Rebel News Podcast - January 11, 2020


Rebel Roundup: Sheila Gunn Reid and Keean Bexte


Episode Stats

Length

33 minutes

Words per Minute

166.23033

Word Count

5,524

Sentence Count

431

Misogynist Sentences

6

Hate Speech Sentences

14


Summary

Sheila Gunn-Reed and Kian Bextie join host David Menzies to discuss the latest in the ongoing case against a New Brunswick cop who pepper-sprayed Walter Matheson after he recorded an interaction in a parking lot of a Tim Hortons.


Transcript

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00:00:06.260 Tonight, my guests are Sheila Gunn-Reed and Kian Bextie.
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00:01:22.700 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,
00:01:36.980 in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite rebels.
00:01:42.260 I'm your host, David Menzies.
00:01:44.580 Say, remember our Fight the Fines case regarding Walter Matheson of Hampton, New Brunswick?
00:01:49.520 He's the senior who was issued a Wuhan virus ticket by a policeman for sitting alone in his car in the parking lot of a Timmy's?
00:01:59.160 Well, do we ever have an update for you?
00:02:02.520 It turns out the cop's feelings were hurt by our video,
00:02:05.360 so Officer Snowflake, well, he sicked his lawyers on us.
00:02:09.580 Just will you hear what Sheila Gunn-Reed has to report?
00:02:13.060 And it turns out that Kian Bextie was way ahead of the curve when it came to predicting that the Justin Trudeau Liberals would charge forward
00:02:21.500 with virtual citizenship hearings during this global pandemic.
00:02:26.320 Kian correctly predicted this would be the case about a month ago,
00:02:30.080 and now the Liberals have made it official, but only to select media outlets, of course.
00:02:35.720 Kian shall reveal all.
00:02:37.380 And finally, letters. We get your letters. We get your letters every minute of every day.
00:02:41.720 And I'll share some of your responses regarding my recent visit to an Antifa protest outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto.
00:02:49.740 And once again, I left the demonstration wondering why it is that those on the far left
00:02:55.140 are so completely unable to articulate their positions.
00:03:00.240 But wow, they sure love the dish out profanity.
00:03:03.980 Those are your rebels. Now let's round them up.
00:03:07.380 Here's your ticket. Leave the park right now, sir. Let's get another one.
00:03:14.940 Next one goes up to $1,000.
00:03:16.760 Really?
00:03:17.460 Yes. You can get up to $10,000.
00:03:19.540 How many have you given out today?
00:03:20.940 You're the first.
00:03:22.400 Well, I feel so good about that.
00:03:24.500 You're lucky. You're the first. You're the first out.
00:03:25.760 However, Walter brilliantly recorded the interaction and then he gave it to us.
00:03:31.580 Now, I hate being part of this story. I really do.
00:03:33.860 But today, I'm part of the story.
00:03:36.640 Because we've now received a legal threat letter on behalf of the cop who ticketed Walter.
00:03:41.740 I want to read this letter together with you.
00:03:44.740 And I'll stop as I'm reading to point things that I notice out to you if that's okay.
00:03:49.800 Because I am almost 100% certain this lawyer did not watch the video or read the accompanying website article before firing off this bullying and threatening letter to us at Rebel News.
00:04:03.200 Okay, here it goes.
00:04:04.800 Now, I just want to point out that she got the address wrong.
00:04:16.800 She spelled Eglinton wrong.
00:04:18.240 It's Eglinton, not Ellington.
00:04:20.240 Not off to a great start.
00:04:21.580 Please be advised we represent Constable Thompson with respect to the above cited matter.
00:04:27.380 We understand one of your reporters named Sheila Gunn-Reed published an article, Aggressive Bullying by Police.
00:04:34.200 The grammar here, it's not great for a legal letter.
00:04:38.520 There are extra commas just hanging around all over the place.
00:04:43.020 We understand your reporter recorded a conversation without the knowledge of Constable Thompson.
00:04:49.960 No, no, you definitely don't understand that because I didn't do that.
00:04:54.860 Next time, watch the video before sending off a letter about how bad that video is.
00:05:01.060 I say repeatedly in the video that the recording of the interaction came to us by way of Walter Matheson.
00:05:09.120 He recorded his own interaction with a cop and then sent it to us.
