Juno News - The elites couldn't be more wrong about the freedom convoy

00:00:00.000 Welcome to Canada's Most Irreverent Talk Show.

00:00:06.660 This is the Andrew Lawton Show, brought to you by True North.

00:00:12.920 Coming up, the growing divide between the elites and the everyman about the convoy on its way to Ottawa.

00:00:19.100 Plus, former NHL great Theo Fleury stops by.

00:00:23.660 The Andrew Lawton Show starts right now.

00:00:30.000 Hello and welcome to the Andrew Lawton Show here on True North.

00:00:34.140 It is Friday, January 28th, 2022.

00:00:38.100 I was going to say T-minus one day until the convoy,

00:00:42.360 because the big, of course, arrival is in Ottawa tomorrow on Saturday.

00:00:47.200 And I'm going to be there. I'm actually leaving right...

00:00:49.120 I'm going to, like, run out the door at rapid cartoon speed at the end of the show

00:00:53.100 to get my rear end to Ottawa, which, well, my rear end's pretty much the size of an 18-wheeler.

00:00:58.540 So, it'll blend right in on the convoy.

00:01:01.120 But I can't even say it's T-minus one, because the convoy is bigger than just tomorrow.

00:01:07.200 The convoy has been for the last week.

00:01:10.100 The convoy's been growing every single day.

00:01:12.300 We've got multiple routes from all over the country.

00:01:14.740 And the message itself is more and more under attack by the media and by the political elite.

00:01:21.360 I'm not going to rehash all of the criticism here.

00:01:23.600 The Toronto Star, however, Cal Suprise, on their front page this morning,

00:01:28.660 was talking about the danger, the risk, the fear of the convoy.

00:01:33.060 That was all they were doing, highlighting solely the negative.

00:01:37.280 That's the front page story of the Toronto Star.

00:01:41.200 So, if the Toronto Star is against you, you must be doing something right.

00:01:44.920 That's generally always been my approach, not just to this, but just to the world itself.

00:01:49.340 So, let's talk about the real people here, because I said on the show yesterday,

00:01:53.880 I've never seen in Canada in the last decade a bigger divide between the downtown Ottawa consensus,

00:02:00.680 the Laurentian elite consensus, and what everyone else in the country who's paying attention

00:02:06.280 is seeing in the same story, the same event.

00:02:10.940 And in all honesty, I said it yesterday, I'll say it again,

00:02:13.220 I've seen more and more people that are not part of a political orbit by any stretch,

00:02:17.640 let alone a conservative political orbit, that are paying attention to the convoy,

00:02:21.360 that are supporting truckers, people that I know are totally pro-vaccine,

00:02:25.780 in many cases pro-vaccine mandate historically, have been saying to me,

00:02:29.800 I've had a couple of them, you know, this convoy seems like a pretty,

00:02:33.020 this seems like the real deal, this seems legit.

00:02:35.640 So, more and more people are paying attention,

00:02:37.820 yet if you were to look at the mainstream media,

00:02:39.340 you'd think that Canada was on the verge of a Charlottesville hate rally of transport trucks

00:02:44.700 on its way to Ottawa.

00:02:46.760 Kian Bexty over at the Counter Signal shared this video clip that I wanted to play a little bit of here.

00:02:52.060 These are two Indigenous women supporting the convoy, 0.98

00:02:56.060 talking about how as Indigenous women, they feel attacked not by the convoy,

00:03:00.700 but by the government.

00:03:02.400 We've been shut out of so many things, travel,

00:03:06.840 our own community, our own community.

00:03:10.140 Yeah, anything in our community, we're not allowed to go to our health clinic

00:03:13.680 in our community, we're not allowed to attend

00:03:17.540 round dances in our community.

00:03:23.700 Like, I've lost so much family and friends

00:03:26.860 because of this.

00:03:28.420 I have loved ones across the U.S. border

00:03:33.300 that I haven't seen for two years.

00:03:36.380 We're not allowed to get on a plane, a boat, a train.

00:03:42.840 Alright, so you think it's time to end the pandemic policy?

00:03:47.220 It's time to end the mandates.

00:03:48.580 And all the ridiculous, crippling responses to this.

00:03:56.960 Yeah, the hate.

00:03:57.640 Yeah, the hate is awful.

00:03:59.460 Would you call Justin Trudeau a hateful person?

00:04:01.720 Absolutely.

00:04:02.580 For sure.

00:04:03.200 Absolutely.

00:04:03.980 He's got to go.

00:04:05.280 Alright.

00:04:05.900 Alright.

00:04:06.280 Thanks so much, you guys.

00:04:07.880 Woo! 0.99

00:04:08.280 Oh yes, those must be those evil, scary, indigenous, white supremacist, racists 0.96

00:04:15.060 we've been warned about.

00:04:16.400 Yes, we must protect everyone in Canada

00:04:18.680 from these indigenous, racist, white supremacist types. 0.93

00:04:22.500 My goodness, this is absurd.

00:04:24.080 And if you start looking at the makeup of this,

00:04:26.700 it is minorities, people from all walks of life,

00:04:29.580 young and old, different religious groups

00:04:31.440 that are all coming together saying,

00:04:33.240 we've had enough of the vaccine mandates,

00:04:35.360 we've had enough of the restrictions,

00:04:36.620 we've had enough of COVID.

00:04:39.800 Because now that the narrative has shifted a little bit,

00:04:42.440 you start to see the debate change in pretty fundamental ways.

00:04:46.040 One of the big examples of this is people saying,

00:04:48.900 well, I mean, why are they protesting Ottawa?

00:04:51.880 If their issues are lockdowns,

00:04:53.160 why are they not going to Victoria?

00:04:55.540 Why are they not going to Edmonton,

00:04:57.080 to Toronto, to provincial capitals?

00:04:59.420 Why are they not devoting and directing their ire at provincial leaders?

00:05:03.500 And this is a fair question.

00:05:04.880 Listen, if there were a national coordinated effort

00:05:07.980 to send truckers to every provincial capital,

00:05:10.660 it might be a neat story.

00:05:12.340 But one thing that strikes me,

00:05:13.940 and this came up a couple of years back,

00:05:16.040 or maybe it was September of 2020,

00:05:18.300 when the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights,

00:05:21.060 the CCFR,

00:05:22.240 was putting together its big integrity march in Ottawa.

00:05:24.960 And Tracy Wilson and Rod Giltaka were asked,

00:05:27.560 why not just have these in every city across Canada?

00:05:30.100 And they said, because you need to make an impact

00:05:31.900 by showing how many people you have.

00:05:34.740 You don't want to diffuse your efforts and your numbers

00:05:38.780 where people can't see how many of you there are.

00:05:42.300 Despite the logistical challenges,

00:05:44.000 it is going to be a sight to behold

00:05:45.580 when in Ottawa, we have tons of people,

00:05:48.780 trucks, sedans, SUVs, individual people

00:05:51.720 that are all there saying,

00:05:53.320 hey, we want to be seen, we want to be heard.

00:05:56.400 And Ottawa is, yes, a location,

00:05:58.440 a physical geographical location

00:06:00.120 where the federal government sits.

00:06:01.380 But it's more of a metaphor for government

00:06:03.620 at this point as well,

00:06:04.720 because when these truckers are going there

00:06:06.620 to Ottawa, to Parliament Hill,

00:06:08.660 they're not exactly turning away

00:06:11.360 from provincial restrictions.

00:06:12.780 They're just saying,

00:06:13.940 we want to all be in one place.

00:06:15.160 And if we're going to be in one place,

00:06:16.380 what better place to be than the national capital?

00:06:20.320 And that's what's happening here.

00:06:21.560 And the misrepresentation we're seeing

00:06:23.840 of the convoy in the media, by the media,

00:06:26.220 is absolutely insane.

00:06:28.740 People are noticing.

00:06:30.180 People are noticing.

00:06:31.500 Russell Brand, who is an actor,

00:06:33.860 actually, I haven't seen much of him in a while

00:06:35.140 in acting, although I see these little clips

00:06:37.140 from his podcast.

00:06:38.180 He did a video.

00:06:39.000 It's 15 minutes long.

00:06:40.060 I won't play the whole thing,

00:06:41.080 but he did this little mini one,

00:06:43.140 which I think encapsulates

00:06:44.720 how people outside of the country

00:06:46.640 and more importantly,

00:06:47.800 outside of the elite are seeing this.

00:06:50.540 All right, well, do the Canadian trackers.

