Action4Canada - A4C Chapters Local Advocacy Equals Remarkable Outcomes

00:00:00.000 I joined A4C for my family, actually my grandmother, just a week after her job, she died.

00:00:07.540 And also my little sister, she's 20 years old right now, and almost half of her friends, they are on puberty blockers.

00:00:17.040 When Soji popped up on the scene nine years ago, the wolves were coming for our children.

00:00:23.800 How can you be silent? That's what we're called to do, to be watchmen on the wall.

00:00:30.000 Our chapter recently started a sexually explicit book club to look at inappropriate books in our school libraries.

00:00:38.600 One action that we took was standing outside a school to let parents know about the inappropriate book called It's Perfectly Normal.

00:00:45.460 In January, a member of our chapter set up a meeting with the principal of that school to discuss the book It's Perfectly Normal.

00:00:52.020 And a couple days later, the principal called to say that they didn't need to meet because it was decided that this book would be removed.

00:01:00.660 I didn't like what was happening. COVID stuff started.

00:01:04.020 Someone had mentioned, have you seen what Action for Canada is doing?

00:01:08.320 They're really, you know, doing a lot as far as these notices of liability.

00:01:14.940 And so I went home, did my research, and I decided I'm going to get involved with them because I want to be a chapter leader.

00:01:22.320 As a chapter leader, my role is to educate, equip, and mobilize citizens to take charge of what's happening in their cities.

00:01:33.540 Don't be afraid. Marriage is not the absence of fear. It is the strength to move forward in the face of fear or pain.

00:01:40.840 And so, you know, we just need to be courageous and step out in faith, knowing that God has a word for us to do.

00:01:50.060 We are called to be salt and light in the world, so shine the light of truth where you are planted.

00:01:56.040 It's never too late to do the right thing.

00:01:59.320 The highlights for me have been our Monday meetings and listening to the amazing things that people do.

00:02:06.420 You know, Gail and Surrey visited, I think it's 120 schools, informing people about SOGI.

00:02:12.740 I consider Action for Canada family, and there's just so many amazing leaders.

00:02:18.820 I'm so glad I did it.

00:02:24.300 Well, it's so good to be with you, friends, and welcome as you join us for another informative evening.

00:02:31.280 We love having you as a part of our community.

00:02:33.860 We have a special show planned for you tonight where you will get to meet some of Action for Canada's chapter leaders.

00:02:41.660 The title of tonight's show is Local Advocacy Equals Remarkable Outcomes.

00:02:48.060 It's January 21st, 2026, and this is the Empower Hour.

00:02:53.720 I'm so pleased to introduce Kim McBride tonight.

00:02:57.380 Kim started following Action for Canada's call to actions during the unlawful government lockdowns in 2020.

00:03:05.160 In July of 2021, she became the Calgary Chapter Leader, and the following year, she took on the job of National Chapter Leader Coordinator.

00:03:14.540 On tonight's Empower Hour, Kim will be introducing us to some of our amazing chapter leaders.

00:03:20.460 Will you all please help me welcome Kim McBride.

00:03:23.900 Hello, Kim.

00:03:24.660 Hi, Heather.

00:03:26.920 Well, thank you so much for that nice introduction.

00:03:31.120 This is always a show that I'm so excited to be able to showcase all the good work of our chapter leaders,

00:03:39.800 and I just have such a privilege to be able to work with them.

00:03:44.080 Tonight, Tanya Goss said, you know what, Kim?

00:03:47.380 I think you're ready for this, and you can take the reins fully.

00:03:51.140 So tonight, I get the privilege of sitting in a, well, I'm not sitting, I'm standing this time,

00:03:57.000 but standing in some big shoes, and I'm looking forward to this evening because it's the work behind the scenes that most Canadians don't get to see.

00:04:04.840 You get to see the big wins after they happen, but they require a lot of work, some tenacity, and a lot of courage from ordinary Canadians.

00:04:15.260 And so tonight, I get to introduce you to a few of them.

00:04:18.360 I've done this before in other shows, and so I'm really looking forward to being able to share with you from across spectrum, across the country,

00:04:27.120 ordinary Canadians that felt the call, saw the need, and put up their hand.

00:04:32.940 And many were, well, I don't really know what it takes to be a chapter leader, but I'm ready to learn, ready to roll up my sleeves, and I'm starting to take action.

00:04:41.680 That's one of the beautiful things about Action for Canada, it's in our name, that we take actions.

00:04:47.060 We don't just talk about how bad the situation is and scare everybody about it, but we have solutions,

00:04:53.340 and we are building up communities at the local level with regular Canadians who are basically watchmen in their communities

00:05:02.000 and leaders within their communities to be able to take on the actions that need to be taken to preserve our heritage as a Christian nation.

00:05:11.260 Canada is, boldly, we're proclaiming it a Christian nation, and the values that underpin that are what have made us glorious and free all these years,

00:05:20.260 and so we want to continue to defend that.

00:05:21.940 And these are the regular people that have stepped up to do that.

00:05:25.620 So this evening, we're going to hear from five, six different people, and again, they range from all across the country.

00:05:33.580 Our very first guest this evening is going to be from Quebec.

00:05:39.180 Our chapter leader, our one and only chapter leader in Montreal, Quebec, is our own Laurienne Cartier,

00:05:44.920 and she is also one of our youngest chapter leaders, which is just such a blessing to have that youthful energy and experience.

00:05:56.020 So Laurienne lives near Montreal.

00:05:58.440 She's a language teacher and a translator.

00:06:01.600 She likes researching banned and censored content on the internet and in books, which will keep her busy, I'm sure.

00:06:08.960 There's a lot of that.

00:06:09.820 But Laurienne wants to explore the world to uncover mysteries.

00:06:13.820 So we love that enthusiasm, and I'm so glad that you're joining us tonight.

00:06:18.660 And just to kick things off, Laurienne, basically tell us a little bit more about yourself

00:06:24.420 and what motivated you to reach out to get involved with A4C.

00:06:28.880 Thank you, Kim.

00:06:31.260 I'm excited to be here with you.

00:06:33.800 I have always searched to try to find truth and I guess God at the same time.

00:06:40.660 So in my research, well, lately I've seen a lot of things going on in the world.

00:06:48.560 I joined A4C also for my family because my grandparents, I had one of them who died after his first job.

00:06:58.380 Actually, my grandmother, just a week after her job, she died.

00:07:03.520 And also my little sister, she's 20 years old right now.

00:07:07.860 And almost half of her friends are, well, they say they are trans.

00:07:13.360 They are on puberty blockers.

00:07:16.280 So I see that going on.

00:07:18.380 This is very big what's happening, the global plan from the UN to indoctrinate the children.

00:07:28.600 So, yes, I think I jumped in because I wanted to protect my people, my family, my friends, basically.

00:07:39.340 Yeah, and those are some big issues that Action for Canada does cover.

00:07:44.220 And that was going to be my question.

00:07:45.600 What is the issues that are bringing you to take action and some of those big ones for sure?

00:07:52.880 So as you came on board and you found out about us, can you maybe tell the audience a little bit about that process of how you came to be a chapter leader with Action for Canada?

00:08:05.660 And what support do you receive in order to handle some of those big topics?

00:08:10.340 And then we'll go on from there.

00:08:12.300 Yeah.

00:08:12.740 Yes.

00:08:13.020 So at first I signed up and I thought there was already a chapter in Montreal.

00:08:18.200 So I just wanted to join.

00:08:20.420 But seeing that there was none and it's actually a need, I think, there are not so many resources in French.

00:08:29.840 I think it's harder to get for Francophones, maybe.

00:08:34.540 So I think, well, I guess I can do it.

00:08:38.040 I can try.

00:08:39.220 So I decided to be a chapter leader.

00:08:42.320 So my first meeting with you was in May last year.

00:08:47.460 And I started the six-week training that I completed about six months ago.

00:08:53.760 So it has just been six months.

00:08:56.740 But I think the training was really relevant because at the end, you master certain topics.

00:09:04.080 I wouldn't have been so comfortable talking about LGBTQ without you, for instance. 1.00

00:09:11.140 Yeah.

00:09:13.100 Yeah.

00:09:14.080 Yeah.

00:09:14.320 That's the thing is that we don't just bring chapter leaders on and think that they already have all that knowledge.

00:09:20.600 There is a deep training process that goes through to give you the language to be able to speak to those issues that can be quite daunting.

00:09:28.200 And so we don't just bring you on and then throw you out there.

00:09:31.600 There is a process, for sure, in order to be really effective in your community and to speak with the language that's convincing and also educating.

00:09:43.860 Right.

00:09:44.860 And the fact that you speak French and that you are a translator by profession is a huge bonus and a real godsend, I have to say, because we felt that we need to let Quebecers know that you are part of Canada and you have rights and alienable rights like the rest of the Canadians. 0.95

00:10:05.460 And we wanted to make sure that that information got out there.

00:10:08.920 Being that you're in that younger generation and certainly a very targeted generation with those issues of LGBT and trans ideology, even in Quebec, a lot of us across the country, too.

00:10:25.660 Just, you know, people moving in with this mass immigration and whatnot and really changing the identity of our country because people are not integrating and they're not finding out what it is to be a Canadian.

00:10:40.420 And so that whole issue around identity and Canadian identity is a real problem.

00:10:45.340 And so one of my questions is, what words of wisdom would you have, especially for people in your generation?

00:10:53.840 What would you say to them to motivate them to get involved in actually the development of principled public policies?

00:11:01.380 Because we've really steered away from that.

00:11:03.540 And what could you say to them to invite them to get involved with, you know, governing this country?

00:11:09.920 Because your generation and others are the ones that are going to be inheriting the reins for that. 0.98

00:11:15.880 So do you have any words of wisdom for people your age?

00:11:19.960 What's it going to take to get them involved?

00:11:22.920 Don't be scared would be the first thing.

00:11:25.760 You're allowed to make mistakes.

00:11:27.860 You'll learn.

00:11:29.360 I think we have this life.

00:11:31.260 So let's give it our best shot.

00:11:33.820 So instead of just waiting to see our freedoms taken away from us, we can just do something.

00:11:43.920 Even if it doesn't have an impact right now in a couple of years, if things get much worse, at least they will think about what we told them with our heart, right?

00:11:56.380 If we do simple things right now, it might have a butterfly effect at some point in the future.

00:12:03.800 They might remember what we told them and they will stop complying with the plan.

00:12:10.360 Maybe in a few years, but.

00:12:13.980 Yeah.

00:12:14.740 Yeah, I think well said for sure.

00:12:16.420 It's that bit of education, the seeds of knowledge and that knowledge grows.

00:12:20.900 And then when you are equipped with that knowledge, it's powerful because you don't, you have the confidence that comes with that of speaking articulately about the things and asserting what your values really are.

00:12:32.460 So how do you stay motivated?

