Off the Record - Taxpayers on hook for “climate disinformation” rap

00:00:00.000 I used to be unable to smile in photos because it would just look so like weird.

00:00:06.060 I'd be like Chandler.

00:00:06.880 Well, that's a dated.

00:00:07.560 You're too young for friends, both of you, but it's like, it would be like Chandler and

00:00:10.140 friends.

00:00:10.500 I'd be like, I've seen the whole series, so I don't know.

00:00:13.980 Oh, okay.

00:00:14.480 There you go.

00:00:15.580 Yeah.

00:00:16.420 You watch, watch friends, Rachel.

00:00:18.480 I have seen it.

00:00:19.520 Yes.

00:00:20.160 And speaking of even older sitcoms, I'm like almost done Seinfeld.

00:00:23.640 So yeah.

00:00:24.800 Rachel's not engaging in the pre-show banter.

00:00:27.000 She looks very aloof right now.

00:00:28.260 Oh, I'm sorry.

00:00:28.800 I've had a very, very stressful couple of days.

00:00:32.580 All right.

00:00:33.400 Well, I guess let's get things started then.

00:00:43.340 Hello and welcome to you all.

00:00:46.100 Happy Friday.

00:00:47.340 We are heading into the long weekend, so it's not just a regular old Friday.

00:00:50.680 It is a Friday that hopefully precedes a few days of deserved and in this climate needed

00:00:56.000 R&R.

00:00:57.020 It is my pleasure to be with you again once on off the, wait, no, my pleasure to be with

00:01:01.860 you once again.

00:01:02.960 I was like speaking like Yoda there.

00:01:05.040 Pleasure, pleasure with you are it is, but it is off the record.

00:01:09.400 I am Andrew Lawton and joining me are Isaac Lamoureux and Rachel Emanuel.

00:01:15.400 Good to have you both on.

00:01:17.400 You were on last week, but I wasn't.

00:01:18.960 So this is the first time for this particular trio.

00:01:21.440 Welcome.

00:01:21.680 Not only are we both, I'm sure, happy to be back, but I think we're also pretty relieved

00:01:26.180 that you're back to hosting again, Andrew.

00:01:28.400 I was away last week.

00:01:29.560 I didn't watch it.

00:01:30.180 Was it like a train wreck?

00:01:31.760 You don't need to go back and watch it.

00:01:33.340 I don't think you're missing anything.

00:01:35.340 I'm surprised that I was invited back.

00:01:36.400 You've successfully promoted it better than, probably better than our social media desk

00:01:41.300 did, but I am here.

00:01:43.320 You guys are both our token Albertans.

00:01:45.700 How have things been in my, one of my favorite, well, I don't want to pick favorites now because

00:01:49.940 then the Ontarians are going to say a game of me, but a province that I love.

00:01:53.220 How are things over there?

00:01:54.760 Things here are hectic as always.

00:01:56.460 If I could be so bold as to tease my show on Saturday, there's been some interesting

00:02:02.540 developments with the COVID-19 vaccine, the United Conservative Party board has actually

00:02:06.660 decided to take a stand against the COVID-19 vaccine and they're urging the premier to

00:02:10.540 amend the policy so that it's not being recommended for kids anymore, which I think is a, is a

00:02:14.060 pretty big stance that they're taking and it's a pretty interesting development.

00:02:16.960 So I'll be covering that on Saturday.

00:02:18.500 If any of you viewers want to head over to my show Saturday afternoon to take a look at

00:02:21.640 that.

00:02:22.900 All right.

00:02:23.580 An unscheduled PSA for the, for the Alberta roundup.

00:02:27.260 Isaac, how are things in your corner of the world province?

00:02:29.820 Yeah.

00:02:30.020 I don't know how it's going in Calgary there, Rachel, but it's been a lot of

00:02:32.540 pouring rain all day here in Edmonton, which is good, especially with the fires going on

00:02:38.580 in Fort McMurray, though it's obviously further from Edmonton, but yeah, the rain is a welcome

00:02:43.400 sign for the Alberta wildfires that have been plaguing the province.

00:02:48.580 And despite all of them, except one being man-made, I'm glad you mentioned the fires.

00:02:55.060 I should have pulled the clip, but Justin Trudeau earlier was saying like Canada is burning

00:02:59.920 and Pierre Paulyev is happy with Canada burning because he supports the carbon tax being repealed.

00:03:04.520 And I'm like, wow, you're, um, you're just like taking it right up to like drama teacher

00:03:08.200 grade, uh, grade 11 there.

00:03:09.780 Uh, in any event, the climate change debate in Canada brings us all sorts of fun things.

00:03:14.960 Uh, the most cringeworthy of them all.

00:03:18.400 No, it's not the carbon tax.

00:03:20.040 It's not the plastic straw ban.

00:03:21.920 Uh, it's not even the fact that the government spent $3 million sending a delegation to Dubai

00:03:26.700 for the COP28 climate summit.

00:03:29.000 It was specifically what happened at the Canada pavilion at the climate summit for the UN COP28

00:03:37.160 in Dubai.

00:03:38.140 This was $1.3 million that was spent on hosting a Canada pavilion to showcase Canada.

00:03:44.500 And you think, okay, what are we going to do to show Canada off to the world?

00:03:47.940 Are we going to serve them poutine?

00:03:49.700 Are we going to put up a hockey game?

00:03:51.180 Are we going to show a reel of all the great comedians from Canada, show them some John Candy

00:03:56.100 and some Dan Aykroyd, or are we going to showcase the best of Canadian music?

00:04:02.280 They chose that option.

00:04:07.160 All right, I don't even know what it says.

00:04:15.340 Climate disinformation, get that immunization.

00:04:19.280 The vaccine for bad meme infiltration.

00:04:22.400 Climate misinformation, it leads to polarization, which leads to radical conspiracy ideation.

00:04:28.860 Simultaneous translation between conspiracy theories and violent means of change embracement.

00:04:34.660 Economic incentives or ideological basis.

00:04:38.240 It doesn't matter, because either way, it's still disinformation.

00:04:42.080 Climate change is upon us, and emissions are like a bomb.

00:04:45.120 As the wave of increasing heat carries on and on, the wave of disinformation keeps on getting

00:04:50.860 shared online.

00:04:52.200 Trapped by the lab of Marie-Yves Carignan from Université Sherbrooke.

00:04:56.800 According to her book, the anti-government left and right now share a yearbook.

00:05:01.420 And when it comes to floods, droughts, and wildfires, even today's environmentalists can

00:05:06.220 be climate deniers.

00:05:07.760 Those are the yoga QAnon people up in the mix. 0.95

00:05:11.060 Marie-Yves tracks the patterns with the acronym FLICK.