00:06:52.660 There's a great big convoy

00:06:54.780 heading across Canada

00:06:56.320 to protest vaccine mandates.

00:06:58.400 When we prepare these videos,

00:06:59.420 we have to find mainstream media content

00:07:01.260 to comment on and to build our content

00:07:02.940 and to help us formulate a perspective

00:07:04.980 so that we can get in a discourse with you.

00:07:06.400 We can't find any

00:07:07.400 about these Canadian truckers,

00:07:09.000 and yet people want to hear about it.

00:07:10.680 So what is going on?

00:07:12.400 And the main questions I have to offer is,

00:07:14.500 how come the truckers go from being heroes

00:07:16.500 one minute when they're delivering

00:07:17.560 vital goods and services

00:07:18.740 to being loathed

00:07:20.020 if they won't participate

00:07:21.580 and capitulate

00:07:23.240 according to the will of the powerful?

00:07:26.360 The answers are probably

00:07:27.560 pretty bloody obvious

00:07:28.800 to any of you that switched on.

00:07:30.180 Now, I should say

00:07:31.140 that I'm not one of these people.

00:07:32.520 Well, I do like Russell Brand.

00:07:33.520 I'm not one of these people

00:07:34.480 that puts a huge emphasis

00:07:35.980 on what celebrities say and think.

00:07:37.940 I think that sort of,

00:07:38.980 that approach works against conservatives

00:07:41.180 more often than it works for them.

00:07:43.120 However, I do think it is interesting

00:07:44.900 the few celebrity renegades

00:07:46.920 we've seen on this.

00:07:47.800 Rob Schneider,

00:07:48.600 who I, him, I absolutely love.

00:07:50.420 I love Adam Sandler,

00:07:51.480 Adam Sandler's movies,

00:07:52.280 and it's hard to find

00:07:53.340 an Adam Sandler movie

00:07:54.180 without Rob Schneider in it.

00:07:55.620 He had a couple of tweets yesterday.

00:07:57.240 He said,

00:07:57.840 Trudeau may have to redefine

00:07:59.120 what a small fringe minority is,

00:08:01.820 as he showed the picture

00:08:02.980 of the convoy stretching

00:08:04.360 from Manitoba to Ontario.

00:08:06.540 And then he also tweeted later on

00:08:08.540 after Justin Trudeau's COVID isolation

00:08:11.440 that he doesn't actually need to be doing

00:08:13.080 because the public health guidelines

00:08:14.700 say you don't have to

00:08:15.520 if you're negative, but whatever.

00:08:16.920 And he says,

00:08:17.800 Generalissimo Trudeump has,

00:08:20.140 I'm not one for name calling,

00:08:21.220 but it's Rob Schneider,

00:08:22.920 has conveniently contracted

00:08:24.340 the truckers are coming for me variant.

00:08:27.640 Official statement should read,

00:08:29.000 staying safe,

00:08:29.740 avoiding any vehicles

00:08:30.660 with more than 17 wheels.

00:08:32.740 Hashtag truckers for freedom 2022.

00:08:35.800 So in my view,

00:08:36.940 this is just Rob Schneider

00:08:38.060 telling all Canadian truckers,

00:08:39.820 you can do it.

00:08:40.680 I'm not going to do the voice,

00:08:41.640 but if you've seen a Rob Schneider movie,

00:08:43.320 you know exactly the voice

00:08:44.500 in which that was meant to be said.

00:08:45.780 You can do it.

00:08:46.940 His message to Canadian truckers.

00:08:49.840 And Elon Musk, of course,

00:08:51.120 started with saying

00:08:52.440 je maple syrup,

00:08:54.420 which is not just poor French,

00:08:56.320 but it's actually a Franklish pun,

00:08:58.720 which good on Elon Musk

00:08:59.900 for being able to pull off.

00:09:01.720 And then he also said

00:09:02.500 just Canadian truckers rule

00:09:03.800 and CB radios are free

00:09:05.960 from government and media control,

00:09:08.060 which is not entirely true.

00:09:09.520 Government does control CBs,

00:09:11.020 but I do know the government

00:09:12.360 is not controlling the convoy,

00:09:13.900 which is why the convoy

00:09:14.960 is making such an impact here.

00:09:17.860 So we've got some of these

00:09:19.180 renegade celebrity types.

00:09:20.580 We've got independent media.

00:09:22.040 I mean, the number of independent journalists

00:09:23.520 that I know are on their way

00:09:25.080 to Ottawa right now

00:09:26.840 or are in Ottawa right now

00:09:28.240 ready to cover this is insane.

00:09:30.560 And again, independent media,

00:09:31.740 I've often said,

00:09:32.880 lacks the budget of mainstream media

00:09:35.360 because we're not on the government payroll.

00:09:37.660 We don't get the big corporate donations.

00:09:39.340 So when independent journalists

00:09:40.940 are making a point of going there,

00:09:42.700 that speaks volumes

00:09:43.860 about the appetite there is

00:09:46.060 to cover this honestly and fairly.

00:09:48.060 True North is going.

00:09:48.880 If you want to chip in

00:09:49.720 and support our costs,

00:09:50.760 you can head on over

00:09:51.380 to donate.tnc.news.

00:09:54.040 I know a lot of you

00:09:54.760 have donated to the convoy itself.

00:09:56.420 We're asking if you can

00:09:57.540 send a couple of bucks our way

00:09:58.780 so that we can cover this fairly

00:10:00.260 and represent this accurately.

00:10:03.540 And the reason I bring that up

00:10:04.940 is because we sent out

00:10:06.100 a fundraising email to our supporters

00:10:07.740 just letting them know our plans.

00:10:08.940 We're going to have,

00:10:09.780 I think, four people there

00:10:11.200 covering this.

00:10:12.600 And it's important

00:10:13.580 because we don't know

00:10:14.840 what we're in for.

00:10:15.800 We don't know how much

00:10:17.200 there's going to be to cover.

00:10:18.580 We don't know how long

00:10:19.440 this is going to last.

00:10:20.600 I know there have been

00:10:21.440 some events that have been

00:10:22.480 announced for Sunday.

00:10:23.860 Some people have talked about

00:10:24.840 staying until the mandates

00:10:26.500 are lifted.

00:10:27.500 I think all of this

00:10:28.420 is going to be something

00:10:29.240 where we have to

00:10:30.020 just play it by ear.

00:10:31.560 But I do want to talk about that

00:10:33.200 because as much as

00:10:35.020 I do not believe

00:10:36.420 the maligning version

00:10:38.040 of this that's circulating,

00:10:39.340 that this is an event

00:10:40.480 of radicals and extremists

00:10:41.880 and all of that,

00:10:42.640 I'm not going to deny

00:10:43.480 the possibility

00:10:44.140 that there are people

00:10:45.120 with impure intentions

00:10:46.680 for whatever reason

00:10:47.840 that want to disrupt,

00:10:49.620 that want to destroy.

00:10:50.720 It's certainly possible.

00:10:51.860 It's what happens

00:10:52.640 when you have a large

00:10:53.360 grassroots movement.

00:10:54.740 There's no passport

00:10:55.860 to enter the convoy.

00:10:57.200 Anyone can just say,

00:10:58.140 I'm a part of this.

00:10:59.100 I'm going to be there.

00:11:00.420 And I unequivocally,

00:11:01.900 preemptively denounce

00:11:03.200 any violence,

00:11:04.540 any hateful rhetoric

00:11:05.800 that we hear

00:11:06.300 because fighting for freedom

00:11:07.880 is supposed to be unifying.

00:11:10.080 Fighting for freedom

00:11:11.020 is unifying

00:11:11.960 because it affects us all.

00:11:14.140 And anyone who doesn't get that,

00:11:15.400 anyone that's out there

00:11:16.100 for their own reasons,

00:11:17.120 anyone who seeks

00:11:18.420 to usurp or undermine,

00:11:20.120 you're not welcome

00:11:20.880 in movements

00:11:21.840 that are about freedom.

00:11:23.800 And as I said yesterday,

00:11:25.340 I'll say again,

00:11:26.140 you are also not doing

00:11:27.280 the movement any favors.

00:11:29.280 Morally wrong, yes,

00:11:30.380 but also practically

00:11:31.520 not going to help anyone.

00:11:33.320 And this brings up

00:11:34.380 the question of blockades

00:11:35.720 because some people

00:11:36.440 have said they want

00:11:37.100 to actually disrupt Ottawa,

00:11:39.460 disrupt the flow of Ottawa.

