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Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall Exposed

On October 24, 2022, Alexander (Alex) Nuttall was voted into office as the 47th Mayor of the City of Barrie. His troubled path to what has become a self-anointed period of dictatorship, is the result of a wafer-thin margin of only 777 votes, carved out of an electorate of 31,604. Alex Nuttall's 'success' happened only because he was challenged by two more progressive candidates, who split the vote to his benefit. Barrie is a hard-core Conservative district, with the true-blue repeatedly taking and reclaiming power both provincially and federally, so Alex Nuttall, as the only viable Conservative candidate, and a former federal Member of Parliament for that party, should have won the election by a landslide.

Even Conservative voters were wary of Alex Nuttall, especially after they learned of the multiple allegations of election fraud made against him.

Alex Nuttall's 'victory' represented a meagre 30.45% of the total votes cast. The full electorate totalled 103,795 eligible voters, so when Alex Nuttall was voted into office as Mayor of Barrie, based on only 13,401 votes, his electoral support represented only 12.91% of the entire eligible voting base of the City of Barrie.

Alex Nuttall's anorexic display of support represents only a miniscule level of confidence in his ability as mayor, which has, for many taxpayers, been proven to be fully justified. This laughable level of local support likely also accounts for his constant chest beating, his excessive use of 'look what I did' propaganda media, and far too many unwarranted attacks against the homeless and unsheltered.

As is true of all bullies, Alex Nuttall acts big, but his actions, such as attacking the weakest members of our society who are easy prey, show he is not what he pretends to be. Even when shaking down the defenceless, Alex Nuttall hides behind an army of armed men and women, who he sends out to do his dirty work, while his less timid minions keep those he is attacking at a safe distance.


An abusive mayor becomes a detracting liability to any city when their true goal is to attack a specific sector of the city that they have been entrusted to govern, pursuant to the law and human rights.


Alex Nuttall's self-evident insecurity likely stems from his alleged 'less than honourable' personal history as a politician, which has been marred by two separate and unassociated accusations of election fraud; one involving the Provincial Progressive Conservatives in 2010, and another seven years later when Alex Nuttall served as a lacklustre one-term federal Member of Parliament.

In 2010, Alex Nuttall was confronted by his own campaign team and was asked to drop out as a candidate for the provincial Conservatives after evidence showed he had committed serious membership fraud. He refused, and his campaign manager resigned, citing a significant conflict of ethics. Then, in 2017, while supporting, and acting as national membership chair, for alt-right political pariah Maxime Bernier, Alex Nuttall was once again accused of membership fraud, but this time by the Federal Conservative Party.

Seldom will intelligent people look at two such similar sets of allegations and not see the truth.

A short while after Maxime Bernier lost in 2017 and moved on to create the ill-fated People's Party of Canada (PPC), Alex Nuttall suddenly claimed that he did not want to continue in federal politics, and that he 'had chosen' not to return for a second term. That claim is utterly antithetical to the need to conquer and control demonstrated by this career politician, who clearly loves the limelight of power. What seems more likely is the multiple credible claims that Alex Nuttall was advised by the Federal Conservative Party that they would not support his candidacy for a second term as a Conservative Member of Parliament. After so much negative press, no party would want to deal with a member who had been accused of stacking the deck, not just once but twice, by two parties, in two elections. Alex Nuttall also metaphorically shanked his 'friend', by refusing to run for Maxime Bernier's new PPC party, which would seem like an obvious tactic of trying to retain his position in the Conservative Party, which failed, nonetheless.


Maxime Bernier, who Alex Nuttall supported, is now a despised figure in Conservative politics, who has sunk to the level of associating with fellow fascist pariahs like Alex Jones; a 'man' who has been court ordered to pay $965 million in damages for libel to the parents of the children who were mass murdered at Sandy Hook.


