Juno News - THESE Canadian politicians get it RIGHT on Trump and border security

00:00:00.000 Just as we've had concern with the U.S. of the flow of people coming from the south to the north.

00:00:04.880 So we have shared interests in here in making it something that is manageable and controlled.

00:00:09.980 And those that are not authorized to cross the border are promptly returned pursuant to the safe third country agreements.

00:00:17.840 Canadian leaders are panicking over President-elect Donald Trump's threat of 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods coming into the states.

00:00:26.180 Unless our government gets control of the flow of people and drugs crossing illegally into the United States of America.

00:00:35.140 And that response you just watched from Mark Miller perfectly encapsulates the response.

00:00:41.340 Raw shock. Gasping for air. Fear in the headlights.

00:00:46.080 Friends, it's time to batten down the hatches because I have a feeling that we're in for a very bumpy ride.

00:00:53.180 I'm Rachel Parker and this is Rachel in the Republic.

00:01:06.300 Hey everyone, welcome back to Rachel in the Republic.

00:01:09.320 I'm your host, Rachel Parker.

00:01:11.020 We are going to be joined by fan favorite and True North columnist Sue Ann Levy today.

00:01:16.280 Sue Ann, thank you once again for being here.

00:01:18.280 I feel like we should honestly just make you a co-host at this point.

00:01:20.780 Hmm, that would be lovely.

00:01:23.760 Take some of the pressure off me.

00:01:27.060 So Sue Ann, you are down in Florida now.

00:01:29.900 We were texting over the week and you were driving down from Ontario,

00:01:33.620 stating the cold weather as so many Ontarians do.

00:01:38.240 My grandparents, I know, will be joining you down in Florida in a few weeks here.

00:01:42.040 You should go after Christmas before New Year's type thing.

00:01:45.420 So tell me, you're in the States.

00:01:46.740 What's the mood like down there?

00:01:48.500 Well, it's interesting.

00:01:51.500 I, you know, my wife and I went out for Chinese food the other night and we could hear people

00:01:56.100 talking about the election.

00:01:57.880 Everybody's, there's a, there's a real buzz about it.

00:02:00.560 But, you know, the people that we, well, we know that have come to our home to help out

00:02:07.800 with various and sundry things are all Trump supporters and they're ecstatic.

00:02:11.760 Now, uh, we're also friends with people from the East, shall we say, New York and, uh, Illinois,

00:02:18.820 and they're, uh, they're still holding their pity parties because of course, you know, the

00:02:25.420 world is going to explode.

00:02:26.620 But as I drove down and I talked to a lot of people who would not go on camera, unfortunately,

00:02:32.120 but, um, as I drove down, the world didn't explode.

00:02:35.840 We crossed the border from Georgia into Florida, the free state of Florida.

00:02:40.080 Nobody turned us back because we were gay or, uh, because we were women were here and we're

00:02:46.740 queer and we're, you know, carrying on with our lives.

00:02:49.940 So you mentioned that some of your friends in the East seem to be holding a bit of a

00:02:55.680 pity party.

00:02:56.540 Speaking of people who seem to be holding pity parties, Kamala Harris decided to release a

00:03:03.220 video, I guess, maybe encouraging or rallying supporters.

00:03:07.000 Uh, she is in rough shape.

00:03:10.360 Take a look at this clip.

00:03:11.480 I just have to remind you, don't you ever let anybody take your power from you.

00:03:17.220 You have the same power that you did before November 5th and you have the same purpose

00:03:25.800 that you did and you have the same ability to engage and inspire.

00:03:34.580 So don't ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you.

00:03:39.880 Okay.

00:03:40.660 Wow.

00:03:41.600 Wow.

00:03:42.000 So, and everyone who saw this clip online was saying basically the same thing.

00:03:45.520 What has happened to Kamala Harris?

00:03:47.580 Looks like she's aged 10 years in like a week. 0.86

00:03:52.060 I have a feeling she's been on a bit of a pity party bender.

00:03:55.620 I don't know.

00:03:55.900 The stress of this seems to really have, have, have gotten to her.

00:03:58.840 What do you think is going on here?

00:04:00.140 She appears intoxicated in the video and it looks like she hasn't slept in about a week.

00:04:06.680 Yeah.

00:04:07.200 She, she looked really, really rough.

00:04:09.000 I actually saw the video on Fox news and they kept playing it, replaying it.

00:04:14.420 And oh God, she should have never, ever gone on air in that kind of condition.

00:04:20.800 But then of course she ran half of the campaign in that condition. 0.88

00:04:24.100 So why should we be surprised?

00:04:25.960 But yeah, she does look like she's aged.

00:04:27.840 She looks like Hawaii was not good to her.

00:04:29.940 Um, she claims to have been on the phone with a lot of supporters and that, uh, her life

00:04:35.980 will go on and that she's coming back and she's either going to be, uh, running for governor

00:04:41.800 of California, which would suit her just fine or going for another presidential bid, which 0.50

00:04:47.520 I just nearly choked on my dinner when I heard that last night.