00:05:14.480 False X-words, fallacious logic, unrealistic expectations.

00:05:18.460 Cherry-picking and conspiracy theory ideation.

00:05:21.180 That's FLICK.

00:05:21.660 Advertisers can help us find a fix.

00:05:24.280 The climate host is exposed.

00:05:26.080 Brought to you by Wix.

00:05:27.380 From the false promotion of bad pollutions and tricks.

00:05:30.680 To the outright denialism saying it doesn't exist.

00:05:33.860 There's a reason for the IPCC.

00:05:36.320 It doesn't make assumptions.

00:05:37.960 Make your advertising conscious.

00:05:39.580 Take it from Jake Dubbins.

00:05:41.080 Yes, we need free speech to get the facts in the fight.

00:05:43.680 But like Jake said, ad revenue is not a human right.

00:05:46.940 You know the exchange rate is bad.

00:05:51.640 That was 50 Canadian cent right there.

00:05:54.400 50 Canadian cent is worth a lot less than regular old 50 cent. 0.50

00:05:59.340 Boy, that was...

00:06:01.280 I mean, I don't want to say it cost us $1.3 million,

00:06:04.240 but it certainly cost a fair bit.

00:06:07.680 We flew Baba Brinkman, the Canadian rapper,

00:06:12.300 and coincidentally son of a Liberal member of Parliament.

00:06:15.220 So this is if you're a Liberal MP

00:06:17.220 and you need to get your son employed,

00:06:18.840 you can say just like make a rap so bad

00:06:21.300 that Eminem will just like, you know,

00:06:25.220 want to just cross the border and replace him perhaps.

00:06:28.940 That, yeah, I don't know which of you is the rap aficionado.

00:06:32.840 I'm, no one has ever looked at me and said that I'm, you know, hip.

00:06:37.620 But just what the hell was that?

00:06:41.600 I think Isaac's probably the one to go to here.

00:06:44.500 You know, I'm a little too old for rap music, Isaac.

00:06:47.460 Take it away.

00:06:48.580 Yeah, honestly, just at the start of his set, let's call it,

00:06:53.040 he said, I don't even know the words,

00:06:54.860 but then he seemed pretty well versed

00:06:56.580 in the kind of the flow of the song.

00:06:58.380 So I was like, does this guy really not know the words?

00:07:00.440 Because I feel like if I were just reading the screen

00:07:02.420 and listening to the beat for the first time

00:07:04.980 and tried to rap that song,

00:07:06.480 I probably wouldn't have done nearly as good of a job as him,

00:07:09.240 like from the actual flow perspective.

00:07:13.120 But yeah, I mean, Canada does have some pretty big name rappers,

00:07:18.020 notably Drake, The Weeknd, I guess he's kind of a rapper.

00:07:21.580 Yeah, that was the weekday we just saw.

00:07:23.780 That was the weekday.

00:07:26.800 And yeah, he didn't get to the Stephen Guibault part,

00:07:29.440 but he gives Stephen Guibault a special shout out.

00:07:31.280 So that's nice.

00:07:32.440 Yeah, it was funny.

00:07:33.140 I think I saw yesterday on X,

00:07:34.980 Guibault was tweeting about the Fort Mac fires

00:07:36.760 and of course climate change.

00:07:38.440 And I'm like, I'm pretty sure all those fires were man-made,

00:07:41.600 but I don't see why we're attributing that to climate change.

00:07:44.540 That kind of applies to what he was rapping about just now

00:07:47.440 in the song, climate misinformation.

00:07:49.640 Is that not the same thing?

00:07:51.700 Stephen Guibault is funnier than Johnny Carson.

00:07:54.240 He doesn't tell us that the fires were actually arson.

00:07:56.720 I don't know.

00:07:57.500 I'm keeping my day job.

00:07:59.360 Rachel, what's your arts correspondent take on this?

00:08:02.600 You know, I don't really even want to make fun of him

00:08:05.740 because you can really tell he gave that his all.

00:08:07.760 Like he really-

00:08:08.780 It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be.

00:08:10.960 For a white guy, it wasn't half bad.

00:08:12.820 And you could tell he was 100% into it.

00:08:14.660 He obviously spent a lot of time memorizing those words.

00:08:19.000 He found a rhyme for University of Sherbrooke.

00:08:21.160 Like that's never been done in the history of music.

00:08:23.440 He really gave it his all.

00:08:24.620 And while I don't really want to make fun of him

00:08:26.460 because it just feels a bit mean

00:08:27.460 because of just how hard he tried,

00:08:29.180 I'm going to because ultimately it was my tax dollars

00:08:31.740 that paid for it.

00:08:32.600 And it was a waste of money

00:08:33.480 and it was still fairly stupid.

00:08:35.160 But, you know, we were just talking about Justin Trudeau

00:08:38.300 and how he was, you know, he's always so theatrical

00:08:40.640 with the things he says about Pierre Polyev.

00:08:42.420 And I think when we're looking at the Liberal Party

00:08:44.240 as a whole, they're just really,

00:08:45.740 they seem stuck in high school.

00:08:47.640 This is something that I would have done in high school.

00:08:49.680 Like I remember we, like my friends and I

00:08:51.180 would come up with raps

00:08:52.080 and we would do them in class.

00:08:53.280 And, you know, we thought we were really cool and clever

00:08:55.100 and the rest of the class enjoyed it.

00:08:56.600 But we're well beyond that now.

00:08:58.920 The Liberals really seem, you know,

00:09:00.300 stuck in their youth, unable to grow up.

00:09:02.040 So that's pretty much what we're seeing here.

00:09:04.180 I looked him up on Wikipedia

00:09:07.040 because I'm like, if we're going to do this,

00:09:08.400 let's go all in.

00:09:09.640 And apparently he's made like a name for himself

00:09:12.420 doing science rap and environment and ecology rap,

00:09:17.440 which to be honest,

00:09:18.820 he's like the greatest capitalist known to mankind

00:09:21.180 because he knows that all of these like UN climate summits

00:09:24.420 around the world want to be hip and cool.

00:09:26.380 And they're like, well, we have a guy

00:09:27.840 who will rap about the climate.

00:09:29.500 He'll rap about the IPCC.

00:09:30.780 Why wouldn't we want to do that?

00:09:32.140 That's great.

00:09:32.700 Like, so he's done something so ridiculous

00:09:35.260 that he's guaranteed he's the only person

00:09:37.880 in the world that can do it,

00:09:39.360 which to which I say,

00:09:40.600 very, very much rewarding him

00:09:43.400 for the entrepreneurialism.

00:09:45.420 Yeah.

00:09:45.500 Sometimes I regret that I'm someone

00:09:46.800 who has such strong morals

00:09:48.060 and would just despise taking government money

00:09:50.100 for frivolous reasons.