00:11:41.740 And this is a difficult question

00:11:43.200 because a lot of people

00:11:44.400 on the right,

00:11:44.980 myself included,

00:11:46.200 were very much

00:11:46.980 against the blockades

00:11:48.140 we've seen in Canada

00:11:49.380 against pipelines.

00:11:50.800 People blockading rail,

00:11:52.420 disrupting critical infrastructure.

00:11:54.380 Conservatives generally

00:11:55.240 supported laws

00:11:56.320 prohibiting that,

00:11:57.480 not prohibiting protests,

00:11:58.820 but prohibiting protests

00:11:59.820 that disrupts infrastructure

00:12:01.960 or destroys infrastructure.

00:12:03.560 And I support that.

00:12:05.180 So just as I did then,

00:12:06.680 now I do not support anyone

00:12:08.860 blockading roads,

00:12:11.180 denying entry,

00:12:12.220 denying access,

00:12:13.600 doing anything

00:12:14.400 that disrupts infrastructure.

00:12:15.840 That is not what

00:12:16.600 peaceful law-abiding protest

00:12:18.380 is about.

00:12:20.140 And be very careful

00:12:21.240 about consistency

00:12:22.080 because if you were against

00:12:23.080 the idle no more rail blockades,

00:12:24.860 you should be against this.

00:12:25.940 And the same goes

00:12:26.640 to the left, by the way.

00:12:27.680 The left that was all

00:12:28.680 defending the blockades

00:12:29.840 shouldn't be coming up now

00:12:30.960 and being like,

00:12:31.320 oh, these truckers

00:12:32.560 better not try to block a railway

00:12:33.940 or something like that

00:12:34.780 because, again,

00:12:35.560 you have to be consistent.

00:12:36.800 And one thing that I've noticed

00:12:37.960 in myself

00:12:38.880 is that I pride consistency

00:12:40.180 more than pretty much

00:12:41.500 anything else

00:12:42.200 and will continue to be

00:12:43.940 because if you aren't consistent,

00:12:45.260 you veer into hypocrisy,

00:12:46.940 which is not something

00:12:47.600 that I'm comfortable with

00:12:48.580 and I hope you're not as well.

00:12:50.420 But all of that negative stuff

00:12:51.680 out of the way,

00:12:52.160 I remain optimistic

00:12:53.140 and I remain hopeful

00:12:54.260 that the tide is turning

00:12:55.740 and that more and more

00:12:57.460 real people

00:12:58.460 are talking about this

00:12:59.440 and the great thing is

00:13:00.700 when real people

00:13:01.580 start paying attention

00:13:02.560 and they see the signs,

00:13:04.180 they talk to their neighbours,

00:13:05.320 they watch the convoy,

00:13:06.560 they hang out on an overpass,

00:13:07.940 whatever the case may be,

00:13:09.180 when that happens,

00:13:11.480 when that happens,

00:13:12.620 all of the media ignorance

00:13:14.620 about this

00:13:15.580 becomes less and less relevant

00:13:17.480 and more importantly,

00:13:18.520 more distrusted.

00:13:20.400 When people see that video

00:13:21.880 of the Indigenous women

00:13:23.040 crying because of

00:13:24.140 what they've had done

00:13:25.540 to them by the state

00:13:26.700 because they're not vaccinated,

00:13:27.820 when they see that happen

00:13:28.760 and then they see

00:13:29.700 on the front page

00:13:30.480 of the Toronto Star

00:13:31.200 that, oh,

00:13:31.680 this is just some racist hate event,

00:13:33.380 most people are thinking,

00:13:34.760 well, hang on,

00:13:36.060 what about those Indigenous people?

00:13:37.400 Why aren't you telling their stories?

00:13:39.680 What about these working class people 1.00

00:13:41.360 that are just distraught

00:13:42.440 about their lost livelihood?

00:13:44.220 What about them?

00:13:46.080 And that's why this is so important.

00:13:47.920 Everyone's coming on board,

00:13:49.260 even, by the way,

00:13:50.760 Aaron O'Toole.

00:13:51.660 The last couple of shows

00:13:52.840 I've pointed this out,

00:13:53.820 Aaron O'Toole

00:13:54.320 not wanting to give

00:13:55.200 a straight answer,

00:13:55.900 not able or willing

00:13:56.940 to give a straight answer

00:13:57.940 about whether he supports

00:13:59.320 the convoy.

00:14:00.440 Finally, yesterday,

00:14:01.920 he decided he is in favor

00:14:04.380 of the convoy.

00:14:05.700 He's in favor of the truckers.

00:14:07.280 You might say

00:14:07.900 it's too little too late,

00:14:09.040 but I have to acknowledge

00:14:10.040 in the interest of completeness

00:14:11.300 that Aaron O'Toole

00:14:12.240 has finally come around

00:14:13.340 to what I said

00:14:14.580 would probably be inevitable

00:14:15.580 when he sees

00:14:16.180 just how many people,

00:14:17.300 including and especially

00:14:18.400 including those in his caucus,

00:14:20.720 were on Team Convoy.

00:14:22.220 He came out

00:14:22.820 and gave a statement yesterday

00:14:24.640 in which he laid out

00:14:25.960 that, yeah,

00:14:26.480 he's pro-convoy.

00:14:27.720 Although,

00:14:28.260 he said in this particular instance

00:14:30.060 that he's always been

00:14:31.600 against mandates

00:14:33.000 and his position

00:14:33.840 hasn't changed

00:14:34.620 from earlier in the week.

00:14:35.840 I don't buy that

00:14:36.480 because he was asked

00:14:37.300 seven or eight times

00:14:38.460 earlier this week

00:14:39.380 about the convoy.

00:14:40.320 He was asked to condemn it

00:14:41.420 and it was asked

00:14:42.780 to support it.

00:14:43.680 I mean,

00:14:43.780 he was just asked to say

00:14:44.680 what he thinks about it

00:14:45.920 and wouldn't.

00:14:46.780 So his mind

00:14:47.420 has definitely changed.

00:14:49.000 But he released yesterday

00:14:50.220 a video.

00:14:51.120 I won't share the whole thing,

00:14:52.280 but he talks about

00:14:53.160 how important the truckers are

00:14:54.620 and that he's going to be

00:14:55.280 meeting with them

00:14:55.900 in Ottawa.

00:14:56.900 Do you know what

00:14:57.500 vegetables grow really well

00:14:59.080 at minus 30?

00:15:00.860 None of them.

00:15:02.540 Canada is a trading nation.

00:15:04.580 If you own it,

00:15:05.800 a trucker delivered it.

00:15:07.380 You probably noticed

00:15:08.340 some empty shelves

00:15:09.200 at your grocery store.

00:15:10.560 That's because

00:15:11.040 Justin Trudeau

00:15:11.760 put in place a mandate

00:15:13.020 that all truckers

00:15:14.260 entering this country,

00:15:15.200 either Canadian or American,

00:15:16.540 have to be fully vaccinated.

00:15:18.360 If Trudeau's attack

00:15:19.180 on truckers

00:15:19.740 is allowed to continue,

00:15:21.560 tens of thousands

00:15:22.360 will be unable to work.

00:15:24.260 And more than that,

00:15:25.180 grocery prices

00:15:25.920 will become

00:15:26.660 even more expensive

00:15:27.640 while fruit and vegetables

00:15:29.140 rot

00:15:29.660 in American warehouses

00:15:31.020 unable to get to Canada.

00:15:33.100 The produce

00:15:33.800 that will be able

00:15:34.900 to get to Canada

00:15:35.560 will see their shipping costs

00:15:37.120 skyrocket by 25%.

00:15:39.200 And Canadian families

00:15:40.380 and small businesses

00:15:41.220 will be the ones 0.70

00:15:42.300 ultimately paying

00:15:43.440 Trudeau's bill.

00:15:44.840 Two years ago,

00:15:45.560 truckers were crossing

00:15:46.380 the border between

00:15:47.160 Canada and the U.S.

00:15:48.040 when no one else

00:15:48.880 was allowed

00:15:49.420 when no one else would.

00:15:50.900 They're often the unsung

00:15:52.060 heroes of the essential services.

00:15:54.780 Drivers are still active

00:15:56.200 in moving supplies

00:15:57.240 during a pandemic,

00:15:58.320 but they face

00:15:59.300 some unique challenges.

