Juno News - Notley blacklists independent media

00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emmanuel i hope that you

00:00:17.380 guys are having a great weekend so far it's been a very spicy week in alberta politics so let's

00:00:22.920 take a look at what we're going to be talking about on today's show up first alberta indeed

00:00:27.400 he leader rachel nolly is blacklisting reporters she doesn't like we're also going to be taking a 0.97

00:00:33.140 look at a new endorsement from former conservative prime minister stephen harper and the ucp is taking

00:00:38.980 heat for their new proposal which would see involuntary treatment for drug addicts and

00:00:44.340 finally i have a long awaited update for you guys on sheila annette lewis she is of course the woman

00:00:49.900 who has been removed from the organ donor transplant list for refusing to be vaccinated against covet 19

00:00:56.380 all that and more happening now on the alberta roundup okay guys up first alberta ndp leader

00:01:01.200 rachel notley had hired security removed two independent reporters from her press conference 1.00

00:01:06.500 earlier this week that was on monday and you guys might have seen the clips circulating online one

00:01:11.540 of the reporters who was removed was the countersignal editor-in-chief kian bexty and the

00:01:16.100 rebel news reporter alex dalwal was also kicked out of notley's press conference before they even

00:01:21.260 had a chance to ask her questions later on twitter kian said that he had showed up to the press

00:01:25.780 conference because he wanted to ask rachel notley about her candidates and their history of defund the

00:01:31.180 police rhetoric rachel notley said recently that if her party is elected on the may 29th alberta

00:01:36.640 provincial election she would hire more police officers because we are of course in the middle

00:01:40.940 of a public safety crisis but this was very interesting to anyone paying attention because of

00:01:46.140 the history her candidates have had of defund the police rhetoric so bexty went to ask notley

00:01:51.660 about this and here's what happened she's welcoming accredited media though well i'll take media

00:01:56.500 questions i don't want to split hairs here so i mean the premier took questions from me so did the

00:02:00.440 mayor of calgary i mean whatever what they do is is their bailiwick right it's not going to do with

00:02:04.480 us right so you can understand that what they choose to do is within their purview all i'm i'm just

00:02:09.100 the you know i'm just a messenger here i appreciate that but uh you know i think that it's totally

00:02:13.820 reasonable that i'm here i mean do you work for the party uh we're contractors but so you're

00:02:19.180 contractors security contractors to stop media from asking the expert i'm not stopping anybody

00:02:23.580 from asking anything i'm just well you are going to you are stopping well push comes to shove i mean

00:02:27.340 we can get into a debate here i don't want to get into a debater i don't want to get into a debater

00:02:32.140 all i'm saying you can do to avoid any any hassle is that uh they're not going to entertain your

00:02:37.100 questions so you're not going to entertain my questions so it's as plain as that that's the ndp

00:02:41.740 position that's right okay why don't you take it we'll go this way okay don't you put your hands

00:02:53.260 okay in a statement to true north after the incident bexy said he's accredited by the alberta

00:02:58.380 legislature he also said notley is quote lying unquote about basic facts to avoid answering

00:03:04.620 difficult questions bexy said quote i am seriously worried what will happen to press freedom in this

00:03:10.140 province if she regains power as i mentioned rebel news reporter alex doll was also removed from the

00:03:15.100 press conference rebel news later respond to the incident writing quote notley accuses premier smith

00:03:20.380 of dodging questions but she removes independent journalists to avoid being held to account in

00:03:25.820 recent weeks rachel notley has been throwing a fuss saying premier smith is unwilling to take questions

00:03:30.460 from media not least attacks against the premier ramped up last week after premier smith said she would

00:03:34.860 be limiting questions to reporters to one question each traditionally reporters were allowed one

00:03:40.460 question and one follow-up however many reporters use the follow-up to ask about an entirely unrelated

00:03:46.300 subject i myself am guilty of that at times and so notley took to twitter to criticize the premier

00:03:52.140 saying albertans deserve a leader that listens and quote takes your questions unquote she also said

00:03:57.020 quote leaders with nothing to hide actually answer questions from the media alberta you deserve better than

00:04:02.540 this and of course before she hosted her press conference on monday notley made a point to say

00:04:06.860 that she would be taking to the questions for media and then proceeded to throw two independent 0.97

00:04:10.940 reporters from the press conference now of course legacy media has not covered the incident the alberta

00:04:15.980 press gallery did take the time to write primer smith a letter complaining over her new one question 1.00

00:04:20.700 per reporter policy but they have not taken the opportunity to stand up for independent media reporters

00:04:26.700 the independent press gallery of canada of which i and all other true north journalists are a part of

00:04:31.260 did send a letter to notley asking her if she would commit to allowing independent reporters into

00:04:35.740 her future press conferences and to ask questions the ndp leader so far has not responded to the