00:09:50.920 Because think about how wealthy

00:09:51.840 we could all be otherwise.

00:09:53.680 Doesn't take much.

00:09:55.480 Yeah.

00:09:55.880 So that video,

00:09:57.000 so I only learned about this,

00:09:58.380 just to give the context,

00:09:59.360 that happened in December,

00:10:00.700 November, December.

00:10:01.700 And I only learned about it

00:10:03.400 because there was an order paper question

00:10:06.060 that I think Dan Mazur,

00:10:07.220 the liberal or the conservative MP

00:10:08.740 had filed to get the costs

00:10:10.720 for the Dubai delegation,

00:10:13.720 for the Canadian delegation to Dubai.

00:10:15.180 And the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

00:10:17.020 poured through this as well.

00:10:17.980 And they found that we had

00:10:19.100 at the Canada Pavilion this rap.

00:10:20.740 And the guy uploaded it himself.

00:10:22.960 Like he was very proud of this.

00:10:24.400 And then I looked into it.

00:10:25.260 He's founded a company called Event Rap,

00:10:28.440 a custom rap agency

00:10:30.120 featuring a roster of independent hip-hop artists

00:10:32.480 who write and perform original works

00:10:34.180 for live events.

00:10:36.060 So we should get like at True North Nation,

00:10:38.380 we should get some like independent media rap.

00:10:40.940 I don't know what rhymes with defund the CBC.

00:10:45.100 Give me, Isaac, say something

00:10:46.620 and I'll try and think of this.

00:10:49.620 You want me to find a rhyme for defund the CBC?

00:10:52.020 Well, you can.

00:10:52.400 And I was just saying more talk

00:10:53.420 while I try to come up with one.

00:10:54.660 She's hot like double D's. 1.00

00:10:57.160 Oh my God.

00:10:58.760 What?

00:11:00.680 That's not the road I would have gone.

00:11:02.280 Yeah, that's, yeah.

00:11:03.480 Rachel's getting our clean tag 1.00

00:11:04.760 taken away more and more.

00:11:05.620 I can say it.

00:11:06.500 I can say it.

00:11:07.420 Defund the CBC.

00:11:08.640 It's paid for by you and me.

00:11:11.060 Oh, that's good.

00:11:12.340 I mean, I'm hearing a bit of like Jackson 5 though.

00:11:14.860 Like ABC, defund the CBC.

00:11:18.080 Yeah, what rhymes with Rosie Barton? 0.94

00:11:19.960 They don't deserve no money free.

00:11:22.400 Okay, wait.

00:11:25.500 Okay, we got to find rhymes for Mansbridge,

00:11:27.780 rhymes for Rosie Barton.

00:11:31.540 You know, when we defund the CBC,

00:11:33.820 we'll be carton away their property,

00:11:36.200 including Rosie. 0.98

00:11:37.040 But no, that sounded weird.

00:11:38.820 This is why we need to leave it to the pros

00:11:40.940 like Mr. Baba Brinkman.

00:11:43.120 Okay.

00:11:44.280 $1.3 million for the Canada Pavilion.

00:11:46.600 Do you feel that Canada has been sufficiently sold

00:11:48.820 on the world stage now?

00:11:49.960 Sorry, I'm looking up words on rhyme dictionary.

00:11:56.000 Isaac, take it away.

00:11:57.960 I like the, by the way,

00:11:58.960 I love that we're doing the preparation for the show

00:12:01.240 midway through the show.

00:12:03.340 None of us knew we were going to go down this road

00:12:05.220 enough to think ahead of time

00:12:06.440 of like maybe plan something out.

00:12:07.900 Next week we'll have to come prepared

00:12:08.880 with like a full wrap,

00:12:10.040 a full True North wrap.

00:12:12.060 Yeah, I started preparing about three minutes

00:12:13.740 before the show

00:12:14.360 because I had to try on a bunch of different shows.

00:12:17.380 All right.

00:12:17.760 So if you're in the comments

00:12:19.120 and you want to come up with your

00:12:20.140 defund the CBC rhymes,

00:12:22.240 I think actually Isaac,

00:12:23.420 I think was the best at this so far

00:12:25.780 because he actually came up with something.

00:12:27.020 I'm still like trying to like find a rhyme

00:12:28.960 for Peter Mansbridge.

00:12:30.440 You know, there's not a lot of results on here

00:12:32.240 for Barton.

00:12:35.300 Well, Barton, like carton, like milk.

00:12:37.580 Oh, I got it.

00:12:38.160 I got it.

00:12:38.860 Let's get rid of Rosemary Barton. 1.00

00:12:40.680 Around the truth,

00:12:41.660 she's always darting.

00:12:43.700 Oh, okay.

00:12:45.100 I mean, I like Rosie Barton. 0.78

00:12:46.160 I don't think we need to like,

00:12:46.980 you know, crap on her, 0.98

00:12:47.880 but I admire the rhyme at least.

00:12:49.880 So well done, Rachel.

00:12:51.260 You're holding your own.

00:12:52.420 You're going to be repping

00:12:53.680 the West Side wrap thing before long.

00:12:57.380 I should, we should just,

00:12:58.400 everyone has laughed.

00:12:59.740 No one is watching the show anymore

00:13:01.320 except for someone who like

00:13:03.020 walked away to the kitchen

00:13:04.140 and left their YouTube

00:13:05.860 or Spotify running.

00:13:07.680 But anyway,

00:13:08.480 I believe we can move on.

00:13:11.140 And mercifully to the next topic here.

00:13:13.940 Other things that we are spending

00:13:15.520 millions and millions of dollars on.

00:13:17.160 Rachel, why don't you take us away on this?

00:13:19.420 So taxpayers are on the hook

00:13:22.200 for $224 per day

00:13:24.240 to claimants for illegal immigrants

00:13:26.620 for their housing, food,

00:13:28.220 and essential items.

00:13:29.640 This was revealed

00:13:30.440 from Conservative MP Leanne Root

00:13:32.580 who asked the government

00:13:33.400 last week what goods and services

00:13:35.400 are being provided

00:13:36.200 to asylum seekers in Canada,

00:13:37.820 which means those

00:13:38.680 without approved applications.

00:13:39.740 And she published

00:13:40.660 the order paper response question,

00:13:42.420 which found that the federal government

00:13:44.500 has approved $140 per night

00:13:46.920 per room

00:13:48.420 and roughly $84 per day for food

00:13:50.500 totaling $224 per claimant.

00:13:53.640 And I'm looking for the full amount here.

00:13:57.880 So that's an all-time high of,

00:13:59.800 there's over 42,000

00:14:01.640 pending refugee claims

00:14:02.920 in Canada right now.