00:16:00.940 In the face of a new disease

00:16:02.240 and all the confusion

00:16:03.220 at the start of the pandemic,

00:16:04.640 it was many of these

00:16:05.440 brave truckers

00:16:06.300 that helped get us

00:16:07.140 through COVID.

00:16:08.060 There's no way around it.

00:16:09.880 Fast forward to today

00:16:10.960 and Justin Trudeau

00:16:11.860 is demonizing

00:16:12.660 many of those truckers

00:16:13.800 and threatening

00:16:14.820 both our economy

00:16:15.720 and our food supply,

00:16:17.260 all to distract

00:16:18.580 from his inflation crisis

00:16:19.840 and his failures

00:16:20.860 on COVID.

00:16:21.700 Now there's a convoy

00:16:22.620 of truckers

00:16:23.120 on a cross-country protest

00:16:24.360 to draw attention

00:16:25.660 to how unfair

00:16:26.760 this mandate is to them.

00:16:28.520 The freedom

00:16:28.900 to peacefully assemble,

00:16:30.400 to protest,

00:16:31.360 is a critical part

00:16:32.260 of our democracy.

00:16:33.620 Truckers want to work.

00:16:35.280 Justin Trudeau

00:16:35.860 is telling them no.

00:16:36.960 We're really,

00:16:37.800 really alienating

00:16:39.260 big pockets

00:16:40.440 of our population

00:16:41.420 with some of these mandates

00:16:42.680 and whether it's

00:16:43.600 justified or not,

00:16:45.120 it's hard to say.

00:16:46.280 Whenever a policy

00:16:47.780 is being implemented,

00:16:49.580 I think we have

00:16:50.080 to ask ourselves,

00:16:50.920 what's the goal here?

00:16:52.300 Like, what are you

00:16:52.840 actually trying to do?

00:16:55.060 That's probably

00:16:55.660 one of the most

00:16:56.360 important aspects

00:16:57.560 to question

00:16:59.360 when you're making policy

00:17:00.660 and sadly,

00:17:02.080 I think sometimes

00:17:02.780 that gets lost.

00:17:04.400 This policy against truckers

00:17:06.160 is an attack

00:17:07.140 on common sense

00:17:08.540 and it's an attack

00:17:09.720 on every Canadian's

00:17:10.740 household budget.

00:17:12.320 Canadians deserve access

00:17:13.660 to affordable food.

00:17:15.560 Truckers have

00:17:16.200 been our COVID heroes.

00:17:18.040 Period.

00:17:19.120 Canada doesn't function

00:17:20.360 as a trading nation

00:17:21.240 without them.

00:17:22.400 Bitting Canadians 1.00

00:17:23.080 against one another

00:17:23.960 is un-Canadian, 0.83

00:17:25.060 but just watch

00:17:25.820 as Justin Trudeau

00:17:26.780 and the Liberal Party

00:17:27.580 try to demonize

00:17:28.620 these hard-working

00:17:29.760 men and women.

00:17:30.620 But that's how it is

00:17:31.560 in Justin Trudeau's Canada.

00:17:32.900 You're only a hero

00:17:33.820 if you agree

00:17:35.080 with the Trudeau Liberals.

00:17:36.800 It's really important

00:17:38.140 that you share this video.

00:17:40.200 We need to show truckers

00:17:41.540 that we appreciate

00:17:42.920 their hard work

00:17:43.760 and that we're going

00:17:44.800 to stand up

00:17:45.580 for their right

00:17:46.180 to peacefully protest.

00:17:48.120 And we need to get

00:17:49.180 the truth out

00:17:49.820 before Justin Trudeau's

00:17:51.160 inevitable smears

00:17:52.440 and attempts to divide.

00:17:54.280 We're going to hold

00:17:55.140 Justin Trudeau

00:17:55.800 to account for this.

00:17:57.100 We're going to make sure

00:17:58.020 when Canadians start 0.99

00:17:59.120 to notice their

00:17:59.760 grocery stores empty,

00:18:00.960 it's because Justin Trudeau

00:18:02.700 played politics

00:18:03.920 with Canada's food supply.

00:18:05.620 Now, I know it angers

00:18:10.020 a lot of you

00:18:10.560 because a lot of you

00:18:11.180 have very strong opinions

00:18:12.200 about, you know,

00:18:12.780 being pro-CPC

00:18:13.560 or pro-PPC

00:18:14.840 or anti-CPC

00:18:15.900 or anti-PPC.

00:18:17.040 I don't have a team.

00:18:18.060 I give credit where it's due

00:18:19.220 and I give criticism

00:18:20.140 where it's due.

00:18:21.260 No one can accuse me

00:18:22.240 of being an O'Toole shill 0.89

00:18:23.400 given anything else

00:18:24.440 I've said this week.

00:18:25.320 But I tweeted

00:18:26.300 that I thought

00:18:27.080 it was a solid video

00:18:27.980 and then I had a bunch

00:18:28.720 of people saying

00:18:29.320 I was shilling for the CPC.

00:18:31.580 When in that same tweet,

00:18:33.340 by the way,

00:18:34.140 I also said,

00:18:35.040 where the heck was this

00:18:36.220 a couple of days ago?

00:18:37.500 So I do think

00:18:38.760 it's a completely defensible tone

00:18:41.240 he's striking.

00:18:42.260 I also have serious questions

00:18:44.480 about why it took so long

00:18:45.940 to reach that conclusion,

00:18:47.620 why it took so long

00:18:48.240 to realize this was

00:18:48.960 the right thing to do.

00:18:50.580 And again,

00:18:51.400 was it just because

00:18:52.160 he was waiting

00:18:52.600 for the polling to come in?

00:18:53.780 Was it that he didn't know

00:18:54.640 how many people

00:18:55.380 in his caucus

00:18:56.460 were going to outflank him on this?

00:18:58.380 I think either one

00:18:59.640 and both

00:19:00.360 are perhaps plausible.

00:19:02.340 But the whole point is

00:19:03.320 is that we have not had

00:19:04.740 a conservative leader

00:19:06.380 of the opposition

00:19:07.380 in politics,

00:19:09.460 in elected office.

00:19:10.840 That's the key.

00:19:11.760 In elected office

00:19:12.500 who's been opposing

00:19:13.460 the government

00:19:14.040 on pandemic restrictions.

00:19:16.560 Just has not happened.

00:19:18.120 We have not seen that

00:19:18.920 in Canada.

00:19:19.640 So if this does not become

00:19:21.580 something enduring,

00:19:23.640 I'll be very disappointed.

00:19:24.920 But that is my hope.

00:19:26.180 My hope is that

00:19:27.000 something clicks

00:19:27.960 in Aaron O'Toole's head

00:19:29.040 and he realizes

00:19:30.260 that, you know what,

00:19:31.040 perhaps he can actually

00:19:32.220 take up the fight,

00:19:33.740 take up the battle

00:19:34.560 and start being

00:19:35.420 the opposition leader

00:19:36.720 that Canadians want

00:19:38.100 on these pandemic restrictions.

00:19:39.520 Because right now,

00:19:40.660 pretty much every mandate

00:19:42.080 has gone in unopposed.

00:19:43.720 Despite maybe a press release

00:19:44.920 saying,

00:19:45.580 well, you know,

00:19:46.040 we think rapid testing

00:19:46.940 should be an alternative.

00:19:48.080 There's been no real

00:19:49.040 opposition on this.

00:19:50.080 Trudeau has not been

00:19:50.860 wedged on this,

00:19:51.960 on the question of

00:19:52.800 why are you forcing

00:19:53.960 Canadians to do

00:19:55.200 X, Y, Z?

00:19:56.840 And if you believe

00:19:57.760 power flows from the top,

00:19:58.980 a lot of the provincial

00:19:59.760 restrictions are,

00:20:01.160 yes, provincial responsibility,

00:20:02.920 but there's been

00:20:03.540 federal leadership here

00:20:04.760 and a federal narrative.

00:20:06.340 And that has gone

00:20:07.080 basically unchallenged.

00:20:08.740 And you know what,

00:20:09.420 in the absence of

00:20:10.620 a conservative opposition leader

00:20:12.360 in Ottawa doing this,

00:20:14.180 that's why truckers are. 0.99

00:20:15.740 Truckers are filling a void.

00:20:17.180 Nature abhors a vacuum,

00:20:18.980 as they say.

00:20:19.920 We've got to take

00:20:20.580 a quick break here.

00:20:21.420 When we come back,

00:20:22.260 we'll talk to one of those people

00:20:23.360 outside the political elite

00:20:25.200 who is cheering this all on.

