Taking part in an anti-mask rally during a pandemic isn’t a freedom of speech rally. It’s deadly and Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini (who’s an absolute beauty, btw) isn’t stupid.
After learning ‘Beardo’ the anthem singer, Mark Donnelly, planned on attending and performing at a maskless ‘freedom rally’ Aquilini doubled tapped his career on Twitter and it was AWESOME.

Hey @VancouverSun change the headline to “Former Canucks anthem singer.” #wearamask https://t.co/UZX5agK4pl

— Francesco Aquilini (@fr_aquilini) December 5, 2020

Excellent move by the Canucks. @fr_aquilini should be strongly applauded for this. Sends a strong message at a vital time. Well done Francesco! #COVID19 https://t.co/YtQSdAjJHD

— Keith Baldrey (@keithbaldrey) December 5, 2020

Source: The Vancouver Canucks have parted company with the team’s anthem singer, Mark Donnelly, after he confirmed he will sing ‘O Canada’ this weekend at a downtown Vancouver rally to protest COVID-19 restrictions.

B.C. Christmas Freedom Rally 2020 is set to take place Saturday afternoon outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, the site of multiple anti-mask rallies held throughout the pandemic, often drawing an assortment of anti-mask and anti-vaccine advocates, conspiracy theorists and other far-right figures.
This particular rally, which includes a march at 1:30 p.m. and an onstage singalong to close the event, is seasonally inspired. An event poster shared on Facebook by organizer Ryan Kulbaba declares: “We oppose government orders and will gather for the holidays!”

British Columbians remain under stay-at-home orders and a mask mandate. Residents have been instructed to avoid social gatherings of all kinds and sizes as health officials work to suppress the second wave of COVID-19.

Kulbaba has been involved in several protests against COVID-19 restrictions. At an anti-mask demonstration in November, Kulbaba urged attendees to shop without masks and film their interactions with store managers.

The Surrey resident was also the lead organizer behind the B.C. Freedom Mega Rally, a two-day event outside the art gallery in October.

Kulbaba’s latest event drew a headliner. Donnelly, likely the city’s most recognizable anthem performer, will be singing ‘O Canada’ at noon and performing again just before 4 p.m., according to the rally’s itinerary.

Donnelly confirmed to Postmedia that he will sing at the controversial event.

“I sing ‘O Canada’ as a sign of unity and strength for all Canadians,” he said. “The true north strong and free.”

The Vancouver Canucks organization distanced itself from the anthem singer in a statement released Friday afternoon.

“Mark Donnelly is acting independently and we hope the public understands he is not representing the Vancouver Canucks,” said COO Trent Carroll. “We encourage everyone to wear a mask and to follow the provincial health orders.”

What a fucking MORON. Good luck landing your next gig, Mark.

It should be a breeze finding another NHL team in Vancouver to sing one of two national anthems for, so you can support your shitty tuxedo habit.

Attending a maskless rally at the height of a pandemic responsible for infecting more than 400,000 Canadians is the kind of decision your employer should question and fire you for.

Mark Donnelly has every right to sing for anyone he wants anywhere he wants but not right now.  Nobody does.  Your anti-mask stance isn’t a political statement when people are dying from not wearing masks.  It’s the position of an irresponsible asshole who doesn’t regard science as fact and during a global pandemic, there’s no place in the workforce for an asshole like that.  People don’t want to work with a dirty, diseased, asshole fresh off a maskless freedom rally.

Just a hard fact that Aquilini gets during a global pandemic.

Should Aquilini have fired that cumber bun wearing psycho on Twitter?  You’re goddamned right he should have and I’m happy he did. Mark Donnelly was planning on using the platform the Vancouver Canucks gave him as the overly ‘Me’ centric, Greek steak house waiter-looking anthem guy to support a maskless conspiracy theory at the height of a pandemic.

By all accounts, Mark Donnelly is a glorious asshole who’s come to think he’s the national anthem god, so getting fired in public after publicly stating you think this virus is a fucking joke, is sweet, sweet Schadenfreude for guys like me who robe themselves in Karmic solutions.

One day, Mark Donnelly will look back on his decision to blow off his livelihood and identity over a maskless rally, with regret.  Until that day, I’m very much here to remind him to fact find and educate himself before deciding to throw it all away for a super spreader event with a bunch of poorly medicated/uneducated, toothless keyboard warriors.

Man do I love the time we live in.  Natural selection always wins.

Cheers, Mark.  Karaoke night awaits and they usually pay cash…

What a time to be alive.

DB

PS: Taking part in an anti-mask rally doesn’t mean you’re ‘woke’.  It just means you’re an agent of death.  Going maskless is not a political perspective, it’s a selfish, misguided personal conviction formed on FB and YouTube and it’s killing people right now.