00:14:05.040 So if you're wondering,

00:14:06.180 you know, you can't make ends meet,

00:14:07.160 I hear from a lot of people

00:14:08.000 who are about $100 short a month

00:14:09.620 for making groceries.

00:14:10.540 Where's all our money going?

00:14:11.720 This is where it's going.

00:14:12.720 It's going to illegals 1.00

00:14:13.840 who have no right to be in Canada, 0.58

00:14:15.820 putting them up at hotels,

00:14:16.860 and we're paying for their food.

00:14:18.760 Andrew, what do you make of this?

00:14:20.440 Yeah, it's, I mean,

00:14:21.280 you touch on the dollar value issue,

00:14:23.300 but the one thing,

00:14:23.960 and I pointed this out

00:14:24.600 on my show earlier this week,

00:14:25.740 that's important to keep in mind as well

00:14:27.260 is that it's a symptom of another problem

00:14:30.740 because the cost per day on asylum seekers

00:14:33.620 is a consequence of the number

00:14:36.780 of asylum seekers we have.

00:14:38.080 So many that they have to be put up

00:14:39.400 in hotels and fed.

00:14:40.820 And the reason we have so many

00:14:41.860 is because the government's

00:14:42.800 not actually securing the border.

00:14:44.440 So we are forced into this

00:14:46.840 because they're not dealing

00:14:48.100 with the other problem,

00:14:49.920 which is people who are in the United States,

00:14:51.820 which is a safe, free democratic nation,

00:14:53.960 whatever you may think

00:14:54.580 of Joe Biden's politics,

00:14:55.760 that say, okay,

00:14:57.080 I think I'll have a better go in Canada.

00:14:58.860 So they enter Canada illegally, 0.94

00:15:00.840 claim asylum.

00:15:02.020 Most of these claims

00:15:03.060 are going to get denied

00:15:03.880 and the people are going to be sent home.

00:15:05.500 But while they are waiting

00:15:07.120 for that decision,

00:15:08.100 which could be months,

00:15:08.960 it could be well over a year,

00:15:10.420 we're paying for them

00:15:11.440 and loading up these hotels.

00:15:13.200 And this has been an issue

00:15:14.180 that's been ongoing for,

00:15:16.000 I mean, it's been ongoing for years,

00:15:17.300 but for a decade,

00:15:18.460 it's been at, I'd say,

00:15:20.100 unsustainable levels.

00:15:21.960 And I know you in Alberta

00:15:23.800 are not dealing with this

00:15:24.700 as much as in Ontario,

00:15:25.960 but you look at places

00:15:26.780 like Niagara Falls

00:15:27.700 and I know like you have family

00:15:29.800 in that area, Rachel,

00:15:30.720 like it's absolutely crazy.

00:15:32.560 And you have hotels

00:15:33.360 that have just been commandeered

00:15:34.700 by this asylum program.

00:15:36.700 What do you make of this, Isaac?

00:15:38.680 Yeah, that does seem crazy to me,

00:15:40.300 specifically the fact that,

00:15:41.960 let's say the majority

00:15:43.560 of these asylum seekers 1.00

00:15:45.280 will be essentially deported.

00:15:47.260 So what reasoning would Canada

00:15:51.480 have to essentially pay

00:15:52.920 for their cost of living

00:15:54.260 in the interim?

00:15:55.440 But at the same time,

00:15:56.740 I'm trying to find,

00:15:59.220 I guess, the alternative,

00:16:01.020 which would be maybe

00:16:02.960 they wouldn't get paid for

00:16:03.980 and then they're homeless.

00:16:04.660 I remember I was writing

00:16:05.420 an article earlier

00:16:06.480 about homelessness

00:16:08.320 and hospital stays.

00:16:10.200 But as background,

00:16:11.220 I saw True North's exclusive

00:16:12.340 that said that nearly half

00:16:14.820 of Ottawa's homeless shelters

00:16:17.800 were filled with new refugees

00:16:19.980 and asylum claimants.

00:16:21.580 So that would obviously

00:16:23.700 be exacerbated

00:16:24.720 if the funding were pulled.

00:16:25.920 So I don't know.

00:16:26.420 What do you think

00:16:27.060 the best alternative would be

00:16:29.820 as opposed to paying

00:16:30.880 for these asylum claimants

00:16:33.080 to stay in hotels?

00:16:34.760 Well, I think it kind of goes back

00:16:35.780 to what Andrew was saying

00:16:36.680 about how the issue is

00:16:37.600 that these are large people

00:16:38.500 who are coming in

00:16:39.280 across the U.S. border.

00:16:41.080 So, I mean,

00:16:41.320 if this is foot traffic

00:16:42.140 that we're looking at,

00:16:42.780 I think the best thing

00:16:43.440 would be to reinforce

00:16:44.340 those borders

00:16:44.860 so they're not coming

00:16:45.420 across the border at all

00:16:46.480 because even if they are

00:16:47.900 being deported,

00:16:48.360 we're also paying

00:16:48.900 for those flights

00:16:49.740 to get them back

00:16:50.720 to their home countries.

00:16:51.580 So I think we could look

00:16:52.660 at saving a lot of money

00:16:53.540 if we're just stopping

00:16:54.160 these people right

00:16:54.740 at the U.S. border

00:16:55.320 and we're not letting

00:16:56.140 them into Canada.

00:16:57.080 You know, the U.S.

00:16:57.760 obviously has its own

00:16:58.600 border crisis

00:16:59.300 and I think there's

00:17:00.560 a certain extent

00:17:01.180 at which we're going

00:17:01.660 to be feeling the effects

00:17:02.380 of that because they just

00:17:03.160 have millions

00:17:04.040 of illegal migrants 0.98

00:17:04.940 pouring through

00:17:05.740 their southern border

00:17:06.460 and so people are being

00:17:07.640 pushed upwards

00:17:08.200 throughout the country.

00:17:08.900 So this is actually

00:17:09.540 going to become probably

00:17:10.220 a bigger and bigger problem

00:17:11.220 if we don't take some action

00:17:12.760 and seal that border

00:17:13.740 sooner rather than later.

00:17:16.240 Yeah, and I think that,

00:17:17.860 again, when we're stuck

00:17:19.340 with it once they're here,

00:17:20.560 so you have to go back

00:17:21.600 to basics and actually

00:17:22.560 secure the border

00:17:23.220 in the first place.

00:17:23.860 Like the whole point

00:17:24.560 of what caused a lot of this

00:17:26.500 was this thing called

00:17:27.240 the safe third country.

00:17:28.180 I know I always say

00:17:28.700 we have to keep off

00:17:29.320 the record fun

00:17:29.920 but then I have to

00:17:30.420 explain things sometimes.

