Juno News - December 27, 2021


COUNTDOWN： Top 10 Stupidest Things Said by Canadian Politicians in 2021


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Candace Malan counts down the dumbest things politicians said this year, including some of our own Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's dumbest quotes. She also includes some of the most ridiculous things Bill Blair and Bill Blair have ever said.

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00:00:00.400 Politicians say the stupidest things. We'll count down the dumbest quotes of the year from our political class.
00:00:05.700 I'm Candace Malcolm and this is The Candace Malcolm Show.
00:00:12.180 Hi everyone, thank you so much for tuning into the program.
00:00:14.760 I hope everyone out there had a wonderful Christmas with their families.
00:00:18.020 I hope you got to celebrate in a way that you wanted to, in a way that perhaps you couldn't last year.
00:00:22.420 Well, this entire week on The Candace Malcolm Show, we're going to be focused on end-of-the-year stories, countdowns,
00:00:27.080 just looking back at the year that was, we already did our fake news awards.
00:00:31.960 You should go check out that show. It was a lot of fun.
00:00:33.820 We nominated a bunch of narratives as the worst fake news narratives of the year,
00:00:37.380 and then you, the Turner North viewer and audience, got to vote on what you thought was the biggest fake news narrative of the year.
00:00:43.740 So go check out that episode. It was a lot of fun.
00:00:46.360 Like I said, this week we're focused on the countdown shows, focused on looking at the stories that the media got wrong,
00:00:51.160 the stories that the media ignored, and just the biggest stories of the year.
00:00:54.680 But today I want to focus specifically on our friends in politics, because politicians, they don't always think clearly.
00:01:00.820 They haven't always prepared what they're going to say in advance.
00:01:04.060 You know, you kind of assume, especially when you're younger, you kind of assume that grown-ups are in charge,
00:01:08.440 and that the people who run the country are serious and well-informed people.
00:01:12.200 And as you get older, or as you start to pay more and more attention to politics,
00:01:15.660 you look around at the people running the country, and you say,
00:01:18.540 really? These guys? This is the best we could come up with?
00:01:21.200 And so today's show is sort of a lighthearted way at looking inside the minds of some of our political leaders
00:01:27.360 to realize there's just really not a lot there.
00:01:30.060 There's not a lot going on for some of these politicians.
00:01:32.700 And you might know I have a book out called Stupid Things Trudeau Says.
00:01:36.180 It's a lot of fun. It's a bit of a gag book, where I recount the stupidest things our prime minister has said
00:01:40.920 throughout his career.
00:01:42.020 I will just note that the book came out, I think it was 2017.
00:01:44.880 So it's not up to date. I have to do an updated version with some of his top hits as a prime minister,
00:01:52.400 as a politician, because he said some really, really stupid things during his time as prime minister.
00:01:57.440 And so I would usually focus on him.
00:01:58.880 But this year, there's just so many other options, so many insane things that politicians said
00:02:03.220 that we thought we would expand the list, focus not just on Justin Trudeau,
00:02:06.520 but on him and all his colleagues, and count down the stupidest things that politicians said this year.
00:02:12.640 So let's get to that list.
00:02:14.820 So here we have Stephen Gilbeau, who accused the conservatives of catering to an alleged extremist element of the party
00:02:21.480 by opposing the liberals' internet regulation bill.
00:02:25.080 Yes, you got it.
00:02:25.960 According to the former heritage minister of this country, Justin Trudeau's minister in charge of what?
00:02:31.520 Regulating the internet.
00:02:32.740 He said that if you oppose internet regulation, it is because you're extremist.
00:02:36.440 Here's that clip.
00:02:37.520 I would ask for the date of that quote, because the Justice Department itself has said otherwise.
00:02:42.060 We are seeing this government mimic behavior that is consistent with a basic dictatorship.
00:02:47.280 It's wrong.
00:02:48.400 With their transformational edit that they just made to Bill C-10,
00:02:51.340 the liberals are trying to give themselves the power to control what Canadians can read online,
00:02:56.080 what they post on social media, and the videos that they watch on YouTube.
00:02:59.480 Again, it's wrong.
00:03:01.380 Why is the government doing this?
00:03:05.060 The Honourable Minister.
00:03:06.620 Well, Mr. Speaker, that press release was issued yesterday.
00:03:11.620 I think what we're seeing now is, you know, these are big, powerful, in fact,
00:03:15.820 some of the wealthiest corporations on the planet.
00:03:18.820 And clearly, the member opposite and her party are just afraid to stand up to them.
