DAVID MENZIES ｜ Quebec Cops Confiscate Our Footage, Natalie Klein Sues Alberta
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Alexa Lavoie tells the story of how the police in Quebec City confiscated her camera and other equipment from a protest she and her cameraman were covering. She explains why this is happening and why it's a disgraceful example of police overreach.
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Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you, in which we look back at
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some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite Rebels. I'm your host, David
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Menzies. Well, a not-so-funny thing happened to our Quebec correspondent, Alexa Lavoie, the other
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day. She was covering a story, and for reasons that remain inexplicable, the Quebec City Police
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confiscated equipment, including an SD card, from her cameraman. Alexa has plenty to say about
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these law enforcement goons who apparently think they are enforcing the law of Venezuela,
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not Canada. So what's the deal regarding Natalie Klein and the Alberta government? Natalie operates
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a barbershop in central Alberta, a barbershop that was fined for illegally reopening during the lockdown.
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Those charges were eventually withdrawn by a Crown Prosecutor. Victory, right? Wrong. Because the
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authorities have reissued lockdown tickets to her. Can you say abuse of regulatory authority? I can.
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Sheila Gunn-Reed has all the details and letters. We get your letters. We get them every minute of
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every day. And you had plenty to say about my visit to Justin Trudeau's Richmond Hill campaign stop
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to prop up his disgraced candidate, Majid Johari. And speaking of disgraceful, not only did Justin not
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take any questions, but I was actually physically roughed up by his RCMP bodyguards for absolutely no
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good reason whatsoever. Those are your rebels. Now let's round them up.
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Okay, everyone. This is a very serious video because freedom of the press is under attack. If it hadn't
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happened to me, it would be hard for me to believe. First, I'm going to tell you what happened
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to us. And then I'm going to ask you to help us. Let me explain. I went to a shopping center
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in Quebec City with Guillaume, the freelance journalist who often works as my cameraman. Except
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on this day, Guillaume was working for himself. That day, we were covering a protest led by François
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Medega where people were simply going to shop without a mask. They just wanted to assert their right
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to walk around freely without face covering. But here is where things get crazy for me and my friend.
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The police were already on scene as François led the demonstration into the Walmart. I fought away
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because I am a journalist following this story. And so did Guillaume. Totally normal so far.
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Once inside of the Walmart, the protesters took off their masks. So the police moved in to remove them
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from the store. François was arrested pretty roughly. And like the journalists that we are,
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Guillaume and I documented everything. While I was filming the arrest of François, I turned around to
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realize that Guillaume was surrounded by police. Two of them were grabbing at his camera asking him to turn it off.
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We are journalists and we don't turn off our camera for anybody. Especially not in a public place where there is no
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presumption of privacy and a new worthy event is happening. I started filming what was happening to Guillaume because I
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didn't know if he was able to film or if the police had turned his camera off. One officer ordered Guillaume to turn his
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camera over to the police so that they could have it for evidence or in court. Since when in Canada do we
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size journalist cameras for evidence in court. If the police want evidence, they can use their own body
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camera. They can use the surveillance footage at the Walmart. The only reason to size our footage would be
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to hide how the police handled the demonstration that day. So I told the policeman that he had no warrant and no
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right to take our equipment and he say he didn't need it. They even took the cameras back claiming they didn't know
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what was inside it. Un-freaking-believable. Pardon my French. Since when did law enforcement in Quebec
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take their cues from how police treat journalists in such countries as, oh I don't know, Venezuela and Iran?
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What a disgraceful example of police, of policing in which the police actually broke the very law that they
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have been entrusted to uphold. And joining me now with more on this story is our Quebec-based reporter,
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Alexa Lavoie. Bonjour Alexa. Bonjour David. So Alexa, I really couldn't believe my eyes watching this
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video. Simply put, the police, they just can't confiscate property without a search warrant.
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So the question is this, are these bully boy cops ignorant of the law or do they simply not care?
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Actually, they are just not caring about what I was saying because I told them, I told them what is the law
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and what the answer to me, I'm a journalist, not a lawyer. But I was like, if you know that I'm a journalist,
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you probably know that you cannot take our property, our footage. So why are you doing that to us?
