Rebel News Podcast - February 27, 2021


Whistle Stop Victory Lap, Quarantine Hotel Visit


Episode Stats

Length

39 minutes

Words per Minute

150.23082

Word Count

5,988

Sentence Count

426

Misogynist Sentences

20

Hate Speech Sentences

7


Summary

A victory on the Alberta Food Service front! Yes, the little whistle stop cafe in the wee hamlet of Mirror, Alberta got into a staring contest with the provincial government regarding an illegal reopening. And guess who won?


Transcript

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00:01:14.240 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,
00:01:32.460 in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite Rebels.
00:01:37.220 I'm your host, David Menzies.
00:01:38.820 Victory on the Alberta Food Service front.
00:01:42.060 Yes, the little Whistle Stop Cafe in the wee hamlet of Mirror got into a staring contest
00:01:48.060 with the provincial government regarding an illegal reopening.
00:01:52.920 And guess who won?
00:01:54.300 Sheila Gunn-Reed has all the details.
00:01:56.780 Andrea Humphrey took a visit to a Vancouver-area quarantine hotel.
00:02:01.660 And it was downright creepy.
00:02:03.360 Well, we think it's a quarantine hotel.
00:02:07.120 Part of the problem is that there is so much secrecy surrounding this property.
00:02:12.660 But why?
00:02:13.940 Drea will weigh in with her thoughts.
00:02:16.220 And letters, we get your letters.
00:02:17.720 We get them every minute of every day.
00:02:19.760 And you had plenty to say about Alicia Herder, a single-mother entrepreneur
00:02:24.080 who is being bullied and harassed and defamed by pro-lockdown types
00:02:30.100 ranging from bylaw officers to the local media outlet, the St. Catherine's Standard.
00:02:36.140 And Alicia's crying?
00:02:37.800 Opening her hair salon in order to make a living and serve an appreciative clientele.
00:02:43.900 Absolutely incredible.
00:02:45.440 Those are your Rebels.
00:02:46.420 Now let's round them up.
00:02:47.580 We've got a major victory to report in the Alberta Restaurant Rebellion.
00:02:57.240 Now, the Restaurant Rebellion was first started when Mirror Alberta's Chris Scott
00:03:03.340 opened up his little whistle-stop cafe to the open arms of his community.
00:03:09.020 Alberta restaurants at the time had been closed to dine-in services since the middle of December.
00:03:14.760 But by January, with no end in sight to the closure of his restaurant,
00:03:20.560 Chris just reopened in complete defiance of the lockdown orders.
00:03:25.980 And customers came and filled up his small diner day after day after day.
00:03:30.580 And so did Alberta Health Services and the local RCMP.
00:03:34.800 Day after day, Chris was subject to constant surveillance and constant visits
00:03:40.580 from the local police and Alberta health inspectors.
00:03:44.760 Chris was given a closure order and then two summonses to appear in provincial court
00:03:50.780 for violating the public health order.
00:03:53.780 In the midst of all of this, a rebellion was inspired.
00:03:58.720 Restaurants from all across the province followed suit,
00:04:03.260 also breaking the lockdown to welcome customers back into their dining rooms again.
00:04:08.780 The rebellion grew.
00:04:10.560 It spread to Cold Lake and Bashaw, Sylvan Lake, Big Valley, Smith, Red Deer, Hannah.
00:04:17.460 And the rebellion grew so fast that the Alberta government was forced kicking and screaming
00:04:23.300 into announcing an official launch date for restaurants.
00:04:27.060 That date, February 8th.
00:04:29.220 Now, Alberta Health Services sought and won an emergency court injunction to close Chris's whistle-stop.
00:04:36.780 This was especially draconian and spiteful because then it meant a bench warrant could be issued for Chris's arrest
00:04:44.700 if he was found to be in breach of the judge's emergency order.
00:04:49.940 Now, that emergency injunction came just two business days before the official reopening launch date
00:04:57.020 for restaurants across the province.
00:04:58.860 But Chris wasn't worried because we had hired him a top-notch criminal lawyer at no cost to Chris
00:05:05.980 through fightthefines.com.
00:05:08.720 That lawyer is named Chad Williamson, and he worked diligently, aggressively, and passionately on Chris's case.
00:05:16.760 And now, Chris and Chad have scored a major victory against the entire health bureaucracy here in Alberta
00:05:25.780 and everything that bureaucracy could have thrown at Chris.
00:05:31.380 Just take a look at this.
00:05:33.380 Alberta Health Services has stopped pursuing legal action against a small-town cafe
00:05:39.740 for defying the province's public health orders
00:05:42.880 and has even covered the owner's legal fees.
00:05:48.260 So, who says you can't fight City Hall?
00:05:52.800 Just look at what happened at the Whistle Stop Cafe, folks.
00:05:56.160 Not only did owner Chris Scott defy the province in reopening,
00:05:59.940 but he's also getting compensation for his hefty legal fees.
00:06:05.880 Now the question arises, what does this restaurateur do for an encore?
00:06:11.380 Well, get this.
00:06:12.800 He's done with playing defense.
00:06:14.620 Now he's going on the offense.
00:06:16.440 In other words, Chris is going to pursue litigation against the province of Alberta
00:06:22.020 for causing him so much grief in the first place.
00:06:25.560 Can't wait to see how this case plays out in a court of law.
00:06:29.240 And with more on the victorious Great Alberta Restaurant Rebellion
00:06:33.680 is the reporter who covered it from start to finish,
00:06:37.560 and that would be the one and only Sheila, the she-devil gun-reed.
00:06:41.940 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Sheila.
00:06:43.900 Hey, David. Thanks for having me on the show.
00:06:45.840 Always a pleasure.
00:06:46.780 So, Sheila, talk about a tale of two restaurants and two provinces.
00:06:51.760 Here in Toronto, Mayor John the Tyrant Tory
00:06:54.700 literally sent in all the king's men and all the king's horses
00:06:57.580 to shut down Adam Skelly of Adamson Barbecue