00:20:27.340 Stay with us.

00:20:27.940 That's coming right up.

00:20:29.980 You're tuned in

00:20:31.240 to The Andrew Lawton Show.

00:20:34.760 Welcome back

00:20:35.720 to The Andrew Lawton Show.

00:20:37.340 Well, the theme on this show

00:20:39.020 has been the growing divide

00:20:40.520 between the downtown Ottawa consensus,

00:20:43.520 the Laurentian elites,

00:20:44.760 about what's happening

00:20:45.640 on this majestic convoy

00:20:47.620 rolling toward Ottawa

00:20:48.600 and people virtually

00:20:50.220 everywhere else in the country

00:20:51.740 and elsewhere in the world as well.

00:20:53.880 I mentioned earlier

00:20:54.600 a couple of these

00:20:55.940 Hollywood celebrity types

00:20:57.160 that have been looking

00:20:57.740 at this from afar

00:20:58.560 and saying,

00:20:59.040 yeah, this is exactly

00:21:00.040 what we need to be supporting here.

00:21:01.840 Canadian truckers

00:21:02.700 rolling for freedom.

00:21:04.300 Well, one Canadian celebrity,

00:21:06.040 if I may be so bold

00:21:06.860 as to call him that,

00:21:08.120 has been doing the rounds

00:21:09.320 and has attracted

00:21:10.200 global attention to this.

00:21:11.600 And that is a good friend

00:21:12.720 of True North,

00:21:13.360 Theo Fleury,

00:21:14.280 former NHL great

00:21:15.660 and Olympian

00:21:16.400 who has been cheering

00:21:17.980 on this convoy

00:21:18.980 from Calgary

00:21:19.800 where he joins me now.

00:21:21.380 Theo, good to talk to you.

00:21:22.260 Thanks for coming on today.

00:21:23.440 Yeah, my pleasure.

00:21:24.200 I finally got on the show.

00:21:26.760 It's awesome.

00:21:27.400 Love it.

00:21:28.020 Well, I appreciate you

00:21:29.420 taking the time.

00:21:30.300 I know you did

00:21:30.920 some great work

00:21:31.660 in Candace Malcolm's documentary,

00:21:33.320 Calgary in Crisis

00:21:34.300 a couple of years back.

00:21:35.160 So it's good

00:21:36.220 to talk to you here.

00:21:37.220 What is it that attracted you

00:21:38.720 to this convoy?

00:21:42.480 Well, I think

00:21:43.340 what attracted me

00:21:44.880 to politics

00:21:45.440 in the first place,

00:21:46.660 you know,

00:21:46.920 you know,

00:21:49.520 I didn't really know

00:21:50.760 a whole lot

00:21:51.200 about politics.

00:21:53.180 You know,

00:21:54.240 I grew up

00:21:54.820 in a family

00:21:55.580 where, you know,

00:21:56.740 we didn't really

00:21:57.400 talk about politics

00:21:59.760 or I wasn't around politics.

00:22:01.580 And to be honest with you,

00:22:03.960 I didn't know

00:22:04.460 if I was liberal,

00:22:05.440 conservative,

00:22:06.600 libertarian,

00:22:07.600 patriot,

00:22:08.400 nothing, right?

00:22:10.940 And 2015,

00:22:13.080 Trump comes down

00:22:13.820 the escalator

00:22:14.660 at Trump Towers

00:22:15.680 and, you know,

00:22:17.100 announces to the world

00:22:18.020 he's going to be president.

00:22:19.120 And I'm like,

00:22:20.220 what?

00:22:21.640 Well,

00:22:22.320 why does this guy

00:22:23.180 want to be the president?

00:22:24.140 You know,

00:22:24.600 I'd met Trump

00:22:25.260 a few times in New York

00:22:27.340 when I was playing there.

00:22:28.700 And, you know,

00:22:30.060 to be honest with you,

00:22:30.780 I really liked him.

00:22:31.720 You know,

00:22:31.900 he was a genuine guy

00:22:34.000 and, you know,

00:22:35.260 shook my hand,

00:22:36.420 looked me in the eye,

00:22:37.300 you know,

00:22:37.560 was interested in my family

00:22:39.660 and all those other things.

00:22:41.060 So I started

00:22:41.500 following politics, right?

00:22:43.860 And,

00:22:44.220 so I started

00:22:47.920 obviously watching CNN

00:22:49.260 because that's

00:22:49.940 what everybody does.

00:22:51.420 And,

00:22:51.700 you know,

00:22:52.540 I was like,

00:22:53.700 something's just not right,

00:22:54.840 right?

00:22:55.320 So I went to,

00:22:56.100 so I switched over to Fox

00:22:57.580 and then I went,

00:22:58.280 oh,

00:22:59.020 okay,

00:22:59.380 I get it,

00:23:00.060 okay?

00:23:01.180 And then,

00:23:01.980 you know,

00:23:03.380 really figured out

00:23:04.160 that I was a,

00:23:04.980 you know,

00:23:05.800 a patriot,

00:23:06.840 you know,

00:23:07.200 freedom lover,

00:23:08.440 freedom of choice,

00:23:09.440 freedom,

00:23:09.920 just freedom in general.

00:23:10.940 And so,

00:23:12.240 so the convoy to you

00:23:13.200 is about freedom

00:23:14.380 and patriotism then.

00:23:15.440 Yeah,

00:23:15.620 that's,

00:23:16.020 that's exactly what it is.

00:23:17.320 It's the greatest act

00:23:18.540 of patriotism

00:23:19.600 we've ever seen

00:23:20.720 in our country,

00:23:21.900 right?

00:23:23.080 Because,

00:23:23.740 you know,

00:23:24.320 I've represented my country

00:23:25.460 10 times in my life,

00:23:26.780 right?

00:23:27.360 And I put the maple leaf

00:23:28.420 on my chest

00:23:29.220 and any big hockey event

00:23:31.680 in Canada,

00:23:32.400 the country

00:23:34.500 shuts down

00:23:35.400 for two weeks.

00:23:36.600 Everybody goes,

00:23:37.520 gets their red

00:23:38.220 and white jersey.

00:23:40.480 They put their flag up.

00:23:43.020 They make signs

00:23:44.420 or they come

00:23:44.980 to the World Junior

00:23:45.860 or they come

00:23:46.440 to the Olympics.

00:23:48.340 And it's about pride.

00:23:50.760 It's about,

00:23:51.480 you know,

00:23:52.340 all of these things.

00:23:53.260 And so,

00:23:54.260 what I've seen

00:23:55.640 is the country

00:23:57.100 has been in,

00:23:58.060 you know,

00:23:58.520 a depression

00:23:59.320 for two years

00:24:01.980 because

00:24:02.400 our fearless leader

00:24:05.480 and the Canadian media

00:24:07.620 have just

00:24:08.840 constantly,

00:24:10.400 constantly

00:24:10.880 pumped fear

00:24:12.000 into the minds

00:24:14.400 of Canadians,

00:24:15.460 right?

00:24:15.780 And so,

00:24:16.360 everybody went along

00:24:17.340 with it

00:24:17.680 because that's

00:24:18.180 what Canadians do. 0.83

00:24:19.240 We're nice

00:24:19.940 and compliant

00:24:20.760 and all those things.

00:24:23.500 And then,

00:24:24.100 all of a sudden,

00:24:24.960 a bunch of truckers

00:24:25.760 get together

00:24:26.220 and they say,

00:24:26.800 yeah,

00:24:27.040 you know what?

00:24:27.480 Enough's enough,

00:24:28.720 right?

00:24:29.020 Enough is enough.

00:24:30.160 And what happens?

00:24:32.840 People start

00:24:33.880 coming out

00:24:34.720 of their houses,

00:24:35.560 grabbing their

00:24:37.340 red and white,

00:24:38.620 you know,

00:24:39.200 things they have

00:24:39.960 in their house

00:24:40.620 and they're coming

00:24:41.540 out in droves.

00:24:43.620 And to me,

00:24:44.540 that's the Canada

00:24:46.440 that I know

00:24:48.000 and that's the Canada

00:24:49.600 that I grew up in.

