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Defend Chris Lysak
Chris has two young girls who will be spending their second consecutive Christmas without their father. Chris does not have a criminal record and has been denied bail in a troubling case of public interest that has caught international attention.
Everyone has the right to due process and a fair trial with access to reasonable bail. Chris has been charged with conspiracy to murder law enforcement officers which carries a life sentence if convicted. We do not believe that Chris is guilty of these outrageous accusations and deserves the same kind of spirited, thoughtful and robust defense that is the right of every Canadian man and woman.
Unfortunately, Chris and his family have been stretched to their breaking point in enduring this ongoing legal nightmare. Unable to work and with an elderly father to care for, he is at the mercy of the justice system. If no one comes to his rescue, his chances of success are grim this late into the proceedings.
All is not lost, however. There is a highly capable and well respected legal team ready and waiting to assist. This is a time sensitive matter due to the late stages of proceedings, we are in the 11th hour of retaining effective legal counsel that can deliver a positive outcome and have only days to come up with the necessary retainer.
If we the people do not defend ourselves, what fate do we deserve ?
Chris tried his best to stand for all of us against what he believed was a gross instance of government overreach and persecution. When we were denied access to our own family funerals, stripped of employment, education, our families divided and worse due to the ongoing policy directed from Ottawa, Chris and many others showed up to stand in the way. We must act in kind and protect this man and prove to his daughters and the world that the people of this country he so strongly believed in do not stop at mere words.
Chris needs our help. It's him today. Who is it tomorrow?
Your son? Your father?
You?
Canadians dont leave Canadians behind.
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CHRIS LYSAK HAS PERSONALLY GIVEN BLESSING TO THIS ENDEAVOR. INQUERIES AND QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO LYSAKDEFENSE@PROTONMAIL.COM
ALL FUNDS RECEIVED WILL BE EXPEDIENTLY DELIVERED TO THE TRUST ACCOUNT OF THE LYSAK LEGAL TEAM
PERTINENT UPDATES WILL BE POSTED AS PROGRESS IS MADE
Update: December 28, 2023 Update
December 28, 2023
(Jack
from Toronto) Chris's legal defense fund originally required a retainer
of $200,000 for Daniel Song to take the case. Between the GSG and
private donations sent directly to Song's office the original money
collected and sent for the $200,000 was $183,000 - which Daniel agreed
to take the case even though we were short of the original goal of
$200,000.
The way GSG works is there is a 5 day hold on the 1st days
donations*, then a 3 day hold on additional days donations. After that
waiting time, we can request the payout and that is another 72 hour hold
before it is deposited into the bank account specifically set up for
Chris's defense fund. Also, note that GSG does take a fee from each of
the donations. The fee is 3.5% + $0.30 per donation. So the totals you
see are what was donated, but does not show the fees taken from each
donation.
Chris has a Facebook page where he posts daily updates.
You can interact with him by leaving messages and comments, his friend
Terry reads the messages to him daily. You can find him at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/285319267830256
Chris, Kevin and I appreciate all of your support, prayers and encouragement.
God Bless
*The 5 day hold turned into a 10 day hold due to person(s) reporting this fundraiser as fraudulent. Thankfully these allegations were disproved.
December 11, 2023 Update
December 12, 2023
Recent Donations
- CAD $ 100
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50 mins ago
Stay the course.2 - CAD $ 21
Jay
6 hrs ago
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Anonymous Donor
11 hrs ago
10 - CAD $ 100
Paula and Jason Lavigne
12 hrs ago
Derek, you did a great job. 12 hours! God bless.14 - CAD $ 25
Dear In The Headlights
12 hrs ago
Good work with the marathon, gents.14 - CAD $ 50
Jeff
12 hrs ago
14 - CAD $ 150
MarkyMark
13 hrs ago
I love stories, keep them coming. Also, keep it strong Chris, you will win!21 - CAD $ 100
Paul Barb Emma n Low Flo
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Praying on you always, Much love from your Freedom Fam20 - CAD $ 50
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Becki Schultz
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'The readiness to sacrifice one's personal work and, if necessary, even one's life, for others shows its most highly developed form in the race. The greatness of the is not based on his intellectual powers, but rather on his willingness to devote all his faculties to the service of the community.'23 - CAD $ 20
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22 - CAD $ 50
Anonymous Donor
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Keep fighting26 - CAD $ 25
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\\\24 - CAD $ 500
Monika Holub
14 hrs ago
Just take my money already you sick donut eater29 - CAD $ 75
Larry Chey Kroeker SADSAK
14 hrs ago
Will donate more as we can
Daniel J. Song, K.C.
Daniel practices as counsel to Pringle Law. He manages the Vancouver office and practices criminal law in Alberta and British Columbia. He is an active member of the law societies of both provinces and travels regularly each month between Vancouver and Edmonton to appear in all levels of court in both provinces.
In 2023, Daniel Song was named by Canadian Lawyer as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers of 2023
He has broad experience defending clients faced with serious and complex charges, including murder, attempted murder, criminal organization offences, conspiracies, kidnapping, extortion, drug trafficking, firearms offences, and proceeds of crime.
Daniel has also established a reputation for conducting criminal appeals and appears regularly in the Alberta Court of Appeal and the British Columbia Court of Appeal. He has also appeared as lead counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada on multiple occasions, including as an applicant, appellant, respondent and intervener.
Notable cases in which he has acted as counsel include the Surrey Six murder appeal, the United Nations murder and conspiracy prosecution, British Columbia’s 12-year civil forfeiture action against the properties of an alleged outlaw motorcycle club, and the largest money laundering investigation in British Columbia’s history.