00:07:00.540 and then sent Adam a bill for $187,000
00:07:06.060 to cover the costs of the law enforcement.
00:07:09.240 But quite a different story has played out in Little Mirror, Alberta, hasn't it?
00:07:13.780 Yeah, I mean, Chris Scott, he took on the entire government in a staring contest
00:07:21.960 several times now, and the government continues to blink.
00:07:27.500 And it is a much different tale than what unfolded in Toronto,
00:07:31.220 both in the reaction of the government, but also the reaction of the police
00:07:36.220 and the reaction of his peers in the restaurant industry.
00:07:41.980 So, Adam Skelly was basically left to fight this alone.
00:07:45.220 Chris Scott inspired other restaurants to do the same as him
00:07:49.060 and open up in defiance of the lockdown.
00:07:51.860 The local RCMP, a small detachment out of Bashaw, Alberta,
00:07:55.980 about 20 minutes away from Mirror,
00:07:58.000 they were as hands-off as they could possibly be,
00:08:00.480 given the situation with Chris Scott.
00:08:02.900 Never actually issuing him a ticket, rather two different summonses
00:08:06.980 to appear in Stetler Provincial Court.
00:08:08.720 Those summonses are still there.
00:08:10.860 So while he has this one application withdrawn by Alberta Health Services,
00:08:15.700 those two summonses for breaching the public health order,
00:08:18.360 those still exist, those are still out there,
00:08:20.440 and we still have to fight those.
00:08:23.500 And, you know, in Toronto, Adam Skelly, like you say,
00:08:28.180 all the King's horses and all the King's men,
00:08:29.920 the right squad was brought in to stop a barbecue place
00:08:33.840 from being open and serving barbecue.
00:08:36.640 And it was, I mean, things could not have been more different
00:08:41.740 than what unfolded in Mirror and what unfolded in Toronto.
00:08:47.000 But Chris Scott, he fought the government and he won.
00:08:52.800 He had Alberta Health Services withdraw their application against him.
00:08:55.780 And instead of what has happened to Adam Skelly in Toronto,
00:09:00.500 the government is paying Chris Scott now for his troubles.
00:09:05.000 You know, what do you think was going on behind the scenes,
00:09:08.200 Sheila, in Alberta not to go in en masse,
00:09:11.740 in force to shut down those restaurants?
00:09:13.560 You know, it kind of reminds me, I'm thinking,
00:09:16.040 I believe it was 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall.
00:09:18.860 But, you know, when the stories emerged after the fact,
00:09:21.880 it was a minute-by-minute decision whether the East German authorities
00:09:25.780 were going to send in the tanks and quell that little rebellion with force.
00:09:30.760 They decided, no, the gig is up.
00:09:32.680 We're going to just let it go through.
00:09:34.040 So I'm not comparing a restaurant rebellion to the fall of the Berlin Wall, of course.
00:09:38.120 But what I'm getting at is the authorities in charge
00:09:41.520 who can dispatch lethal force,
00:09:43.920 why did they come down so hard on Adam Skelly?
00:09:47.560 Whereas, Chris, well, the government blinked.
00:09:50.860 I think these are cultural issues.
00:09:54.180 It speaks to the fact that there are truly two Canadas,
00:09:57.220 and you live in one and I live in the other.
00:10:00.440 For Chris Scott, he's in rural Alberta.
00:10:03.060 So this is a place where we don't like anybody telling us what to do.
00:10:05.580 And mostly we just want to be left alone.
00:10:07.240 Yeah.
00:10:08.500 Versus very progressive Toronto with their very progressive mayor
00:10:11.960 and their, I guess, progressive premier.
00:10:16.580 And in Alberta, Jason Kenney's base is rural Alberta.
00:10:22.540 To win the premiership in Alberta,
00:10:24.680 you need to get either Edmonton or Calgary and all of rural Alberta.
00:10:30.120 Well, Edmonton's generally a write-off most of the time
00:10:32.860 because it's the government city.
00:10:34.120 So if he wants to maintain his grasp on power,
00:10:39.340 he has to not annoy rural Alberta, and he has been lately.
00:10:45.120 And so, you know, the fact that this restaurant rebellion
00:10:48.460 came from Jason Kenney's base,
00:10:50.780 small business owners in rural Alberta,
00:10:53.760 supported by the farming communities around them
00:10:56.560 and the farmers, producers were dropping off food
00:10:59.360 to keep these restaurants going.
00:11:01.260 The Beef Angels at Nielsen Beef, for example.
00:11:05.260 That's why things, I think, worked out differently.
00:11:08.680 It really is.
00:11:10.020 It comes down to the fact that Western Canada,
00:11:14.660 and in particular Alberta,
00:11:16.200 we are a much different place than Toronto.
00:11:19.580 And you know, Sheila, you said something there
00:11:21.600 that I find so perversely amusing.
00:11:24.320 You called the mayor of Toronto progressive.
00:11:26.720 You called the premier of Ontario progressive.
00:11:29.020 If you talk to these two gentlemen,
00:11:30.380 they'll tell you they're conservative.
00:11:32.700 Oh, sure.
00:11:32.920 I don't know if that's a statement on
00:11:35.260 the death of conservatism in Central Canada or not,
00:11:39.960 but don't you find that so weird?
00:11:43.940 It's funny because, as in Alberta,
00:11:46.860 we get mad at our politicians
00:11:48.880 because they're not conservative enough.
00:11:50.740 And then every few years, every decade or so,
00:11:53.000 we burn an entire party to the ground
00:11:55.140 and start again fresh
00:11:56.500 because we find it's not conservative enough.
00:11:59.440 That's why we get mad at our conservative politicians.
00:12:02.260 In the rest of the country,
00:12:04.180 you guys seem to get mad at your conservative politicians
00:12:06.700 if they don't move to the centre enough.
00:12:08.820 And then they move to the centre
00:12:09.980 and then people say,
00:12:10.880 well, why would I even vote for that guy?
00:12:12.920 If he's so liberal,
00:12:13.840 why don't I just vote for the Liberals?
00:12:15.480 And they can't make that connection in their minds.
00:12:18.240 It is very strange as a conservative