00:24:51.420 But unfortunately,

00:24:53.700 the Liberals,

00:24:55.560 who are all

00:24:56.440 completely insane

00:24:57.920 and out of their minds

00:24:59.340 and should not be

00:25:00.580 anywhere near Ottawa,

00:25:02.200 are trying

00:25:04.060 to push

00:25:04.920 this narrative

00:25:06.540 that has been

00:25:08.200 tried 24 times

00:25:09.880 in the history

00:25:10.620 of our planet

00:25:11.420 and every single

00:25:13.180 time it's failed

00:25:14.420 and the only

00:25:15.860 byproduct

00:25:16.620 of this type

00:25:17.600 of ideology

00:25:18.360 is what?

00:25:20.120 Death.

00:25:21.500 Which is what

00:25:22.500 we're also seeing

00:25:23.600 at the same time.

00:25:24.940 So,

00:25:25.400 I don't want

00:25:25.920 any part of that

00:25:26.960 to be honest with you.

00:25:28.040 And I would say

00:25:28.760 the majority

00:25:29.780 of people

00:25:30.460 do not want

00:25:31.980 that,

00:25:32.780 right?

00:25:33.480 And that's

00:25:34.320 exactly what

00:25:35.180 we're seeing,

00:25:36.240 right?

00:25:36.480 That's exactly

00:25:37.160 what we're seeing.

00:25:37.920 And now,

00:25:38.880 there is a panic

00:25:40.640 in the Liberal Party

00:25:43.120 or the Uni Party,

00:25:44.320 whatever you want

00:25:44.860 to call it,

00:25:45.460 and the Canadian

00:25:46.140 media.

00:25:47.500 Like,

00:25:47.640 it's,

00:25:48.240 these people

00:25:48.680 hate our country.

00:25:49.820 They hate it.

00:25:50.560 They hate our country.

00:25:51.560 They hate the people

00:25:52.240 that live in it.

00:25:53.480 They don't want

00:25:54.300 any patriots.

00:25:56.320 They don't want

00:25:56.640 anybody to be

00:25:57.360 prideful.

00:25:58.320 Nothing.

00:25:58.760 It's ridiculous

00:25:59.680 and it's a joke.

00:26:01.420 Let me ask you

00:26:02.320 about the patriotism

00:26:03.320 component,

00:26:03.880 because one thing

00:26:04.580 that I've seen

00:26:05.160 in increasing numbers

00:26:06.260 in the last

00:26:06.920 few months

00:26:08.020 in particular,

00:26:08.900 I think this winter

00:26:09.840 has broken

00:26:10.440 a lot of people,

00:26:11.280 is a lot of them

00:26:12.060 who have the means

00:26:12.940 to leaving Canada.

00:26:14.300 People that take up

00:26:15.320 residence in Florida,

00:26:16.540 people are going

00:26:17.000 to Mexico,

00:26:18.140 a couple that are

00:26:18.700 going to Europe,

00:26:19.280 which has never

00:26:19.980 historically been

00:26:20.680 the place that you

00:26:21.260 think of as being

00:26:22.000 freer on a day-to-day

00:26:23.300 basis than here,

00:26:24.220 but people are

00:26:25.080 leaving the country.

00:26:25.900 And I understand

00:26:26.600 the pessimism.

00:26:27.400 Every time we've

00:26:28.180 been plunged

00:26:28.680 into another

00:26:29.100 lockdown,

00:26:29.980 worse for me

00:26:30.560 here in Ontario

00:26:31.300 than for you

00:26:32.260 in Alberta,

00:26:33.100 I'm like,

00:26:33.600 oh, do I just

00:26:34.140 pick up stakes

00:26:34.940 and go?

00:26:35.880 Whereas what I am

00:26:36.760 seeing now

00:26:37.500 in this convoy,

00:26:38.500 there's a lot

00:26:38.960 of anger,

00:26:39.640 but anger comes

00:26:41.000 from a place

00:26:41.760 of hope in a way

00:26:42.640 because you have

00:26:43.240 to feel that

00:26:43.820 something is worth

00:26:44.660 getting angry about.

00:26:45.760 Don't confuse anger

00:26:47.520 with passion.

00:26:49.520 That's fair.

00:26:50.560 Those two things

00:26:51.840 always get

00:26:53.380 flipped around.

00:26:56.160 This has nothing.

00:26:57.060 To just finish the question,

00:26:58.540 people are hopeful now,

00:27:00.260 I feel, this week.

00:27:01.180 Right.

00:27:01.920 But take anger

00:27:02.960 out of the thing

00:27:03.740 because I've been

00:27:04.460 listening to the truckers.

00:27:05.860 I've been on spaces.

00:27:07.540 There is no anger.

00:27:09.520 None at all.

00:27:11.340 Zero.

00:27:11.600 It's called

00:27:12.660 passion and love

00:27:14.000 of country,

00:27:14.940 which Trudeau

00:27:16.540 hates our country,

00:27:18.780 hates the citizens

00:27:19.640 of our country.

00:27:21.400 It's unbelievable.

00:27:22.920 It is a passionate

00:27:24.080 cry

00:27:25.060 to

00:27:26.540 the people

00:27:27.700 who are asleep.

00:27:29.100 Please wake up.

00:27:30.580 Please wake up

00:27:31.340 because we're going

00:27:32.040 down a road

00:27:32.660 that we don't want

00:27:33.560 to go down.

00:27:34.760 He's tried to project

00:27:36.280 that hatred

00:27:37.160 onto the unvaccinated

00:27:39.160 specifically.

00:27:40.020 The vilification

00:27:40.580 we've heard

00:27:41.400 in terms of,

00:27:42.900 oh, they're racist,

00:27:43.660 they're misogynist,

00:27:44.620 they're unacceptable,

00:27:45.520 all of these things.

00:27:46.560 But it's interesting

00:27:48.000 because that's been

00:27:48.680 working in some ways

00:27:49.800 up until now.

00:27:50.640 But the last week

00:27:51.440 in particular

00:27:51.960 as this convoy

00:27:52.780 has gone on,

00:27:53.640 a lot of the people

00:27:54.520 vaccinated,

00:27:55.620 triple vaccinated,

00:27:56.740 no vaccine,

00:27:57.640 whatever,

00:27:58.140 that are coming

00:27:58.800 are saying that

00:27:59.440 this is not about

00:28:00.180 that anymore.

00:28:00.940 So I think something

00:28:01.760 has twigged

00:28:02.620 in people's minds

00:28:03.580 where they are realizing,

00:28:05.460 no, no, no,

00:28:05.760 you can't just vilify

00:28:06.980 large segments

00:28:08.080 of the country.

00:28:08.700 If you go for them,

00:28:09.400 you're also coming

00:28:09.940 after us.

00:28:10.520 That seems to be

00:28:11.120 the feeling.

00:28:12.020 And there's absolutely

00:28:13.300 zero science

00:28:14.400 that says the vaccinated

00:28:15.960 are the dangerous,

00:28:17.280 right?

00:28:18.340 Him in hiding,

00:28:19.560 that's perfect.

00:28:20.340 We love it.

00:28:21.280 We don't want to see

00:28:21.960 your face.

00:28:22.920 We don't want to hear

00:28:23.880 your rhetoric anymore.

00:28:25.360 It's perfect,

00:28:26.420 right?

00:28:26.720 So, like I said,

00:28:29.620 there's no science

00:28:30.540 that, like,

00:28:33.440 and the narrative,

00:28:34.460 the narrative is gone,

00:28:36.160 right?

00:28:37.400 Gaslighting has gone

00:28:38.340 out of style,

00:28:39.820 you know,

00:28:40.560 saying that we're

00:28:43.120 a white supremacist

00:28:44.900 movement.

00:28:45.640 I'm a Métis person

00:28:46.840 from Manitoba.

00:28:48.480 You know,

00:28:48.720 I'm the first Métis 0.97

00:28:50.000 racist person

00:28:51.660 in Canada.

00:28:52.840 You know what I mean?

00:28:53.900 So, the narrative

00:28:54.580 doesn't work anymore.

00:28:57.280 And that's why

00:28:58.000 these truckers

00:28:59.040 got in their trucks

00:29:00.000 and came to Ottawa

00:29:00.920 and then

00:29:01.760 they dragged

00:29:03.380 everybody else,

00:29:04.620 you know,

00:29:05.720 with them.

00:29:07.220 And so,

00:29:08.080 you know,

00:29:08.440 as far as I'm concerned,

00:29:10.080 this is over.

00:29:11.940 Whatever the liberals

00:29:13.020 and conservatives,

00:29:14.500 NDP,

00:29:15.120 the bloc,

00:29:15.720 all that,

00:29:16.240 it's over.

00:29:17.500 We know,

00:29:18.140 we know exactly

00:29:19.080 what you're trying to do,

00:29:21.360 what you're trying

00:29:22.280 to put on this country.

