EZRA LEVANT ｜ Rebel News' best reports from out in the field
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Summary
In this episode, Ezra LeVant talks about the importance of being out in the world, in the field, and what makes a good field report. He also talks about his favourite field report he's ever done, and why a field report is so important to him.
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Hello, my friends. Today is a fun episode. It's the best of Rebel Field Reports. That's just like
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what it sounds. It's us out in the world, out in the field, getting stories. And you never know
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what you're going to find when you're out amongst the people. So some of our best videos are field
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reports. Hey, I want you to see this, not just hear it on the podcast. So to see it, you have
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So that's rebelnewsplus.com. All right, here's today's podcast.
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Tonight, the best of Rebel Field Reports. It's August 18th, and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.
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Hey, great to see you. We call Rebel Field Reports anything that the Rebel
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does outside in the world. Now, most of the time, our reporters are out in the world,
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but a field report typically means we're on a bit of an adventure. For example, right now,
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we've sent a small crew, Alexa LaVoie and Lincoln Jay, and frankly, I might go and join them,
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to do a special report from the shocking and tragic and life-destroying wildfires in Maui.
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Oh, this is no vacation. So right now, those intrepid reporters are out there
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trying to see what's going on. Sometimes field reports are not that dramatic. Sometimes,
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for example, it's us going down to Lethbridge to cover the trial of Arthur Pavlovsky or
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some of the Coutts truckers who were charged with crime. Sometimes a field report is when we collected
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a petition and we hand deliver it to a decision maker. One of my favorites was when Sheila Gunn-Reed
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accosted that mask aficionado in Ottawa. I don't know. Field reports are really anything we do out
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in the field. It's sort of obvious, but when we decided at Rebel News to make going in the field
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our priority rather than just commentaries in the studio, I think it really changed things. If you
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were to ask me the number one impactful video we've done, well, I couldn't answer you because
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there's so many, but the one that I guess is close to my heart because I was in it along with Avi
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Yamini was when we were on an excursion, on a field trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Now,
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of course, we were not accredited. We were not allowed in. We were sort of meandering around the
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secure perimeter. And who did we spot? But Albert Bourla, the chief executive of Pfizer,
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it was an adrenaline rush. I saw him and I knew we had just moments to get our best questions
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together. Like, you've been thinking about Albert Bourla now for 30 seconds since I mentioned it,
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but I tell you, we saw him and in five seconds we were on him. And we didn't know, would we have him
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at our disposal for 30 seconds or 10 minutes? And so we tried to muster the best questions we could.
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I was sort of stammering a bit, but then Avi came in. That's a field report. And I think it made,
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all the difference in the world. What do I mean? Anyone can have an opinion. And there are some
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people whose opinion I value very much. I learn a lot from them. But an opinion on what? An opinion
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on an underlying fact. And that underlying fact most likely happens somewhere out in the world as
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opposed to in an office and on your computer. So I think one of the things that sets Rebel News apart
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from other commentators and conservative media outlets is that we are out there where the
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action is happening. And, you know, just last weekend we had a student conference for the
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Democracy Fund and Rebel News was there and Derek Filderrand at Western Standard was there and Andrew
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Lawton and Harrison Faulkner of True North were there. We had this student seminar, student journalism
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event. And getting the students to go out into the world and do real reporting, we had sort of an
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assignment and a test. That makes all the difference in the world. People need to choose something over.
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When you're talking about something, what is that thing? That thing most often is a field report.
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All right, I'm over-talking it. Let me get out of the way. Today, the best of Rebel Field Reports.
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How are you today? Hello. How are you? No good. No good? Why not? Why is it no good?
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But it's a free country, right? Yeah. Thanks very much. All the best. Bye-bye.
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Oh, Miss Freeland, how are you doing there? How have you designated... David Menzies' Rebel News.
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Uh, who are you? I'm who I am. Okay. I am who I am. Please.
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Miss Freeland, when are you going to Davos? You know what? If you're not invited here, sir,
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you're trespassing. Who are you? It's time to go. I'm with the RCMP. Oh, really? Oh,
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are you going to beat me up then? Uh, no. We're asking you to leave. I'll charge you with
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trespassing if you don't leave right now. Okay. Thank you. So, you don't believe in a free press then?
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I believe in everything, but please leave. Why was Chrystia Freeland
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against the WEF? Please leave. When she was not in politics and now she's a member of the Board of
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Trustees? Please leave. Please leave. Why is that, sir? Please leave. Will Chrystia Freeland be eating
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bugs in Davos? Please leave. Will she? Please leave. I think they've made it quite clear. If we're in a
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climate, if we're in a climate crisis... No, I'm leaving. Excuse me. Okay, then. Why does she come here
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in a SUV burning fossil fuels? All right, sir. We got a job to do. Thank you very much. Oh,
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what is your job? He's asked you to leave the property. I'll leave the property. Yeah. So,
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you guys don't believe in a free press then, right? How you doing, sir? Can I ask you what
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CNBC is doing here? No. I can't ask you? No. I'm glad you didn't put a camera in my face. Thank
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you. Really? But you're here as an invited guest and you're an editor for CNBC. Don't you think
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that's a bit of a conflict of interest? I'd like you to go away. I haven't agreed to an
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interview. If you're doorstepping me, like, go away. Seriously, take your time out of the
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ground. Don't touch the mic. You're meant to be speaking truth to power. Are you here
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just to take your marching orders? Is that what you're here for? Do you want to go away?