00:12:22.280 on the outside of Toronto and Ontario,
00:12:25.280 looking at what you call conservatives
00:12:28.360 versus what we are.
00:12:30.060 And we see this unfolding in the federal party, right?
00:12:33.340 Like we see Aaron O'Toole
00:12:35.160 acting like one of those like centrists
00:12:37.980 and out here, we're the conservative base
00:12:41.040 and we're saying,
00:12:41.560 well, that's not exactly what we asked for
00:12:43.220 and that's not what you promised us you'd be.
00:12:45.040 And we see that with all the conservative politicians.
00:12:47.940 Doug Ford, clearly not as advertised, right?
00:12:51.000 Oh, 100%.
00:12:52.480 And as for the federal conservative leader,
00:12:54.980 I just now call him Aaron O'Shear.
00:12:58.260 But you know, Sheila,
00:12:59.380 the other thing from right to left,
00:13:02.700 let's talk about that perspective
00:13:04.140 when it comes to illegal restaurant
00:13:06.320 or gym or retail openings.
00:13:09.360 I can't even believe I said that,
00:13:10.660 an illegal restaurant opening,
00:13:12.260 like it's a speakeasy serving liquor in the 1920s.
00:13:16.040 But you know, we've always heard from the left
00:13:18.060 such chestnuts as my body, my choice
00:13:22.680 and reasonable accommodation.
00:13:25.920 And that seems to have evaporated,
00:13:28.300 hasn't it, in 2020 and 2021?
00:13:31.060 It's you do what you're told by big government
00:13:33.600 or else you're going to jail.
00:13:35.280 What happened there, Sheila?
00:13:36.620 You know, it's this push to control
00:13:44.260 everything that we do in our lives
00:13:46.860 and a nameless, faceless bureaucrat
00:13:49.120 that I wish I never knew their names.
00:13:52.220 Now they're controlling every aspect of our lives.
00:13:55.180 They used to, as Corey Morgan
00:13:56.840 from the Western Standard points out,
00:13:58.900 these people used to simply count
00:14:01.740 chlamydia and gonorrhea outbreaks.
00:14:04.620 That used to be the extent of their job.
00:14:06.520 Now they're deciding who gets to go to church,
00:14:09.500 who gets to open their business.
00:14:11.840 And the left, I mean, I don't,
00:14:14.560 when I look at them, I think,
00:14:15.780 well, is this, like they're so prone
00:14:19.780 to centralized control.
00:14:21.900 And they really are pro-nationalizing
00:14:24.660 all the businesses.
00:14:25.760 But if you can't nationalize them on paper,
00:14:28.120 isn't it a lot easier to just have every aspect
00:14:31.320 of how you do business and live your life
00:14:33.740 controlled by the government
00:14:35.660 without the government actually having
00:14:37.240 to expropriate your church or your business?
00:14:40.360 I mean, so for the left,
00:14:41.960 this is all just a, like a,
00:14:44.040 it's a means to their end of controlling your life
00:14:47.000 and nationalizing everything.
00:14:48.260 They're just using these new health regulations to do it.
00:14:52.340 And Sheila, we have to wrap,
00:14:53.620 but I think you touched upon something
00:14:55.340 very important here.
00:14:56.340 And that is before this pandemic,
00:14:59.220 I think the average Joe and the average Jane
00:15:01.960 didn't know the name Teresa Tam
00:15:04.740 or Eileen Davila, Cruella Davila,
00:15:08.000 as I like to call her.
00:15:09.120 But now these public health officials,
00:15:12.240 they've almost become household words and celebrities.
00:15:15.600 And I think they're feeding on that.
00:15:18.220 And this is only further making our lives miserable.
00:15:21.500 Anyways, I want to thank you
00:15:22.560 for all the great reporting at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
00:15:25.280 You ate so many zombie burgers.
00:15:27.400 I don't know how you maintained your slimness.
00:15:31.400 If that was me on that beat, Sheila,
00:15:33.100 I'm the next subject for my 600 pound life.
00:15:36.420 So please keep us informed in the months ahead
00:15:40.040 in terms of how Chris does
00:15:42.240 when he switches from defense to offense
00:15:44.760 and goes after the government
00:15:46.260 for what they did to him.
00:15:48.620 Yes, and if people at home would like to help Chris
00:15:51.640 as he holds the government accountable
00:15:53.220 for what they've done to him,
00:15:54.840 and he still has those two pending summonses
00:15:57.520 to appear in provincial court in April.
00:15:59.260 If you'd like to help,
00:16:00.100 if you feel compelled to help,
00:16:01.560 please do so at fightthefines.com.
00:16:05.460 There you go.
00:16:06.840 Thank you so much, Sheila.
00:16:07.900 And that was Sheila Gunn-Reed
00:16:09.620 somewhere in the northern hinterland of Alberta.
00:16:13.340 Keep it here, folks.
00:16:14.220 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.
00:16:16.360 Andrea Humphrey here with Rebel News.
00:16:23.580 We've been bringing you the other side of the story
00:16:25.360 of life with COVID-19 since as early as January 2020,
00:16:28.960 and that includes the discussion
00:16:30.880 of mandatory quarantine facilities.
00:16:33.940 Now, my colleague Keen Bextie,
00:16:36.300 he showed you what happened to Nikki Mathis.
00:16:39.060 She was terrified.
00:16:40.640 She was taken against her will
00:16:43.560 and stuck in a COVID jail
00:16:45.660 without her family even knowing where she was going.
00:16:48.300 We, with your help,
00:16:50.060 by the people who donate at nocovidjails.com,
00:16:53.920 had a free fighter lawyer on that case
00:16:58.040 who was there giving her free legal counsel.
00:17:00.340 We had that done as fast as you could say
00:17:02.720 there's a new COVID-19 variant.
00:17:05.640 But in Vancouver, B.C.,
00:17:07.160 we haven't heard a lot of the stories.
00:17:09.260 David Menzies, as well,
00:17:10.380 has brought us tons from Toronto,
00:17:12.560 at the Radisson in particular,
00:17:14.420 so much to the point that the police
00:17:16.340 ended up at his house.
00:17:18.620 Hello, sir. How are you doing?
00:17:19.760 I have a summons here for you for court.
00:17:23.240 Okay.
00:17:23.740 It's for entry premises when entry prohibited.
00:17:26.000 But in Vancouver, B.C.,
