10.560 going to get
00:08:10.940 that many people
00:08:11.900 speaking on this
00:08:13.300 maybe if you
00:08:14.500 put enough
00:08:14.860 pressure on
00:08:15.460 John Russ said
00:08:16.180 he might say
00:08:16.780 something
00:08:17.120 but he won't
00:08:18.200 want to tick
00:08:18.660 off Eleanor
00:08:19.280 Sturko
00:08:19.740 and some
00:08:20.240 of the
00:08:20.440 very woke
00:08:20.980 people
00:08:21.360 in the
00:08:21.760 BC
00:08:22.060 conservative
00:08:23.200 caucus
00:08:23.980 that's why
00:08:24.780 one BC
00:08:25.280 exists
00:08:25.780 is that
00:08:26.200 I guess
00:08:26.840 Dallas Brody
00:08:27.540 was not
00:08:28.060 politically
00:08:29.000 correct enough
00:08:29.820 she was not
00:08:30.540 speaking
00:08:31.060 she was not
00:08:32.540 reciting the
00:08:34.160 woke orthodoxy
00:08:35.320 on multiple
00:08:36.080 issues
00:08:36.480 so she was
00:08:37.020 kicked out
00:08:37.540 I could see
00:08:38.700 that happening
00:08:39.240 to Heather
00:08:39.540 Maas
00:08:39.800 but I'm
00:08:40.160 happy that
00:08:40.520 she said
00:08:40.880 something
00:08:41.220 even though
00:08:41.760 it's often
00:08:42.280 difficult
00:08:42.740 to say the
00:08:43.540 right thing
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00:08:44.380 still in the
00:08:44.780 BC
00:08:45.000 conservative
00:08:45.500 caucus
00:08:45.900 and by the
00:08:46.880 way
00:08:47.020 the BC
00:08:47.420 conservative
00:08:47.880 party
00:08:48.280 is
00:08:48.440 4.5
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00:08:50.400 dollars
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00:08:51.460 guys
00:08:51.840 I'm just
00:08:52.500 going to
00:08:52.700 slip that
00:08:53.140 in every
00:08:53.900 once in a
00:08:54.380 while
00:08:54.620 if you're
00:08:55.760 somebody
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00:08:57.840 British Columbia
00:08:58.580 why would
00:08:59.620 you ever
00:09:00.080 donate to
00:09:01.200 the BC
00:09:01.700 conservative
00:09:02.320 party
00:09:02.820 knowing that
00:09:03.560 if you pay
00:09:04.080 them
00:09:04.440 at work
00:09:05.020 you donate
00:09:05.480 anything
00:09:05.900 you donate
00:09:06.440 the max
00:09:06.840 $1400
00:09:07.420 that money
00:09:08.340 is going
00:09:08.640 to go
00:09:09.000 to
00:09:09.340 debt
00:09:10.080 servicing
00:09:10.660 massive
00:09:11.640 salaries
00:09:12.300 advertising
00:09:13.120 spending
00:09:13.780 that's
00:09:14.100 probably not
00:09:14.560 really doing
00:09:15.000 them that
00:09:15.340 many favors
00:09:15.920 and it's
00:09:17.060 not actually
00:09:17.540 going to a
00:09:18.020 war chest
00:09:18.420 they are
00:09:19.460 $4.5
00:09:20.440 million
00:09:21.000 away from
00:09:22.260 even building
00:09:23.040 up a
00:09:23.440 war chest
00:09:23.920 for the
00:09:24.320 next election
00:09:25.080 so consider
00:09:26.520 joining
00:09:26.900 1BC
00:09:27.420 sign the
00:09:28.080 petition
00:09:28.380 do all
00:09:28.740 that great
00:09:29.180 stuff
00:09:29.460 but we'll
00:09:30.340 definitely
00:09:30.680 be monitoring
00:09:31.400 the story
00:09:32.120 into the
00:09:32.600 future
