DAVID MENZIES ｜ Trans Women in YCMA Changing Rooms; Quebec Election Update
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Summary
Rebel Report's Alex Blumberg is on the ground in Port Townsend, Washington, where a group of self-described patriots are rallying against the YMCA's decision to ban 80-year-old Julie Jemond from the swimming pool after she allegedly witnessed a trans woman, a biological male, watch little girls undress in the women's changing room.
Transcript
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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 favorite rebels. I'm your host, David Menzies.
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So the YMCA in Port Townsend, Washington, decided to permanently ban 80-year-old Julie Jermaine
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for hate and discrimination after she expressed concerns about a trans woman in the female
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changing room. That kicked off dueling protests in the town last Saturday, and Katie Davis Court
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has all the details. And the Quebec provincial election is in full swing, but when it comes
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to media coverage, one of the parties is not like the others, which is to say that since the beginning
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of the campaign, Rebel News has covered events put on by Quebec Solidaire, the Quebec Liberal Party,
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and the Conservative Party of Quebec. Ah, but when it comes to the party seeking re-election,
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and that would be Francois Legault's CAQ, Rebel News is media non grata. In fact, Legault has even
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sicked the cops on our reporter, Alexa Lavoie. But what is he afraid of? Alexa will try to make
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sense of it all. And letters, we get your letters, we get your letters every minute of every day.
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And I'll share some of your responses to my report on the OLG, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming
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Corporation. They have a COVID policy still in place, which is to say, you can buy lottery tickets 24-7
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at your local retailer. But when it comes to going to the OLG's prize centre in downtown Toronto,
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you must make an appointment weeks in advance. And you must go during very restricted hours because,
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well, it's too dangerous to go into the night cutting checks, apparently. Science!
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Those are your Rebels. Now let's round them up.
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Katie Davis Court reporting for Rebel News. I am on the ground today in Port Townsend, Washington,
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where a group of self-described patriots are rallying against the YMCA's decision to permanently
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ban 80-year-old Julie Jemond from the swimming pool after she allegedly witnessed a trans woman,
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a biological male, watch little girls undress in the women's changing room. Now,
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this group of patriots are standing today, they say, for women's rights and counter-protesters have
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arrived, who are standing by the YMCA's decision to ban Miss Julie Jemond. There's a heavy police
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presence here today. I'm not sure what to expect. If you would like to support Julie, please go to
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I was pushed. I was shoved. I had both of my suffragist's legs stolen by a mob that was very disrespectful
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towards a group of women, elderly, older than myself. How is it that women come out to speak
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and are shut down and pushed around and threatened? What is happening to the freedom of speech for women?
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Because we're looking at the ultimate inversion. And what I mean by inversion is that facts are not
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subjective to people's opinions. Factually, I'm a man. Factually, you're a woman, right?
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The darkest days in history are often represented when we invert facts and we replace them with
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opinions. It's a common predecessor to othering. We just saw othering several days ago when the
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Fuhrer, Joe Biden, got on the news and said, hey, basically, these people who disagree with my
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political dichotomy, they're the enemies of the state.
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Too much of what's happening in our country today is not normal.
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Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations
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That was an official White House statement. That wasn't a campaign speech. He had two Marines,
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you know, that were standing there. So when they say, well, you know, Julie's not here today.
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I think it's funny when Antifa now begins to talk about individual rights. I thought they could care
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less about individual rights. You can't have your cake and you can't eat it too. At the end of the day,
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I don't think that men should be allowed to be voyeurs and sit in locker rooms and stare at women or
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little girls. Well, they get undressed. Beyond that, the national message that's going out is you need
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to be afraid. If you're a conservative, if you're a constitutionalist, you need to be afraid. You need
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to keep your head down. You need to shut the hell up. You've known me a long time. The last thing I'm
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going to do is keep my head down and shut the hell up. So why we wanted to do this today is we knew we'd get a
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huge reaction. With huge reactions, bring media. And this is my call out. This is our scion call to
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everybody saying they want you to sit down. You stand up. They want you to shut up. We want you to
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speak. Activate, organize, network, prepare, support, unite, defend. This is our republic. It's not theirs.