00:04:52.440 Yikes.

00:04:53.000 Yeah, definitely don't think another presidential bid is in the books for her. 1.00

00:04:56.760 I doubt that she would win.

00:04:58.440 I don't actually even doubt it.

00:04:59.580 I feel fairly confident that she wouldn't win a democratic primary.

00:05:03.940 And, you know, the chances of her getting slipped in as a last candidate, like happened 1.00

00:05:07.180 when Joe Biden suddenly and suspiciously resigned, uh, is nearly impossible.

00:05:11.680 It was really kind of a once in a lifetime thing we witnessed in this election cycle.

00:05:16.420 Uh, I heard reports that essentially she had wanted to do this off the cuff video. 0.83

00:05:21.460 Her staff said, you know, they didn't think it was a good idea, but she insisted.

00:05:24.760 And, you know, that's how this video came to be.

00:05:27.180 And I saw people, even, you know, Kamala supporters basically saying like, you guys really need

00:05:31.260 to take this down.

00:05:32.460 Someone in her office should have had the courage to say no to her, but I suspect the

00:05:37.300 people around her haven't had courage to be honest with her or give her the truth for

00:05:42.340 a long, long time, given a number of the mistakes that she made in the campaign.

00:05:46.300 And even just given the fact that she, you know, was really not well suited to the role

00:05:52.140 of a Republic or of a democratic presidential candidate.

00:05:55.260 Uh, I don't think she was really up to the chops for that job. 0.89

00:05:58.680 So don't think we'll be seeing her again, governor of California. 0.77

00:06:02.020 I mean, even that it feels like, how does it, how does it feel to go from, you know,

00:06:06.580 usually people, they, they build their way up.

00:06:09.900 And then once they're president, like, then you, then you take a step back, then you're

00:06:13.000 done with politics.

00:06:14.340 At least in the short time that I've been covering politics, that seems pretty standard.

00:06:18.920 I'm even thinking here in Canada, you know, Stephen Harper, after he was prime minister,

00:06:22.100 he wasn't like, oh, I'm going to go and run for an MP.

00:06:24.640 Jason Kenney stepped, stepped aside.

00:06:26.840 Rona Ambrose, after she was the interim conservative leader, she stepped away shortly afterwards.

00:06:30.680 So it seems like a little bit of a backwards thing here, but she's still quite young when 0.52

00:06:34.540 we consider how old American politicians typically are and, you know, she has a lot of time left

00:06:39.960 ahead of her.

00:06:40.460 So yeah, she's going to have to look to do something and you're hearing, you know, that

00:06:43.240 she's going to, she's going to run to be the governor of California. 0.99

00:06:46.760 Yeah.

00:06:47.300 You know, one thing I, I think her staff is in denial too.

00:06:51.380 They were doing a podcast yesterday, which was replayed on social media and on, well, at

00:06:58.940 least Fox news and they're in total denial and they blame the media.

00:07:02.420 Uh, they were pressy, pressy, pressy, according to the staff.

00:07:07.560 I don't know what that means, but, you know, asking her small minute questions, I think

00:07:13.540 she got a totally free ride from the media.

00:07:15.320 So that's a pile of bug.

00:07:16.900 But the other thing she came on retail and she said, we did a great job.

00:07:21.260 We raised 1.4 billion.

00:07:23.000 Now, if I had been her, I would not have reminded viewers that she, you know, ran through, um,

00:07:29.460 1 billion, four, including 2.5 million to Oprah and various other stars in the millions

00:07:37.740 of dollars and still is 20 million in the whole.

00:07:40.900 I wouldn't be reminding people of that.

00:07:42.680 I can't help but wonder if that's why she looks so stressed because they have all this debt

00:07:50.020 and because the news has been leaked that they wasted millions and millions of dollars on

00:07:55.200 these celebrity endorsements, which just shows how vapid and, and honestly fake those endorsements

00:08:01.540 were.

00:08:01.840 You know, if someone was going to pay me a couple, $20 million for an endorsement, like even who,

00:08:07.500 no matter who they are, I'm going to think about that long and hard.

00:08:10.180 I don't, none, and for someone, you know, who's, who's morally bankrupt, um, it's a no-brainer.

00:08:15.940 It's a no-brainer.

00:08:16.920 Oh yeah, sure.

00:08:17.400 I'll show up for you and give this endorsement.

00:08:19.260 So, um, I suspect that has a significant to do with the level of stress that we're seeing.

00:08:24.700 Now, the big news out of the States this week was of course, Donald Trump's threat to put 25%

00:08:30.560 tariffs on both Canada and Mexico for all of their products coming into the States, unless

00:08:35.040 both of these countries, Canada and Mexico stopped the flow of illegal drugs and people

00:08:40.960 crossing into the United States of America.

00:08:43.860 And the response to more politicians down here in Canada has, has varied significantly.

00:08:49.480 So, you know, I did an extensive show on this yesterday on the Rachel Parker show.