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Not really. I'm here to do what you should be doing. Yeah? Please take this out of my mouth.
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I'm going to have you just go it off on security. All right. Do that. There you go. CNBC.
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Their job is supposed to be doing what he's complaining I'm doing. And now he's calling
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security to escort me off the premises. Well...
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What's the problem? You're my problem. You've been very rude to me this morning. You haven't
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asked me anything, so I'd like you to take the camera off me. I've literally asked you
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questions politely, which should be your job. That's your job, sir. I'm doing your job.
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All right, so we've officially been backed into a corner of the library at the so-called
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peaceful Love is Love rally. The supporters of the event have told us not to antagonize...
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Back off. Back off. You are intimidating me. I don't feel safe.
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Are you okay? You guys, hold on. Hold on. She's my friend.
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Back off. Please don't. She's on the other side, but please don't.
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Back off. Let me do my job. You guys are horrible.
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Wearing a mask, insulting women, you guys are cowards.
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Coward. Coward. Coward. Coward. Coward. Coward. Coward. Coward.
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So, was that an official police report my security just gave you?
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Okay, you're obligated to give me your badge number.
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And did you just take our report seriously from my security?
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No, you can call the non-emergency number and get that file number.
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How are you doing, Mark? We're back. Let's go for a walk.
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They're saying that you're going to be the next...
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I didn't know this, the next Prime Minister of Canada, potentially.
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Justin Trudeau was condemning China for the treatment of lockdown protesters after what
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Look, we're not doing a walking interview, so...
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I'm looking in my inbox for the request that you sent in for the interview.
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Coming back from the doctor, we couldn't even get back to our house.
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One of those chemicals is vinyl chloride, which is extremely toxic to humans.
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We're still very nervous about it, um, because they keep coming up with contaminated water
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Fast forward to today, the evacuation order has been lifted.
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We've already spoken to residents on the ground, and many of them simply feel that
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My kids, um, we're just running in to grab something, and then we're going back to grandma's
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house, because they keep breaking out in rashes.
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I know something came out yesterday about them covering up contaminated soil when they
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rebuilt the railroad instead of pulling it out like they promised.
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But many of the residents are pointing the blame at Norfolk Southern, the company responsible
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To me, they're keeping everything kind of hush-hush.
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The basic tactic of the people that were against the convoy in Antifa.
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You're part of the movement of Antifa, I believe.
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Anyway, so they tried to stop us to record their board and their message that they tried
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No, you will never, never, never, never get it.
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Every time I show you, I'm going to throw that phone.
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Is there a reason you're blocking me from using the sidewalk?
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Do you mind if I ask you what he's being arrested for?
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Am I allowed to continue on the sidewalk as this lady is walking on the sidewalk?
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I'm just going to go to that sidewalk across the street.
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Can I just ask if people want to help you, where do they go?
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This is what happens when we go against a Drake.
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There's so many homeless here, and they're bringing people from other countries.
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Where there's people here struggling with mental illness.
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The issue starts at our southern border, where the U.S. has declined to enforce proper immigration.
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And you allow them to live in a hotel, but yet the major crisis of homelessness is very, very big.
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So I'm in Roxham Road, and I'm waiting, actually, for Lincoln G to arrive.
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He just arrived in Plattsburgh, and he took a cab.
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Just like that, I'm in the back of a taxi cab, waiting to go to Roxham Road.
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We have to go to police, and we'll look at you.
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I think that, regardless of whether it's LGBT or straight, we shouldn't be shoving it down kids' throats, regardless.
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We should allow them to discover themselves, whether or not we push our personal beliefs onto children.
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I think that's wrong, and we shouldn't, but people are going to do what they're going to do with their kids, and, I mean, they're going to find it anyway.
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Do you want me to wear a name tag so you don't have to introduce me every time?
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Can I ask why you protest something if you don't want what you're protesting to be heard?
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Do you want people to change their mind, or you just want to yell at people?
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What's the purpose of yelling at people if you don't want to try to convince them to change?
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People are suggesting you would be good to talk to.
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If you fight fascism, that means you want opinions to be heard, right?
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So we're the largest independent media in Canada.
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Maybe some people can resonate with what you're here for.
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The people listening to you don't want to listen.
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What do you think the people listening to me, who do you think they are?
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Why are you dressing inappropriately in front of children?
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He didn't even have the guts to come back to his car.
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He called an Uber and he's skedaddled, well, who knows where.
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I guess he's got to come back for his car at some point.
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Maybe he's going to have it towed to his condo.
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But Lemieux, I thought you told the world via the New York Post and the Toronto Sun that those were real mammary glands.
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And if you did, my goodness, have you really recovered quickly?
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And, you know, it's too bad he's so camera shy.
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I mean, he filmed his skydiving event with Canada's foremost conservative porn star.