Given his established pattern, that lead to multiple allegations of fraud, it will come as little surprise to many that Alex Nuttall is also accused by various people of using his entrusted authority as mayor to attack people and businesses that oppose him. On June 26, 2023, our community media service released a video entitled "Standing with our Homeless Neighbours". More details are included a few paragraphs below, but sufficed to say it was not supportive of City Council's campaign to starve out the homeless by denying them basic human rights and dignities.

About ten days later, on July 7, 2023, our crew, working under the flag of our commercial division, 3B Solutions, was retained by an established client, a local micro brewery, to record video and take promotional photographs of their grand opening. Both Mayor Alex Nuttall and Paul Markle, the Executive Director of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce, were in attendance, and we happily worked with them to document the event. The Chamber had openly supported Council's plan to further abuse the rights of the unsheltered community, and we had outed them for it, which is what media does in a free society where rights are respected. During the event, our crew members noticed both 'officials' chatting with the company owner in a serious tone, while pointed at or otherwise indicated in the direction of our Producer.


Given the glowing reviews volunteered by these business owners and representatives of local charities, it seems highly unlikely that the owners would suddenly, and without reason, cancel doing any further business with our team.


That was the last job we ever did for that client, and he was only the first of many to abandon us, as fear spread of the wrath of our elected Mayor, who is also reported to hold total control, like a dictator, over City Council.


Five Points Media is Barrie's only truly independent media service, and as far as we know we are the only ones who engage in investigative journalism. As a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, who documented combat in Bosnia and in Israel during the first Gulf War, it is important to our Producer, John Ironside, that we support the rights of our citizens, and that we push back against political movements like fascism. We support accountable representation and the rights that are guaranteed to all citizens under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This puts us at odds with the current municipal dictatorship, especially since our Producer notified Alex Nuttall of his intent to file an ethics complaint against him as Mayor regarding his apparent abuse of taxpayer resources for personal gain. Within a week, City Hall engaged in a campaign of harassment against our benevolent, not-for-profit, social enterprise media service that has so far donated more than $700,000.00 in services, through the gifting of greater than 350 promotional and educational videos, to no less than 180 local charities, not-for-profits, and benevolent community groups.


Regardless of our contributions to those most in need, including delivering foods to hundreds, and sheltering homeless people in our studio, City Hall has engaged in an ongoing campaign of harassment against us.


It is due to our commitment to our community that in 2021, at the height of the pandemic, our team was nominated and voted to the highest levels for the City of Barrie and Barrie Chamber of Commerce 'Pay It Forward' award for altruism. Although the current Mayor of Barrie, and the leaders of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce, may choose to forget all we have given to those in need, that is not the case with all citizens of our shared community. So far, three local business owners who support our efforts have approached us with stories of being warned off, and in one case reportedly 'threatened', against using our services. According to these highly credible sources, who reached out completely independently of each other and at different times, the 'warning' came either directly or indirectly from a representative of the office of the Mayor or the Chamber of Commerce for the City of Barrie. Currently, two of those ethical and respected business owners have offered to testify should we choose to take this matter to court, where a ruling will be based on evidence. Apparently, our decision to stand up to our current municipal autocracy is loosening the chains of those who could not stand under the weight of the threats for doing so.

Due to what we feel are legitimate reasons for concern, we have all agreed to wait until after the next municipal election, when hopefully Alex Nuttall is removed from office. That election, to be held on Monday, October 26, 2026, is within the court's two-year period for standard filing for civil litigation, but even if he wins, we will proceed. It is worth noting, that in every instance that a politician, a corporation, a corrupt police official, or anybody else has ever tried to silence our right to Freedom of Expression as media, which is guaranteed under Section 2B of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they have failed, often in a very expensive and humiliating fashion. Also, many local business operators, who feel they experienced blatant prejudice from City Hall under the current mayor and council, as well as by local politicians of every level, are now stepping up and reaching out to us with stories of how one contract or another went to a Conservative loyalist, even when that competitor was charging more, or they had a reputation for less than ethical practices. Those business owners are now following our reporting on this matter, with some offering support.