00:08:53.980 We covered this topic extensively at Brian Lillian.

00:08:56.340 He kind of gave his analysis on what the actual numbers are of people crossing and of drugs crossing.

00:09:01.300 I should recommend that my viewers go look at that, but today I specifically want to focus

00:09:05.300 on the response from our politicians here in Canada, starting off with Pierre Polyev, who,

00:09:12.180 who came out really strongly and I'll let you hear for yourself what he had to say.

00:09:16.480 Take a listen to this clip.

00:09:18.560 The U S is 40% of our economy.

00:09:22.040 President Trump yesterday made an unjustified threat of a 25% tariff on our already weak and

00:09:35.420 shrinking economy.

00:09:38.200 Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland were surprised, amazingly, everyone else knew something like

00:09:45.280 this could be coming because President Trump had been talking about it for years on the campaign

00:09:50.100 trail. Yet 20 days ago, Chrystia Freeland said, don't worry, Canada will be fine.

00:09:58.480 Apparently, neither she nor Justin Trudeau were following what the incoming president was saying.

00:10:04.780 And now we must take account and we must be honest with our unprecedented weakness.

00:10:10.700 After nine years of Prime Minister Trudeau, our GDP is smaller than it was when he took, per capita,

00:10:16.700 is smaller than it was when it took, he took office.

00:10:18.920 In fact, our per capita GDP has dropped more than any other G7 country since the year before

00:10:24.300 COVID. We have the most indebted households.

00:10:27.300 We've had the worst housing inflation.

00:10:29.620 A quarter of our people are in poverty.

00:10:31.760 Two million people line up in food banks.

00:10:34.140 Food prices have risen 37% faster in Canada than in the United States of America.

00:10:40.000 Our economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

00:10:43.820 And now we face this renewed threat.

00:10:49.200 We need a plan.

00:10:50.960 A plan to put Canada first on the economy and on security.

00:10:56.780 Okay, very strong words from Pierre Polyev.

00:11:02.320 I think this was, you know, I think he's garnered a lot of positive attention for his response

00:11:07.500 here.

00:11:07.920 And he essentially says we need a plan to deal with the economy and with security, with

00:11:13.140 the Americans' concerns.

00:11:14.400 Now, just a contrast to what Prime Minister Justice Trudeau is saying yesterday when Brian

00:11:20.060 Lilly is on the show, he says, you know, I have concerns about Trudeau's response because

00:11:23.100 Trudeau is saying we need to remind the Americans about their trading relationship with Canada

00:11:28.920 and how important it is, how there's never been anything like it in the world before,

00:11:33.160 and how we really are good allies who rely on each other.

00:11:36.820 But the Americans are not taking issues with their trading relationship with Canada.

00:11:40.900 They're taking issues with all these other things, the security of their border, which

00:11:45.400 has been a pinnacle campaign promise of Donald Trump.

00:11:48.100 And if he wants to use tariffs to get the response that he needs and wants from Canada and Mexico,

00:11:53.780 he's obviously willing to do that.

00:11:55.580 So Canada needs to address the border and security.

00:11:58.300 They don't need to address trade.

00:11:59.840 And it sounds like Justin Trudeau doesn't understand that, whereas Pierre Polyev does and is saying

00:12:05.780 we need a plan to address these threats.

00:12:08.240 What's your take, Sue Ann?

00:12:09.540 Oh, absolutely.

00:12:10.200 I mean, he sounded prime ministerial and, you know, I was reading on various threads

00:12:15.020 that should send Pierre Polyev to Washington to negotiate with Trump or Trump's colleagues

00:12:22.340 because, you know, it's funny.

00:12:25.100 I went to see, I went to an event just before I left to come to Florida and Stephen Harper was

00:12:30.080 talking and he said something about, you know, a high school student running in the country

00:12:35.840 that he knew he wasn't ready for prime time and nine years later, you know, it's an embarrassment

00:12:41.160 to think that this prime minister of ours, who's, you know, swinging to the vibes at Taylor

00:12:48.540 Swift would be able to negotiate anything.

00:12:51.660 I mean, he allowed this to happen, you know, and here we find ourselves in a royal mess.

00:12:59.320 He allowed these people to cross the border.

00:13:01.640 He allowed the loose lack of consequences, lack of laws led us to this point.

00:13:10.580 And, uh, I'm not sure that Justin Trudeau's up to the task of dealing with it and certainly

00:13:16.240 not Christa Freeland.

00:13:17.360 Oh my God.

00:13:19.560 Well, certainly not.

00:13:20.920 And as we know, Donald Trump and his team, they don't like Christia Freeland.

00:13:24.600 He has said that before.

00:13:25.660 She's the worst possible pick to be leading any negotiations with Team Trump.

00:13:30.180 You can't wonder that the Canadians, it seems like Justin Trudeau kind of wants to rub salt

00:13:35.100 in the wounds by sending his most disliked little lackey out there to deal with these problems

00:13:41.460 that have major implications for the Canadian economy.

