Gib van Ert KC
@gibvanert.bsky.social
Lawyer at Olthuis van Ert, Vancouver and Ottawa. https://ovcounsel.com/gib-van-ert/
Trump’s insane game is to upset people on purpose. I try not to fall for it. But I remember the pain of a former teacher of mine whose soldier son died in Afghanistan. Canada, and many other NATO states, fulfilled their NATO article 5 obligation—in blood.
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Donald Trump claimed NATO troops avoided the front lines in Afghanistan. Veterans from Canada, U.K. have this to say — Toronto Star
One Canadian solider who joined in on the wave of posts on Reddit this week says the U.S. president must have a
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January 24, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trump’s insane game is to upset people on purpose. I try not to fall for it. But I remember the pain of a former teacher of mine whose soldier son died in Afghanistan. Canada, and many other NATO states, fulfilled their NATO article 5 obligation—in blood.
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Are you, like me, fretting about the the erosion of the rule of law? Want a small dose of hope with your freak out? Take a listen to my conversation with international law experts @gibvanert.bsky.social and Miriam Cohen! #canlaw #ruleoflaw
Modern Law - Droit Moderne
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March 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Are you, like me, fretting about the the erosion of the rule of law? Want a small dose of hope with your freak out? Take a listen to my conversation with international law experts @gibvanert.bsky.social and Miriam Cohen! #canlaw #ruleoflaw
US annexation of Canada is contrary to both international law and the Canadian constitution. Here is an article I co-wrote with Prof. Rob Currie KC and the Hon. Allan Rock KC on how—if things get truly dire—Canadian courts and lawyers can resist US annexation: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...
Canadian courts must be ready to resist U.S. annexation
If Canada’s independence is actively threatened, political and popular resistance could require the support of legal and judicial resistance.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
US annexation of Canada is contrary to both international law and the Canadian constitution. Here is an article I co-wrote with Prof. Rob Currie KC and the Hon. Allan Rock KC on how—if things get truly dire—Canadian courts and lawyers can resist US annexation: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...
This piece must have set some sort of record for journalistic prescience.
My latest, on the importance of thinking ahead, in line with Trump’s rapidly worsening behaviour: we need to be prepared to respond, not to what Trump has done to us to date, but to what he’s likely to do to us in future
Opinion: Brace yourselves: whatever crazy, awful things Trump may have done to date, it’s only going to get worse
The world has never before been faced with such a threat. The United States has handed the nuclear codes to a madman, a criminal, a would-be dictator and a moron
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February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This piece must have set some sort of record for journalistic prescience.