00:12:35.040 Because it's not always an easy battle, but what inspires you to stay motivated even when things get challenging?

00:12:41.480 I think you, Kim and Action for Canada are helping.

00:12:46.400 You can find peace and hope in our meetings.

00:12:50.160 I think the truth overall, that we always talk about God, how we can reach to him directly.

00:13:00.340 And I think this helps me keeping hope in that spiritual battle and seeing the wonderful things also, not just if there's the dark thing here, the opposite also exists.

00:13:13.220 So.

00:13:15.540 Yes.

00:13:16.140 OK, well said for sure.

00:13:18.180 So looking for that hope and in our organization, we certainly do lift up those Christian principles.

00:13:24.220 And we always say that Action for Canada is a God-breathed organization.

00:13:29.780 And we really do get our marching orders really from him and his direction and his good values and the way of good Christian biblical values that help us to govern ourselves and this nation in a healthy way for human flourishing.

00:13:45.300 So that's excellent, you know, that that, you know, is something that you've been able to tap into in order to give you that strength.

00:13:52.540 OK, my question for you then is, OK, you've done a new chapter and just in closing with you, you're a new chapter in Montreal.

00:14:00.860 So you kind of have you have your chapter meetings.

00:14:04.080 They're both online and then sometimes you've had some in-person meetings.

00:14:07.760 So I wonder if you might be able just to reach out to the audience listening, especially to Quebecers.

00:14:13.500 And you're welcome to speak in French if you'd like to speak to them and just invite them and maybe do that on-the-spot translation so that people know how to get a hold of you in Montreal.

00:14:23.280 What would they need to do?

00:14:25.100 Oui, donc si vous connaissez des gens qui pensent seulement français, invitez-les aux réunions.

00:14:30.920 Comme ça, on va pouvoir parler de ville 15 minutes, ville intelligente, l'aide médicale à mourir, les programmes de sexualisation des enfants à l'école, digital ID, identité numérique.

00:14:42.440 Tous ces sujets-là en français, donc je serai ravie de vous voir.

00:14:47.420 So we can talk about all those topics in French too for people who are just speaking French.

00:14:53.920 So that's a nice go-to.

00:14:57.080 Absolutely.

00:14:58.100 And I could understand a little bit, un petit peu, what you said.

00:15:03.060 So I am so grateful that you have joined us, that you bring that youthful energy and excitement and willingness to learn.

00:15:12.040 Lorianne, you were really a blessing to us.

00:15:14.680 And I just look forward to how you're going to be engaging in Montreal with all the issues that need to be engaged with and how you're going to grow your chapter.

00:15:23.880 So thank you so much for taking the brave step of joining us on the Empower Hour tonight.

00:15:28.480 And God bless you.

00:15:29.700 Thank you.

00:15:30.280 This has been a wonderful experience so far.

00:15:32.980 So thank you.

00:15:33.880 You're a source of inspiration.

00:15:35.900 The other leaders too.

00:15:37.180 My mentor.

00:15:38.400 Really, it's a blessing.

00:15:40.740 So thank you.

00:15:42.500 Wonderful.

00:15:43.460 Okay.

00:15:43.860 Thank you so much, Lorianne.

00:15:45.440 So wonderful.

00:15:46.800 Yeah, I love that we do have that youthful energy and excitement.

00:15:53.140 So that's just a real blessing.

00:15:54.740 Our next guest brings a different skill set, and that's wisdom.

00:15:59.960 And so we are going to ask our next chapter leader from Vanderhoof, chapter leader from Vanderhoof, is Henry Thiessen.

00:16:07.920 And Henry Thiessen has been in Vanderhoof as a chapter leader really almost from the beginning.

00:16:13.500 I think you're one of our most established chapters, and you've been really consistently, quietly in the background, bringing some common sense, I think, to City Hall and town councils and the school board.

00:16:30.520 But you're coming from Vanderhoof.

00:16:32.560 Your claim to fame is that you are in the geographical center of BC, and you and your wife have been with A4C since the late fall of 2021.

00:16:44.660 So you were coming in, Henry, during all that COVID hysteria and that tyranny and that whole nonsense.

00:16:52.660 But I'll just turn it over to you for a little bit here, and maybe you can tell us a little bit more about yourself.

00:16:57.960 What did motivate you to come into A4C, and when was that exactly?

00:17:03.340 Well, if I could, just off the top, I just want to say that I'm so thankful for Tanya and her uncompromising stand for truth and the truth of the gospel,

00:17:12.840 and the reality that Canada is a Christian nation that was founded on biblical principles.

00:17:17.960 And a big thank you to you and everyone else on the team.

00:17:20.440 There's lots of them, too many to mention.

00:17:23.260 And also a big thank you to our group, our local group.

00:17:26.500 We've got a consistent group of about 8 to 14 people who show up for regular meetings.

00:17:32.740 I've got 58 people on my email list.

00:17:36.320 It'd be good if they showed up regularly, but that's a good start.

00:17:39.980 And so about us, my wife and I have been involved, like you said, since the early winter of 2020, 2021, actually.

00:17:52.560 And so we were involved in the trucker convoy and that sort of thing.

00:17:57.060 And I'm married to a lovely lady by the name of Linda, who is very supportive of our Action for Canada work.

00:18:03.840 Between us, we have five children and 11 grandchildren.

00:18:06.980 I used to work as a helicopter pilot.

00:18:11.520 I was doing that for 34 years.

00:18:13.860 I worked in every province and territory of Canada, except for the Maritimes and some places, some parts of the United States and also South America.

00:18:26.000 But I'm retired from that now, but always busy.

00:18:29.980 And so I think you asked how we got involved with Action for Canada.

00:18:33.360 And it was actually a neighbor of ours who introduced us to Action for Canada and asked if we would be willing to take on the leadership of that, because she did not have the time to do it.

00:18:44.560 And so that's how we got involved.

00:18:48.060 Yeah, yeah.

00:18:49.160 And that was probably during that COVID time when we were dealing with mandates and unlawful measures and masking and the jabs.

00:18:57.520 And it was during that time, was it not?

00:19:00.060 Yeah, that's correct.

00:19:00.980 Yeah, but early in May of 2020 already, I realized that this was not a health issue.

00:19:09.660 It was more of a control issue.

00:19:11.040 And so I took signs up and down the street before anybody else was even involved.

00:19:18.560 And one of them said, the front one said, Wake Up Canada.

00:19:22.540 The back one said, Fight for Freedom or something like that.

00:19:27.080 So this was something that was on our hearts right from the get-go.

00:19:34.080 And over the years, the topics have shifted a little bit.

00:19:38.260 But we've always been dealing with those control mechanisms and ideologies that are destructive that have been coming in.

00:19:44.920 And so it seems like the topics of A for C have shifted a little bit and they've expanded.

00:19:50.880 But we're really still dealing with those core destructive policies.

00:19:55.740 And the fact that Canada is, you know, a lot of the policies that are coming in are really off course and quite adrift.

00:20:02.460 So over time, we've kind of moved in different directions.

00:20:06.180 But what has been your focus in Vanderhoof then and how have you taken action in that particular area?

00:20:11.460 Well, we've been focusing primarily on local issues, particularly with the schools, the school board, and to some degree, the city council.

00:20:24.800 And that's been an uphill battle.

00:20:26.820 I can tell you that for sure.

00:20:28.660 But like I said, we've got a committed group and we're persistent.

00:20:34.940 And we're making a difference, I think.

00:20:38.420 I can share some of those with you if you want.

00:20:41.780 Absolutely.

00:20:43.080 But as you know, there's so many issues going on between, you know, the 15-minute cities, the vaccinations, the World Economic Forum, and on it goes.

00:20:54.700 But we can't possibly cover them all.

00:20:57.200 So we decided to focus on the school board and the local council.

00:21:03.440 And just so you know, I also ran in the past as a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party in the federal election.

00:21:11.760 I ran twice.

00:21:12.700 And in the last civic election in 2022, I ran for city council, but it was unsuccessful in both of those endeavors.

00:21:21.260 However, it gives us a great platform to speak truth to the issues.

00:21:26.760 Yeah, absolutely.

00:21:28.820 And would you say, Henry, that that would have been something that you would have thought to do in any other time?

00:21:36.660 Or, you know, we've often encouraged Canadians, if they can, get involved in politics, maybe run for office.

00:21:44.000 So did that motivate you in any way?

00:21:46.260 Or has that been something that was sort of on your heart, you've been thinking about before?

00:21:49.880 Because I know that you're really involved with the Christian Heritage Party and various elections in B.C.

00:21:57.140 I think in the last one, too, you were quite involved.

00:21:59.620 But was that something that was in your background?

00:22:02.480 Or is that something new to this moment in history that we find ourselves in?

00:22:06.280 Well, Action for Canada was actually a godsend because I'm looking for some organization or someone to put together a program or a platform where we could address these issues along with other people rather than doing so many things on our own.

00:22:30.980 So that really changes the game for the work that we're doing because we've been involved in other work as well, like pro-life work with 40 Days for Life and such.

00:22:43.260 And so Action for Canada is working on all of those issues and equipping people, including all the chapter leaders, and doing all the heavy lifting.

00:22:54.840 So it's a good fit.

00:22:58.640 Yeah, I agree.

00:22:59.620 I agree very much.

00:23:00.980 And I know that you've sort of positioned yourself, like you say, you've been involved in going to city councils.

00:23:09.200 Maybe you can share a little bit about that.

00:23:11.260 Like, what exactly would that look like?

00:23:12.720 You say you have a team of people.

00:23:14.680 And what do they do?

00:23:16.620 You just show up and you watch what's on the agenda.

00:23:20.400 You try to get on delegations.

00:23:21.880 Or how is it that you're involving yourself there?

00:23:24.680 And I know that they know you by name, Henry, by now because you've been there.

00:23:28.580 And how is it interacting with them?

00:23:31.440 Has there been any change?

00:23:33.860 And if the challenging moments come up, what keeps you motivated and inspired to keep going if you do run into those challenges?

00:23:41.520 Well, some of the things that we've been doing is writing letters and emails and just being engaged.

00:23:49.740 I mean, the first step is always to show up.

00:23:54.240 And then, of course, to be engaged, you need to know what's on the agenda.

00:23:58.420 And last spring, for example, I did a 10-minute presentation to the school board.

00:24:03.900 And I invited people from our group and anyone else who was interested to come and join us, even though they only let about four people in to the meeting.

00:24:13.580 That's an issue that we've also been working on.

00:24:18.040 But we had about 20 people outside.

00:24:21.040 And that makes a huge difference, just for them to know that it's not just Henry presenting to the board.

00:24:26.700 There's people out there that I'm speaking for.

00:24:29.860 And they were able to listen to the meeting on live stream.

00:24:34.000 So those are some of the things that we have been doing.