00:05:12.800 I definitely wasn't on the other side of the country sitting in a Tim Hortons parking lot with a man I absolutely didn't know at the time recording an interaction with a cop.
00:05:21.140 Remember that 1998 movie, There's Something About Mary?
00:05:24.900 I think we should give serious consideration toward making a flick entitled, There's Something About Hampton, New Brunswick.
00:05:31.800 First, we encounter an inexplicably angry and foul-mouthed cop giving a senior a ticket for having the utter temerity to sit alone inside his car at a Timmy's parking lot
00:05:43.300 as he consumes a muffin and coffee, which is apparently a hot button when it comes to spreading the Wuhan virus.
00:05:49.500 And then this same officer gets triggered by our Fight the Fines video about the incident to such a degree that he sicks the local law firm on us to demand,
00:06:01.220 well, demand what exactly? That we cease and desist the practice of journalism?
00:06:07.580 Yeah, there's something about Hampton, New Brunswick, all right.
00:06:10.780 And with more on this tale of maritime madness is the recipient of that legal letter, Sheila Gunn-Reed.
00:06:17.980 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, my friend.
00:06:20.100 Hey, David. It's so great to be back in studio.
00:06:23.120 Well, you know, Sheila, it's great to see you in person.
00:06:27.060 And I have to tell you, the clip ended with that lawyer suggesting that the recording of the conversation was illegal.
00:06:37.700 Now, first of all, A, you didn't record it.
00:06:39.980 No.
00:06:40.060 Secondly, even if you had, we have in Canada basically one-party consent.
00:06:46.420 In other words, if you were to phone me and record our conversation, that's completely legal.
00:06:52.460 If somebody else, a third party, recorded our conversation and neither knew it, that's illegal.
00:06:58.180 So I guess what I'm leading up to is it's almost as though this partner at this law firm doesn't even understand the basics of the law.
00:07:08.320 What do you make about this?
00:07:09.380 You know, I think she does understand the basics of the law.
00:07:12.600 She doesn't understand the basics of Rebel News, nor does she understand the basics of Sheila Gunn-Reed.
00:07:17.540 It felt like it was a form letter.
00:07:20.040 I suspect her and this cop go around, and this is pure speculation, but just how my name was filled in in between two commas that didn't need to be there.
00:07:32.080 It looks like this was a form letter that they dish out to a lot of other people they'd like to shut up around town.
00:07:38.220 Wow.
00:07:39.220 Small town cop, small town lawyer looking to bully people.
00:07:42.440 But we've got big city lawyers.
00:07:44.180 I'm not a big city girl, but I'm not about to be bullied by lawyers, by cops.
00:07:49.880 We didn't do anything wrong.
00:07:51.320 Walter didn't do anything wrong.
00:07:52.840 From eating the muffin to making the recording, Walter didn't do anything wrong.
00:07:58.460 And it was pretty clear the cop didn't even do, or the lawyer didn't even do the most basic level of intel on us,
00:08:11.080 or even read the website article or watch the video before she fired off this legal demand letter,
00:08:18.260 which culminated with a demand for me, a journalist, to turn over my recording over to the Hampton RCMP.
00:08:29.100 A recording I didn't make, by the way.
00:08:30.900 Well, you know, what you said, this makes it even worse, I think, Sheila, in that she knows full well what the law says,
00:08:37.460 but she's, I don't know, carrying out a bluff.
00:08:40.240 She's thinking we'll be too stupid or too intimidated to stand up for our rights.
00:08:46.360 So that is spectacular.
00:08:49.040 And also, you know, folks, I've got to tell you, you have to see the original video,
00:08:54.720 because this is a self-infected wound by the officer.
00:09:00.820 Sheila, if I recall, I'm going by memory, he tells Walter Matheson to get out of the parking lot.
00:09:06.140 Walter Matheson starts complying.
00:09:08.180 Then the officer gets in front of him to prevent him from complying and then gives him a ticket for not complying.
00:09:15.240 It is astonishing.
00:09:17.560 But in terms of the form letter, let's get back to that.
00:09:21.220 Some form letter, because as you adroitly point out, it's full of typos and spelling errors and commas just hanging around.
00:09:29.140 Like, it's such a lack of professionalism.
00:09:32.080 Yeah, she got even the address wrong, so I'm kind of shocked that it even got to us.