00:17:27.180 overall, it's been pretty quiet,
00:17:28.600 but a tipster did reach out to us
00:17:31.280 and say that he was forced to stay here
00:17:34.440 for quite some time
00:17:36.040 and he didn't want to come forward with his name.
00:17:38.260 So we're going to investigate to see
00:17:40.100 if, in fact, this is a quarantine hotel.
00:17:43.200 And why not start with giving them a call?
00:17:46.380 Hi, Anna.
00:17:58.920 What's the best price for two rooms there?
00:18:03.860 Sorry, is this for tonight?
00:18:05.560 Yes, please.
00:18:07.260 Oh, unfortunately, we are closed until May 15th.
00:18:10.740 You're closed until May?
00:18:12.960 Yeah.
00:18:13.240 Oh, how come?
00:18:15.420 We've been closed since March, actually.
00:18:17.860 Oh, my goodness.
00:18:18.460 That's a long time.
00:18:19.920 How are you guys staying in business?
00:18:23.400 Um, well, not much staff
00:18:25.900 are currently working right now, so.
00:18:28.860 Okay, so you're open.
00:18:30.400 Yeah.
00:18:30.660 You're answering the phone,
00:18:31.780 but you guys are closed till May.
00:18:34.960 Yeah.
00:18:35.300 Oh.
00:18:35.520 I know there's also a few other hotels
00:18:37.220 around the area, too, that are closed.
00:18:38.640 River Rock and Hilton, I believe.
00:18:41.340 Okay.
00:18:42.460 All right.
00:18:43.160 Thanks so much.
00:18:44.360 Okay, no worries.
00:18:45.080 Bye.
00:18:46.080 Bye.
00:18:48.260 Well, they said they're closed till May 15th,
00:18:50.740 but there's a lot of vehicles in the parking lot.
00:18:52.960 Let's take a look
00:18:53.680 and see if they're closed,
00:18:56.140 why there's so many people here.
00:18:57.640 We've got some open doors over here.
00:19:09.800 Looks like a white tarp inside.
00:19:21.920 All right.
00:19:23.100 All right, so we've got the kitchen and bar
00:19:38.180 will remain closed until further notice
00:19:40.680 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:19:43.680 So in B.C., restaurants are allowed to be open,
00:19:47.980 so it's not like they were ordered to shut there.
00:19:50.180 So let's see.
00:19:57.040 So it says caution, construction and progress,
00:20:00.440 but we know if you've watched
00:20:01.940 some of David Menzies' reports,
00:20:04.040 he was told that the hotel was closed,
00:20:06.980 the one out there,
00:20:08.580 because it was under construction,
00:20:10.200 and that was a lie.
00:20:11.380 How are you doing there?
00:20:12.400 We're just with Rebel News.
00:20:13.740 My name's David Menzies,
00:20:14.900 and I'm just going to see
00:20:16.220 if we could get a room for the night.
00:20:17.860 No, sorry.
00:20:19.100 No?
00:20:19.640 No, the whole place is closed.
00:20:21.000 Who are you, by the way?
00:20:21.960 I'm the security manager here, Jamie.
00:20:23.460 Oh, okay.
00:20:24.880 Jamie, so why is it closed?
00:20:27.400 It's closed for construction.
00:20:29.180 Why the secrecy?
00:20:30.540 I think we would all feel more comfortable
00:20:32.520 with how our taxpayer dollars are being spent
00:20:35.680 if we weren't lied to
00:20:37.400 about where these facilities are.
00:20:39.660 Yes, why all the secrecy indeed?
00:20:44.100 It is, after all, our money
00:20:45.920 funding these internment camps
00:20:47.800 or quarantine facilities
00:20:49.460 or quasi-prisons
00:20:51.040 or whatever you want to call them.
00:20:52.660 And come on, it's not as though
00:20:54.460 one can hide a multi-story
00:20:57.120 quarantining facility in the first place.
00:21:00.740 Well, joining us now for the latest chapter
00:21:02.960 regarding yet another lotel quarantine
00:21:05.820 is Drea Humphrey.
00:21:07.700 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Drea.
00:21:09.660 Hi, David.
00:21:10.960 Hi, everyone.
00:21:11.900 Great to have you.
00:21:12.940 You know, Drea, I have to say
00:21:14.020 some of the footage you presented,
00:21:16.520 it looked like something straight out
00:21:18.380 of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead.
00:21:20.580 But before we get into the nitty-gritty
00:21:23.000 at this property,
00:21:24.540 why do you think it is
00:21:25.680 that the Justin Trudeau Liberals
00:21:27.260 are being so darn secretive
00:21:29.800 regarding these facilities?
00:21:32.580 Well, I think it's a tactic
00:21:33.860 that they always use.
00:21:34.980 They always avoid answering
00:21:37.160 any important questions.
00:21:38.700 And now we're seeing it
00:21:40.100 in something so significant
00:21:42.560 as detaining people
00:21:44.660 in hotels, COVID jails, if you will.
00:21:48.420 So I think it's, you know,
00:21:50.540 just how they rule.
00:21:52.760 Yeah, really.
00:21:53.440 And talk about not coming as advertised.
00:21:55.640 I remember on election night
00:21:56.820 back in 2015,
00:21:58.100 Justin Trudeau promising
00:21:59.660 to make this the most honest
00:22:01.740 and transparent government
00:22:03.460 in Canadian history.
00:22:04.860 gee, what happened along the way?
00:22:07.820 But Drea, you know,
00:22:09.560 you're walking through this hotel.
00:22:12.880 I thought the footage
00:22:14.020 that you and your photographer shot
00:22:16.360 was just outstanding.
00:22:18.440 And it just seemed surreal to me,
00:22:21.460 like very, you know,
00:22:23.220 horror movie-like.
00:22:24.720 And everybody you came up to
00:22:26.980 to get any kind of clarification,
00:22:28.640 they wouldn't talk to you.
00:22:30.360 But you can't hide a hotel,
00:22:32.340 can you?
00:22:34.040 Well, what is the point?
00:22:35.800 I mean, if there's something
00:22:37.080 that they really don't want us to know,
00:22:39.840 why are we hiding this?
00:22:41.740 I mean, it's like hiding
00:22:42.620 a hospital or something
00:22:44.780 for sick people.
00:22:46.460 Like, just say yes.
00:22:47.600 That's all they have to do
00:22:48.440 is just say yes.
00:22:49.180 You know what?
00:22:49.900 This, we're all aware
00:22:51.360 of life with COVID-19,
00:22:52.860 so stop making it so terrifying
00:22:56.700 by not answering questions,
00:22:59.760 immediately going to your phone.
00:23:01.500 I'm pretty sure he was calling the police,
