(LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian woman who is being targeted by a human rights tribunal after sharing flyers opposing so-called “pride” crosswalks now has the help of one of Canada’s top constitutional groups to help her stave off attacks from the LGBT lobby.
Benita Pedersen of Westlock, Alberta, is now under fire for distributing flyers opposing a proposed rainbow crosswalk in her town.
According to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), in a press release sent to LifeSiteNews, its lawyers will help defend “Ms. Pedersen’s right to participate in peaceful democratic debate on matters of public concern.”
“Albertans should be free to express their opinions on controversial topics without being accused of hatred,” said constitutional lawyer Allison Pejovic.
Pedersen works as a DJ, kids entertainer, and workshop coordinator. In June of 2023, after she heard that her town had planned to paint a rainbow crosswalk, the colors of which are related to the LGBT movement, she took action.
She created and then distributed her own flyers, which encourage locals to call their elected officials in opposition to the planned crosswalk.
The JCCF noted that Pedersen’s flyer had the message, “Cancel the rainbow crosswalk.”
According to Pedersen, she distributed the flyer to bring to attention issues affecting kids and families.
“Based on my personal experiences in interacting with parents and children, I have learned that the practice of ‘gender affirmation’ harms kids more than it helps,” she said.
“When I composed the flyer, one of my objectives was to warn parents about the potential consequences of children pursuing the pathway of transgenderism.”
Pedersen added, “The way we solve problems is by having open communication. Accusations of ‘incitement of hatred’ shut down the conversation and therefore hinder the ability to solve problems.”
Because of this, in June of 2023, a woman, Laurie Hodge, who was then a private citizen but is now a member of the town council, filed a complaint under the “Alberta Human Rights Act” against Pedersen. She alleged that the flyer had discriminated on the “basis of gender, gender identity, and gender expression,” said the JCCF.
Pedersen to face tribunal this fall
As reported by LifeSiteNews, residents in Westlock, Alberta, passed a bylaw last year that bans all non-governmental flags from municipal buildings and mandates that crosswalks only be painted in a standard white-striped pattern.
Despite this, on October 7, 2025, the director of the Alberta Human Rights Commission said that the complaint against Pedersen was sent to a tribunal for a hearing, after concluding that there was a basis to consider “whether section 3 of the Alberta Human Rights Act had been violated.”
According to the JCCF, Section 3 prohibits publications “that indicate discrimination or an intention to discriminate, or that are likely to expose a person or class of persons to hatred or contempt on protected grounds, including gender, gender identity, and gender expression.”
Because of this, a two-week hearing against Pedersen has been scheduled for September 2026.
The JCCF noted that the Human Rights Commission director wants to ban many of Ms. Pedersen’s proposed witnesses from the hearing, “on the basis that their evidence is irrelevant.”
Both parties have until May 6, 2026, to let the tribunal know of any objections to each other’s witnesses, says the JCCF.
Other towns across Canada have put in place similar crosswalk bans.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Canadian town of Didsbury, located just north of Calgary, Alberta, is the latest to enact a law that, in essence, bans so-called “pride” flags at government buildings as well as “pride” crosswalks.
Other Alberta towns, such as Barrhead, enacted laws a few years ago banning flags other than Canadian or Alberta flags from flying on town buildings.
Across Canada, there has also been an ongoing issue with so-called “pride” flags being raised at schools and city buildings.
Barrhead, Didsbury, and Westlock are not the only Canadian towns fighting back against LGBT indoctrination. A human right tribunal took aim at Emo, a small town in Ontario, for rejecting a 2020 motion to proclaim June as “pride” month and fly the LGBT “pride” flag.
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since MAGA is toast, Democrats will take over. The next President will be a Democrat. They will pack SCOTUS to reinterpret the first amendment so that laws like this can be passed.
The issues in Alberta and most of Canada, is distributing papers, brochures or written information against a group because you disagree with it’s purpose can be considered Hate Speech.
That being said there is still way to fight back against such things as a Transgender Crosswalks, it was done in my city and a council decision was made to let the Trans Crosswalks fade out and not be repainted in Trans Colours. The way to properly fight against them is simple. Make a legal case for Regulation Mandated Road Colours. Which is Law, such as Solid Yellow Lines, or Dotted White Lines and promotes a National Uniformity under the Canadian Traffic Act, that everyone understands within the Law. Regulation Colours are actually Necessary as changing the colours and designs of Crosswalks or other Road Lines needs to be legally approved for the reason that it can create major Safety Issues; for instance People that are Colour blind may see some Road Line Colours differently depending on the type of Colour Blindness they have, if colours have been changed to some weird pink or green. Moreoever it can create Confusion on the Road and become a Safety concern for both Drivers and Pedestrians, or Immigrants, that do not know what Trans Crosswalks even are. Raising this as the issues instead of making it about The Protected Group and one’s moral disagreements with it, will yield people a much stronger chance of getting them removed or negated and will deflect any attempt other groups can bring against someone to shut them up or charge them with Ridiculous Hate Speech or Human Rights Laws.
Task: Attack to seize Ottawa city center
Purpose: End faggist dictatorship in North America
Anything less is just p*sy BS.
And Alex Jones is wrong-the Canadian state is not worth preserving. It is a tool of our enemies and has been since 1776. It will never be anything different, it can never be different.
If you consider yourself a Canadian and are right wing you are a fool and/or a coward. What pride can be taken in a faggist nightmare? Start calling yourself an oppressed American Patriot in occupied North America. You are more likely to achieve your objectives that way.
Lol. That’s Ridiculous.
if the natives , the french and the scots were not fooled into helping england against the americans at quebec
things would be very different now, but instead canada is still under the thumb of the king big ears
Some Natives were allied with the French and some were allied with British, The Natives wanted help from the French and the Brits to help eradicate each other, The Brits and French had to duke it out. The Brits won but barely. The French lost the War in Europe against the English, so Napolean ceded His territories in North America to the English. The Scots are and always have been Notorious for being Left-Wing in Canada, Even back in the 1800s, That’s why the English started Migrating West, get away from Rich Left-Wing Scots