00:09:37.660 But yeah, I mean, I'm not even clear if they're accusing me of defaming the officer involved,
00:09:45.860 because it didn't say this is a notice of defamation or libel.
00:09:49.160 Well, it just sort of stuffed in the middle that publishing this police officer's words defamed him.
00:09:59.040 Well, if there's defamation happening, then he certainly defamed himself,
00:10:03.060 because we didn't add or take away any of his words there.
00:10:07.040 We took out a lot of dead airspace in the middle, but we didn't reduce what he had said.
00:10:14.140 He's the one who swore at Walter Matheson, called him an a-hole,
00:10:19.380 because all Walter really said that was even remotely confrontational,
00:10:26.120 and you can hear the recording, Walter's not, is that he said this is still a free country.
00:10:31.140 You know, that's what the cop took real offense to, which is crazy.
00:10:36.840 And, you know, maybe I need Walter to remind this police officer again that it is indeed a free country,
00:10:42.300 and you can't just confiscate journalistic materials because a cop doesn't like what he said in a recording
00:10:49.780 that was given to a journalist. It's absolutely crazy.
00:10:52.820 But Shelley, getting back to your first point, the letter itself is completely confusing.
00:10:57.340 It is, are you suing us for defamation? Is this a letter of intent to sue unless we modify our behavior?
00:11:05.820 What is this letter? I mean, I can't believe this was written up by a professional law firm in the first place.
00:11:12.400 Apparently, it is a professional law firm. Apparently, the lawyer involved was a candidate for the,
00:11:17.880 you guessed it, Liberal Party of New Brunswick. Failed candidate.
00:11:22.340 Apparently, she got her clocked clean by the local conservative.
00:11:25.400 Oh, my goodness.
00:11:26.220 So, I wonder if she knows a little something about us.
00:11:31.340 However, she doesn't know all that much because had she watched the video that I initially did with Walter,
00:11:37.660 she would have known that we have a high-powered legal team that involves Sam Goldstein,
00:11:43.060 who's a bencher with the Law Society of Ontario.
00:11:45.100 So, these are not pro bono lawyers that we're working with.
00:11:48.760 I think it's our second largest expense here at Rebel News is legals.
00:11:53.840 Yeah.
00:11:54.280 It's making sure we get things right, making sure we don't run afoul of defamation and libel laws.
00:11:59.660 But it's helping people.
00:12:02.020 Yeah.
00:12:02.280 And so...
00:12:03.640 In the case of Fight the Fines, this is basically Canadian Civil Liberties Association work.
00:12:08.020 They're just obsessed with getting criminals out of jail during this pandemic, and that seems to be it.
00:12:12.320 Yeah.
00:12:12.540 So, had this lawyer actually watched the video she found to be so unacceptable, she would know.
00:12:19.040 Look, we've got a lawyer involved.
00:12:20.880 If we were defaming a cop at some point, surely one of the, I don't know, five, six lawyers we work with on a day-to-day basis
00:12:28.880 would have said this is defamation.
00:12:30.480 But it isn't, it wasn't, and we're not backing down.
00:12:34.360 And there was a clip later in the video, folks, and please watch Sheila's entire video, as well as the original report in Fight the Fines,
00:12:42.720 where our commander, Ezra, phones the law firm, is put on hold, and then is told by the secretary,
00:12:50.420 I mean, that the partner didn't even have the courage to come to the phone, right, Sheila, and say she won't be talking to you.
00:12:57.080 So, as you point out in the video, what if Ezra was there to say, yeah, we surrender, we're going to comply, me a copa.
00:13:04.800 They don't even listen to our side of the story.
00:13:07.380 No, and that's why I think it was all designed to spook us.
00:13:12.580 They weren't expecting Ezra to call.
00:13:14.700 They were just expecting us to pull down the video and wipe any website copy from the website.
00:13:22.380 I think that's what they were anticipating.
00:13:24.080 So, when they got a phone call from Ezra, I'm sure that put the fear of God in that lawyer,
00:13:29.200 because now she knew, well, now, welcome to Thunderdome, lady, because you're not going to bully us.
00:13:35.760 Oh, and that was the smartest thing she did, not taking Ezra's call, because she would be made men's meat.
00:13:42.700 I'm almost feeling sorry for this cop now, Sheila.