00:04:41.900 inquiry moving into our next story here alberta's united conservative party has secured an endorsement

00:04:47.260 from former conservative prime minister stephen harper that endorsement comes weeks ahead of a

00:04:51.340 provincial vote in which the ucp need to secure moderate voters in the calgary area as well as outside

00:04:57.020 of edmonton many moderates were quick to vote for former premier jason kenny who by the way was a

00:05:01.900 cabinet minister in harper's government harper at one point even called kenny one of his most

00:05:06.060 effective cabinet ministers so this endorsement could be a very good thing for premier smith who

00:05:10.380 according to a recent poll is viewed as very conservative according to voters here's a look at

00:05:15.660 that endorsement from harper alberta's been through some tough years since 2015 but the economy is

00:05:21.740 finally hitting its stride again and employment is booming yet that could all be derailed if the

00:05:28.060 notley ndp wins we've seen what they've done before job killing tax hiking anti-energy policies leading

00:05:35.980 to mass layoffs business closures and recession it took years to recover from the last ndp government

00:05:43.100 we can't risk going backwards again vote for alberta vote conservative okay everyone moving

00:05:49.660 into our controversy of the week i can't wait to hear what you guys think about this story alberta's

00:05:54.060 united conservative party has considered introducing legislation which would force drug addicts into

00:05:59.340 involuntary treatment if they're considered a danger to themselves or to others the documents

00:06:04.140 revealing that such legislation has been considered by the government were obtained by the globe and mail

00:06:09.100 through an access to information request the legislation would be called the compassionate

00:06:13.100 intervention act and could be introduced in the legislature as early as this year that legislation

00:06:17.980 of course would only be introduced if the conservative party wins the next general election and i suspect

00:06:22.940 they would need a very strong majority government to introduce such a controversial bill colin aitchison

00:06:27.740 spokesperson to mental health and addictions minister nicholas millican said premier smith charged the

00:06:32.940 office with bringing forward recommendations to improve interventions to drug addicts who are

00:06:37.500 considered a danger to themselves or to others he said the compassionate intervention act was put forward

00:06:42.780 as part of an effort to explore a variety of options in a statement to true north aitchison said quote

00:06:47.980 as of this time no decisions have been made by the government of alberta we will continue to build

00:06:52.460 out a full continuum of care including prevention intervention treatment and recovery where all albertans

00:06:58.060 who are struggling with addiction can be compassionately supported in their pursuit of recovery

00:07:02.140 alberta ndp leader rachel nolly who does not respond to inquiries from true north told the globe and mail

00:07:06.780 the legislation is too punitive and quote is doomed to failure both from a treatment perspective

00:07:11.500 and a legal one she added quote effective and lasting treatment meets people where they're at

00:07:16.140 and supports them in taking a different path i strongly expect that the courts would strike down

00:07:20.700 an approach that forcibly confines albertans who have not been convicted of a crime on this show we

00:07:26.060 have talked extensively about the united conservative party's government's effort to stem the addiction

00:07:30.300 crisis ongoing in alberta of course it's ongoing all across canada and down the western seaboard of the

00:07:35.500 united states but alberta is the only province with a real plan that focuses on treatment at least

00:07:41.180 one doctor was absolutely outraged that the united conservative party government had even considered

00:07:46.140 such a piece of legislation here's a video she posted on twitter critiquing the proposal hey everyone so

00:07:51.980 i'm just getting in the car on my way to pick up my kids after school and i just read an article

00:07:57.980 um about this proposed legislation from the alberta government called the compassion intervention act

00:08:05.900 where they can force people against their will to be put into abstinence and recovery programs

00:08:14.620 and i like wasn't expecting to have this reaction but this is like so messed up

00:08:22.460 and completely violates the rights of people and unfortunately this is a population that most of 0.58

00:08:31.900 the the general population can't identify with and so they don't care about them

00:08:38.380 and so it's just this this population that has no way to advocate for them at all

00:08:42.460 and they continue to just be forgotten and die without services that they need without harm reduction

00:08:53.020 which has evidence behind it we all know this and get forced into recovery and this is just wrong it's

00:09:01.100 wrong and it's devastating and i will keep pushing i will keep advocating and just hope that something like

00:09:09.900 this doesn't actually come to fruition because it is it's just wrong and it's a complete violation and

00:09:15.100 it's not right so my question of the week for you guys is what do you think of this proposal do you

00:09:21.020 think it is more humane than allowing drug addicts to live on the streets and as one former drug addict

00:09:26.780 once put it to me to slowly kill themselves or do you think that this is likely illegal and inhumane to

00:09:32.860 force anyone into treatment please comment in the video below and let me know what you think

00:09:37.420 okay everyone moving into what we're watching the justice center for constitutional freedoms lawyer

