Greg Wycliffe - March 02, 2023


Christine Anderson challenges Justin Trudeau to Public Debate in farewell speech


Episode Stats

Length

12 minutes

Words per Minute

77.88318

Word Count

936

Sentence Count

104


Summary

Learn English with Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is a world-renowned civil rights activist, activist, writer, and philosopher. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress and served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1984-1993. He is now a professor at the University of Toronto and is the author of the book, Gandhi: My Life and Words, which is available for purchase on Amazon for $19.99.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 So, yes, Mr. Trudeau, you have been psychologically abusing your own citizens.
00:00:07.660 You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
00:00:16.560 I'm pretty sure Trudeau can't wait for me to actually leave.
00:00:23.220 It's been such an honor for me to be received by you.
00:00:30.000 The way I have been received.
00:00:33.900 This is, seriously, it has been nothing short of a tremendous honor for me.
00:00:44.260 The reception, it's been so heartfelt, so warming.
00:00:49.500 There's been so many tears.
00:00:51.040 And I have never been made feel more welcomed than I've been advised.
00:01:00.000 Thank you, Trudeau.
00:01:11.000 I got to ride on a truck.
00:01:14.840 There was a freedom convoy organized for me.
00:01:23.140 And it was organized for me on a special day because this year, for the seventh time, I've got to celebrate my second birthday.
00:01:41.140 It was seven years ago that I did survive a horrible accident.
00:01:50.140 And that day, to be actually sitting in a truck, because seven years ago, it kind of mangled me completely.
00:02:01.080 That was just such an overwhelming feeling.
00:02:11.080 And it filled me with so much joy.
00:02:14.080 And I will be eternally grateful to the freedom truckers that they made this possible for me.
00:02:29.080 And more importantly, that they made it possible a year ago to fill millions and millions of people with hope.
00:02:46.080 Thank you, freedom truckers.
00:02:59.080 And I'm one of you.
00:03:00.080 Right now, I can say one.
00:03:01.080 You may be a freedom trucker.
00:03:03.080 Thank you.
00:03:05.080 A conservative leader meets with a known far-right extremist.
00:03:13.080 Oh, we didn't know who it was.
00:03:15.080 Consistently, we see conservative parliamentarians and people who should know better associating themselves with folks responsible for a particularly vile level of rhetoric and hatred.
00:03:30.080 All right.
00:03:31.080 So, here it goes.
00:03:33.080 I will not even address Polivier, because who is Polivier, right?
00:03:38.080 I guess I kind of exposed him to today, didn't I?
00:03:49.080 But I would like to address a few words to Mr. Trudeau, Prime Minister of this beautiful country.
00:03:59.080 Mr. Trudeau, I have had the pleasure and the honor of being allowed to travel your country.
00:04:16.080 It's been, you have a beautiful country, but the people, your people, your citizens, I got to meet, are even more beautiful and I love them.
00:04:33.080 And as I was traveling your country, and got to speak to your people, you know what was the number one thing most mentioned to me?
00:05:00.080 The people came up to me in tears and they were thanking me for validating them.
00:05:15.080 Validation.
00:05:16.080 Validation.
00:05:17.080 Validation.
00:05:18.080 Validation.
00:05:19.080 Validation.
00:05:20.080 That's the most, the thing that was most often mentioned to me.
00:05:30.080 And I'm not sure if you're aware, well actually I kind of do know you are not aware.
00:05:39.080 Do you know what people speak or thank in tears for having been validated?
00:05:55.080 Yeah.
00:05:56.080 Validation.
00:05:57.080 And these are people that have been denied their reality.
00:06:02.080 And these are people that are now known and acknowledged and recognized among psychiatric experts.
00:06:17.080 These are people that have been victims of gaslighting.
00:06:27.080 And gaslighting is, as I said, recognized by psychiatrists,
00:06:43.080 gaslighting is psychological abuse.
00:06:57.080 So yes, Mr. Jarreau, you have been psychologically abusing your own citizens.
00:07:11.080 You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
00:07:17.080 And where do you get off?
00:07:21.080 Labeling me with all kinds of names, whatever you could find in the book.
00:07:26.080 You don't even know me. You don't know where I have been.
00:07:30.080 You don't know what I have done.
00:07:33.080 What can you do about who I am?
00:07:37.080 You give me names, you insult me, but you don't know what I have done.
00:07:41.080 So, here is the thing.
00:07:47.080 No one, no one gets to define me.
00:07:55.080 I know who I am and I know what I stand for.
00:08:07.080 But, I challenge you.
00:08:11.080 You want to be able to speak about me?
00:08:15.080 You want to be able to slander me?
00:08:17.080 You want to be able to slap me with your labels you are throwing around?
00:08:27.080 I challenge you.
00:08:33.080 Let's sit down and have a public debate.
00:08:37.080 And after that, I promise you, you get to call me any name in the book.
00:08:54.080 But you have to base it on what I said.
00:08:58.080 I do realize you would have to grow some balls first, right?
00:09:18.080 I do apologize for that and I was coming like a joke.
00:09:21.080 I just could not help it.
00:09:22.080 I get in these situations, I can't help it.
00:09:28.080 No, but once again, I challenge anyone.
00:09:33.080 Anyone in this world who believes me to be an evil person.
00:09:40.080 Who thinks that I am not what I say I am.
00:09:48.080 I challenge all of you.
00:09:54.080 Let's sit down and have a public debate.
00:09:58.080 I am looking forward to it.
00:10:00.080 Because I am not afraid of you.
00:10:02.080 And to wrap up whatever happened today, and this will be the last comment I will actually invest time in discussing this whole matter.
00:10:27.080 And I would like to wrap it up in the words of Mahatma Gandhi.
00:10:39.080 First, they ignore you.
00:10:44.080 Then, they ridicule you.
00:10:50.080 And then, they fight you.
00:10:52.080 And that's when you know that you have won.
00:10:55.080 I won today and these idiots don't even realize.
00:10:59.080 Brilliant.
00:11:00.080 Thank you for that.
00:11:01.080 Stand up.
00:11:02.080 Stand up.
00:11:03.080 Thank you so much.
00:11:04.080 And no matter what they say, there is no way in the world that anyone will even accomplish to ruin and spoil this trip through Canada.
00:11:28.080 I've had the time of my life and I will be back.
00:11:32.080 I promise.
00:11:33.080 Thank you.
00:11:34.080 Thank you.
00:11:35.080 Thank you.
00:11:40.080 Thank you.
00:11:41.080 Thank you.
00:11:42.080 Thank you so much.
00:11:43.080 Thank you.
00:11:44.080 Thank you.
00:11:45.080 Thank you.
00:11:47.080 Thank you.
00:11:48.080 Thank you.
00:11:49.080 Thank you.
00:11:58.080 Oh, don't worry.
00:12:00.080 She'll be back.