It is obvious to most intelligent people that it is Alex Nuttall's alleged unilateral attack on our business that caused us to become such a source of stress and embarrassment to his regime. As is clear from the reporting by other local media, Conservatives in Barrie are used to controlling what is said about them. Apparently, they have never had to deal with a journalist standing up to them, and it is obvious that they have no idea what to do. Also, for more than ten years prior to Alex Nuttall's rise to the position of self-anointed Emperor, we maintained a respectful relationship with the mayor and city. We did exercise our right as journalists to question their decisions, and in some to challenge their ethics, but they never abused their authority as part of any campaign to silence us. If Alex Nuttall had not started his self-evident campaign of oppression by trying to silence our voice through intimidation, which he is continuing to this day to no avail, we would have had no reason to review his past, to question his ethics, or to so assertively confront his one-man war on the homelessness in Barrie.


This is how politics work in Barrie under Mayor Alex Nuttall, as bullies grow up to be authoritarians;
however, we are not giving him our lunch money, and we are not so easy to push around.


Immediately after being elected Mayor, Alex Nuttall started displaying a strong disdain for, and a desire to bring harm to, those who are forced due to a variety of factors to survive as members of the homeless and unsheltered community.

On June 21, 2023, Nuttall's one-man war on our poorest sector was scuttled after a rookie Councillor tabled a motion, without due advanced warning, and in contradiction to established protocols, that would have made it illegal for any organization or individual to provide any means of support to any member of the homeless and unsheltered community without consent of City Hall. Essentially, this life-threatening action was slipped into Council in such a way that the public would not likely become aware of it before it became law.

The consequences for showing compassion to a fellow human being in need without a permit would grant a personal power trip for By-Law enforcement, who would issue the concerned person with a fine for doing nothing more than showing compassion.


That order extended to money, food and water, clothing, blankets and tents, Tim's cards, and every other form of assistance that could possibly be used to ensure the survival of any homeless human being.


That overt attempt to abuse the authority of Council was blocked by a protest held by hundreds of concerned citizens, who demonstrated outside City Hall while Council was in session. Then they took their message inside, to the auditorium seating around the Council Chamber, while the elected Councillors sat nervously in session. Despite the complete lack of any actions that could in any way be interpreted as threatening, several Councillors showed signs of stress and concern for their safety, and the Council meeting was prematurely called to conclusion after the motion for the new By-Laws was voted to be sent back to staff for review.

That action, undertaken mostly by a loose coalition of advocates for the homeless and unsheltered community, was not seen so much as a victory, but more of a strategic delay, because it was transparently obvious that Alex Nuttall had an agenda that he was determined to ram through regardless of the wishes of Barrie taxpayers and residents.


In September 2024, Alex Nuttall ordered Barrie Bylaw and officers of the Barrie Police Service to illegally evict an encampment of unsheltered citizens who were living in Berczy Park, which is coincidently located around the corner from the house in which Alex Nuttall lived with his family at that time. Berczy Park was also the location of the playground that Alex Nuttall referred to repeatedly in mainstream media as the place his children wanted to play, but could not due so because of 'security concerns' regarding the unsheltered community that was in the park. Due to that close proximity, and his personal interests regarding the desires of his children, the action, that was reported by a member of Council to have been ordered unilaterally by Alex Nuttall, simply reeked of a significant conflict of interests. We also learned that the lead complainant about the encampment was motivated by a desire to sell her home, which she had purchased for about a million dollars when the encampment was located in Berczy Park, but she was flipping the property for three times that amount immediately after the encampment had been removed fully at the expense of taxpayers.


We also recorded City of Barrie contractors receiving bribes from at least one local resident, who said she wanted to reward them for illegally removing the encampment. The little white envelopes were handed out just a few feet from officers of the Barrie Police Service and the City of Barrie By-Law Enforcement wannabes, but they all chose to look the other way. Perhaps, they were waiting for their little package of incentive to be discretely slipped into their pocket.

