Rebel News Podcast - December 26, 2023


EZRA LEVANT ｜ HOLIDAY SPECIAL： Reading YOUR year-end letters to Rebel!


Episode Stats

Length

56 minutes

Words per Minute

167.6949

Word Count

9,432

Sentence Count

753

Misogynist Sentences

8

Hate Speech Sentences

7


Summary

It's a special Christmas episode featuring a bag full of your letters to me, and I'm just going to read them live, not pre-screening them before I even get to them. It's a Christmas special!


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. Today, it's your mail to me. Any question you like, ask me anything.
00:00:05.620 I've got a Santa's bag full of letters, and I'm just going to read them. And I haven't
00:00:09.680 looked at them before. I have not vetted them. I'm just going to tuck into your questions
00:00:13.920 to me. It's a special Christmas episode. But first, let me invite you to become a subscriber
00:00:18.580 to Rebel News Plus. It's the video version of this podcast. Just go to rebelnewsplus.com
00:00:23.940 and click subscribe. All right, here's today's podcast.
00:00:30.000 Tonight, ask me anything. Your letters to Ezra. It's December 25th, and this is the Ezra
00:00:47.300 LeVant Show.
00:00:51.240 Shame on you, you censorious bug.
00:01:00.000 Oh, hi, everybody. I'm not sure if I'm dressed as Santa or an elf. I want to tell you that
00:01:08.640 for the first few years of my life, I thought that Santa was real, although it wasn't a big
00:01:12.960 thing in my family since we celebrated Hanukkah, not Christmas. But then, like you learn the
00:01:18.020 tooth fairy is not real, you learn that Santa is not real. But I have since, in my middle
00:01:23.120 age, learned that, in fact, Santa was real. He was a historical figure. Santa Claus is
00:01:30.120 sort of short for Saint Nicholas, and he was a real person who lived in, actually, in what
00:01:36.980 is modern-day Turkey. And he's the patron saint of brewers and sailors and repentant thieves
00:01:44.840 and palm brokers and unmarried people and children. And he became famous for his act of secret gift
00:01:51.520 giving. So Santa is not a mythical character like the tooth fairy. Santa was very much real.
00:01:59.680 Just wanted to tell you that. So what we knew as children is actually true. I have here in
00:02:04.080 my hand a bag, a Santa's bag. There are no gifts in it, but there are letters. Again, we're keeping
00:02:12.300 with the slightly stretched theme of Christmas. And there's a TV of a fire going on. It's not a
00:02:22.660 real fire. Don't worry. What I want to do for the course of the next half hour is read your letters
00:02:26.520 to me. I have not pre-read these. We put out the call for sort of an ask me anything. So there may
00:02:33.040 be some letters in here that I'm not thrilled to get, but I promise I will just read them. And I'll do
00:02:38.480 my best to answer them. And I think the best way to do it with letters like that is just to read them
00:02:42.960 live, not to be prepared. So welcome to our Christmas show. And I am now going to read your
00:02:49.740 letters to me. And thank you very much for spending 2023 with us. It was an incredible year, a terrible
00:02:55.660 year, a wonderful year, a good year for Rebel News and so many of our projects, but a dangerous year
00:03:00.960 for the world. Hopefully some of these letters are fun. So let's get right to it. I'm just going to
00:03:05.380 reach in randomly and pull them out. This is from Gwendolyn Weber. Ezra, how have you been able to
00:03:11.920 maintain privacy for your family when there have been opportunities for people who disagree with you
00:03:16.500 or hate you to stalk you? Well, I've been very lucky in that regard. I mean, I don't show my family or
00:03:23.780 give their names on TV. And I guess, I mean, I don't want to tempt fate, but I have been spared from
00:03:32.260 that. I mean, I keep a fairly low profile. I don't publicize the whereabouts of my house
00:03:37.560 or our office for that matter. And I should say that some years ago when I published the Danish
00:03:43.960 cartoons of Mohammed, the police contacted me out of the blue saying I was at risk and they had a
00:03:49.220 specific threat. But that was many years ago. And I'm very lucky. I don't want to tempt fate, but
00:03:53.460 thank you for worrying about me. I do take some precautions and so do others on our team.
00:03:59.160 James F. Ezra, I think Santa will be putting lumps of coal in all your stockings this year.
00:04:04.280 You'll be very naughty. Okay. By the way, lumps of coal sound like a punishment, but as we know,
00:04:12.060 coal is the stuff of life. Coal led the industrial revolution. Coal heats the world warms. You can't
00:04:18.280 make steel without coal. Tell that to someone who's proposing to build wind turbines. Let me continue
00:04:23.200 the letter. All the media zombies repeat it. So it must be true. Thank all the team for their
00:04:28.440 incredible dedication and amazing revelations. It's an honor to be a Rebel supporter, whether
00:04:32.280 the donation is large or small. Well, thanks very much for that. You know, we had our Christmas party
00:04:36.840 the other day. We brought in our team from the whole country and even from the United States too,
00:04:42.940 where we have a friend. And it was wonderful to see everybody. And I often say to our team,
00:04:49.800 the Rebel News is a job and everyone needs a job. But at least for me, it's much more than a job.
00:04:55.040 It's a way to express myself and to help others on the team express themselves with our general
00:05:01.560 editorial viewpoint. But it's also a pleasure to work with like-minded people. So I regard myself
00:05:06.300 as very lucky. And of course, our funding model means the most important part of the puzzle is you,
00:05:12.120 our viewers, because we don't have an oligarch. I worked for an oligarch, as you may know, at Sun
00:05:16.740 News Network, a peer called Pellado, bankrolled the whole thing. And it was wonderful,
00:05:20.280 as long as he didn't step on his toes. And I was careful not to. I had plenty of other things to
00:05:25.280 talk about. But an oligarch can be whimsical. He just shut it down one day. We don't work for a large
00:05:31.140 corporation that'll censor you. We don't work for the government that'll have you run errands for them.
00:05:36.000 So really, it's a team effort. Our reporters, our behind-the-scenes people, and you actually make
00:05:43.640 it possible. Otherwise, it would just be us with a hobby. Next letter from Daniel.
00:05:49.820 Dear Ezra, I'm wondering if you were cool with homemade acronyms. I thought that since Donald
00:05:54.680 Trump has MAGA, make America great again, I think we should have one too. And mine is called OTARC.
00:06:00.940 It stands for oppose Trudeau and restore Canada. OTARC. I think we should spread the hope to put more
00:06:06.680 fuel in the fire of hope. I think with Trump, the slogan came first, make America great again.
00:06:15.860 That really did sum up his thesis, his promise, his value proposition, the ballot question when he ran
00:06:21.780 in 2016. So the slogan came first, and then it just was shortened to MAGA. I don't think you can sort
00:06:28.900 of force an acronym starting with the acronym unless it's funny or catchy. And with all due respect,
00:06:34.400 I don't think OTARC is sort of catchy. Oppose Trudeau and restore Canada. I mean, I agree with
00:06:39.380 the sentiment for sure. It's just, I just don't think, like Trump has a very special gift for
