In this episode of The Empower Hour, I introduce my guest, Danielle Pastille, who will be taking over the hosting role of the show. In this episode, Danielle shares her story of how she became a leader in the fight against the ban on Sundays in schools and the removal of the Lord's Prayer from public schools in Canada.
00:00:00.000You were criticized, you were slandered, attacked, and funny enough, many of those voices have now
00:00:05.820disappeared or fled. What would you want people to remember you for?
00:00:10.120I think it would be for proclaiming that Canada is a Christian nation and that they would
00:00:38.720understand how critically important it is to our freedoms and democracy and to pass that gift on
00:00:45.460to the next generation so that this doesn't happen again. If we cared about the elected officials,
00:00:52.940if they were men of honor and men of God, and that it wasn't just by word, but it was how they
00:00:58.480conduct their life. If people actually cared about the character of the people that were running for
00:01:03.100office, if the church would rise up and from within the church support good godly leaders,
00:01:10.260men and women to run for office, we would have never been in this position. We would have never
00:01:15.520opened, allowed businesses across the nation to open on Sundays. We would have had that true day
00:01:20.980of rest. We wouldn't have allowed prayer to be removed from school. We would have started,
00:01:26.380remained, you know, opening the school day with prayer, the Lord's Prayer. We would not have,
00:01:33.080removed prayer from government. They used to, you know, pray before the legislature
00:01:38.940began. And so, yeah, I guess, I guess that would be it.
00:01:45.000Well, hello, and thank you for joining us for the Empower Hour. I'm looking forward to this evening.
00:02:03.100It's going to be a different Empower Hour. I'm going to be put on the hot seat. And the script is
00:02:10.740flipped a little, as my guest will be telling us and the new host of the show. I am just so excited.
00:02:16.760Today, I have the honour of passing the mic to one of my dearest friends, Danielle Pastille. I met
00:02:22.740Danielle in the fall of 2020 at one of the first rallies I attended in Vancouver, and it happened
00:02:28.620to be the day I announced that Action for Canada would be commencing legal action against the BC
00:02:34.440and federal government. From there, Danielle and I grew to be fast friends as she hosted the upcoming
00:02:41.400rallies every Saturday throughout that fall of 2020 into the winter months. And I'm talking sun,
00:02:48.500rain, snow. We showed up. Tents, resources, mics ready, speakers ready. It was just an amazing
00:02:56.140season of this journey that we've been on in these past years. But nothing stopped us from proclaiming the
00:03:03.180truth and warning the masses. And we still continue today. Danielle was a driving force throughout
00:03:08.720those many months in helping us raise a significant amount of the funds needed for our constitutional
00:03:14.200challenge, which happens to be one of the only COVID cases still proceeding today. Danielle has been
00:03:21.240a steady voice in the grassroots advocacy, helping co-found and organize initiatives like Freedom
00:03:27.140Rally World and the Freedom Organization, which created community and conversation
00:03:32.620through weekly online interviews and unity driven events. She is also the co-author in the book series,
00:03:38.960The Brave Books and co-producer of the documentary, The Hidden Healthcare Crisis. Danielle leads with courage
00:03:45.820and deep care for others grounded in her faith, the support of her family and guided by a belief that
00:03:52.640advocacy is generational work. We must work together to pass this on to the next generation. We have to pass on
00:04:00.120the baton. I trust her, I respect her, and I am grateful to call her my friend. Please join me
00:04:06.960in welcoming Danielle Pastille, who will be, as I say, hosting the Empower Hour tonight as we flip the
00:04:12.920script and I become the guest. Welcome, Danielle.
