Juno News - June 12, 2023


This is a REALLY BAD LOOK for Justin Trudeau

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Harrison Faulkner
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Justin Trudeau Andrei Melnick Stepan Bandera Vladimir Zelensky Andrei Peruby Leslyn Lewis Speaker Christine Anderson Jennifer O'Connell Chrystia Freeland Melissa Lantzman Billboard Chris Josh Alexander Melanie Jolie Banderas Ditfeldt Malcolm Denken Gucci
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Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland made a surprise visit to Ukraine over the weekend where they announced another shipment of $500 million to Vladimir Zelensky in the Ukrainian war effort, bringing Canada s total contribution to Ukraine since the beginning of the war to over $8 billion. While in Kiev, Trudeau addressed the Ukrainian parliament and repeated the now famous slogan, "We will continue to stand with Ukraine with whatever it takes, as long as it takes."

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00:00:00.000 Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland made a surprise visit to Ukraine over the weekend
00:00:11.400 where they announced another shipment of $500 million to Vladimir Zelensky in the Ukrainian
00:00:16.380 war effort, bringing Canada's total contribution to Ukraine since the beginning of the war
00:00:20.660 to over $8 billion. Sure, $8 billion is not a lot in the context of a war, but when the
00:00:26.340 Canadian government can't even afford helmets for our own troops, and even food for our
00:00:30.580 own troops, surely the question should be asked about who the Trudeau government is prioritizing
00:00:35.380 here. While in Kiev, Trudeau addressed the Ukrainian parliament and repeated the now famous slogan
00:00:40.820 that he has been using since the beginning of the war.
00:00:42.840 Canada will continue to stand with Ukraine with whatever it takes, as long as it takes.
00:00:50.200 Nobody seems to know exactly what Trudeau means when he says this, and no Canadian legacy media
00:00:54.900 journalist seems willing to ask that question. Trudeau also said this to the Ukrainian parliament.
00:01:00.260 You're fighting for the survival of everything. You're fighting for freedom, for democracy,
00:01:07.900 for the right of self-determination. You're fighting for borders to mean something,
00:01:14.280 even when a neighbor has a bigger armory. Despite the fact that Zelensky has banned the
00:01:19.060 Ukrainian Orthodox Church, dissolved the independent media in his country, and also dissolved his political
00:01:24.880 opposition. This is not to say that they are the bad guys here, in fact, quite the opposite.
00:01:29.200 It's just to say that saying you're fighting for freedom and democracy is a little difficult
00:01:33.560 when you're banning your political opposition and shutting down independent media. Oh, and for good
00:01:37.680 measure, Justin Trudeau made sure to meet with and shake the hand of a man who has been accused of
00:01:42.500 being a Nazi sympathizer and a Holocaust denier. Here's what the Canadian legacy media had to say
00:01:48.320 about that interaction. Drop a like in the video, help us out by subscribing to the TrueNearth YouTube
00:01:54.600 channel, and the comment question for the episode is this. How do you think the war in the Ukraine
00:01:59.920 will end? Let me know in the comments, and let's get into it. Well, this is a bit awkward, isn't it?
00:02:05.680 Here's Justin Trudeau meeting with former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andrei Melnyk. Melnyk was forced
00:02:12.100 to leave his post as German ambassador after going on a German language interview and praising and
00:02:17.580 defending Stepan Bandera. Bandera is a far-right, World War II-era icon in the Ukraine whose followers
00:02:25.260 and militants in the organization of Ukrainian nationalists massacred tens of thousands of
00:02:31.240 Poles and Jews. For some quick historical context, Bandera openly collaborated with the Nazis in World 0.50
00:02:36.880 War II, but by the time his own militants began the slaughter of Poles in the Ukraine, Bandera was
00:02:42.400 interned in a German concentration camp after it became obvious that Germany was not going to
00:02:47.560 recognize Ukrainian sovereignty. Here's Melnyk in a German language interview from 2022, defending
00:02:53.320 Bandera and dismissing the accusations against him.