00:23:03.460 not a manager.
00:23:04.640 You know, it's just like,
00:23:06.060 it's ridiculous.
00:23:08.260 Oh, 100%.
00:23:08.940 Well, you only got the Sergeant Schultz
00:23:11.820 I know nothing,
00:23:13.140 I saw nothing routine,
00:23:14.800 but I got at the Radisson, of course,
00:23:17.120 as you mentioned in your report, Drea,
00:23:19.000 a security person,
00:23:20.940 and Jamie outright lying,
00:23:23.300 saying that the property
00:23:24.860 was under construction
00:23:26.040 when you see all these little faces
00:23:27.660 pressed up against the window.
00:23:29.780 If that's the case,
00:23:31.080 I really got to look into
00:23:32.360 where the construction permits are
00:23:34.500 because by law,
00:23:35.380 you have to have them posted.
00:23:37.600 So again, at least they didn't go that far
00:23:41.680 in the deception with you.
00:23:44.240 But again, it speaks to
00:23:46.140 the ostensible policy reason
00:23:48.500 as to why they don't want
00:23:51.080 to give this information.
00:23:52.760 And I go back to a few months ago, Drea,
00:23:55.120 as you know,
00:23:56.120 when Randy Hillier raised this
00:23:57.940 in the Ontario legislature,
00:23:59.960 he was mocked.
00:24:01.480 He was laughed at.
00:24:02.660 His mic got cut off.
00:24:04.780 Wow, those cows are coming home
00:24:06.740 to roost, aren't they?
00:24:08.260 You know, it's so important
00:24:09.600 we bring it up.
00:24:10.420 I know all of us have brought it up,
00:24:12.260 but I mean,
00:24:12.780 that is just the prime example
00:24:14.660 of, you know,
00:24:15.840 the bullies in Parliament,
00:24:17.280 for one,
00:24:17.720 who laughs at people
00:24:19.260 for asking a question?
00:24:21.440 I mean,
00:24:21.820 didn't we learn in grade school
00:24:23.060 that's inappropriate?
00:24:24.400 And then number two,
00:24:25.640 it was a valid question.
00:24:27.260 It was ahead of its time.
00:24:28.740 And we see that narrative
00:24:30.160 happen all the time.
00:24:31.580 If you ask things too soon
00:24:33.540 about how COVID
00:24:34.520 is going to be handled,
00:24:35.560 you're automatically
00:24:36.160 some sort of crazy
00:24:37.460 conspiracy theorist.
00:24:39.100 And I don't think
00:24:40.840 the question should end there.
00:24:42.880 In August,
00:24:43.480 I did a report as well
00:24:44.940 that said,
00:24:45.920 will we have mandatory quarantine
00:24:49.420 or isolation centers?
00:24:51.960 And if you look
00:24:52.700 at our Emergency Act laws,
00:24:55.080 the COVID Measures Act,
00:24:56.960 there's really nothing
00:24:58.320 stopping these people
00:24:59.940 from saying,
00:25:00.740 you know what,
00:25:01.300 everybody who tests positive
00:25:02.920 from COVID
00:25:03.540 now has to quarantine
00:25:05.540 in some sort of facility.
00:25:07.360 So these are questions
00:25:08.660 that definitely should be
00:25:10.660 getting asked by politicians.
00:25:12.440 And it's quite shameful
00:25:14.220 that I think it's only been
00:25:15.600 Randy Hillier
00:25:17.020 and Derek Sloan
00:25:18.460 to this point
00:25:19.100 who have really addressed them,
00:25:20.480 if I'm not mistaken.
00:25:22.380 Yeah, both of them
00:25:23.320 get kicked out of their parties.
00:25:26.420 So much for speaking
00:25:28.180 truth to power.
00:25:29.420 And by the way,
00:25:30.000 on the issue of Randy Hillier,
00:25:31.840 the thing is, Drea,
00:25:32.940 it wasn't like he was embracing
00:25:34.500 a conspiracy theory
00:25:35.820 and he lucked out
00:25:36.700 by it becoming true.
00:25:37.740 He was referring
00:25:39.520 to a request
00:25:40.560 for proposals
00:25:41.480 to build these facilities
00:25:43.260 in the first place.
00:25:44.220 So that was just remarkable.
00:25:46.140 I also get the feeling,
00:25:47.420 Drea,
00:25:47.660 I don't know if you've had
00:25:48.500 the chance to do this yourself,
00:25:50.560 but I phoned
00:25:51.340 the 1-800 quarantine hotel
00:25:53.720 federal government toll-free line.
00:25:56.040 Did so on Monday
00:25:57.080 when I went to the airport.
00:25:58.400 Got disconnected
00:25:59.400 two out of two times.
00:26:01.280 Spoke to the husband
00:26:02.400 of a woman
00:26:04.180 that was flying in.
00:26:05.700 He phoned the line
00:26:06.760 15 times,
00:26:08.260 I think in the space
00:26:09.180 of 90 minutes.
00:26:10.660 Got disconnected 15 times
00:26:12.640 before ever speaking
00:26:13.740 to a human.
00:26:15.060 We also have a report,
00:26:16.440 it's allegations right now,
00:26:17.860 of a security personnel
00:26:20.880 sexually assaulting
00:26:22.600 a woman at one
00:26:23.440 of these hotels.
00:26:25.620 What does,
00:26:26.280 and again,
00:26:27.020 those allegations
00:26:27.940 have to be proven
00:26:28.720 in a court of law,
00:26:29.440 but what it all suggests
00:26:30.640 to me, Drea,
00:26:31.220 is that this program
00:26:33.780 has been rushed forward
00:26:35.380 and it's a fiasco.
00:26:38.860 You know,
00:26:39.300 it's a knee-jerk reaction.
00:26:41.340 We see this all the time
00:26:42.340 with the COVID-19 restrictions
00:26:43.840 and let's address the fact
00:26:46.100 that, you know,
00:26:47.320 that the doorknobs
00:26:48.300 apparently were removed
00:26:49.840 and leaving this woman
00:26:52.000 so vulnerable.
00:26:53.660 So how is this for safety
00:26:55.640 and the fact
00:26:56.600 that healthy people
00:26:58.040 are being forced
00:26:59.900 to quarantine
00:27:01.180 or being detained
00:27:02.520 in these facilities
00:27:03.340 alongside people
00:27:04.860 who are more likely
00:27:05.840 to have the virus?
00:27:07.100 I mean,
00:27:07.280 it reminds me of
00:27:08.420 when Cuomo in the U.S.,
00:27:11.500 you know,
00:27:12.120 mixed and mingled
00:27:13.740 COVID-19 people
00:27:14.980 with others
00:27:15.700 and, you know,
00:27:17.260 since then,
00:27:17.900 people have said
00:27:18.520 thousands have died
00:27:19.380 because of that, right?
00:27:20.420 Or hundreds,
00:27:21.260 I think it's thousands.
00:27:22.140 Yep, 100%.
00:27:23.180 So, yeah,
00:27:24.460 so it's like
00:27:25.360 how is this smart
00:27:27.060 for health purposes
00:27:28.120 when these people
