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

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

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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CPAC - For the Record". CPAC (TV channel). Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022. Margaret Hope Braun
  2. 1 2 "Candidates » Maggie Braun". Canadian Action Party. 2011. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Green Thumb Garden Society of Terrace Inc, 2013 President's Report Archived November 5, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 "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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
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