00:04:16.180Welcome, Tanya. Thank you for having me and thank you for trusting me to be able to do this with you
00:04:22.580today, Tanya. I've been looking forward to this and I've been, I've thought about this for a long time
00:04:27.120where I wanted to have people see you in a light that only very few of us ever get to see and I know
00:04:33.580the weight that's on your shoulders with all the work that you do and so I really wanted to be able
00:04:37.920to encapsulate some of those precious moments that you and I have had together that I think others
00:04:43.860need to see as well. Well, thank you for that, Danielle. It does feel strange as you and I were
00:04:50.180preparing for the show tonight. You know, it's a little unnerving because of the position that I've
00:04:55.780been on and always coming on to the Empower Hour, bringing on guests and hammering home, you know,
00:05:00.280how can we educate people? How can we mobilize them? But there is, you know, things for our members
00:05:06.040to know and those who have become part of the Action for Canada family. So, I'm happy to move
00:05:10.700forward and have this conversation tonight. Yeah, me too. Well, I think I'm going to start with,
00:05:15.880was it last year or was it the year before that I did? Last year. Yeah, okay. So, there was a little
00:05:21.920speech that I did. You had me come on to do some fundraising for you and I was reading back and
00:05:26.600reflecting on that and I thought, you know, it's so poignant even still to this day and so if you
00:05:33.080would allow me, I would just like to maybe, I want to reiterate that piece again. So, on behalf of so many
00:05:40.520people across this nation, I want to take a moment to thank God for blessing our country with an
00:05:45.180extraordinary woman that I have the privilege of calling my friend and that is that, that is the
00:05:51.620unstoppable Tanya Gaw. If there's one word that comes to mind when I think of Tanya and Action for
00:05:57.320Canada, it's hope. Let me take you back to a great afternoon in September 2020 when Tanya stepped onto
00:06:03.620the stage at the Vancouver Art Gallery and alone but searching for connection in the midst of the world
00:06:12.000turned upside down. Tanya's hands were trembling and her speech paper slipped to the ground and you could have
00:06:18.160heard a pin drop as she boldly declared, I would like to thank God and God alone for the ground that I'm
00:06:23.200standing on. Her words carried a gravity that ignited so much excitement when she announced that she would be
00:06:29.720taking on the monumental task of holding our government accountable legally for the lies, division and
00:06:35.100propaganda they had unleashed, unleashed upon us. What happened next remains to be one of the most
00:06:40.560inspiring moments I've ever witnessed still in my life, still to this day. After Tanya's announcement,
00:06:46.120a single person stepped onto the stage holding up a hundred dollar bill as an act of support for her
00:06:51.160vision. That simple yet powerful gesture sparked an incredible response from what seemed to be a never
00:06:58.920ending sea of people that came forward offering everything from spare change to hundred dollar
00:07:03.620bills. This incredible moment of collective action ignited a glimmer of hope that spread like wildfire.
00:07:10.940It was a turning point reminding all of us of the immense power we have when we come together for a
00:07:16.660common cause. Thanks to Tanya's bravery and guidance, this shared experience literally transformed feelings of
00:07:24.040helplessness to empowerment. She showed us that together we are so much more powerful than the one
00:07:30.580percent that have been trying to rule over us. I think it's safe to say that Tanya quickly became a
00:07:35.780beacon of light during a time of darkness and uncertainty for so many of us. But Tanya's journey didn't end or
00:07:43.160even just begin in 2020. Long before that pivotal moment, she was already fiercely advocating, shining a light
00:07:51.720on all the erosion of parental rights and speaking out about the concerning changes taking place in
00:07:57.860schools and communities and well as well as the immigration issues that have been plaguing our
00:08:03.300country. Tanya has never been afraid to speak out about uncomfortable conversations that most people
00:08:10.500avoid as she has consistently been ahead of the curve warning us of significant issues that threaten the
00:08:16.640fabric of our nation. Tanya's work has since progressed to new bold legal actions and her lawsuit regarding
00:08:24.620all of the mandates is one of the few still active in the courts today. Tanya has her thumb on the pulse of
00:08:31.940what is happening all over this country, acting as the eyes and the ears and the voice of so many of us who would
00:08:39.620otherwise remain unaware and has inspired countless people to get involved in advocacy work, myself included.
00:08:46.640Because of Tanya's fearless leadership, thousands have been motivated to contribute their time, expertise
00:08:54.620and connections and financial support. Without this collective effort, tackling these monumental issues
00:09:01.620would be impossible. Additionally, there is a tight and mighty core team that has been volunteering their time
00:09:09.620and talents to support Action for Canada and to do all that they can to stand on the front lines and say,
00:09:15.600not on my watch. Much like Gideon's Army, it is not the size of the group that determines the success, but the strength,
00:09:24.600courage and commitment of the people involved. And as life regains some normalcy, we must not lose sight
00:09:31.600of the importance of staying engaged as the battles that Action for Canada takes on comes with
00:09:37.580significant costs, financial, emotional and logistical. From technical support and website maintenance to
00:09:46.580massive legal fees, mail platforms and print materials, these efforts require all of us to share the burden.
00:09:53.580We cannot leave the responsibility to just one person or a small team. If we expect change, we must be active participants in creating it.
00:10:03.580Tanya, your work and unwavering determination inspire all of us. I know this hasn't been easy. It's been a long road.
00:10:13.560But your courage, dedication have brought so much hope to so many. And I want you to know how profoundly grateful many of us are that you continue to say,
00:10:23.560yes, God, to take on all that you do to defend faith, family and freedom.
00:10:28.560And to everyone here tonight, I urge you to reflect on the importance of staying involved.
00:10:34.560Let's not forget the struggles that we've endured, the lessons we've learned and the progress that we've made.
00:10:40.560As we approach the holiday season, a time of generosity and reflection, I ask of all of you to consider what can you do to support Action for Canada?
00:10:51.560Whether it's through volunteering your time, offering your talents or donating your treasures or simply sharing this message, your contribution matters.
