Wuhan virus： Officially addicted to lockdowns
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Tonight we know so much more about the Wuhan virus than we did back in the beginning of the year, so why are the lockdowns continuing? On tonight's show, I ponder why it is we are still in lockdown mode when it has been proven that lockdowns are not working when it comes to curbing the deadly virus.
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Hey there Rebels, thanks for tuning in. This is the Ezreal Event Show and I'm David Menzies
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filling in for Ezreal Event. On tonight's show I ponder why it is we are still in lockdown mode
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when it has been proven that lockdowns are not working when it comes to curbing the Wuhan virus.
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Tonight we know so much more about the Wuhan virus than we did back in the beginning of the year so
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why are the lockdowns continuing? It's Tuesday, December 8, 2020, and this is the Ezreal Event Show.
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Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?
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There's 8,500 customers here and you won't give them an answer.
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The only thing I have to say to the government about why I'm publishing it is because it's my
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Folks, I'm a big fan of editorial cartoons even though these days, truth be told, editorial cartoonists
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are far more risk-averse due to that three-headed hydra that is political correctness, cancel culture,
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and the cartoon Karens out there who find everything and anything offensive.
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Even so, I came across an editorial cartoon the other day that I think really nailed it
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when it comes to the so-called COVID-19 global pandemic crisis that we are allegedly currently immersed in.
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Now, a news crew is on the beach, presumably filming a sky is falling news report regarding a small wave
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that is perhaps half the size of the news reporter. The wave is called COVID and it is a harmless little
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wave heading toward the sandy beach. Even so, the reporter is pointing at the little wave,
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barking into the microphone, no doubt about the incredible harm the COVID pandemic is doing to
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the world at large. Of course, the news crew is completely oblivious to the real story,
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namely the gigantic tidal wave in the background that is about to engulf them and perhaps sweep them
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out to sea. That tidal wave bears the name poverty. And that, folks, is the real COVID-19 story in the 12th
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and final month of this hellacious year of 2020. Indeed, the media still rails on hysterically
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about the record number of Wuhan virus positive case counts as if COVID is akin to Ebola that,
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you know, contracting this virus is almost an automatic death sentence regardless of who you are.
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But surely we all know by now that nothing could be further from the truth.
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Meanwhile, where are the stories that the so-called cure is surely worse than the curse?
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Poverty is indeed the problem. Lost jobs, bankrupt businesses, a more bond economy, depression and
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anxiety. But since last winter, it's business as usual when it comes to lockdowns and smackdowns and
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suspensions of our civil liberties. But to fight what exactly? You know, personally, like most people,
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I suspect, I've come to look upon the Wuhan virus far differently in the month of December than I did
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back in, say, February. Back then, the coronavirus was some mysterious thing happening in Hubei province
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and China. Later, it would spread to Iran and Italy, both becoming hotspots, but still an ocean away.
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But then the virus spread to just about every place in the world, including right here in Canada.
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And wow, the fear factor loomed large. One didn't dare fill the gas tank unless one was wearing a vinyl or latex
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glove. Hand sanitizer disappeared from store shelves seemingly overnight. People began voluntarily
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masking up, which made non-medical masks disappear overnight as well. People were even donning plastic
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goggles. Every point of entry on the body had to be protected. After all, this was surely some kind of
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vicious bug. By the time the lockdowns kicked in around St. Patrick's Day, I had bought into the fear
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factor too, given that so little was known about this virus. Could I catch it by just touching an
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escalator handrail? And if I caught it, was it an automatic death sentence? And so it was that the
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entire planet went into a mindset best described as really better safe than sorry. Check out this clip
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of me going to Toronto's Pearson International Airport back in the springtime, where I discovered that
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contrary to popular belief, international flights were still coming into Canada on a daily basis,
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including, yes, flights from China, aka that basic dictatorship that our Prime Minister greatly
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admires. David Menzies for Rebel News here at Pearson International Airport in Toronto at the
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international arrivals at Terminal 3. Well, folks, I'm here once again to find out what indeed is going on
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in terms of international arrivals, particularly those coming to Canada from China. Now, you might
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think that that's a thing of the past. After all, Air Canada suspended flights to and from China last
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month. And last Friday, we were told that Justin Trudeau was closing the border. Remember that? But it's not the
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case, at least five to 10 flights from China are coming into Canada on a daily basis. In fact, there's
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one coming in from Shanghai at one o'clock, and another coming in to this terminal at 240 from Chongqing via
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Beijing. And I just want to see, first of all, if any of these passengers are being subjected to enhanced
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screening measures, because that has not been the case in all my other visits to Pearson International
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Airport beginning in January. And I also want to get the opinion of other travellers about our policy.