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Obviously, if the YMCA is going to kick them out, they did something wrong. And it happened multiple
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times. Right. So how do you feel about this group coming to town today? Okay. I think that they have
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no right to say anything because they're not trans. Well, now, doesn't that last comment say
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it all, folks, that the patriots in support of the grandmother who was banned from the YMCA,
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they have, quote, no right to say anything because they are not trans, end quote. Geez,
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was that really a segment that was filmed in the United States? And is that lady really an American?
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Because, honey, I hate to break it to you. Identity politics does not trump the First
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Amendment. Wow. And joining me now is our Seattle-based reporter, and that would be Katie
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Davis Cord. How are you doing there, Katie? I'm doing great. How are you, David? Oh, doing
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fantastic. You know, so, Katie, that was an astonishing report you did with the two sparring
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protests regarding this 80-year-old lady banned from the YMCA. But are these the new rules when
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it comes to debate in Washington state? Namely, if you have an opinion regarding an identifiable
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group, you must be a member of that particular group in order to voice it. And if you're not,
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then, well, just keep your mouth shut. Katie, how did this attitude ever take root in a nation
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that cherishes freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, and, of course, freedom of speech?
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Right. It's rather quite astonishing. You know, you see gender identity politics really taking over,
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and they have their roots in the Pacific Northwest. And if you have a dissenting view, or you even just
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express and challenge that narrative of, should a transgender woman really be, or just transgender
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individuals in the first place, should they really be in biological sex areas? Because that really
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opens the door for criminal activity. And I'm not saying all trans people are perverts, or even
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remotely like that. The majority of them are absolutely not. But it opens the door to criminal activity.
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You don't know what's going to happen. People take it for advantage, and the abusers will come
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through. And so if you have a dissenting opinion in the state of Washington, you're not welcomed. And
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the progressives have taken over. It is one view. It's their way or the highway. But you are starting
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to see the conservatives start speaking out and really start making their voices heard. But news doesn't
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show that. So mainstream media here and local news is a big issue, which is why independent journalism
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is so important, because you wouldn't even know that there was a conservative side in Washington
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state. Washington is actually a purple state. You have a very far left blue dot, which is Seattle. And
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the surrounding areas of Seattle are very democratic. But you go to the east side, it is as conservative
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as can be. And I think things are going to start getting exciting in this state. The conservatives
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are starting to unite, start speaking out. So we'll really see what happens.
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Well, certainly hope, as always, abounds, Katie. But you know, it's very interesting,
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this shutting down the debate, shutting down the discourse, especially in a land which has the
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Constitution, which has the Bill of Rights, beloved documents for anyone who embraces freedom.
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And I think part of it, Katie, is the indoctrination process, especially in post-secondary schools,
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where you see this mindset take root, punch a Nazi. Now, if somebody was hellbent on World War,
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if somebody was trying to concoct a genocide, yeah, I think the Nazi descriptor fits and maybe a punch
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is worthy. But when they say Nazi, Katie, they just mean somebody with a contrarian opinion.
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And it's not to be met with words or other ideas or debate. It's to be met with violence.
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And this is just the most recent example. And look what we're talking about, an 80-year-old lady
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who has justifiably an issue with a biological male in the ladies' change room. And she's made
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out to be the villain. How do you make sense of this, Katie?
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Right. Well, you don't. And, you know, you mentioned the Nazis. So when I was out there
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reporting over this weekend, it was a rally. It was conservatives standing up for women's rights.
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And the counter protesters were standing by the YMCA's decision to ban Julie because they refused
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to listen to her concerns and have just deemed them transphobic. So they say, get Julie out,
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even though she was a swimmer there for 35 years. But you see these signs calling these people Nazis
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when the main organizer of the event is Jewish. So you have these, actually, it's crazy.