00:11:02.560And as a wise man, David Lindsay once taught me advocacy is a generational task.
00:11:08.560What you do today, make no mistake, your children and grandchildren are taking notice.
00:11:16.560Talk about it at the dinner table, because every donation made, every moment volunteered and every effort you give is not just a contribution.
00:11:25.560It's a lesson to the generations that follow.
00:11:31.560We're building legacy of courage and unity that will echo long after us.
00:11:37.560The change that we all long for begins with each of us choosing to act.
00:11:43.560Tanya, thank you for being a beacon of light and hope and reminding us of what it means to stand firm in the face of adversity.
00:11:53.560Because of you, we are reminded that even the smallest acts of courage can spark a fire of hope and together we can create a future where there's truth, freedom and faith will prevail.
00:12:06.560So tonight, let's reignite the passion and determination that brought us together in the first place and ensure that 2026 is a year of renewed action, strength and purpose.
00:12:19.560And I'd like to start with that wave of support by offering the first hundred dollars again.
00:12:26.560So, I'm hoping that that will encourage others to step up and to do the same.
00:12:31.560And to Tanya, the core team, and to all of the Action for Canada volunteers, keep up the good fight.
00:12:37.560This country needs you more than ever.
00:12:39.560You are an inspiration to those around you, and what you do is highly contagious in a good way.
00:12:45.560Do not ever underestimate the impact of every little thing that you do.
00:12:50.560Thank you for making this world a better place.
00:13:22.560So, I just want to thank you genuinely for that tribute to myself and the team.
00:13:27.560As you know, it's not just, you know, I may be the face of Action for Canada and sometimes that driving force, but this team behind me, I have not been able to do it without their work and with support from beautiful, wonderful people like you.
00:13:39.560So, yeah, I think that would be great.
00:13:44.560But just for in case anybody is happening to join us that is not familiar with Action for Canada, I'm going to start with just a couple of little updates and share my screen.
00:13:56.560And then I will turn to the 2025 year in review, which I am excited to share with you.
00:14:14.560So, many of you know that I've mentioned that this is a spiritual battle of epic proportions that we're going through.
00:14:21.560The government did commence war against Canadians.
00:14:24.560And in order to really destroy Canada, they need to destroy the foundation of this nation, which is founded on Judeo-Christian biblical principles.
00:14:34.560And over the years, as I've mentioned, God called on me years ago.
00:14:39.560Back in 2015, I wish I had written down the date and it was like an audible voice.
00:14:45.560And he said, you know, I want you to proclaim Canada as a Christian nation.
00:14:49.560And back then, I'm thinking, you know, 10 years ago, well, we are a Christian nation.
00:14:53.560They're trying to call us secular and other things.
00:14:56.560But now we are seeing, you know, more than ever why that's important, even to people who are atheists or agnostic.
00:15:04.560They won't have these same freedoms in other countries or under a communist socialist regime.
00:15:10.560And even those people are saying, you know, I'm not a Christian, but I certainly support the principles that Action for Canada, you know, is talking about and what formed this nation.
00:15:20.560They see the advantage of what our fathers of confederation gifted us with.
00:15:27.560So about, I want to say six months ago or so, at the beginning of the year, we heard that a committee, the financial committee last December had snuck in that they were going to remove charitable status for churches.
00:15:38.560It was supposed to be in the budget, but November 4th, the budget came.
00:15:41.560And because of all of the backlash, the letters that were written, the government knew that there's a lot of support for Christianity in this nation.
00:15:53.900And they decided not to move forward at this time with it.
00:15:57.100So I've just launched this on Sunday night, Monday.
00:16:00.840You would have received it if you've signed up for Action for Canada emails.
00:16:04.580And now it's defend our churches round two, because, you know, these hate speech bills that have been going through the legislature that they've been talking about that are supposed to quell hate speech.
00:17:01.600I've heard that since we commenced this action on Monday morning that people are – Sean Fraser has already put together a template letter that is being emailed in response.
00:17:14.320So they are hearing our voices, and it's – wouldn't it be amazing if a million people took action?
00:17:20.360I mean, that is a powerful message to these tyrants, that we are not going to give up our freedoms.
00:17:28.640One of the reasons they say they're wanting to put forward this hate speech and going after so-called religions is because the Muslims are out in the street,
00:17:38.320and they are using their religious doctrine to spew hate towards Jews in Canada and just bringing a foreign war here that has no business.
00:17:46.560Islam is not a religion. It doesn't qualify under our protections, and so they're trying to throw Christianity and our foundation out with the bathwater.
00:17:56.500I don't care if we offend these people. They're certainly not worried about offending us, and they are here to take over.
00:18:03.260And so we have got to fiercely defend Canada as a Christian nation.
00:18:07.840I have provided a PDF. You can click on it right here, and it's an actual page.
