EZRA LEVANT ｜ RCMP considers crack down on Trudeau's critics amid crime wave
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The new leader of the Mounties, Brenda Luckey, thinks we need to crack down on Trudeau's political critics. Is there a crime wave in Canada that needs to be fought? Or is there a political crime wave too?
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Hello, my friends. This crazy comments by Mike DuM, the new leader of the RCMP, handpicked
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by Justin Trudeau, just frankly makes Brenda Luckey look non-partisan. Really, really bad
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Tonight, the RCMP looks at the crime wave in Canada and thinks,
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we need to crack down on Trudeau's political critics. It's May 16th and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.
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You fighting for freedom! Shame on you, you censorious bug!
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There's a massive crime wave in Canada of all sorts, especially dramatic, violent crime. I mean,
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in Toronto and other big cities, car robberies aren't just car robberies anymore. They're home
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invasions to get the key fobs to rob the cars. And you remember that clip about a month or two ago
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of a Toronto cop saying, leave your keys near the front door so these home invaders get what they
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want easily. That was his crime fighting advice. Remember that insane clip?
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To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at your front door.
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Because they're breaking into your home to steal your car. They don't want anything else.
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A lot of them that they're arresting have guns on them. And they're not toy guns. They're real guns.
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And that's just now considered regular, normal background crime. You have shocking crimes like
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the $20 million gold heist. And just every species of crime is higher. It's almost like
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riding the subway in Toronto is like riding the subway in New York City now. Very dangerous.
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It's terrible in big cities. But everywhere, I mean, what even is crime in the mind of the liberals?
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And I say this because something that we regarded as a low-rung crime that would get you climbing up
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the ladder of criminality, namely using hard drugs, the government now has normalized and legalized
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that. In fact, the disgraceful cabinet minister, Yara Sachs, is basically Trudeau's drug pusher trying
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to get hard drugs out on the streets to the addicts. They want to continue that. So they don't even
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regard that as crime. Trudeau was very blunt when he ended Stephen Harper's mandatory minimum
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sentences. And that goes to my point of, I don't think Trudeau thinks crimes are crimes. He's like
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those George Soros DAs in the United States that don't hold people on bail, don't pursue charges against
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left-wing criminals. And when I say left-wing criminals, there is a political crime wave too,
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of course. You recently saw that the Arrive Can app, really an $80,000 app, that the government was
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billed more than $60 million for. Turns out the schemers behind that actually have fleeced the
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taxpayers for a billion dollars. There is so much corruption. And you can't put it all around Trudeau,
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but he certainly sets the moral standard. I saw a news story the other day about 80, 8-0, 80 fake
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colleges in the city of Brampton. Brampton is like a suburb of Toronto. The idea that there are 80
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colleges in Brampton is obviously a lie. They're fake. They're diploma mills. You pay them 10 grand or
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whatever. And they give you a fake diploma. Why would they do that? Who would buy that? Well,
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foreign students on a student visa pay money to these fake diploma mills to get over to Canada.
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That's a crime wave that both the provincial and federal governments are clearly party to.
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And then there's the foreign meddling in Canada. China, including its police stations, which is just
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so bizarre. Iran fomenting these Hamas protests. And I list these things for you. Because my question
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is, what's the priority for police, especially for a national police force like the RCMP?
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What's the top priority? What would you say is the top priority for fighting crime in Canada? I have my
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opinions. What's yours? Well, let me tell you what the RCMP's priority is. It's a story in Canadian
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press published by the CBC. Here's the headline. Politicians keep getting more threats. The head
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of the RCMP says new tools might be needed to protect them. Intelligence report says threats are
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becoming increasingly normalized. Now stop right there for a second. What kind of threats do you think
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they mean? Police, intelligence, threats, those are the words they're using. You probably think they mean
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death threats or threats of violence, right? Police, intelligence, threats. No, no, no, no. Because
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these aren't real cops you're hearing from now. This is Trudeau's hyper-partisan RCMP. Here's the story.
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Let me show you how deceptive the headline is. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duem says he wants the
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government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against
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people who threaten elected officials. Okay. Threatening elected public officials. Sounds bad.