00:27:28.800 can go home
00:27:29.800 and quarantine at home?
00:27:32.500 Yeah, 100%.
00:27:33.320 We have to wrap it here, Drea.
00:27:34.340 I think Cuomo
00:27:34.960 should be imprisoned
00:27:35.840 for that egregious decision.
00:27:38.920 And, folks,
00:27:39.760 if you haven't seen
00:27:40.360 Drea's full report,
00:27:41.500 please do.
00:27:42.000 As Count Floyd used to say,
00:27:43.520 whatever you do, kids,
00:27:44.500 don't forget your 3D glasses
00:27:46.300 because it's that spooky
00:27:48.380 and creepy.
00:27:49.520 And, Drea,
00:27:50.280 I'm sure you'll stay
00:27:51.280 on the Vancouver front
00:27:52.460 of these hotels
00:27:53.680 and the airport
00:27:55.220 because Vancouver
00:27:56.000 is one of four cities
00:27:57.000 still accepting
00:27:57.740 international travelers.
00:27:59.260 I think there's
00:28:00.040 a heck of a lot more
00:28:01.640 stories to come
00:28:02.700 in your neck of the woods
00:28:04.180 as well.
00:28:05.380 All right.
00:28:05.840 Thank you, David.
00:28:06.620 Bye, everyone.
00:28:07.320 You got it.
00:28:07.780 Have a great weekend.
00:28:08.460 And that was Drea Humphrey
00:28:10.320 in Vancouver.
00:28:11.780 Keep it here, folks.
00:28:12.840 More of Rebel Roundup
00:28:13.640 to come right after this.
00:28:19.020 You may recall
00:28:21.260 how the story
00:28:22.120 originally began
00:28:22.960 last month, folks.
00:28:24.460 Alicia found a loophole,
00:28:27.440 if you want to call it that,
00:28:28.400 to allow her
00:28:29.240 to remain in business.
00:28:30.360 She reimagined
00:28:31.420 Chrome Artistic Barbering
00:28:32.900 as a film production company.
00:28:36.200 And as you know,
00:28:36.960 right across Canada,
00:28:38.320 film production companies,
00:28:39.660 they're working
00:28:40.580 all through this pandemic.
00:28:43.000 And Alicia's making
00:28:44.540 a documentary,
00:28:45.440 and she originally
00:28:46.300 had the blessing
00:28:47.360 by a bylaw officer
00:28:48.840 here at the city
00:28:49.860 of St. Catharines.
00:28:50.820 Hello, Steve Speck
00:28:51.880 from the City Hall
00:28:52.820 and everybody else
00:28:53.760 considered with the
00:28:56.040 filming industry
00:28:58.380 part of it is good.
00:29:00.600 Have a nice day.
00:29:01.680 Well, publicity led
00:29:03.720 to bylaw from both
00:29:05.060 the city and the region
00:29:06.240 clamping down.
00:29:07.700 Alicia closed down
00:29:08.620 for a little while.
00:29:09.520 Another salon,
00:29:10.740 Evolution Salon
00:29:11.960 and Spa,
00:29:12.420 were doing the same
00:29:13.340 business model.
00:29:15.220 They'd closed down,
00:29:16.240 and then they decided
00:29:17.660 enough is enough,
00:29:18.460 we're going to go back
00:29:19.360 into the film
00:29:20.580 production business.
00:29:22.260 But then,
00:29:23.580 things really took
00:29:25.480 a sinister twist.
00:29:27.360 And Alicia,
00:29:27.820 we go back
00:29:28.400 just a few days ago,
00:29:29.980 and somehow,
00:29:32.140 you are being accused
00:29:34.240 of advocating
00:29:36.040 for the death
00:29:38.380 of the medical health officer
00:29:40.860 in Niagara,
00:29:42.060 Mustafa Herji.
00:29:44.100 What's happened here?
00:29:45.400 I went online.
00:29:47.080 I participated
00:29:47.760 in other email campaigns
00:29:49.280 to make moves
00:29:51.740 in St. Catharines,
00:29:52.480 and there was another one
00:29:53.200 that was advertised.
00:29:54.380 It was hashtag
00:29:55.060 fire Herji.
00:29:56.460 The instructions were
00:29:57.400 to write an email
00:29:58.240 to Dr. Herji,
00:29:59.380 let him know
00:29:59.940 how disappointed
00:30:00.620 we were in the 20,000
00:30:01.740 jobs lost in St. Catharines,
00:30:03.980 and are continuing
00:30:04.880 to be in the gray phase.
00:30:06.480 And after that,
00:30:07.460 I decided to make a meme
00:30:09.080 that said hashtag
00:30:10.740 fire Herji,
00:30:11.680 like everybody else
00:30:12.620 had done,
00:30:13.640 and I posted it,
00:30:15.440 and it went from there.
00:30:16.760 And at no point
00:30:17.920 in this meme,
00:30:19.160 and I think I've seen it,
00:30:20.020 that's Herji's picture
00:30:21.700 with two little devils
00:30:23.700 on his shoulders.
00:30:24.860 At any point,
00:30:26.220 did you ever call
00:30:27.200 for violence
00:30:27.980 or death
00:30:28.860 to Dr. Herji?
00:30:30.500 No, not at all.
00:30:31.560 I simply repeated
00:30:32.980 hashtag fire Herji.
00:30:35.260 We have a right.
00:30:35.980 He's a public constituent.
00:30:37.680 We weren't happy
00:30:38.340 with what he was doing,
00:30:39.280 hence the campaign.
00:30:40.340 So I simply recreated
00:30:41.680 a little bit
00:30:43.060 of a better meme,
00:30:43.840 a more effective meme
00:30:44.780 than just a hashtag.
00:30:46.420 And of course,
00:30:47.220 the fallout
00:30:47.980 has just been
00:30:48.880 stunning, folks.
00:30:50.340 Both Premier Doug Ford
00:30:51.980 and Prime Minister
00:30:52.780 Justin Trudeau
00:30:53.640 have weighed in
00:30:54.520 on this,
00:30:55.740 saying that this
00:30:56.420 is completely unacceptable.
00:30:57.640 And by the way,
00:30:58.120 it is unacceptable.
00:30:58.880 You don't call
00:30:59.960 for the death
00:31:01.140 of a public official
00:31:02.340 or anybody.
00:31:03.400 I mean,
00:31:03.920 that's my line
00:31:04.980 when it comes to,
00:31:06.440 my line in the sand,
00:31:07.500 that is,
00:31:07.740 when it comes to free speech,
00:31:08.820 you don't advocate
00:31:09.720 harm or death
00:31:10.980 to a person
00:31:11.680 or an identifiable group.
00:31:13.340 But the thing is,
00:31:15.440 it was not
00:31:16.480 Alicia Herder
00:31:17.720 calling for this.
00:31:18.900 It was other people online,
00:31:20.860 and yet they're claiming
00:31:22.460 that you incited them
00:31:24.520 somehow
00:31:24.880 by a silly little meme?
00:31:26.780 Yes,
00:31:27.100 because there was
00:31:27.800 an underline
00:31:28.560 under Dr. Herjie's name.
00:31:30.200 It's a,
00:31:30.620 actually,
00:31:31.240 it's a graphics app
00:31:32.220 that I used,
00:31:32.880 and when you search
00:31:33.540 underline,
00:31:34.220 it was the underline