00:13:44.960 And to your point, I think that our boss, Candace Malcolm of True North actually put it

00:13:49.700 best when she said, this is Justin Trudeau's fault.

00:13:52.640 Justin Trudeau has been laxing the rules on immigration and the border since he was first

00:13:57.460 elected back in 2015, and we've seen a record number of illegals flowing into Canada, including

00:14:03.820 major people on terrorist watch lists.

00:14:06.400 So it's a no-brainer that the United States has concerns because they're seeing some of

00:14:10.640 the most, just in November, one of India's most wanted terrorists was arrested and charged

00:14:17.020 with a shooting related in Ontario.

00:14:19.220 What is one of India's most wanted terrorists doing here in Canada?

00:14:23.540 The Americans are watching this and they are noticing this and they're saying,

00:14:27.460 whoa, whoa, Canada has some major security problems.

00:14:30.640 We know that there's people crossing the border, about 120,000 people crossed last year from

00:14:35.440 Canada into the States.

00:14:36.740 They're saying this is not something that we want here.

00:14:40.120 And that's why, that's why we're seeing this response.

00:14:42.300 The flow of illegal immigration to the States, 9% of it, it's coming from Canada.

00:14:46.820 A much small, the rest is coming from Mexico.

00:14:48.720 So yes, it's a much smaller amount.

00:14:51.100 But as Brian Lilly said yesterday, 9% of a big problem is still a problem.

00:14:57.600 That's why we're seeing this response from Trump.

00:14:59.940 Yeah.

00:15:00.100 And if you go, you know, I just came back from overseas a couple of months ago.

00:15:05.620 And if you go through the airport, you see nothing but in the airport, immigrants coming into 1.00

00:15:11.780 Canada and the flow, you know, and the Trudeau government has been very exuberant about promoting

00:15:20.960 the fact that they're bringing people in from Gaza, 5,000, 10,000, I've lost count, but these

00:15:27.480 people are not properly vetted.

00:15:29.220 And I dare say they aren't properly vetted.

00:15:32.660 And then we see them on the streets of Toronto, non-terrorists, streets of Toronto and Montreal

00:15:38.500 creating havoc.

00:15:40.860 So yeah, I think the Americans have very, every reason to be concerned.

00:15:46.100 I'm concerned about what's populating our cities.

00:15:50.300 To your point, and I should have taken a picture of it when I was there, but I could not believe

00:15:54.760 when I was in Pearson Airport last, that they now have a Service Canada to deal with all

00:16:00.100 the newcomers who are coming so that they can get their sin right there at Pearson Airport. 1.00

00:16:06.520 I don't have that luxury.

00:16:07.700 If I need to go to Service Canada, I got to plan a whole day around waiting in line.

00:16:11.520 Like the level of access that these people are given, that Canadians are not even given 0.94

00:16:15.040 is just ridiculous.

00:16:16.320 And that they signal that openness to newcomers everywhere, everywhere they can, even when 0.89

00:16:20.940 it's something that Canadians are so tired with, just speaks to, you know, a government

00:16:25.720 that is deeply out of touch with the Canadian people.

00:16:27.920 I want to move next on to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's response to Trump's tariff.

00:16:33.620 Take a listen, then I'll share my thoughts.

00:16:35.840 What I found unfair about the comments is to compare us to Mexico.

00:16:41.860 And I can tell you, Canada is no Mexico. 0.94

00:16:46.040 We do, approximately, just Ontario alone, $500 billion of two-way trade.

00:16:52.120 I found his comments unfair.

00:16:56.120 I found him insulting.

00:16:58.440 It's like a family member stabbing you right in the heart.

00:17:02.700 I spent a lot of time in the U.S.

00:17:05.580 And I have yet to talk to one American that has any issue with Canadians.

00:17:12.760 Okay, so Doug Ford went on like that for a very, very long time, talking about how hurt

00:17:20.160 he was.

00:17:20.760 It's like a family member stabbing you right in the heart.

00:17:22.960 Like, it's a bit much.

00:17:24.400 I don't personally love Doug Ford.

00:17:26.860 I, you know, I don't think he's doing a very good job in Ontario.

00:17:29.980 That's just my personal feelings.

00:17:31.540 I think a lot of Conservatives in Ontario would be inclined to agree with me.

00:17:35.900 But, you know, his rhetoric there, I just don't think it really addresses the actual root

00:17:39.840 of the issue.

00:17:40.300 Okay, how are we going to solve it?

00:17:41.340 Your feelings are hurt, wah, wah. 0.82

00:17:43.040 And even to his point, you know, I spend a lot of time in the States and hear from Americans

00:17:47.080 that they have a problem with Canadians.

00:17:48.320 That's not what this is about.

00:17:50.160 This is about security at the border.

00:17:51.720 I don't know if Doug Ford doesn't understand that or if he simply just doesn't want to

00:17:54.940 address it.

00:17:55.860 But your rhetoric complaining about Trump's policy is not going to get us out of this mess.

00:18:02.360 Exactly.