00:03:24.800 And again, it seems that the Conservative Party is listening to the most extremist element of their party
00:03:29.840 as they have on very important issues, such as climate change or women's rights to choose, Mr. Speaker.
00:03:36.160 And in a similar vein, number nine is Bill Blair, the former public safety minister for Justin Trudeau.
00:03:42.400 So he was talking about a gun ban that the liberals had introduced.
00:03:45.540 He's talking at the Liberal Party convention in this clip.
00:03:48.360 And he's talking about how the Trudeau government announced that they were banning 1,500 firearms that were previously legal.
00:03:53.780 So there are 1,500 different types of firearms out there that law-abiding Canadians use respectfully,
00:03:59.700 have jumped through all the hoops, follow the rules, follow the laws, do everything they're supposed to.
00:04:03.620 Well, suddenly, those people are acting legally by holding these same weapons.
00:04:07.700 And Bill Blair justified this ban, justified this decision by telling the Liberal convention
00:04:12.960 that people who opposed him were also extremists.
00:04:15.820 This is sort of like a liberal theme.
00:04:17.320 If you oppose us, it is because you are extreme.
00:04:19.740 Here's that clip.
00:04:20.340 You know, we're seeing ideologically motivated violent extremists who are using online platforms
00:04:25.600 to propagate and advocate for hatred and violence against women, against religious minorities,
00:04:31.480 anti-Semitic and Islamophobic and hateful speech and advocating violence.
00:04:36.380 And we can use these red flag laws because I will tell you many of those extremists,
00:04:40.640 not every person who's in the gun lobby is an extremist, but everybody in the extremist is in the gun lobby.
00:04:45.700 And I'll give honorable mention to Aaron O'Toole, who had previously been opposed to this gun grab.
00:04:51.760 He had used the pro-gun voters in the Conservative Party to win the leadership that was part of his coalition
00:04:57.200 that enabled him to be the Conservative Party leader.
00:05:00.040 He was a strong proponent of law and order and legal gun owners.
00:05:03.720 And then suddenly, in the middle of the election campaign,
00:05:06.340 the Liberals released an attack ad against Aaron O'Toole saying he was pro-gun.
00:05:09.260 And just like that, Aaron O'Toole flip-flopped, changed his decision and said that he will maintain the Liberal gun ban.
00:05:15.780 Here is that clip.
00:05:17.200 Before I take your questions, I'd like to respond to Justin Trudeau's latest attempt to divide Canadians.
00:05:24.500 So I want to make my position on firearms perfectly clear.
00:05:29.780 First, the ban on assault weapons will remain in place.
00:05:33.840 Second, the present ban on a number of other firearms that were reclassified in 2020 will remain in place.
00:05:42.860 Third, we will conduct a transparent review of the firearms classification process
00:05:49.220 to take the politics out of this process and engage the public in decisions with respect to public safety.
00:05:58.360 Justin Trudeau has been importing American-style politics throughout this election campaign
00:06:03.440 and it is disappointing to see that continue.
00:06:06.600 Okay, moving on.
00:06:07.280 Number eight, we have the leader of the NDP party, Jagmeet Singh,
00:06:10.500 who jumped right on the bandwagon when we heard the news that the media just blew completely out of proportion
00:06:15.620 about unmarked graves discovered at residential schools.
00:06:18.340 As you'll know from my reporting and some of the countdowns that we've done at Trin North,
00:06:22.400 the biggest fake news narratives of the year,
00:06:24.460 while the media were reporting sort of mass graves and evidence of genocide,
00:06:29.200 the reality on the ground was something more like graveyards that had fallen in disrepair.
00:06:35.300 And, of course, we don't know who was buried in these graveyards.
00:06:38.400 It could have been First Nations children.
00:06:40.080 It could have been just old Canadians, early Canadians that were there for other reasons.
00:06:44.560 There's not really evidence one way or another.
00:06:46.900 Regardless, Jagmeet Singh used the opportunity to echo the worst accusations possible about Canada.
00:06:53.120 And he really, really leaned into this idea that Canada was a genocidal state.
00:06:58.380 So here is Jagmeet Singh telling us what he really thinks about Canada.
00:07:02.060 I'll be calling for an emergency debate today.
00:07:04.900 And in this emergency debate, I want us to take measure of what this means.
00:07:09.860 This mass grave is a painful reminder of the genocide.
00:07:14.660 And what we have to commit to is that in face, in light of this genocide,
00:07:20.620 Canada has to make some real tough decisions about our commitment to remedying this injustice.