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And Alexa, that is indeed the crux of the matter. Why were they taking our property? Why did they want
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the footage on that SD card in the first place?
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If they say that they want this for proof in court, but I was like, okay, but Walmart have surveying,
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surveillance camera and the shopping mall as well. And you have your body camera. Why taking our footage
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for proof? It's the only footage that we have that you will probably don't like. It's,
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it's always your behavioural against us. So I don't know why they wanted our footage
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instead of taking the footage from the shopping mall. I don't get that.
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No, I don't get it either. In fact, Alexa, if what they say is true, we wanted video evidence
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of you being in this Walmart store. Well, their body cams and the Walmart surveillance footage would be
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superior evidence because they're showing the macro view. They're showing you, the photographer.
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Otherwise the photographer, he's not in his own camera lens of what he's shooting. So it doesn't make sense to me.
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I think it's more like they wanted to show their power. They wanted to, again, abuse of their power
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against us. At the beginning, they didn't want it just the SD card. They wanted the full camera,
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keeping a camera that have a really, not just a big value, but it's our tool for work. So why taking
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not only this, but the camera as well. And when I say you have no warrant to take it
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and you have no authorization, they say, I will call my superior. And if they say that, um,
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something else, I will give you back your, your camera. I was like, no, it's not what, how it would
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work. Give us our stuff, our tool and our like camera back because I'm not giving you my authorization
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and I'm not doing, uh, you anything that you can take this from us and you have no warrant. So if you
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want to keep it, give me your warrant from the court. Oh, a hundred percent, Alexa. I mean,
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I think what I would have said to them is, oh, uh, newsflash, the law applies to your supervisor.
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It's, I mean, it's just unbelievable. Tell me a hypothetical question, Alexa, if your photographer,
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if he had turtled, if he held onto his camera and said, no, this is mine, you don't have a warrant.
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Do you think things could have gotten ugly? Yes. So actually, um, at the beginning, they,
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they stopped, they stopped the camera or on the, um, the camera of my, uh, friend Guillaume,
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they literally take the camera on his neck, stop it. And they grab the camera on his neck and they
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remove it because he didn't want it. And he didn't give them the authorization to take it. And because
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of that, the, um, the police officer started to be really arrogant and impassioned and he yelled to him,
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him, give me your camera. Do not argue. It's a proof in court. And I was like, what?
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You know, it's amazing, Alexa. I mean, I go back to April when we had the houseboat, uh,
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rented in Montreal. We were four people under capacity. We had a 10 and a half hour showdown,
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uh, with the police. They were going to, I understand multiple judges trying to get a search
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warrant. And the, and when the judge would hear what the reason was, he was saying, are you kidding
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me? But that was, I thought a total abuse of their authority, you, you, you know, and for what you want
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to go into a houseboat and search the belongings, uh, and the rooms of journalists. I mean, we're not,
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you know, a drug cartel that just came down to St. Lawrence. So there, there's just something really
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weird about, you know, uh, the policing in Quebec, you know, based on that incident and based on what
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happened to you, which, which I thought was, was so outrageous, but tell me, Alexa, that was, um,
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several days ago. Do you have any update, uh, for us right now? Have, has the police reached out to us?
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Uh, has there been any apology? Uh, have the, uh, has the equipment been returned? Anything like that?
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Not at all. We have actually, um, revenues have sent like, uh, um, a letter to claim that we want our
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property back to us, but we don't have any update and no, nothing like no call, no apologize. And I
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actually, um, um, I had another like interaction with another police that, uh, were really aggressive
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last night with me, just because he saw the rebel news, like outlet on me. So I was like, what is
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going on with the police with like, uh, rebel news? Why being as aggressive to us? Do I'm probably sure
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that they will not doing that to CBC or TVA or other like, um, media? It's just because it's,
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it's probably us and we, we make them like, uh, afraid. I don't know.
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Oh, Alexa, let me tell you, my friend, if that happened to a CBC journalist, there'd already be a
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royal commission struck right now to find out, uh, why that journalist was, uh, so mistreated. Well,
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listen, it was an outstanding video. Um, it's an outrageous video. And I feel that the cops are
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going to learn the hard way in court. They cannot operate above the law, even though they are police.
