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Ep. 187: The Price of Speaking Up: Fined $29,000 for Walking in the Woods | Jeff Evely
Jeff Evely served 20 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. He came home, retired to his hometown in Cape Breton, and within months found himself arrested at a war memorial he was trying to guard, then later fined nearly $29,000 for walking in the woods during a Nova Scotia fire ban. He fought back. And he won. In this conversation, Travis sits down with Jeff to unpack the $29,000 ticket, the court win against the Nova Scotia government, the trucker convoy and Rolling Thunder arrests, and what it actually takes for one person to push back against institutions that have stopped listening. They also get into the Fourth Turning, stoicism, Carl Sagan and skepticism, the limits of the courts, why politics is downstream from culture, and the deepest personal cost Jeff has paid for standing on principle.A conversation about courage, consequences, and what it costs to hold the line. Find Jeff Evely:Twitter / X: @JeffEvely _____Silvercore Club - https://www.silvercore.ca/club Online Training - https://www.silvercore.ca/Other Training & Services - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/categoryMerchandise - https://www.silvercore.ca/collections/all-merchandiseBlog Page - https://www.silvercore.ca/blog Host Instagram - @Bader.Trav https://www.instagram.com/bader.travSilvercore Instagram - @SilvercoreOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/silvercoreoutdoors ____ Timestamps 00:00 Cold open00:42 Twenty years in, vaccine mandates out02:00 Refused at the Legion, the lone protest begins04:09 Trucker Convoy, taking down the fence05:00 Arrested walking to the war memorial in his medals07:00 Rolling Thunder and the limits of standing on your rights10:10 The Fourth Turning and why institutions are collapsing18:17 Anything currently going right20:51 Portapique, gun policy, and the firearms debate23:51 Wildfires, arson, and the climate narrative shift25:28 How the Silvercore Club came to exist35:42 The $29,000 fine and the court win46:00 Why courts alone won't change the culture48:15 Carl Sagan, skepticism, and a logical framework52:20 COVID, the fog, and the totalitarian impulse59:41 Anarcho-tyranny and the strategy to destabilize01:03:00 Shame, accountability, and bringing consequences back01:14:00 May Day Kids in Crisis and confronting Poilievre01:22:32 Victimhood, cultural Marxism, and the trans question01:28:40 The greatest price: his daughter01:31:09 Raising kids on logic, what could change his mind01:35:00 Hard times, strong men, and how we raise the next generation01:37:13 Close
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