21 Facts About Bill Whatcott

Bill Whatcott has run for political office in Toronto, Saskatchewan and Edmonton.

Bill Whatcott spent time in jail and a group home, and the latter helped him enroll in nursing school.

Bill Whatcott wrote an autobiography detailing his childhood, conversion, activism and journey to the Supreme Court of Canada called Born in a Graveyard.

Bill Whatcott has protested at gay pride celebrations and outside abortion clinics.

Bill Whatcott has been arrested six times in Saskatchewan, but never convicted of any charge.

Bill Whatcott has been arrested once in the United States and 20 times in Ontario and successfully prosecuted twice for violating the bubble zone, an injunction which bars all prayers and protests from within 60 feet of the abortion clinic.

Bill Whatcott's activities were investigated by the Edmonton police, for what one constable called an "affront on the basic tenets of our society," but no charges were laid.

Bill Whatcott was a frequent contributor to the conservative website Free Dominion, from which he was eventually banned.

In 2002 Bill Whatcott was interviewed by Ed Helms for The Daily Show.

Bill Whatcott appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on 12 October 2011 to defend his views on homosexuality.

Bill Whatcott has appeared at several universities around Canada including the University of Calgary and the University of Regina where he was met with protest from students.

In 2017 Bill Whatcott printed and handed out fliers with transphobic content against Morgane Oger who was running for provincial office.

The BC Human Rights Tribunal would later order Bill Whatcott to pay $55,000 to Oger as compensation.

The Association's professional disciplinary body held that Bill Whatcott had intimidated patients and staff outside a Regina Planned Parenthood clinic by picketing and referring "to its workers as murderers, abortionists and disseminators of AIDS".

Bill Whatcott stated that he was well within his rights of free speech as a private citizen to protest the clinic, as he was off duty and made no reference to his professional status.

On 25 February 2010, Bill Whatcott had the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal ruling against him alleging discrimination against four gay men and fining him $17,500 overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

Bill Whatcott appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on 12 October 2011 to defend his views on homosexuality.

Bill Whatcott was ordered to pay compensation to recipients of the flyers.

Bill Whatcott sued the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation over an October 2011 broadcast that included a 2008 flyer with the words "kill the homosexuals" highlighted.

Bill Whatcott argued the flyer had nothing to do with the Supreme Court case being discussed by the broadcast and that the phrase had been taken out of context.

Bill Whatcott initially won the defamation case in the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench, with the trial judge ruling that the CBC had displayed actual malice towards Bill Whatcott.