00:24:37.880 And we've noticed that there are some changes happening.

00:24:42.700 You know, for example, when we ask questions during the meeting, they would always say, give us your name and your email address and we'll give you the answer.

00:24:53.980 So they would only give the answer to the person that asked the question privately and no one else knew what the answer was.

00:25:00.320 And so they've been modifying that now.

00:25:04.580 So in the last meeting, which was Monday morning or Monday evening, we actually had a little bit of a discussion with the superintendent and the chairman and myself about a particular question that I asked.

00:25:17.140 And so it's just one little example of how we're moving into a better relationship with the public.

00:25:24.460 Because over the past few decades, they basically had free reign because people weren't engaging into school board meetings.

00:25:36.460 You know, you bring up a very good point.

00:25:38.680 And I think that was eye-opening for a lot of Canadians to go, oh, it really does matter who I elect as my school board trustee.

00:25:48.440 I know for me personally, when I would look at the list, I'd be like, I didn't research any of those people.

00:25:54.780 So I guess the incumbent has been doing an okay job.

00:25:58.040 And so it's kind of by default.

00:26:00.060 And a lot of these, especially school boards in more rural areas, there's a lot that just get it by default because nobody else ran against them.

00:26:10.400 So in fact, actually, we've been able to have a number of school board trustee positions filled by people who have been trained up through Action for Canada, former chapter leaders as well,

00:26:20.600 who then stepped aside from Action for Canada to move into that because they were elected and they ran for office and then they got in and were able to impact that.

00:26:30.900 So, yeah, I want our audience to hear that, is that sometimes just showing up, I think you said that earlier, just showing up makes a big difference.

00:26:40.520 Because it does show the people in power, you know what, your actions are being monitored.

00:26:47.360 The public is not naive and, you know, AWOL at this point.

00:26:53.960 They're showing up and they're reading your agenda.

00:26:56.760 They're reading your documents that you're trying to put forward.

00:27:00.300 As I understand, you're going to have some strategic development plans being presented with the school board.

00:27:06.860 And you've already caught wind of that, right, Henry?

00:27:08.860 And you're going to be addressing that.

00:27:11.660 If they're going to do a redevelopment plan, you want to be at the ground floor with that.

00:27:16.660 Is there something with that right now?

00:27:18.520 Where are we at with that one?

00:27:20.500 Well, they're redoing what they call their strategic plan, which is kind of the foundation of how they operate the school, you know, day to day.

00:27:31.000 And so they asked for public input on what we would like to see in a strategic plan.

00:27:35.920 And so they had an online survey.

00:27:38.240 There was, I think, close to 600 or over 600 respondents to that.

00:27:43.900 Unfortunately, over half of them were students.

00:27:47.020 And I have a feeling that a lot of the students were probably coached on how to answer that.

00:27:53.280 But we also had the opportunity to go to an in-person roundtable meeting.

00:27:58.760 And so they got firsthand instructions or views of where we would like the school education system to go and what the strategic plan should look like.

00:28:11.040 So hopefully they'll take some of those ideas and put them in, implement them.

00:28:16.620 Yeah, excellent.

00:28:18.120 And a closing thought here.

00:28:20.120 What words of wisdom do you have, Henry, to inspire the audience to join a chapter or get involved in bringing these solutions to the many problems that we face in our nation?

00:28:30.180 But what would you say?

00:28:31.360 Well, first of all, don't be afraid, because if God calls you to a certain work, we can rely on his promises to give us what we need to carry out that work.

00:28:44.680 You know, how many times does the Lord say, do not fear or do not be afraid?

00:28:50.340 Courage is not the absence of fear.

00:28:52.920 It is the strength to move forward in the face of fear or pain.

00:28:56.220 And so, you know, we just need to be courageous and step out in faith, knowing that God has a work for us to do.

00:29:05.420 We are called to be salt and light in the world.

00:29:08.900 So shine the light of truth where you are planted.

00:29:11.400 That would be my advice.

00:29:12.400 And finally, it's never too late to do the right thing.

00:29:17.660 Yeah.

00:29:18.400 Wow.

00:29:18.880 Well said.

00:29:19.680 And God doesn't call the equipped.

00:29:22.140 He equips the ones he calls.

00:29:24.300 And so we can always, you know, count on that and trust that and just taking that first step forward.

00:29:31.120 So, so grateful for you, Henry, for your wisdom.

00:29:34.640 You're a very steady presence.

00:29:36.880 And you've been very consistent and focused on that one thing.

00:29:39.940 And I know that you're moving the needle, certainly in Vanderhoof up there in the north of BC,

00:29:45.780 just kind of north central, you said, in the dead center of BC.

00:29:49.160 But we're so grateful to have you there at your post.

00:29:52.380 And we just bless you with continued good work.

00:29:54.980 Thank you so much for joining me tonight on the Empower Hour and sharing with Canadians.

00:30:00.440 Just it takes ordinary people just to step up and take an action.

00:30:04.400 So thank you so much, Henry.

00:30:06.200 You're welcome.

00:30:06.720 Thank you.

00:30:07.560 Thank you.

00:30:08.340 Blessings.

00:30:08.780 Thank you so much for joining us.

00:30:38.760 Joining together with the causes that Action for Canada has engaged with and we've become fast friends.

00:30:45.280 And so really, I want to just ask you then, Diane, tell us a little bit more about yourself.

00:30:51.000 What motivated you?

00:30:52.500 How did you get involved?

00:30:53.500 That sort of thing.

00:30:54.000 And I'm just going to give you the floor to share from sort of that church perspective,

00:30:59.660 the pastor's perspective about the blessings of being involved in taking action,

00:31:06.840 getting past the nervousness and the fear, taking courage.

00:31:11.400 But then the community that you find when you join together and start taking that action.

00:31:17.180 So I'm just going to let you lead.

00:31:19.260 I know that you have prepared a few thoughts and I just, yeah, if you can just start with,

00:31:24.340 tell us about yourself, about your chapter and some of the things you're involved with.

00:31:28.880 Well, I just want to thank you so much for having the courage to be part of the leadership team in Action for Canada.

00:31:36.440 I know it has great demand and we have such a fantastic leader.

00:31:41.000 And I'll tell you a little bit about myself.

00:31:43.120 We've been pastors here a long time, over 30 years.

00:31:46.340 And yeah, we've seen a lot of things come and go.

00:31:51.300 But when Soji popped up on the scene nine years ago,

00:31:55.120 it was a wake-up call that we needed to protect our children in this province,

00:32:01.300 and the families in our society against an insane agenda.

00:32:07.440 We attended school board meetings, gave out materials, brought in speakers,

00:32:12.040 and helped in elections for school boards.

00:32:15.560 And there was a lack of interest and a reluctance to cause an offense by a lot of people,

00:32:22.520 especially the Christian community.

00:32:25.740 But the wolves were coming for our children.

00:32:29.920 How can you be silent?

00:32:31.200 That's what we're called to do, to be watchmen on the wall.

00:32:35.500 So when COVID hit, we knew something was really wrong.

00:32:40.020 It was too planned, too organized, and it had been openly foretold by these elite leaders.

00:32:47.700 Forced compliance by the whole world, it was crazy.

00:32:51.500 Bars and stores, okay, but church, no.

00:32:56.720 We're visiting grandma.

00:32:58.340 How many grandmothers and grandfathers were left to die alone, even?

00:33:02.880 I mean, what did they die of?

00:33:04.440 Loneliness?

00:33:05.040 Sometimes it's just unbelievable that we let it get that far.

00:33:09.300 We live by his word.

00:33:11.320 We could not follow another.

00:33:12.820 We didn't see any evidence of a pandemic in the Bible.

00:33:17.360 This is surely something that affected the whole world.

00:33:19.940 You would think the Lord would have told us that.

00:33:22.140 There was no science when we asked.

00:33:24.300 No bodies.

00:33:25.740 The tents outside of the hospitals were empty all the time.

00:33:29.820 I would look.

00:33:30.320 I went around asking people if they'd seen people drop dead on the ground.

00:33:34.280 Nobody had, no matter what country we were talking about.

00:33:38.420 But we've got to remember the commands as Christians as, well, we're supposed to be watchmen.

00:33:46.600 We're commanded to never forsake the assembling of ourselves together.

00:33:50.380 It gives us health and strength.

00:33:51.980 It's people, we need community.

00:33:55.140 And God had told us that ahead of time.

00:33:58.260 So we're to go into all the world and preach the gospel.

00:34:01.700 We're to lay hands on the sick, visit the lonely and the orphans, feed the poor.

00:34:07.700 Never are we allowed to give in to fear.

00:34:11.740 Nothing was adding up.

00:34:13.480 We complied for a few weeks, but stores remained open and crowds were committed in them.

00:34:19.020 We chose to obey God and not man.

00:34:21.980 The blessing began when we opened the doors of our church.

00:34:26.500 God moved, bringing the most wonderful people we've ever had in our lives.

00:34:32.260 By doing this, we looked for help and came upon Action for Canada.

00:34:36.700 And as we were threatened with legal noncompliance, we met with Tanya, and what an inspiration she was.

00:34:47.160 It was obviously, she was the one that was equipped for this hour.

00:34:51.980 Confirming the guidance and the conviction we held.

00:34:55.940 Though we faced fear and smears, we didn't die, but we thrived.

00:35:01.240 Broken people found their way and God met them there. 0.93

00:35:04.680 We allowed the local Action for Canada to use our building.

00:35:08.660 It had just began.

00:35:09.600 But a few months later, I was asked to lead to fill a void as the original leader had left.

00:35:17.600 We opened the church to host a meeting.

00:35:20.500 We said yes to them to use our building.

00:35:24.100 And I was asked if I'd be willing to step in.

00:35:27.740 I agreed to do this temporarily until the real leader could show up.

00:35:32.240 And I'm still waiting.

00:35:33.840 In the meanwhile, we have developed a great team of fearless, willing workers who love and care for one another.

00:35:40.280 We stand together, helping where we can, through protests, flyers, notices of liability, prayer walks, petitions, and gatherings.

00:35:49.200 And we pray for our leaders in our city.

00:35:52.800 We've met officials, formed friendships, and helped bring awareness to dangers by exposing the lies and we faced them together.

00:36:03.220 I looked at the NOLs, I look at the NOLs we served, both as a tool to bring attention to what's going on, and also as a warning to the ones that are implementing these lies in our thing.

00:36:23.480 So we don't want to use it as a weapon, but we want to use it more as a help and a warning.

00:36:28.760 We stand together, helping one another, and taking a brave stand.

00:36:33.580 And I'm the least person that you would ever think to take on something like this.

00:36:37.840 I don't like to be in front.

00:36:39.420 I love to work behind.

00:36:40.480 I love meeting people and greeting people.

00:36:42.600 I love connections, but I don't like to be standing in front of a camera.

