Alexa Lavoe visited a chaotic Montreal passport office recently where the lineup was so big that people were actually camping out overnight. And yet another uber woke institution has seemingly declared war on the maple leaf. Tabitha Peters will join me to try and unravel this latest COVID mystery.
00:09:55.660The passport applications going on right now in Canada are actually lower than the applications post-COVID.
00:10:05.660You know, in other words, some two years ago.
00:10:08.660So I know it seems incredible with the likes of Marco Mendicino and Justin Trudeau and Bill Blair in the Liberal government that these Liberals might not tell the truth.
00:10:19.660But what do you make of this falsehood in terms of blaming this on a surge that does not exist?
00:10:27.660But first of all, they knew that was coming up.
00:10:31.660Like people are not traveling since two years.
00:10:33.660Why applying for a passport if you are not sure if you will be able to travel again, especially with the uncertain time?
00:10:44.660But we need to know that it's not just here in Canada.
00:10:48.660I post my video and a lot of people from G7 country were telling me that it's the same chaos for the passport like us.
00:10:59.660So I'm just wondering what is going on.
00:11:02.660Especially it was a chaos in the airport.
00:11:05.660And now it's the chaos in the passport.
00:11:08.660So I'm just wondering, is it like a really good way to implement the digital identity afterwards?
00:11:16.660Because they will say it's chaos everywhere.
00:11:18.660So we like make a really easy way to travel.
00:11:24.660Or is it just because the government doesn't know how to do their job properly?
00:11:28.660You know what, Alexa, I never thought of that.
00:11:30.660Maybe this is the government creating a crisis because they have that solution in their back pocket, potentially, you know, that whole digital passport.
00:11:44.660You know, even if this is existing in other countries, the common denominator is that the passport issuance is operated by government.
00:11:53.660And what we're seeing here, I think, Alexa, is yet again, the difference between government and the private sector.
00:12:00.660Say that passport office, say that was an ice cream shop, say that was, you know, Alexa and Dave's ice cream, kind of like the Canadian version of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
00:12:09.660And we had people lined up around the block to buy our product.
00:12:14.660We wouldn't let them, you know, linger like that.
00:14:10.660He never lost his travel during the citizen was waiting day and night under the rain sometime to wait for their passport and they lost their money on travel.
00:17:24.660I'm okay with it. I mean, it might be even better if they did something outside anyways, too.
00:17:28.660And, you know, especially then in those cases, I'm not nearly as worried.
00:17:32.660As I said before, I mean, you shouldn't be forcing someone else to, like, do something they don't want, you know.
00:17:37.660If they want to do the vaccine, it should be on their own decision, not that they have to do the mandate of graduating or something like that, you know.
00:17:43.660It's kind of hypocritical. Yeah. And I don't know, everyone should get to be a part of the celebration.
00:17:49.660I don't think they could use the mandate as an excuse to exclude anybody because you could actually set up bubbles.
00:17:57.660You can have bubbles where people who are not vaccinated could be attending safely for themselves and for other people.
00:18:07.660So I think it's just a cheap excuse. Sorry, I may be wrong, but that's what I'm thinking.
00:18:11.660Because I'm seeing it happening in so many places where businesses are exploiting this mandate for other reasons.
00:18:18.660For instance, the banks. When I look at the banks, they're cutting on the hours.
00:18:23.660They're cutting on the staffing, right?
00:18:26.660Now, and they're saying that's because of, you know, to keep the public safe.
00:18:31.660If you really want to keep the public safe, you do the contrary, you would expand the hours so that less people would be less saturated, right, less dense.
00:18:43.660And you'd also extend the staffing so people would get attended quickly, which would reduce the opportunity time for the virus to spread.
00:18:54.660So, so far, since things have been dropped at York, everything's been OK with, like, students coming in and classes have been back to normal?
00:18:59.660Actually, even last semester, I mean, we were masked and had vaccines, but we didn't have any, didn't have any major issues.
00:19:07.660While so many other Canadian post-secondary institutions have dropped their vaccine mandates, that is not the case at Toronto Seneca College.
00:19:16.660And what's with that statement issued by Seneca President David Agnew, who said, quote,
00:19:23.660Honestly, in my 12 years as president, it, meaning keeping the vaccine mandates in place for both classes and graduation ceremonies, was one of the easiest decisions, end quote.
00:19:35.660So is Mr. Agnew a virology expert or a former chief medical health officer, or is he just some superstitious germphobe who believes the Wuhan virus will go out of its way to infect Seneca students for whatever reason, but will give York University students a pass?
00:19:54.660What a crock. And joining me now for the first time on Rebel Roundup is one of our newest rebels, Tabitha Peters, who also just happens to be a Seneca alumnus.
00:20:05.660Thank you so much, Tabitha, for joining me. How you doing?
00:20:08.660I'm good, David. How are you? Thanks for having me.