00:17:31.880 It's the safe

00:17:32.440 third country agreement

00:17:33.180 which basically said

00:17:33.940 it was a deal

00:17:34.500 between Canada and the U.S.

00:17:35.680 that if you land

00:17:36.240 in one country,

00:17:37.140 it's considered a safe country

00:17:38.800 so you can't then

00:17:39.900 go to another one.

00:17:41.480 The loophole in that

00:17:42.760 was if you cross

00:17:43.980 the border illegally.

00:17:45.460 So that was what

00:17:46.160 was causing this.

00:17:47.000 You couldn't actually

00:17:47.680 drive from Windsor

00:17:49.020 to Detroit

00:17:49.640 or Detroit to Windsor

00:17:51.040 at the sanctioned

00:17:52.360 border crossing

00:17:53.120 and do this

00:17:53.800 but if you do it illegally,

00:17:55.220 you were able to

00:17:56.380 and then Canada

00:17:56.900 has to do it.

00:17:57.780 Because you're right, Isaac,

00:17:58.560 once you talk about

00:17:59.540 the options that people have

00:18:01.000 that Canada has,

00:18:02.340 you either put them in jail

00:18:03.700 which is a legitimate option

00:18:06.260 available to government

00:18:07.020 but it's more expensive.

00:18:08.040 Housing inmates in jail

00:18:09.480 is costlier

00:18:10.840 and let's face it,

00:18:11.720 it's also,

00:18:12.400 you raise moral questions

00:18:13.580 depending on the asylum seeker

00:18:15.720 and so you're left with that

00:18:17.680 or leaving them homeless

00:18:18.400 or this kind of quasi measure

00:18:20.640 of putting them up in a hotel.

00:18:22.560 But then the other issue

00:18:23.400 we get to

00:18:23.960 is if their claims are denied,

00:18:26.460 are we actually tracking them down

00:18:28.260 and deporting them?

00:18:29.120 And Canada has an abysmal,

00:18:30.660 abysmal record

00:18:31.420 at deportation.

00:18:32.960 So like all of these

00:18:33.720 are flowing

00:18:34.200 from that initial border issue.

00:18:36.400 Yeah, I still maintain that.

00:18:41.620 When no one says anything,

00:18:42.800 I assume I just made so much sense

00:18:44.260 that no one possibly

00:18:45.080 can add or refute anything.

00:18:47.060 That's where I was at, yeah.

00:18:49.140 You really did hit the nail on the head.

00:18:50.960 I just maintain,

00:18:51.540 I think the best thing

00:18:52.160 would be to really seal

00:18:52.980 those borders.

00:18:53.820 This isn't an issue

00:18:54.500 I've covered a ton of.

00:18:55.480 I think we've seen a lot

00:18:56.540 of good stuff from Lindsay Shepard

00:18:57.520 on this.

00:18:58.140 As you've mentioned, Andrew,

00:18:59.240 like I'm out here in Alberta.

00:19:00.400 It's true.

00:19:00.840 This issue is particularly bad.

00:19:02.220 I know in Quebec,

00:19:03.260 I know in Niagara Falls,

00:19:04.380 certainly we've seen

00:19:05.200 some of the effects

00:19:05.880 of just the high levels

00:19:06.860 of migrants living in that area

00:19:08.180 and how that trickles down

00:19:09.340 to the whole Niagara region.

00:19:10.560 And we even see a rise

00:19:11.320 in things like crime

00:19:12.580 and car accidents.

00:19:13.360 There's just a whole lot

00:19:14.280 of issues going on.

00:19:15.580 But I mean,

00:19:16.060 at the end of the day,

00:19:16.580 this is also affecting

00:19:17.560 Western Canada as well

00:19:19.840 because what we're seeing

00:19:20.740 in places like Toronto

00:19:21.900 is we're seeing

00:19:22.720 just a flood of immigrants 0.99

00:19:24.100 and not all of them illegal.

00:19:25.660 Many are legal.

00:19:26.780 Many of them are allowed

00:19:27.340 into the country,

00:19:27.820 but it's just so many people

00:19:28.840 in one region

00:19:29.440 that we're seeing

00:19:30.120 a lot of people look,

00:19:30.940 okay, where else in Canada

00:19:32.040 can I flee to?

00:19:33.380 And many people

00:19:33.940 are coming out to Calgary

00:19:35.000 and Alberta was once seen

00:19:37.180 as a place

00:19:37.520 with the Alberta advantage.

00:19:38.420 You'd come here,

00:19:39.060 you'd get to keep

00:19:39.960 more of your money,

00:19:40.880 you'd have a lower cost of living,

00:19:42.540 you'd have a better chance

00:19:43.220 at owning a home.

00:19:44.160 And a lot of that

00:19:44.880 just isn't really the case

00:19:45.720 anymore for Western Canada.

00:19:46.860 I know that there's been

00:19:47.460 some frustration

00:19:48.120 with Alberta Premier

00:19:49.200 Daniel Smith

00:19:49.760 and her Alberta

00:19:50.560 is calling campaign

00:19:51.380 as a result

00:19:52.060 because people would really

00:19:53.180 like to slow down

00:19:54.100 and say,

00:19:54.420 let's stop welcoming people

00:19:55.580 here for the time being

00:19:56.460 and really just kind of

00:19:57.560 let things even out

00:19:58.840 before we continue to say,

00:20:00.060 hey, why don't you come

00:20:00.760 to Alberta?

00:20:01.300 We're looking to grow

00:20:01.900 our population,

00:20:02.900 we're looking to grow

00:20:03.340 our economy.

00:20:04.160 So when we see

00:20:05.240 this many people

00:20:05.760 flood into a region,

00:20:06.480 it really does put

00:20:07.260 so many pressures

00:20:08.060 on every aspect of life,

00:20:09.620 housing, schools,

00:20:10.820 hospitals, everything.

00:20:13.480 Yeah, this from the

00:20:14.580 legal migration aspect of it,

00:20:16.760 I mean, Alberta

00:20:17.440 has been setting

00:20:18.120 records on pretty much

00:20:20.620 a monthly basis

00:20:21.820 for interprovincial migration,

00:20:23.200 which I guess

00:20:24.740 can be expected

00:20:25.360 as the cost of living crisis

00:20:26.660 rises with Alberta

00:20:28.640 being one of the most

00:20:29.660 not only affordable provinces

00:20:31.220 but where you can also

00:20:32.180 make the most amount

00:20:32.940 of money, right?

00:20:33.980 When you balance

00:20:34.600 those two things,

00:20:35.380 it's definitely a good place

00:20:36.840 to be economically,

00:20:38.060 which I think is why

00:20:38.820 so many people

00:20:39.780 from eastern provinces

00:20:40.600 are looking to migrate here.