00:18:03.060 And, you know, I'll go back to what I just said in the last segment before Doug Ford's comment

00:18:07.120 came on, just walk on the streets of Toronto on any average week and see the people lying

00:18:13.580 down on carpets, praying in the downtown streets and blocking traffic, come to the Jewish area 1.00

00:18:22.780 of Toronto and see all these people screaming and yelling and some of them bound to be illegals.

00:18:29.260 You know, Doug Ford is not, I have a bone to pick with him.

00:18:31.760 He hasn't handled any of this anti-Semitism and this is, this is what we're talking about.

00:18:37.380 Illegal, dangerous, illegal migrants coming into Canada and populating the streets of Toronto. 1.00

00:18:45.000 He is in total denial.

00:18:46.400 He hasn't dealt with it.

00:18:47.980 And I'm sorry, those words are very rich for a guy who, you know, has totally ignored the

00:18:54.440 violence and the, like the harassment and the threats that we see right in the middle of our cities.

00:19:02.180 You are absolutely correct, Suvanna.

00:19:03.760 The irony there is quite rich.

00:19:05.540 And personally for me, you know, Toronto is home for you.

00:19:08.060 I still in a lot of ways regard Niagara.

00:19:10.260 Ontario is my home.

00:19:11.740 The number of asylum seekers that are being housed in hotels in Niagara Falls right now.

00:19:16.880 When I was visiting my family for an extensive period this summer, I spent a little bit of time

00:19:21.160 in Niagara Falls.

00:19:22.200 It's totally different.

00:19:23.360 The makeup of the city is totally different.

00:19:26.260 There's very few, you know, Canadian, bored Canadians there.

00:19:29.960 And just everything about the city feels totally changed.

00:19:33.600 And, you know, you're walking around and you just see migrants walking around as they're

00:19:37.740 living in hotels there.

00:19:38.840 It's just a baffling policy that we've allowed.

00:19:41.480 And, you know, Doug Ford is quiet on this.

00:19:44.220 So he continued there in his statement after all his complaining about how unfair and how

00:19:48.280 mean it was.

00:19:49.340 He eventually said that Canada and Ontario would have no choice but to follow with retaliatory

00:19:54.440 tariffs.

00:19:55.280 And it's very interesting.

00:19:56.320 Yesterday when Brian Lilly was on, he said, ah, my colleagues in the media, they don't

00:19:59.660 understand this issue.

00:20:00.520 They keep asking, are we going to retaliate with our own tariffs?

00:20:03.660 He's like, that isn't the point.

00:20:04.800 The point is that we need to stop these tariffs.

00:20:07.260 And there's a lot of real tangible ways we can do that by showing the Americans that we're

00:20:11.680 taking security at the border seriously with things like, you know, being more aware and

00:20:17.360 more conscious and limiting the flow of people coming into Canada.

00:20:20.500 And also I pointed out, you know, why don't we just add some more security at the border?

00:20:24.260 Why don't we put more cameras up?

00:20:25.620 Why don't we use some of all the amazing technology that's been developed in the last 10 years to

00:20:31.060 have a stronger and more secure border, be very public about these changes, hire more CBSA

00:20:37.020 agents and make this all very public so the Americans are aware that we are taking this issue

00:20:40.880 very seriously and we are going to crack down on people who are crossing illegally into the

00:20:44.140 states?

00:20:44.680 Doesn't seem that complicated to me.

00:20:46.360 Maybe there's something I'm missing.

00:20:47.520 I just suspect there's not a lot of political will from it on Justin Trudeau, who has basically

00:20:51.800 made free immigration into Canada a pinnacle part of who he is and what this government

00:20:56.520 has and what this liberal government has done.

00:20:58.700 Yeah, and you know, I remember when Trump got in the last time and I remember Justin Trudeau

00:21:08.100 standing at the airport and welcoming all these immigrants into Canada, giving them free

00:21:14.700 down coats.

00:21:16.880 You know, Krista Freeland was right there handing out these goose down coats and declaring our

00:21:23.420 major city sanctuary cities.

00:21:25.340 former mayor John Tory stood there with a bunch of councillors saying, we are open.

00:21:30.940 Whoever Trump refuses, we'll take them in.

00:21:33.960 We'll take them in.

00:21:35.120 Come on in.

00:21:36.040 And everybody heard the message.

00:21:38.020 And boy, all you have to do, Rachel, is to go downtown, downtown Toronto, to the referral

00:21:44.760 and assessment centre.

00:21:45.760 I just went by there before I left.

00:21:48.080 Um, it's for basically for homeless people, but it's become one for refugees and there's

00:21:53.140 a whole bunch of people just sitting out there with their suitcases with nowhere to go thinking

00:21:58.760 they're being sent from the airport, thinking they will get a nice hotel room or a nice whatever.

00:22:04.360 And our shelters are completely full.

00:22:07.020 Um, it's, it's ridiculous.

00:22:08.840 And then he's welcoming on all these people from, from Gaza, unvetted. 0.99

00:22:13.480 I mean, I, how do you explain any of this?