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Alexa, you have a wonderful weekend, my friend. You too. Thank you. Thank you so much. And that was
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Alexa Lavoie in Quebec City. Keep it here, folks. More of Rubble Roundup to come right after this.
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Oh, it's been stressful. Um, but you know, I have confidence in my, uh, my legal defense,
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my counsel, Chad Williamson at Williamson Law. And he's been fantastic with, uh, handling all these
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court proceedings. And, you know, I really can't wait for my day in court on September 13th, but I
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think it does take someone to stand up and put their foot down and say enough's enough of this BS.
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And, uh, at the end of the day, I'm still going to open my business. I'm still going to be here.
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I'm not going to mandate any vaccine passport or any, as for any medical history from anybody.
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And whether someone chooses to walk through my door and support me, I will always be here,
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regardless of your medical status, race, anything. Natalie was immediately recharged with those same
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offenses, the same ones that were previously withdrawn by the Crown prosecution. We're alleging that this
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take back of the withdrawal and a reissuing of these identical charges amounts to an abuse of
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process. Central Alberta businesswoman Natalie Klein is suing the government and the police
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for abuse of process in her COVID lockdown ticket case, but she needs our help to do it.
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Do you remember Natalie Klein? She's the Central Alberta barbershop owner who defied the lockdown
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restrictions on personal care businesses. She reopened her barbershop to the open arms of her
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community. And I guess, to some extent, the jealousy and resentment of other local area salon owners who
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are unwilling or unable to take the same stand she did. Well, in Natalie's case, the customers came
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to support Natalie, but the cops also came and so did Alberta Health Services inspectors. They issued
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her tickets and they tried multiple times to close her down. But Natalie inspired others to stand up and
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reopen their businesses too. And her act of rebellion made the Jason Kenney so-called conservative
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government roll back restrictions on salons and barbershops. And oh, by the way, did I mention
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Natalie Klein is also the niece of late great conservative Premier Ralph Klein, beloved still by so
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many people and so well respected in official conservative circles, including those frequented by
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Premier Jason Kenney himself. Now, when Natalie Klein got her lockdown tickets, we were there to help
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all of us, you and me. We offered Natalie some legal help through fightthefines.com. That's our largest
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civil liberties project to date. We use crowdfunding and an important partnership with the registered
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Canadian charity, the Democracy Fund, to connect average people, the victims of the lockdown,
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with top criminal and civil litigators to fight their lockdown tickets in court at no cost to those who
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are getting the tickets. And in Natalie's case, it worked. Natalie's two lockdown tickets were tossed
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out. She and her lawyer, Chad Williamson from Williamson Law, both received a letter from the Crown
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prosecutor in the case confirming that her tickets were withdrawn. It was an exciting day. I was actually there
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with Natalie in front of the Red Deer Hotel Conference Centre that was doubling as a COVID court the day she got the news.
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But then the police recharged Natalie for the same offence, even though the Crown threw her tickets out.
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The police wanted another kick at the can, even after the prosecutor said the whole affair
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should be said and done and over. Well, it doesn't work like that in Canada. The police can't keep charging
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you and charging you and charging you until they finally get the result they want. The police and the
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government here are abusing the process, continuing to put Natalie Klein through the ringer over and over
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again. Why? Because she stood up and she spoke out and she encouraged others to do the same. So Natalie
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is suing the government for abuse of process and we're helping her do it. Well, folks, as the old saying
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goes, sometimes the best defence is a strong offence and that is exactly what Miss Klein is doing now.
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She's standing up to the bullies in the Alberta government who are seemingly on some sort of vindictive
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jihad to shut her business down. But beyond that, what is this business of the authorities
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constantly charging Natalie over and over again on the same withdrawn charges, no less, until they can
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finally get a result to their liking? Unbelievable. And joining me now for more on this story is Sheila
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Gunn-Reed. How are you doing there, Sheila? I'm great, David. Thanks for having me on the show.
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Fantastic. Always a pleasure. Sheila, surely what's been happening to Natalie is not a thing. This business of
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getting prosecuted on the same charges over and over again. This has got to be abuse of authority, no?