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You see, if you fly into Toronto from a flight originating in China, and then you want to fly out
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to say Vancouver, or Montreal or anywhere else, you simply get on a connecting flight and off you go.
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In any event, these flights are going to arrive at any moment. I've got my mic on a mini hockey stick
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to maintain social distancing etiquette. And we'll see what the people arriving have to say.
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Hello, sir. Did you just come off the flight from China?
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Yeah. And I'm just wondering, did you go through any kind of enhanced screening measures coming
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through customs? No. Extra screening? I don't think so. No? No. It's normal. Just normal. Oh,
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just normal. Even though there's a global pandemic. I didn't really notice, but I do get some papers.
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Did anyone take your temperature here at the airport, ma'am? No. Did they take your temperature
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remotely, perhaps? No, it didn't. Heck, even in the great outdoors, I was donning so much PPE. I was
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perhaps half a pound of plastic removed from a full-fledged hazmat suit. Check out this excerpt
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from early April of an interview with a trucker who was lamenting that, yes, thanks to COVID fears,
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truckers, the true superheroes of the supply chain, were being denied the use of bathrooms.
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One of the biggest factors that our drivers are experiencing is the fact that they cannot use
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a washroom. And I heard stories from our drivers, then I actually heard it firsthand myself. And I
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drove just last week two and a half hours to get to one of our customers. And to my surprise, when I
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got there, I asked very politely, could I use the bathroom? And they said, oh, we have to check with
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the manager. They go inside, then they come out. And they said, if you really have to go, you're going
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to have to go behind the trailer. In any event, the point is that when I look back at the early days of
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the virus, I realize now in hindsight, that I and millions of others overreacted when it came to this
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strange new bug. And I say this because we now know who the most at risk are, namely, the elderly and long term
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care facilities who account for more than 80% of Wuhan virus deaths in Canada. That's astounding.
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Equally astounding is that those under 40 account for only 0.3% of deaths. That's right.
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0.3%. Perhaps that is where we should have directed our resources to the long term care facilities,
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as opposed to, oh, I don't know, shutting down overnight summer camps as what happened here in
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Ontario, despite the fact that children are virtually invulnerable when it comes to dying from
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the Wuhan virus. And by the way, the death toll is really the only meaningful statistic when it comes
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to this bug, not the number of positive case results. And when one looks at the death toll worldwide,
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that number is 1.55 million. In other words, folks, it is a number that resembles a very bad
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flu season. And yet we are being told by our fearless leaders that they are following the science that
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selectively locking down parts of the economy and enduring all the problems that go with that
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is somehow a positive thing. And it is a very selective lockdown, isn't it?
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The multinational, multi-billion dollar conglomerates such as Walmart and Costco,
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they can open with impunity. They can pack in their customers like so many sardines into a tin can,
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but the little mom-pah stores? No. Those are inexplicably hotspots for the Wuhan virus.
