Alexa Bonjour investigates the whereabouts of the Nazi flag that was spotted near Parliament Hill on the first day of the Freedom Convoy. And what exactly was the deal with that Nazi flag being displayed in our nation s capital?
00:03:29.280And the picture I've been taken by one freelancer that I've been shown on the Internet is not being taken by him, but he said that he was sending by someone to him during the night.
00:03:42.800And it was Justin Ling, the one who had published the picture, but he was sent by someone else.
00:03:50.500So you can see me right now, I'm here where the picture I've been taken, just here and as well here.
00:03:58.520And you can see that the angle is not working because now Guillaume Roy, my camera person, is on the bridge right now, taking me and it's not the same angle.
00:04:13.400So my question is, if the person wanted to take the picture, it's all down, I will show you the picture on the screen right now.
00:04:25.880But it's all down there, on the street, or all up there, but I'm pretty sure that the person was on the street.
00:04:36.840The stair was closed, the access was closed, and these people were coming from a park where another picture had been taken.
00:04:47.520And afterwards, after walking through the stair, we never saw the flag again.
00:04:54.580So do they just pass there to show the flag and they came back into the Fairmont Hotel?
00:05:04.920It was actually some individual, the same one, who had been seen on the park and as well here and disappeared after with a Nazi flag.
00:05:17.140But never been shown where the Freedom Convoy was.
00:05:21.220So I'm standing where the second picture was taken and as I say, it's the park next to the hotel.
00:05:28.900You can see the Hotel Chateau Laurier just right there at my right.
00:05:33.960And so the people who were walking in this park went towards, on the side of Chateau Laurier and the flag disappeared.
00:05:47.200So is it staged to just put it out their flag in this park, walking where they know that some people will see them, and after that disappear?
00:06:08.920As you just saw from Alexa's investigation, myriad details regarding that infamous Nazi flag that was spotted on the first Saturday of the Freedom Convoy.
00:06:38.700Alexa, that was some great investigative journalism.
00:06:42.360But it was also unnerving because I'm beginning to think, more so than ever before, that this whole swastika display was a scam.
00:06:52.520What is your theory as to what really happened that day?
00:06:58.240For sure that the man with the Confederation flag, the one that had like a really custom made, was a person that was there in purpose to do some perturbation that day.
00:07:13.840Because first of all, it was fully masked, and we had like sunglasses, and he was acting as, I don't know, just disturbing, flying his flag everywhere around everybody, and not being part of the protest.
00:07:30.440And as well, a photographer, I took a picture of him all at the same place at the same moment, and he's like all photographer related to Justin Trudeau.
00:07:42.940That's a little bit, I would say, fishy.
00:07:45.280But for the other Nazi flag, we know that it never reached Parliament Hill, and we know that it was on the side of the Chateau Laurier, where the access on the other side was closed for the people going down to the canal to take a picture.
00:08:12.260I think it will have a part two of it.
00:08:14.800We'll see, because some people are writing to me right now, and I have more and more information to bring on this investigation.
00:08:23.680And Alexa, when it comes to that photo, because you and Guillaume went out there, you showed how the angles were just not there to capture that kind of image.
00:08:35.900Are you suggesting that maybe this was something that could have been Photoshopped?
00:08:40.140I mean, those who are computer savvy, I mean, you can create any kind of image you want with the kind of software that's out there.
00:08:54.200We know that it's not Photoshopped because some people saw the Confederation flag, but it was really well made, really made for this occasion, and really good quality as well.
00:09:06.240So somebody did spend a lot of money for this flag.
00:09:10.840And for the other Nazi flag, I talked with some people who saw it.
00:09:29.760Some people think that it was just for, you know, it was only on the first day.
00:09:37.820And as we know, the first impression on every kind of protest, it's always the first day, the first couple of hours of the protest to really judge which kind of person was there.
00:09:51.360So, of course, we saw it on the 29th of February.
00:10:12.500And you know what else is interesting, too, Alexa, is our friends over at True North.
00:10:17.440They've offered, I believe it's a $6,500 reward as to the identity of the person that was bearing this flag.
00:10:25.720Because, wow, I would love to interview that individual.
00:10:30.320Because one of my theories as to why, and we'll never know until we get our hands on him.