00:06:44.520 nicknames and acronyms and stuff like that, doesn't he? I mean, he gives you a nickname and it sticks.
00:06:49.860 I think that's that Manhattan, you know, Manhattan's a pretty tough place to roll. And the real estate
00:06:58.520 business is pretty cutthroat. I think he's sort of a, he's a comedian and sort of a, and a tough guy.
00:07:04.140 At the same time. All right, this is a lengthy letter, Stephen Campbell. Hello, Ezra. Thank you
00:07:10.280 for the opportunity to send you a question. I saw that you had received a check for $20,000 from
00:07:14.800 the government to cover Mr. Guilbeau's personal obligation to you. At a minimum, this payment
00:07:20.040 should be included as a taxable benefit in Mr. Guilbeau's hands from his employer, as any other
00:07:25.700 Canadian is obliged to disclose in the same circumstances. Can you officially engage the CRA,
00:07:31.420 the Canada Revenue Agency, to inform them of this transaction and to ensure Mr. Guilbeau's
00:07:35.980 2023 personal income tax return is examined and audited to ensure he discloses payment made
00:07:41.400 on his behalf? At least he would then have to pay 50% of the $20,000 as tax. Cheers, Stephen.
00:07:49.760 Stephen, let me tell you what I think happened there.
00:07:52.620 So Stephen Guilbeau, the environment minister who was heritage minister before, blocked us
00:08:02.100 on his government Twitter. Now we knew it was his government Twitter because he has a staff
00:08:06.840 writing it in French and English. And it's sort of, it's usually fairly corporate sounding
00:08:12.620 statements. It's not personal. There's corporate announcements. Through his Twitter account,
00:08:19.020 he retweets other cabinet minister accounts. So it's obviously government and it has a little gray
00:08:24.180 check mark on it. And if you hover your mouse over the check mark, it explains that in the Twitter
00:08:29.900 verse, that means it's an official government account. So that's why we objected when he blocked
00:08:37.720 us from it. I always said, and I'll say it again, I don't care if Stephen Guilbeau blocks me and Rebel
00:08:43.200 News from his personal Twitter account. I don't know if he has one from his personal Facebook. I don't
00:08:47.300 want to see his family photos. Like I have no feeling that I have a right to see his personal
00:08:54.480 stuff or even his party stuff for all I care. But when it's a government account run by the government
00:09:00.480 using public resources and more importantly, giving services to the public. I mean, it might sound funny
00:09:06.540 that Twitter is a service, but it's no different than a radio ad or a website or going into an office
00:09:13.400 to fill out a form. And for the government on a government site to say, we're going to ban people
00:09:20.040 that we don't like from getting government services, I think that's wrong. So we sued him.
00:09:25.820 And here's the point. And I'm coming to your point in a second. For two years, he said to the court,
00:09:30.540 no, no, no, it's mine. It's mine. It's not the government's. It's mine. It's not the government's.
00:09:35.580 And then in the last minute before the trial, they conceded the obvious that it was the government's.
00:09:41.040 That gray checkmark, they actually fought for a full day in court to keep that gray checkmark out
00:09:46.220 of evidence. Isn't that crazy? And when the judge said, that's ridiculous, that gray checkmark will
00:09:51.640 be in evidence. That's when they settled after two years of fighting. So we sued because it was a
00:09:59.320 government Twitter account. And to tell you the truth, I don't know if it was him or a staffer who
00:10:06.180 blocked us. It may have been someone in the bureaucracy that Gilboa didn't even know did
00:10:11.920 it. Because I don't think Gilboa himself is actually hands-on with his Twitter account. There's
00:10:16.720 more than a dozen bureaucrats who are. My point is, I always alleged in court that it was a government
00:10:22.560 Twitter account, which is why I had access to it. He always alleged, no, no, no, that's my account.
00:10:28.660 You don't have rights to it. Only at the very end did he say, fine, you're right. It's a government
00:10:35.160 account. And so in the penalty or the cost that they had to pay me, the $20,000 did come from
00:10:45.120 the government. And I suppose that's in keeping with my theory that it was a government account.
00:10:51.060 But the reason why I call him a deadbeat and the reason why I say he should pay for it is because
00:10:57.440 for two years he argued it was his own. For two years he argued it was his own. And not only did
00:11:03.660 he have to pay me $20,000, we've done an access to informational question, how much money he spent
00:11:08.820 fighting that stupid lawsuit. We haven't got it back yet. There is no way it was less than a quarter
00:11:14.040 million dollars. Just no way. So I think that technically the CRA would say, well, it was a
00:11:20.840 government expense because he finally admitted it was a government account. The reason I made a big
00:11:26.360 deal about it is because for two years he claimed the opposite. For two years he claimed it was a
00:11:30.740 personal account. Anyways, I take your point. I don't know what the CRA would say. I'm enjoying rubbing
00:11:38.120 it in Gilboa's face that he lost because he, and the fact that he's a deadbeat and that he pawned this
00:11:45.520 loss off on the taxpayers. Absolutely. It was his pride that made him fight it for two years.
00:11:50.840 Brenda and Byron. Right? Hi Ezra. We've enjoyed many of the reports and stories on
00:11:57.060 Rebel. But most of the Canadian reports and news are from Western provinces. We live in
00:12:02.500 Nova Scotia on the eastern coast of Canada. There is seldom any coverage of events or
00:12:06.280 stories from the Atlantic or Maritime provinces. So we are canceling our
00:12:10.060 subscription. I'm very sorry to hear that. If the Trudeau regime keeps going with
00:12:15.160 their dictatorship in the Great Reset controlled by Klaus Schwab, World Economic
00:12:18.600 Forum, World Health Organization, and UN, Canada and society as we knew it will disappear. Well, first of all, I'm sorry
00:12:24.820 to see you go. And I'm sorry that, and you're right, we don't have anyone east of Montreal.
00:12:32.400 And I don't know if we could sustain so many east of Montreal. Now in our course of time, we have traveled out there for different stories, but it's, but it's rare. I acknowledge that.
00:12:44.400 You know, there's a saying that I sometimes say in the office, you can't save the world if you can't pay the rent. I mean, boy, I'd love to have a reporter everywhere. For a while we had one in Saskatchewan, but she, she had to leave for personal reasons.
00:13:00.400 Um, I mean, I, I, I love Saskatchewan, but we have not really covered that province much at all, even though it's pound for pound, it's probably our strong, strongest province. You know, it's just, I don't know if it's economically strong enough to support a reporter.
00:13:13.400 Um, I would certainly like to do more stories out there, but I can't commit to hiring a reporter. And of course you have a reporter, well, then you need a cameraman and a producer. So you almost have to hire people in pairs. I'm just, I just don't think we have the budget for it. And I don't know if, if we could support it. Maybe there's some freelancers out there or someone who could do it on a part-time basis. I'd be interested in that.