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Well, that's what we think and that's what Natalie thinks and that's what our lawyer Chad Williamson
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thinks that this is a charter violation and it is also abusive process. These tickets were withdrawn. I
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was there the day that Natalie got the news. We were overjoyed because Chad Williamson had effectively
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worked with the Crown to get these charges withdrawn. And then the police and Alberta Health Services
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recharged her with the same tickets. And so, you know, thank goodness for fight the fines because
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what person could go up against a government that just goes from bureaucracy to bureaucracy
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trying to recharge you and find you guilty over and over again of the same thing? I'm so glad we're
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able to help Natalie. First, we've got to get rid of those tickets. But at the same time, we're going
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to sue the government for abusing their power and abusing the process by continuing to go after Natalie
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after a Crown prosecutor has said, this is not in the interest of the public. We probably can't make
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these things stick. Let's get rid of them. The police can't overrule the Crown when they do those sorts of
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things. Sheila, Chad is a legal superstar. I mean, I can think of a few other lawyers I'd want in my
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corner other than Chad. He's so good. What has he told you about what Natalie is going through? Is this,
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I don't want to use the word unprecedented if that's not the right word, but it must be so rare.
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Sure. Yeah, it's certainly something that does not happen all the time. And in the video, Chad's
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comments sort of allude to the fact that they are making an example of Natalie because she said
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disparaging things rightfully so about the government and their attacks on small business in the media.
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She's been highly critical of Alberta health services. And so they are using the police to
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execute a vendetta against her and punish her for her political comments that she's made in the media.
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And I think they're trying to really make an example of her, trying to show other businesses,
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if you speak up, we're going to come for you. If you reopen, we're going to come for you.
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And if we do charge you, you better shut up about it. But you know, Sheila, in the department of when
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it rains, it pours. Hasn't Natalie Klein suffered enough? You have another video on a completely
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different subject matter involving Ms. Klein. It's her adverse reaction to the vaccine.
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Why are they, you know, I'm getting a little emotional here because I don't understand that with
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all the arduous difficulties she had to go through in maintaining a business and creating a livelihood for
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her family. She's also got side effects from the shot and still they're going after this woman.
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Why? Yeah, they're treating her like public enemy number one. And all she did was open her three
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chair barbershop. That's all she did. She has three chairs in her barbershop. Nobody's in there that
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doesn't want to be in there. The community came out to support her. She's not running around to
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people's houses and cutting their hair in their sleep against their will.
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She opened her little tiny barbershop. She was only seeing one client at a time inside her
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barbershop. She was using all the sanitary protocols that the government was telling her a couple weeks
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earlier would be enough to keep her her barbershop open. That's what she originally received the tickets
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for. And this after Jason Kenney thanked personal care businesses for the job they did during the pandemic.
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And I apologize for unfairly targeting them. Then he closed her business. She reopens. She gets these
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two tickets. She fights the tickets. Tickets get thrown out. The government recharges her with the
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tickets. She's got to continue to fight those. In the meantime, her mom is sick. So she takes the
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Moderna vaccine, even though she was skeptical about it, but she wanted to do her part. She has a cascade
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of catastrophic reactions, a stroke, heart problems, twice nearly going into cardiac arrest. She's
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dealing with lasting neurological issues from this. And the government is still pursuing her like she's
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the second half of Bonnie and Clyde. I don't know how any of this and all these wasted resources are in
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the public's interest. She's not a danger to anybody. The government is a danger to her.
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Oh, I totally agree. But, Sheil, on the subject of the science, it's all about the science.
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You mentioned the sanitary and hygiene protocols that barbershops adhere to. Long before anyone ever
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heard of COVID, these kind of shops adhered to a higher level of sanitation and hygiene than,
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you know, the average, oh, I don't know, big box store, which was still allowed to operate,
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cramming hundreds into their facilities. How does that make sense? I don't understand, Sheila.
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Well, and that's the thing. That's why Natalie reopened. Because she's like, you can go into the
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Walmart, buy your own clippers with a million other people, walk through the store, touch everything.