00:18:14.040The PDF is here that you can click on. It will look like this, and it breaks down all of the evidence and the history of why we are a Christian nation and how we can qualify that.
00:18:24.460And by the government coming in and trying to pass Bill C-9, they are in violation of everything we stand for.
00:18:30.160It would be a Supreme Court challenge, and we would just overturn this.
00:18:34.480In fact, I provide, thanks to David Lindsay, multiple Supreme Court rulings also validating that we are a Christian nation.
00:18:45.540This week, we are also starting to commence some actions.
00:18:48.760We'll go more full on in the new year with this, but all these Palestinian flags are being raised in cities across the country.
00:18:55.380It is completely against everything that we stand for.
00:19:01.040These people do not have the freedom to come and use our laws and our human rights codes to bring their hate onto our land.
00:19:10.340And so we are calling for the end of the weaponization of the flagpole, whether it's radical LGBTQ ideologies or these foreign ideologies that are coming in here and trying to disrupt and bring chaos.
00:19:22.580And Alberta, because of the amount of people rising up in Alberta, Daniel Smith at the UCP AGM this last weekend actually put a ban on all flags other than municipal, provincial and federal.
00:21:48.960It's to educate and mobilize citizens.
00:21:51.220We give an alert that our Gmail tell us whatever email system you have are blocking action for Canada's emails, and we keep asking that you will reach out to whatever your email service provider is and demand that they stop blocking your emails.
00:22:08.880They can't sit at the bottom of my driveway and say, oh, you can't deliver mail to this address.
00:22:12.720And there is absolutely no way they should be interfering with the delivery of your service either.
00:22:20.420Success stories, of course, this year was the huge win in Alberta, where a year ago we started lobbying government.
00:22:26.880We gave them a three-inch binder to show the measurable harms to children, including through SOGI 123, which we will persist to get removed from the education system.
00:22:38.940Thank goodness Minister Nicolaitis, he took the information seriously, and by the spring, they were removing these books and literally calling them what they are, sexually explicit and pornographic books.
00:22:53.760I consider that it was an important win with the churches as well to maintain charitable status, and this is the power of the people when we come together and we unite.
00:23:02.900Just the legal action updates, I finally heard, in case you hadn't heard my previous update, the legal action involving Tyson Cook, a.k.a. Dry Queen Frida Wales, the guy that likes to do videos where he's chopping people up, eating them and feeding them to his pot-bellied pig,
00:23:22.960and happens to be a teacher's assistant in the Kelowna School District, decided to come after Action for Canada for defamation.
00:23:32.140But everything we reported on was off his own website.
00:23:38.780He was proud of it when he posted this information, and all of a sudden, when we're talking about this information that he posted, he's not so happy about it.
00:23:47.820But we put forward a SLAP application in September.
00:23:51.560We were hoping to be in court the week of December 8th, but due to lawyer schedules, it will be the week of June 29th, 2026.
00:24:01.760Our legal action with Rocco, we have to wait again for December 12th to come in order to book a date for February.
00:24:08.420It is an absolute joke, the court system, but we are pursuing it at every opportunity we can get to be before the courts and continue to have our case moving forward.
00:24:19.780Thank you again for your donations, because they allow us to travel and to get the word out.
00:24:28.380Kim and I took a trip to Washington, D.C. at the end of September and the beginning of October,
00:24:34.340and we joined the international partners that I've been working with since the beginning of the year
00:24:40.340to advocate for our children, to protect them and parental rights by opposing the World Health Organization's comprehensive sexuality agenda,
00:24:49.060which is to sexualize children from the earliest age possible.
00:24:52.820This is a battle that I've been in personally since 2016, fighting for our children,
00:24:57.640and I will not stop until this is eradicated from the education system, from our social media platforms.
00:25:06.240This is demonic, it's evil, it is leading to our children being sterilized and to being physically, medically mutilated,
00:25:14.480and that no time in history would we be able to sit back and allow this to happen to our children.
00:25:20.340So we need more ferocious parents and citizens rising up in support of us as we work and lobby
00:25:26.780government and government in the United States.
00:25:29.580We had tremendous feedback from them walking through the halls of Congress and the Senate down there
00:25:34.480and going into congressmen and women's offices and senators' offices.
00:25:39.520That work is continuing, and I'm in touch, of course, with Rhonda and Audrey from the United States
00:25:47.120as they continue to pursue the investigation of Alfred Kinsey.
00:25:50.820So your support allows us to attend these events.
00:25:54.940Plus, in Canada, our chapter leaders are, normally we have a church that supports us,
00:26:01.440and we go to conventions and events to get also the word out and help educate more people.
00:26:08.000We don't want to show up at a convention and just, you know, report on all the horrible things
01:09:11.260It was a big, big deal to raise the funds that were necessary to do a constitutional challenge.