00:13:37.400 But let me close by citing your own letter to me. What were the issues you talked about? World Economic Forum, World Health Organization, United Nations. Those we cover routinely. We cover those. In fact, uh, in less than, uh, just over one month's time, actually less than a month's time, we are going to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, in Davos to cover.
00:14:05.700 You might recall, uh, when Avi Yamini and I caught Albert Bourla on the streets of Davos and scrummed him. And that was really a career highlight for me.
00:14:16.700 So I, I hear what you're saying about covering local things in the Atlantic. And we, we've covered some things from afar. We've covered Blaine Higgs a bit, for example.
00:14:25.700 But the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization and the UN, we cover that, I think, more than anybody. So I'm hoping you'll reconsider for,
00:14:33.700 because the issues you referred to in particular there, we do cover. And, and that's one of the reasons why I like covering things from the UK occasionally and from Australia.
00:14:44.700 Avi Yamini, he's from Melbourne, Australia. But if you saw his coverage during the pandemic and the lockdowns, I think you would agree that although the facts were Australia specific, the themes were international, weren't they?
00:14:55.700 I was riveted by what happened there, even though I had actually never been to, I think I'd been to Melbourne for like one day once when I was younger.
00:15:04.700 So I, I found it interesting, even though I'm not a Melburnian.
00:15:08.700 Here's a letter from James McSherry. Hi Ezra, perhaps you can explain why it is that the Associated Press, AP, gets a free pass referring to Hamas as, quote, militants, as opposed to what the rest of the world has rightly defined as terrorists.
00:15:23.700 I just can't get my head around this. Thanks James. Well, it's not just the Associated Press. The CBC does it too. So does the BBC. Quite often, so does CTV and Global News. It's ubiquitous. Why?
00:15:38.700 Well, for one thing, it's not a matter of opinion that they're a terrorist group. It's a matter of fact. It's a matter of law.
00:15:44.700 Canada has an official list of entities that they call terrorist groups. It's about, I don't know, 30 or 40 groups on there. And you can see Hamas is on there, Hezbollah's on there,
00:15:58.700 Taliban's on there, Islamic Jihad is on there. So it is not a matter of opinion that Hamas is a terrorist group. It's a matter of fact.
00:16:07.700 And it's also, you can observe what they're doing. What they're doing is textbook terrorism. Like there's, what else would you describe? I'm militant. What does that even mean?
00:16:17.700 You know, it's funny because the word militant typically is used for someone who's just very strongly willed about something. Oh, he's a militant vegetarian or she's a militant feminist.
00:16:28.700 That doesn't mean they're, they're military. I think that that is a word designed to obscure the truth, not reveal the truth.
00:16:38.700 And, you know, if you ask the CBC, the BBC, why they do that, they'll say, we don't want to judge. No, no, no, no, no.
00:16:46.700 You just have judged. You've acquitted them of terrorism. You just gave your judgment and you've, you have picked a side.
00:16:53.700 Calling them terrorists, you're implying picks a side. Well, that means not calling them terrorists picks the other side.
00:17:00.700 So any media outlet that refuses to call them terrorists is not being neutral. They are literally picking a side.
00:17:07.700 All right, I'm digging deep into this bag for more letters. Here's a long one from D.W. Simpkins.
00:17:14.700 Ezra, this is a very welcomed offer to get a question into play regarding the depravity we see every day in Canada.
00:17:19.700 So my question is, why do Canadians believe the true dope narrative on firearms?
00:17:24.700 His statements and stand on the issue are completely unsubstantiated, unfactual, outright lies, and very misleading,
00:17:30.700 with his promises of removing the firearms from longstanding law-abiding legal and responsible firearms owners via his Order in Council and Bill C-21 and amendments
00:17:39.700 will prevent street crime, gang crimes, and the gun violence on the streets of Canada's big cities.
00:17:45.700 His program to buy back the hundreds of thousands of lawful owners' possessions is a simple confiscation of people's property.
00:17:51.700 The firearms and sporting industry is worth billions to the Canadian economy in retail, jobs, sports shooting events,
00:17:57.700 to name a few of the normal, safe, and fun pastimes of responsible owners.
00:18:02.700 You're so right. And I'm not the expert at Rebel News on firearms matters.
00:18:07.700 Sheila Gunn-Reed knows a lot more about that subject than I do and some of our other teammates, too.
00:18:13.700 But you're absolutely right. Almost no gun crime in Canada is done with long arms, rifles, shotguns,
00:18:22.700 which are the mainstay of not only the shooting sports, but of farmers and ranchers and duck hunters.
00:18:29.700 And yet they are demonized, and it's obvious why.
00:18:34.700 As is so clear to me now after eight years of Justin Trudeau, his entire political tactic is to divide and pit one group against the other.
00:18:44.700 He's very divisive, whether it's, you know, trans issues or feminist issues or race issues or vaccinated versus unvaccinated.
00:18:54.700 He loves to divide and demonize. And he looks at the polls very carefully before he does so.
00:19:00.700 So, for example, he would have seen that unvaccinated people during the pandemic were likely very freedom oriented,
00:19:07.700 very skeptical, very contrarian, and so they would have typically been conservative party supporters
00:19:14.700 or maybe even people's party supporters.
00:19:16.700 Maybe some of them would have been more principled green party supporters,
00:19:19.700 but mainly they were people who weren't going to vote for.
00:19:22.700 So he checked the numbers and said, OK, I can demonize the unvaxxed because it's not going to cost me any votes,
00:19:29.700 but I'll win points with my base, the vaxxed, the conformists.
00:19:33.700 I think that's why Trudeau has taken the position he has on Israel and Hamas.
00:19:38.700 He's done the math.
00:19:40.700 Canada's Jews under Stephen Harper started to vote for the Conservative Party more.
00:19:47.700 And I think that Justin Trudeau just was not in a position to outbid the Conservatives for the Jewish vote.
00:19:53.700 So he just brought in a million Muslim migrants.
00:19:56.700 And now there are five times as many Muslims in Canada as there are Jews.
00:20:01.700 And Trudeau's done the math.
00:20:03.700 And by the way, it's not just that there's five times more Muslims in Canada than there are Jews.
00:20:08.700 Where they're located, they are absolutely tilting the balance of certain ridings in Mississauga, for example,
00:20:16.700 whereas the Jews are in ridings that are completely safe liberal seats no matter what,
00:20:21.700 typically in Montreal and Toronto.
00:20:23.700 So I think that Justin Trudeau is simply doing his divisive politics.
00:20:29.700 A gun owner in Canada is likely rural, likely conservative, and very unlikely to vote liberal.
00:20:39.700 So what a perfect demon to demonize, as opposed to talking about the real sources of gun crimes in the cities.
