Juno News - July 07, 2022


Poilievre Derangement Syndrome is at an all-time high!

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Polyev campaign video
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Rachel Blaney Pierre Poilievre Jagmeet Singh Mac Mance Erin O'Toole Truno Suann Levy Justin Trudeau Boris Johnson Johnny Mercer David Lamedi Bill Blair Barnboard Freeland Ratioed
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Pierre Polyev's latest campaign video sends the left into a frenzy, and the reactions are hilarious. Then we move on to a viral clip of a Nigerian official who might have just given liberal cabinet ministers a new strategy at committee meetings, and a brave MP who gave her staff the day off in solidarity with American people who are pregnant. And, as always, we wrap up the show with the Ratio of the Week Award.

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00:00:00.000 Welcome, everyone, to Ratioed. My name is Harrison Faulkner. Well, another week in the books and
00:00:12.500 another stacked lineup of content to get into this week on the show. We start off with Pierre
00:00:17.140 Polyev, who exploded liberal heads this week after releasing his latest campaign video. Then we move
00:00:22.020 on to a viral clip of a Nigerian official who might have just given liberal cabinet ministers
00:00:26.740 a new strategy at committee meetings. Then we move on to a very brave NDP MP who gave her staff,
00:00:32.760 and most importantly herself, the day off on Monday in solidarity with American people who
00:00:37.400 are pregnant. And finally, as always, we wrap up the show this week with the Ratio of the Week Award,
00:00:42.100 and it's going to Canada's commander in cringe, Mr. Jagmeet Singh. Before we get into it, I just
00:00:46.760 quickly want to say thank you to all of you for your support of the show over the last few weeks.
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00:01:11.300 All right, thanks again, guys, and let's get into it. Well, folks, he did it again. Pierre Polyev
00:01:15.020 sent the left into a total frenzy this week over his latest campaign video. Now, if you've been on
00:01:20.900 social media over the past few days, you've likely seen it. In the video, Polyev talks about
00:01:24.980 Barnboard and how it passes through different hands, serves different purposes, and it grows
00:01:29.220 more beautiful over time, and it takes on a story of its own. He uses the Barnboard theme as an allegory
00:01:34.320 for one of his key campaign themes, which is reclaiming Canada, reclaiming our freedoms as a
00:01:39.000 country, and reclaiming what was already ours. So, of course, as you can imagine, the left loses their
00:01:43.800 minds over this video. They totally lose it. They freak out. Now, you'd have a pretty tough job trying to
00:01:48.280 convince me that that's not one of the goals of the Polyev campaign when they put out videos like
00:01:51.780 this, that they're not trying to work up the left to get them talking about Pierre, to get them talking
00:01:56.080 about the campaign. Of course they are, and it just works every single time. The left falls for it every
00:02:00.620 single time. This video has over 700,000 views. There's not a candidate in the race that can come
00:02:05.940 close to that. So, of course, that's one of the strategies. The left, of course, doesn't see that.
00:02:09.860 They just get worked up, and that's just how it goes every single time. They always fall for it.
00:02:14.420 Now, before we get into some of the reactions, let's watch some of the best parts of this video.
00:02:18.280 And what I'm doing, and what all of us do when we bring these boards into our house, is we are
00:02:24.560 reclaiming something that was already there. And just at that moment, you can hear the explosions.
00:02:37.000 That's what my campaign is about. It's not about inventing some brand new utopia out of scratch.
00:02:43.020 It's about reclaiming the freedom that is our natural right. They can tear down all our statues
00:02:51.300 and ban all kinds of words and books. Then they can make us forget how we got here and take us to a
00:02:58.440 place we've never been. A utopia, ironically, is a Greek word for no place.