01:09:17.200Like, I'm that person that grew up that was very meticulous with my funds.
01:09:22.200My brother and sister, when we were younger, they would, we got an allowance.
01:09:26.020And if they needed to borrow money from me, right, it's kind of funny to think about.
01:09:30.240But that followed me into my adulthood.
01:09:31.860I've been very, very responsible with my finances.
01:09:35.860And I made, you know, that decision that when I launched Action for Canada, that I was going
01:09:43.140to treat the funds, these precious funds that are coming in from Canadians like as if that was my own.
01:09:49.660And so for them to be maligning Rocco and myself and stupid, stupid things that, juvenile things that they would say, it was, it frustrated me.
01:10:03.100And, you know, for that matter, but of course, we needed to raise these funds in order to commence.
01:10:09.180And they were all in line with the cost of constitutional challenge because I had gone to other lawyers and it was all in line, the cost that Rocco had charged with everybody else, with other lawyers.
01:10:21.520And so in spite of them, we raised the funds, as you know, and because of your incredible help, like we were, you know, out to every single rally, as I say, and rain and sleet and snow and all the rest of it.
01:10:36.340And in those first months, I had to raise half the funds.
01:10:39.780And we'd managed to do that from December, from September, 2020 to December, 2020, because Rocco wouldn't proceed because if you couldn't raise the funds, like how do you plan on, you know, proceeding with this?
01:10:52.140And so in spite of them, we raised the funds and I just, you know, I refused to respond to the attacks on social media.
01:10:59.080It was a distraction as far as I was concerned, and I needed to remain focused on the battle.
01:11:03.820And really, I didn't have time to respond to people who were acting like a bunch of childhood delinquents in those, you know, the mean schools, the mean kids in junior high school.
01:11:13.880That's where I say before, like I really had to, you know, keep a proper perspective on things.
01:11:19.300And A for C, yeah, yeah, we, you know, we stood the test of time.
01:11:23.560And I think, I think that my character and that of our team have come out on the other side with our reputations intact.
01:11:29.600And, yeah, so I'm really happy about, really happy about where we, where we are at right now.
01:11:36.240How did that affect your, your fundraising though, Tanya, with all of that?
01:11:48.080It's really affected Rocco and his firm, of course, because he's taken on so many and he's still got the government, is it the healthcare workers?
01:11:57.300And he did an appeal recently and everybody was blown away by, you know, how he had conducted himself in court.
01:12:04.900And so it's going to be pretty hard for these three appeal court judges.
01:12:08.260And apparently one he had known way back, I think, when he was going to school.
01:12:12.840So it will be based on corruption, I believe, if he ends up losing that case.
01:12:17.460But when I was going through that, yeah, the, the, the fundraising super, super slowed down.
01:12:25.420But within a year, exactly a year to the date, we had raised all the funds necessary in spite of these wicked, wicked people.
01:12:34.640And there was some times when it, you know, because of what that individual is doing, and I'm not even going to acknowledge his, his name right now, because he was obviously, you know, possibly a government operative, maybe paid out or just so filled with arrogance and pride.
01:12:52.600I don't know, you know, what fueled these people, but either way, it was destructive.
01:12:57.060And yeah, they're nowhere to be found now.
01:13:02.580And the one guy was, you know, flying on airplanes back and forth across Canada, and everybody's dying, selling his t-shirts and really doing literally nothing to help Canadians in the long run.
01:13:17.520And so that's, I had to, it was hard going through that season.
01:13:20.500And there were people that were demanding their funds back for me, because these individuals had convinced them that Rocco wasn't doing his job.
01:13:29.900And when we look at the courts and see even what they're doing right now, in trying to delay us from getting in just simply to address the motion to strike, we had a date for October 20th of this year.
01:13:43.280And next thing you know, the, the lawyers are on strike.
01:13:48.020And then the strike lifted days before we were supposed to be in court.
01:13:51.680And now we're trying to get a court date to, and they said, oh, you got a call by, the court said, you got a call by November 12th to set a date for January.
01:14:02.640And so then next thing you know, now we have to wait for December 12th in order to set a date for February.
01:14:07.800And so how could the public possibly criticize us?
01:14:11.160And, you know, yeah, they want to criticize, you know, Rocco for having a 391 page statement of claim, fill your boots.
01:14:19.540But if you're not happy with it, then don't support us.
01:14:22.520If you are, then just have the peace of mind to know that we're fighting as hard as we can against very, very corrupt, evil, murderous individuals that, you know, even the COVID jab that continues to maim and kill people, including children, to this day.
01:14:41.500And they're still in BC, I don't know if in other provinces, but BC is still promoting the COVID jabs.
01:14:49.200And so what do they expect, that we're going to just walk into court first time and be able to win that case?
01:14:57.240No, they're going to put up as many blocks as possible, and that's what they did.