00:20:47.700 There's no farmers or duck hunters committing crimes in the cities.
00:20:53.700 Short letter from Rusty Shackelford.
00:20:55.700 Possible to start a dating site for Canadian patriots. Call it rebel dating.
00:21:02.700 You know, I remember early during the pandemic in the United Kingdom, there was an unvaxxed dating site on the website The Daily Skeptic,
00:21:12.700 which my friend Toby Young had started for all sorts of news.
00:21:16.700 I'm just going to pull my elf's hat down a bit.
00:21:19.700 There was all sorts of news about the pandemic in the UK.
00:21:23.700 And one of the things is people were just sick of going on dates with masked, super-vaxxed people.
00:21:31.700 And they just, I think they just wanted a company with other non-conformists and contrarians and skeptics.
00:21:38.700 And I remember when I did a live stream and I read one of these dating ads out on TV just to show how much fun it was.
00:21:48.700 And the lady whose dating profile I read emailed me and said, that's me.
00:21:54.700 Anyways, it was really fun.
00:21:56.700 You know, it's such a competitive industry, I think, and it's such a high-tech industry.
00:22:01.700 You know, I don't know if we have that skill set.
00:22:05.700 Maybe it's easier to set up a dating site than I think it is, but I don't think it's easy.
00:22:10.700 I think the market is saturated.
00:22:12.700 I know there's Christian dating sites.
00:22:14.700 We have some supporters who run a Christian dating site, for example.
00:22:18.700 I mean, I suppose we could have like a yellow pages type web ad,
00:22:25.700 but I just don't think we have the manpower or the tech know-how to do it.
00:22:31.700 And I actually think that perhaps the market is already served by others.
00:22:35.700 So I would say maybe there is some other free existing dating site.
00:22:39.700 I think it would be easier for a dating site to set up a conservative wing
00:22:44.700 than for a conservative site to set up a dating wing.
00:22:48.700 But I love the idea.
00:22:50.700 I love the idea because you know what?
00:22:52.700 I mean, I obviously haven't been single in a long time,
00:22:55.700 but I can imagine how difficult it is to be a conservative-oriented young person
00:23:00.700 and just have this river of woke people.
00:23:04.700 And I can just imagine what dating is like
00:23:07.700 and if you haven't been able to vet for those things.
00:23:10.700 And obviously there are some things more important in life than politics,
00:23:14.700 but I think it comes down to shared values.
00:23:16.700 I think that's...
00:23:18.700 And even if you disagree over some small political matter,
00:23:22.700 it's probably reflective of a larger disagreement.
00:23:25.700 So I actually think it is important to find compatible people with your politics
00:23:28.700 if you're a strongly political person.
00:23:30.700 Thankfully, most people in the world are not strongly political.
00:23:33.700 They care about other things.
00:23:34.700 But if you're watching Rebel News, you probably care a lot about politics.
00:23:37.700 A letter from Timothy J. Gatton who says,
00:23:40.700 Thank you so much for all that you do to keep us informed of the truth.
00:23:44.700 I know that you have recently tweaked your daily and weekly roundup.
00:23:47.700 I'm just wondering if there are any plans in the works to go with a daily 6 p.m. newscast.
00:23:51.700 Many of us have developed routines that include the viewing of national news every day.
00:23:55.700 Unfortunately, I cannot watch any of the MSN newscasts,
00:23:58.700 but would love to have an independent media outlet for a half hour or hour newscast
00:24:03.700 of all the top stories, not just targeted stories of the day.
00:24:06.700 I realize your current resources may preclude you from doing this,
00:24:10.700 but is there even a small possibility that you could do something like this down the road?
00:24:13.700 You know, it's a very interesting thing.
00:24:15.700 And I would say a few things.
00:24:16.700 First of all, I don't know what time zone you're in.
00:24:18.700 And that's one thing to keep in mind is that in Canada,
00:24:21.700 there's about five time zones, if I'm not mistaken.
00:24:23.700 Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, and Newfoundland.
00:24:28.700 Did I get that right?
00:24:29.700 And so we are at, my show comes on at 6 p.m. Mountain Time, the Israel Land Show.
00:24:39.700 But I think that the bigger answer is Rebel News especially is not just reporting straight news.
00:24:47.700 And I don't think we're built for it.
00:24:49.700 We don't have the massive global resources to jump on a story of an earthquake here or an attack there.
00:24:55.700 We're better at finding sort of investigative stories.
00:24:58.700 I think of David Menzies' recent work on this transgender 50-year-old male swimmer
00:25:04.700 swimming against teenage girls.
00:25:05.700 But I also think that we cover the news that tells the other side of the story.
00:25:10.700 So we're more strategic in what we do.
00:25:12.700 And I think you indicate that there.
00:25:14.700 So I don't think we lend ourselves to breaking news.
00:25:16.700 Believe it or not, when Rebel News was very young, in our first months, we had a young talent named Emily,
00:25:23.700 who would do a morning, here's five stories, and then afternoon, here's five stories.
00:25:28.700 Just rattle off very brief headlines, but without any strong opinions.
00:25:33.700 Just here's the news.
00:25:34.700 And no one watched it.
00:25:36.700 Not that she wasn't a very lovely young woman, but it's just that if you're looking for breaking news,
00:25:42.700 even if you're a conservative, you probably go to CNN or CBC or Fox News or Twitter.
00:25:48.700 You don't say, well, some news just broke.
00:25:52.700 Let's get all the details from Rebel.
00:25:54.700 You probably say, what does Rebel have to think about it?
00:25:56.700 But we are just not built to cover wall-to-wall 24-hour breaking news.
00:26:02.700 But we do do something that I think you might like, and I don't know if you've signed up for this.
00:26:06.700 Every morning, we send out an email in the morning at about 8.30 a.m. Eastern time.
00:26:12.700 So I don't know what time zone you're in.
00:26:14.700 So that's not 6 p.m. at night.
00:26:16.700 But in the morning, we call it Rebel Buzz.
00:26:18.700 It's a free email, and it's about a dozen stories that we think are interesting,
00:26:23.700 not just from Rebel News, but from other media too.
00:26:26.700 Once in a while, we even have a link to a CBC story.
00:26:29.700 So if you're looking for that daily hit, I would encourage you to go on our website, rebelnews.com,
00:26:34.700 and sign up for it. It's called Rebel Buzz.
00:26:36.700 And tens of thousands of people get it every morning.
00:26:39.700 I like it, frankly.
00:26:40.700 It started out as an internal product here at Rebel News that we used internally
00:26:46.700 for what's cooking and what should we be looking at today.
00:26:48.700 Luciana Christello.
00:26:50.700 Hi, Ezra. I know you feel you don't need TV, but I beg to differ as I think Rebel TV ratings
00:26:55.700 would kill all other news channels along with regular programming.
00:26:58.700 Have you changed your mind about TV? I would be happy to pay for the channel.
00:27:02.700 Well, Luciano, thank you very much for this.
00:27:05.700 You may know that I came from TV. I was on the Sun News Network,