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It's crazy to make sense of this. And you have these, you know, gender identity. They are stuck
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in their one way of thinking. Any dissenting view is you're a racist and Nazi homophobe. And they're
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dead set on those views. And their comments are actually inciting violence against who they deem as
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political opponents. And it's crazy that we are in this stage of America where you are not,
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if you are a conservative, you are not entitled to have those views. And I, you know, it's a very
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scary place that we're at. It's kind of dumbfounding that we even got to this place. But I'm going to
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say a lot of the problem is conservatives, they allow themselves to be canceled here in at least
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Washington State. They are too afraid to speak up. Because when you do, you get that label placed
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on you, but they can't stay silent anymore. And they kind of dug themselves into the hole that
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we're in now because they allowed the left to deem their views unacceptable.
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You know, I think you've touched upon a very important topic here, Katie. You even see Republicans
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today, and they'll talk about Donald Trump. They say, you know, we love this policies. We love what
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he did for the economy. We love what he did for world security. But, you know, and the but means,
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you know, these nasty tweets of his, but they're not really nasty. It's the but is what made Donald
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Trump. What I'm saying is that he called out political correctness. He called out wokeism.
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That's what made Donald Trump the complete package. There is no buts when it comes to Donald
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Trump. And to see Republicans, conservatives drink that Kool-Aid, it is indeed disturbing. But
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for the subject at hand, Katie, you know, a couple of weeks ago, the Democracy Fund here in the GTA,
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they put on a form about radical transgenderism. We, one of the speakers was the mother of a
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athlete that was losing to Leah Thomas. That's the biological male in the NCAA swimming program.
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She was tearing up at times. But basically, what she was told when you boil it down
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is that inclusion trumps fairness. So in other words, it's completely unfair for a man to go up
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against a woman in a sport other than equestrian and auto racing. But in the name of inclusion,
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that is the be all and end all. Katie, this is madness to me.
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Oh, it absolutely is. They are essentially erasing biological females from our spaces.
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They are targeting females. You're no longer allowed to be a female. And not just that,
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they are, you know, they're taking over women's sports, but they're also taking over
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the narrative. I mean, they're changing the narrative that men can get pregnant, something
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that is so special and unique to a female individual. The transgender movement. I mean,
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I'm someone that is tolerant. I think transgenders, they do have a place in society. People should be
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kind. No one should be rude to anyone. But they can't come in and take over female spaces. They are
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still biologically men that are imposing on what makes women unique and beautiful and
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contributes to society. There's different roles. And my opinion on the women's sports issue
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is they need to make their own transgender leagues, to be fair. Because if they say that,
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oh, well, the hormones make the men, you know, more female and they're less, you know, they're less
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strong at their sports. They don't win as well against, you know, their male counterparts. Well,
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they need to make a league of their own to instill fairness because it's not fair.
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I totally agree. What a great line, a league of their own, like the movie from the 90s about the
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female baseball players. Give them a league of their own to play. Then stand back and get out
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of their way. That sounded good. You know, that's the thing, Katie, I'm not anti-trans. I mean,
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if you're talking about an individual who wants to take hormone shots, dress as the other sex,
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slice and dice their genitalia, for that matter, and you're going to live your life in the suburbs
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or the downtown condo and not bother anyone, hey, I'm all for freedom. It's radical transgenderism.