00:09:42.300 who is representing sheila annette lewis that's the woman who's been denied an organ transplant

00:09:46.860 because she is unvaccinated against covet 19 is demanding that alberta health services overturn

00:09:52.140 its decision to deny lewis an organ because she has proved natural immunity for those of you who have

00:09:57.260 been following the story you know that lewis has been dying of a terminal illness and she was

00:10:01.500 removed from the top of the organ donor transplant list after refusing to be inoculated against

00:10:06.780 covet 19. she has been challenging the constitutionality of the covet 19 vaccine

00:10:11.420 requirement for over a year that requirement was put in place by alberta health services

00:10:15.900 and alberta hospital and six of her transplant doctors the type of organ that she needs as well

00:10:21.100 as the name of her doctors are under a publication ban her legal counsel is now demanding that ahs

00:10:26.300 accept her natural immunity in place of a covet 19 vaccine and they want lewis returned to the top of

00:10:31.820 the high priority organ transplant list by april 21st in a statement her legal counsel alison payovic

00:10:37.500 said quote there is no principled medical or scientific reason to continue to deny miss lewis

00:10:43.660 a life-saving organ transplant she is protected from covet 19 as she has had it twice the refusal to

00:10:50.220 accept miss lewis's natural immunity as an alternative to covet 19 vaccination and give her life-saving

00:10:55.900 surgery is indefensible and a disgrace on march 29th lewis provided her medical doctors with a privately

00:11:03.020 funded medical report also known as the canixis report which proved her natural immunity against

00:11:08.460 covet 19 on april 3 one of lewis's transplant doctors informed her that nothing had changed she

00:11:14.460 would still need to be inoculated against covet 19 if she hoped to return to the organ donor transplant 0.99

00:11:20.540 list in a statement lewis's legal counsel pointed to an august 22 u.s center for

00:11:25.820 disease control study which found that while covet 19 vaccines have reduced mortality and

00:11:30.780 hospitalization so has natural immunity to covet 19. this is the latest update in lewis's case

00:11:37.260 as you guys might remember she has also filed an application with the supreme corps asking them

00:11:41.900 to hear her case and to return her to the top of the organ donor transplant list and tragically for lewis

00:11:47.020 she only has a limited amount of time in a november ruling an appeal court determined that it is a

00:11:52.140 virtual certainty that lewis will die without an organ transplant so i'm sure i'll have an update in a

00:11:57.420 few weeks for you guys about what the future holds for miss lewis okay guys and finally moving into our

00:12:03.180 weekly comment roundup last week conservative leader pierre polyev came to edmonton for a visit

00:12:08.700 and i asked you all what you think of his approach to the legacy media user thor music said yes what pierre

00:12:14.780 polyev had to say is very refreshing great report as always cheers user george german said pierre polyev

00:12:21.900 is a breath of fresh air i love the way he hands it to cbc reporters most of the comments underneath

00:12:27.580 last week videos were of the same type it seems that people are very relieved to have a federal

00:12:32.540 conservative leader who is unapologetic for being conservative it sounds ridiculous that i have to even

00:12:37.820 say that out loud but it is absolutely the truth it's certainly been a long time since we had someone

00:12:42.700 in ottawa who was unafraid to be conservative and to represent conservatives finally user shell bell

00:12:48.300 wrote you are one of the best canadian independent media channels on here but please your hosts need

00:12:53.420 to show more personality you have what the mainstream media doesn't which is soul but you need to show it

00:12:58.380 better god bless i thought this was an interesting comment i am not going to speak for my other true

00:13:03.020 north hosts which i think are doing a fantastic job but i will say that 10 minutes is a very short amount

00:13:08.220 of time to bring you an update on what happened this week in alberta politics and often when i go

00:13:13.100 to do a bit of editing on my show i find that i have to cut extra comments and monologues i might

00:13:17.900 have given on a specific issue so while i do appreciate your effort to get to know me a bit

00:13:21.740 better i'm on quite the time crunch here and my viewers haven't really appreciated it when i've gone

00:13:26.780 too much past 10 minutes which i totally appreciate there's a million podcasts to listen to

00:13:31.100 and most of them go on for quite long so this is a short brief way to bring you guys all the news

00:13:36.380 however if you are hoping to get to know the host a little bit better i do recommend you listen to

00:13:40.620 the daily brief every morning we give you an update of the top news stories of the day across canada

00:13:45.660 and usually we have a bit of extra time for conversation and debate it can be quite fun

00:13:50.780 okay everyone that's all i have time for today thank you so much for tuning in to this week's episode

00:13:54.940 of the alberta roundup please don't forget to comment underneath the show and let me know what you

00:13:59.340 think about the ucp's discussed proposal of involuntary treatment and as always if you're able please

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00:14:10.540 and god bless

Juno News - April 22, 2023

Notley blacklists independent media

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