Maggie Hope Braun
Margaret Hope Braun,[1] usually Maggie Hope Braun, sometimes Maggie Braun, is a Canadian activist, who protested COVID-19 vaccine-mandates in 2022, and who was a Canadian Action Party federal candidate in 2011.
Early life and education[edit]
Braun was born in Bracebridge, Ontario and spent her early years in Papua New Guinea before spending her teenage years in Canada, the United States, and Saint Lucia.[2]
After graduating college with a diploma in ecosystem management from Fleming college, she moved to British Columbia.[2][1]
Career[edit]
Braun was Canadian Action Party's candidate for the Skeena – Bulkley Valley riding in the 2011 Canadian federal election.[3] During the campaign she spoke about the public's rejection of the Enbridge pipeline.[4] She won 164 votes (0.5% of those cast), losing to Nathan Cullen.[5]
In 2013, Braun was the Vice President of the Green Thumb Garden Society of Terrace Inc.[6]
Activism[edit]
Braun attended the Canada convoy protest in 2022.[7] She was arrested by police as they were shutting down the protest, and was warned by police, but not charged with any offences.[8][7]
On November 4, 2022, Braun testified at the Public Order Emergency Commission, that she felt her presence at the protest was lawful.[9] She also testified that she understood the Emergencies Act to be not legally enforceable.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Braun lived in Jack Pine Flats, near Terrace, British Columbia for ten years,[1] including during 2011.[3] In 2022, she lived in Peterborough, Ontario.[10][11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "CPAC - For the Record". CPAC (TV channel). Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
Margaret Hope Braun
- ^ a b "Candidates » Maggie Braun". Canadian Action Party. 2011. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ a b "Seventh candidate enters the race in Skeena-Bulkley Valley". Caledonia Courier. April 29, 2011. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ "Skeena-Bulkley Valley candidates make pitch for votes". Terrace Standard. April 27, 2011. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ "Cullen tops 50 per cent of the vote, voter turnout up in Skeena - Bulkley Valley". Prince Rupert Northern View. May 3, 2011. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ Green Thumb Garden Society of Terrace Inc, 2013 President's Report Archived November 5, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Tumilty, Ryan (November 4, 2022). "'Never told to leave': Freedom Convoy protesters say they didn't expect arrest after Emergencies Act". National Post. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ Tunney, Catherine (November 4, 2022). "Convoy organizer Tamara Lich accused of having a 'selective' memory of whether she was told to leave protest". CBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ a b "Protester says she didn't know it was unlawful for her to be in Ottawa during self-described Freedom Convoy". CBC. November 4, 2022. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ Aiello, Rachel (November 4, 2022). "Lich accused of 'selective' memory, MacKenzie testifies: Highlights from Friday's convoy commission testimony". CTV News. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ MacCharles, Tonda; Ballingal, Alex (November 4, 2022). "'The strangest proceeding I've ever been involved in': Contradictions, colourful witnesses and tense exchanges make the Emergencies Act probe an inquiry like no other". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.