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And I think it's a pillar in there, along with critical race theory, that it's part of what,
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you know, the wonderful Mark Levin talks about American Marxism. In other words, it's about tearing
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everything down that made America great to rebuild it as a communist utopia, which, of course,
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has never happened in the history of the world. And you're absolutely right. I think, you know,
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you know, when it comes to women, why is it that at that protest, I didn't see any, you know,
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feminist groups standing up for the 80 year old grandmother. I would argue that the YMCA by being
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so-called inclusive to the transgender man is actually practicing misogyny. They are being
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anti-female. Where's the feminist movement in this argument? Right. I totally agree. That's an
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excellent point. So after the incident, a women's rights groups actually came out to Port Townsend and
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stood with Julie Juman. They said that transgender people really don't have the right to be in women
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only spaces in such an intimate setting. But when they decided to rally, they were attacked by men,
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grown men in the city of Port Townsend over their views. And this was not political. And I just want
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to throw this out there. Julie Juman, she's a Democrat. She's a social justice activist, someone that has
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rooted her career in political activism. And after they rallied, they were attacked by Antifa,
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by men. And what was most shocking to me was the mayor of Port Townsend, David Faber,
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after these elderly women were attacked, he wrote a tweet and expressed support for those attacking
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the women saying, what a beautiful display of hope and how the event gave him so much hope for the
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future of Port Townsend and the inclusive community that is coming to them. So that is why the majority
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of them were not in attendance on Saturday because they were attacked. And it's a scary thing. If you
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aren't, it's a very scary thing in the state of Washington, if you don't have the support that
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you need, you're not going to continue speaking out because you will get a talk for your views if
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they dissent from the leftist narrative. And, you know, Katie, I wonder if the mayor really means
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what he says, or is his narrative driven by the fact that with the intimidation tactics,
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the coercion tactics, which you've been a victim of by the likes of Antifa, is he worried about them
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showing up on his front lawn, condemning him as a transphobe? But what a weakling. And I got to tell
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you, the most despicable men I tend to meet out there in the field are those men who self-declare
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that they're a feminist because they're more misogynistic than pro-feminist. One last point,
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Katie, I got to tell you, I mean, you're a new recruit to our team and it's great to have you.
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Five years ago, I did a social experiment. I actually dressed up as a woman and went to a
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taxpayer funded pool in Toronto that had set aside an hour a day for a so-called Sharia swim. So in
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other words, females only of the Muslim faith, the windows were papered over because, you know,
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you weren't even allowed to gaze upon it. And I went in there. Oh yeah. It was an incredible
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experiment because I went in there as perhaps the most ugly looking female in the history of the
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planet in a bathing suit. And I wanted to gauge the tolerance. Now, one lifeguard said, we're getting
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complaints about you. And if they continue, I'm going to ask you to leave. Another lifeguard came up to me
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and said, I totally believe what you stand for. And you're welcome to use this pool. The point I'm
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getting at, Katie, something that was totally parody, satire five years ago has actually come
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to fruition today, i.e. biological men invading women's spaces. And hey, the ones complaining,
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they're the problem, not the invader. Last word goes to you, Katie.
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Right. That's a great point. I mean, it just shows where we're at, but it's not just the United States.
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It seems it's happening across the world, at least in Western civilization. So I guess we're in for a
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treat with the new world order, whatever the World Economic Forum has in store for us, because I have
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a feeling it's only going to get worse. Yeah, I'm afraid you're right. Hey, everybody,
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how are you digging that new normal and building back better? Oh my goodness. Katie, it was a wonderful
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report. You stay safe out there and have yourself a great weekend as well. Great. Thanks, David.
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Okay. Thank you. And that was Katie Davis Court in Seattle. Keep it here, folks. More of Rebel Roundup
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to come right after this. So hey, Alex, I'm currently in Laval. I don't know if you remember
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our last report about Mr. Legault, but we were at Laval des Rapides and police officer
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The politics has always been to exclude Rebel News.
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Today, Mr. Legault is here at the restaurant Rob for having a lunch with some volunteers and
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some candidates. But as you know, we can see multiple police officers and as well as private
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security that are all around the restaurant, making sure that no, nothing happened and everything
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is safe for the premiere. So we are here because we have a couple of questions for Mr. Legault.