00:27:09.700 which was a cable TV network sponsored by Pierre-Carl Pelletot of Québécois,
00:27:14.700 one of the largest companies in Canada, and it was regulated by the CRTC.
00:27:20.700 That was shut down really for regulatory reasons, but there were cost reasons as well.
00:27:25.700 And we went all internet to get away from it.
00:27:29.700 If you were to ask me, where did the name Rebel News comes from?
00:27:32.700 I know the answer because I named it.
00:27:34.700 Number one, rebelling against the ideological conformity of the establishment media.
00:27:39.700 Number two, rebelling against the technology and the cost structure of the existing media.
00:27:44.700 I mean, my studio at Sun News was $1 million.
00:27:47.700 The big cameras we had were a quarter million dollars each.
00:27:50.700 There were five people in the control room when my show went on.
00:27:53.700 When we interviewed someone, we very rarely used Skype.
00:27:56.700 We almost always used a satellite link up, which could cost up to 500 bucks.
00:28:00.700 So that was the second rebellion.
00:28:02.700 And the third and final rebellion was to rebel against the regulatory CRTC that really euthanized Sun News.
00:28:09.700 So to go back on TV would mean to go back under the regulatory framework of the CRTC.
00:28:17.700 Now, trouble is, as you know, under C11, the CRTC is coming for us.
00:28:21.700 We're not going to them.
00:28:22.700 I think that you maybe need to tell me what you mean by TV, because you can watch Rebel News on your television.
00:28:32.700 And the show feels a little bit like a TV show.
00:28:38.700 So I think what you mean is on like a cable news package.
00:28:44.700 But I should tell you that Rebel News has much more viewership, much easier to find in all around the world now that we're just on the Internet as opposed to making someone subscribe, pay money on a cable program, tune in at a certain time.
00:29:00.700 I think I'd want to understand a little bit more of what you mean by TV, because aren't you watching this on a TV now?
00:29:07.700 And by the way, don't most people watch TV on their phones now?
00:29:10.700 Letter from Susannah.
00:29:11.700 Dear Ezra, I've had a subscription to Rebel News for a few years now.
00:29:14.700 You gave the best explanation of the criminal 2020 presidential election in my poor beleaguered USA out of any news feeds.
00:29:20.700 Well, thank you.
00:29:21.700 In fact, whenever there is a breaking story anywhere, I check in with Rebel News first to see what your intrepid reporters have to say about it.
00:29:27.700 Your reporters are some of the bravest souls I have seen in these increasingly morally degraded times.
00:29:31.700 I just want to thank you all for your courage and conviction to always do the right thing, no matter what.
00:29:36.700 By the way, David the Menzoic cracks me up.
00:29:38.700 All the best to you and your crew.
00:29:39.700 Well, Susannah, that's so nice to hear.
00:29:41.700 I really appreciate that.
00:29:42.700 And, of course, we're Canadians and, you know, it's where we're based, but we think about America a lot because it's so important to country.
00:29:50.700 And if you care about freedom as we do, if you care about prosperity, if you care about being morally just.
00:29:57.700 And we have the same thematic fights up here in Canada, but the stakes are so much bigger in America.
00:30:03.700 And Donald Trump was such a disruptive force, not just in the American political context, but he changed the whole world, including Canada.
00:30:10.700 So, naturally, we're interested in it, and I thank you for your compliments.
00:30:14.700 Monique Levesque.
00:30:16.700 Good day, Ezra.
00:30:17.700 I commend you and your group for always looking for the truth, which is not an easy task in these times.
00:30:21.700 I'm extremely concerned with the World Health Organization treaty that our Prime Minister is supposed to sign in spring of 2024.
00:30:27.700 As you know, this could change everything in Canada, as it would remove all sovereignty from our country in making decisions for any emergencies.
00:30:34.700 We need to shine a big spotlight on this, as many Canadians are still not even aware of this treaty.
00:30:38.700 Do you have any plans in the near future to bring this issue up with the Liberals?
00:30:42.700 I believe that the more Canadians find out about this, the more pushback there will be.
00:30:45.700 Thank you in advance.
00:30:46.700 Well, Monique, thank you very much for this letter.
00:30:48.700 And one of the most valuable teammates on our Rebel News team is a young woman named Tamara Ugolini.
00:30:57.700 And believe it or not, we found her because she was charged with breaking the pandemic lockdown.
00:31:03.700 And she was one of our Fight the Fines clients.
00:31:06.700 And so we interviewed her as we probably interviewed 100 different Fight the Fines clients out of 3,000.
00:31:12.700 And I said, who is this articulate, brave, telegenic young woman?
00:31:18.700 Who is she?
00:31:19.700 And I called her up and we chatted.
00:31:20.700 I said, you got to come work for Rebel News.
00:31:22.700 So she started out as someone we were helping.
00:31:25.700 And she's just a regular mom who cares.
00:31:28.700 And over the last couple of years, she has truly become one of Canada's experts in public health, in pandemics, in lockdowns, in vaccines.
00:31:42.700 And it's amazing because she doesn't come from a position of authority.
00:31:48.700 She's not a PhD in the lab coat.
00:31:51.700 She just asks really basic questions that the experts forgot to ask.
00:31:56.700 And in fact, a week ago at our annual Revy Awards, we have the Viewer's Choice Award, but we have the Internal Awards.
00:32:02.700 And she won our Health Advocate Award.
00:32:05.700 That's a long preamble to say that we absolutely are covering it.
00:32:10.700 Tamara Ugolini is our lead.
00:32:12.700 In fact, I don't know if you know, but we actually went to Berlin to cover the World Health Assembly, which is the big annual conference of the World Health Organization.
00:32:21.700 And Tamara actually bumped up to Dr. Tedros himself, the head of the World Health Organization.
00:32:26.700 You can find that online.
00:32:28.700 So the answer is yes.
00:32:30.700 I agree with you that that treaty is concerning.
00:32:33.700 Just like firearms are not my particular beat, that health treaty is not my own beat, but Tamara is on it.
00:32:40.700 I think Alexa Lavoie is a reporter on it as well.
00:32:42.700 And perhaps others, maybe Sheila Gunn-Reed.
00:32:44.700 So yeah, go on our website and poke around.
00:32:46.700 By the way, I'm excited to say our new website should be launching hopefully early in the new year.
00:32:51.700 And I hope you find it more user friendly and a better search engine too.
00:32:56.700 Very short letter, Denise Taylor.
00:32:58.700 Have you ever thought of doing radio like 640 Toronto?
00:33:01.700 I do.
00:33:02.700 I have.
00:33:03.700 I thought about it.
00:33:04.700 Occasionally I get invited on.
00:33:05.700 In fact, I was invited on 640 just the other day, but they had to cancel last minute.
00:33:09.700 Recently, Bell Media announced they were getting out of a lot of the radio business.
00:33:17.700 They were shutting down six stations and selling three more.
00:33:21.700 And I actually made inquiries about them.
00:33:23.700 But I learned how expensive it is to run a radio station, especially AM radio.