00:22:17.180 And you're right about Doug Ford.

00:22:19.640 Instead of whining and acting hurt and saying all these ridiculous things, which was showed

00:22:25.140 very poor judgment, say, I am going to, you know, I know what's happening in major cities

00:22:29.600 like Toronto.

00:22:30.160 I'm going to crack down on this.

00:22:31.760 And I'm going to say no more refugees filling our shelters. 1.00

00:22:35.420 Start with that.

00:22:37.360 You're exactly right.

00:22:38.340 That would have been the better response from Ford.

00:22:41.120 I want to move to Quebec Premier Francois Legault because his response might surprise you all.

00:22:45.900 I actually enjoyed this quite a bit and I was happy that we were able to get this exchange

00:22:49.600 in English.

00:22:50.360 Take a listen.

00:22:51.700 So you're mad, Mr. Trudeau, for the lack of security at the borders.

00:22:55.740 I'm saying it's since 2017 that we have to do something.

00:23:00.600 Remember what happened at Traxam.

00:23:03.840 So it goes both ways.

00:23:06.100 We have to secure the border.

00:23:09.760 So basically you're saying to Donald Trump he's right.

00:23:13.200 But I'm saying that Mr. Trump said it very often during the campaign that he would fight

00:23:18.500 against illegal immigration.

00:23:20.680 So that's what he's doing right now.

00:23:25.220 OK, totally measured response there.

00:23:28.500 There are two things I really like about his response.

00:23:31.340 One, he's basically saying it's obvious.

00:23:34.520 It's obvious that this was coming.

00:23:36.420 Donald Trump has signaled for years that he was going to get serious about the border crisis.

00:23:42.160 Canada should have seen this coming.

00:23:43.680 It was very obvious to anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention that the Americans

00:23:49.780 led by Trump are going to be getting serious about the border and that Canada should start

00:23:53.880 thinking about that.

00:23:55.180 And second of all, he says, yeah, we need to secure the border.

00:23:57.680 I've been saying it myself since 2017.

00:23:59.480 So, you know, maybe he has found a bit of an ally in Donald Trump because we know that

00:24:05.780 he's basically said, you know, Quebec doesn't have any more room for asylum seekers.

00:24:09.620 And that's why so many of them started going over to Niagara Falls and Ontario because Quebec's 0.97

00:24:13.800 full.

00:24:14.000 They don't want any more.

00:24:14.760 They don't have space for any more.

00:24:16.020 They've told the federal government, no more.

00:24:17.580 You have to move these people somewhere else.

00:24:19.580 And so maybe, you know, he's finally looking at this and saying, if the liberals get serious

00:24:23.340 about this, then I could finally see something that I want done.

00:24:26.900 I could finally see some action on it.

00:24:29.300 Yeah, well, he mentioned Roxham Road, which I didn't mention in the last segment, but

00:24:32.920 that was and has been a huge problem where immigrants are being bussed to within meters

00:24:39.000 of the border and then they cross with their little suitcases, often designer ones, because

00:24:43.860 I covered this for many, many years.

00:24:46.340 And we have pictures.

00:24:48.380 There are pictures of immigrants being led by border security across the border to cross

00:24:54.240 illegally into Canada at Roxham Road.

00:24:57.620 And Trudeau, our dear prime minister, left this unchecked.

00:25:02.080 The only time it dwindled was when COVID restrictions were in place that one year.

00:25:07.340 But it, you know, he clamped down on it because of COVID restrictions.

00:25:11.960 But it was a real huge issue before and it's become a real huge issue again.

00:25:17.220 And I was just gobsmacked when I would see these security people helping them with their

00:25:22.780 suitcases across the border.

00:25:24.260 Why don't we get some valets for them, too? 0.99

00:25:27.580 It's funny that you say that the only time Trudeau clamped down on it was when it was COVID

00:25:31.880 and we were at the peak of our restrictions.

00:25:33.700 The only time he was willing to clamp down on illegal immigration into Canada was when his

00:25:38.900 lips were, you know, salivating at the thought that Canada was on the brink of communism.

00:25:43.080 That was the only time he was willing to stop the flow of illegal people into our country. 1.00

00:25:48.740 Honestly, Sue Ann, the images that you're talking about, like we've all seen them.

00:25:51.720 It's shocking stuff.

00:25:52.780 Like it makes sort of my stomach turn when I think about the fact that the Canadian taxpayer

00:25:56.400 is footing the bill for these hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, many of them who

00:26:01.260 have bogus claims to put them up in hotels and to feed them off of the hardworking Canadian

00:26:06.240 taxpayer, each of whom is struggling in their own right right now.

00:26:10.700 So it is really one of the most stomach churning things.

00:26:13.640 I think perhaps if we were to look at a positive of this all, bringing this issue out into the

00:26:18.900 forefront, it has forced Conservative leader Pierre Polyam to take a very strong stance on it

00:26:24.440 and to make it very clear that we need to put Canada first and, you know, to really speak

00:26:28.820 about the need to secure our border.