00:13:45.700 I mean, when I remember the original video, he's so jovial at the beginning, and then he turns on a dime into, you know, it goes from Dr. Jack to Mr. Hyde.
00:13:56.120 But the ultimate cherry on this fiasco Sunday, I think, is that which is known as the Barbra Streisand effect.
00:14:05.180 In other words, if they hadn't sent this letter out, and you hadn't done that video, I mean, that video's only been up a couple of days.
00:14:11.820 It's over 125,000 views, I believe, right?
00:14:14.680 I think it might be more views than the original video.
00:14:17.420 So, people, in other words, that didn't see the original Fight the Fines Walter Matheson case,
00:14:24.020 thousands and thousands of people are now aware of this cop's wretched behavior in that Tim Hortons parking lot,
00:14:31.600 and they only have themselves to blame.
00:14:33.440 Well, and that's the thing. I actually didn't, in that entire video, say the cop's name.
00:14:39.320 Not even once. I haven't even said it right now, and I'm doing that on purpose.
00:14:44.220 Walter didn't say his name. Sam Goldstein, our lawyer, didn't say his name.
00:14:49.140 Nobody said the cop's name at all.
00:14:52.200 All we did was we put it on the name key when we were running the audio recording
00:14:56.700 so that you could tell when Walter's talking versus when the cop is talking,
00:15:00.480 and we knew the cop's name because his name is written on the ticket.
00:15:04.740 And it's not a secret. It's a salient part of the story.
00:15:08.220 It's part of the who, what, when, where, why of it all.
00:15:11.160 So, I mean, there was no reason for us to exclude it.
00:15:14.720 But I also didn't think it was, I generally don't have a problem with cops.
00:15:21.460 I kind of feel bad for cops being forced to enforce all these horrible COVID-19 regulations.
00:15:28.500 So I didn't have a problem with the cop, even though he was kind of poorly behaved.
00:15:32.400 I had a problem with the law that gave an elderly man a ticket for eating a muffin.
00:15:38.820 But now I do have a problem with this cop because he made it my problem
00:15:41.700 because he went to a lawyer to try to confiscate my journalistic materials,
00:15:45.180 and now everybody knows his name.
00:15:46.620 So well done.
00:15:47.680 Well, Sheila, when things get back to normal, whenever that might be,
00:15:51.720 we have to cover this trial.
00:15:53.420 I have to see this cop on the stand.
00:15:55.200 I can't wait either.
00:15:56.520 And listen, folks, if you live in Hampton, New Brunswick,
00:15:58.920 I'm sure it's a great little community.
00:16:00.320 I'm sure there's tons of wonderful people there.
00:16:03.400 But there's at least one vindictive cop
00:16:05.580 and one apparently incompetent lawyer in that town.
00:16:09.380 And like I said, can't wait until that case goes into the courts in the months ahead.
00:16:16.460 Keep it here.
00:16:17.220 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
00:16:24.320 One month ago, I published some alarming news.
00:16:27.100 A source had come to Rebel News from within Immigration Canada.
00:16:30.520 We were told that the Trudeau government was creating online citizenship factories.
00:16:35.940 Because of his insatiable desire to mass import new voters into this country,
00:16:40.780 he couldn't let COVID get in the way of his plans,
00:16:43.980 even if it meant opening up the process to fraud.
00:16:47.020 Just like any journalist would,
00:16:48.480 we reached out to the department with questions,
00:16:50.820 asking for their side of the story.
00:16:52.540 They told us to hold on while they prepared a response.
00:16:57.000 They said they would get back to us soonest, whatever that means.
00:17:01.040 I smelt something fishy.
00:17:02.620 So we published what we had.
00:17:04.320 We trusted our source.
00:17:05.660 And that is when I said this.
00:17:08.560 Now, the reason why we're sharing this story with you now as soon as possible,
00:17:11.760 the day we actually received this email back,
00:17:13.820 but before they could explicitly confirm that this is happening,
00:17:17.440 the reasons are twofold.
00:17:18.340 One, we are very confident in the veracity of our source.
00:17:21.520 And B, because the federal government has a bad history of leaking stories like this
00:17:26.920 to friendly outlets.
00:17:28.640 Friendly outlets to Justin Trudeau, like the CBC.
00:17:31.520 That was a month ago.
00:17:32.920 The government kept responding to my email saying that they needed more time.