00:20:42.940 Yeah, very well said.

00:20:44.600 On that note,

00:20:45.900 Isaac, since you're already

00:20:46.760 talking, why don't you

00:20:47.580 kick off our next story here?

00:20:49.500 Yeah, so this next one's

00:20:50.900 pretty fun.

00:20:51.840 Well, fun.

00:20:52.560 Yeah, Andrew was saying

00:20:53.560 to come up with a fun story

00:20:55.260 and I thought, well, anger's...

00:20:56.900 I said light, light story,

00:20:58.560 but anyway.

00:20:59.400 I was thinking anger

00:21:00.220 might be an antonym of fun.

00:21:01.580 Well, not exactly,

00:21:02.540 but anyways.

00:21:04.160 Yeah, so basically,

00:21:06.100 anger in Canada

00:21:06.880 towards government,

00:21:08.380 economy, and policies

00:21:09.580 has reached a record high.

00:21:11.920 This from the Polera's 1.00

00:21:13.340 Rage Index,

00:21:15.320 which they have been tracking

00:21:16.260 for about two years.

00:21:19.020 And interestingly,

00:21:19.580 this monthly edition

00:21:21.260 of the index

00:21:22.180 had a specific focus

00:21:23.580 focus on the budget

00:21:24.860 with some data

00:21:26.440 that was quite surprising

00:21:28.000 to me.

00:21:28.980 For example,

00:21:29.520 I had seen previous polls

00:21:30.700 which showed that

00:21:31.560 21% of Canadians,

00:21:33.100 I know a low number,

00:21:34.080 supported the federal budget,

00:21:35.360 but this Rage Index

00:21:36.180 showed an even lower one

00:21:37.720 wherein only 9%

00:21:39.300 of Canadians

00:21:39.960 had a positive outlook

00:21:40.980 on the budget.

00:21:41.680 This was separated by

00:21:42.660 pleased or moderately happy

00:21:44.360 and very happy

00:21:45.280 with the latter,

00:21:46.580 only 1% of Canadians

00:21:47.960 belonging to.

00:21:49.780 And it also broke down

00:21:50.820 political parties,

00:21:52.040 which was cool.

00:21:52.580 As you might expect,

00:21:54.540 conservative supporters

00:21:56.480 were the angriest

00:21:57.460 and liberals

00:21:58.020 the least angry.

00:22:00.980 But what might be

00:22:02.060 more interesting

00:22:02.480 is that the Bloc Québécois

00:22:04.040 and the NDP

00:22:04.800 pretty much mirrored

00:22:06.180 each other

00:22:06.600 in percentage of anger

00:22:08.280 on this index.

00:22:09.020 I think it was 54%

00:22:09.840 and 53%,

00:22:10.460 if I remember correctly.

00:22:11.460 But you might have expected

00:22:12.960 less,

00:22:15.660 or sorry,

00:22:16.060 more anger

00:22:16.500 from the Bloc Québécois

00:22:17.480 supporters

00:22:17.860 and less so

00:22:18.520 from the NDP.

00:22:19.140 I guess I'm curious

00:22:22.360 when Andrew said

00:22:23.320 lighter story,

00:22:24.860 what about you were like,

00:22:26.040 I'm going to talk

00:22:26.640 about the rage index.

00:22:29.240 Andrew,

00:22:31.880 your audio

00:22:32.420 is not working.

00:22:34.540 And,

00:22:34.680 oh,

00:22:35.480 oh,

00:22:35.920 yeah,

00:22:36.140 no,

00:22:36.280 I thought I was muted.

00:22:37.160 And no,

00:22:37.780 I said it's okay,

00:22:39.160 but rage index

00:22:40.160 is just a funny name.

00:22:41.480 I guess that's why.

00:22:42.660 So I was just being

00:22:43.820 like childishly immature

00:22:44.800 about it.

00:22:47.120 Yeah,

00:22:47.480 well,

00:22:47.880 I mean,

00:22:48.220 I find this study

00:22:49.020 like a little bit depressing.

00:22:50.240 I mean,

00:22:50.480 I think Isaac and I

00:22:51.260 are both in this category,

00:22:52.120 although Isaac just got a house

00:22:53.240 recently,

00:22:53.600 which is pretty big.

00:22:54.480 Congratulations.

00:22:55.240 But being in that category

00:22:56.900 of younger Canadians

00:22:57.760 who are really feeling

00:22:58.500 the impacts

00:22:59.080 of the Trudeau liberals

00:23:00.520 and their really poor policies

00:23:02.860 and the impact of that

00:23:03.620 on Canadians

00:23:04.160 and those of us

00:23:05.200 who are struggling to,

00:23:06.220 you know,

00:23:06.800 have a newer vehicle

00:23:07.860 or own a home.

00:23:08.780 So I get really worked up

00:23:10.020 when I read stories like this

00:23:11.060 because I'm like,

00:23:11.560 yeah,

00:23:11.720 like I'm there

00:23:12.420 and I'm angry

00:23:13.100 and I'm really pissed off

00:23:14.300 about what the Trudeau liberals

00:23:15.460 are doing to our country.

00:23:16.540 So someone who finds

00:23:17.940 the story a bit lighter

00:23:18.640 maybe,

00:23:19.000 you know,

00:23:19.240 maybe has to take it away

00:23:20.100 here,

00:23:20.320 Andrew.

00:23:21.540 I don't find it lighter per se.

00:23:24.180 I guess it's interesting

00:23:25.540 that it's just so explicit

00:23:26.780 because a lot of people,

00:23:28.600 especially Canadians,

00:23:29.620 really try to mute

00:23:30.500 their emotions

00:23:31.800 and they try to say,

00:23:32.640 well,

00:23:32.880 you know,

00:23:33.060 I'm a little frustrated

00:23:33.840 and how many people,

00:23:34.860 I've spoken to so many

00:23:35.800 over the years

00:23:36.320 who really tried it,

00:23:37.860 like they feel guilty

00:23:38.760 about being dissatisfied

00:23:40.020 where they'll say things like,

00:23:41.180 well,

00:23:41.980 oh well,

00:23:42.400 I know,

00:23:42.740 I mean,

00:23:42.940 I don't have it as bad

00:23:43.900 as other people do

00:23:44.680 and they really do not want

00:23:46.460 to just come out

00:23:46.920 and say it

00:23:47.300 and the fact that now

00:23:47.960 you have people

00:23:48.460 that are explicitly saying,

00:23:50.360 yeah,

00:23:50.520 I'm pissed off,

00:23:51.300 yeah,

00:23:51.440 I'm angry,

00:23:51.880 I think that's actually

00:23:52.620 a sign of just how bad

00:23:53.760 things have gotten.