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Has, if he will reveal all the unappeal offer that he gave during the pandemic and as well,
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why he keep denying and refusing to have a public investigation on what happened to the CHSLD,
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the elderly facility. So we will try to catch Mr. Legault. Let's check it out.
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It's normal that you all give me interviews, but Mr. Legault...
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So we are here today because as you know, the 3rd of October, it will be the final vote
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for deciding who will be the next leader of the province of Quebec. And as you know, Mr. Legault,
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it's currently our premier, but it's really difficult to get close from him. And it's really difficult
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to ask questions. As you know, their party have decided to exclude rebel news, but we are here.
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We continue to be there to be able to ask questions. So we were able to observe that every single person
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who were around the perimeter, they were questioned by the police to ask what they are doing here. And if
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they had nothing to do here, they were asked to leave.
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We don't have any respect, Madame. We don't have a permit that we're there.
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So Mr Legault have a bus just right there for the tour, but you just see it, Mr Legault doesn't take the bus, he takes private car.
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So double sender again. I was there, all this security from the police were all surrounding the perimeter.
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And you know what? I say I'm a journalist and you laugh in my face.
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Now riddle me this, folks, who's afraid of the lovely and talented Alexa Lavoie?
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Well, Justin Trudeau is, we know that, even though we successfully sued in federal court in 2021, again, to be allowed into the federal leaders debate.
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Prime Minister Blackface would not take Alexa's questions.
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As Premier Legault refuses to take questions from Miss Lavoie.
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And even worse, Alexa gets the bum's rush from police and security guards.
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You see, law enforcement types rightfully consider Alexa armed and dangerous.
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Oh, not with firearms or knives, mind you, but with tough questions.
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And the media party sluggos, well, those people, they dare not ask those questions.
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And with more on Alexa's quest to get some answers from the Premier of Quebec running for re-election,
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So, Alexa, I got a laugh out of that goon telling you to stay in a specific area of the parking lot called the safety zone.
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And as that is being said, a cameraman with the mainstream media waltzes into the other part of the parking lot.
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So, I went there for, like, trying to get some questions to Mr. Legault, but I didn't know, like, last time he said that with the exclude ruben news,
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so I was not capable to get my questions to Mr. Legault.
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But again, of course, the security, I put the perimeter just right where I should not pass.
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Unfortunately, Mr. Legault is the same as Mr. Trudeau.
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They don't like to be face-to-face to real questions, especially with, like, the really bad hand of, like, their four years being the Premier in Quebec.
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So, we know that lots of questions have not been answered by him.
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So, of course, I was just standing there and I was waiting for him to get out of the restaurant that he actually rent out all the place
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because he is so scared that some other people who pass in the business can maybe is being a threat to his security.
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I knew that, like, every call was, like, starting up to be working and I was like, okay, so it's coming up soon.
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But I saw one of the cameramen from the mainstream getting behind me and I was like, well, Mr. Legault will probably not pass by here, so what are you doing here?
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So, I didn't really bother at the beginning, but I was watching Guillaume and saying, like, why he's doing that?
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And at the second that Mr. Legault went out of the door, he started to film me and film my interaction with the police.
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And it's why I turned around and I looked at him saying, like, what are you doing?
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And I was like, you want to create a story with probably me, like, being blocked by the police?
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So, first of all, that disturbed a little bit me because I wanted to focus to say my question to Mr. Legault.
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I was, of course, really far away because they blocked me to pass.
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And when I say at the end, I say, why Mr. Legault doesn't take his own bus, but a private car, like, still, like, suburban big car.
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I was like, this is not hypocritical to not, like, taking the camping bus that a lot of money has been spent there, but you use, like, another private car.
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You promote being really green and to stop to produce, like, a lot of CO2, but you're using one extra car just for yourself going all around the province.
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Well, and, you know, Alexa, I'm sorry to cut you off, but I found that so fascinating in your report.
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The elaborate lens Mr. Legault would go to to presumably give you the slip because he's friendly with the mainstream media types.
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The fact that there's that giant campaign bus with his face on it.