00:26:30.500 And I think that's something that not even just Conservatives, but even any moderates,

00:26:34.800 any people who are paying attention, anyone who cares about safety, anyone who has a young

00:26:37.940 family, these are all things that are front and foremost in the mind.

00:26:41.780 Because as you mentioned, you know, people living not just in Toronto, but in city centres

00:26:46.280 all over the world, even in places like Red Deer, they know that their cities are no longer

00:26:50.500 safe.

00:26:50.860 And that's a very real concern for people.

00:26:53.340 It's because they are being bussed out of Toronto, I might add, to other parts of Ontario.

00:26:57.180 They're not even just Ontario here.

00:26:59.460 They're being bussed out here to Alberta as well.

00:27:01.300 Oh, yeah, yeah.

00:27:02.700 And, you know, the images of Krista Freeland and Justin Trudeau giving out those coats

00:27:09.300 at the airport, it was just mine.

00:27:11.880 You know, I still can remember them.

00:27:14.400 And I'm thinking, oh, God, I can't afford a nice, expensive goose down coat like that.

00:27:20.200 But, you know, they only have themselves to blame, as we've said.

00:27:25.100 So, the other response I want to take a look at is, of course, from my own Premier, Danielle

00:27:31.320 Smith.

00:27:32.120 She was asked on CVC News, again, she was asked if Canada should retaliate.

00:27:36.380 And I think she did a pretty good job at undressing that comment and saying, you know, this is

00:27:40.860 actually what Canada should be focusing on.

00:27:43.480 Take a listen.

00:27:44.900 Well, look, let's stop the leaky border first.

00:27:47.100 Let's stop the illegal migration first. 1.00

00:27:49.180 Let's stop the fentanyl first.

00:27:50.940 Let's meet our NATO commitment first.

00:27:52.960 And let's see where we get with the Americans.

00:27:54.280 I mean, I think that the U.S. has legitimate issues that they have raised with us.

00:27:59.960 And we've got to address those legitimate issues.

00:28:02.040 I don't think that we can say, yeah, but, because, quite frankly, the American economy

00:28:07.140 is the strongest in the world.

00:28:08.600 They can produce a lot of what they need to consume.

00:28:11.700 We are very reliant on them.

00:28:13.880 And they are in the position of being able to dictate terms.

00:28:18.680 And so, I suppose we could punish ourselves with tariffs.

00:28:22.320 But I would say, why don't we take the approach of trying to figure out how to solve the things

00:28:25.140 that are the trade irritants to them?

00:28:27.200 That would be my first step.

00:28:28.500 Totally common sense.

00:28:32.080 Solve the trade irritants that the Americans have with us.

00:28:35.080 That's the solution.

00:28:36.840 Yeah.

00:28:37.400 You know, I saw a lot of whining and, you know, screaming basically from the liberal left on social

00:28:46.180 media and elsewhere, but all you have to do, Rachel, is take a look at the stock market

00:28:53.580 in the States is booming.

00:28:55.000 Our Canadian dollar is in the toilet.

00:28:58.880 And we have so many economic issues here.

00:29:03.620 Instead of whining, do something to improve it.

00:29:07.760 You know, because the American dollar is just going to continue to get stronger if we don't

00:29:12.300 address this kind of stuff.

00:29:13.620 Right now, it's down below 70 cents.

00:29:16.280 It's just, I feel the pinch down here.

00:29:18.880 And I'm not whining because it's a first world problem.

00:29:21.180 But you do feel the difference when you have to exchange a dollar for $1.42.

00:29:26.200 So I didn't get to his response, but, oh, and for your comment on the dollar, I mean,

00:29:32.420 I love traveling in the States, but it's like so unaffordable right now.

00:29:35.660 It's funny.

00:29:36.200 When I was growing up, when I was in high school, because we lived so close, we would

00:29:39.640 frequently cross over to get gas and to get groceries because it was, it was cheaper.

00:29:46.880 And then we would drive home, even driving that distance, coming home, it was cheaper

00:29:50.080 to get our gas and groceries in the States than it was in Canada.

00:29:52.300 Now it's the opposite.

00:29:53.620 We have an outlet mall, an outlet mall in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

00:29:56.120 Now all the Americans are coming over to shop at our outlet mall because our dollar is so

00:30:01.000 worthless and their money just takes them so far here.

00:30:04.280 And I definitely feel that pinch when I'm traveling in the States, there's nothing worse

00:30:07.240 than, you know, you go to buy a coffee and you're like, huh, by the time I add in the

00:30:11.420 credit card transaction fee, I think I might've just spent about six bucks on this thing.

00:30:15.740 Kind of wondering if it was really worth it after all.

00:30:18.440 So we didn't get to David Eby's response, but his was similar, you know, lots of whining and

00:30:22.820 complaining and not talking about the actual solutions.

00:30:25.060 So let's just quickly kind of grade the responses here.

00:30:28.120 I think, you know, I think, I think, I think Danielle Smith was probably the strongest.