00:03:04.580 So, there you have it, guys. A very well-crafted, well-done video. A message from Pierre Polyev's
00:03:09.580 campaign, which clearly articulates a central theme of his campaign. Nothing freaks the left out more
00:03:14.620 than to see a conservative winning on social media. And that's frankly what Pierre Polyev's campaign
00:03:18.720 is doing right now. You see, for the left, social media used to be their space. That's where they
00:03:23.260 used to dominate. And they don't want to see conservatives winning on social media. That's what
00:03:27.860 really gets to them. That's what freaks them out the most. What you saw there was a well-crafted campaign
00:03:32.500 video. What the left saw was white nationalist dog whistle politics. That's right. Let's just
00:03:38.280 look at some of these hilarious reactions to this video. This person writes, no matter how you slice
00:03:43.200 it, this video is filled with the same dog whistles that Aaron O'Toole's Take Back Canada had. And if
00:03:48.260 you don't think so, you're exactly the person Pierre is whistling. So, yes, this person thinks that
00:03:52.960 Pierre Polyev is trying to employ the same strategy as Aaron O'Toole because that worked out so well
00:03:57.660 the last time, didn't it? Here's another great quote tweet from a very triggered leftist
00:04:02.480 This is nothing more than thinly veiled white supremacist messaging that reifies old stock
00:04:07.240 and purist narratives. Yes, of course, because using Barnboard as an allegory for one of your
00:04:11.580 key campaign messages is of course white nationalist. If you talk about anything that has to do with
00:04:16.760 Canada before Justin Trudeau, then you must be hearkening back to the days of white nationalist
00:04:21.660 Canada. Come on. This kind of rhetoric promotes hate and racism. That his numbers are growing
00:04:26.520 tells us a lot about the rise of replacement anxiety in Canada, and it's disgusting.
00:04:30.540 So this seems to be the new strategy, guys, for the left. If you are a popular conservative and you are
00:04:35.680 winning over support of voters from across the country, traditional voting blocs of liberals or
00:04:41.020 the NDP, working class Canadians, then you mustn't be a good politician. You mustn't have good messaging. 1.00
00:04:46.640 What you must be is a white nationalist. What you must be is a racist who's using dog whistle 0.99
00:04:51.100 politics. That is the new strategy of the left. Whenever they're confronted with someone who's 0.88
00:04:55.060 experiencing real success in this country, political success, that's their first go-to. That's
00:04:59.800 probably their only go-to as well, that you must be a white nationalist. And of course, we have this
00:05:04.380 great quote to wrap it all up for us coming from a UFT med school faculty member, of course. He writes,
00:05:13.640 What's missed in this at Pierre Pauliev metaphor of using wood in a barn to talk about reclaiming what
00:05:18.680 was already there is that this wood isn't a right bestowed on him. It's stolen from indigenous people 1.00
00:05:24.120 through violence. Say that part. Oh my god, yes, of course. How could Pierre have forgotten? The wood
00:05:30.300 is stolen from the indigenous people. The barn board is stolen from the indigenous people through 1.00
00:05:34.240 violence. Because as we all know, every single tree in Canada is a property of the indigenous people. 1.00
00:05:38.820 How could Pierre Pauliev be so short-sighted? All right, so moving on, I found a video posted
00:05:44.040 this week to Twitter by an account called Africa in Focus. And this video has over 20 million views.
00:05:49.660 It has over 30,000 quote tweets. So clearly, it struck a chord with people around the world.
00:05:54.340 And basically, what's going on here is a Nigerian government official was hauled in front of a
00:05:58.600 Nigerian government committee, a Nigerian Emergencies Act committee, if you will. And he's being
00:06:04.240 grilled for corruption allegations. And when the going gets pretty tough, when he starts to feel a lot of
00:06:08.560 heat, instead of answering the questions, he just fake feints. He pretends to faint at the table
00:06:13.120 and collapse. And while I was watching this, I thought to myself, hey, wait a minute, that's a
00:06:17.560 perfect strategy for the Liberal cabinet. For Chrystia Freeland, for Bill Blair, for Marco
00:06:22.720 Manicino and David Lamedi, in front of the Emergencies Act committee, instead of answering
00:06:26.160 questions about whether or not the government had any real requests from the police, instead of asking
00:06:31.220 questions about who requested the government to invoke the Emergencies Act, just give up at the table.