00:10:37.060But one of my theories as to why he might have been displaying the swastika, and I think it's a really dumb strategy, was basically, you know, linking the swastika to the Justin Trudeau regime, saying, you know, just like Hitler in 1930s Germany, Justin Trudeau today in Canada is equivalent to a Nazi.
00:10:58.700Which is outrageous, which is outrageous, because last I heard, I don't think Justin is on a quest for world war or committing genocide.
00:11:06.780But I think that might have been what he was trying to say.
00:11:12.140Otherwise, on the flip side, maybe this was someone that was simply trying to discredit the freedom movement.
00:11:45.900We don't figure out the thing on the same way.
00:11:48.600For some people, carrying maybe a Nazi flag for them is to show that we are under a regime as during the regime of Hitler.
00:12:02.140As we saw during the protests of Ukraine, some people had, like, Putler for saying, like, Putin is Hitler or referencing to the regime during Hitler was there.
00:12:19.160But because it was a freedom convoy, oh, my God, that's really a big trouble to show, like, the same regime that was under Hitler.
00:12:28.740But for maybe someone that was the appropriate flag and didn't think about the consequences to fly that kind of flag, too, I will know more about it in the next few weeks.
00:12:42.080Well, I can hardly wait for that update, Alexa.
00:12:47.620If the agenda was to discredit the freedom convoy movement, certainly it was damaging because look how many politicians, look how many members of mainstream media ran with that.
00:13:00.620The first day of the protest, I was on the road.
00:14:13.320And especially the picture I've been taking on the 29, but he received during the night and he posted during the night saying that he's come from a friend of him that was there taking the picture.
00:14:25.680And he sent it to him, why this person who took the picture didn't post it by himself, why did he send it to him personally to post it?
00:14:36.160And it's actually a pretty good quality picture, as we can see.
00:14:42.920And as we know, down to the canal, the only people that probably was allowed to be there is police or maybe citizen who passed really far away because the entrance was blocked.
00:14:55.260And I have some footage to show that this door was blocked at that time, this day.
00:16:03.660More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
00:16:06.200Hey, guys, Sidney Fitzgerald with Rebel News here.
00:16:21.020And you might have seen our coverage last week of the Calgary Rally for Freedom.
00:16:24.720Now, as you can see, they have changed their location a little bit.
00:16:27.760And I encourage you to go back to that list video and find out exactly what these guys are protesting.
00:16:32.300But to sum it up, there are mandates and restrictions that have been lifted, which has drawn the criticism that these guys should no longer be out here protesting.
00:16:39.260However, if you ask anybody here, there are still plenty of mandates and restrictions that are impeding on their lives on a daily basis.
00:16:45.020So they must continue to protest to make their voice heard.
00:16:47.700But what we saw from last weekend is an added enforcement was brought on by Calgary police where they were using bicycles.
00:16:54.620And there was two groups, the Freedom Rally group you see behind us and the counter protest group that we've seen on the streets of the Beltline.
00:17:00.300That's a certain district of Calgary where the Freedom Rally would normally go through.
00:17:06.020And the mayor of Calgary actually put out a message against the protesters calling for more enforcement, but suggesting that she wasn't able to enforce those tactics herself.
00:17:14.580And that was left up to the police. So what did she do?
00:17:17.580Well, immediately after that, she or the city of Calgary applied for a injunction and has been put into action.
00:17:23.560So there is added concern for these protesters that they might have enforcement come down on them, but they've changed up their tactics from last week.
00:17:30.520Normally, you would see that there's a speaker microphone set up at the park a little further away from where we are right now.
00:17:35.640But that didn't happen. And these guys, they made a little announcement at that park where they normally gather and they all decided to make their way to City Hall to protest the injunction on top of the mandates and restrictions that we're seeing.
00:17:48.460So it's a bit of an interesting day. We're still waiting to see what's going to happen with police enforcement.
00:17:52.540There has been no sighting of the counter protest as of yet, although it is in an opposite direction of where these guys have had to go in order to get here at City Hall.
00:18:00.320So we're going to stay tuned. We're going to find out a little bit more from these guys, what they make of the current situation.
00:18:04.600Again, go back to that last video to find out what they're here protesting.
00:18:07.880We'll get a little bit of that today. And let's just go out and check to see.