00:36:47.600 So we face all these fears.

00:36:50.940 We stand together, helping each other.

00:36:52.520 And I had a high-ranking Christian military officer tell me one time that the government knows the strongest force in Canada is a unified church.

00:37:06.180 And that's why they want to muzzle us.

00:37:08.220 Through our God, we can do valiantly, and it is me that's going to trend down the enemy.

00:37:15.020 And we face an enemy on so many fronts, and it grows exponentially.

00:37:19.760 But we know we have a mighty God, and he does have a plan, and he's sovereign over the universe.

00:37:24.760 And together, we can meet the challenge that's laid ahead of us.

00:37:29.880 He's put every one of us here for this time.

00:37:33.440 The enemy has always been after the seed.

00:37:37.800 The blessing comes through the generations, and our children were the first target.

00:37:42.040 First in abortion, then SOGI, family disruption, and we're seeing it all around us.

00:37:49.920 All lives matter.

00:37:52.120 The devil comes to steal and kill and destroy.

00:37:54.960 But Jesus, he comes to give life.

00:37:58.040 God holds a plan custom-made for each of us.

00:38:00.480 The battle is not carnal, but it's against principalities and powers in high places.

00:38:08.640 The carnage is in full view in more ways than one.

00:38:12.660 God is calling his army.

00:38:15.540 And when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Lord promises to raise up a standard against him.

00:38:23.940 We have nothing to fear.

00:38:25.720 Join Action for Canada as we raise a standard high.

00:38:31.900 God's standard.

00:38:33.340 God has a strategy to unfold.

00:38:36.000 Let's take back our nation.

00:38:38.260 Let's go, Canada.

00:38:39.640 Amen to that.

00:38:41.360 Thank you, Diane.

00:38:42.340 Thank you for those words of wisdom.

00:38:44.500 I was going to ask you for some of those words of wisdom, and that is such a great way of framing it.

00:38:50.220 And you mentioned the standard that God raises up, and you've become part of that standard.

00:38:56.180 All our chapter leaders and all our amazing volunteers that have banded together to stand for what's right and what's good.

00:39:04.280 And that is just very powerful.

00:39:07.480 I like also one of the things you mentioned is that you're praying for your elected officials.

00:39:12.440 And the fact that you're praying for them, you're praying for them because they're human beings, fellow Canadians as well, who need the same encouragement and education.

00:39:21.960 And they're not our enemies.

00:39:24.340 The ideologies are the enemies.

00:39:25.920 And, you know, you've actually had a really great opportunity by building authentic relationships with a local elected official.

00:39:36.240 I won't say who, but you've been able to develop actually a very rich, authentic relationship with this individual.

00:39:43.900 And I would say maybe you would agree that you've actually become friends, sincere friends, and been able to share and fellowship with each other and to obviously to give information.

00:39:57.320 And you've actually been well-received at the office when you went in and said, well, you know, I know you're concerned more on this one particular issue, but these are all issues that we have concerns about.

00:40:08.380 And you were welcomed in to say, yeah, absolutely, give us all that you've got, whatever information you've got.

00:40:14.220 And that's because you built that trust.

00:40:16.320 And it wasn't combative, but it was done in love and sincere hope to move things along.

00:40:24.400 So, you know, how is that, has that approach, I mean, I think you've taken that approach for many different things that you've been involved with.

00:40:32.340 But is that where you're seeing a lot of good fruit, so to speak, with this fellowship?

00:40:41.040 Yeah, I think there's, we've met with more than one and I, we have good relationships with quite a few people, not just me, but other members of our group.

00:40:51.300 And we care about Canberra River.

00:40:53.600 This is, this is our city.

00:40:55.040 We have a good mayor and council.

00:40:56.680 Hopefully, they've, they've stood the test for standing up for Christmas, for example, this year.

00:41:04.720 And we really appreciate that mayor, not coming to my mind any second, but yeah, he's, he's great.

00:41:14.180 And they're met with air and gun.

00:41:15.900 And, you know, these people have a heart to see change.

00:41:19.020 It's just whether they will be able to implement it without an army across Canada standing with them and pushing them on and prodding them on here and there, because maybe they aren't aware of all the issues.

00:41:30.860 Maybe they're not seeing the carnage that is happening to our children, our teens that are being butchered by this radical ideology, which, which is destroying lives.

00:41:40.820 As we've had many testimonies come, we've had speakers come on different topics.

00:41:46.640 One, some transgenders are speaking out vocally across the world right now saying, stop this. 0.93

00:41:53.120 So, as well as the other issues that are very important to our cities, 15 minute cities.

00:42:01.660 Yeah, everything like that.

00:42:03.240 But it's all important.

00:42:04.220 But if everybody takes on a little piece, we can really make a difference.

00:42:07.940 And, you know, it's one shovel at a time, we can do this.

00:42:12.180 Yeah, well said.

00:42:12.760 I think it says, through God, we can do valiantly.

00:42:15.400 It is he who takes down our enemies.

00:42:17.680 So, yeah, it's all glory to him.

00:42:19.320 And that's what we have.

00:42:20.560 We don't go out alone.

00:42:21.740 We don't go out in fear.

00:42:23.160 We go out with God.

00:42:24.820 Thank you.

00:42:25.320 Yes.

00:42:25.980 So, just in closing then, what encouragement can you give to other pastors or church leadership to engage these social issues, even the controversial ones that are plaguing this society?

00:42:37.540 How would you want to encourage them?

00:42:40.400 Well, if not you, then who?

00:42:42.680 I mean, you're the defender of your group.

00:42:45.380 You're the shepherd of your fold.

00:42:48.120 The sheep are put in our care.

00:42:50.240 Not just the sheep in your pews, but the sheep in the city.

00:42:54.020 We're to love everyone, love our enemy, love our neighbours.

00:42:58.280 And if we don't pour out, then who's going to?

00:43:00.940 And this is our time.

00:43:01.840 This is our time for our lamps to be full of light.

00:43:06.440 And we're accountable for that light.

00:43:09.740 So, it's time to step in, step up.

00:43:12.400 And yes, it's going to offend some.

00:43:14.220 But you know what?

00:43:14.880 The love of God is worth it.

00:43:16.460 And God has a plan for Canada.

00:43:18.680 He has a plan for our nation.

00:43:19.900 And thank the Lord through Action for Canada and Tanya Gaw and others.

00:43:25.080 We can move mountains.

00:43:27.960 Amen.

00:43:28.740 Well said.

00:43:30.040 Good to put a little period at the end of that.

00:43:32.600 So, excellence.

00:43:33.840 Thank you so much.

00:43:34.800 I know this isn't your thing.

00:43:36.480 And you stepped out of your own comfort zone.

00:43:38.980 And you said, I'm taking one for the team.

00:43:40.900 And I'm so glad you did.

00:43:41.980 Because those are such rich words that you've shared with us, Diane.

00:43:44.980 And we just bless you and all the work of your hands, the work of Action for Canada, and the work of your husband administering to the people in the Campbell River area and through Action for Canada.

00:43:56.580 So, God bless you and thank you for joining me.

00:43:59.200 Thank you.

00:44:00.140 Thank you.

00:44:01.260 Wonderful.

00:44:02.780 Okay.

00:44:04.240 Next on, we're going to move inland into B.C. to Kelowna.

00:44:09.880 Our chapter leader from Kelowna is Trayton Gammon.

00:44:12.620 And Trayton is one of our newer chapter leaders.

00:44:17.920 But actually, it's over a year and a half that you've kind of come on.

00:44:23.620 I'm sorry.

00:44:24.580 Kelowna was an established chapter from before.

00:44:28.660 So, you were able to take the reins from Larry, our chapter leader in Kelowna.

00:44:34.480 She moved into a different location.

00:44:36.560 And she actually moved into a different capacity with Action for Canada.

00:44:39.780 But she was able to bring you on, to mentor you, and she still does.

00:44:44.880 So, just maybe going back, you're a father, you're a husband and a father.

00:44:49.160 You live in Lake Country.

00:44:50.380 You know, the work that you do allows you to be kind of involved in the community.

00:44:57.600 Maybe you can tell us a little bit more about yourself.

00:45:00.420 What motivated you?

00:45:01.700 What were the concerns that you saw in the state of our country that motivated you to step up?

00:45:06.800 You actually had a dramatic call from the Lord, too, who kind of nudged you to say, you know, take action.

00:45:12.740 Don't just talk about it.

00:45:14.220 But what was it that motivated you?

00:45:16.180 And what were you seeing that you decided, you know what, I've got to step up and take some action?

00:45:23.180 Thanks, Kim.

00:45:24.460 It's great to be here.

00:45:25.620 Thanks for having me.

00:45:26.980 Yeah, first and foremost, I'm a Christian.

00:45:30.700 I'm married.

00:45:32.000 My wife, Renata.

00:45:33.200 And we have two kids.

00:45:34.180 Our son is 17 and our daughter is 19.

00:45:39.540 Like you said, I live in Lake Country, so on the Kelowna chapter, I'm co-lead with Larry, who's been an amazing support, which is one thing with Action for Canada that I really admire is there's a ton of support, a ton of people that have been here for a long time and leading this.

00:45:59.300 Yeah, I was at a peer polio rally once in Penticton.

00:46:06.240 It was probably, I think it was about a year and a half ago.

00:46:08.800 And he just made this statement and he said, you know, if you don't like what's going on or if you have issues, take action.

00:46:16.240 That's literally, that was his word.

00:46:18.900 And so a couple of days later, I got an email.

00:46:22.600 I'd signed up with Action for Canada newsletter and it said, hey, we're looking for leaders.

00:46:28.340 Take action.

00:46:30.080 So I put the two together and I contacted Action for Canada.

00:46:35.300 And then shortly after that, I talked with you and Larry and, yeah, I became the chapter leader and I love it.

00:46:42.320 I love what we're doing.

00:46:44.880 Faith, family, freedom.

00:46:46.620 That's my values.

00:46:48.560 That's Action for Canada's values.

00:46:50.520 And it's really rewarding.

00:46:53.600 I love what we're doing.

00:46:54.860 Thank you for that, you know, Trey.

00:46:56.520 And you didn't come with any sort of advocacy background.

00:47:01.180 You were just a Canadian that was raising a family.

00:47:03.820 He was working, a business owner.

00:47:06.020 And you were called out to take on this advocacy role.

00:47:12.060 And we're so glad that you did.

00:47:14.760 Now, your mentor, Laurie, and I want to make sure that people at home know that, that when you step up to Action for Canada, we don't just turn you out and say, okay, go for it.

00:47:23.400 We actually do train you and we welcome you and we embrace you and we walk alongside you so that you become more comfortable in this realm.

00:47:32.900 That most of us didn't, you know, go to university for to become advocates.

00:47:38.240 And so you have to kind of learn a new skill set.

