Sneaky Patrick Brown has been disqualified as a Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate, and Rebel News has learned exclusively that it appears to be based on allegations that the Brown campaign was using corporate donations to fund travel and paid staff for the campaign.
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00:00:11.560Brown goes down! Brown goes down! Yes, Patrick Brown was disqualified as a Conservative Party
00:00:18.680of Canada leadership candidate late Tuesday night. It seems that, yet again, Sneaky Patrick
00:00:25.240was undone by his scandalous behavior. Kerry Diot will weigh in with his take regarding the sneaky
00:00:33.700one unceremoniously being sent to the CPC penalty box, perhaps forever. And Dominion Day weekend in
00:00:43.200Ottawa was supposed to be festive and celebratory. Alas, thanks to the fun police patrolling Parliament
00:00:50.480Hill, the mood was nothing short of ominous and sad. Indeed, one man even received a fine of more
00:00:58.040than $1,000 for using chalk to write free Tamara Leach on the pavement. So much for freedom of
00:01:06.340expression. William Diaz Berthium has all the nitty gritty details and letters. We get your letters.
00:01:13.680We get your letters every minute of every day. And I'll share some of your responses about my report
00:01:19.200on a small group of Antifa protesters who actually demonstrated against patriot James Topp, who
00:01:26.960visited Ottawa last weekend after his staggering 4,300-kilometer march from British Columbia. But
00:01:35.280if you can imagine, the demonstrators called him a traitor and a fascist and a Holocaust denier. And when
00:01:43.840we asked these fine scholars to prove these points, well, they resorted to screaming and yelling and having
00:01:51.600a temper tantrum. Ah, yes, the tolerant, loving, and smart left strikes again. Those are your Rebels. Now let's round them up.
00:02:01.540This is Cary Diot reporting for Rebel News in Edmonton. Everybody has now heard the astounding news that Patrick Brown has been disqualified from the conservative federal race. And Rebel News has learned exclusively that that disqualification, the
00:02:31.520appears to be around the fact of allegations about taking donations from corporate entities. Specifically, it's alleged that the Brown campaign was using corporate donations to fund travel and paid staff for the campaign. That, as you know, is a big no-no. And that is what has allegedly gotten him the boot.
00:03:01.500The interesting thing is that Ian Brody is head of the committee that oversees the campaign organizing for the Conservative Party of Canada. He was a former chief of staff to Stephen Harper and is highly reputed. And indeed, the person who told me, who has knowledge of the investigation, said that Ian Brody would not think of disqualifying anyone unless there was
00:03:31.480some very, very serious allegations and some wrongdoing. And these are indeed serious allegations. When, as people know from surrounding politics, it's a big no-no to take corporate donations. Right now, you can give to a campaign, but it has to be personal donations. You can give to a leadership campaign.
00:03:56.300And they have to be personal donations. And they have to be personal donations. Corporate donations are a big no-no. And that, apparently, is what has gotten Patrick Brown into trouble.
00:04:07.140Now, the other campaigns have chimed in and said that they are going to continue on and soldier on. And they have no inside knowledge of what's been happening to Patrick Brown. But it has really rocked the world of politics in Canada because it is so unusual that a major player in a campaign gets disqualified.
00:04:36.140Wow. What a bombshell. But then again, is it really? After all, Patrick Brown and scandal kind of go together like peanut butter and jam. And oh, what a jam sneaky Patrick is in right now, eh? And with more on this ongoing saga of drama and intrigue in conservative land is our Edmonton-based reporter, Kerry Deod. Hey, how you doing there, Kerry?
00:05:02.960I'm doing great. I'm doing great. And yeah, this story is really making some headlines. It truly is a bombshell. There are a few bombshells in the political world. But I'll tell you, it's not very often that a major headlining so-called candidate gets disqualified. It's really something.
00:05:24.040Yeah. And let's talk about that, Kerry. Certainly, the details are murky. I mean, I'm no Patrick Brown fan, of course, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual.
00:05:35.840But the thing is, we don't know the nitty gritty reasons of what his improper behavior had to do with. We know they've said there's been wrongdoings, there's been accusations or rumors. It's financial based.
00:05:53.700But do we know anything right now what it was that got Patrick Brown disqualified in the first place?
00:06:02.340Well, I'll tell you, you certainly shone a spotlight on some of the antics. So that could be in the mix very clearly.
00:06:11.640What I'm told from sources who are close to the investigation from the leadership committee is that it probably a big chunk of it surrounds allegations that corporate money was being used, donated to the campaign and then used for travel expenses or for and as well for paying staff.