00:06:36.000 Just pretend to faint at the table. That's a perfect strategy. I'm sure it'll get the press
00:06:40.380 and the conservatives off their tails. So just watch this hilarious video.
00:06:44.220 Are you aware that every expenditure you make from 31st May till date are not...
00:06:53.760 His eyes are open there. You can see he's waiting for like, oh, are you going to stop asking me this
00:06:58.640 question now? This is a really uncomfortable question. Almost like if the government relied on
00:07:02.420 a CBC article to invoke the Emergencies Act, or if the RCMP or any other law enforcement asked the
00:07:08.420 government to invoke the Emergencies Act. Kind of like that.
00:07:10.420 You can hear some people in the background laughing, which is hilarious. And then they start to do some very weird CPR there.
00:07:17.420 You can hear some people in the background laughing, which is hilarious. And then they start to do some very weird CPR there.
00:07:38.220 And then you can see he puts his, he puts his hands up. You're like, okay, I'm done. It's obvious I'm just acting.
00:07:44.220 So of course, if this were to be put into play, this is what that might look like in Canada.
00:07:48.220 Just answer the question, Minister Freeland. Were you aware? Yes or no? It's a simple question.
00:07:54.220 Every expenditure you make.
00:07:57.220 The most senior cabinet minister is not prepared to accept whether or not the CBC retracted a false story?
00:08:05.220 You as the most senior cabinet minister and the deputy prime minister relied upon that initial story from the CBC
00:08:18.220 and shared your concerns with Canadians regarding terrorism funding and money laundering. Your words, correct?
00:08:26.220 several times in the house referred to terrorism funding and money laundering. Are you saying you didn't use those words?
00:08:44.220 I'm speaking here today.
00:08:56.220 So the comments on this video are hilarious. And most of it is around the world.
00:08:59.220 People talking about their government leaders using this strategy to avoid scrutiny.
00:09:03.220 And it just works for Canada's situation perfectly.
00:09:05.220 But a former UK cabinet minister in Boris Johnson's government, a former defense minister in the UK, Johnny Mercer,
00:09:12.220 he wrote, brilliant, often thought about doing this when asked a tricky question.
00:09:16.220 Never actually done it. Yet.
00:09:17.220 Which is just so perfect, because at least he can admit it.
00:09:20.220 At least he would admit that, you know, maybe if the going gets pretty tough, if the questions get a little too hot,
00:09:25.220 maybe you just break out this strategy. It seems to be pretty effective.
00:09:28.220 Can't you just see Marco Manicino doing this in a committee meeting?
00:09:31.220 I mean, it'll happen. Just give it time.
00:09:32.220 All right, everyone, moving on.
00:09:34.220 We now turn our focus to the NDP and they really make it easy for us on this show.
00:09:39.220 They are always giving us stuff to laugh at.
00:09:42.220 This week, of course, is no different.
00:09:43.220 We start with MP Rachel Blaney, a BC MP.
00:09:48.220 She's actually the chief whip of the NDP.
00:09:50.220 So this woman is basically in charge of motivating the NDP to vote in favor of every single liberal bill.
00:09:55.220 That gets put in front of them.
00:09:56.220 Anyway, Rachel Blaney over the weekend, as the weekend began to wind to a close,
00:10:01.220 as the realization of having to go back to work on Monday became more a reality,
00:10:05.220 Rachel Blaney came up with a brilliant idea, a way to give herself, most importantly,
00:10:10.220 and her staff an extra day of vacation.
00:10:12.220 What she was going to do was close down her offices in solidarity with the United States,
00:10:16.220 in solidarity with, as she writes, pregnant people, people who are pregnant.
00:10:20.220 So a Canadian MP was going to shut down her office on Monday, July 4th, 1.00
00:10:24.220 in solidarity with American people who are pregnant.