01:15:01.180And so, yeah, you know, it was very difficult and upsetting going through that season because I knew without a shadow of a doubt in my mind,
01:15:10.440the character of Rocco and how hard he was fighting and how hard our team were fighting, as well as providing the notices of liability, which kept 45,000 teachers and school staff working in BC and had the same effect in Alberta and in other provinces.
01:15:26.460So shame on them. That's all I can say.
01:15:29.880That's another curtain we could pull back on another day, you know, but it's like all the extras and the over and above that Rocco did that people don't even know about.
01:15:37.580There was a lot that he threw in that, you know, wasn't even part of, you know, the funds that were raised and whatnot.
01:15:44.120No, and to know, too, that he has twin boys, and to know that the one boy is vaccine injured, or I don't even want to call it a vaccine, that was the childhood immunization.
01:15:54.420So he was already working with Ted Kuntz from Vaccine Choice Canada in 2019, if not before then, to shed light on the fact that these immunizations are harmful.
01:16:09.140And when I was talking to Rocco recently, he put things again into a proper perspective that prior to all of this COVID fraud and this bioweapon that, you know, they implemented on the mass populations, is that vaccine hesitancy, so-called vaccine hesitancy, like, was one or two percent.
01:16:31.700And now CBC was reporting that there's like a 75 percent of people support vaccinations.
01:16:40.500Well, that means then that now vaccine hesitancy has risen to 30 percent, and that is a huge win-win.
01:16:50.020It's all the less children that are going to be diagnosed with autism, which we know 100 percent is tied to childhood immunizations or whatever, you know, you want to call these shots.
01:17:01.280They're definitely not for the benefit of our children.
01:17:03.320And so we're winning, even though we're not in court yet.
01:17:20.920So between all of the different costs to keep these cases going, because we had appeal costs on the COVID case, and then, of course, this new case with Tyson Cook came up.
01:17:34.260And so in total for that, I have, we've spent $40,000, and one of that, 20 of that was to put forward our SLAP application in September.
01:17:45.600And so $70,000 in total so far this year.
01:17:52.180So you're out a little bit of money, I would say.
01:17:56.860I would say that we've raised somewhere around $25,000 when I've put out those appeals.
01:18:02.640You know, I'm a bit confused by this, Danielle.
01:18:05.380I know there was this whole ostrich fiasco that took place, and I ended up hearing that a business owner had given them $100,000.
01:18:14.460And we've never had anything like that in all the years that we've been operating.
01:18:20.060And, you know, to have a business owner drop $100,000 on Action for Canada would be a very, very welcome event.
01:18:28.660And because, you know, we've been, we're doing so much more.
01:18:32.320We're doing so much more, I would have to say, than any other organization.
01:18:37.220A lot more rods in the fire, for sure.
01:18:38.640Yeah, and a lot of people, when they donate, if they do e-transfer or stripe, it's not, they can't necessarily designate saying this is for the legal action.
01:18:48.600So we would just take it that we would see a boost in giving.
01:18:51.780And then we've also seen overall that giving has slowed.
01:18:55.840That could be because of the economy or because the noose is, you know, not quite as tight right now around people's necks.
01:19:03.920Yet it is, and it has been their strategy, bring COVID on and then, you know, put the restrictions in place, loosen the restrictions, put more restrictions in place.
01:19:14.040This is a game, this mental psyop that they have been, you know, administering against all of the citizens of Canada.
01:19:23.000And right now the noose is very tight.
01:19:25.320They're flooding us with mass immigration, impoverishing our nation, trying to take away our guns, bringing in, we are a hotbed for terrorism.
01:19:33.860And yet they think now is the time that maybe they could stop giving that $10 or $20 a month to Action for Canada.
01:19:39.920And we continue whether we're receiving those funds or not.
01:19:43.580And so I would really like to emphasize, you know, please consider not only donating, it's the end of the year.
01:19:50.280We're not a charitable organization, although we are now pursuing that.
01:19:53.600I've had a wonderful gentleman who has said, you know, I'd like to help you become a charitable organization if we will qualify.
01:20:01.920But many business owners want to get that exemption.
01:20:04.980Many people want to get that tax exemption at the end of the year.
01:20:08.200And it's like, you know, what is your freedom worth right now?
01:20:11.120Now, if you were going to give $10,000 to Action for Canada as a business, I'd be happy if you kept three and gave a seven.
01:20:17.580Whatever it's going to take to help facilitate all of these hardworking people on our team.
01:20:23.240Even if we could give somebody on our team $250 a month to keep up and do the hard work that they're doing in our community to save this country, I think that that is, you know, extremely valid.
01:20:36.700What I said, like at the beginning of this was, you know, why I got emotional is because I think about, you know, the people who had lost their jobs and or were on the brink of losing their jobs.