Police Officers are sworn to uphold the law, but did Mayor Alex Nuttall order them to violate their oath for his financial benefit, or to appease his children?

The actions by the City of Barrie and the Barrie Police Service violated Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees for all the "right to life, liberty, and security of the person". These law enforcement professionals and sworn upholders of the law also brazenly defied the January 27, 2023, ruling of Justice Michael J Valente, Superior Court of Justice, Court File No.: CV-22-717, which guaranteed the rights of the homeless in encampments, and which far exceeds the authority of any mayor or police officer.


Under the orders of Alex Nuttall, officers of the Barrie Police Service arrested a female trauma care professional who was trying to help those being assaulted, and a journalist reporting on their unlawful actions.


The day after we recorded the bribery, and several other unlawful offences, officers of the Barrie Police Service arrested our Producer, an internationally experienced journalist, for 'trespassing in a public park', because he wanted to continue reporting the truth about the ongoing abuse of the Charter rights of the encampment residents, and the violations of the Superior Court order that protected them. That charge is pending trial, and Alex Nuttall has been advised he will be summonsed to explain his motivation to clear that specific park, and that park only, that was located around the corner from his home. He will also be called upon to explain several other interesting sidebar stories, like the nature of his relationship with the woman who wanted the encampment removed so she could profit greatly from the sale of her home.


So far, despite several attempts to arrange for legal service, Alex Nuttall, an 'honourable' public servant, has refused to respond, and has chosen instead to hide in his office in City Hall, behind security guards and the privileges of his elected position, which comes as no surprise, as bullies are essentially always cowards.


Alex Nuttall has shown that he likes to abuse his authority, but he apparently has a tantrum when he is forced to be held accountable. He was the big man when police officers working under his orders arrested a young female psychotherapist for trying to help her registered clients within the encampment at Berczy Park. He was also large and in charge when they arrested a journalist, who had the nerve and audacity to report on how the mayor had ordered police and City of Barrie By-Law enforcers to abuse the Charter of Right and Freedoms, and to violate a Superior Court Order that protected the rights of the encampment residents.

Alex Nuttall also appears to feel like a really big man when he directly or otherwise ordered his By-Law and Property Standards minions to threaten those same journalists with hundred thousand dollar fines, mere hours after an act of nature damaged our home and studio, singling us out because we are showing the 'disrespect' of making Alex Nuttall accountable for his actions, rather then simply regurgitating whatever propaganda he wants to have distributed to the voters of Barrie through 'approved' media. Despite our international status as journalists, we have never made that cut, nor have we ever been invited to a single press conference, nor notified of any city events. We have been known to crash ;-)

The interesting part is what happens when people of integrity push back, like asking how many similar fines were threatened to taxpayers by those same City of Barrie By-Law and Property Standards minions a week after we were served, after a destructive ice storm. The best senior staff could muster was to hide under their desks and wallow in denial. The same can be said about Alex Nuttall, who has been advised that he is to be summonsed as a witness at the trial of our Producer, who committed the heinous crime of reporting on a human-interest story that Nuttall did not want people to know about. All our imperious 'leader' has done is wallow in his own inflated sense of self-importance, while hiding behind security guards at City Hall who are paid for by our taxes.


Fortunately, we know Alex Nuttall's new home address, as in November 2024, a follower advised us that he had moved his new wife and merged family into 121 Wildwood Trail, off of Ferndale Dr., just south of Ardagh Rd.


The mayor's address is not a state secret, and there is no law against publishing it. We just looked it up, and the Toronto Star has multiple times posted the residential address of Premier Doug Ford, as has the Globe and Mail, and other mainstream media. In some cases, Ford's house is the subject of the story, such as when protesters are involved, and no politician of any level is afforded that kind of special consideration. The same is true of the United States. Both are democracies, at least at the time of writing this article ;-), and the political leaders are accountable to the people. Also, when Alex Nuttall ran for Mayor in August of 2022, his home address was published, presumably with his consent, in mainstream media (Click here if the link is deleted), on political group pages (Click here if the link is deleted), and on the City of Barrie website, although that posting has apparently now been removed. We have a screengrab we can add here later if this claim is contested.