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So far, we're all in agreement. Fortunately, we have several laws, including the following. I'm just
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going to read to you from the criminal code. Don't click away. I want you to read this because it's
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important. It's relevant to what comes later. This is in our criminal code right now. Section 264. It's
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called uttering threats. Did you know this is in our criminal code? I bet you did, even if you didn't
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know the section. Of course, uttering threats is a crime. Let me read it to you. Everyone who commits
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an offense who, in any manner, knowingly utters, conveys, or causes any person to receive a threat
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to cause death or bodily harm to any person, to burn, destroy, or damage real or personal property,
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or to kill, poison, or injure an animal or bird that is the property of any person. Isn't that
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interesting? So that's a crime right now, uttering threats. It's a crime, and it's pretty broad. It even
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covers threats against property and critters. Let me read the next section for you. This is section 51
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of the criminal code. I'm almost done. Don't click away. Everyone who does an act of violence in order
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to intimidate parliament, or the legislature of a province is guilty of an indictable offense and
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liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years. So don't take on parliament. They have a
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special protection. And then here's the law that I think is probably the most applicable.
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It's the law against harassment, which covers things like stalking. I'll read it to you also. You're
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getting smart on the criminal code today. Criminal harassment, section 264. No person shall,
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without lawful authority, and knowing that another person is harassed or recklessly as to whether the
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other person is harassed, engaged in conduct referred to in subsection 2 that causes that
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other person reasonably, in all the circumstances, to fear for their safety or the safety of anyone
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known to them. And here's the list of prohibited conduct. The conduct mentioned in subsection 1
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consists of repeatedly following from place to place the other person or anyone known to them,
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repeatedly communicating with, either directly or indirectly, the other person or anyone known to
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them, besetting or watching the dwelling house or place where the other person or anyone known to them
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resides, works, carries on business or happens to be, or engaging in threatening conduct directed at the
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other person or any member of their family. That's the law against harassment. That's pretty big,
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isn't it? I'd say it's much more expansive than uttering threats or besetting a parliament.
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Now, I'm going to keep reading this news story, but I wanted to show you those laws that are on the books
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right now. Let me keep reading, because if you were to read that CBC story, you'd be sort of worried,
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right? Here, let me read. The Mounties are seeing an increase in invective directed at politicians,
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including comments from the same individuals on multiple occasions, Duem said in an interview.
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Comments? Invective? I know what comments are. They're any chatter. Invective is sort of negative
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comments. But weren't we talking about real threats? Weren't we talking about police stuff?
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instead of just mean comments? So I thought this was about violence and protecting the lives of
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MPs. It's just about invective? Let me keep reading. However, often the behavior does not meet
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the criminal code threshold for laying a charge of uttering threats. Quote, so that's sometimes a
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challenge, Duem said. But are there other tools that we can use? Is there anything else that we could
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add to the criminal code that can address the situation? Hang on. So they're not threats?
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Not under the criminal code. They're not crimes. I read to you three sections, including harassment,
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which is pretty broad. I mean, there's a lot of power in the laws I just read to you, but Trudeau's
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hand-picked top cop, he's not interested in that. He wants something more. And weirdly,
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he's lobbying parliament for that? Is that his job to have non-crimes added to his to-do list?
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I'll keep reading. Duem said that RCMP hopes to work with Public Safety Canada and the Department
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of Justice on the possibility of a new provision to address the phenomenon. Quote,
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it'd be nice to see if we could look at that, he said. Quote, people feel more free to express what
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they really think, which is a good thing, but it has to be done in a civil way. Every elected official
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has a right to feel secure in doing their job, unquote. But hang on, is that actually true?
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Remember what Salman Rushdie said about the butt brigade? Oh, I believe in free speech,
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but you have to be civil, but politicians can't feel bad. Here's what Salman Rushdie said about
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people who said, I believe in freedom, but. Take a look. The moment somebody says, yes,
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I believe in free speech, but I stop listening.
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You know, I believe in free speech, but people should behave themselves.
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I believe in free speech, but we shouldn't upset anybody. I believe in free speech, but let's not
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go too far. The point about it is the moment you limit free speech is not free speech. The point
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about it is that it's free. So Canada's head of the RCMP, handbaked by Drudeau, is saying free speech,
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but. But you have to criticize your politicians in a civil way. It has to be done in a nonviolent way.
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I agree with that. But a civil way, as in, we have to be polite. We have to have the right tone.
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Is that the new rule that a cop with a gun is going to enforce? Really? Do Trudeau and his MPs,
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do they have to be civil back to us? Because that's actually what's of a greater concern to me.
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Or can they baselessly call us racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, transphobic, or whatever
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else they say all the time? You're a fringe minority. Do you even have rights? All the things
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he says. And that's just the words from Trudeau and his cronies. What about when Trudeau actually
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does outrageous things to us? Like, for example, when he set up his bigoted, unscientific no-fly list
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for people who weren't jabbed, it just takes away our civil liberties. Or just even raises our taxes
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in a way that destroys businesses and jobs, the crime waves unchecked, so he can actually do terrible
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things to us, make housing unaffordable to young people, make the country's quality of life tank.
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But we have to be civil. Is that what the top cop is saying? Let me keep reading.