00:02:55.240 But has Israel a little right? Israel, the state of Israel, that has 800.000 Jews also from Banderas? 0.92
00:03:00.920 Also Israel, Israel, what's... 0.80
00:03:02.920 Denken you to think about that?
00:03:04.920 I don't know what they think about it, but we're talking about Bandera. And we're talking about Bandera.
00:03:09.920 The whole world can see that Bandera is a murder of the 100.000 Jews, except the Ukraine. 0.95
00:03:14.460 No, that's true. There's no evidence that Bandera troops have 100.000 Jews killed in the Ukraine.
00:03:22.240 Those comments were quickly condemned by both the Polish and Israeli governments. And before Melnyk was
00:03:27.280 forced to leave his post after making those comments, he stated on the record that he
00:03:31.360 condemns the Holocaust in the harshest possible terms. Canadian media and Jewish organizations
00:03:37.040 in Canada, however, have refused to condemn Justin Trudeau for meeting with Melnyk and have
00:03:41.920 refused to report on the interaction. Well, it's actually not that surprising that the Canadian media
00:03:46.640 have refused to report on this interaction. Because for quite some time, the Canadian media have been
00:03:51.760 silent about the uncomfortable connection between neo-Nazis and Ukraine. For example, at a Ukraine rally
00:03:57.920 in early 2022, Chrystia Freeland was seen holding up a blood-and-soil Bandera movement scarf at City Hall
00:04:05.760 in Toronto. True North's Candace Malcolm was the first to break the story, and Freeland posted the
00:04:11.200 photo of herself holding up the scarf, but then quickly deleted the photo and reposted a new photo 0.71
00:04:17.520 without the scarf in the picture. Legacy media outlets across the country, most notably being
00:04:22.720 the National Post, accused anyone of raising issue with Freeland holding that Bandera movement scarf
00:04:28.640 of pushing Russian propaganda. Also, it's important not to forget that Chrystia Freeland's 1.00
00:04:33.920 own grandfather, as reported by the Ottawa Citizen, was indeed a Nazi collaborator and newspaper propagandist.
00:04:41.520 And before the Ottawa Citizen confirmed this story in 2017, Freeland's office and other legacy media
00:04:48.240 journalists once again claimed anyone who was pushing that story to be advancing Russian propaganda.
00:04:55.040 Despite being an open secret for years that Ukraine has a very sketchy relationship with neo-Nazism,
00:05:00.800 legacy media outlets have refused to cover, for example, the Azov Battalion's frequent use of Nazi
00:05:06.880 imagery until the New York Times finally decided to report on it a few weeks ago. Now, despite this
00:05:12.640 overwhelming and uncomfortable evidence, legacy media journalists in Canada, Justin Trudeau himself,
00:05:18.160 and even his Liberal MPs have no problem attacking Conservatives for doing the things that they
00:05:23.280 themselves have been doing for years. Remember back during the Freedom Convoy when Justin Trudeau
00:05:28.720 shamelessly said to Melissa Lantzman, a Jewish MP, that she was standing with those who wave swastikas. 0.78
00:05:35.520 Mr. Speaker, when did the Prime Minister lose his way? When did it happen?
00:05:39.760 Mr. Speaker, Conservative Party members can stand with people who wave swastikas.
00:05:50.480 They can stand with people who wave the Confederate flag.
00:05:54.000 And when Conservative MPs met with German Member of European Parliament Christine Anderson,
00:05:58.720 who, by the way, did more to oppose lockdowns and mandates in Canada than most Canadian politicians,
00:06:04.000 Justin Trudeau said that Leslie Lewis, a black woman, was standing with a known far-right extremist.
00:06:11.280 A conservative leader meets with a known far-right extremist? Oh, we didn't know who it was.
00:06:18.400 Even worse, Liberal MP Jennifer O'Connell stood up in the House of Commons and shrieked at Leslie Lewis
00:06:24.640 that she met with, quote, a known Nazi. Remember this?
00:06:29.280 I'm just curious if she's talking about online hate and privacy of Canadians and regulation,
00:06:34.560 does she condemn her actions by meeting with a known Nazi
00:06:39.280 in this country who spout anti-Muslim rhetoric?