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But, you know, last week, a coalition of major retailers, including Hudson's Bay, Canadian Tire,
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Indigo and Leons, made a plea to government to let all retailers open. And with good reason,
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the stats show that only 0.2% to 0.9% of COVID positive cases can be traced back to retail
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environments. Not even one full percentage point, folks. Yet the carnage by way of unemployment
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and bankruptcies of once viable business is just downright appalling. Meanwhile, a new poll by
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Maru Matchbox indicates that 93% of Canadians believe that small retailers should be allowed
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to stay open. 87% said that closing in-store shopping to small retailers while allowing big-box
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stores to remain open for in-store shopping is unfair. But the politicians remain deaf to this
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groundswell of opposition. Indeed, check out the disgrace that occurred just two weeks ago in West
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End, Toronto, when Adam Skelly had the temerity to open his restaurant to serve his customers and employ
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his staff and support his young family. Well, Mayor John Tory, much to the delight of the mainstream
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media, I should note, quite literally sent in all the king's horses and all the king's men to quash
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the Great Canadian Barbecue Rebellion. Check it out.
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Today, the restaurant is boarded up, fenced off, and under police guard,
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while a jam-packed Costco operates a mere few hundred meters away, unmolested.
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And yes, that Costco even has its own restaurant.
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And when the extreme fitness gym in the east end of Toronto dared to open
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on the same day Adamson Barbecue was being shut down,
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The owner, as well as fitness enthusiasts, were locked out.
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That's because the average 30-year-old Canadian is in about the same physical shape
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This message is brought to you by the CFL, CTV, and its sponsors for participation.
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And yet, what does the science tell us about gyms and COVID?
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Well, consider a recent study by Sheffield Hallam University.
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Researchers analyzed more than 62 million gym visits from 14 European nations since September
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and discovered that just 487 infections had been reported by operators.
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That works out to a rate of 0.78 cases per 100,000 visits.
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So, deny people the right to work, deny people the right to open their business, deny people
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the right to burn off their rage and despair by going to the gym, and what do you get?
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Well, you get more and more people thinking about checking out, as in permanently.
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Sadly and shockingly, the Canadian Mental Health Association reports that a full 10% of Canadians
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have considered committing suicide during this pandemic.
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Compare that to pre-pandemic 2016, when only 2.5% entertained suicidal thoughts.
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Says CMHA's national CEO, Margaret Eaton, quote,
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Cold weather, uncertainty, eroded social networks, and restrictions on holiday gatherings
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are hitting at a time when people are already anxious, hopeless, and fearful
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I am afraid that many people are in such despair that they can't see past it, end quote.
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We need more liberty during this time, not less.
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It seems to me that elected officials of every level, of every political stripe,
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have received a taste of quasi-totalitarian power.
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I just want you all to know that you just served a fine upon God, okay?
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Because these tyrants didn't want the optics of ticketing Christians during their service,
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We stayed here to watch what was going to happen because we had a little bit of a hunch
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that Brian Pallister and his vile health authorities,
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cringeworthy excuses for law enforcement here in Canada
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came to ticketing Christians for staying in their cars,
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for staying in their cars while worshipping God.
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Because it's not the constitution that Canada subscribes to, certainly.
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Was it these guys that gave you the ticket to buy it?
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Well, that was a video clip of Kian Bexty's visit to Steinbeck, Manitoba.
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And as you can see, folks, there seems to be a different standard applied in Manitoba,
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much like other provinces when it comes to places of worship.
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And I think it was encapsulated by that illustration, that cartoon,
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that depicted an abortion clinic open for business,
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liquor store open for business, place of worship, a church closed.
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Well, Kian, you were really fired up in that video.
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Was it the fact that, A, the people in this church were being ticketed,
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or, B, the fact that the authorities outweighed the media,
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so they couldn't record this disgrace on camera?
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What does the Charter of Rights and Freedom actually mean
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if it does not get followed by the people you most expect to follow it,
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Our freedoms that are guaranteed to us in the Charter and in other places
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and the Charter outlines where the government can't overstep.
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And one of those places is freedom of religion,
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freedom of the media, a whole bunch of other things.
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But in particular, the right for these folks to practice their religion
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was being absolutely trampled by Brian Pallister,
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the health officials, and the law enforcement that were on scene.