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Do M's comments come amid growing concerns about the safety of politicians? Oh, really?
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We were talking about mean words and being civil. What's that got to do with safety?
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I'll read some more. MPs have been followed on the street and subjected to death threats.
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The escalation has prompted efforts to bolster protection and security measures. Okay. Followed
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on the street. That could be the stalking thing we read. And death threats. Well, we just read the
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uttering threats part. So those are covered by the laws that I read in detail a moment ago.
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Why would we need new laws? Those are already covered in the criminal code.
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Harassment threats. Were the so-called cases referred to there? First of all, did they actually
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happen? And second of all, were the people who did them, were they charged with crimes?
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If not, why not? Is this story just an urban legend told by a cop designed to whip up new
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censorship laws? Hey, you be civil in the way you disagree with Trudeau. You know, there's a lot of
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F-U-C-K Trudeau flags out there. I see them everywhere. That's how people feel.
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You don't think those are going to be now people arrested for them or questioned for them? Let me
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read a little bit more. Ontario Liberal MP Pam Damoff recently announced she would not run in the
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next election, saying the threats and misogyny she has experienced made her fearful of going out in
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public. Okay, well, which is it? A threat or misogyny? Or is it just the fact that everyone
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hates the liberals, according to polls? A threat sounds like, I'm going to kill you. That's what
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a threat sounds like. Now, obviously, we don't want that. I don't want that. I support our laws
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against that. I assume that such a person was charged. Misogyny means people who don't like women.
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Now, that is very rude, but that's not a crime yet. Duem said the RCMP regularly communicates
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with other police forces about threats to politicians. Okay, I think that's a good idea.
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In addition, the Mounties have a liaison team that keeps in touch with federal ministerial offices
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about daily security needs, and the force works closely with the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms
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concerning protection of MPs. This is all a good idea. The force will sometimes turn to, quote,
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disruption measures with officers knocking on the door of someone who has made a concerning comment
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to have a chat with them, Duem said. Okay, well, concerning comment in what way? If they're making
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a threat, then absolutely go visit them. But if they're being a political critic, even rude,
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are the police going door-to-door watching what you say on Facebook or Twitter? RCMP behavioral science
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specialists. Oh, brother. Also look at incoming cases, and the force has noticed that disturbing
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comments sometimes come from people known to the force from earlier incidents, he said. Okay, but again,
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is it a threat? Or is it, what did they just say? Made a concerning comment and a disturbing comment.
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I'm sure half of what I say here is considered concerning or disturbing to the liberals.
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So is it a threat? Is it criminal harassment? Because I know what those are because I just read
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the law to you. I know what those mean. But what's this cop talking about? If we have a cop calling
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for new laws, it's obvious that he's not talking about the laws we have on the books. What's a disturbing
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comment? Is he the decider of that? What's a civil comment? Is he the decider of what's civil or
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uncivil? Could you imagine this handpicked Trudeau cop enforcing that? An intelligence report
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released in March said threats against politicians had become, quote, increasingly normalized, unquote,
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due to extremist narratives prompted by personal grievances and fueled by misinformation or deliberate
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lies. Oh my God, I'm dizzy. What a sentence that is. It's like you jam-packed every woke phrase in there.
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Is it a threat? Or is it an extremist narrative? What's that? Or is it a personal grievance?
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Or is it information or a lie? And is any of that criminal? What an incredible sentence that is. I
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mean, you really go on the whole spectrum there from I will kill you to misinformation. Where was
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the Wuhan virus from? The cop just wants the right to regulate it all. The cops want to ban it all. Let me
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read some more. Ensuring that social media platforms are enforcing terms of service that will minimize
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the sense of violence is important, said Chris Deneuve, assistant director of the Center for the
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Study of Democratic Institutions at the University of British Columbia. The recently introduced federal
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online harms bill is one way of helping establish standards around expectations of such platforms for
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addressing harassment, threats, and hate speech, he said. Okay, now I get it. Now I get it. Now I understand
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what this is all about. The RCMP is now lobbying for hate speech laws. They're so excited they can taste
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it. That's what this is all about, isn't it? Almost done. Teneuve added it is important for party leaders
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and staff to make it clear to supporters that it's inappropriate and undemocratic for them to threaten
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or harass opposing political parties online. Got it. So a government-funded professor, oh and he's an
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expert, guys, just ask him, is saying that opposition parties have to tell Canadians, including their own
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members, to stop being rude to Justin Trudeau. You know, the only thing more gross than this partisan
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police chief who wants to jail you for being uncivil is the state broadcaster who is lusting for a new
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era of jailing peaceful opponents. Stay with us for more.