00:17:37.640 And now look what they did.
00:17:39.080 Exactly what I predicted.
00:17:40.920 Virtual citizenship ceremonies coming for new Canadians whose dreams were crushed by COVID-19,
00:17:48.920 says the CBC.
00:17:50.560 They said that in a statement to CBC, the department, Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada,
00:17:56.140 will then work to implement virtual citizenship ceremonies for other cases as quickly as possible.
00:18:02.500 So they told me to wait, to hold on to my story, while they farmed it out to the CBC.
00:18:09.160 It's to give wannabe Canadians a sense of security, you see, according to the state broadcaster.
00:18:14.680 The state broadcaster goes on to say that Vancouver-based immigration lawyer,
00:18:19.720 Zul Suleiman, said that those who have gone through the hoops to become a Canadian
00:18:25.000 should be granted citizenship.
00:18:27.280 There could be financial reasons, or purely political or social reasons.
00:18:32.120 That's what he said.
00:18:33.440 Those are his words, not mine.
00:18:36.080 At least they admit it.
00:18:37.960 Well, there we have it, folks.
00:18:39.200 While the Wuhan virus global pandemic has put the brakes on so many things we used to take for granted,
00:18:45.580 this is clearly not the case when it comes to our citizenship quotas.
00:18:50.140 After all, there are so many potential future liberal voters that need to get processed.
00:18:55.640 And that, my friends, is clearly job one in Ottawa these days.
00:19:00.440 And joining me now in studio is Kian Bextie.
00:19:04.140 Welcome once again to Rebel Roundup, my friend.
00:19:06.160 Thank you for having me, David.
00:19:07.000 Well, it's always good to have you live and in person.
00:19:09.440 And, Kian, as you pointed out, when it comes to officially announcing what you unofficially announced a month ago,
00:19:17.580 the Liberals can't be bothered with a press conference for all journalists to attend.
00:19:22.040 They have to selectively reach out to their trained SEALs, in this case those at the CBC.
00:19:26.840 This is all about controlling the narrative, isn't it?
00:19:29.760 Yeah, oh, absolutely.
00:19:31.840 The Liberals want to make sure that when a story with really bad optics is coming out,
00:19:36.900 that a friendly voice is able to frame that conversation.
00:19:41.920 Every political party in power does this.
00:19:45.100 Jason Kenney does this.
00:19:46.260 Doug Ford does this.
00:19:47.260 But usually not to the extreme where they will actively lie to and mislead reporters so that their story is stopped.
00:19:59.140 I mean, if a reporter is about to break a story and they come out with questions,
00:20:02.620 they're not just going to mislead you so that you hold on to your story just a little bit longer.
00:20:07.160 We're coming to you, Kian, with your answers to your questions.
00:20:10.240 And then they push it out the back door to the CBC.
00:20:13.000 Normally, they're not so disingenuous.
00:20:15.020 But with Justin Trudeau, the CBC, and his government bureaucrats.
00:20:19.620 Well, you know, Kian, the way I look at it, you don't buy a half-million-dollar Ferrari and leave it in the garage all year.
00:20:24.580 I mean, you take it out and drive it.
00:20:26.160 And they're putting $1.5 billion into the CBC alone.
00:20:30.740 I'm not including the newspaper bailout, the magazines, the McLean's fund, and on and on it goes.
00:20:36.400 So, listen, you may as well make use of what you're paying for.
00:20:40.860 But what kills me is the CBC not doing what might even resemble journalism.
00:20:48.100 Now, maybe you agree with virtual citizenship hearings or not.
00:20:52.520 But in a story like that, you should at least raise the question, what about fraud?
00:20:58.360 What about citizenship fraud?
00:21:00.620 There's nothing there.
00:21:01.500 This is like a cheerleader writing the copy.
00:21:04.860 Yeah, that's exactly what it is.
00:21:06.900 You may remember back in 2015 when Canadians in November, or maybe it was September,
00:21:15.720 were upset about a new Canadian, to use the Liberals' term, wearing a face covering during the citizenship ceremony.
00:21:25.320 This was right before the federal election.
00:21:26.940 And it was one of the huge things that framed that federal election debate.
00:21:31.120 Huge.
00:21:31.640 And most Canadians thought that this, well, a lot of Canadians, I shouldn't say,
00:21:35.560 because, of course, most Canadians elected Justin Trudeau.