00:23:55.100 Yeah,

00:23:55.180 I think that's fair,

00:23:55.780 especially when you consider

00:23:56.540 what you said about Canadians

00:23:57.540 typically being not quick

00:23:58.880 to complain

00:23:59.360 and being a little bit

00:23:59.980 more apathetic

00:24:00.640 when it comes to politics

00:24:02.000 but yeah,

00:24:03.080 now that people

00:24:03.520 are really feeling

00:24:04.140 that frustration

00:24:04.720 and willing to voice it

00:24:05.440 and I think,

00:24:06.100 you know,

00:24:06.300 it's not even necessarily

00:24:07.140 saying like,

00:24:08.060 oh,

00:24:08.400 you know,

00:24:08.600 I know other people

00:24:09.060 don't have it as bad

00:24:09.800 but let's compare

00:24:10.360 to where our country

00:24:10.980 was at 10 years ago

00:24:12.280 or our country's declined

00:24:13.440 rapidly in the last 10 years

00:24:14.640 or the cost of living

00:24:15.380 has increased exponentially

00:24:16.300 or the Canadian dollar

00:24:17.200 is worth less

00:24:17.900 or Canadian mental health

00:24:19.340 is poor.

00:24:21.100 You know,

00:24:21.280 we can study all these metrics

00:24:22.200 and see that they've

00:24:23.340 actually gotten worse

00:24:24.100 over the last 10 years

00:24:24.800 so I think we should

00:24:25.280 really be comparing things

00:24:26.560 to,

00:24:27.120 you know,

00:24:27.360 just even what it was

00:24:28.060 a decade ago

00:24:28.580 and I don't think

00:24:29.040 there's anything wrong

00:24:29.820 with saying,

00:24:30.500 you know,

00:24:31.100 I would like to get back

00:24:31.820 to the Canada that we had,

00:24:32.880 that Canada felt

00:24:33.560 more optimistic,

00:24:34.440 that Canada felt

00:24:35.120 more hopeful

00:24:35.700 and more promising

00:24:36.760 for me and for my family

00:24:38.220 and so I think

00:24:38.940 if you look at it

00:24:39.540 from that way

00:24:39.960 it's actually

00:24:40.340 a very fair metric

00:24:41.240 and even for myself

00:24:42.380 like growing up

00:24:44.120 I didn't necessarily think

00:24:45.360 that we had

00:24:46.060 the most amazing house

00:24:48.120 and now looking at it

00:24:48.860 it's sort of like a dream

00:24:49.780 to think,

00:24:50.540 oh,

00:24:50.600 we had a house

00:24:51.180 with four to five bedrooms

00:24:52.800 and two washrooms

00:24:53.840 and everyone had their own room

00:24:54.700 and we had a little bit

00:24:55.340 of a backyard

00:24:55.880 and,

00:24:56.980 you know,

00:24:57.060 we even had a driveway

00:24:57.880 and a shed out back.

00:24:58.640 Those things are really hard

00:24:59.700 for people to get now

00:25:00.660 and there's nothing wrong

00:25:01.680 with saying

00:25:01.980 I would at least like

00:25:02.640 to be able to offer my kids

00:25:04.000 the same upbringing

00:25:05.520 and the same quality of life

00:25:06.660 that I had growing up

00:25:07.480 and I think

00:25:07.940 we shouldn't accept

00:25:08.820 that we are declining

00:25:09.880 in those metrics

00:25:10.480 as a country

00:25:10.980 when there's no reason

00:25:12.360 that we shouldn't be

00:25:12.980 improving of them

00:25:13.760 that we really should be able

00:25:14.980 to offer our families

00:25:15.720 a better quality of life.

00:25:18.620 Yeah,

00:25:19.140 I think you're right about that

00:25:20.400 and the idea

00:25:21.600 of like the starter home

00:25:22.820 I think

00:25:23.440 it's coming back

00:25:24.600 but there was a time

00:25:25.460 where I think a lot of people

00:25:26.460 I mean,

00:25:26.700 certainly millennials

00:25:27.540 were looking at houses

00:25:30.080 and everyone wanted

00:25:30.960 the giant dream home

00:25:32.160 that no one would really

00:25:33.960 reasonably expect

00:25:34.960 to be able to buy

00:25:36.000 just out of school

00:25:36.680 or whatever.

00:25:37.260 I think it's changing

00:25:38.120 a little bit.

00:25:38.620 I think now you see

00:25:39.340 a lot of younger people

00:25:40.120 that are willing to

00:25:41.120 say I'll be in a less

00:25:42.480 desirable neighborhood

00:25:43.360 or I'll have a really

00:25:44.140 small house

00:25:44.660 but even then

00:25:45.680 they're finding it

00:25:47.060 like just completely

00:25:47.940 unaffordable.

00:25:48.620 Like you look at some

00:25:49.200 of the property listings

00:25:50.000 in places like Toronto

00:25:50.940 and Vancouver

00:25:51.520 and it's like $1 million

00:25:52.820 for a place

00:25:54.200 that you might get shot

00:25:55.060 just going from your bathroom

00:25:56.040 to your bedroom.

00:25:57.700 I mean,

00:25:58.180 it's not even that much

00:25:58.840 better in Calgary though.

00:25:59.740 Like I had Councillor Dan McLean

00:26:00.780 on my show the other week

00:26:01.540 we were talking about

00:26:02.180 the rezoning going on

00:26:03.160 in Calgary

00:26:03.480 which has passed now

00:26:04.340 by the way

00:26:04.820 and I was saying

00:26:05.720 you know,

00:26:06.180 a lot of these

00:26:06.700 modest bungalows

00:26:08.120 are going to be torn down

00:26:08.900 and replaced with

00:26:09.920 duplexes

00:26:11.220 that'll be worth

00:26:11.760 quite a bit

00:26:12.100 and he was like

00:26:12.420 in some cases

00:26:12.900 these duplexes

00:26:13.660 are going to be worth

00:26:14.400 a million dollars.

00:26:15.840 So you're paying

00:26:16.520 a million dollars

00:26:17.320 for duplexes.

00:26:17.880 You've got neighbors

00:26:18.320 on both sides of you.

00:26:19.520 You might have a unit below you.

00:26:20.500 You might even have

00:26:20.980 the unit in the back of you.

00:26:22.180 So you've got absolutely

00:26:22.860 no privacy

00:26:23.500 no space to yourself.

00:26:25.140 I guess we can all agree

00:26:25.820 the World Economic Forum

00:26:27.160 has been more successful

00:26:28.080 than we care to admit.