01:20:46.440And they flooded the stage with their spare change and everything they had because they knew that their freedom was so much more important than the pennies in their pocket.
01:20:56.980And that was why you gave them so much hope, Tanya, because it was, what else were we going to do?
01:21:02.520And I think people have become complacent now.
01:21:04.700And it's, you know, if we, if we choose complacency over freedom, we're never going to win this.
01:21:12.540And certainly one person can't take this on their shoulders.
01:21:41.700Hitler commenced his war against the people this way with a PSYOP.
01:21:45.760He targeted a group of people and he commenced a type of war that eventually countries around the world felt that they had to participate in.
01:21:55.020But this war isn't the one where we've got bombs dropping around us.
01:21:59.480We've got our, our children are absolutely, their lives are being destroyed.
01:22:04.800You know, the, the fact that they're taking their own lives because they have been convinced that they were born in the wrong body, for instance.
01:22:14.820And, and these radical activists are trying to say to parents, do you want a dead daughter or a live son?
01:22:21.600In other words, if their daughter wants to identify as, as, as a boy, you know, that they should support this lunacy and this delusion.
01:22:29.720And then in the end, the kids go through the puberty blockers, which, which does havoc on their emotions and their system, which puts them into depression.
01:22:38.800So they have to have antidepressants in order to keep these kids in this state of delusion.
01:22:44.840And then when these kids now have had their body mutilated or have been sterilized or grown a beard as a girl, and now they're an adult realizing that they've been had.
01:22:54.580And, and those individuals are then so depressed that they're taking their own lives.
01:22:58.560So this is the kind of war we're facing.
01:23:00.540We're facing the war that, you know, there, there was a mash mass forced abortion.
01:23:05.660I'm going to say where young mothers during COVID were convinced to take this jab only to find out that there, they had miscarriages on mass.
01:23:17.800And, and of course that was population control as well.
01:23:21.580And we've got, I was watching a show last night that I like to, sorry, that's my dog.
01:23:28.500That's another one I get support from is my big girl here is a, is, is, is a show where they, all of a sudden they were sneaking in how these kids, oh, you know, were in, it was a show about hospital workers and, and trying to normalize youth having heart problems.
01:24:20.560What would you want people to remember you for?
01:24:22.960I think, um, I think it would be for proclaiming that Canada is a Christian nation and that they would understand.
01:24:52.960How critically important it is to our freedoms and democracy and to pass that gift on to the next generation so that this doesn't happen again.
01:25:03.120If we cared about the elected officials, if they were men of honor and men of God, and that it wasn't just by word, but it was how they conduct their life.
01:25:12.120If people actually cared about the character of the people that run running for office, if the church would rise up and from within the church support good godly leaders, men and women to run for office, we would have never been in this position.
01:25:26.940We would have never opened, allowed businesses across the nation to open on Sundays.
01:25:32.640We would have had that true day of rest.
01:25:34.840We wouldn't have allowed prayer to be removed from school.
01:25:38.360We would have started, remained, you know, opening the school day with prayer, the Lord's Prayer.
01:25:44.760We would not have removed prayer from government.
01:25:48.320They used to, you know, pray before the legislature began.
01:25:52.940And so, yeah, I guess that would be it.
01:25:58.640Well, it's funny because I think you just answered my next question because I was going to ask you.
01:26:01.800I said if everything you're fighting for became reality tomorrow, what would Canada look like?
01:26:08.600Yeah, that God would once again guide government and that prayer and biblical teaching would return to the education system so that we had strong future leaders.
01:26:18.780Now, my last question, Tanya, is that I know that you've built this amazing family support network around you with your team.
01:26:28.040Is there anything that you would like to address with them?
01:26:34.420Well, just to recall that from 2015 to 2019, I was literally a one-person show through my own emails, you know, just putting out these call-to-action campaigns and desperately, desperately trying to alert Canadians of all the corruption and what was coming.
01:27:03.060And so just that I love them from the bottom of my heart that this army, this army has risen, you know, across the nation, that we formed this core team, that the chapter leaders have risen up, that our volunteers across Canada, you know, are participating.
01:27:22.440And so I could have never achieved any of this on my own.
01:27:26.760And they're like family to me, and I'm proud of them.
01:27:29.680And they're all using their God-given gifts and talents.
01:27:33.440And they're going above and beyond in every way.
01:27:40.880And even wearing different hats than we need to, like when to pick up the slack or when somebody is sick and can no longer be with the team, it's, it's, as I said before, it's a small Gideon's army.
01:27:52.900I've said action for Canada is God-breathed.
01:27:55.360And we're achieving all of these great things because I know because God is with us.
01:28:00.520And I just literally know I've prayed over the years and I continue to pray we're going to be launching our chapter mission again at the beginning of January, 2026.