Alex Nuttall's new house, located at 121 Wildwood Trail, off of Ferndale Dr. S., just south of Ardaugh Rd. was reported to be worth $1.1 million dollars, and public posts said it featured four bathrooms and five bedrooms.


So, it came as a legitimate surprise on December 18, 2024, when Facebook advised us that Alex Nuttall had contacted them to censor a story we had published in November 16, 2024, in which we congratulated the mayor and his family for purchasing their new home. There were no threats, nor insults, and we did not publish information that was anything but public. How was our decision, as journalists, to inform the public supposedly a violation of privacy, when Alex Nuttall sends police out to roust people trying to survive in a tent in the woods or on a sidewalk? There is a Superior Court ruling that says that those tents are a home, and that police have to treat them as such, and that they do not have the right to enter without consent, or to goosestep over the rights of the residents of that tent, which they do every single day. Why did Emperor Nuttall have the right to deny them their rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and to ignore the order of a Superior Court Judge, whose authority most definitely surpassed that of the office of any mayor and of the Barrie Police Service, yet we were not allowed to exercise our Charter guaranteed right to Freedom of Expression by posting publicly available information about where Alex Nuttall, a well-paid civil servant, lives in Barrie, Ontario? That is simply hypocrisy in the purest form.


Now, we have posted it here, where it has already been found by Google, on a website that we own and control, the content of which Alex Nuttall holds no influence, nor ability to censor.


We noted in our congratulatory post how Alex Nuttall has refused to move forward with transitional housing for the homeless and unsheltered, and that he now has four bedrooms for a small family. It therefore seemed right to us that perhaps those without shelter could apply to rent one of his extra bedrooms. Alex Nuttall also flatly denounced, without explanation, a request by a group of clergies to provide porta-potties to encampments. So, we thought he might be willing to assist those citizens of his city by making one of his available to them.


Afterall, that is exactly what we, as citizens with no funding and limited resources, did when we opened our back offices and studio to provide sanctuary to various homeless people during the lethal winters . . . .
. . . but then, we don't pretend, for political purposes, to be devout Christians, but not follow the scriptures.


Below are a few of our videos. More will be added as they are created.


Barrie Mayor, Alex Nuttall, A Self-Described Christian, Is Working Against The Teachings Of His Own Professed Faith

December 14, 2024

Barrie Mayor, Alex Nuttall, is well known for his assertions of great faith in the teachings, and 'high morality', of the Christian faith. We say to each their own, and we respect those of differing views. However, what we don't respect is hypocrisy and cruelty, and as you will see in this video, this man who portrays himself as pious is simply NOT abiding by the teachings of Jesus Christ, regardless of if those stories are historical or mythical. Alex Nuttall is, in fact, working in a way that is antithetical to the teachings of the church to which he claims such adherence.

Normally, as Atheists, we could not possibly care less if somebody is abusing the religious beliefs of others for their own personal gain. However, Alex Nuttall, a disgraced former MP who was asked by his own election committee to drop out of a federal election, has been put in a position of great trust as our Mayor.


Our concern, as the eyes and ears of voters and taxpayers, is that if he will deceive us about his faith, which he claims is of high importance, what else will Alex Nuttall lie to us about?


Alex Nuttall is also the tip of the spear of a morally vicious move by sixteen Ontario Mayors, who want the right to forcibly remove, arrest, and force into 'treatment' or forced labour all members of the homeless community simply for being poor. The new legislation also magically enables the Mayors and Premier to ignore that it is often their policies and incompetence that caused the crisis that those people are being forced to endure.