00:21:39.400 Lots of Canadians were upset with this.
00:21:41.240 They thought that it opened up the door to fraud.
00:21:42.940 And that was wearing a face veil in a room with a judge present with all of their peers there as well.
00:21:50.480 And I thought that was egregious.
00:21:52.960 I think a lot of Canadians agreed.
00:21:54.180 But clearly, the leftists won.
00:21:58.160 And now anyone can walk into a citizenship ceremony with a face covering and pretend to be whoever they want,
00:22:03.180 and say that really sacred oath, swearing allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs and successors, and become Canadian.
00:22:09.440 And now it's over the internet.
00:22:12.300 So they don't even have to be in Canada to do this.
00:22:14.960 And when you say anyone, we have the proof.
00:22:17.160 Because anyone is me.
00:22:18.620 You're looking at somebody who went wearing a niqab to vote in the federal election.
00:22:24.740 And I was not asked to unveil, right?
00:22:27.740 I mean, yes, I had to take out of my purse my identity.
00:22:31.460 But that could have been anyone under that mask.
00:22:33.420 That was the point of the video.
00:22:35.060 And, you know, we should look at the bigger picture here, too, Kian, from a political viewpoint.
00:22:40.740 And whether it's you don't really care who you're swearing in as citizens,
00:22:45.880 or you're not concerned with, you know, irregular migrants, i.e. illegal aliens,
00:22:52.160 just flooding into Canada under normal times, of course, at border crossings such as Rockson Road.
00:22:56.940 This is really about, I think, changing the demographic base of Canada.
00:23:02.500 It is about the Justin Trudeau liberals saying, yeah, come into Canada.
00:23:07.820 You're welcome.
00:23:08.640 There's no litmus test.
00:23:10.300 Just all we ask in terms of quid pro quo is that every four years,
00:23:15.480 you check the red box when you go to vote.
00:23:18.100 This is what it's kind of all about, isn't it?
00:23:20.100 That's exactly the problem.
00:23:22.260 Justin Trudeau is trying to – Justin Trudeau has done a lot of things throughout his time as prime minister.
00:23:26.000 He's silenced the media, he's muzzled them, and he's paid them off so that only the media that is actively supporting him are able to report on stories.
00:23:33.980 And two, he's changing the demographics and voter base of Canada so that he will remain in power for a generation.
00:23:40.780 These people coming to Canada, and lots of people like Jason Kenney want to act like new immigrants are largely conservatives
00:23:46.720 because, you know, they have small businesses and they work hard.
00:23:51.260 That's not really true.
00:23:52.380 We know that's not true.
00:23:53.280 The numbers don't back that up whatsoever, and it doesn't matter how many times Jason Kenney says that, that's not true.
00:23:58.080 Most immigrants who come to Canada will vote liberal.
00:24:00.080 Actually, most immigrants will vote for the government that brought them in.
00:24:02.660 So while it might have been a little bit more true when Stephen Harper was in power
00:24:06.760 and Jason Kenney was the one signing all the immigration certificates, it's not the case now.
00:24:10.360 And Justin Trudeau is bringing in way more refugees and immigrants than ever, ever before.
00:24:15.340 Now, I want to also talk about something that I didn't quite cover in the video.
00:24:18.960 Okay.
00:24:19.840 It's not just that it opens it up to fraud in so far as who the person is.
00:24:26.280 I mean, at the end of the day, it's tough to spoof who you are forever.
00:24:30.720 The problem is that these new immigrants, when they're coming to Canada,
00:24:34.260 they have to be in Canada for a long time to show that they actually want to be in this country.
00:24:39.660 They expect to be contributing to the economy.
00:24:43.440 Major problem is that these folks can leave Canada.
00:24:46.680 They can take a boat to the United States.
00:24:48.600 They can take a boat literally anywhere.
00:24:51.260 They can leave the country, and the Canadian government doesn't really keep the best records on who leaves the country.
00:24:56.520 They only keep records of who comes into the country.
00:24:59.540 So someone from Beijing, for example, could get out of the country, could say,
00:25:03.980 okay, officially, I'm here on January 1st, and then they get on a boat.
00:25:08.160 They leave, be it to the United States or elsewhere, and then they Skype into this video conference