00:33:28.700 You actually need a tower and that costs an enormous amount of money a year.
00:33:34.700 The electricity, that tower itself, maintaining it.
00:33:39.700 And it is a very high, in fact, the last AM radio tower in Canada was built more than a decade ago.
00:33:47.700 It's such a, and so I love radio.
00:33:50.700 I actually think it's my best medium.
00:33:52.700 It's my favorite medium.
00:33:55.700 I used to have a radio show way back in the day.
00:33:58.700 I won't get into that now.
00:34:01.700 I did look into it just a couple of months ago.
00:34:04.700 And the answer is, it's very expensive and you are regulated by the CRTC.
00:34:10.700 I think the replacement to radio is podcasting.
00:34:13.700 In fact, when I met with an expert, when I met with a guy who built the last AM radio tower in Canada,
00:34:18.700 he basically said to me, you're crazy to back into radio.
00:34:22.700 Everyone's trying to get into podcasting, which is basically radio without the towers.
00:34:28.700 Gus Foster says, Mr. Levant, this is a question.
00:34:31.700 Are Sophie Gregoire and the kids under any sort of non-disclosure agreement?
00:34:34.700 They seem to have become invisible.
00:34:36.700 Indeed, non-existent.
00:34:37.700 How convenient for Justin's reelection strategy.
00:34:39.700 Merry Christmas.
00:34:40.700 Happy Hanukkah, Ezra.
00:34:41.700 Keep up the good work.
00:34:42.700 Thank you.
00:34:43.700 Well, I mean, listen, they're a mom and kids and they're not employees.
00:34:50.700 However, if there was some sort of separation agreement between Sophie Gregoire and Justin Trudeau,
00:34:58.700 which we now understand there is, she may have agreed to that in a contract,
00:35:04.700 which would, you know, you would never have a husband and wife have a contract with each other normally
00:35:10.700 for something like that, but if they are exes now, it could well have been part of a divorce settlement
00:35:17.700 where he pays her a certain amount of money and she gets certain rights,
00:35:22.700 but in return she has to shut up about things.
00:35:24.700 But I should tell you that she really has not had a lot to say in public for years.
00:35:30.700 I think the last time she had really had, I mean, once in a while she would do a strained photo op with Trudeau,
00:35:38.700 but very rarely, once in a while she would go on some glamorous foreign junket,
00:35:43.700 but she went to India with them.
00:35:45.700 She went to, I think, to Japan.
00:35:47.700 So, of course, she wanted the freebies and the perks.
00:35:49.700 But, I mean, it's been an open secret that they've been estranged for a long time
00:35:54.700 and photos of her without her wedding ring, et cetera.
00:35:57.700 So, in answer, we don't know if there is a non-disclosure agreement.
00:36:03.700 I bet there is if they had another separation agreement that involves the divorce and funds.
00:36:13.700 So, the kids, I mean, you can't have a contract like that with a kid.
00:36:19.700 None of the kids are the age of majority.
00:36:21.700 A contract wouldn't be binding and the kids, you know, it's their own mom and dad.
00:36:26.700 I mean, I don't want to imply that I'm taking any joy from the fact that the children are the children of divorce right now.
00:36:34.700 Well, I was just rummaging around in the bag and I actually have gone through all the letters.
00:36:39.700 The rest in here is just stuffing.
00:36:41.700 There's no more letters in here.
00:36:44.700 But I think we covered the waterfront, went through a lot of issues and it's nice to hear from you.
00:36:50.700 There really weren't any, I was worried about some really personal questions.
00:36:54.700 The closest one to a personal question asked if I'm afraid of being stalked.
00:36:57.700 And I'm not.
00:36:58.700 And we're really lucky that way.
00:37:02.700 I have some friends who do have some danger when they go out.
00:37:09.700 And I think maybe I'm not quite as rambunctious as they are or I live in a slightly safer place.
00:37:16.700 Also, I'm not, you know, I mean, I sort of live a boring life.
00:37:19.700 I go from home to the office and back.
00:37:22.700 I do go out and do some journalism.
00:37:25.700 I think the closest I've come to being afraid was when I went to the United Kingdom for one of their massive pro Hamas protests.
00:37:33.700 And I didn't have a bodyguard with me.
00:37:35.700 It was sort of a last minute idea to go.
00:37:37.700 And I relied on the fact that I didn't think anyone there would at that event would recognize me.
00:37:43.700 I was wrong.
00:37:44.700 Someone in the end did recognize me and I was being provocative and I walked away fairly quickly.
00:37:50.700 But typically, if I'm going to a dangerous place, we bring security.
00:37:55.700 And our journalists do that, too, because our people have been attacked.
00:38:01.700 I don't think any of our people have been attacked on their private time.
00:38:05.700 But when we go to events, when there's Antifa or other thugs like that, they absolutely target our people, especially the women.
00:38:14.700 They target Alexa.
00:38:15.700 They target Drea.
00:38:16.700 They targeted Sheila.
00:38:18.700 So I thank you for your concern for me.
00:38:21.700 But actually, my concern is more for the women reporters on our team, because there's something about the feminist male that they claim to be for women's rights and all that.
00:38:30.700 But it's just a facade.
00:38:32.700 I think right wingers or conservatives or real men or whatever would never hit a woman, even if they were hit first by a woman.
00:38:40.700 Whereas these new men of the left, these male feminists, absolutely target women.
00:38:46.700 And it's super gross.
00:38:47.700 As you know, Sheila was hit by Dion Buse at a women's march, for God's sakes.
00:38:53.700 Well, that's the mailbag.
00:38:55.700 I went through the whole thing.
00:38:56.700 The rest in that bag was just stuffing.
00:38:58.700 But hopefully I got to one of your questions.
00:39:01.700 And thank you for putting them to me.
00:39:03.700 And thanks for your support over the year.
00:39:05.700 You know, I look back and so much happened this year.
00:39:08.700 In fact, I mentioned earlier about scrumming Albert Bourla of Pfizer.
00:39:13.700 That was January of 2023.
00:39:15.700 It feels like an eternity ago.
00:39:17.700 But, you know, we've covered a lot of stories around the world.
00:39:21.700 You know, and across the country.
00:39:24.700 And I take to heart your point about that we don't have a strong presence in Eastern Canada.
00:39:30.700 And believe me, I wish we could cover everything.
00:39:32.700 But I know we have to.
00:39:34.700 My job, besides doing some journalism, is to make payroll every week, every two weeks.
00:39:40.700 And I take that extremely seriously.
00:39:43.700 In fact, I'll close on this note.
00:39:44.700 The very first question was, am I worried about my safety?
00:39:47.700 There's only one thing I worry about.
00:39:49.700 I'm not worried about the slings and arrows thrown at us verbally.
00:39:54.700 I'm not even that worried about physical risks.
00:39:57.700 We have security, I think, when it's reasonable.
00:39:59.700 I'm not worried about our ability or inability to do the job.
00:40:04.700 I'm not worried about competitors, really.
00:40:07.700 The only thing I'm worried about is, can I make payroll every two weeks?
00:40:12.700 Because I've promised you, the viewers, that we will continue to do the work.
00:40:16.700 And I've promised our employees, our staff, that I'll pay them.