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and I'm glad that we were able to be there with a video camera
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to show everyone exactly what's happening in this country.
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You know, and, Kian, strictly speaking in terms of the science, if you will,
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because we're being told over and over and over again,
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it's science that is directing these decisions.
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When one goes into a vehicle with the windows rolled up
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and you're just with members of your immediate family
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and you're listening to the sermon on a radio broadcast,
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I witnessed this going back in May to Elmer, Ontario,
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and they were being threatened with the same kind of shakedown.
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And I can tell you, Kian, about 300 metres away from the Church of God
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was a no-frills, packed to the gills, with a line-up outside.
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People weren't isolating within vehicles to do their grocery shopping, obviously.
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and there's more people coming in and out of their cars
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and sitting in their cars than there were in that place of worship.
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And when you look at all that, all the hypocrisy of the rules,
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you realize, well, this is really just vindictively targeting Christians
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And actually, it's interesting to—I'm glad we're able to report this,
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Today, they decided that, oh, okay, maybe those drive-in services aren't that bad.
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After, just a day after, we published video footage of what was going on.
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that you were the one media outlet that stood around to capture this on camera.
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Indeed, and if that's the catalyst that has changed, you know,
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the course of this smackdown of the Church of God there.
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But, you know, Kian, again, going back to the science,
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do we have any statistics to indicate that places of worship
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are hotspots for the spread of the Wuhan virus?
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I mean, last week, a bunch of large retailers came out,
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such as Canadian Tire, Indigo, Leon's, some other ones,
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and they were making the notation that when it comes to COVID-positive tests
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coming out of retail stores, the rate is somewhere between 0.2% and 0.9%.
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Do we have any indications that the same might be true for religious institutions?
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they willingly said, you know, fine, we won't gather inside.
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But the fact that that, like, even, you don't have to be an epidemiologist
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to know that you're not going to get the Wuhan flu
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from someone in a totally different car from you.
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That's why it's so obviously funny when you see someone driving in their car
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all by themselves with a mask on, because it's just insane.
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It shows how cult-like this whole thing has become.
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And, you know, when they made that decision to hold the drive-in service,
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everyone could see that that was a reasonable compromise.
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So, I mean, the fact that this was illegal in the first place
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goes to show that the Manitoba government and governments across Canada
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and, indeed, the world are completely missing the mark
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but you can still go to Walmart and buy a six-liter of chocolate mint ice cream.
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Yeah, it's almost as though the Wuhan virus is a super-intelligent bug here,
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But more to the point, I can tell you here in the Greater Toronto Area,
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where we look at the City of Toronto and Peel Region,
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which is the most severe lockdown colour you can be in,
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But besides that, the stats show that since going into that lockdown,
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So it shows that's the indication that these lockdowns
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So why are we still going down this road in the first place,
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in terms of those in the bureaucracy, the public health units,
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even the World Health Organization, the commies that run it,
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and they kind of want vaccines to be mandatory.
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are keen to listen to them on everything that they say,
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which sort of, you know, the data backs that up.
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Well, it seems like the governments are all too happy
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with the power that they've recently found themselves with.
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When every premier in this country got elected,
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except for, I think, Scott Moe and John Horgan,
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they weren't aware that they were going to have
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You know, I think you're on to something, Keane,
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of public health units, several government leaders
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you know, why would they ever relinquish it voluntarily?
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Think of the Income Tax Act from the World Wars,
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That was brought in to deal with the cost of war.
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The government said, we're in extraordinary times.
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It was such an infringement on their own personal liberty
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and their own financial independence from government.
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And you can expect that even when vaccines come out,
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isn't popping between people who've been vaccinated,
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Oh, I wouldn't take you on that bet at all, Kian.
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In fact, in the New York Times, I think of today,
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and good on you for your spidey senses tingling
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and that they were going to hand out those tickets
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More of the Ezra Levent show to come right after this.