00:19:00.700Sid, last I checked, and correct me if I'm wrong, but Canadians have the right to peaceful protest.
00:19:07.880So why is Mayor Wokeness out in Calgary trying to shut down these demonstrations in the first place?
00:19:14.140Well, it's political, and she's following the trend of our other politicians, especially those we saw in Ottawa, cracking down on peaceful protesters who are otherwise trying to advocate for their civil rights.
00:19:26.300But, of course, as you know, even though Justin Trudeau likes to tout that we live in a democracy, it seems it's a one-way democracy.
00:19:33.720It's his way or the highway, and that's what we saw in Ottawa, and that's what she's trying to do here in Calgary.
00:19:38.000And, you know, Sid, what I can't help but notice is the fact that if this was a demonstration in the name of, say, Black Lives Matter, is law enforcement clamping down on that?
00:19:51.320Or maybe is law enforcement being ordered to take a knee as well for BLM?
00:19:56.500What I'm getting at is that it doesn't seem to be the protest that's the problem.
00:20:02.380It's the ideological flavour of the protest that has some people freaking out in that city.
00:20:28.540Well, as soon as these counter-protests arose, these people would otherwise, I think it's fair to say, a little bit more hate in their protests, very less so lenient towards conversation and open-mindedness.
00:20:40.600Well, the Calgary mayor supported them without speaking to the Freedom Rally protesters whatsoever and advocating for this very small portion of individuals who are otherwise advocating against freedoms and against the overstepping of government.
00:21:06.520And even some elected officials, starting with the prime minister, with the trucker convoy in Ottawa, the demonization, the vilification of people standing up for freedom.
00:21:20.020I mean, I can't believe we're living in a world, Sid, where a anti-freedom movement is the one that gets the good housekeeping seal of approval.
00:21:31.480Well, and that's the thing, is these counter-protests, they don't want the Freedom Rally protests to occur.
00:21:36.920But if you ask the people in the Freedom Rally, should the counter-protesters have a right to protest?
00:21:42.980Everybody has the right to protest, especially in a peaceful regard.
00:21:46.360However, any protesting that is in any relation to what the government is doing and is in opposition to the government is immediately being squandered.
00:21:56.720And, Sid, in terms of how the police behave themselves in laying down the law, what was your takeaway based on your observations?
00:22:05.920Well, police, much like any other grouping of, what would you say, enforcement or a grouping of a collective that works under any domain,
00:22:15.380there are good individuals and there are bad individuals.
00:22:20.600There was individuals that were otherwise trying to speak with one cop, when then the other cop would come in and grab them.
00:22:26.740And I think it's less so a failure of the individual officers as it is the tactics that were being deployed by Calgary Police Services.
00:22:34.500And we saw this last weekend and we saw it the weekend before, where in attempts to separate the two groups to reduce the amount of frustrations or anything that might come out of it,
00:22:46.020they somehow managed to put both groups together.
00:22:48.560And especially last weekend, where there was the Freedom Rally protesters and the counter-protesters both at Central Memorial Park, which is parked in downtown Calgary.
00:22:57.380Instead of drawing a firm line between the two groups, there was an incident that occurred.
00:23:03.320And after that incident, the police formed a sort of bubble and they ballooned their way out of the park.
00:23:08.760So on the perimeter of the police line was a mixture of protesters and counter-protesters.
00:23:13.800And there was no dividing line between them.
00:23:16.460So in many ways, the Calgary Police Forces were pushing these two groups together.
00:23:48.160Now, hopefully, they'll see from the last few weekends how their tactics have been deployed and how they can better adjust those for the future.
00:23:56.480That way, both protests can peacefully do their thing.
00:23:59.540However, it doesn't seem like that's the mode of operation that they've been keen on so far.
00:24:03.700And it's probably in favor of the mayor, them doing these sort of tactics.
00:24:08.260That way, there is the publicity of, oh, there's the violence, there's this, there's the arrest.
00:24:12.240But realistically, these arrests and anything that came of the last few weekends could have been avoided entirely.
00:24:20.200And we see it here in Toronto as well as other Canadian cities.
00:24:24.200I mean, it is the very definition of a peaceful protest.
00:24:28.500There's nobody creating any kind of violence and vandalism despite what the media longs for.