00:06:42.960 Well, Justin Trudeau was seen happily shaking the hand of a man who openly praises Holocaust deniers,
00:06:49.120 and defends Nazi sympathizers, and the media is silent.
00:06:52.880 But it just keeps getting worse for Trudeau and Freeland.
00:06:55.840 Back in 2019, Freeland and Trudeau met with Andrei Peruby.
00:07:00.800 Peruby served as the speaker of the Ukrainian legislature,
00:07:04.720 and he's also the co-founder of a far-right fascist party in Ukraine.
00:07:10.960 According to a report from the Jerusalem Post, as recently as 2016,
00:07:15.520 Peruby made anti-Semitic comments and accused Jews of sending convicts to settle eastern Ukraine
00:07:21.840 and to destroy the genetic memory of the Holodomor.
00:07:24.960 That reporting in Canada is exclusively in True North, not in any Canadian legacy media outlets.
00:07:31.600 Why is that?
00:07:32.320 Like I said at the beginning of the show, on Justin Trudeau's latest trip,
00:07:35.600 he announced another $500 million of taxpayer money to go to Ukraine,
00:07:40.080 bringing Canada's total contribution to $8 billion.
00:07:42.880 If any of you have seen Justin Trudeau talk about the war in Ukraine,
00:07:47.280 you will have heard him say this.
00:07:49.360 We will continue to be there with whatever it takes, as long as it takes.
00:07:53.840 Whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to support Ukraine.
00:07:57.680 And we will stand with Ukraine with everything it takes, for as long as it takes.
00:08:02.480 What exactly Trudeau means when he says Canada will be there with whatever it takes,
00:08:06.880 for as long as it takes isn't exactly clear,
00:08:09.440 because journalists just don't seem to be willing to ask that question.
00:08:13.360 But back in March, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister,
00:08:16.400 Melanie Jolie, might have actually given us a hint at what Trudeau means when he says that.
00:08:21.280 Because back in March, she said that Canada's position was to advocate for regime change in Russia.
00:08:29.440 That's not reckless at all, right?
00:08:31.440 Listen to this.
00:08:32.480 I noticed this morning you used a term that I haven't heard you use before, referring to Russia.
00:08:37.840 You talked about regime change.
00:08:39.920 And I was just wondering, at what point in time did that become Canada's policy to advocate for?
00:08:45.440 And I wanted to ask Minister Ditfeldt if that's the right approach to advocate for when it comes to Russia.
00:08:51.600 Well, we believe that we need to isolate Russia diplomatically, economically, and politically. 0.99
00:09:00.560 And that is the regime that I'm referring to, of course.
00:09:05.600 At the same time as Trudeau has given Ukraine $8 billion,
00:09:09.680 and continues to say that Canada will be there with whatever it takes, for as long as it takes,
00:09:14.800 Canadians are lining up at food banks just to stay alive.
00:09:17.760 Interest rates keep rising, and more and more Canadians are struggling.
00:09:21.840 Justin Trudeau, when he's at home, has no problem telling Canadians that he knows times are tough.
00:09:27.360 But it doesn't seem to stop Trudeau from finding more money to send to Ukraine.
00:09:31.440 So, even though we're facing real tough times right now for a whole lot of people,
00:09:38.640 I'm incredibly optimistic about this country.
00:09:41.840 Remember when Trudeau told a veteran amputee who lost his leg serving in Afghanistan,
00:09:46.560 that veterans are asking for more than the government is able to give?
00:09:50.160 My question is, what veterans were you talking about?
00:09:53.040 Was it the ones that fought for the freedoms and values that you so proudly boast about,
00:09:58.240 or was it the ones who fought against?
00:10:00.640 Because honestly, Mr. Prime Minister, I was prepared to be injured in the line of duty when I joined the military.
00:10:08.160 Nobody forced me to join the military.
00:10:10.000 I was prepared to be killed in action.
00:10:13.840 What I wasn't prepared for, Mr. Prime Minister, is Canada turning its back on me.