00:25:13.960 because, of course, we know people want this citizenship, but they don't want to live here.
00:25:18.620 This is a parking lot for them.
00:25:19.980 This is where they come to buy real estate.
00:25:22.080 This is where they come for a get-out-of-jail-free card for their children,
00:25:25.680 for health care for their children, education for their children.
00:25:28.080 They want to continue working in Beijing, and this gives them the perfect route to do that.
00:25:31.720 The literally smallest amount they need to do to become Canadian, they will do it.
00:25:37.680 Yeah, that's well said.
00:25:38.680 I think there should be more to being a citizen than just having a convenient country as a safe haven for your wealth
00:25:45.440 in case things go sour in the country that you're currently living in.
00:25:49.480 Well, you know, Keane, it was a great report.
00:25:51.820 Just one last thing, too.
00:25:53.800 What really bothered me was that going back a month ago when you broke this,
00:25:57.540 I think you reached out to the proper bureaucrats or spokesthingies in Ottawa,
00:26:03.180 and they said they were going to look into it and get back to you.
00:26:06.360 And they never even had that courtesy either.
00:26:09.180 No, they never got back to me.
00:26:10.800 I had to follow up with several emails, and they just said,
00:26:13.320 hold on, hold on, wait, wait longer.
00:26:15.580 And this isn't just this case that this has happened.
00:26:17.700 Actually, just before I walked into this room to do this story,
00:26:20.440 I got word that Global News had published a story that I was looking into in February,
00:26:24.860 and in this case it was the RCMP.
00:26:26.560 I reached out to the RCMP and asked them about a helicopter crash that happened up in the Wet's Wet'n area.
00:26:32.160 They flew a drone into their own helicopter, and the helicopter went down.
00:26:36.700 So there was this huge story that I was given this tip on, and I reached out to the RCMP.
00:26:41.560 They said, Kian, just hold on, just wait a second.
00:26:44.100 It's a long weekend. I'll put out my feelers.
00:26:46.300 That's literally what they said, and I'll get back to you.
00:26:48.340 And I said, okay, great, and they never did.
00:26:50.100 And it sort of fell off my plate, and I didn't push as hard as I could have.
00:26:53.960 But at the end of the day, they ended up pushing it out to Global News.
00:26:57.160 Amazing. Well, there you have it, folks.
00:26:58.380 And remember back in October 2015, do you remember Justin Trudeau saying
00:27:03.060 this was going to be the most transparent government in Canadian history?
00:27:08.360 Well, yeah, it's about as transparent as a block of black marble.
00:27:13.000 Keep it here. More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
00:27:21.100 Hi, ma'am. What brings you out to this protest?
00:27:25.180 No. No. No. You're a fool.
00:27:28.780 Did you hear me? I'm sorry. What brings you out to this protest?
00:27:31.360 I'm not going to give your trashy rag a talking piece. Fuck off.
00:27:34.740 You are a cartoon, my friend.
00:27:36.120 Wow, that seemed like a cartoon.
00:27:38.360 Keep your distance from me.
00:27:39.920 Keep your distance from me.
00:27:41.340 Can't you articulate your point?
00:27:43.220 Not to you. I'll happily talk to you online.
00:27:46.020 You can message the event page on one of the organizers.
00:27:48.360 Why would you want to talk online? We're right here.
00:27:50.440 These people.
00:27:51.200 I don't want you near me, and I don't like your organization.
00:27:54.380 Are you Antifa?
00:27:55.800 It is xenophobia.
00:27:56.420 I'm anti-fascist.
00:27:57.520 It is scapegoating other people.
00:27:58.780 Please say no more.
00:28:00.440 Why do you use...
00:28:01.320 Are you fascist?
00:28:02.320 Why do you use fascist tactics and claim to be Antifa?
00:28:07.100 You use a tactic. You don't know who I am.
00:28:09.280 Why are your comrades in the U.S. burning down black mom-pah...
00:28:13.560 Why do you know who I am?
00:28:15.380 You don't know who I am.
00:28:16.280 Why did you say my comrades?
00:28:18.780 Well, that's what the press release said.
00:28:20.680 You're standing in solidarity with your U.S.A. comrades.
00:28:24.180 We're in solidarity with people being arrested right now in the States.
00:28:28.620 How does burning down mom-pah black businesses...
00:28:32.200 Stop. Stop putting your position on me.
00:28:35.200 I'm asking a question. I'm not making an opinion.