00:20:10.660Well, it's a pleasure. Tabitha, first order of business. What in blue hell did Mr. Agnew mean that this was basically a no-brainer decision for him to make? He's not a virology expert. He's not a former chief medical health officer. Why does this president think that he is on the right side on this issue?
00:20:32.160Honestly, I actually don't know. Like I, he's been doing this for like, what, 12, 13 years now. And from the letter that you quoted, like he's saying this was the easiest decision that like he had to make. And I don't personally understand it because they like, for example, one of Seneca's locations, they share the same location as York University, and they dropped their mandate completely. But Seneca buildings like you can't enter unless you're fully vaccinated. And I don't understand that at all.
00:20:56.280Well, this is what I don't get, Tabitha. We have been told since the coronavirus first became part of the popular lexicon that we have to follow the science. Now, what you just said, here's a campus where there is both York students and Seneca students. It's the same postal code. And yet somehow it's a different standard for York students and Seneca students. Where, pray tell, is the science?
00:21:22.080It doesn't make sense if you ask me. None whatsoever.
00:21:24.560So is this really, when we look at the likes of a Mr. Agnew, is this really about virtue signaling? Is this someone saying, you know, I know the vax passport has been dropped. I know the masking has been dropped. But I, I think I'm going to still enforce these uber safety efforts, just because I think it's the virtuous thing to do.
00:21:49.520I personally think it's him maintaining control at this point.
00:21:52.880You know, I think that is really the biggest theme of what we've seen in the last two years. This hasn't really been, Tabitha, about a virus. This has been about various individuals, especially in government, of every level, of every political stripe.
00:22:09.060Those in the bureaucracy, those in the academic world, exerting control. And quite frankly, I think they've been amazed at how they've been able to get away with it, the amount of compliance.
00:22:23.960You know what I find interesting is that, so their graduation is actually, it was on Monday and Tuesday. So, you know, so the fact that is their graduation wasn't even held at a Seneca campus.
00:22:34.380It was held at the Metro Convention Center downtown. And they implemented the mandate for that specifically. But those venues, they don't actually have a mandate. It just depends on the host hosting the event.
00:22:43.960And so Seneca, even there, they decided to implement it.
00:22:47.160So that's very interesting, because just a short walk away from that convention center is Skydome, the home of the Blue Jays, where they're packing in 30, 40, 50,000 fans.
00:22:58.080No masks. I mean, you can wear one if you want to, but it's not a requirement. No social distancing. So again, I don't understand the double standard here, that you could have tens of thousands of people packed into a ballpark, but they're concerned of maybe a few hundred in a convention setting. Again, I'm baffled.
00:23:20.140Yeah, and people posted pictures of the graduation, and there's like clumps of people just sitting together. You can't even be sure if people are even wearing their masks or not, like what happened to social distancing, and they have that just like that in the open.
00:23:31.820You know, but here's the thing, Tabitha, I have to say, you know, this is anecdotal, but I'm sure there might be polls or polls to come. But when I see the amount of buy-in to, say, masking, for example, it is members of your generation.
00:23:46.320It is young, healthy people. In other words, those who are most unlikely at risk of getting COVID that are the biggest proponents of masking.
00:23:59.100And, you know, it used to be, we go back 50, 60 years ago, the kids on campus, there were protests about civil rights, about the Vietnam War.
00:24:08.200And now it's the opposite. It's like the mask is a symbol that I am pro-big government, I am pro-big lockdown, I am pro-masking, et cetera, et cetera.
00:24:20.320What's happened to the rebellious counterculture spirit on campus these days?
00:24:25.180Honestly, I have no idea. And the fact that you mentioned masks literally the other day, I can't stand this.
00:24:29.660The people, they're wearing it below their nose. If you want to wear a mask, wear it fully over the entire places where you breathe from.
00:24:37.200Do you think part of the reason, Tabitha, might be that there's so much indoctrination and we see it starting as early as elementary school these days?
00:24:46.900You know, it's almost an Orwellian theme that the government's out there to protect you, to do what's right for you.
00:24:55.000And it seems to me that people are buying into that.
00:24:59.640I agree. I've seen that too. That's happening. Yeah.
00:25:02.800You know, wouldn't it have been great at the graduation ceremony if everyone just, I don't know, broke the silly rules that really don't exist anywhere else in the world right now?
00:25:12.140Honestly, I think it would have been fine, especially, you know, being an alumnus and, you know, former graduates having to come together and celebrate.
00:25:18.720Like, there were so many people who couldn't attend the event and they were reaching out to me and I spoke to some people and it's just, it was really sad, honestly.
00:25:24.960You know, one last question. You are an alumnus of Seneca College. What is it like on campus these days? Because, you know, I'll tell you, I go back to my old university.
00:25:37.980I can't call it Ryerson anymore. It's got the name of a, it sounds like a subway station.
00:25:43.760Metropolitan Toronto, Union United, I don't know. And, you know, it is just this, you know, walking through the halls, looking at the posters.
