Free speech - Is it about to end in Canada？
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Summary
Pro-Trump Christian singer Sean Foyt has been banned from performing in public spaces in Alberta. Why should he be allowed to perform in public? Well, because he's a Christian, and because he has beliefs that they don't.
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Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel, 7.30 a.m. Tuesday, July the 29th. I hope you're
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having a great start to your Tuesday morning. I've got my big blue mug of coffee. Looking
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forward to grabbing another one in just a few minutes. I want to make this one quick
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today. I'm concerned about something that's been bubbling under over the last week or so.
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As a matter of fact, I did a video on it maybe Saturday or Friday last week and talked a little
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bit about this, but it's really concerning me now. I worry about things. Do you worry about
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things? I worry about worrying about things in this country. It's like everything is compounded
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all the time. So many, just so many things are just so aggravating. Before we get to freedom of
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speech, just quickly, yesterday I go out with my mother-in-law. She's 89 years old. We moved her
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here from British Columbia a few years ago because she couldn't afford to live there. And we went out
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to Walmart to pick up a few things, a few groceries. She's independent on a limited budget. And we're
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in the car driving. And as I'm going back to her place, she says to me, why did it cost so much?
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We bought two small bags of groceries. It was $89. Why does it cost so much? It's ridiculous.
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It's getting to the point where she might not be able to live on her own anymore.
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I don't think the Liberals are going to solve that problem. I think some big problems will be
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solved eventually. The tariff issue, that'll be in our rearview mirror before very long. I don't
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think it'll be in Canada's favor. But there are two, there are big things. But there are things that
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are coming that were promised by Carney that I'm concerned about. He's going to fund the CBC,
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his propaganda wing, and entrench that in law. It bugs me. That's coming.
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He has said, said during the campaign, that social media information coming across the border from
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the United States is pollution. His government's going to do something about it. He's going to clamp
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down on speech. You look at this quote right here, if the freedom of speech is taken away,
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then dumb and silent, we may be led like sheep to the slaughter, George Washington. That's one of
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the quotes that I have that I save. I save quotes. I like quotes. I like quotes from the founders,
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from Americans. They've said great things, something to believe in right there. But this
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Sean Foy situation, this Christian singer from the United States is something we need to look at
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from the big picture. This isn't just a small story. This is a big issue.
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Here's an article here from City News. Alberta NDP asking UCP government not to allow pro-Trump
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Christian singer to perform at legislature. Well, of course they are. Because he has,
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beliefs that they don't, so he has to be silenced. And you might not agree with everything Mr. Foyt
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says, but I agree with some of the things he says. Are they going to silence me for saying them? How
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about you? I worry about other people who are creators online, who have much bigger audiences
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than I do. Just a little bit from the story. And it's how they cloak their righteousness
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Quote, other jurisdictions have denied or revoked permits for Sean Foyt's events in public spaces.
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The UCP government should do the same. Unquote. Said David Shepard, the Alberta NDP house leader.
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Quote, the government has a responsibility to ensure that public spaces like the Alberta
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legislature grounds uphold the principles of inclusion and belonging for everyone. Platforming
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a performer who has expressed hateful views is an inappropriate use of that space. Unquote.
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Inclusion to the left is anything that they believe in. They don't want to include you if
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you've got different beliefs. And of course, they'll decide what is and what is not hateful
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views. Mr. Foyt, here in this tweet, dear Alberta, is one of your elected senators really trying to
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cancel worship to God in your province. I don't blame Mr. Foyt for not understanding that we don't
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elect senators in Canada. It's pretty screwed up. But we do elect senators in Alberta. And some of
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them become senators. They are appointed by conservative prime ministers. But when there's
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not a conservative prime minister, they do not choose Alberta's elected senators. Just like Dr.
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Christopher Wells, who is an Alberta senator, he's a far left nutcase, calls himself an independent.
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Justin Trudeau chose him to be a senator. This concert, scare quotes, should not be allowed to
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be held at any public owned facility, let alone the Alberta legislature. Pull the permit like other
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cities have done. There should be no space for hate on any public property. The arbiters of hate
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are the left. If you disagree with them, you're hateful and you need to be silenced.
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A little bit more from this article. The Christian singer describes himself as a musician, missionary,
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author, and activist. He's spoken out against gender ideology, scare quotes, abortion, and the LGBTQ
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plus community. And his religious and political views have grabbed the attention of the Trump
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administration. I mean, there's certainly discrimination here based on his religion.
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You can't be a Christian in this country for God's sakes. And certainly you can't sing about it in
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public and have different views. And this is a political persecution as well because he likes
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Donald Trump. They refer to him as a MAGA Christian singer because he supports Donald Trump. He has a
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right to that opinion as well. As far as LGBTQ stuff, he believes marriage is between a man and a
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woman. Lots of people believe that. Lots of religions believe that. Mark Carney's religion,
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Catholic believes that. As do Muslim groups, as do some Jewish groups, as a lot of Canadians
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believe. You have a right to that opinion, whether it's right or not. You can determine that. That's
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your choice. As far as abortion goes, well, get people on both sides of that issue. And regarding the
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gender ideology thing, I don't have to get into it, but I agree with him on that as well.
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Bill C-63, it's coming back, folks. Here's the stuff that bothers me in here. They cloak this in
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helping children, but they add the content that foments hatred. This is an overview of the bill,
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the Online Harms Act. Content that foments hatred. Because of those words, those four words I would
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vote against this bill, the liberals would say, you don't want to protect children, and that's what's
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going to happen if this goes up to a vote. But it's the content that foments hatred. What is that?
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Who determines what is and what is not hate? I'm an absolutist when it comes to speech. You should be
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able to say anything you want, as long as you're not threatening somebody with violence or a group
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with violence. And we have laws against all these things that are in this bill that protects children
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already. I'm really worried about this. I'm terribly worried. Here's another quote for you.
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
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neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin. Your liberty is written into the Charter of Rights
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and Freedoms, which isn't worth the paper it's written on because of Section 1. But liberty
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is in there. Part of your liberty is your freedom of speech. Freedom of assembly is in there as well.
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Government can take away your rights to freedom of speech, just like they take away the right to
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freedom of assembly. How do I know they can do that? Because there's a couple of people
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who are likely to spend seven and eight years in jail for mischief because they have the audacity to
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assemble and disagree with their government. And you know who I'm talking about. This is a great
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concern to me. Meanwhile, the Streisand effect, which I described the other day, if you don't know
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what it is, look it up. The Streisand effect is in full effect, folks. Sean Foyt's tour draws huge
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crowds despite fines and woke pushback. He had six concerts planned. I think most of them are canceled,
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but he's adding new dates all the time because people want to hear what he has to say. And they're
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now aware of him. If the left had just shut their mouths, this never would have happened. But I'm
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concerned. Tell me what you think in the comments. If you like the video, give me a thumbs up. Subscribe
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well. Enjoy the rest of your day. I'll see you in the next one.