00:28:37.440 You keep saying you.
00:28:38.400 You say you as if you know who I am.
00:28:40.480 You don't know who I am.
00:28:42.080 I'm doing something.
00:28:43.100 Okay, fair enough.
00:28:44.120 How do American anti-fascist members burning down mom-pah black businesses...
00:28:49.400 How does that bring about social justice?
00:28:52.260 What the fuck does that have to do with anything?
00:28:54.300 Who am I?
00:28:55.260 You don't know who I am.
00:28:56.320 You keep asking me a question as if I'm related to them.
00:28:59.620 I'm not related to them.
00:29:00.660 You have an opinion, don't you?
00:29:02.020 I have an opinion.
00:29:02.780 I have an opinion that fascists like you are the enemy.
00:29:05.580 What makes me a fascist, man?
00:29:07.700 Are you with these guys?
00:29:09.720 No, I'm just a journalist covering this, actually.
00:29:11.760 You're with Rebel Media.
00:29:13.100 Yeah, we know their history.
00:29:16.260 You know, it's kind of funny.
00:29:18.740 My grandfather spent five and a half years fighting the Nazis in the Second World War.
00:29:22.920 Mine too.
00:29:23.380 Both of these.
00:29:23.940 Thank you for your service.
00:29:25.700 Both of my sides of the family escaped the Nazis.
00:29:27.660 I'm Jewish.
00:29:29.020 I'm married to a Jewish woman.
00:29:30.620 So how does that...
00:29:31.920 That's a joke.
00:29:34.320 That's interesting.
00:29:35.220 Oh yeah, I know a black guy too.
00:29:37.780 Hey guys, you got a fan club over here.
00:29:39.120 Wow.
00:29:40.040 See, this is the problem, folks.
00:29:41.800 They never can quite articulate their opinions.
00:29:46.040 It descends into profanity.
00:29:47.840 It descends into slurs.
00:29:49.260 It descends into insults.
00:29:51.220 And I was just trying to have a civil discussion with that purple-headed woman and it went nowhere.
00:29:58.380 Oh, I know what you're thinking, folks.
00:30:00.540 That was Antifa?
00:30:02.880 Yeah, pretty pathetic to be sure.
00:30:04.960 Let's just call those Toronto protesters outside the U.S. consulate Antifa-lite.
00:30:10.300 Because really, when you organize a protest, yet you are utterly unable to articulate what it is that you're protesting,
00:30:19.220 well, that is the hallmark of a lightweight, to be sure, isn't it?
00:30:23.340 In any event, here's what some of you had to say about those dazed and confused anti-fascism protesters.
00:30:31.180 Jason writes,
00:30:31.820 Oh, I feel your pain, Jason, but thanks to our hysterical overreaction to the Wuhan virus pandemic,
00:30:51.180 I truly think we are living in a period of peak craziness.
00:30:57.220 I can never remember the world as barking mad as it is now.
00:31:01.820 And I think it's only going to get worse.
00:31:04.720 DBDB writes,
00:31:06.400 Pinkie Pie got baited so easily.
00:31:09.460 Jeez.
00:31:10.640 Indeed, DBDB, this was supposed to have been a piss-and-vinegar Antifa protester
00:31:16.420 and the organizer gets triggered when I ask Z-zer to respond to some basic questions.
00:31:24.240 Some protester.
00:31:26.560 Radix writes,
00:31:28.340 They're less anti, more fa.
00:31:30.560 Well said.
00:31:31.880 Thanks kindly, Radix, and it's based on simple observation.
00:31:35.880 Antifa dines out on the tactics of fascism, especially violence.
00:31:41.340 No truth in advertising there, my friends.
00:31:43.540 Oddinger writes,
00:31:45.900 Menzies, I love your responses to the idiots that can't answer your questions.
00:31:50.480 Keep up the good work.
00:31:51.960 In all honesty, Oddinger, they really do make it easy for me.
00:31:56.900 But not everyone was a fan of the coverage.
00:31:59.380 Ricky Balboa writes,
00:32:01.080 Rebel news?
00:32:02.260 More like fake news.
00:32:04.280 Ricky Balboa, you kind of remind me of those Antifa light members
00:32:08.060 that were so unable to articulate their positions.
00:32:10.620 Indeed, what makes that particular video fake news?
00:32:15.320 I just wandered into a protest and started asking demonstrators questions as to why they were there.
00:32:22.260 And they were unable to explain why.
00:32:25.320 Look, you might be embarrassed by the performance of your fellow comrades,
00:32:30.040 but that ain't the definition of fake news, my friend.
00:32:33.620 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.
00:32:36.860 Thanks so much for joining us.
00:32:38.120 See you next week.
00:32:38.920 And hey, folks, never forget,
00:32:41.100 without risk, there can be no glory.
00:32:43.420 Good night.
00:32:43.880 Good night.