00:47:41.000 But your mentor actually gave you some really good advice that impacted your leadership.

00:47:47.260 And I'm wondering if you can share that, if you know what I'm referring to, in terms of all the things that we could take on in the world.

00:47:54.240 What was Laurie's advice to you when you stepped into this leadership?

00:47:58.280 Oh, yeah.

00:47:58.920 And it's funny, too.

00:47:59.940 If you look at the resources that Action for Canada has and the support and the training, it's a lot.

00:48:06.600 It's amazing.

00:48:07.460 And there's a lot of things going on.

00:48:08.980 But, yeah, Laurie's advice was take one thing at a time and go with that. 0.90

00:48:14.020 And mine has, from day one, has been SOGI and CSC.

00:48:20.160 And so, yeah, that's pretty much.

00:48:25.760 Yeah, for sure.

00:48:26.760 And that was such wise advice.

00:48:28.680 I know that's what Laurie had kind of learned along the way as well when she started.

00:48:32.700 She started in a similar situation as Diane saying, oh, well, will someone step in while we have a lull in leadership?

00:48:41.120 And she ended up staying on and then actually moving into becoming our Western lead for mentorship. 1.00

00:48:47.260 So the Lord had different plans for her, even though she just started out with the flyer campaign.

00:48:52.880 But when she told you that, take on that one thing, and you decided that's more SOGI that you're going to dig into.

00:48:59.000 But then you didn't stop there.

00:49:00.680 You actually are heading up the team in B.C. of other Action for Canada leaders to really do a similar campaign that was done in Saskatchewan.

00:49:13.420 And then it moved over into Alberta and it kind of expanded in Alberta.

00:49:17.240 And we had some major wins there.

00:49:19.220 And so we're taking the same best practices.

00:49:22.120 And you're leading up that team.

00:49:23.820 So, and it's kind of a task force to fully and completely get rid of SOGI, all the books, all the evil ideology.

00:49:32.240 So could you tell us a little bit about that?

00:49:34.920 How is that going?

00:49:36.720 Are you engaging with elected officials?

00:49:39.180 Just maybe flesh that out a little bit, because I know it's just in the initial stages.

00:49:43.480 But I thank you so much for taking that on as that one task.

00:49:48.680 Yeah.

00:49:49.240 So I wouldn't say we're just getting started.

00:49:52.940 We're getting jump started, I guess.

00:49:56.560 Holly and I are putting together a binder, much like you did.

00:50:02.840 And, you know, to back that up a bit, the huge win that you guys had over in Alberta, that was just amazing.

00:50:07.560 Like, literally got the books out of the schools.

00:50:10.720 I just saw that not too long ago.

00:50:13.140 So, yeah, we're hoping for the same results over here, although we're dealing with a different government here in British Columbia than we are in Alberta.

00:50:21.960 But we're going to take it head on.

00:50:23.600 It's a challenge.

00:50:24.780 So we are forming the teams to go through the different school districts to identify where these books are and what schools.

00:50:34.600 And it's a lot of online work.

00:50:38.420 And we're going to be doing it straight across the province so that we can have a binder full of information to go and meet with the elected officials in Victoria.

00:50:49.000 And just say, look, this is what is in the schools.

00:50:52.280 And we've identified it.

00:50:56.800 And, you know, in most cases, it's pornography.

00:51:01.240 It's pornography that's going to our kids. 0.96

00:51:03.300 It's, you know, in grade six.

00:51:05.900 It's just not acceptable.

00:51:07.660 And hopefully we're going to get the same results.

00:51:11.460 I know Terry's working on it in Ontario and Tammy in Saskatchewan.

00:51:17.000 So, yeah, we're hoping for a really good campaign.

00:51:23.680 Yeah, I agree.

00:51:24.720 And as you mentioned, as we have one success in one province in one area, then we work together and train everybody who's willing to take up that one particular challenge.

00:51:36.800 And we say, you know, this is what we did and this is what you can do.

00:51:40.180 And, of course, it's unique to each area and different governments.

00:51:43.540 Of course, you're going to have to take a different tact with it.

00:51:46.460 But at the end of the day, we're all unified in the same thing, saying, like, hey, elected official, let's just let's just get real for a minute.

00:51:54.600 Let's show you what we're talking about.

00:51:56.960 And forget this, the gaslighting that they give us, the runaround that's often they're well trained in doing.

00:52:04.940 And so we just keep being persistent on the side of truth.

00:52:09.000 And so we've been able to develop that, giving the resources that say, you know, there is measurable harm.

00:52:16.960 So we've and the research, like you've mentioned on Action for Canada, is so, so in depth and broad and deep as well, that you really can't deny it.

00:52:29.080 It's just you put it in the face and let's have an honest conversation.

00:52:31.740 So I know that you've been actually even going to town hall meetings, school board meetings.

00:52:37.680 You might even be considering, I don't know, running for trustee, perhaps.

00:52:42.300 So I don't know in the future that we'll just leave that to God and his direction for you.

00:52:48.400 So that's great.

00:52:49.340 But in just closing, what are some of the highlights for you that, you know, joining Action for Canada, the work it is, it's a little daunting sometimes.

00:52:57.520 But what's been the highlights for you since joining?

00:53:01.120 You know, the highlights for me have been our Monday meetings and listening to the amazing things that people do.

00:53:09.520 You know, at Action for Canada, you're not, there's no pressure.

00:53:15.080 You don't have to do things.

00:53:17.520 You don't have to have an output like, you know, like we do at work.

00:53:20.740 But just to hear how people are stepping up, how, you know, Gail and Suri visited, I think it's 120 schools, you know, informing people about SOGI,

00:53:31.900 like just driving and doing things and some of the meetings that people have and just the amazing people.

00:53:39.960 Like I consider Action for Canada family.

00:53:42.340 And there's just so many amazing leaders across.

00:53:46.560 And then yourself and Tanya, Laurie, our mentorship.

00:53:50.900 Yeah, it's just, it's an amazing, rewarding thing to do.

00:53:54.080 I'm so glad I did it.

00:53:55.400 Yes, we are so glad you did as well, Trey, really.

00:53:59.300 And we've always been calling out to our men, too, to say, hey, come join us.

00:54:04.280 Because there was a lot of women there at the beginning. 1.00

00:54:06.240 But we have a lot of great gentlemen that have joined us and, you know, add a different, different flair to the leadership.

00:54:12.760 And we're just so grateful.

00:54:14.220 And you're right.

00:54:14.920 It is like family.

00:54:16.440 We do meet.

00:54:17.120 So people that don't know, we do meet every single Monday at a set time and it's across the country.

00:54:22.320 So we all get together.

00:54:23.660 But we have on our third Mondays of the month, we always have our minute wins.

00:54:30.780 And we give everyone one minute to like elevator pitch what's been going on.

00:54:34.880 And those are always so encouraging to hear.

00:54:37.140 And exactly what you said, ordinary people actually doing extraordinary things, pulling on their talents that they've acquired through life or just been, you know, talented by the Lord, given gifts.

00:54:50.620 And then pulling together again for that same purpose and then just watching how the Lord has really fit us all together.

00:54:58.400 It is really, it renews your faith in humanity in Canadians.

00:55:04.400 And, yeah, I'm really, really grateful for that.

00:55:06.520 I would agree with you, too.

00:55:07.520 That's one of my highlights for being part of this organization.

00:55:10.760 So thank you so much, Trey, for being on the show.

00:55:13.520 And from there, we're going to bounce over to Saskatchewan.

00:55:16.680 And so we're going to invite our Saskatoon chapter leader, Tammy, onto the show.

00:55:23.200 So Tammy has been part of Action for Canada for two years-ish around.

00:55:29.500 She's an educator and is semi-retired.

00:55:32.480 Tammy is purpose-driven, no doubt.

00:55:34.880 Passionate and courageous.

00:55:36.260 She is going to share two wins tonight that happened recently, like very recently.

00:55:44.080 And the first thing is the removal of the sexually explicit books from the Saskatoon Public School Board, one in particular.

00:55:52.980 And she's going to then talk about another one.

00:55:55.740 I had the joy of spending time, so I get to travel a little bit more.

00:56:00.220 And I've met most of our – I met a good number of our chapter leaders.

00:56:05.340 I have to do a BC tour so I can meet in person all our BC leaders.

00:56:09.900 But I've been able to meet quite a few of our chapter leaders in person because most of what we do is online.

00:56:15.560 So we got to spend some time together, just really rich fellowship and really fast friends from, like, right across the country.

00:56:22.420 But being part of this team has brought us together.

00:56:24.880 So I was just so overjoyed by hearing the stories told.

00:56:28.560 So I'm going to actually just kind of turn it over a little bit to Tammy.

00:56:32.260 I know she's got some things prepared.

00:56:34.540 But she's going to tell us about these wins.

00:56:36.560 And they're definitely, like, hold on.

00:56:38.300 They're just amazing.

00:56:39.460 And they just recently happened.

00:56:41.460 So, Tammy, thank you for joining me on the show.

00:56:43.660 And I'll just turn it over to you.

00:56:47.320 Thanks, Kim.

00:56:48.580 I joined Action the Canada about two years ago.

00:56:51.040 I was doing a sermon for my church because I'm the kids' church coordinator.

00:56:57.360 And I was doing a sermon called The Plight of Our Children and My Heart for Children.

00:57:03.140 And I went on the website just to see what other people were saying.

00:57:06.140 And I came across Action for Canada saying what was happening to our children.

00:57:10.140 And to tell you the truth, I really wasn't paying attention and didn't even know that this was going on with our children.

00:57:16.160 And that really motivated me to contact Action for Canada.

00:57:21.360 So our chapter recently started a sexually explicit book club to look at inappropriate books in our school libraries.

00:57:29.900 And we realized we needed to change the title to a better one.

00:57:36.360 So we changed it to the Nehemiah book club.

00:57:39.400 And in the Old Testament, Nehemiah reorganized the rebuilding of the wall.

00:57:44.340 And the builders held a tool in one hand and a weapon in the other hand in case they were attacked.

00:57:49.460 And we, too, are using tools and weapons.

00:57:51.440 One action that we took was standing outside a school to let parents know about the inappropriate book called It's Perfectly Normal.

00:57:59.460 I was not nervous but felt some discomfort handing out the information flyer.

00:58:04.560 I got mixed reactions and was taken aback when someone called me a name and another person yelled at me to get away from the school.

00:58:14.540 Otherwise, he was going to get the principal and call the police.

00:58:17.720 I stood my ground.

00:58:19.000 In January, a member of our chapter set up a meeting with the principal of that school to discuss the book It's Perfectly Normal.

00:58:27.000 And a couple of days later, the principal called to say that they didn't need to meet because it was decided that this book would be removed from her school library and the libraries of the entire school division.

00:58:40.360 What a win that was.

00:58:42.120 Absolutely.