00:29:24.180 So,

00:29:24.700 it's over.

00:29:25.360 It's over.

00:29:26.860 You mentioned

00:29:27.760 being Métis 0.99

00:29:28.800 and I have to ask

00:29:29.800 about that

00:29:30.100 because more than

00:29:30.800 any other demographic group,

00:29:32.340 not that I like

00:29:32.840 segmenting the country

00:29:33.800 based on those terms,

00:29:34.820 but more than any

00:29:35.500 demographic group,

00:29:36.800 Indigenous Canadians

00:29:37.600 have more of a right

00:29:38.580 to be distrustful

00:29:39.440 of government

00:29:39.900 than anyone else,

00:29:40.740 just given the history

00:29:42.100 of Crown-Indigenous relations.

00:29:44.240 And we know

00:29:44.740 that Indigenous people

00:29:45.620 have less on average

00:29:47.680 vaccination in their population

00:29:49.260 than non-Indigenous people 0.98

00:29:50.500 and they're,

00:29:51.720 as such,

00:29:52.420 disproportionately affected

00:29:53.460 by mandates

00:29:54.160 and vaccine passports.

00:29:55.340 And it's amazing

00:29:56.140 that the government

00:29:56.740 that proclaims reconciliation

00:29:58.060 as its first

00:29:58.940 and foremost goal

00:29:59.880 isn't interested

00:30:01.040 in the effect

00:30:01.680 of its push

00:30:02.260 for vaccination

00:30:02.980 on populations

00:30:04.320 that have reasons

00:30:05.120 to be skeptical

00:30:05.880 of government-enforced medicine.

00:30:08.260 Yeah.

00:30:08.980 Well,

00:30:10.000 anybody who uses

00:30:10.660 the word misogynist,

00:30:11.960 racist, 0.77

00:30:12.580 whatever,

00:30:12.900 that's a projection.

00:30:14.740 You know?

00:30:14.920 Trudeau

00:30:19.000 has been caught

00:30:20.940 how many times?

00:30:22.660 Blackface? 0.85

00:30:24.980 Like,

00:30:25.180 Trudeau needs to resign.

00:30:27.100 He absolutely

00:30:28.020 needs to resign.

00:30:29.620 And,

00:30:29.980 you know,

00:30:31.460 but

00:30:32.440 to get back to,

00:30:34.360 you know,

00:30:35.000 the Indigenous people

00:30:36.220 of Canada,

00:30:37.460 you know,

00:30:37.800 I've done most

00:30:40.120 of my healing

00:30:40.860 in the Indigenous community.

00:30:43.960 And I believe

00:30:45.380 that the Indigenous community

00:30:48.860 has the greatest

00:30:50.740 untapped resource

00:30:52.080 of medicine

00:30:53.040 on the planet.

00:30:55.000 Because when I got COVID,

00:30:57.540 I called

00:30:58.480 a really good friend of mine

00:31:00.780 who's a medicine man

00:31:01.700 down in Cardston, Alberta.

00:31:02.920 and

00:31:04.340 he came,

00:31:06.200 dropped off

00:31:06.720 some medicine.

00:31:08.340 I did four doses

00:31:09.700 of his medicine

00:31:10.560 and I was

00:31:11.780 as good as new.

00:31:13.880 So,

00:31:14.880 like,

00:31:19.000 it's unfortunate

00:31:22.020 that,

00:31:22.820 you know,

00:31:23.520 a lot of people

00:31:24.260 can't really

00:31:25.200 actually see

00:31:25.920 what's going on,

00:31:26.940 you know?

00:31:27.900 And to be honest,

00:31:29.300 Andrew,

00:31:29.960 in the last two years,

00:31:32.880 all of my sexual abuse

00:31:34.180 has come back.

00:31:36.020 All of it.

00:31:37.840 All of it.

00:31:38.720 Why?

00:31:40.680 Because the same tactics

00:31:42.360 that my abuser

00:31:43.660 used against me

00:31:45.000 is the exact

00:31:46.220 same tactics

00:31:47.200 that the government

00:31:48.140 has used

00:31:49.220 to get people

00:31:50.900 to

00:31:52.040 obey,

00:31:53.820 line up

00:31:54.720 and get these

00:31:55.660 these shots

00:31:56.620 and it's been

00:31:57.720 just a constant

00:31:59.160 24 hours a day,

00:32:01.480 seven days a week

00:32:02.600 campaign

00:32:03.460 to get people

00:32:05.280 in this

00:32:05.600 mass formation

00:32:06.420 psychosis.

00:32:08.060 And because

00:32:08.440 the majority

00:32:09.660 of the

00:32:10.440 population

00:32:11.560 is traumatized,

00:32:14.080 right?

00:32:14.640 Previously,

00:32:15.200 they've been traumatized,

00:32:17.060 you know?

00:32:18.480 And so,

00:32:19.400 COVID-19

00:32:20.000 is the most

00:32:20.660 traumatic event

00:32:21.400 that's happened

00:32:21.980 since World War II.

00:32:23.720 Now,

00:32:24.200 we've had another

00:32:24.940 layer of trauma

00:32:25.940 on top of

00:32:27.420 already traumatized

00:32:28.700 people.

00:32:30.360 And so,

00:32:31.200 when you're traumatized,

00:32:32.240 guess what?

00:32:33.000 You can't think

00:32:34.160 critically

00:32:34.660 because you're

00:32:36.120 just surviving

00:32:37.040 day to day.

00:32:38.440 You can't.

00:32:39.420 And the abuse

00:32:41.040 from the government

00:32:42.240 feels

00:32:44.140 normal

00:32:45.300 and comfortable,

00:32:46.240 right?

00:32:47.320 And that's

00:32:48.280 why we've

00:32:48.900 seen people

00:32:49.740 go along

00:32:50.820 with this

00:32:52.220 globalist

00:32:54.380 narrative

00:32:55.220 is because

00:32:57.180 people

00:32:58.180 are living

00:32:59.700 in their trauma

00:33:00.480 again.

00:33:01.420 And thank God

00:33:02.020 I have enough

00:33:02.540 tools in my

00:33:03.300 toolbox

00:33:03.680 and people

00:33:04.480 around me,

00:33:05.240 surrounding me,

00:33:05.860 that I've been

00:33:06.260 able to

00:33:06.980 manage

00:33:08.500 what's been

00:33:09.660 going on.

00:33:10.380 And I'm not

00:33:10.780 the only one

00:33:11.280 that feels

00:33:11.680 this way.

00:33:12.100 the hundreds

00:33:13.500 of thousands

00:33:14.140 of Canadians

00:33:14.760 that have

00:33:15.180 reached out

00:33:16.380 to me

00:33:16.720 and texted

00:33:17.260 me,

00:33:18.060 they're all

00:33:18.520 going through

00:33:18.940 the same

00:33:19.340 thing that

00:33:19.740 I've been

00:33:20.060 going through

00:33:20.520 because my

00:33:21.540 government

00:33:21.960 is abusing

00:33:22.820 me constantly

00:33:24.320 24 hours a day,

00:33:25.540 seven days a week.

00:33:26.960 But nobody

00:33:27.660 talks about this

00:33:28.560 stuff.

00:33:29.040 Nobody talks

00:33:29.540 about this

00:33:29.980 stuff.

00:33:30.760 And you know

00:33:31.160 how they

00:33:31.460 counteract

00:33:32.060 my point

00:33:32.600 that I just

00:33:33.100 made?

00:33:33.480 I'm a crazy

00:33:34.400 conspiracy

00:33:35.080 theorist.

00:33:35.640 No,

00:33:35.800 I'm a critical

00:33:36.580 thinker

00:33:37.220 is what I

00:33:38.280 am.

00:33:39.000 And I've

00:33:39.640 been in this

00:33:40.120 space for

00:33:40.760 15 years.

00:33:41.700 And so I

00:33:42.740 know and I

00:33:43.460 know what

00:33:44.120 abuse is.

00:33:46.440 And I

00:33:47.580 said to

00:33:47.940 myself a long

00:33:48.640 time ago when

00:33:49.340 I saw abuse

00:33:50.280 that I was

00:33:50.880 going to speak

00:33:51.500 up because I

00:33:52.780 found my

00:33:53.260 voice in

00:33:54.560 2009 when I

00:33:55.680 wrote that

00:33:56.080 book and I

00:33:56.700 made a promise

00:33:57.340 to myself if I

00:33:58.200 saw it, I

00:33:59.720 would never

00:34:00.300 allow it to

00:34:01.440 stay silent.