00:10:24.560 Thank you for having the courage to stand here, and thank you for listening to my answer.
00:10:30.320 On a couple of elements you brought up.
00:10:31.840 First of all, why are we still fighting against certain veterans groups in court?
00:10:39.040 Because they're asking for more than we are able to give right now.
00:10:43.360 The Veterans Affairs budget for 2022 was $6.3 billion.
00:10:47.920 We sent $8 billion to the Ukraine.
00:10:50.080 Now, $8 billion does nothing for the Ukraine.
00:10:52.320 It's a rounding error compared to the money they're receiving from the United States.
00:10:56.160 But $8 billion would do a lot more for our veterans than it would for Ukrainian soldiers.
00:11:01.600 But no, our veterans, the ones that actually served our country, are asking for more than we're able to give.
00:11:06.960 And at the same time, take a look at this article from the CBC published just last week.
00:11:11.200 An embarrassing gear shortage has Canadian troops in Latvia buying their own helmets.
00:11:18.240 There's a phrase soldiers use to describe equipment they've bought themselves to augment what the army gives them.
00:11:24.400 They call it Gucci gear, after the luxury fashion designer.
00:11:28.640 For Canadian troops deployed in Latvia, those private purchases have been decidedly more practical than luxurious,
00:11:34.880 given the fact that they're taking part in more live-fire training exercises meant to deter Russia from setting foot in the Baltic country.
00:11:42.160 They've also purchased rain gear and vests and belts to carry water and ammunition.
00:11:47.440 So the Canadian troops are literally buying their own military equipment off the internet,
00:11:51.920 so they can actually do the job that they're being paid to do by the government.
00:11:55.280 Oh, but here's $8 billion for Wladimir Zelenskyy.
00:11:57.520 Take a look at this article from the Ottawa Citizen published a few months ago.
00:12:00.960 Canadian troops in Poland not being reimbursed for meals.
00:12:05.120 Canadian soldiers are training Ukrainian military,
00:12:07.680 but a backlog with the Canadian forces reimbursing the soldiers for food costs
00:12:12.000 is causing financial hardship for families back home.
00:12:15.200 Some of the Canadian soldiers, according to this Ottawa Citizen article,
00:12:18.560 have had to go into thousands of dollars of debt just to keep themselves fed.
00:12:23.680 It's shameful, it's embarrassing, and it's a disgrace to the once great Canadian armed forces.
00:12:28.640 But as Canadians are struggling at home, as wildfires burn across our country,
00:12:33.440 Trudeau flies off to Ukraine, gives them more of our money, 0.98
00:12:36.720 and shakes the hand with people who are accused of being Nazi sympathizers.
00:12:40.640 Is there anything that Canadians can be proud of when it comes to this?
00:12:43.680 By the way, the largest protest against gender ideology in Canadian history took place on Friday,
00:12:49.040 and I was on the ground to capture the scenes for True North.
00:12:52.000 Organized by Billboard Chris and student activist leader Josh Alexander,
00:12:56.480 the Education Over Indoctrination rally gathered thousands of Canadians to come out onto the streets
00:13:02.240 and oppose radical gender ideology in Canadian schools.
00:13:06.400 Parents and children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds,
00:13:10.000 including a very notable contingent of Muslim parents,
00:13:13.360 showed up to peacefully protest radical gender ideology.
00:13:17.360 You can check out my full report in the video description below,
00:13:20.080 and if you want to see True North do more on-the-ground reporting like this,
00:13:24.160 please remember to help us out by donating to us at donate.tnc.news.
00:13:28.720 Alright, that's going to do it for us today on the show.
00:13:30.640 Reminder to let me know in the comments your answer to the comment question.
00:13:33.840 How do you think the war in the Ukraine is going to end?
00:13:37.120 Remember, the one word you can't say when it comes to the war in Ukraine is peace.
00:13:41.280 Because peace, for whatever reason, doesn't seem to be what everyone here is trying to get at.
00:13:46.240 Thank you so much for watching.
00:13:47.520 My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Rayshank.
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