00:58:43.160 Yeah, absolutely.

00:58:44.440 And there was all this buildup and preparation to go and have the meeting.

00:58:48.660 And these were, again, just two ladies in your group that you were able to mentor and to share Action for Canada resources with.

00:58:57.540 They were all prepared up and ready to go.

00:59:00.480 And just the thought of going into the meeting, the school board has done one of those, nothing to see here.

00:59:06.280 We've removed it.

00:59:07.140 No problems.

00:59:07.780 But we know that there's further action that we're going to take.

00:59:11.040 So there's more to continue with that book removal campaign.

00:59:14.780 I don't know if you want to share a little bit more about that or move on to some of the other wins that you've done.

00:59:19.240 Yeah, we're continuing with the book removal campaign.

00:59:23.200 The day after this book was removed from our school division libraries, there was a town hall meeting regarding Bill C-9.

00:59:29.800 And one of our members boldly went up to an MLA and showed him pictures from the three sexually explicit books that she brought with her.

00:59:37.540 The MLA then said he was going to share this information with the Minister of Education.

00:59:42.580 We are persevering in this step by step.

00:59:47.500 Yeah, 100%.

00:59:48.800 And it's taking those opportunities, too, because once you have one little win, it emboldens you for the next one.

00:59:54.960 So your member was all prepared and ready to go, grabbed the books and was like, I'm going to get up to that elect official and I'm going to make sure he's aware.

01:00:03.280 And actually, you would know, because Saskatoon was where it kind of originated with this campaign to remove the books.

01:00:11.480 So it started in Saskatoon and moved into Alberta and then now we're moving into B.C.

01:00:17.560 But we had contact with then Minister of Education Dustin Duncan.

01:00:23.620 And so we were able to connect with him on a personal level and to say, look, are you even aware that this is going on?

01:00:30.400 And so many of them didn't know.

01:00:31.860 Now, in our case here in Alberta, Minister Nicolaitis is our education minister, and he legitimately did not know the degree of, I would say, debauchery of these books.

01:00:43.460 And so they took swift action as a government, rightly so, and they're getting a lot of flack for it now.

01:00:52.300 But that leadership, that strong leadership from an actual government really started and originated in Saskatoon with Dustin Duncan making a decision to ban third party contributors to sexual education curriculum like Planned Parenthood.

01:01:08.820 And so they were not, they were actually banned from being able to do that in the schools.

01:01:13.540 And he made some other decisions as well.

01:01:15.600 I know they're in court over it, but the Saskatchewan has done the notwithstanding clause in order to make sure that they can move forward with, you know, common sense legislation as it relates to what's appropriate for children in schools and who can advance those things.

01:01:30.560 So I find it very, you know, poetic that it started in Saskatoon, and we're kind of coming full circle again.

01:01:39.000 And now we're going to go and get these books out.

01:01:41.960 Unfortunately, they're trying to give us the strategy of book by book, school by school, but we're going to blow right past that.

01:01:48.360 We're going to make sure we're like, no, we're not doing this every single day, a new book.

01:01:53.180 And so we're going to really address it head on.

01:01:55.880 So we've got a good strategy for that.

01:01:58.300 So, but thank you.

01:01:59.420 And to your team who courageously stepped up and said, well, I'm going to take an action.

01:02:03.480 And it availed a lot in a short period of time.

01:02:07.400 And so we're going to keep moving the needle on that.

01:02:10.120 But the next one that you want to share with us is something that happened locally around rezoning.

01:02:15.640 So could you share with the audience just exactly what happened literally in your backyard and how you took action with that?

01:02:24.960 Yes.

01:02:25.600 So the second win happened in December.

01:02:28.200 It was a personal win, and it was two weeks before Christmas, you know, the busy time of year.

01:02:33.220 So my husband and I got a notice from our rural municipality regarding a proposal to rezone the land that faces the back of our property and 10 other neighbors' properties.

01:02:42.300 And to attend the RM meeting if we wanted to give feedback.

01:02:45.640 So we rallied the neighbors, some who we met just for the first time, encouraged them to send emails opposing the rezoning to attend the meeting and to voice their concerns.

01:02:55.620 It was definitely a David versus Goliath moment.

01:02:59.020 For my husband and I, speaking out to oppose the rezoning was the next step in taking a stand for what we believe in.

01:03:06.060 It was not a big step for us because of the knowledge and skills that we had acquired from previous situations that we had faced with governing bodies.

01:03:14.380 For me personally, being part of Action for Canada, it gave me the confidence and determination to step in.

01:03:21.840 Both my husband and a neighbor wrote a paper citing five reasons against this proposed rezoning, which included rural municipal bylaws the RM were not adhering to.

01:03:33.520 My husband was prepared.

01:03:34.540 He put his briefcase on their table, opened it up and spread out his research papers and speech.

01:03:44.000 What an impactful visual that was.

01:03:47.660 With boldness, he began with a strong lead in statement, which was, I'm shocked.

01:03:53.220 Shocked that we are even having to be here about this rezoning.

01:03:57.240 Then he read his paper until they said his five minutes were up.

01:04:01.960 Without hesitation, I jumped in, grabbed his paper and finished reading it.

01:04:07.700 Very little information had been given to us about what the land was going to be used for until we got to the meeting.

01:04:14.140 And then it was revealed that the land was going to be divided into six three-acre parcels with a construction office and equipment storage,

01:04:21.760 1,200 people event center and Hindu temple.

01:04:24.320 We didn't have to wait long for a decision from the RM.

01:04:28.300 The following day, we got an email with the great news that they were denying the rezoning request.

01:04:35.520 What a win that was.

01:04:37.980 They said they denied the rezoning because of the concerns expressed by us and our neighbors.

01:04:44.520 And so now we've decided to set up an advocacy committee to monitor the future proposed use of this land.

01:04:52.260 I know. So wonderful.

01:04:54.760 And what you shared with me also on that, and thank God for that win and how quickly it came and the next steps you're going to.

01:05:03.040 And you said something to me about the benefit from this is you actually had to go door to door and get to know your neighbors.

01:05:09.120 And now you have two neighbors in particular that you, you know, you have people to pray for and you know more about them and you've become more united as a community because you're a community of acreage owners.

01:05:21.860 And so you really banded together to stand up for common sense.

01:05:27.080 So that was a big win for you as well as just having that connection.

01:05:32.260 Yeah.

01:05:33.120 Yeah.

01:05:33.760 And finally,

01:05:34.580 sure.

01:05:34.800 Yeah.

01:05:35.920 And just in closing.

01:05:38.020 So you also had kind of a personal victory and encouragement this summer in Ottawa, and it really kind of drove home your vision for Saskatoon as a leader and really taking on the reins and giving guidance and leadership of your community, your local community.

01:05:55.700 So maybe share a little bit about that, your vision for Saskatoon, where are you going?

01:06:00.280 And we'll have you wrap up with that.

01:06:02.220 Okay, so my vision for the Saskatoon chapter is threefold.

01:06:08.520 So first of all, for us to look for opportunities, divine appointments in which the doors will open.

01:06:14.320 It could be people, places to go, events to attend.

01:06:18.480 Secondly, to encourage everyone to speak out.

01:06:21.640 While I was in Ottawa this past summer on vacation, I attended the court case to appeal the culling of the ostriches in BC and to experience government overreach.

01:06:32.220 I asked the two camera crews what they were doing as they were outside the courthouse.

01:06:37.940 They said they were covering the ostrich case.

01:06:41.100 They saw my save the ostriches sign, and both reporters asked if they could interview me.

01:06:47.620 I had no idea what to say.

01:06:50.380 So I just opened my mouth and hoped it would make sense.

01:06:53.960 Once, I made a bold comment criticizing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

01:07:00.120 My 10-second comment ended up being used in their news clip.

01:07:05.360 I call this happening a domino effect.

01:07:08.400 One action caused the next thing to happen, and then the next.

01:07:12.180 Just like one domino lined up close to another causes a chain reaction and movement of the other dominoes.

01:07:19.860 I showed up.

01:07:21.180 I brought a sign, then asked a question, and ended up speaking.

01:07:26.220 More domino moments, please.

01:07:29.180 And lastly, my vision for the Saskatoon chapter, and for all who love this country,

01:07:34.380 is to continue moving forward, to see, to hear, to feel, to speak, to keep spreading the truth,

01:07:43.560 and participating in calls to action to protect our faith, family, and freedom.

01:07:50.080 Amen.

01:07:51.280 Thank you, Tammy.

01:07:52.180 Thank you so much for your enthusiasm, your passion, for stepping up and just going where,

01:07:58.620 boldly going.

01:07:59.500 It's not where no man's gone before, but boldly going where the Lord tells you to go,

01:08:03.880 and how he's equipped you to do it.

01:08:05.440 And so we're so grateful that you've taken up your post in Saskatoon,

01:08:09.760 and you're just like taking names and taking numbers.

01:08:12.540 So I'm super grateful, and it's just a blessing to know you, Tammy.

01:08:16.180 So thank you for joining me on the show.

01:08:20.760 Okay, and our next and final guest for this evening is our own Terry Recker.

01:08:27.520 She is the Oshawa chapter leader, and also, she's got two hats.

01:08:33.720 She's also our Ontario provincial leader in mentorship, so she sort of does all the mentorship

01:08:38.620 east.

01:08:39.680 She's our recruiter, and she will be the one that you would speak to if you are reaching

01:08:44.700 out to Action for Canada and say, you know what, I'm glad you could talk to these people

01:08:48.180 and find out what's going on.

01:08:50.860 Terry would be the one that would take your call.

01:08:52.980 She'll reach out to you.

01:08:53.860 She'll tell you what it's all about, and so I've asked her to come on the show just

01:08:59.040 here at the end.

01:09:00.120 First of all, to tell you some of the amazing things that she's doing.

01:09:03.760 So Terry started as just a rally-goer, not even say just, a rally-goer who stepped up

01:09:10.500 and said, there's something wrong.

01:09:11.960 I need to do something.

01:09:13.200 She started getting the Action for Canada materials, and she's a woman of action, so

01:09:17.660 she just started taking action, even though she didn't really know the whole scheme of

01:09:21.460 things, but then worked them out and was given the mentorship and the guidance by Tanya and

01:09:26.880 her phenomenal leadership, and stepped into different roles.

01:09:30.320 And so, actually, your abilities have really expanded in ways I'm sure you couldn't have

01:09:34.020 imagined.

01:09:34.380 So I'm just going to ask you, Terry, to share a little bit about yourself and that process,

01:09:38.660 but also to share about some of the amazing wins, particularly around some stuff that's

01:09:44.040 going on in the Clarington area with the Envision Durham.

01:09:48.420 But you've been so many times on the City Hall delegations.

01:09:55.040 You just get right up there.

01:09:56.200 You get your speech ready.

01:09:57.560 And I call you Spicy.