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And meanwhile, he's buggering off in a nondescript SUV.
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And you're right, there's the hypocrisy part of the equation in terms of the carbon footprint.
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But what I want to get at is that I think this speaks very damaging about Mr. Legault's character,
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that he cannot have the spine, he cannot have the wherewithal to take questions from an alternative news organization.
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And I know your questions are tough, but I know they're going to be fair too, Alexa.
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And I liken it to when Donald Trump was in the White House, and whether you love or loathe Donald Trump,
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and of course, I love the man, he never shied away from the media and tough questions.
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And, you know, he would get into it with Jim LaCosta of CNN.
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In fact, I think Trump actually enjoyed the sparring, you know, the battle of wits.
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But we have leaders in this country, so-called, like Mr. Legault, like Mr. Trudeau.
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It's like they're little, you know, they're too sensitive to entertain an impolite question.
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Again, Alexa, I would ask these men, why are you running to be a leader in the first place?
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Mm-hmm. And a lot of people told him, like, recently that he is more arrogant than before.
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It's always this, this highs that just, like, show that, oh, I'm so superior.
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He's not, he has not this beautiful way to be close to the people.
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The point is, like, he cannot stand the opposition, cannot stand independent media,
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cannot stand the people who think differently than him.
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And he just cannot stand everything that is not him.
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Well, you know, Alexa, fair enough, but that doesn't give him the right to run Quebec as
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Actually, I shouldn't call it a banana republic.
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Tell me, Alexa, here's the big question, regardless of all this street theater that we have to
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What do you see in Quebec in terms of potential regime change?
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I know whenever I've gone to Montreal to cover a demonstration, the F la go chant is always
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And I might add, so many of the people that have a hate on for him are young people.
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You know, they're, you know, so I think that speaks volumes.
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What do you think is going to happen on election day in La Belle Provence?
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But I would say, first of all, like the young people, most of them, they don't vote.
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When we come to like 30s, 40s, it's when you realize that it's really important to vote
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for telling what you really want because you see all the problematic on the system.
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And afterwards, the growing up and the more old people, they like the stability.
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They have this kind of fear to change because they think that all what they know will just
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So they don't go and see further to see like what is the real problem like in the country.
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No, I'm going to vote for the same prime minister that we call in French, but premier.
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Because Legault, it's good with the elderly people.
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They give some money and they actually promise to give more money for the 70 and plus.
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And so I have the impression that Legault is paying for their vote because he knows that
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So it's why it's not, Mr. Legault is not even daring to go to a debate of idea with the
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children, like the eight, like young people, I would call it.
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So it wasn't there when it was the kind of debate between the parties.
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So only four of them were there because he knows he has no vote there.
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I got to tell, Alexa, it is staggering to me because I think Quebec probably had the absolute
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worst record on the COVID file these past two and a half years.
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I believe it was the only jurisdiction, I think, in North America that actually implemented a
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And you saw how heavy handed they were with citizens, with independent media.
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I think this is a most undeserving man to get reelected.
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So maybe, Alexa, we have to get creative in getting our questions out to Premier Legault.
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Maybe you have to equip yourself with a megaphone so you can bellow your questions 50 meters away.
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I would say everybody just chip in generously so I can have a speaker to go and speak up against
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But he's the one writing the jokes, that's for sure.
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More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
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David Menzies for Rebel News here in downtown Shawano.
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And I'm here because as the world is moving on in these basically post-COVID-19 times,
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it looks like the OLG is the government bureaucracy that time forgot, which is to say that as we
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head into 2023, the OLG is carrying on as though we are still in 2020.
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That's because here at the Pride Center, service is extremely restricted.
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You can no longer walk in to claim a prize from a winning lottery ticket.
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And in addition to that, the hours of operation used to be until 7 p.m.
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And those appointments, sometimes it takes days, sometimes it takes weeks.