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But I wanted to get to the bottom of those boobs.
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And I was just wondering how you respond to Regina businesswomen who object to you being the keynote speaker at the Women of Distinction Awards being threatened and doxed online for, I guess, the crime of disagreeing with you.
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Do you think it's okay for those women to be threatened for disagreeing with you?
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You should say, yes, I don't think women should be threatened for disagreeing with me.
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I don't think you should be threatened for disagreeing with me.
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Faye, do you think those women should be threatened?
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Biological women are being silent simply for disagreeing with you.
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Bye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye, Faye.
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and they're arresting him you police you should be arresting Antifa they're the ones that attacked
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him what are you cowards doing arresting this guy Josh do you have anything to say about this
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say it just say it one of the core things that Cindy and I do is actually go through the grievance
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process this was to actually give us Mr. Lemieux I see you've got your breasts back on I thought
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you had them amputated why are you why are you protecting a sexual pervert
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are you kidding me are you kidding me are you kidding me are you kidding me are you kidding
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me are you kidding me that is so bad I'm going this way who are you I'm David Menzies with rebel news
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okay I did you say I can go okay I'm having difficult I'm having trouble hearing you with
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your face diaper on actually oh my god so why do you want me to go is this not a publicly funded
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school board who's that this teacher over there oh you speak for Mr. Debono he's unable to himself
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I thought he was an educated man because y'all are idiots so that's all I'm going to say you're just a bigot you can go
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oh what makes me a bigot ma'am or sir I'm not sure I didn't misgender you did I oh please go yourself
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oh that's not very ladylike oh oh now you're misgendering me ladylike oh well uh what are you
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exactly no no you're a business what are you but you said I misgendered you if I don't know what you
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are how can I not misgender you I just need to get some supplies a cooker some syringes can I get
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both yeah can you just get me whatever like thank you excuse me this is it okay if I have friends too
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like do they have to be a certain age to come here so like if they're 15 16 that's okay all right
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thanks guys as you just saw my producer and I were supplied with pipes and syringes in just a few
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minutes time if you ever walk by this location you will almost always see groups of people hanging
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around outside some using drugs right in the open outside of the facility
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would you folks do a video interview with me and tell me why you're here is there any way I can
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persuade you how about you no remarks beyond would you talk to me for a moment is this yes is that no
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is okay I guess not I'm not that charming I'm not that persuasive would you do a video interview
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with me I guess that's a no would you be willing to do a video interview with me
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no particular reason why how about you would you do a video interview with me and tell me why
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you guys are here today is that a no hi there hi how are you I work great thank you
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Ms. Kaplan-Murk hi you are going to read Ms. Rebel News I just wanted to no no no you will back off you
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will back off you will back off I'm trying to back off right now I'm trying to give you a petition with
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you will back off you will back off no you may not come in you may not come in you do not have
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permission to come in that door is closed you may not wow yeah can we have a security guard here
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thank you perfect thank you so Heather Heather this gentleman's with CTV good job hello good guy
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excuse me so CTV can go in why can't CTV go in but we can't you said he was a good guy what makes him good and us bad
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you are excuse me you just did an interview with CTV so you're not averse to speaking to the media
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what is your job here at the Ottawa Carlton District School Board
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I bet by your silence you're a communications officer
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well first of all I want to know what you do here if you work for the public then surely you should be able to tell us what you do on behalf of the taxpayer or the parents of the Ottawa Carlton District School Board
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well I wanted to deliver this petition it's got 8,000 signatures on it people who disagree with the actions of Neely Kaplan Mirth
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silencing parents in person and then having to change.org petitions taken down
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right and that's why I started my own petition to give a voice to the parents that you will not provide
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right so I mean you can you can you can talk to her about that
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I tried but somebody slammed the door and called security as though I'm some sort of security risk
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you don't think so you're standing awfully close to me
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I asked one gentleman who's first in your heart France or Algeria and that's a tough one to answer
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I mean maybe there's a hint of a dual loyalty there if someone were to say to me Ezra who's first in your heart
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Israel or Canada well I know the answer has to be Canada and if that's not the case I shouldn't live in Canada
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you should love the country you're in you're born in that you're a citizen of
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in your heart you are Algerian or French in the first place
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t'hiyal jazayir t'hiyal jazayir t'hiyal jazayir t'hiyal jazayir
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but Mr. if you want to say I'm a French number one
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I found a contradiction in one of the gentlemen
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Because he said we're not treated with respect as Frenchmen
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Well, frankly, everything that's happening here
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The racism is in the first degree here in France
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Honestly, I think it's a family event because of the fact that if you're afraid that a child
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sees, I don't know, his face, his face, or something more explicit, they'll see it on the network.
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For the most part, yes. Maybe a dance club at 3 o'clock in the morning, no.
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But this sort of thing, middle of the afternoon, the parade, I think it's a great educational experience for kids and bring it on.
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What do you think the field reports? I think that's one of the things that sets Rebel News apart.
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We're in the field. We're not just chewing over the facts that someone else broke.
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Well, that's our show for today. Until next time, on behalf of all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters,
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to you at home, good night, and keep fighting for freedom.