00:25:52.680It is just this echo chamber of far-left progressive thinking. It's like, you know, like I said, I don't recognize the Ryerson I went to some 40 years ago.
00:26:06.640What's it like on campus these days at Seneca?
00:26:09.320Well, when I went, I went from 2019 to 2021 and I was right before the pandemic hit.
00:26:14.980So when I went, it was actually a really nice place. Like, I enjoyed it completely.
00:26:18.100I feel like now, having graduated from what I'm hearing and seeing online, it's changed.
00:26:23.720And when I went there just the other day doing the report, you know, things just, there wasn't that many students on campus.
00:26:30.120I know now it's like the summertime, everyone's on their break or whatnot, but I feel like the vibe of it completely has changed.
00:26:35.520A lot of people don't feel as comfortable as they used, as they once were. You know, it's different.
00:26:40.880Thank you so much for coming on Rebel Roundup. And let us collectively hope that things, you know, return to normal in the future, that we can go to classes without masks, we can take part in graduation ceremonies without all these draconian rules.
00:26:57.220I'm hopeful, but with the likes of Mr. Ragnew making policy, I'm not optimistic.
00:27:03.860Yeah, thanks, David, for having me. Thank you.
00:27:06.400David Menzies for Rebel News here in Vaughan, Ontario.
00:27:13.320And folks, the question arises, are we seeing yet another war against the Canadian flag here at the headquarters of Recipe Unlimited?
00:27:24.260Now, Recipe Unlimited is a huge food service company.
00:27:28.160It owns several chains of restaurants, including Swiss Chalet, Harvey, St. Hubert, The Keg, and so on.
00:27:35.340But I couldn't help but notice when you drive up the 400, this is one of the biggest flagpoles, maybe the biggest flagpole you'll spot.
00:27:45.640And normally what you see is the Maple Leaf flying proudly here at the headquarters of Recipe.
00:27:52.740But not in recent weeks, it has been taken down, and lo and behold, it is the pride flag.
00:28:03.400And I'm really curious about that, given that we're just about a week away from Dominion Day, a.k.a. Canada Day, as some of the kids call July the 1st.
00:28:13.320Why is it that the Canadian flag has been, oh, I don't know, like a statue of John A. Macdonald folded up and put in a closet somewhere?
00:28:24.420Well, I did reach out to the public relations specialist for Recipe.
00:28:37.000Why has the Canadian flag been removed, especially given that we are only days away from July 1st?
00:28:43.760Number two, we have recently covered stories in which certain entities, i.e. Kawartha Derry Sunderland School, have deemed the flag to be offensive to certain people.
00:28:56.780Is this perhaps why the Canadian flag was removed?
00:29:02.200And three, if indeed Recipe Unlimited deems that the Canadian flag is offensive, how exactly is the Maple Leaf allegedly offensive to those who comprise the Canadian LGBT plus community?
00:29:17.500Well, I sent her an email a few days ago.
00:30:01.400Or is it perhaps that Recipe Unlimited, kind of like Kawartha Dairies, look upon the Canadian flag as potentially offensive to some people?
00:30:16.180Yet another communication specialist that doesn't communicate.
00:30:21.300Why does Recipe Unlimited even have such a person on staff to begin with?
00:30:25.760Look, if a company wants to fly the Pride flag, that's its decision.
00:30:30.900But even if it's against official flag protocol, why not have the Canadian flag fly from that flagpole, too, with the Canadian flag being on top, of course?
00:30:41.700Or if a company wants to continually raise a flag other than the Maple Leaf to acknowledge the cause du jour, then maybe it should invest in a second flagpole?
00:30:52.840Well, that would be chump change for a food service colossus like Recipe Unlimited.
00:30:59.060In any event, you had plenty to say about the Maple Leaf being dissed yet again.
00:32:58.580And the fact that they can do such a disgraceful act and never get called out on it is beyond me.
00:33:05.300It's about hating Canada, not about being inclusive slash accepting.
00:33:11.020And again, you know, my position is that if you must fly the pride flag, fine, fly it with the Canadian flag too.
00:33:20.020And another thing, it used to be Gay Pride Day, and then it was Gay Pride Week, and then simply Pride Month, namely the entire month of June.
00:33:29.520Now advocates in the Alphabet Soup community are clamoring for pride season.
00:33:35.140Meaning what exactly, that pride lasts the entire summer, or even beyond?
00:33:41.420If so, good golly, Miss Molly, what are weak-kneed companies going to do when Team Rainbow insists that even on July 1st, the pride flag remains flying, while the Canadian flag stays in the closet?
00:33:55.840I sometimes don't recognize this country anymore.
00:35:02.140I think this uber woke PR strategy that Recipe cooked up with their flag policy has backfired on them big time.
00:35:09.960If you are a Canadian company with stores in Canada selling goods and services to Canadians, then you should not disrespect the Canadian flag.