00:06:36.520So you, some of the allegations that you brought forward was that there were staff working on his campaign from the city.
00:06:49.580So it's, as you know, many people know, when you donate to a campaign, a federal campaign, elections, Canada rules and party rules say it cannot come from corporations, organizations, unions, it's got to be from somebody's individual bank account.
00:07:12.680And this is a major no-no if, if indeed corporate money is taken for any campaign, it's, there are laws against that.
00:07:24.940And it's a very, very serious allegation.
00:07:28.420And Kerry, I'll tell you, I mean, I'll wear it as a badge of honor if it was our video that led to Patrick Brown's Conservative Party of Canada leadership demise.
00:07:38.460Um, certainly we identified by name, six people, uh, I have, uh, photographic evidence of, uh, some of those people flying across Canada working on the Patrick Brown campaign when their city of Brampton employees, we documented cars of staffers during work hours showing up at Patrick's, uh, secret campaign headquarters and Vaughn of all places.
00:08:04.680I mean, he's Brampton-based, you know, so it was kind of like, you know, he was hiding this way.
00:08:23.660And, you know, what I'm getting at, Kerry, is that when we go back to January, uh, 2018, when he was forced to walk the plank by the Ontario PC party, inevitably, it seems that Patrick Brown, uh, his demise politically is through self-inflicted wounds.
00:08:43.320Uh, he screws over people, he breaks the rules, he gets caught, and then he plays the victim card.
00:08:51.400What, how do you assess this man's, uh, character, um, Kerry?
00:08:56.340Because, I mean, the idea of him becoming prime minister, that sends shutters down my spine.
00:09:02.600And in politics, of course, all you've got is your reputation.
00:09:06.380And it is, uh, he's obviously made headlines for the wrong reasons.
00:09:13.540Now, he has hired, uh, he said that he's going to fight this tooth and nail and, uh, and take it to court and all of this.
00:09:22.460But if you're familiar with the, uh, the LEOC, the Leadership Organizing Committee, they set out some very stringent rules right at the start of, of any, anybody who signs on to be a candidate.
00:09:35.780And one of the rules says that 3.1.10 of the leadership rules states, quote, all decisions of the LEOC are final and are not subject to internal appeal or judicial review.
00:09:53.280And I know that some people might think, well, that doesn't sound very fair.
00:09:56.760But if you sign on to something like that and then complain about the rules later, I, I really have, uh, any doubt.
00:10:06.240I don't have, uh, a lot of doubt that, uh, that he's not going to, um, be successful.
00:10:12.880I mean, I, I just can't see that there's, that there's any success.
00:10:16.380And as I've mentioned in a, in a Rebel News report, Ian Brody is the, uh, head of that committee, long time, uh, chief of staff with Stephen Harper.
00:10:30.940And I was told by my source, one of my sources that Ian Brody would not, uh, want to disqualify a major campaign of anyone who's in the leadership campaign.
00:10:43.760Unless, of course, there was some very strong, I was said, told, irrefutable evidence that there was wrongdoing.
00:10:52.220Now, again, it's still, there are still allegations, of course, but they don't make a disqualification without having a mound of evidence of some problems.
00:11:02.620And, and Kerry, you raise a very important point here about the rules and regulations, uh, that Patrick Brown signed on to as a leadership candidate.
00:11:23.520The question is, does he stand a snowball's chance in hell, even with a top criminal lawyer like Marie Hennon, in terms of getting the Conservative Party to somehow reverse its decision?
00:11:38.280I would be more shocked than I was when I found out that he was disqualified.
00:11:44.620It's a big, it's a big thing to be disqualified.
00:11:48.060They've got their ducks in a row, I believe.
00:11:50.780And what's more, say he did somehow find a loophole and, uh, gets back into the race.
00:11:58.380Do you really think that the court of public opinion is going to be swinging in his favor?
00:12:02.640Or it's going to be, I'm, I'm afraid that it's, it's toxic right now.
00:12:07.820Again, you get back to the fact that all you've got in, in, in politics is your reputation.
00:12:14.480And, uh, regardless of whether he hires 10 lawyers and wins on some technicality, I don't think that Conservative Party members are going to be marking a big X next to his name.
00:12:27.020When they mail in a ballot and we end up, uh, seeing a leader announced September the 10th.
00:14:33.460And I wouldn't be surprised if he never, he's, I think he's done in politics right now.
00:14:41.200I just can't see him recovering from this.