Daniel initially pursued a degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto before completing a degree in English Literature at the University of British Columbia in 2003, where he was awarded the Roy Daniells Memorial Prize for the top essay written by a fourth-year student in the English Department. Thereafter, he obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 2006 where he co-authored a publication in the Criminal Reports with Professor Christine Boyle, K.C.
Some of Daniel’s contributions to the legal community have included authoring papers and presenting at seminars for the Legal Education Society of Alberta and the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, writing chapters for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, and lecturing on Part VI wiretap authorizations to RCMP officers at the Justice Institute of B.C. He has also volunteered with the UBC Innocence Project whose mandate is to investigate and exonerate the wrongfully convicted.
Daniel holds a black belt in Taekwondo and currently trains in Iaido, the art of drawing the Japanese sword.
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Daniel J. Song, K.C.
“What’s the purpose of being an advocate if it’s not to effect change?”
Daniel J. Song, KC is a Korean-Canadian criminal defence lawyer practicing in Alberta and British Columbia. He has extensive experience as criminal appellate counsel, including at the Supreme Court of Canada. Daniel has made many contributions to the legal community including authoring papers and presenting at seminars for the Legal Education Society of Alberta, the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia. He has also volunteered with the Allan McEachern Course in Trial Advocacy, Gale Cup Moot and UBC Innocence Project at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Daniel was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2022. Daniel holds a black belt in Taekwondo and trains in Iaido, the art of drawing the Japanese sword.
Daniel’s legal career can be traced back to his grandfather. When Daniel was born, his grandfather gave him his Korean name, Jae-Yul, which contains the Chinese character for “law” (律). His grandfather grew up in poverty in South Korea and believed that a lawyer could bring honour and financial stability to their family. “Although my parents never pressured me to become a lawyer, I was told that family story as a young child, and it stuck,” explains Daniel.
Daniel’s sense of justice was inspired by his parents. Daniel says that when his parents moved to Canada, “they struggled to make ends meet, as is often the case with many immigrants.” His father worked tirelessly as an auto-mechanic and his mother stayed home to raise the children until they were old enough for her to operate various small businesses over the years. Daniel remembers his parents frequently feeling despondent, being unable to afford lawyers to assist them in business disputes with wealthier and more privileged individuals: “My father was always a stubborn man of principle. Even without the financial resources to access justice in the courts, he strongly believed that truth and fairness would always prevail. But time and again, the reality was that I watched my parents being exploited by those with power. And that was unquestionably a formative experience for me.”
Before applying to Allard Law, Daniel’s academic career began in Toronto where he enrolled in the Aerospace Engineering program at the University of Toronto. After two years in the program, Daniel realized he didn’t want to be an engineer and chose to study English Literature at UBC – a somewhat unexpected turn of events. “English was my worst subject in high school — not because I couldn’t excel at it, but because at the time I simply had no interest in reading about old, dead, mostly British men,” Daniel notes. That changed at UBC, where he began to appreciate and value literature, “be it canonical, Victorian or post-colonial.”
Daniel says that reading 25 novels each semester and writing numerous essays during his undergraduate degree were instrumental in developing his written advocacy. He points out that law students don’t need to write like the common-law judgments they read in class. “They need only be themselves and project a tone of authenticity to be persuasive […] and that authenticity should ultimately guide the trajectory of their careers.”
Daniel has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada more than a dozen times. His first appearance at the Supreme Court was an application for leave to appeal before three justices. He was the only lawyer in the courtroom, given that the Crown chose to appear by video.
The Crown submitted that “appellate courts were hot courts” – which was to say that appeal judges arrived at hearings having already read the parties’ arguments in advance. Daniel recalls witnessing Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin leaning over to Justice Rosalie Abella “with a glint in her eye,” and whispering, “He called us a hot court!” Daniel was granted leave to appeal, but the highlight of the experience was “overhearing that moment of levity in the courtroom.” He says that it calmed his nerves during the hearing.
When asked what he sees as his greatest professional achievement to date, Daniel says, “I’m just getting started.” But he sees it as an achievement to have remained healthy and strong enough to honour and give back to his parents for their lifetime of sacrifice.
Daniel previously published an article titled “An Asian lawyer’s experience with racism” in the Lawyer’s Daily, speaking to the effects of entrenched stereotypes that impact Asian-Canadian lawyers. “I’m heartened to see more Asian lawyers entering the criminal bar,” says Daniel. “But when I started, there were no senior Asian criminal defence lawyers I could look to as role models.” He notes that although more than half of the population in Metro Vancouver identifies as visible minorities, that same level of diversity is not typically present in any given Vancouver courtroom.
But he believes this is changing. Daniel reminds those considering a career in criminal law that the bar needs more “diversity of thought, voices, and perspectives that will help shape the law in ways that will properly reflect the pluralistic values of this country.”
In May 2022, Daniel was appointed Queen’s Counsel – which he describes as an ever-present reminder of his responsibility to exceed expectations. “Other aspiring Asian lawyers may be watching,” he says. “I want them to see a lawyer who leads through the quality of his advocacy, a lawyer who is singularly committed to his craft, and a lawyer whose word the judges trust. They can be that lawyer.”
When asked what advice he would offer to aspiring criminal lawyers, Daniel points out that a criminal defence lawyer is much more than a mouthpiece. “Every moment you stand in court, you can be impactful,” he says. “Words have the power to stand against injustice. And what’s the purpose of being an advocate if it’s not to effect change?"
In September 2023, Daniel was recognized as a Social Change Champion and one of Canadian Lawyer Magazine's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers for his work in Human Rights, Advocacy, and Criminal Law.
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