00:31:35.340 that came up.
00:31:36.300 It was red,
00:31:37.120 and it's been told
00:31:38.220 to me that
00:31:38.980 it looks like
00:31:39.860 it's a blood smear.
00:31:41.060 That wasn't the intention.
00:31:42.120 It was to match the,
00:31:43.340 that wasn't my intention
00:31:44.340 at all.
00:31:44.820 You can blatantly see
00:31:45.760 by the meme.
00:31:46.320 Other people shared it,
00:31:47.480 but I'm the one,
00:31:48.860 apparently,
00:31:49.460 that shared it
00:31:49.920 in a different way
00:31:50.560 to incite violence
00:31:51.600 and a beheading.
00:31:52.480 That wasn't the case
00:31:53.220 at all.
00:31:54.000 And of course,
00:31:54.760 folks,
00:31:55.040 the media party
00:31:55.920 has piled on.
00:31:56.780 You showed me a story
00:31:58.340 that was written
00:31:58.980 by Grant LaFleche
00:32:00.280 of the St. Catherine Standard.
00:32:02.120 Can you read the lead,
00:32:03.760 Alicia,
00:32:04.340 in terms of what he said?
00:32:06.740 And folks,
00:32:08.060 you can see
00:32:08.680 how this could be
00:32:09.800 very badly
00:32:11.420 misconstrued
00:32:12.520 in terms of blaming
00:32:14.100 Alicia
00:32:14.880 for these ongoing
00:32:16.520 death threats
00:32:17.880 that have popped up
00:32:18.960 for this doctor.
00:32:20.400 Opponents of Niagara's
00:32:22.140 upcoming COVID-19
00:32:23.360 gray area lockdown,
00:32:24.620 including a salon owner
00:32:25.720 who has opened
00:32:26.340 in defiance
00:32:26.880 of pandemic regulations,
00:32:28.300 have taken to social media
00:32:29.620 calling for the firing,
00:32:30.920 arrest,
00:32:31.380 and assault,
00:32:32.080 and even beheading
00:32:33.280 of Niagara's acting
00:32:34.300 medical officer of health.
00:32:36.300 And of course,
00:32:37.840 you are the salon owner.
00:32:40.280 So,
00:32:41.520 to me,
00:32:42.600 Alicia,
00:32:43.520 and we spoke
00:32:44.560 off camera about this,
00:32:45.980 you're so upset
00:32:47.040 about this
00:32:47.800 that you're reaching out
00:32:49.400 to legal counsel
00:32:50.200 right now
00:32:50.740 in terms of
00:32:51.460 a defamation claim
00:32:52.980 against the St. Catherine Standard.
00:32:54.980 Well,
00:32:55.240 right now,
00:32:55.720 I've got to do something.
00:32:56.860 I mean,
00:32:57.340 this article has
00:32:58.640 changed everything.
00:33:00.480 Sorry,
00:33:00.720 I have to do something.
00:33:03.160 So, yeah,
00:33:03.460 I'm looking into something
00:33:04.460 because my life
00:33:05.100 has changed
00:33:05.620 in a crazy way
00:33:06.480 because he incited
00:33:07.800 violence against me.
00:33:08.940 It wasn't me
00:33:10.080 inciting violence
00:33:10.740 against anybody.
00:33:11.920 He's done that at me now.
00:33:13.100 So,
00:33:13.400 I've got to make a move
00:33:14.220 for sure.
00:33:15.240 And if you need a moment,
00:33:16.540 I understand,
00:33:17.260 Alicia,
00:33:17.520 and folks,
00:33:19.280 Alicia's telling the truth
00:33:20.620 because here's the other part
00:33:22.960 of the story
00:33:23.420 that isn't getting reported
00:33:24.720 and a part of the story
00:33:26.720 that not even the police,
00:33:28.560 if you can imagine,
00:33:29.240 are responding to.
00:33:30.680 Alicia has been getting
00:33:32.080 hate messages
00:33:33.560 and death threats herself.
00:33:35.980 Let's play this message.
00:33:38.580 You should be the one
00:33:39.720 we have it
00:33:40.420 because you're damn stupid
00:33:41.880 not to understand
00:33:42.840 that we're going
00:33:43.440 through a pandemic.
00:33:44.800 And this is bloody ridiculous
00:33:46.220 that people like you
00:33:47.240 were the ones
00:33:47.760 that are causing
00:33:48.460 the problem.
00:33:50.620 Get a life.
00:33:52.120 Stay home.
00:33:53.020 Wear a mask.
00:33:54.560 Be social distance.
00:33:57.260 Stop being a jackass.
00:33:59.380 Folks,
00:33:59.800 do you get the idea
00:34:00.540 that the vulgar nut bar
00:34:02.480 doesn't see the irony
00:34:03.720 in stating
00:34:04.600 get a life
00:34:05.660 but then advocates
00:34:07.060 that Alicia Herder
00:34:08.100 should stay home?
00:34:10.340 Incredible.
00:34:10.900 And how disgusting
00:34:12.740 is it
00:34:13.300 that this single
00:34:14.360 mother entrepreneur
00:34:15.200 is actually receiving
00:34:17.200 death threats
00:34:18.240 and intimidation
00:34:19.620 from the authorities
00:34:20.440 all because she found
00:34:22.080 a valid way
00:34:22.840 to operate
00:34:23.520 her hair salon
00:34:25.040 as a film
00:34:26.120 production studio.
00:34:27.640 Again,
00:34:28.340 despicable
00:34:28.900 is the word.
00:34:29.600 In any event,
00:34:30.880 here's what you
00:34:31.600 had to say
00:34:32.280 about the grotesque
00:34:33.640 pylon
00:34:34.260 Alicia Herder
00:34:35.080 is going under
00:34:36.720 for the egregious
00:34:38.120 sin
00:34:38.480 of just trying
00:34:39.880 to make a living
00:34:40.600 and servicing
00:34:41.680 her clients.
00:34:43.380 Eva Thessian writes,
00:34:44.500 I am appalled
00:34:45.800 at where the lies
00:34:46.960 of our media
00:34:47.620 and governments
00:34:48.300 have led us.
00:34:49.460 I am so sorry
00:34:50.360 to hear
00:34:50.840 what you're going through.
00:34:52.360 It breaks my heart.
00:34:53.520 Thank you,
00:34:54.000 Rebel News,
00:34:54.520 for covering truth
00:34:55.840 as to what is happening
00:34:57.360 to this country.
00:34:58.660 Well,
00:34:58.920 thank you for the kind words,
00:35:00.100 Eva.
00:35:00.720 Part of the pylon
00:35:01.640 Alicia is enduring
00:35:02.820 is from the local media outlet,
00:35:04.500 the St. Catherine Standard.
00:35:06.420 That rag implied
00:35:07.640 Alicia was uttering
00:35:08.840 death threats.
00:35:10.080 But since we reached out
00:35:11.520 to them,
00:35:11.900 guess what, folks?
00:35:13.140 They have altered
00:35:13.800 their online story
00:35:14.960 to correct that implication.
00:35:17.060 What a bunch of rats.
00:35:19.140 Anita Dooley writes,
00:35:20.720 when you post media,
00:35:22.460 you invite media.
00:35:24.080 Do not dish it
00:35:25.060 if you cannot take it.
00:35:26.820 Anita, sorry,
00:35:28.060 but you are a clueless idiot here.