00:14:43.800You know, that, that's very interesting too, because he has until August 19th to declare whether he's going to run for mayor again in the city of Brampton.
00:14:51.000And on Wednesday, I can tell you, Kerry, there was a press release that went out signed by five city of Brampton councillors, basically denouncing Patrick Brown.
00:15:01.400Because what, what isn't getting a lot of publicity is that so far, Patrick Brown, along with those councillors that are loyal to him,
00:15:10.820they have now cancelled four council meetings by simply not showing up, preventing a quorum from being achieved.
00:15:19.460And really the reason is, one of the biggest reasons, according to these councillors that want to, you know, get them on the carpet,
00:15:28.000is that they want to go through with a motion with, that would have several forensic accounting investigations
00:15:35.660in terms of how Patrick Brown has done business with contractors with the city, how he's done hiring at the city.
00:15:43.100And basically what he's done, Kerry, is pro-rogue parliament, you know, forever,
00:15:49.640because he doesn't want to deal with the thorny stuff on that.
00:15:52.240I think that speaks a lot to his character and his leadership style.
00:18:32.080That's with the victim surcharge, I believe.
00:18:33.980And what did the police tell you concretely about why they apprehended you?
00:18:39.620They actually talked to me because I was in the midst of finishing the ass and said they got come to talk to me.
00:18:46.360And they figured they'd be able to give me a fine instead of criminally charged me with criminal mischief because I explained to them that it was not paint, that it was actually chalk and it was washable.
00:18:55.900Even if someone disagrees with that message, it is still an opinion.
00:18:59.260I thought in a democracy you have the right to express and voice freely your opinions.
00:19:04.020So what Rebel News is doing this weekend, the weekend of Canada, we will be sending two Democracy Fund lawyers to assist with any unlawful fining or arrest that is occurring in front of Parliament or in the big region of Ottawa.
00:19:17.980Just like what happened with the man right here.
00:19:20.540So if you want to help fund that, please go to the link that will appear on the screen right here.
00:19:26.340If you want to see what happened with this man and how much money he has fined by the police, take a look at the screen right here.
00:19:31.980So once again, if you want to help us fund the lawyers that will be here to help people like him voice their opinion freely on the Canada Day weekend, make sure to click the link on the screen and donate as much as you can.
00:20:23.300So, William, why do I get the feeling that the crime that was committed here was not the fact that this man used chalk to write on the pavement, but rather it was all about the ideology of the message?
00:20:38.500In other words, free Tamara Leach gets you a fine of more than $1,000.
00:20:43.140But if that gentleman had written, say, Black Lives Matter or Trans Rights Now, not only would he not get fined, but maybe law enforcement personnel would actually help him out with the graffiti.
00:20:59.240Well, the reason why you think that, David, is because you've been looking at something other than mainstream media in the past few years.
00:21:05.060You've been actually looking at what's happening.
00:21:07.360Justin Trudeau likes to make people pay for saying a message that goes against his rhetoric.
00:21:14.540So, that's the reason why you think that.
00:21:15.900And also, the other reason why you think that is that because in 2020, when there were the BLM riots and protests everywhere across North America, you saw BLM being written on the floor on the streets and the police didn't say anything.
00:21:30.300The Ottawa police actually kneeled with the protesters in order to protest the so-called systemic racism that is happening in today's Canada.
00:21:39.860That's the reason why you think that and your assumption is totally correct, David.
00:21:44.300Oh, and, you know, William, let's talk about that.
00:21:48.240A lot of those BLM slogans, those weren't biodegradable chalk.
00:21:53.180It was actual paint and those protesters went around and beheaded or actually tore down statues and law enforcement didn't say boo.
00:22:39.700In my opinion, everyone that organized a riot during the BLM protest should be held accountable.
00:22:44.480But she organized a peaceful protest, a peaceful demonstration that went, once again, against Justin Trudeau's narrative, which is the reason why he absolutely despises her.
00:22:57.040So that's the reason why she's being held captive.
00:22:59.320And I was at the courtroom for her hearing the other day.
00:23:03.840And do you remember she received the Freedom Award, I believe, at the GCAF, Justice Center for Constitutional Freedom event that occurred a few weeks ago.
00:23:13.360She received the Freedom Award, and the prosecutor, the person that's a lawyer against her in the case, called her award the so-called Freedom Award, which, by the way, Leach's lawyer absolutely objected right at the same second.
00:23:43.080You contrast that to our homegrown al-Qaeda terrorist, Omar Khadr, who in 2016, this government decided to award him $10.5 million, essentially for hurt feelings.