01:09:59.800 Spicy Terry.

01:10:01.060 And she's just bold and courageous.

01:10:02.500 So I'm going to give you a little bit of the time on the floor here, just to share a little

01:10:06.200 bit about that.

01:10:07.040 What are you doing?

01:10:08.220 And how would you inspire Canadians to get involved?

01:10:11.380 So I'll turn it over to you.

01:10:13.680 Thank you, Kim.

01:10:14.920 I just love you.

01:10:16.160 Working with you is amazing.

01:10:18.320 I love you.

01:10:19.320 And you're always there.

01:10:21.680 You know, you're always there for me when I need you to bounce things off of you before

01:10:27.240 I proceed.

01:10:28.080 And I just love Tanya.

01:10:30.160 She's so dear to me.

01:10:31.900 And I just love working with both of you.

01:10:35.520 So I want to start off by just saying, you know, thank you to our lovely family, Action

01:10:42.100 for Canada.

01:10:44.160 I joined about five years ago, I think.

01:10:47.000 Got to be at least five years now.

01:10:48.680 But I'm a grandmother of six grandkids.

01:10:51.020 Three grandboys, three granddaughters.

01:10:54.060 And I didn't like what was happening, you know, when the COVID stuff started and I decided

01:11:02.440 I was at a rally.

01:11:04.180 Yes.

01:11:04.520 And someone had mentioned, have you seen what Action for Canada is doing?

01:11:09.880 They're really, you know, doing a lot as far as these notices of liability.

01:11:15.400 And so I went home, did my research, and I decided I'm going to get involved with them because

01:11:21.820 I want to be a chapter leader.

01:11:24.680 I want to go out there and, you know, start talking and speaking up.

01:11:28.860 And that's one thing I'm not afraid to do.

01:11:32.100 So as a chapter leader, my role is to educate, equip, and mobilize citizens to take charge

01:11:42.420 of what's happening in their cities.

01:11:43.900 And to do that, I hold monthly church meetings where I bring people together through, you know,

01:11:51.980 call to action with getting together at the church.

01:11:55.820 And then what I do is I set up a video on our recent Empower Hour, which is, you know,

01:12:07.420 actually, which hosts special guests from all over.

01:12:10.320 And it also has Tanya Goss speaking with them to discuss things like the massive immigration

01:12:19.400 that's happening across our country, and also with the Islamic extremism, which is in our 0.99

01:12:27.460 country, that we really need to concentrate on and bring awareness to the public that they

01:12:37.900 are not, they cannot simulate in our country at all.

01:12:43.520 Like, they just cannot do that.

01:12:45.160 And they preach a whole different God, which is not aligned with our Christian values at all.

01:12:54.420 So we're working, I work a lot on that.

01:12:57.280 But I also educate people on the political LGBTQ, the sex education happening in our schools,

01:13:05.980 which is, you know, indoctrinating our children at the earliest stage possible.

01:13:11.600 I arrange groups of volunteers.

01:13:14.920 So I have different teams.

01:13:16.680 And when I first started, I could never figure out, how am I supposed to do all this?

01:13:21.920 I don't know what to do.

01:13:22.940 And then, you know, Tanya Goss came to Toronto, and I was her driver, and she came out to speak

01:13:31.340 at one of our church functions.

01:13:32.880 And I was really picking her brain, like, how do I do this?

01:13:36.480 Like, what do I really need to do?

01:13:38.180 How do I really get to the meat and potatoes of this organization and what I can do with my

01:13:43.920 community?

01:13:45.140 And Tanya said, it's, you know, you just get your teams together, you get a parent team,

01:13:50.700 you get someone delivering your flyers, your 50-minute city flyers, your sex win education

01:13:59.000 flyers, that sort of thing.

01:14:01.680 So I went, wow, okay, that light bulb went on.

01:14:04.380 And I decided to definitely go that direction.

01:14:08.000 And I'm telling you, it was the best thing I did, because now, you know, over the last,

01:14:14.680 I would say the last three years, I have a team that goes out every week.

01:14:21.300 And we're talking like, eight to 10 people that go out into the community.

01:14:27.780 And they just last week, did Clarington, because we were holding them, there was a city council

01:14:33.940 meeting on a proposed development that they wanted to put just near me, down near our

01:14:41.000 waterfront, and people had opposed it.

01:14:44.200 And so they actually put out or delivered our 15-minute flyer, but emphasized getting in

01:14:50.740 touch, emailing the mayor and a couple of the city councillors there that were responsible

01:14:59.240 for this proposed proposal.

01:15:01.600 So I get to the meeting, and a lot of people were there, and these two people came up to

01:15:09.960 me, and they said, I just got this flyer, and I'm really concerned about this.

01:15:15.680 And I looked at it, and it was our flyer.

01:15:17.900 So it is really making a difference when we get the boots on the ground.

01:15:22.960 And that's what I'm expressing here tonight, is that we really need people to step up.

01:15:27.700 You don't necessarily have to become a chapter leader, even though we would like you to.

01:15:33.160 But if you're helping out in a less formal way to, you know, at least join a chapter and

01:15:40.960 become a volunteer, and help out and assist us in those small, you know, those small things

01:15:47.120 of delivering flyers, or even maybe working on like municipal elections are coming up.

01:15:53.180 So we need people to, I'm starting to gather teams.

01:15:57.480 I want a team member for every ward that we have a councillor in, in Clarington.

01:16:03.140 And I want them to monitor everything that they're doing so that when they do finally host their

01:16:09.920 town halls, we will be able to go and hand out flyers with what we know about that person.

01:16:15.280 So that that really educates our citizens to know, you know, who stands for our values and

01:16:25.320 who doesn't.

01:16:26.820 So that's, you know, I'm very involved with that now and going actively to the council

01:16:33.340 meetings and speaking up as a delegation.

01:16:35.400 So that's, you know, the that that's the part that I do for as a chapter leader.

01:16:42.860 The other thing I do is to recruit.

01:16:46.740 And I love that part.

01:16:48.200 I love bringing on new chapter leaders.

01:16:51.120 And I don't, you know, I don't bring them in and then just, you know, say, forget about

01:16:58.200 you, you know, you can take it yourself.

01:16:59.820 No, I mentor them, I call them, I help them to set up, you know, campaigns, call to actions

01:17:07.940 that they are able to put out to their communities.

01:17:12.760 And they just take one specific, you know, area that they want to work on.

01:17:18.320 So if it's the schools and the children, the books, then that's their area.

01:17:23.260 And so I help them focus just on that.

01:17:25.180 So it's not an overwhelming, you know, thing for them.

01:17:29.400 They can spend, you know, maybe five, six hours a week and just go at their own pace.

01:17:35.360 But I'm there for them so that they can ask me questions and I can give them different

01:17:40.440 links and et cetera.

01:17:43.020 So but again, you know, with the with the leaders to be successful to for a chapter to be successful,

01:17:53.520 they do need that mentoring.

01:17:54.840 And myself, along with Kim, we give them the resources, what to to, you know, take a look

01:18:02.660 at and study in the training as the training part.

01:18:06.880 And then we work together as a family, attend the Monday meetings and Tanya Gaw comes on and

01:18:13.800 gives us updates of, you know, what direction we're going in and what she's doing.

01:18:17.980 And so it's an amazing team.

01:18:22.280 You won't be sorry that you joined with us and we would love to have you.

01:18:26.940 But yeah, that's basically what I'm out there doing.

01:18:30.480 You're doing a lot, Terry.

01:18:32.120 And I thank you so much for that.

01:18:34.340 Yeah.

01:18:34.940 You're always got something on the go.

01:18:36.480 And what I love about you in particular is when one of our chapter leaders has a big

01:18:40.960 win, the first thing is Terry's going, I can't do that.

01:18:45.880 Oh, how that's done.

01:18:47.220 I can't do that.

01:18:48.160 And so that enthusiasm and excitement.

01:18:50.720 But it is, you know, it's a calling as well.

01:18:53.480 And you are in that role of being able to give that leadership now and that guidance because

01:18:59.400 you've been so well trained and, you know, in all this, and you've been with us for a

01:19:05.020 long time as an organization.

01:19:07.460 And so, you know, the ropes.

01:19:09.360 And so that's what we want to convey to you all that are watching is that we do need more

01:19:17.360 boots on the ground and we are putting out a call for volunteers to step up as well as

01:19:23.360 people who even just want to talk a little further about, okay, give me a little bit more

01:19:27.800 details about chapter leadership.

01:19:29.580 What does that look like?

01:19:31.080 What what's involved and what am I signing up for kind of thing?

01:19:36.360 And and Terry will have that conversation with you.

01:19:39.640 If your application continues on because you know what, it's looking like a good fit, then

01:19:44.820 I end up having conversation with you as well.

01:19:47.760 And then we decide from there whether or not this is something that you want to step into.

01:19:52.360 But you don't have to just be a chapter lead.

01:19:54.660 Just I say that.

01:19:55.700 But you don't have to have that formal role of chapter leadership necessarily.

01:20:00.380 You can actually join a local chapter in a specific area in a specific way.

01:20:05.380 So I want to thank you so much, Terry, for coming on.

01:20:08.680 I want to share the screen to show you how to connect with Action for Canada if you are

01:20:14.840 interested in getting involved with a chapter, getting involved with volunteering.

01:20:21.660 So I'm just going to stop just one more time.

01:20:24.180 I know we can fix this later, but there we go.

01:20:28.980 It didn't show up the first time.

01:20:30.440 Okay.

01:20:31.000 So what I'm showing you right here is our landing page for the Action for Canada chapters nationwide.

01:20:38.280 So this is our landing page for getting connected more, more connected with our chapters.

01:20:45.280 So you would get to that page by going to join.

01:20:49.060 So when we say join into a next level of joining, that would be through the A for C chapters.

01:20:54.800 And you can go right to this page.

01:20:56.740 And when you land here, there's a little three-minute video kind of walking you through how to do that.

01:21:02.060 Please read the little blurb that we've got there in this little gray box.

01:21:06.640 I want to just highlight a couple things there.

01:21:09.080 If you don't see an A for C chapter in your province or your region, then maybe consider,

01:21:14.840 hey, we need a chapter there.

01:21:16.600 And I'm feeling the call.

01:21:18.480 I like what Action for Canada stands for.

01:21:21.080 I like with you and in the ways in what you're presenting.

01:21:25.640 And yeah, I think I would like to have a conversation about whether or not there'd be a good fit.

01:21:30.840 So by reaching out to us to have that conversation, you're not obligating yourself to anything.

01:21:38.060 But maybe chapter leadership is something that you want to consider.

01:21:42.040 So prayerfully consider that.

01:21:43.940 However, there are also existing chapters.

01:21:47.200 So right here, we are reaching out to you Canadians.

01:21:51.140 Join our team.