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Well, we're focused a lot on these Hamas encampments in Canada for a lot of reasons.
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They're shocking when you think about what they're saying and what they're doing and the police response
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and the political response, absolutely bizarre. But that's the new normal. I mean, how many times can a
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politician say that's not who we are when it is, in fact, exactly who we are? I don't know if you saw
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this out of Fredericton, New Brunswick. A Jewish kid, 14 years old, absolutely beat up by a Muslim kid
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because. And it's all caught on tape and there's grown-ups there who are just fine with it.
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Don't you move, you fucking touch me? You want to be auciones fan, right?
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Yeah, I mean, who cares, right? That's just how it is
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I want to take a break from that story, even though we've been covering it intensely
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Because there are other things that affect our world
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And in fact, when I think of is there any light at the end of the tunnel here
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I come to political answers, both in the case of Canada
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He'll set a moral example and a legal example to the contrary
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And I think the greatest change, not just for America and the world
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But for Canada too, would be if the United States had a change in government this November
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When they have their quadrennial presidential vote
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As you know for years, he's covered the Democratic Party
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Even though he himself is Republican in his leanings
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Joel joins us now via Skype from the Los Angeles area
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I want to take a break from talking about Israel and Hamas encampments
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I mean, he's embroiled in lawfare litigation in New York City
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Show that he is dominating in the battleground states
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People are very dissatisfied with the leadership of Joe Biden
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The middle class lifestyle is too expensive for middle class families to afford
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Is a constant preoccupation with American voters
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So Biden is seen as unable to lead the United States out of this mess
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People remember that there was little to no inflation
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Biden is now going around trying to claim that inflation was 9%
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It was, in fact, just over 1%, between 1% and 2%
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It only took off after Biden spent trillions of dollars
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In excess of what had already been spent during the pandemic
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So people have a sense that Biden doesn't know where to lead the country or how
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You have something in economics called animal spirits
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To the simple attitude or posture of the economy
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If people are willing to take risks and invest in the future
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And Donald Trump is very good at animating that
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In many areas of his political and personal life
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But that hyperbole actually helps Americans think beyond the present
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Biden is incapable of mustering that kind of courage
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That kind of confidence among the American people
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Which is usually an indicator that the economy is doing well
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Plus the lack of leadership from the White House
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Have convinced many Americans that the economy is very poor
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In almost all of the swing states that are going to be hotly contested
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Between the two candidates in the November election
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And that's why nobody else does it in the world really
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But we're going to see if a surge for Donald Trump
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Or whether Democrats will be able to manipulate the system
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I don't know if you've ever looked at the relative cost of housing
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That our conservative opposition leader has run
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Is comparing houses on the Canada and U.S. border
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Just, you know, a few miles away from each other
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Is because those 20, 30, and 40-something voters
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They support the conservative party very strongly
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In fact, millennials are one of the strongest demographics
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Or is it still cool to vote for the party of AOC and radical Sheik?
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I do think that Biden will still win the youth vote, so to speak
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But he is not doing as well as a typical Democratic candidate would do among younger voters
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And here, the crisis in the Middle East has really hurt him
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Because even though Americans support Israel over Hamas, 80% to 20%
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The percentage is much narrower among younger voters
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Younger voters don't understand the history of the Middle East
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They are taken up by the movement to start all these encampments
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There are all sorts of hilarious videos of protesters being interviewed
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About what from the river to the sea actually means
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But nevertheless, they're caught up in the movement
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Just as in the George Floyd Black Lives Matter protest of 2020
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It's a moment when the far left and young people are asserting their primacy
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Or in any way that can reach out to those people
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Maybe that has to do with the concerns they're expressing
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And it's not working to persuade young voters to come back to him
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The past two presidential election cycles on the Democratic side
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Who are the alternatives to the mainstream candidate
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Finally, in 2020, it all coalesced around Joe Biden
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Because he was the moderate out of a field of 20 left-wing candidates
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Even though he himself began to adopt more and more left-wing positions
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But this time, there's no Bernie Sanders running
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The one prominent candidate to the left of Joe Biden
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And he believes that Israel has the right to defend itself
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To find Kennedy to be a left-wing alternative to Joe Biden
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There are left-wing candidates to the left of Kennedy
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Or at least within the broad spectrum of left-of-center politics
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You know, I remember when the candidate for Senate
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That someone who had a cognitive damage like that
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Imagine how bad the Republicans were to lose to John Fetterman
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That, you know, the late Rush Limbaugh might have used
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But it's one of the most surprising developments
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But I couldn't believe someone who was so disabled
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You should look at the governor of Pennsylvania
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But Pennsylvania allowed oil and gas exploration
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Before locals have had their key needs addressed