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And I reached out to Tony Petonti of the OLG because I was told by Jennifer, they don't
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give their last names, they don't give their company numbers, that this was all due to health
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And by the way, are the hours in terms of buying lottery tickets, are those restricted too?
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So you can buy the tickets anytime, but you can only, you know, schedule more than a week ahead
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and before 4 p.m., because God forbid those workers stay past 4.
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So it's kind of funny how buying tickets, you're not affected by COVID, but claiming
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I don't understand the science behind that, Jennifer.
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However, if you wanted to go ahead and make an appointment, we can start the process and
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I can get your information and get you on the appointment list for that day.
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Some of the changes that have been put into place, yes.
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I don't know all the changes that have had to be made, but we have made a lot of different
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procedural changes, which have made things different than what they used to be pre-COVID.
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So you made procedural changes that made things different prior to COVID.
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Things now are different than what they were before COVID.
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Why is it that it's a health and safety issue when it comes to claiming a prize, that you
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need an appointment, that the hours of operation are limited until 4 p.m.
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But when it comes to buying lottery tickets, well, you can do that 24-7.
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You just go into a store and slap your money down.
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Now, Tony Vitanti at least did pass my queries to him along to somebody at the customer service
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OLG's price center is dedicated in providing our customers the best possible experience.
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Our appointment process, which evolved as a result of the pandemic, allows us to optimize
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our performance and better serve our customers.
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That is why the appointment process continues today.
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And she goes on to say that this is now permanent.
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And she further goes on to say that this is somehow a good thing for customers, that this
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is an enhancement of the customer service process.
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But again, the double standard is egregious and appalling, I think, in the fact that you
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But if you want to get your prize, well, you're going to have to make an appointment.
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I am going to get paid because I'm in a file, evidently.
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So ultimately, I have to go to small claims to issue a claim for them to give me my rightful
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And you turned around and said, I'm not going anywhere.
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And I said, it's not done because I don't have my money.
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Just to let you know, these guys have a file on me, and they are not giving me my rightful
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winnings because of the reports I file on them.
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And basically what I have to do is go to a small claims court in order to get my winnings,
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which is an added $100 for me to file the claim.
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Because you're running, you're working for a crown corporation that denies rightful winners
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They claim my information is insufficient, even though I've given them all my data.
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I have told them the location of the retailer and named the retailer.
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And once again, that is not sufficient information for them.
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You can buy lottery tickets 24-7 without fear of catching COVID, folks.
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But if you want your winnings, you need to make an appointment days or weeks in advance.
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because apparently it's unsafe to cut checks into the early evening.
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Oh, and if you have the temerity to ask impolite questions, then it's...
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You had plenty to say about the scandalous OLG yet again.
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The ostensible policy reason of governments running gambling monopolies
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is that they allegedly abide by the philosophy of social responsibility.
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Translation, the private sector can't possibly be trusted to sell liquor and lotto tickets,
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but the government is more responsible and more trustworthy.
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That security clown is just another taxpayer cash suck-up and is exercising authority he doesn't have.
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Yeah, he was a bit too smug for my liking, to be truthful.
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Easy for him to say, your business here is done.
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He's not the one going home empty-handed after all.
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But I think it goes without saying that the OLG or any other government gambling organization
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must pay out jackpots when they are won fair and square.
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And then to withhold winnings due to an ideological disagreement?
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That's outrageous, that's egregious, and it's even downright illegal.
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Translation, our new procedure-slash-policy allows us more control-slash-lack-of-service toward our customers.
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It also has allowed us to cut more jobs-slash-staff in order to serve you better.
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Bingo Julian, isn't it great running a monopoly?
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The rules of the free market economy simply do not apply.
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I'm surprised they're not asking what your vaccine status is.
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Oh, please, Sir Sunrise, don't give these grifters any new ideas.
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Well, that wraps up tonight's edition of Rebel Roundup.
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And as always, folks, keep in mind, without risk, there can be no glory.