00:30:32.340 I think she really hit the nail on the head on all the things that Canada needs to do.

00:30:36.980 I just, I appreciated Francois Legault, you know, just sort of the, the measured, he seemed

00:30:42.360 almost quite relaxed about the whole thing.

00:30:44.100 He was like, it's so obvious that this was coming.

00:30:46.020 They've been talking about it for years.

00:30:47.620 Again, Pierre Polyev is really strong.

00:30:49.560 One of the positives about this whole thing is it's brought the issue to the forefront and

00:30:52.680 we could kind of get a sense as to where the conservative leader and the likely prime,

00:30:56.300 next prime minister of Canada stands on these issues.

00:30:59.300 And then Justin Trudeau, like the issue just seems to have gone right over his head.

00:31:02.640 He has absolutely no idea what he's doing.

00:31:04.480 Doug Ford whining, Eby whining.

00:31:07.400 Which response do you think was the strongest to Anne?

00:31:10.280 I would say Daniel Smith followed by, well, I mean, Pierre Polyev was articulate as usual,

00:31:18.700 but Daniel Smith actually talked about the implications on the economy and how this can

00:31:23.500 affect the economy and people are missing all of that and about the fact that all you

00:31:28.280 have to do is respect their wishes and, you know, our economy hopefully will improve.

00:31:35.360 Francis Legault, sorry, also touched on Roxham Road, which has been a real sore point in Canada.

00:31:44.860 That's where they've entered and people seem to forget that.

00:31:48.620 So I found both of them very, very pointed in their responses and good for them for addressing the issues.

00:32:00.120 Yeah, and I would just add, you know, Pierre Polyev did touch on the fact that this would just

00:32:03.420 shutter the Canadian economy because of recession.

00:32:05.640 We just had to clip the responses due to time.

00:32:08.180 So for the viewers, you know, definitely recommend go take a full look at Pierre Polyev's press conference

00:32:12.620 and how we address this, if you are curious.

00:32:15.440 And then, Sue Ann, just the last thing I'm wondering here is where do you think this is going to go?

00:32:18.960 Is there a chance that Canada is going to be able to appease the Americans and get out from under these tariffs?

00:32:24.760 Or are we going to just expect our economy to be absolutely crushed starting on January 20th?

00:32:31.340 Well, one would hope not.

00:32:33.160 I don't think it's going to be 25%.

00:32:35.280 I think that, you know, Trump is the seasoned negotiator and, you know, the art of the deal.

00:32:41.760 So you start high and hopefully scale back.

00:32:44.720 But I don't hold much faith in Krista Freeland or we didn't mention Melanie Jolie because she's been talking about it as well.

00:32:51.940 The thought of those two.

00:32:52.780 She never says honestly anything of much value.

00:32:56.100 So I interrupt.

00:32:56.540 She like I just I can't I watch her videos and I'm like there's no context.

00:33:00.220 There's no substance here.

00:33:01.260 No, but the thought of her going to Washington makes my, you know, the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.

00:33:07.660 I just don't think we have people on the bench, seasoned people on the bench to negotiate.

00:33:13.000 So God knows where this is going to go.

00:33:16.240 You know, and people better get with the program, the politicians, Doug Ford, or our economy is going.

00:33:23.440 We're going to go into a deep, deep recession.

00:33:26.640 Well, that's why I started off by saying, you know, everyone batten down the hatches.

00:33:30.340 You guys are going to want to save your money.

00:33:32.260 I have a feeling things might be pretty rough over the next coming weeks.

00:33:34.820 I don't know if Justin Trudeau is really up for the job.

00:33:37.940 I haven't.

00:33:38.620 Nothing he's indicated has signaled to me that he understands really even what the complaints are or that he is willing to do what is necessary to address those complaints.

00:33:48.600 So I have a feeling of unease there.

00:33:50.740 You know, I do agree with you.

00:33:51.660 It's possible that those tariffs will end up being lower.

00:33:54.100 Maybe there will be a carve out for Alberta Energy.

00:33:57.500 You know, things all remain to be seen.

00:33:59.500 So for you, the audience, let me know what you think in the comment section below.

00:34:02.340 I'm wondering, A, whose response did you think was the strongest?

00:34:05.540 And B, where is this all going to go?

00:34:07.100 What's your take?

00:34:07.720 Do you think we're actually going to see these 25% tariffs beginning on January 20th?

00:34:12.820 Or do you think that somehow, something, an act of God like save Donald Trump's life in the campaign will save Canada?

00:34:20.960 All right, everyone.

00:34:21.720 Thank you so much for being here today.

00:34:23.340 We'll be back next week with another episode of Rachel and the Republic.

00:34:26.880 I hope that you guys have a great rest of your week.

00:34:29.800 Thanks, Joanne, and God bless.

00:34:31.440 I hope that you guys have a great rest of the year.

00:34:34.280 Thank you.

Juno News - November 27, 2024

THESE Canadian politicians get it RIGHT on Trump and border security

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