00:07:27.900 It's not enough to just reflect on the pain of this injustice.
00:07:31.280 For the federal government, it has to be a responsibility to do something about it.
00:07:35.500 We've got calls for action.
00:07:39.120 The Truth and Reconciliation have laid out very clearly that these are some actions that need to be taken.
00:07:43.780 And so far, only 12 out of 94 have been taken.
00:07:47.600 This is a painful moment.
00:07:50.120 And while we are all grieving, while we're all reflecting on the pain of this loss,
00:07:54.840 the pain of what this means to think about little kids that are in graves,
00:07:59.500 it can't end at that grieving for the federal government.
00:08:02.420 It has to be a motivation to finally do something concrete.
00:08:06.660 And we've laid out a path of things that can be done right now.
00:08:09.660 And moving on, number seven, this is Ali Ahesi, who is a Liberal MP.
00:08:13.320 So keep in mind that both Liberal and NDP politicians are more than happy to call Canada a genocidal state.
00:08:19.040 They repeat it over and over again.
00:08:20.460 Justin Trudeau, interestingly, said that Canada is still committing genocide.
00:08:23.880 In 2017, there was a report that was released by his government saying that Canada currently is committing genocide.
00:08:29.500 Not that we did commit genocide in the past, but that we are committing genocide today.
00:08:33.780 Trudeau said that he agreed with that report.
00:08:35.940 So we have a Liberal government that believes that Canada is currently committing genocide today.
00:08:43.120 And yet when it came to a vote in Parliament as to whether or not China was committing genocide against the Uyghurs,
00:08:48.960 well, the Liberal cabinet ministers abstained from voting.
00:08:52.060 They didn't want to get involved.
00:08:53.160 And here is a Liberal MP defending China's record.
00:08:56.100 Why did the Prime Minister not show up?
00:08:59.720 And why did all of Cabinet not show up for this important vote on genocide in China today?
00:09:07.600 Well, Evan, first of all, I think it's important to point out that the government will obviously be very much guided by the debate that took place today.
00:09:17.080 It was a robust debate, and I can only speak for myself.
00:09:21.560 The reason why I abstained is, as someone who has practiced international law, has done international litigation,
00:09:29.400 it was quite obvious to me that the facts that have emerged are unconscionable, they're egregious,
00:09:37.980 but they do not fit the precise definition of genocide.
00:09:42.440 Had the Conservatives decided to say that these were crimes against humanity, absolutely would have voted for them.
00:09:50.840 But in good conscience, understanding the definitions, understanding the case law, I could not bring myself to do so.
00:09:58.840 Strange worldview our politicians hold.
00:10:01.020 Moving on, let's look at number six.
00:10:03.040 Calgary's new mayor, Jody Gondek, was elected in 2021.
00:10:06.460 And in her first act in office, the very first interview that she gave after becoming mayor was a show called Real Talk with Ryan Desperson.
00:10:13.300 Ryan Desperson is a left-wing activist, and he asked her what her first priority upon becoming mayor of Calgary would be, and she said this.
00:10:20.880 I asked mayor-elect Sohi the same thing.
00:10:22.980 Not like a, you know, sort of a nice phone call or something.
00:10:26.280 I'm talking about something you're going to sink your teeth into, something that is mayor-elect Gondek's top priority.
00:10:33.800 What's going to be the first thing across your desk?
00:10:36.460 We have had the opportunity to declare a climate emergency for years.
00:10:42.980 We have had various documents presented to us as a council, and I think we've had more than enough time to review them.
00:10:49.100 So let's get serious, let's declare this, and let's start going after some of the capital that we will see flow in once we make a bold move like that.
00:10:56.600 Okay, moving on, we have Ontario Premier Doug Ford at number five.
00:11:00.340 So in July, Premier Doug Ford told a reporter at a press conference that he isn't concerned about the trend of counterfeit COVID proofs because he did not want to implement a COVID vaccine.
00:11:11.780 I think he makes a pretty good case right here, a pretty good point as to why a society ought not to introduce a COVID passport.
00:11:19.160 Well, as we know, Ontario reversed this decision a few weeks later, and we still have a vaccine passport.
00:11:25.160 We still have a split society.
00:11:26.440 But regardless, here is Doug Ford making the case as to why we should not have vaccine passports in our society.
00:11:30.920 Will your government provide an actual card or proof of vaccination? And if not, why not?
