John Carpay

John Carpay is a Netherlands-born Canadian disbarred lawyer and newspaper columnist, currently acting as the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. He has been disbarred by The Law Society of Manitoba

Early life and education Carpay was born in the Netherlands, before moving to British Columbia, Canada.

He has a bachelor of arts in political science from Université Laval and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calgary.

Career and advocacy He was called to the bar in 1999. and as the executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation.

Carpay is the president of Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which he founded in 2010. The organisation describes its mission to defend "the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through litigation and education."

Carpay has written columns for The National Post, The Calgary Herald, and Huffington Post. Those actions prompted a misconduct complaint from human rights lawyer Richard Warman and critique from University of Alberta's vice dean of law Eric Adams, who described the action as a "tremendous, tremendous lapse of judgment." before being released the next day. Carpay was charged with "intimidation of a justice system participant and attempting to obstruct justice." On September 2, 2025, Carpay was disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta for the same reasons as in Manitoba.

Politics In 2018, Carpay drew criticism from Jason Kenney for comparing the LGBT flag to a swastika in a discussion on Rebel Media, for which he later apologised.

Carpay ran for the Reform Party in 1993 and the Wildrose Party in 2012.