01:28:11.960And we are praying for God to speak to people, to join Action for Canada, and to lead with us.
01:28:20.800And so we look forward to building our family.
01:28:25.440But to them, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
01:28:29.660Tanya, you are one special lady in your team.
01:28:33.660I'm just, gratitude is just not even a strong enough word to express for everything that you and your team do.
01:28:40.760And I want to thank you for allowing me to do this with you today.
01:29:12.680Well, I just wanted to say that tonight wasn't just a look back on what's been done.
01:29:19.240It was a reminder of what can still be achieved when ordinary people choose to do extraordinary things, Tanya.
01:29:26.020Every moment, every movement in history started with a few people who refused to stay silent and who refused to run.
01:29:33.920And I just want to say to everyone who's watching, if Tanya has ever stood up for something that you cared about, if her courage has inspired you, and if you believe that the work must continue, then I want to ask you to consider standing beside her tonight to help fuel these missions.
01:29:54.060Not next week and not someday, tonight.
01:29:57.140The future of this country is all of our responsibility.
01:30:01.360Complacency is our worst enemy, as I said before.
01:30:04.920There are three ways that anybody can get involved, and that is time, talent, and treasure.
01:30:11.320And Action for Canada has the ability to rally Canadians across the country, but we need more volunteers to push back in their own towns and municipalities.
01:30:19.280There are so much, there's so much work that needs to be done, and when we all share the load, we can move mountains.
01:30:27.180So if you've been thinking about getting involved, but weren't sure where to start, just know this.
01:30:32.600Tanya and her team provide all the tools and guidance to help you make an impact right in your own corner of the world, with chapters in so many communities across the country, but they still need more.
01:30:43.120So when it comes to talent, maybe you're a connector, an influencer, or you have a skill set that can help the team.
01:30:51.380God gave you gifts not to keep to yourself, but to share with others.
01:30:55.860So please reach out, or just start sharing and getting the word out about the work that is taking place.
01:31:02.500Never underestimate the power of your voice.
01:31:05.660You can start by sharing this video too.
01:31:07.520Maybe we can find one of those big business tycoon investors to help you out, Tanya.
01:31:11.580And then lastly, we know that times are getting tight right now.
01:31:16.660The cost of groceries, fuel, and taxes is almost out of hand.
01:31:22.100Yet the fate of millions of people is resting on the shoulders of just a select few.
01:31:27.020Action for Canada needs our help now, and whether you can give $5, $50, or $500, every contribution strengthens these battles and keeps the mission alive.
01:31:36.640Think back to September 2020, on the steps of the art gallery in Vancouver.
01:31:42.600Many people had already lost their jobs or feared that they would, but there was a spirit of generosity and unity that brought hope.
01:31:50.380And that hope came from collective action.
01:31:53.920Tanya stepping forward to share her vision.
01:31:56.460The first person running up on the stairs to donate that $100, which sparked a wave of support that inspired so many others.
01:32:04.080So, what Tanya and Action for Canada team are taking on right now is much like David taking on Goliath, as you said before.
01:32:13.900One small boy armed with courage, faith, and a single stone that brought down a giant.
01:32:19.460And that giant today is the government.
01:32:21.720The battles ahead are immense, but as my friend once said, Alicia, she said,
01:32:29.480when we all come together, there is no stopping us.
01:32:35.960So, please consider sending a donation, reaching out to volunteer, and also sharing this interview for all to see.
01:32:46.400Tanya, is there anything that you want to sign off with before we go?
01:32:49.620Well, Danielle, I want to thank you so much.
01:32:53.180You had to convince me to do this interview tonight because I was nervous about it.
01:32:58.360I don't like being in the spotlight on this side.
01:33:00.600I like asking the questions and doing actions.
01:33:06.000And I just thank you for your friendship and your support.
01:33:08.700And I just thank God for all of these wonderful connections that have been made and these new friendships that have grown out of the ashes.
01:33:18.240And I just look forward to all the work ahead and where we're going to go from here and where we'll be next December.
01:34:51.840And then the very last one is one of my favorite.
01:34:54.000I have repeatedly said this from Galatians 6.9, and in closing,
01:34:58.200Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
01:35:05.440And so I thank all of you for your support for Action for Canada.
01:35:09.480And I just thank all of you for your support and your ongoing support and, you know, sharing our information and to social media, your financial support and your prayers.
01:35:19.920And I pray that you have an amazing holiday season as we come up, and we're all going to be taking a break,
01:35:26.320and that you'll be ready to get right back with us in 2026 as we launch the chapters and a new season of actions as we fight to overturn the corruption,
01:35:37.160and as we fight to elevate God once again in this country.
01:35:41.340So, Danielle, thank you so much, my friend.
01:35:44.540And to all of you, God bless you, and God bless Canada.
01:35:48.920Thank you, Tanya, for everything you do.