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That's fine. But you couldn't come, be the only person in her barbershop and get a haircut from her
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when she is following the highest standards of health protocols. She's like, I know how to make
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sure that you don't get hepatitis and lice. Surely I can make sure that you don't get a cough. And yet,
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that wasn't enough. But apparently not. One last question, Sheila. Family relationships aside,
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if the late, great Ralph Klein was still among the living, what do you think he'd have to say about this
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story? I'm a bit of a scholar on Ralph Klein. And I know that one of the things that he was most brave
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about, one of the things that the left most hates about him, and that conservatives most revere about
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him, is that he was scared of no one. And he was scared to do, like he was never scared off anything,
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based on pressure from the media and based on pressure from the public sector unions. And we
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know a lot of this pandemic hysteria is driven by both the media and the public sector unions.
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Jace, I almost said Jason Kenney as though he were Ralph Klein, but that couldn't be further from the
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truth. Ralph Klein stared down the public sector unions and the healthcare unions and made cuts where
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he needed to. And he wasn't scared to do what was right for Albertans. And I think Jason Kenney is
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more scared of the public sector unions and the media than he is scared of the wrath of Albertans.
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And I think that's the difference between the two men.
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I think you're right, Sheila. And how sad, be it the municipal, the provincial, and even the federal
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level, where have all the Ralph Clines gone to? How sad. Sheila, it was an excellent piece. I hope
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things get better for Natalie and I know you'll be keeping tabs on that. And I hope she slaughters
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the government with this suit coming up. She sure as heck deserves it, at least in my book. So thank
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you, my friend, and you have a great weekend. Thanks, David. And if people want to help Natalie
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fight the government, they can donate at fightthefines.com. She's just one of nearly 2,500 other
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people that were helping take on their lockdown tickets, fines, infractions, and sometimes criminal
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charges in court. Fantastic. Thanks so much, Sheila. And that was Sheila Gunn-Reed, somewhere in the
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northern hinterland of Alberta. Keep it here, folks. More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
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Mr. Schurdo, why don't you take a day off campaigning and work the phones in terms of the
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Afghanistan humanitarian crisis? Again, you guys are walking into me, you know that?
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You just put the camera in my head. No, no, no. You walked into me. I'm just standing there. I was
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standing there 10 minutes ago. No, no. You walked into me, sir. That's technically assault, okay?
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You should know that if you're an officer of the law.
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Why do you call Mr. Johari a good man, Mr. Trudeau? He supports the biggest state sponsor of
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David Menzies for Rebel News here in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Well, folks, we are at a gathering of
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food trucks. That's not the story, of course. I wish them well. But we're here because we've
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been tipped off that Justin Trudeau is going to be dropping by to prop up, if you can believe it,
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the disgrace of a Liberal candidate that is Majid Johari. This is the man who props up the Iranian
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regime, much the chagrin of so many Persians that are a significant minority here in Richmond Hill.
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Do you remember me trying to scrum Mr. Johari last Saturday? Check it out.
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Please wait. Even Liberals have denounced you, uh, Mr. Johari.
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Uh, I don't know what you're talking about. Can you kindly wait?
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You are associated with someone who is under investigation by CSIS,
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who has contributed to your campaign. What do you have to say about that?
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Um, I, that was in a social gathering and I found that in Vancouver.
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Okay. Okay, then why are you walking so close to me?
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Okay. Well, you told me to come outside and I acquiesce to your demand, Mr. Johari.
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I've answered all your questions. It's better that you stop.
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Maybe this is a case for a detective or something to look into. I mean...
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You're telling me CSIS is investigating. I think it's a Bomar Pace killer.
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Okay, so we're going to wait here. We're going to wait for the arrival of, uh,
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Prime Minister Trudeau and Mr. Johari. And we're going to try to ask questions.
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I'm not hopeful of answers, but we're going to ask questions nevertheless.
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Hey, Prime Minister Trudeau, why are you supporting somebody that supports the Iranian regime?
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Mr. Trudeau, why are you supporting a candidate here, Majid Johari, that supports the Iranian regime?
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Mr. Trudeau, what do you have to say about our disgrace in Afghanistan?