00:11:37.200 Well, I've never believed in proof. Everyone gets their proof when they get the vaccination. You're right.
00:11:42.280 Anything can be fraudulent, right down from money to certifications.
00:11:47.040 I just, no, we aren't doing it. Simple as that. And we're just going to move forward.
00:11:52.440 Now, if it's federal, getting across the border, that's up to the federal government.
00:11:56.420 And we'll see what they decide to do. I'll be talking to the prime minister tonight.
00:12:01.400 But the answer is no. We aren't going to do it. We aren't going to have a split society.
00:12:05.540 Right. Moving on. Number four, Sylvia Jones, who is Doug Ford's attorney general, 1.00
00:12:10.100 made perhaps one of the most insane announcements ever to be made in Canada.
00:12:14.360 So on April 15th, the Ontario government announced an extension of the stay-at-home order on Ontarians
00:12:19.660 and gave themselves more emergency powers. As part of this announcement,
00:12:22.860 the Ontario government gave police the authority to stop people, to stop Ontarians,
00:12:28.720 if they were outside of their homes, to question them as to where they were going.
00:12:33.400 Yes, implementation of a complete police state. I know we see this kind of stuff in Australia,
00:12:37.640 and it is absolutely mind-blowing. Well, Ontario tried to do it here.
00:12:40.900 And so here is the solicitor general of Ontario, Sylvia Jones, saying exactly that.
00:12:46.100 That is why, after consulting with public health experts, we have made the deliberate decision
00:12:52.380 to temporarily enhance police officers' authority for the duration of the stay-at-home order.
00:12:58.600 Moving forward, police will have the authority to require any individual who is not in a place of
00:13:04.660 residence to first provide their purpose for not being at home and provide their home address.
00:13:11.220 Police will also have the authority to stop a vehicle, to inquire about an individual's reason
00:13:17.640 for leaving their residence.
00:13:19.860 Police will stop you in the street. Police will stop you in the street. This is the kind of world
00:13:23.640 that is being created by our political class due to their huge overreaction to COVID. Thankfully, 0.77
00:13:28.360 what I think was perhaps the biggest good news story of the year is that in response to these
00:13:34.160 insane comments that have no place in a free society, well, several large police departments
00:13:38.680 around Ontario, including Toronto Police and Hamilton Police, publicly said that they would
00:13:43.860 not follow these rules. They publicly said, no, we don't do these kind of things, not in Canada,
00:13:49.060 not going to happen. A few days later, the government came to their senses and rescinded the order
00:13:53.540 and apologized. Like I said, that's probably the best sign of a good news story that we saw
00:13:58.260 this year. Okay, moving on. I know I say that I usually focus his whole list on Justin Trudeau.
00:14:02.980 Today, he is only going to make two appearances, but they're good ones. They're good ones.
00:14:06.540 So here is number three on our list. Justin Trudeau telling us, telling the world what goes on in that
00:14:12.580 head of his and specifically telling us the things that he just doesn't think about.
00:14:17.720 You mentioned the Bank of Canada's mandate. That mandate is actually expiring at the end of this
00:14:22.880 year. If reelected, it's probably the review or the extension of the mandate is probably the most,
00:14:28.960 the first big economic policy decision you'd make after the election. There's some talk of allowing
00:14:35.100 the Bank of Canada to make some tweaks to the mandate to give it a little bit more flexibility
00:14:39.980 to tolerate higher inflation so it could help stimulate the economy a little bit more in this
00:14:45.960 very difficult time. Do you have a position on the mandate? Would you support a slightly higher
00:14:51.960 tolerance for inflation? I don't know. When I think about the biggest, most important economic
00:14:57.180 policy this government, if reelected, would move forward, you'll forgive me if I don't think about
00:15:02.580 monetary policy. Well, of course, with runaway inflation, with the cost of groceries, gasoline,
00:15:08.460 everything going up, up, up, up, up. You know, what we really want is a prime minister who does
00:15:12.580 think about money, who does think about inflation, who does think about monetary policies. That's
00:15:16.100 sort of the job of a prime minister. But Justin Trudeau, you know, he pays people to think for him.