00:24:35.420Looking ahead, Sid, to this Saturday coming up, is there any demonstration planned?
00:24:40.960And if so, what do you think is going to go down?
00:24:44.040Oh, there's certainly a demonstration planned.
00:24:45.900I haven't seen the counter-protest posters or their promotion of their event just yet.
00:24:51.580But in terms of the Freedom Rally, they are set to protest again.
00:24:54.440And like last weekend where they moved to City Hall, they may be at City Hall again, not only to protest to get their freedoms back that have been affected by vaccine mandates and other restrictions the government has been imposing,
00:25:06.760but as well as new injunction they're going to be protesting, which is why they've made this move to City Hall.
00:25:12.560And one last question, Sid, before you leave.
00:25:14.900I think that whoever gets arrested, whoever gets ticketed, I think they have a hell of a solid legal case in terms of their rights being unjustifiably affected in terms of the right to protest,
00:25:32.940especially if you're just peacefully standing there chanting, holding a sign, you name it.
00:25:42.200Although one interesting thing is that the Freedom Rally protesters, many might think that they're trying to rebel against the counter-protest, rebel against the mayor.
00:25:51.040They are protesting the mayor, but they're also doing it within the legal lines that have been drawn.
00:25:57.700So even though this injunction is impeding on their right to protest, they're still finding ways of protesting within the rules while still arguing against the rules that are being put forward.
00:26:07.360So they're by no means trying to be vitriolic, I guess you could say, or rebellious in nature to that extent.
00:26:16.740But they are certainly standing strong to make their voices heard.
00:26:19.400Yeah, and I would say it's a moot point in that regard, Sid, regardless of the protest.
00:26:25.800I mean, heck, you could protest your disdain for Brussels sprouts, for goodness sakes.
00:26:31.800And if that offends the farmers of Brussels sprouts, too bad.
00:26:35.460You have every legal and democratic right in which to do so.
00:26:39.540I think it's a disgrace what's happening in Calgary, of all places.
00:26:43.640And let's hope tomorrow the Calgary police behave themselves and there's no, you know, there's no, you know, cops out there that are hot to trot in terms of violently putting down somebody just expressing a democratic right.
00:27:12.280More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
00:27:27.260Recently, Melissa Robinson took her three-year-old daughter to the Galaxy Cinema in North Bay, Ontario, where she purchased tickets for Sing 2.
00:27:37.460As well, she bought some popcorn and pops.
00:27:40.420But a not-so-funny thing happened to Melissa and daughter as they took their seats in the completely empty theater before the movie even started.
00:27:52.700Staffers told them that they would have to leave, staffers told them that they would have to leave or the police would be called and they might be charged with trespassing.
00:28:02.240Indeed, while the intention was to watch a family-friendly musical, suddenly what occurred was that mother and daughter were experiencing a real-life episode of Monster Chiller Horror Theater.
00:28:18.140Folks, just wait till you hear Melissa's unbelievable story.
00:28:25.020And indeed, joining me now from about 45 minutes outside of North Bay is Melissa Robinson herself.
00:28:37.300Now, Melissa, as I said in the preamble, you took your daughter to see Sing 2, but you were soon given the bum's rush out the cinema under penalty of law.
00:31:38.240If I can just interject, how could they possibly say it doesn't matter?
00:31:43.320If you're eating and drinking, you cannot do that with a mask on.
00:31:47.760Or is there some kind of etiquette at that Galaxy Cinema, you know, much like Governor Newsom in California or Mayor Tory in Toronto,
00:31:55.040who advised people to wear the mask, pull it down, insert food, pull the mask up, chew, rinse and repeat.
00:32:03.280Was that what they were getting at, that you were breaking popcorn-eating etiquette at the cinema?
00:32:10.420Yes, and it's interesting that you bring that up because you are the one that really flied that for me because before I wouldn't have even thought of that.
00:32:17.160Because they did say the term active eating.
00:32:20.740So I don't even know what that is because I don't even go out.
00:32:24.600So what I was – so I kind of discovered this while I was kind of inventing it because I was in the theater with my mask on.
00:32:32.040But, like, sneaking popcorn, but having my mask on in case they came back because I was also keeping a lookout just in case they did come back
00:32:39.340because I literally didn't even know what they even wanted.