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Mr. Trudeau, why do you support a candidate who associates with somebody who is under CSIS investigation?
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Who is being described as a threat to national security?
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I can reach over if I want. I'm in a public place. Who are you?
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Mr. Trudeau, oh, really? Okay, can I see your ID?
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Mr. Trudeau, what's your name and badge number?
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Mr. Trudeau, I'm not getting into that right now.
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Mr. Trudeau, I'm in a public place. I'm in a public place and I'm not moving, okay?
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Mr. Trudeau, your hands trembling above my head. What are you doing up there?
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What do you think it is, a gun? Come on, give me a break.
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Mr. Trudeau, why do you support a candidate who supports the Iranian regime?
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Mr. Trudeau, why are you getting your camera in my face?
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Mr. Trudeau, what do you say about us leaving our Afghanistan allies behind?
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Why have you called this election, Mr. Trudeau?
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Mr. Trudeau, why won't you answer the questions?
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Well, that was the scene last Friday when Justin Trudeau and his not-ready-for-prime-time players,
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a.k.a. his thuggish Mountie bodyguards, who like to literally step on my toes for reasons that elude me,
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dropped by Richmond Hill to prop up one of the more odious members of the Liberal Party of Canada,
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that being Majid Johari, a.k.a. the Persian Pinocchio.
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In any event, you had plenty to say about yet another disgraceful event on the Trudeau 2021 campaign trail.
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How dare you do journalism during a stage media event? Grrr.
00:31:39.780
Yes, John, apparently asking questions of Justin during selfie time is a hate crime.
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Oh, Paul, I often try to do just that, but they literally run away when they see me coming.
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Remember when I walked up to the Globe and Mail reporter Marike Walsh a few weeks ago in Barrie, Ontario?
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Just wondering, getting government money, do you think you can objectively report on Prime Minister Trudeau, Marike?
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Ms. Walsh, are you able to be non-biased in your reporting, even though you're getting paid by the Trudeau Liberals?
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Yeah, so how does that three blind mice lyric go?
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And, hey, how do you like it, folks, that your tax dollars are propping up these cowardly stenographers?
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Rebel News needs funding to ensure your continued coverage of this election.
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Wow, John, thank you so much for the kind words, and thank you so much also for your generosity.
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It's funny, some in the mainstream media mock us for our crowdfunding initiatives,
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but to me, this is the most honest way of raising money, simply asking for it.
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Compare that to the mainstream media folks that embraces a negative option billing system.
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You know, your donation to these lapdogs come out of your paycheck on a regular basis, whether you like it or not.
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I'm surprised Trudeau didn't run into Doug Ford at the cheesecake truck.
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I guess his staff forgot to tell him that there was a ton of cherry cheesecake waiting for him in Richmond Hill that day.
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Oh, heads are going to roll on this one, I'll tell you, folks.
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That was juicy, but he's a drama teacher, and there was sure a lot of drama.
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Justin Trudeau was a part-time drama teacher, okay?
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Stop insulting all the full-time drama teachers who toil in our great dominion, will you?
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Well, you know, Jacob, I've lived in Richmond Hill for more than 20 years now.
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This city has a significant Iranian population, and I'll tell you, the Persians I have met here are great people, folks who fled the Islamofascist regime that their homeland had become after the 1979 revolution.
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It is downright baffling that the pro-regime Johari is a member of parliament, but then again, let it be said, these liberals have an inexplicable soft spot in their hearts for terrorism, don't they?
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In addition to Johari, we have our own homegrown Al-Qaeda terrorist and murderer, Omar Khadar, receiving $10.5 million for essentially suffering from hurt feelings.
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And let's not forget that during his disastrous India trip, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invites along Jaspal Atwal, who is a member of an illegal Sikh separatist group and who was convicted of attempted murder.
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Then there was Mark Garneau the other day suggesting that it's possible Canada might recognize the Taliban as the new government of Afghanistan.
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And, of course, we had the Minister for Women and Gender Equality, a.k.a. Mariam Monsef, of No Fixed Address, referring to the butchers and barbarians that make up the Taliban as brothers.
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Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.
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And, hey, folks, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.