00:15:21.840 He doesn't think himself. Moving on, number two, this is just such a Justin Trudeau-ism. He loves to make up
00:15:27.980 words. He loves to say really ridiculous things to prove to us that he is a feminist. He doesn't act
00:15:33.580 like a feminist, but he says he's a feminist. And so I guess that makes him a feminist. Well,
00:15:37.820 during the 2021 federal election in July, Justin Trudeau talked to reporters about the need for
00:15:42.320 conservatives to be more focused on feminist policies like daycare. Well, here is what Justin
00:15:48.780 Trudeau said, again, to prove his bona fide feminist chops. It is exactly the example of the kinds of 0.92
00:15:57.440 things you need to do to counter the she-session and turn it into a she-covery. Fact is, the conservatives
00:16:06.280 don't talk about that in their lengthy platform. It's funny because he didn't even deliver the line
00:16:11.980 properly. I mean, if you're going to make up words like she-covery and she-session, then you should at least
00:16:17.420 try to get them right. I know they're hard words to say because they're completely made up and
00:16:20.540 completely nonsensical, but still, you think he would just try to get that delivery a little more
00:16:25.440 smoothly. But alas, it's Justin Trudeau, so we don't have high expectations. And I know you might be
00:16:28.980 surprised because Justin Trudeau came in number three and number two, which means that there's a politician
00:16:32.940 out there who said something even stupider than Justin Trudeau. And this award this year, the top
00:16:37.900 stupid thing a politician says, goes to the former minister of the Trudeau government. She was a minister of 0.72
00:16:44.160 gender equity. And before that, she was the minister of democratic reform. I'm talking about 0.75
00:16:48.600 Maryam Monsef, who lost her seat in this election. I'm not sure it had anything to do with this comment,
00:16:54.100 but this was one of the most egregious things I've ever heard a politician say in my entire life. So
00:16:59.940 Maryam Monsef is giving a plea after Afghanistan fell in brutal fashion to the Taliban. Maryam Monsef,
00:17:06.800 in her role as a government official, in her official capacity as a government official, forget about her own
00:17:12.840 background, where she's from, her own ethnicity, her own religious beliefs. She's speaking as an
00:17:18.520 official for the Canadian government. And she refers to the Taliban as our brothers, our brothers. Let
00:17:24.780 me tell you, Maryam Monsef, the Taliban are not our brothers. You are a Canadian. You speak for Canada.
00:17:29.960 And so calling the Taliban our brothers, well, it is the stupidest thing that a politician said in 2021.
00:17:34.840 So here is what that looks like.
00:17:36.180 I want to take this opportunity to speak to our brothers, the Taliban. 0.95
00:17:44.400 We call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the
00:17:53.300 country. Well, there you have it, folks, the stupidest things that politicians in our country
00:17:57.740 say. And I have one extra here. Honorable mention goes to, I know the show is focused on Canadians and
00:18:03.000 all of our winners there were Canadian. But I have an honorable mention to the U.S. President Joe Biden
00:18:08.740 for completely misleading what will happen after people get vaccinated. So Joe Biden assured people
00:18:15.180 that, you know, once you get vaccinated, everything will go back to normal. We heard that in Canada as
00:18:19.520 well. We heard a lot of politicians say that. Well, Joe Biden went even further and he said this.
00:18:24.160 No, I want to be clear about what the CDC CDC is saying and what the CDC is not saying.
00:18:32.900 The CDC is saying they have concluded that fully vaccinated people are at a very, very low risk of
00:18:43.940 getting COVID-19. Therefore, if you've been fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask.
00:18:51.620 Let me repeat. If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. But if you've not
00:19:00.560 been vaccinated or if you're getting a two shot routine vaccine and you've not gotten your only
00:19:07.700 had your first shot, but not your second, or you haven't waited the full two weeks after your second
00:19:13.180 shot, you still need to wear a mask. Look, we've gotten this far. Please protect yourself.
00:19:20.680 Until you get to the finish line. Because as great as this announcement is today,
00:19:26.700 we don't want to let up. We all know how tough this virus has been.
00:19:33.100 The safest thing for the country is for everyone to get vaccinated. And getting vaccinated is easier
00:19:41.080 than ever. So there's Joe Biden who wears a mask at almost every single public appearance. And yet he's
00:19:48.300 out there saying that once you're vaccinated, you don't have to wear a mask. That of course is
00:19:51.100 complete nonsense. I know there are some states where you don't have to wear a mask, but by and
00:19:54.380 large, you still have to mask. You have to mask when you go to an airport. You have to mask pretty
00:19:58.340 much anywhere you go. So Joe Biden out there just speaking complete nonsense, which is what he does
00:20:02.860 best. I guess that's what him and Justin Trudeau have in common. All right, folks, thanks so much for
00:20:07.740 tuning in. I'm Candice Malcolm. And this is the Candice Malcolm Show.