00:09:32.900 because
00:09:33.280 this is
00:09:34.180 a big
00:09:34.440 deal
00:09:34.740 it's not
00:09:35.240 just a
00:09:35.680 guy being
00:09:36.300 denied
00:09:36.620 the ability
00:09:37.220 to hold
00:09:37.840 a concert
00:09:38.340 it is
00:09:39.280 a charter
00:09:40.580 violation
00:09:41.160 it is
00:09:41.920 the weakening
00:09:42.780 of expression
00:09:43.620 and speech
00:09:44.080 rights
00:09:44.320 within
00:09:44.620 Canada
00:09:45.060 the ability
00:09:45.960 it's even
00:09:47.100 an attack
00:09:47.760 on religious
00:09:48.320 freedom
00:09:48.660 because
00:09:49.240 regardless
00:09:50.620 if I
00:09:51.140 line up
00:09:51.800 100%
00:09:52.540 with
00:09:52.900 Sean
00:09:53.300 Foyt's
00:09:53.960 theology
00:09:54.580 it's
00:09:55.660 obviously
00:09:56.160 that
00:09:56.660 left-wing
00:09:57.240 city
00:09:57.420 officials
00:09:57.740 saw
00:09:57.960 a
00:09:58.180 Christian
00:09:58.560 no matter
00:09:59.500 what
00:09:59.980 that
00:10:00.220 actually
00:10:00.560 means
00:10:00.900 and so
00:10:01.540 they didn't
00:10:01.920 want him
00:10:02.300 to be able
00:10:02.740 to do
00:10:03.300 a concert
00:10:03.860 you know
00:10:04.520 a guy
00:10:04.860 who likes
00:10:05.280 Trump
00:10:05.580 from the
00:10:06.100 US
00:10:06.320 and
00:10:06.580 Christian
00:10:06.940 it's
00:10:07.380 like
00:10:07.540 it was
00:10:07.740 the hat
00:10:08.060 trick
00:10:08.220 for
00:10:08.380 them
00:10:08.580 we
00:10:09.020 can
00:10:09.180 probably
00:10:09.440 justify
00:10:09.880 getting
00:10:10.280 rid
00:10:10.460 of
00:10:10.560 him
00:10:10.700 and
00:10:10.800 nobody
00:10:11.080 to
00:10:11.260 speak
00:10:11.540 up
00:10:11.780 Abbotsford
00:10:12.960 itself
00:10:13.360 is a town
00:10:14.380 actually
00:10:14.680 littered
00:10:15.220 with
00:10:15.400 churches
00:10:15.720 everywhere
00:10:16.300 tons of
00:10:16.900 churches
00:10:17.120 all over
00:10:17.560 the place
00:10:17.860 if you
00:10:18.360 can get
00:10:18.660 away
00:10:18.860 with
00:10:19.040 this
00:10:19.200 in
00:10:19.360 Abbotsford
00:10:19.920 British
00:10:20.260 Columbia
00:10:20.720 that says
00:10:21.740 something
00:10:22.080 so there
00:10:22.460 needs
00:10:22.680 to be
00:10:22.900 a lot
00:10:23.280 more
00:10:23.480 people
00:10:23.860 standing
00:10:24.480 up
00:10:24.660 to
00:10:24.760 this
00:10:24.940 making
00:10:25.360 it
00:10:25.560 clear
00:10:25.840 that
00:10:26.300 if
00:10:26.440 their
00:10:26.640 city
00:10:26.940 councillor
00:10:27.440 in
00:10:27.580 Abbotsford
00:10:28.080 does
00:10:28.500 not
00:10:28.720 condemn
00:10:29.100 this
00:10:29.320 does
00:10:29.480 not
00:10:29.700 call
00:10:30.280 for
00:10:30.560 it
00:10:30.640 be
00:10:30.840 reversed
00:10:31.220 that
00:10:31.860 person
00:10:32.300 should
00:10:32.860 be
00:10:33.060 defeated
00:10:33.500 in
00:10:33.780 an
00:10:33.920 election
00:10:34.300 again
00:10:35.160 I'm
00:10:35.440 going
00:10:35.500 to
00:10:35.540 keep
00:10:35.680 reiterating
00:10:36.140 it
00:10:36.300 you
00:10:36.600 don't
00:10:36.740 have
00:10:36.960 to
00:10:37.060 like
00:10:37.220 Sean
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