00:10:29.220 In the tweet, she writes,
00:10:30.220 I have instructed my staff to close offices on July 4th,
00:10:33.220 in solidarity with women in the USA and the world in support of reproductive freedoms
00:10:37.220 and in protest of the lack of access to abortion services.
00:10:40.220 So a Canadian MP is shutting down her office in support of the lack of worldwide access to abortions
00:10:47.220 and in the United States.
00:10:49.220 What a brilliant excuse to get an extra day off.
00:10:52.220 Healthcare must include the right to choose.
00:10:54.220 People who are pregnant need to be safe.
00:10:56.220 So weird, she says women at the beginning,
00:10:58.220 and then instead of putting women at the end, she writes people who are pregnant.
00:11:01.220 So which is it, Rachel?
00:11:02.220 Is it women? 1.00
00:11:03.220 Or is it people who are pregnant because of those men that we know get pregnant as well?
00:11:07.220 We wouldn't want them to lose access to abortion services as well, right? 0.77
00:11:10.220 That'd be terrible.
00:11:11.220 Now, after seeing this tweet, reading it, and getting my laughter out,
00:11:14.220 and having time to internalize it, I came to a realization, everyone.
00:11:16.220 I came to a realization as to how the NDP actually keeps staff on their team.
00:11:20.220 Because I can imagine it's probably a pretty depressing place to be these days.
00:11:23.220 Not a lot of people showing them love.
00:11:25.220 Not a lot of people showing them support.
00:11:27.220 I mean, they're getting heckled out of their own towns like their leader is.
00:11:30.220 It's because they have bosses like Rachel Blaney sticking up for her workers, 1.00
00:11:35.220 finding new ways, working hard to find new ways to give them extra weekends,
00:11:39.220 to give them extra time off.
00:11:41.220 That is what standing up for workers really looks like, eh?
00:11:43.220 Now, if only I could join Rachel's staff and get Monday off as well,
00:11:46.220 I would have been right there with you guys,
00:11:48.220 protesting for U.S. abortion rights in Canada.
00:11:51.220 Great stuff.
00:11:52.220 It's so perfect because she wrote the tweet on Sunday,
00:11:54.220 the day before her and her staff were supposed to go back to work.
00:11:57.220 So, she just decided, you know what, this weekend is really nice.
00:12:00.220 I kind of want to kick it for another day.
00:12:02.220 Let's take Monday off, and let's use American abortion access as a reason to do it. 1.00
00:12:07.220 I mean, that's pretty creative, don't you think?
00:12:09.220 Now, this tweet got brutally ratioed on Twitter,
00:12:11.220 and it was a close contender for the award this week.
00:12:13.220 I've got to tell you, it was very close.
00:12:15.220 Rachel Blaney got a thousand comments to her 150 likes.
00:12:18.220 Pretty tough ratio there, I've got to say.
00:12:20.220 And some of these comments are hilarious.
00:12:22.220 Truno Suann Levy, who is always great on Twitter, commented, 1.00
00:12:26.220 Good excuse to take more time off, you must think we're stupid. 0.99
00:12:29.220 This person comes in and goes, 0.99
00:12:31.220 Oh, I see, you want a four-day weekend, just say that then.
00:12:34.220 And this person comments,
00:12:35.220 And their salaries for the day are going to which charity?
00:12:38.220 So perfect.
00:12:39.220 Yes, the taxpayer-funded salary of Rachel Blaney,
00:12:42.220 and the taxpayer-funded salary of her staff,
00:12:44.220 they wanted to take that time to protest American abortion access.
00:12:48.220 Not to work for Canadians, not to serve Rachel's constituency, of course.
00:12:52.220 American abortion issues are far more important than the day-to-day issues of Rachel Blaney's constituents. 0.90
00:12:57.220 Anyway, Rachel, lucky for you, 1.00
00:12:59.220 if it wasn't for the stupidity of your boss, Jagmeet Singh, 1.00
00:13:02.220 you would be taking home the Ratio of the Week award. 1.00
00:13:04.220 But no, as we said at the beginning,
00:13:06.220 this week it goes to Canada's commander in cringe, Jagmeet Singh.