For some reason, the minority of Mayors carry considerably more weight with Doug Ford, an alleged former drug dealer and college dropout, than do the 428 other Civic Leaders who refused to sign a letter asking the Ontario PCs to abuse the Notwithstanding Clause so they could 'legally' bypass Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and also the January 27, 2023 ruling of Justice Michael J Valente, SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE - COURT FILE NO.: CV-22-717 that can be downloaded here.

This fact-based presentation is the first of several upcoming videos that will look into the deception and potential fraud being committed by those in power to better their positions at the expense of those who are suffering most greatly.

Our focus will be on the selfish actions of the heartless and unsympathetic hypocrites who govern the cities and legislature of Ontario from a false sense of moral superiority, and who have chosen to use force and abuse of power, rather than show compassion in the treatment of those to whom they have caused great harm.


How Mayor Grinch Declared Deadly War On The Weakest and Poor

December 8, 2024

Mayor Alex Nuttall:

You were not voted into office to engage in some twisted personal war against the poor and the unsheltered. I think I understand your motivation, and if my sources are right, the personal trauma relayed to me does not justify you hurting others because they remind you of some event or person.

Open the damned warming centre before a bunch of innocent people die because of your personal history. Of the more than 4,000 people who have seen the video in which we detailed how you lied to taxpayers to ‘justify’ your personal prejudice, more than 90% of those who expressed an opinion sided with us, and against you. Be a man and do the job you were hired to do instead of pretending to be some kind of King of Barrie. That need for adoration, and the reports I have heard of your apparent need to bully council, also fit the stories I have heard.

Help the entire community by opening the warming centre for now, and in the spring, find a way to build a tiny house community. That effective remedy has been accomplished by many communities that manage to work without being held back by a very personal agenda, which is hurting all of Barrie’s taxpayers.

Your fascist approach is only going to kill people. Meanwhile, other cities, both inside Ontario and beyond, have shown that compassion works, and when housing is the priority, the rest click into place.

Show some honour by being our mayor, which does not mean engaging in a childish bullying war with people who you know cannot defend against the entire city. Fortunately, they have friends like us, who have, and likely will again, expose abuses of authority like those in which you are engaging.

All I see is a frightened, insecure man who, like any bully, needs to show off for his friends to prove he is not weak or vulnerable. From the emails and messages I have received, I am by no means alone in that assessment.


Barrie City Hall Homeless Nativity Scene Narrated

December 24, 2024

It is the season for giving, and of sharing and caring. However, in Barrie, Ontario, where winter temperatures often drop to -30C (-22F), the mayor, Alex Nuttall, and his council of heartless henchmen have chosen the path of cruelty and callous disregard.

Instead of embracing and promoting a festive call of 'good will to all mankind' they have chosen to bring deliberate harm to the poorest citizens of our society by denouncing those surviving on the streets and in encampments, when all they want are the simple human dignities of a warming centre and access to washrooms.

You would think that, as he claims to be a devout Christian, Alex Nuttall would see this time of year as being the season to show compassion, and we ask him 'What would Jesus do?'


Mayor Nuttall Turns To Lying As Citizens Face Frozen Death In Barrie Streets

December 5, 2024

Alex Nuttall, the Mayor of The City of Barrie, is now blatantly lying to the citizens who elected him, and no other media in our city is calling him out. In the 'DECLARATION OF OFFICE' that he signed as the newly elected Mayor, Nuttall swore: "1. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺, 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺."

However, due to Nuttall's personal war on the homeless and unsheltered community, he is clearly NOT 'impartial', and his suppression of rights protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and his outright abuses are directly threatening the lives of human being he is sworn to serve. This was demonstrated during the abusive eviction at Berczy Park, where officers of the Barrie Police Service, working under orders from City Hall, arrested a journalist, me, for trying to expose the truth of bribery and civil rights violations, and also a young female psychotherapist who was trying to support her clients in the park who were suffering trauma due to the jackboot tactics used against them.

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