00:25:45.120A parliamentary security mall cop told me that you're not allowed to bring a flag on the hill on the day that you're supposed to celebrate the Canadian flag.
00:25:55.000Justin Trudeau is vilifying those people.
00:25:57.180He's making them seem like they are the biggest evil people in Canada when I believe that the evil people are actually sitting inside the parliamentary building.
00:26:07.240And they are asking their parliamentary protective security guards to accost reporters that they don't like and to not allow reporters to enter the hill when they feel uncomfortable.
00:26:19.320Yeah, you know, I think, William, that it was very arbitrary how they were applying the rules.
00:26:25.560On the first day we got there, Maurizio and I tried to get on Parliament Hill going through the airport security.
00:26:34.500And the officer got her supervisor there and basically because we were filming the area, they wanted to go through our cameras and our phones, go to the photo library and determine which videos they found to be offside, in which case they were going to permanently delete them.
00:26:55.480And I thought, you know, I mean, 10 years ago, I went to the demilitarized zone in North Korea and it was nowhere near as bad as that.
00:27:06.220And I got into a conversation with the female constable and I said, I heard this incredible rumor, you can't bring Canadian flags on the hill.
00:27:13.980And she said, no, no, you can bring a Canadian flag.
00:31:23.400Everything is so unpredictable these days.
00:31:25.960You saw just the other day, just out of nowhere, Boris Johnson said that he was going to step down.
00:31:31.200Things are actually moving right now in the political world.
00:31:34.840So, everywhere around the planet, I have no clue what it's going to be like next year.
00:31:40.320I hope Justin Trudeau is going to stop being the authoritarian leader that he is currently next year.
00:31:46.780Maybe he's going to decide to step down just like Boris Johnson did.
00:31:50.080That's a possibility we need to have hope in, David.
00:31:53.980You know, I'm so jealous of our Britons for, you know, I mean, the fellow at 10 Downing Street has stepped down.
00:32:01.840Too bad the guy at 24 Sussex Drive looks like he's clinging to power thanks to Jagmeet Singh, who needs his pension to kick in on 2025, which kind of explains that unholy alliance.
00:32:15.120Like I said, William, the world is upside down.
00:36:06.700You know, folks, one of the highlights of Dominion Day weekend in Ottawa was warrant officer James
00:36:11.700Topp arriving at the National War Memorial.
00:36:14.700He had walked more than 4,300 kilometers from British Columbia to get there.
00:36:19.700And while most people consider Mr. Topp a true patriot, well, there was a small lunatic fringe who was labeling him a traitor, a fascist, and even a Holocaust denier.
00:36:30.700Well, those are startling allegations.
00:36:32.700But as you just saw, when asked for evidence to back up these disgusting slurs, the Antifa types would not or could not articulate themselves.
00:36:53.700In any event, you had plenty to say about these rocket scientists inexplicably going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs when coming face to face with a Rebel News microphone.
00:37:20.700And what's even more mind boggling to me is that they know they're being recorded, yet they don't seem to mind coming across as brainless for the whole world to witness.
00:37:58.700And also, when one joins a group staging a protest on a sidewalk, chances are a journalist might just happen to approach you and ask for a comment or two.
00:38:10.700Such a shame he couldn't figure this out.
00:38:13.700Then again, maybe he now knows better for next time when he's protesting something in public.
00:38:24.700You know we teach children not to act this way when they disagree and try using their words to get their ideas across.
00:38:33.700I have no problem with people counter protesting as long as you can articulate your position.
00:38:39.700I followed James Topp's journey and watched his speech at the memorial via live stream and nothing he said is controversial at all.
00:38:50.700His basic message was not to be fearful and stand with your neighbors and be protective of the rights you have because they are easy to lose.
00:39:00.700We should all be vigilant when it comes to protecting our rights.
00:39:04.700How that is controversial or fascist is beyond my understanding.
00:40:01.700And Deborah Cullimore writes, you gave them an opportunity to speak.
00:40:06.700Unfortunately, they do not understand how to communicate like adults.
00:40:11.700My three year old granddaughter speaks better than these adults.
00:40:15.700It reminds me of government question period, LOL.
00:40:19.700Well, Deborah at Rebel News, we always seek to get the other side of the story.
00:40:24.700But if the other side declines to give their story and instead resorts to making incoherent noises, then what is one to do?
00:40:34.700Then again, do you think maybe that the reason they were unable to articulate their position is that they don't even know what they are protesting?