00:40:20.700 And it's really, that's the essential job.
00:40:23.700 How do you pay for citizen journalists in 2023 and 2024,
00:40:27.700 when YouTube has demonetized you, when the government harasses you?
00:40:32.700 Obviously, they don't give you any money.
00:40:34.700 And no corporation will touch you.
00:40:37.700 How do you make a payroll for, I think there's 46 of us altogether.
00:40:42.700 How do you do that?
00:40:43.700 That's actually the only thing that keeps me up at night.
00:40:46.700 But so far, so good.
00:40:47.700 In fact, we're coming up on our ninth anniversary in about six weeks.
00:40:51.700 So we'll tell you more about that.
00:40:54.700 Until next time, from all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters to you at home on this Christmas Day,
00:41:01.700 Good night, and keep fighting for freedom.
00:41:04.700 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
00:41:13.700 I just hear from my producer, Olivia, that I received some Christmas letters,
00:41:20.700 and I would take the time to answer it because it really means to me.
00:41:25.700 So the first one was by Robin Boomström.
00:41:30.700 And he wrote to me,
00:41:31.700 For first of all, Joyeux Noël!
00:41:33.700 What a crazy year!
00:41:35.700 Robin News has been on an extraordinary journey.
00:41:38.700 Your dedication to truth has not only kindly my interest in journalism,
00:41:43.700 but has also added a passion for learning the beautiful French language.
00:41:49.700 As an unilingual redneck Albertan, learning French has been tough.
00:41:55.700 And I wish I could have paid more attention to it when I was learning it in high school.
00:42:02.700 But I would say that in high school, a lot of people didn't pay attention to other language.
00:42:10.700 Most of the time we focus on other topics.
00:42:15.700 And I regret too because I learned really late to speak in English
00:42:21.700 and I needed to move to Australia to start to be in an immersive English place.
00:42:31.700 So I worked there and I learned my English.
00:42:34.700 I don't regret it, but I would never lose my accent.
00:42:38.700 But I would say it's never too late to learn.
00:42:41.700 So I know that French is difficult, but you should like take a moment.
00:42:45.700 And if you are really interested, you should learn it.
00:42:48.700 And I continue.
00:42:50.700 And I saw in the spirit of unity, freedom and truth,
00:42:56.700 that your champions have become more actively involved in my community and local politics.
00:43:03.700 That's great.
00:43:05.700 Your fearless reporting has shown me the power a brave voice can have to inspire change across our country.
00:43:15.700 And that is true.
00:43:17.700 Merci.
00:43:18.700 And continue l'excellent travail.
00:43:21.700 Thank you for the French.
00:43:23.700 Merry Christmas and Bonne Année.
00:43:26.700 Thank you.
00:43:27.700 That was really kind.
00:43:28.700 And as I say, I'm really pleased to be the voice for the French and English side.
00:43:35.700 As you know, a lot of French Canadians still doesn't speak English.
00:43:41.700 I'm not perfect, but I think I'm trying to bring you as much as I can with my French accent.
00:43:52.700 My second letter is from Nicola Casper.
00:43:55.700 Did you suffer PTSD after Trudeau Thug shot you with the gas canister?
00:44:02.700 Do you have a permanent mark from being shot?
00:44:06.700 I would say I did suffer PTSD for a while.
00:44:12.700 I was sweating at night.
00:44:14.700 I was waking up, like remembering what happened.
00:44:19.700 And it was kind of really traumatizing, I would say.
00:44:23.700 I had some difficulty to walk for months because I had like still like some pressure in my legs.
00:44:34.700 I'm really fortunate.
00:44:36.700 There is no mark on my legs.
00:44:39.700 So, but I didn't really look at it like every day.
00:44:43.700 But I would say that we will see what the trial bring us.
00:44:49.700 We are key.
00:44:51.700 We are still trying to make them accountable of what they did.
00:44:56.700 And we will update you in 2024 because it's probably then we will have the trial about it.
00:45:05.700 Then, well, sorry if I don't say it correctly.
00:45:09.700 To the lovely Alex Alavoie, other than being a reporter, what do you do?
00:45:16.700 What do you enjoy doing the most in your off time?
00:45:20.700 Thanks for the great reporting and Merry Christmas to you and all the rebels.
00:45:26.700 What I like to do, but first of all, I like doing sport.
00:45:30.700 I'm a runner, but also I'm the kind of person that I like to draw.
00:45:36.700 I like to paint.
00:45:38.700 And also I'm kind of like, I like everything that is craft.
00:45:43.700 So I like doing some bricolage and other stuff like that.
00:45:48.700 So I'm kind of basic person, but I really like to try a lot of different stuff.
00:45:55.700 So I'm kind of keen to try any sport that I didn't try before.
00:46:02.700 So thank you for everybody who wrote to me.
00:46:04.700 And I wish I will see you every single person in 2024 for more reports.
00:46:14.700 And please keep writing to me.
00:46:17.700 I really appreciate it.
00:46:23.700 Letters to Drea.
00:46:25.700 I guess that means I'm in the big leagues.
00:46:27.700 It's no longer just Ezra.
00:46:29.700 This is really exciting.
00:46:30.700 Merry Christmas, everybody.
00:46:31.700 I'm going to be quick.
00:46:32.700 I'm just reading a few of them.
00:46:33.700 I'll read all of them, though, behind the scenes.
00:46:36.700 First one is from Brent Babcock.
00:46:38.700 Mr. Babcock says, hi, Drea.
00:46:40.700 I live in BC and never know when you are here to report on great topics.
00:46:44.700 Can you please let viewers know ahead of time so we can come and support, please?
00:46:49.700 Oh, thanks, Brent.
00:46:50.700 Actually, I get asked this a lot.
00:46:52.700 You might be surprised to know I don't come to BC.
00:46:55.700 I am in BC.
00:46:57.700 I'm Rebel News' BC bureau chief reporter who's stationed in British Columbia in the lower mainland.
00:47:03.700 And as far as giving a heads up, which again, you're not the only one to ask for that.
00:47:07.700 Are you following me on Twitter?
00:47:09.700 Not a shameless plug.
00:47:11.700 Just that is where I do sometimes say tomorrow I'll be covering this or this is happening or what have you and give a heads up.
00:47:19.700 But also sometimes I don't really want people to know a heads up like my best friends in the Antifa club.
00:47:26.700 So I might not post those types of things ahead of time.
00:47:29.700 And then sometimes news just comes at your door at any hour and I don't get to let people know ahead of time for that.
00:47:36.700 But thank you so much for wanting and supporting our coverage here at Rebel News.
00:47:42.700 Next is Robert Guthrie.
00:47:44.700 Hi, Robert.
00:47:45.700 Says, I live in Richmond, BC.
00:47:48.700 From the moment you first appeared on Rebel News, I was a fan of your cool and calm style.
00:47:53.700 Not sure if you're a fan of my style today, but I was a fan of your cool and calm style and asking questions and commenting with basic common sense.
00:48:05.700 Thank you.
00:48:06.700 You have a natural gift for journalism and I'm so glad your talents aren't wasted on one of the scripted corporate media organizations.
00:48:15.700 They may pay better, but at the end of the day, the most important job of a journalist is to tell the truth and ask questions,
00:48:23.700 not just allow a well edited script approved by some suit in Toronto.