01:21:52.820 Join an existing chapter that already has these lovely heroes in the battle that you've just met tonight,

01:21:59.980 who I hope that you are able to see yourself in.

01:22:03.900 Maybe someone's story was like, you know what?

01:22:06.760 That sounds a lot like me.

01:22:08.500 And look, they did it.

01:22:10.040 So maybe I can do it.

01:22:11.740 Right?

01:22:12.360 And nobody, like I said, most of our chapter leaders never had advocacy school training.

01:22:19.260 But they're getting it by being boots on the ground experience and with this fellowship that wraps around and supports you in taking action locally.

01:22:27.580 It is so powerful.

01:22:28.700 So please, if you have any skill or talent, maybe social media, maybe you are, you know, you've done administrative work or you've managed inboxes for people or any of those kind of really critical talents and skills.

01:22:47.220 Maybe you've been a business owner and you understand how to make strategic goals and direction.

01:22:52.620 You could be a campaign leader on something that you're really passionate about.

01:22:56.920 Maybe it's the 15-minute cities and the, you know, terrible waste of government money.

01:23:03.080 And you as a business owner and business person could give some skill and direction and leadership there.

01:23:10.680 Everybody has something that they can offer.

01:23:14.600 And so please consider that if you have, in some way, you have a writing talent, you don't mind getting up and speaking.

01:23:21.500 Maybe you'd be willing to do a delegation.

01:23:23.460 Maybe that's been prepared and you're willing to be bold and brave about that and go out and do that.

01:23:28.760 Maybe you like to go for walks and you're like, I can hand out flyers.

01:23:32.240 I can definitely do that.

01:23:34.200 So just think about it.

01:23:35.960 And if there's an existing chapter near you and you want to just volunteer there first, that's the first place to go.

01:23:42.520 And so I'm going to show you how to reach out to that local chapter right now so that you can get connected.

01:23:48.920 Just introduce yourself and say, yeah, I think I could help in some way.

01:23:53.660 I don't know how, but these are my skill sets and I'd like to offer them.

01:23:57.480 So when you reach out to an existing chapter, you can take a look here on our website.

01:24:03.780 And I'm just scrolling it up.

01:24:04.980 We have all our provinces listed for you.

01:24:08.820 And you'll see that some provinces like New Brunswick, we need some people from New Brunswick to step up and maybe reinvigorate the chapters that we once had there.

01:24:18.020 But even though it says no chapters, don't let that don't let that dissuade you at all.

01:24:23.300 OK, because we can still get you connected.

01:24:25.580 We have a new online virtual chapter for all the Canadians that are in remote places that, you know, don't have a chapter near them.

01:24:36.980 They're not quite ready for chapter leadership yet, but they could probably do a few boots on the ground things.

01:24:41.620 And so we have a virtual chapter that you can sign up for.

01:24:45.460 So if you'd like to discuss with us more about formal chapter leadership, co-leadership, being a treasurer, being an official administrator, then you'd want to click here to learn more about chapter leadership.

01:24:59.160 When you click on that button right there, it'll take you to this page that gives you a little bit of a snapshot of what it's like to be a chapter leader, some of the things that are involved.

01:25:09.920 And then a click here to book an appointment to speak with a member.

01:25:13.720 Most likely you'll be speaking with Terry or someone else or Larry as well.

01:25:18.920 And you could book an appointment just to chat more about it.

01:25:23.500 So that's more the formal leadership role.

01:25:26.020 But if you want to just maybe connect with that chapter, even if there's not one near you, you can say connect with your local chapter.

01:25:34.320 When you do that, it's going to take you to a page like this.

01:25:38.560 It says sign up.

01:25:39.400 So it's similar to signing up for our emails, but the only part I want to draw your attention to is make sure you fill out your information and then click on your province.

01:25:49.860 Make sure that you have filled out your province.

01:25:52.740 So you have to say BC.

01:25:54.400 And when you do that, you might not have seen it, but a little pop down menu shows up.

01:25:59.020 And that little pop down menu says if you're wanting to join a local mailing list or to actually reach out to that chapter,

01:26:05.620 then you can do that by selecting the chapter that's nearest to you.

01:26:10.160 And in the case of BC, we have quite a few chapters that you can reach out to.

01:26:15.080 A message will be sent to them and a chapter leader will respond to you.

01:26:18.920 But if you're way further north than Vanderhoof, then you might not have a chapter near you.

01:26:25.160 So please select no chapter near me.

01:26:27.900 And then a message will come in and somebody will be able to respond to you and maybe get you connected to that virtual chapter.

01:26:34.360 So we're going to need boots on the ground in this coming year.

01:26:37.820 We're very excited about what we're doing.

01:26:40.640 We have a big campaign that proclaims Canada as a Christian nation.

01:26:44.180 We're taking action on Bill C-9, which really, again, is reminding Canadians what our heritage is

01:26:50.200 and what the fact that we have that Christian heritage and how rich that has made us as a people and how free that's made us.

01:26:57.980 Whether you're a Christian or not, those values have really allowed us to be a prosperous and free nation and we need to preserve them.

01:27:06.440 So there's lots of education.

01:27:08.660 There's lots of resources we have.

01:27:10.300 But the most important thing is getting connected.

01:27:12.900 So I really want to encourage you, please, if you've been inspired or you're hearing this later and you're inspired, say, you know what?

01:27:18.880 I could be that person and, wow, I'm willing to take the risk to do that.

01:27:23.020 And they sound like good people.

01:27:24.900 We're all good people and we want to welcome other good, good Canadians.

01:27:29.240 It's amazing what the grassroots is doing.

01:27:32.120 They can't pinpoint us.

01:27:33.420 The big globalists have all kinds of money and resources, but we've got heart and we've got passion and we love our country and we love our God and we love our values and we love our families.

01:27:43.760 So please consider stepping up, join us for volunteering, connect with your chapter.

01:27:50.880 You want to be a leader more formally, you'll be connecting with us in that way.

01:27:55.780 So on that, I'll stop sharing my screen.

01:27:58.340 I'll come back.

01:27:59.540 So I hope you've been blessed tonight.

01:28:02.220 I just, I'm so grateful.

01:28:03.980 I get to see behind the curtain a lot of that unseen work.

01:28:08.060 But then when it comes to fruition and we can say to each other, hey, we did that.

01:28:14.160 That's amazing.

01:28:15.020 We kind of humbly celebrate that.

01:28:17.160 And there's just so many wins, one after the other, after the other.

01:28:20.880 And so I want to say thank you very much also to the leadership of Tanya Gaw.

01:28:25.420 She trusted me with this evening and she said, Kim, you can do it.

01:28:29.280 I'm turning the reins over fully to you.

01:28:31.580 And I know that you can handle this.

01:28:34.300 She's a pro.

01:28:35.440 She does this all the time. 1.00

01:28:36.780 But Tanya can't be more proud of all the people that have, you know, joined up.

01:28:43.640 Some that have been with us for a long time.

01:28:45.700 Some that just joined.

01:28:46.980 Some that had to stay for a time.

01:28:48.560 But, you know, life took them in different directions.

01:28:51.180 But everybody's effort is, that has been contributing to this amazing God Greeds organization.

01:28:58.660 Myself, Tanya Gaw, the whole national team is just so grateful to have you and your support.

01:29:05.240 And all of you out there that support us financially, support us with prayer.

01:29:10.160 We can't do this without you.

01:29:11.820 So we need more of you.

01:29:13.100 We want to know who you are.

01:29:14.380 And we want to get connected right across this country.

01:29:17.380 There are much better days ahead.

01:29:19.500 And so on behalf of Tanya, I just want to say a really big thank you.

01:29:23.860 And God bless you.

01:29:25.780 And at this point, I want to shift to our Bible verse.

01:29:30.600 We always have a Bible verse.

01:29:31.800 So I'm going to bring that up.

01:29:33.380 And I think this one's from Colossians. 0.89

01:29:35.180 And I hope it inspires you as well.

01:29:37.200 It says, whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord.

01:29:43.520 Not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.

01:29:51.340 It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

01:29:54.900 And so that unites us together.

01:29:57.140 We do this for the Lord.

01:29:58.640 We know that he fights our battles.

01:30:00.820 And we're just so grateful to have you join us on these evenings.

01:30:04.380 Please share the word.

01:30:06.160 And please join us.

01:30:07.400 Let us know who you are.

01:30:08.460 And on that, I'm just going to say a big God bless you.

01:30:11.880 And God bless Canada.

01:30:20.080 That's what I've got to say.

01:30:21.780 Look at this crowd.

01:30:26.440 I'm going to thank God and God alone for the ground that I'm standing on.

01:30:33.420 I'm going to thank our founding fathers for giving their lives and sacrificing so much for our freedom.

01:30:48.880 And I'm calling on you today.

01:30:52.160 Don't put them to shame.

01:30:54.460 Don't waste what they did.

01:30:56.240 We have guaranteed rights in this country.

01:31:00.040 We are putting chapters across the nation.

01:31:10.520 We are going to be in every town and every city.

01:31:14.420 And we are going to build communities within these communities of like-minded people

01:31:18.920 who are actually going to care for one another again and love on each other

01:31:22.780 and give each other the help when they're down.

01:31:25.160 We are going to use the teams and the people that build within chapters to support our businesses.

01:31:33.720 The government's actions are completely, 100% unlawful.

01:31:40.480 Judgment will again be found on justice.

01:31:44.300 And those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

01:31:47.620 You have a virtuous heart if you are here today pursuing freedom and righteousness.

01:31:55.900 And then verse 23 comes along with a promise.

01:32:00.760 God says he will turn the sins of evil people back on them.

01:32:06.300 He will destroy them for their sins.

01:32:10.260 I take great comfort in that because I serve a mighty living God

01:32:17.720 who has allowed us to go through this season of discomfort

01:32:23.260 because we as a nation have turned our backs on him.

01:32:27.740 And we need to get right.

01:32:30.300 So I am just going to thank you so much.

01:32:34.160 I'm going to say God bless you and God bless Canada.

01:32:37.940 God bless you and God bless you.

01:33:07.940 God bless you and God bless you and God bless you.

01:33:37.960 God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you and God bless you.

01:33:53.660 We always have a Bible verse, so I'm going to bring that up.

01:33:56.400 And I think this one's from Colossians and I hope it inspires you as well.

01:34:00.080 it says whatever you do work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord not for human

01:34:08.260 masters since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward

01:34:13.640 it is the Lord Christ you are serving and so that unites us together we do this for the Lord

01:34:21.320 we know that he fights our battles and we're just so grateful to have you join us on these evenings

01:34:26.820 please share the word and please join us let us know who you are and on that I'm just going to say

01:34:33.120 a big God bless you and God bless Canada

Action4Canada - January 23, 2026

A4C Chapters Local Advocacy Equals Remarkable Outcomes

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