00:13:10.220 On July 4th, the day that Rachel Blaney and her staff took the day to protest American abortion rights, 0.70
00:13:16.220 Jagmeet Singh walked into an extremely bad ratio.
00:13:21.220 A ratio worthy of great recognition, which is what he received on the show this week.
00:13:25.220 Jagmeet Singh wrote on Twitter on the 4th of July,
00:13:28.220 While the price of goods grow at alarming rates, wages have only increased by 3.9%.
00:13:32.220 The Liberal government has failed to support everyday Canadians with immediate action,
00:13:36.220 yet it continues to help billionaires get even richer as they avoid paying their taxes.
00:13:40.220 It's shameful.
00:13:41.220 Did you catch that?
00:13:42.220 Jagmeet Singh criticizing the Liberal government, calling the Liberal government shameful?
00:13:47.220 It's all my fault! 0.96
00:13:49.220 I mean, yeah, you don't need me to explain how ridiculous that is. 0.87
00:13:53.220 It's Jagmeet Singh who's propping up the Liberal government. 0.84
00:13:55.220 It's him who is basically in control.
00:13:57.220 He could drop his support of the Liberal government today,
00:14:00.220 force the Liberal government into an election,
00:14:03.220 and as he says, help control the price of goods.
00:14:05.220 Stop letting billionaires get richer while all of us get poorer.
00:14:08.220 He could do it all today.
00:14:10.220 He could do it all right now.
00:14:11.220 But of course, he doesn't want to do that.
00:14:12.220 He doesn't have the ability to do that.
00:14:14.220 And he knows that if he does do that, he'll never win again.
00:14:16.220 So what he's doing here really is trying to convince every Canadian that he's doing his part for the worker.
00:14:21.220 He's doing his part to stand up against the Liberal government and to stand up for working class Canadians. 0.98
00:14:26.220 But in reality, he's more of a loser than a leader. 0.92
00:14:28.220 The furthest thing from a political leader for the people. 0.94
00:14:31.220 He's too afraid to lose his power, too afraid to lose his seat. 1.00
00:14:34.220 And he's going to do that by quietly propping up the Liberal government and hoping we're all too stupid to notice. 0.98
00:14:38.220 Well, Jagmeet, you got 3000 comments to 768 likes. 0.97
00:14:44.220 3000 comments to 768 likes.
00:14:47.220 That is worthy of the award every single week.
00:14:50.220 Let's just go through some of these great responses.
00:14:53.220 This one just hits the nail on the head.
00:14:56.220 This guy thinks we don't know.
00:14:58.220 Here's another great comment.
00:14:59.220 Hmm.
00:15:00.220 Just wish there was something you can do.
00:15:02.220 Can't put my finger on it.
00:15:03.220 Oh, I know.
00:15:04.220 It's called the non-confidence vote.
00:15:05.220 You can single handedly bring them down, but you won't because you need February 2025 for your golden pension.
00:15:11.220 And you talk about others greed.
00:15:12.220 And to wrap it up, we have a great comment here.
00:15:14.220 Reading tweets about you bashing the Liberals while you formed a coalition with them and work alongside them every day is the most bizarre moment in politics yet.
00:15:22.220 This will go down in Canadian history as just a very bizarre time.
00:15:27.220 That's a perfect way to put it.
00:15:28.220 It's very bizarre.
00:15:29.220 What does it mean if the leader of the NDP admits that he is propping up a shameful government, as he calls it?
00:15:36.220 He is the one propping up this so-called shameful government.
00:15:38.220 What does that mean for the NDP?
00:15:40.220 Well, we will let you decide what that means for the NDP.
00:15:43.220 But for Jagmeet Singh, he is this week's winner of the Ratio of the Week Award.
00:15:47.220 All right, that's going to do it for us this week.
00:15:49.220 Thank you so much for watching.
00:15:50.220 My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Ratio.
00:15:52.220 And this is Ratio.