00:48:28.700 All the best to you and your family over the holidays.
00:48:32.700 Please keep asking tough questions and keep up the great work.
00:48:37.700 Thank you so much, Robert.
00:48:39.700 I promise to do so.
00:48:40.700 I'm looking forward to 2024 and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
00:48:45.700 The next one's from my husband.
00:48:47.700 My goodness, Brownie points.
00:48:50.700 He says, Merry Christmas to my beautiful Rebel wife.
00:48:55.700 I want to let you know how proud we all are or we are of all of the Rebel News team and especially Drea's accomplishments.
00:49:05.700 Her dedication and bravery in these trying times are unwavering and unmatched.
00:49:11.700 It takes so much to balance what you do on a professional level, then come home and be the best wife and mother anyone can ask for.
00:49:21.700 Oh, my gosh.
00:49:22.700 This guy takes some notes, husbands.
00:49:25.700 Oh, wow.
00:49:26.700 He says, I don't know anyone who works as hard as you.
00:49:29.700 We are truly blessed.
00:49:31.700 I salute everyone in the community that has supported Drea on Rebel News.
00:49:36.700 Without these special people, the other side of the story is rarely told.
00:49:42.700 Happy holidays and love you all.
00:49:46.700 That is so sweet.
00:49:48.700 I love him so much.
00:49:49.700 And he's not giving himself credit there because it's not easy being married to a Rebel News reporter.
00:49:55.700 Wow.
00:49:56.700 Well, I'm feeling very blessed, very loved.
00:49:59.700 Thank you all.
00:50:00.700 Merry Christmas.
00:50:01.700 I love you just like my husband does.
00:50:04.700 And let's get it going next year.
00:50:07.700 Ho, ho, ho.
00:50:11.700 It's David Menzies here reading your letters to Rebel during this Christmas season.
00:50:17.700 And unlike Santa Claus, who's way too busy this time of year, I'm going to respond.
00:50:22.700 Let's see.
00:50:23.700 Danny writes, Dear David, when you asked that 50 year old swimmer guy if he's a sexual pervert, you made my year.
00:50:32.700 It also woke up a friend of mine to his LGBT stuff going way too far.
00:50:40.700 Kudos.
00:50:41.700 Well, thank you so much, Danny.
00:50:42.700 And you do notice he didn't deny he was a sexual pervert, did he?
00:50:47.700 No, he just did that feeble cry for somebody protect me from these people.
00:50:53.700 I think this weirdo has been protected all his life and the protection's got to end.
00:51:00.700 And he's got to go to the little boy's room from now on and not invade the sanctity of the female bathroom.
00:51:09.700 What a creep.
00:51:10.700 Gladys Molly writes, Hi, David.
00:51:12.700 I have to tell you that I just love all of the journalists at Rebel News.
00:51:17.700 And I was thrilled to meet Ezra at a book signing in B.C. at a Tamara Leach function.
00:51:24.700 But I have to say that you are my favorite journalist.
00:51:27.700 I love your bubbly and comical personality.
00:51:30.700 And I wondered if your wife was the same or if not, does she just tolerate you?
00:51:37.700 Oh, that is such a beautiful letter.
00:51:39.700 That is my Christmas present.
00:51:41.700 No, she tolerates me. That's it.
00:51:43.700 And as time goes on, Lady Menzoid's tolerance is getting thinner and thinner.
00:51:50.700 She has no reservations whatsoever to tell me to shut the hell up.
00:51:55.700 I know that's coming.
00:51:57.700 It's when her lower lip starts to tremble.
00:52:00.700 Yeah, I've annoyed her too much.
00:52:02.700 But hey, folks, you know what they say?
00:52:04.700 You only annoy the ones you love.
00:52:07.700 Big DPS writes,
00:52:09.700 As much as I love seeing you get one-on-one with fake transitioners, Kayla Lemieux and all,
00:52:16.700 why do you think when organizers see you they are keen on protecting those you are trying to expose to the public?
00:52:25.700 That's a great question.
00:52:26.700 And I think it's this.
00:52:28.700 Everyone is so terrified about being branded a transphobe, a bigot, you name it,
00:52:36.700 that they've got to seem to be protecting these transgendered people.
00:52:42.700 Because if they don't, maybe their job is in jeopardy.
00:52:47.700 Such is the cancel culture we live in.
00:52:50.700 It is tyranny of the minority, my friend.
00:52:53.700 And hopefully this wokeism will start to dissipate when we get regime change in the U.S. and Canada in the years ahead.
00:53:02.700 Christina Story writes,
00:53:04.700 Hey David, I enjoyed your reporting in Windsor with the Canadian geese honking.
00:53:09.700 That was the best.
00:53:12.700 And your laugh.
00:53:13.700 Merry Christmas.
00:53:14.700 Well, thank you so much, my dear.
00:53:16.700 That was indeed funny.
00:53:17.700 It was a goose.
00:53:18.700 If you haven't seen this video, folks, it was just about a minute.
00:53:21.700 And we came across this domesticated goose in Windsor.
00:53:26.700 And it was honking.
00:53:27.700 And I thought, oh, my goodness gracious.
00:53:29.700 If Liberal MP Yara Sachs finds out about this,
00:53:34.700 she might have the goose's bank account frozen or worse.
00:53:39.700 Look at that, folks.
00:53:40.700 Did you hear that goose honking?
00:53:41.700 Doesn't it know that you're not supposed to be honking?
00:53:44.700 I think that's a racist, bigoted goose that's honking incessantly
00:53:50.700 and destroying the silence for the good people of Windsor.
00:53:54.700 How dare you?
00:53:55.700 No, no honking.
00:54:00.700 Hello.
00:54:01.700 Hello.
00:54:03.700 Yara Sachs is the one, remember,
00:54:05.700 who said that honk honk is an acronym, her words, for Heil Hitler.
00:54:12.700 Oh, what was I saying just a second ago about pining for regime change in Canada?
00:54:18.700 What a moron.
00:54:19.700 Greg Brown writes, why is there an effort to cancel Christmas?
00:54:24.700 Who are the ones offended by it?
00:54:26.700 Why do we never hear from these particular people,
00:54:30.700 but rather we hear from a white collar representative of some group stating that Christmas is racist?
00:54:38.700 Not one ethnic person that I have ever met has ever been offended by a Merry Christmas.
00:54:46.700 Christmas has been for all people to enjoy and partake in regardless of their backgrounds.
00:54:53.700 This is something sinister in nature.
00:54:55.700 Well, my friend, I don't know if it's sinister.
00:54:57.700 It's certainly cowardly.
00:54:59.700 It's certainly embracing a ludicrous version of wokeism.
00:55:04.700 And I agree with you.
00:55:05.700 I have met so many people, Jews, Sikhs, Muslims.
00:55:10.700 They have no issue whatsoever with the word Christmas.
00:55:14.700 But, you know, the other day I was in a shopping mall.
00:55:17.700 There were maybe over a hundred stores.
00:55:19.700 I think I saw the C word displayed once on a poster.
00:55:23.700 And by the way, at this point, I want to give a shout out to Canadian Tire.
00:55:29.700 It is once again using the slogan, Canada's Christmas Store.
00:55:34.700 Yeah, imagine that.
00:55:35.700 A retailer being applauded for its bravery for using the word Christmas at Christmas time.
00:55:43.700 But that's where we are today.
00:55:45.700 Why don't we start a movement to, oh, I don't know, make Christmas great again?
00:55:52.700 Well, folks, thank you so much.
00:55:54.700 What a year, eh?
00:55:55.700 Can it get any more weird and wacky than the last 12 months?
00:55:59.700 At this point, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
00:56:05.700 A Happy New Year.