00:10:50.080Now, $8 billion does nothing for the Ukraine.
00:10:52.320It's a rounding error compared to the money they're receiving from the United States.
00:10:56.160But $8 billion would do a lot more for our veterans than it would for Ukrainian soldiers.
00:11:01.600But no, our veterans, the ones that actually served our country, are asking for more than we're able to give.
00:11:06.960And at the same time, take a look at this article from the CBC published just last week.
00:11:11.200An embarrassing gear shortage has Canadian troops in Latvia buying their own helmets.
00:11:18.240There's a phrase soldiers use to describe equipment they've bought themselves to augment what the army gives them.
00:11:24.400They call it Gucci gear, after the luxury fashion designer.
00:11:28.640For Canadian troops deployed in Latvia, those private purchases have been decidedly more practical than luxurious,
00:11:34.880given the fact that they're taking part in more live-fire training exercises meant to deter Russia from setting foot in the Baltic country.
00:11:42.160They've also purchased rain gear and vests and belts to carry water and ammunition.
00:11:47.440So the Canadian troops are literally buying their own military equipment off the internet,
00:11:51.920so they can actually do the job that they're being paid to do by the government.
00:11:55.280Oh, but here's $8 billion for Wladimir Zelenskyy.
00:11:57.520Take a look at this article from the Ottawa Citizen published a few months ago.
00:12:00.960Canadian troops in Poland not being reimbursed for meals.
00:12:05.120Canadian soldiers are training Ukrainian military,
00:12:07.680but a backlog with the Canadian forces reimbursing the soldiers for food costs
00:12:12.000is causing financial hardship for families back home.
00:12:15.200Some of the Canadian soldiers, according to this Ottawa Citizen article,
00:12:18.560have had to go into thousands of dollars of debt just to keep themselves fed.
00:12:23.680It's shameful, it's embarrassing, and it's a disgrace to the once great Canadian armed forces.
00:12:28.640But as Canadians are struggling at home, as wildfires burn across our country,
00:12:33.440Trudeau flies off to Ukraine, gives them more of our money,
00:12:36.720and shakes the hand with people who are accused of being Nazi sympathizers.
00:12:40.640Is there anything that Canadians can be proud of when it comes to this?
00:12:43.680By the way, the largest protest against gender ideology in Canadian history took place on Friday,
00:12:49.040and I was on the ground to capture the scenes for True North.
00:12:52.000Organized by Billboard Chris and student activist leader Josh Alexander,
00:12:56.480the Education Over Indoctrination rally gathered thousands of Canadians to come out onto the streets
00:13:02.240and oppose radical gender ideology in Canadian schools.
00:13:06.400Parents and children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds,
00:13:10.000including a very notable contingent of Muslim parents,
00:13:13.360showed up to peacefully protest radical gender ideology.
00:13:17.360You can check out my full report in the video description below,
00:13:20.080and if you want to see True North do more on-the-ground reporting like this,
00:13:24.160please remember to help us out by donating to us at donate.tnc.news.
00:13:28.720Alright, that's going to do it for us today on the show.
00:13:30.640Reminder to let me know in the comments your answer to the comment question.
00:13:33.840How do you think the war in the Ukraine is going to end?
00:13:37.120Remember, the one word you can't say when it comes to the war in Ukraine is peace.
00:13:41.280Because peace, for whatever reason, doesn't seem to be what everyone here is trying to get at.