00:34:02.400 Right?

00:34:03.480 And when you

00:34:04.520 shine a light

00:34:05.300 on abuse,

00:34:06.100 this is

00:34:08.820 exactly what

00:34:09.640 happens.

00:34:10.300 When you

00:34:10.820 bring the

00:34:11.360 abuse out

00:34:12.100 into the

00:34:12.520 light, what

00:34:13.120 happens?

00:34:14.180 Truckers get

00:34:14.900 in their

00:34:15.180 trucks.

00:34:15.960 People come

00:34:16.460 out of their

00:34:16.920 house.

00:34:17.780 You know,

00:34:18.080 that's what

00:34:18.560 happens.

00:34:19.460 And all of

00:34:20.940 the lies have

00:34:22.020 been exposed.

00:34:23.560 Let me ask

00:34:24.560 you then,

00:34:25.040 Theo, about

00:34:25.720 where this

00:34:26.600 goes because

00:34:27.520 you're right,

00:34:28.440 the truckers

00:34:29.140 and their

00:34:29.780 allies have a

00:34:30.620 great deal of

00:34:31.100 passion.

00:34:31.640 They're taking

00:34:32.000 that to

00:34:32.380 Ottawa.

00:34:32.800 They're making

00:34:33.200 a point.

00:34:34.000 People around

00:34:34.480 the world are

00:34:35.080 paying attention.

00:34:35.680 Everyone saw

00:34:36.440 that interview

00:34:36.840 you did on

00:34:37.860 Laura Ingram's

00:34:38.680 show on Fox

00:34:39.520 News and all

00:34:40.560 of this.

00:34:40.920 We're seeing

00:34:41.360 more and more

00:34:41.900 of this.

00:34:42.260 But you've

00:34:42.520 also talked

00:34:43.080 about how the

00:34:44.080 government has

00:34:44.920 not really

00:34:45.500 cared about the

00:34:46.800 people who are

00:34:47.320 protesting or

00:34:48.100 about, in many

00:34:49.080 cases, the

00:34:49.600 welfare of

00:34:50.160 Canadians in

00:34:50.800 general.

00:34:51.220 So what

00:34:51.980 motivation is

00:34:52.960 there for the

00:34:53.700 government to

00:34:54.340 respond?

00:34:55.220 I mean, how

00:34:55.640 does this get

00:34:56.680 a result and

00:34:57.540 not just fizzle

00:34:58.340 out and then

00:34:58.900 everyone goes

00:34:59.400 back and the

00:35:00.340 world goes to

00:35:01.020 the way it

00:35:01.360 was two weeks

00:35:01.980 ago?

00:35:03.240 It's not.

00:35:04.020 It's not

00:35:05.980 going away.

00:35:07.260 These guys

00:35:07.780 aren't leaving.

00:35:09.580 Nobody's going

00:35:10.640 home.

00:35:12.060 The truckers

00:35:12.700 are staying.

00:35:14.020 And they're

00:35:14.740 staying until

00:35:16.260 their demands

00:35:18.300 are met.

00:35:18.700 And it's

00:35:27.040 going to be

00:35:27.320 interesting to

00:35:27.920 see how the

00:35:28.460 government

00:35:30.880 responds.

00:35:33.640 And Trudeau's

00:35:35.260 backed into a

00:35:35.980 corner.

00:35:37.140 He's in a

00:35:37.680 corner.

00:35:38.440 And you can

00:35:38.900 see it.

00:35:39.760 If you look at

00:35:40.560 his nonverbal

00:35:41.320 communication,

00:35:42.900 not what's

00:35:43.260 coming out of

00:35:43.780 his mouth.

00:35:45.080 Look at his

00:35:45.520 nonverbal

00:35:46.140 communication.

00:35:46.860 He has

00:35:48.620 no idea

00:35:49.160 what to

00:35:49.520 do.

00:35:50.400 He has

00:35:50.760 no clue

00:35:51.540 what to

00:35:52.500 do.

00:35:53.620 And so,

00:35:55.060 you know,

00:35:58.280 the simple

00:35:58.680 fact that,

00:35:59.720 you know,

00:36:01.320 a small

00:36:02.740 fringe,

00:36:04.380 you know,

00:36:05.180 society in

00:36:06.100 Canada is

00:36:06.940 coming to

00:36:07.480 Ottawa.

00:36:08.900 He's in for a

00:36:09.880 rude awakening.

00:36:10.860 Right?

00:36:11.580 He is,

00:36:12.160 truly.

00:36:12.780 And,

00:36:13.140 you know,

00:36:15.760 it's a

00:36:16.260 peaceful

00:36:16.720 protest.

00:36:18.200 And if you

00:36:18.580 know anything

00:36:18.880 about patriots,

00:36:19.660 we're peaceful.

00:36:20.560 We're very

00:36:20.960 peaceful.

00:36:22.020 And we

00:36:23.060 love being

00:36:23.800 together.

00:36:24.760 We love

00:36:25.700 sharing ideas

00:36:27.380 together.

00:36:29.080 And so,

00:36:31.620 yeah,

00:36:32.140 from what I

00:36:32.740 understand,

00:36:33.320 these guys are

00:36:33.940 staying until

00:36:35.140 something happens.

00:36:36.260 Right?

00:36:36.860 And the

00:36:37.660 simple fact

00:36:38.360 that every

00:36:40.060 small business

00:36:41.400 in Canada

00:36:42.700 just agreed

00:36:44.700 to open

00:36:46.220 their doors

00:36:46.780 to every

00:36:47.440 single human

00:36:48.400 in Canada

00:36:49.180 tomorrow,

00:36:51.000 what does

00:36:52.620 that tell

00:36:53.100 you?

00:36:53.960 That we've

00:36:54.860 had enough.

00:36:56.560 Right?

00:36:57.300 Enough is

00:36:57.860 enough.

00:36:58.820 No more

00:36:59.280 complying.

00:37:00.620 No more

00:37:01.140 masks.

00:37:02.680 None of

00:37:03.080 that stuff.

00:37:03.780 We're not,

00:37:04.400 like I said,

00:37:05.260 the narrative

00:37:05.840 is gone.

00:37:07.700 It's gone.

00:37:08.780 Vaccines

00:37:09.280 don't work.

00:37:09.920 Masks

00:37:11.760 don't work.

00:37:14.060 Lockdowns

00:37:14.540 cause

00:37:15.140 severe

00:37:16.400 damage

00:37:17.360 mentally,

00:37:18.540 physically,

00:37:19.380 emotionally,

00:37:20.340 spiritually.

00:37:21.320 We're done.

00:37:22.420 We're done.

00:37:22.880 The narrative's

00:37:23.400 over.

00:37:24.160 It's gone.

00:37:25.260 Finished.

00:37:26.780 Theo Fleury,

00:37:27.740 former NHL

00:37:28.700 great and

00:37:29.600 Olympian.

00:37:30.200 A pleasure,

00:37:30.720 sir.

00:37:30.880 Thanks so much

00:37:31.380 for coming on

00:37:32.020 today.

00:37:32.280 Great to see

00:37:32.640 you.

00:37:33.060 You too,

00:37:33.480 man.

00:37:33.700 Thank you.

00:37:34.660 That'll do it

00:37:35.340 for us.

00:37:36.040 As I mentioned,

00:37:36.740 I am out the

00:37:37.300 door and off to

00:37:37.920 Ottawa.

00:37:38.380 So if you are

00:37:38.900 at the convoy

00:37:39.680 and you see

00:37:40.160 me,

00:37:40.700 do come over

00:37:41.380 and say hello.

00:37:42.180 It'd be great

00:37:42.520 to say hello

00:37:43.320 to the people

00:37:44.140 who listen to

00:37:44.780 this show

00:37:45.140 and make it

00:37:46.100 so much fun

00:37:46.620 for me to

00:37:46.940 do what I

00:37:47.280 do.

00:37:47.720 Hope you have

00:37:48.160 a great time

00:37:48.740 and a safe

00:37:49.460 weekend wherever

00:37:50.200 you are.

00:37:50.980 We'll talk to

00:37:51.400 you soon.

00:37:51.840 Thank you.

00:37:52.260 God bless and

00:37:52.860 good day to

00:37:53.340 you all.

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Juno News - January 28, 2022

The elites couldn't be more wrong about the freedom convoy

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