00:35:30.420 Yes,
00:35:30.780 Alicia reached out
00:35:31.900 to media outlets.
00:35:33.260 And yes,
00:35:34.140 she can take criticism.
00:35:36.100 But it is completely offside
00:35:37.940 for anybody
00:35:38.680 or any media outlet
00:35:40.000 to defame
00:35:41.100 and libel her
00:35:42.240 simply because
00:35:43.540 they disagree
00:35:44.560 with her.
00:35:46.100 You're welcome.
00:35:47.660 Jonathan Geek
00:35:48.820 writes,
00:35:49.960 are any of these people
00:35:51.360 aware of how strict
00:35:52.740 sanitation is
00:35:53.780 in barbershops
00:35:54.660 and hair salons?
00:35:56.100 Even before COVID,
00:35:57.420 they were subject
00:35:58.100 to strict standards
00:35:59.320 in cleanliness
00:36:00.120 and hygiene.
00:36:01.480 You are a trillion
00:36:02.560 times more likely
00:36:03.700 to get COVID
00:36:04.480 at Walmart
00:36:05.220 than a hair salon.
00:36:06.200 Well,
00:36:06.900 I don't know
00:36:07.660 about a trillion
00:36:08.640 times more likely,
00:36:09.880 Jonathan,
00:36:10.360 but I get your point.
00:36:11.820 A small business
00:36:12.720 with limited numbers
00:36:13.740 of clients
00:36:14.420 is way better
00:36:15.980 situated
00:36:16.640 to maintain
00:36:17.380 hygiene
00:36:18.020 best practices
00:36:19.260 than a jam-packed
00:36:20.880 big box store.
00:36:21.940 Absolutely.
00:36:23.180 The doctor writes,
00:36:24.400 an old lady
00:36:25.220 saying how a woman
00:36:26.240 should be beheaded.
00:36:27.620 Wow.
00:36:28.300 Not only are some people
00:36:29.820 brainwashed,
00:36:30.720 but they are psychotic.
00:36:32.480 Indeed.
00:36:32.800 And by the way,
00:36:33.780 folks,
00:36:34.580 if anyone knows
00:36:35.700 who that vulgar
00:36:36.860 old lady is
00:36:37.780 or that creepy guy
00:36:39.060 on the phone,
00:36:40.400 please pass along
00:36:41.440 the info to us.
00:36:42.760 I would love
00:36:43.780 to interview them.
00:36:45.220 And what do you want
00:36:45.960 to bet?
00:36:46.480 They won't be so full
00:36:47.800 of bravado
00:36:48.440 when they aren't
00:36:49.680 anonymous trolls.
00:36:52.020 Plum Fun writes,
00:36:53.740 P.S.
00:36:54.180 The media is pro-shutdown
00:36:55.860 because it gives them
00:36:57.040 news to sell
00:36:57.960 as entertainment.
00:36:59.220 The city officials
00:37:00.080 are pro-shutdown
00:37:01.120 because it gives them
00:37:02.080 a reason
00:37:02.620 to keep expressing
00:37:03.820 their power.
00:37:04.960 The police are pro-shutdown
00:37:06.440 because they get
00:37:07.180 to hand out tickets
00:37:08.500 that pay for their paychecks.
00:37:10.760 It's simply money.
00:37:12.140 I said it before.
00:37:13.520 Want to end
00:37:14.020 all this COVID stuff?
00:37:15.580 Wait until the people
00:37:16.660 in power start
00:37:17.520 to see their bank accounts
00:37:19.280 and paychecks
00:37:20.480 dwindling.
00:37:21.600 Well, you know Plum Fun?
00:37:23.100 Couldn't have said
00:37:23.700 it any better myself.
00:37:25.580 Stephen McIntyre writes,
00:37:27.220 you may want to add
00:37:28.260 the police to your list
00:37:29.340 of lawsuits as well.
00:37:30.600 They are flat out lying
00:37:32.080 and neglecting
00:37:32.880 to do their duty
00:37:33.780 and they are
00:37:34.720 intimidating you.
00:37:36.400 They can and have
00:37:37.480 gone after people
00:37:38.360 for online bullying
00:37:39.960 and harassment.
00:37:40.960 Well put, Stephen,
00:37:42.160 but apparently
00:37:42.700 it is politically correct
00:37:45.600 for them to threaten
00:37:46.540 a salon owner
00:37:47.520 for opening
00:37:48.240 during a lockdown.
00:37:50.360 Talk about a dereliction
00:37:52.360 of duty indeed.
00:37:54.060 Spees Spees writes,
00:37:55.260 Don't the police
00:37:56.520 have a cyber unit?
00:37:57.780 The police aren't
00:37:58.660 doing their job.
00:37:59.680 Wow.
00:38:00.320 And those people
00:38:01.300 threatening and bullying her?
00:38:03.540 It's all just so sad.
00:38:05.320 She has to go to the ombudsman
00:38:07.020 about the police.
00:38:07.980 Well, maybe the cops
00:38:09.480 are busy with other things.
00:38:10.740 In other words,
00:38:11.320 I once heard that
00:38:12.260 St. Catharines
00:38:13.120 has the greatest number
00:38:14.380 of Tim Horton donut stores
00:38:16.020 per kappa
00:38:16.880 than any other
00:38:18.060 Canadian municipality.
00:38:19.960 Hmm.
00:38:21.180 Jimmy Zhao writes,
00:38:23.180 Grant LaFleche
00:38:24.060 seems like a weakling.
00:38:25.900 Well folks,
00:38:26.500 Grant LaFleche
00:38:27.100 is the journalist
00:38:28.220 who penned
00:38:29.100 a grotesque hit piece
00:38:30.400 on Alicia
00:38:30.920 for the St. Catharines
00:38:32.440 Standard.
00:38:33.500 I don't know
00:38:34.080 if he's a weakling,
00:38:35.340 Jimmy,
00:38:36.080 but he's definitely
00:38:36.760 a coward
00:38:37.340 and a bully
00:38:38.420 and a poor excuse
00:38:39.840 for a journalist.
00:38:40.760 I reached out
00:38:41.360 to him for comment,
00:38:42.760 but he said
00:38:43.160 he was too busy
00:38:44.200 to talk
00:38:44.940 and then hung up
00:38:46.120 the phone.
00:38:47.160 And then after
00:38:47.820 our piece aired,
00:38:48.740 guess what?
00:38:49.300 Like I said,
00:38:49.820 the St. Catharines
00:38:50.860 Standard altered
00:38:52.140 their online story
00:38:53.280 regarding Alicia,
00:38:54.700 no doubt fearful
00:38:55.920 of a defamation lawsuit.
00:38:58.520 Gee,
00:38:58.860 what does it say
00:38:59.580 about the mainstream media
00:39:00.800 that it attracts
00:39:02.240 so many gutless weasels
00:39:04.280 to their ranks
00:39:05.020 in the first place?
00:39:06.460 I'd like to ask
00:39:07.320 that question
00:39:08.000 of Mr. LaFleche,
00:39:09.240 but he'd probably
00:39:10.480 just hang up
00:39:11.120 on me again.
00:39:12.380 Well,
00:39:12.960 that wraps up
00:39:13.580 another edition
00:39:14.200 of Rebel Roundup.
00:39:15.120 Thanks so much
00:39:15.660 for joining us.
00:39:16.380 See you next week.
00:39:17.080 And hey folks,
00:39:17.760 never forget,
00:39:18.800 without risk,
00:39:19.520 there can be no glory.
00:39:21.060 Good night.
00:39:21.520 Good night.
00:39:21.540 We'll be right back.