00:26:30.540 Although Isaac

00:26:31.280 Isaac got a house

00:26:32.120 so maybe he's like

00:26:33.200 sitting on some giant

00:26:34.100 like Scrooge McDuck

00:26:35.620 sized pile of cash

00:26:37.180 that we don't know about.

00:26:38.560 Yeah.

00:26:41.060 Changing topics.

00:26:41.840 He blushes and tugs

00:26:42.620 at his collar.

00:26:43.320 All right, never mind.

00:26:44.480 No, no, no.

00:26:45.000 There was two more things

00:26:45.920 I wanted to mention

00:26:46.540 from the study quickly

00:26:47.400 which firstly

00:26:48.420 this obviously focused

00:26:49.540 on the rage index

00:26:51.120 towards the federal government

00:26:52.160 but they also pulled

00:26:53.160 people from provinces

00:26:54.480 and asked them

00:26:55.140 about their feelings

00:26:55.880 towards the provincial government

00:26:57.080 which was pretty interesting

00:26:58.480 because anger

00:26:59.260 towards the provincial government

00:27:00.460 was highest in Ontario

00:27:01.640 at 60%

00:27:02.500 but anger in British Columbia

00:27:04.620 towards the provincial government

00:27:06.060 grew at the highest rate

00:27:07.140 which was a 16% jump

00:27:09.620 from 38% in January

00:27:11.140 to 54% in April.

00:27:14.380 And then some

00:27:15.180 one other point

00:27:15.960 I did want to mention

00:27:16.620 because this was interesting too

00:27:18.260 you might think

00:27:19.080 that the oldest generation

00:27:20.860 would be the angriest

00:27:22.720 however

00:27:23.100 in this study

00:27:24.940 Gen X

00:27:25.680 which they listed

00:27:26.280 as 44 to 59 years old

00:27:28.340 was the angriest generation 1.00

00:27:29.640 so yeah

00:27:31.160 if you two want to weigh in

00:27:32.100 on that

00:27:32.400 anything that I just said

00:27:33.460 that

00:27:33.660 the provincial thing

00:27:37.180 I find interesting

00:27:38.040 because

00:27:38.540 during COVID

00:27:39.880 I think we saw

00:27:40.540 government

00:27:41.000 was like an amorphous mass

00:27:42.600 like people were mad

00:27:43.760 at government

00:27:44.320 and I don't think

00:27:44.920 they really cared

00:27:45.560 which level it was

00:27:46.620 so in that sense

00:27:48.380 I do find it interesting

00:27:49.380 that Ontario

00:27:49.960 has borne the brunt of it

00:27:51.500 the Gen X one 0.92

00:27:52.780 I'm surprised by

00:27:53.600 because I think

00:27:54.500 Gen Xers 1.00

00:27:55.080 are better off

00:27:56.980 than millennials

00:27:57.600 who are better off

00:27:58.580 than Gen Z 0.99

00:27:59.320 in a lot of ways

00:28:00.300 although I'm not

00:28:00.980 yeah I don't know

00:28:02.220 that's a confusing one

00:28:03.020 the Gen X 0.63

00:28:03.600 would be the generation 1.00

00:28:04.380 just below the baby boomers 0.99

00:28:05.760 and

00:28:06.480 yeah Gen X

00:28:07.080 is the friend

00:28:07.600 the friend's generations

00:28:08.680 I mean Gen Xers 1.00

00:28:09.500 are yeah

00:28:09.900 now like 50 years old

00:28:10.960 so it's the

00:28:11.580 it's the age

00:28:12.440 of the cast of friends

00:28:13.260 basically

00:28:13.720 I'm actually not

00:28:14.560 super surprised by this

00:28:15.680 because the baby boomers 0.99

00:28:17.320 have always been regarded

00:28:18.240 as like the generation 0.89

00:28:19.260 that got all the blessings

00:28:20.180 they have all the wealth

00:28:21.060 I know a lot of people

00:28:21.580 are saying with

00:28:22.200 the Trudeau liberals

00:28:23.320 new changes to taxes

00:28:24.280 are really targeting

00:28:24.980 the baby boomers 0.99

00:28:25.780 and their wealth there

00:28:26.620 and my mom is a Gen X

00:28:28.040 and she always complains 0.99

00:28:28.920 she's like if I had just

00:28:29.660 been born a little bit earlier

00:28:30.840 I would have had a little

00:28:31.660 bit more money

00:28:32.220 the baby boomers 0.99

00:28:32.800 have it so much easier

00:28:33.740 so I feel like the Gen X 0.57

00:28:35.160 generation is maybe

00:28:35.860 that generation 0.76

00:28:36.420 that always feels like

00:28:37.080 they just kind of missed out

00:28:38.080 you know if they've been

00:28:38.760 born a few years earlier

00:28:40.580 maybe they would have had

00:28:41.300 the wealth of the baby boomers 0.97

00:28:42.280 so I don't know

00:28:42.760 I'm not super surprised

00:28:43.660 to see this number

00:28:44.300 they're also still

00:28:45.300 in the generation

00:28:46.000 that they're not retired

00:28:47.660 they're working

00:28:48.600 towards retirement

00:28:49.400 and with the changes

00:28:50.740 that we're seeing

00:28:51.180 with the cost of living crisis

00:28:52.300 they're probably looking

00:28:53.420 at this and thinking

00:28:54.100 huh I'd hope to retire

00:28:55.780 in 5 to 10

00:28:56.960 10 to 15 years

00:28:58.280 and that's not

00:28:59.640 going to happen

00:29:00.120 right now

00:29:00.620 I'm going to actually

00:29:01.080 have to work way past

00:29:02.120 the age I plan to retire at

00:29:03.580 because I'm not putting

00:29:04.960 away as much money

00:29:05.660 into my retirement

00:29:06.320 as I'd hoped to

00:29:07.120 I'm not making as much

00:29:08.220 all those things

00:29:09.460 so I'm not actually

00:29:10.640 super surprised

00:29:11.180 by those numbers

00:29:12.240 yeah I think

00:29:14.200 you've dated yourself

00:29:15.120 by saying that

00:29:15.900 your mother is in Gen X 0.90

00:29:17.460 because you even

00:29:18.160 made me feel old

00:29:18.920 because my parents

00:29:19.540 are boomers

00:29:20.100 I dated myself

00:29:22.220 yeah

00:29:22.960 oh

00:29:23.840 like you've dated yourself

00:29:25.660 you've established

00:29:27.240 not like you've gone out

00:29:28.600 on a romantic date

00:29:29.400 with yourself

00:29:29.820 I mean you've like

00:29:30.500 yes I get it

00:29:31.300 well here I'll just

00:29:31.960 I'm the oldest generation

00:29:33.500 of Gen Z

00:29:34.620 I'm the oldest generation

00:29:35.480 of Zoomers 0.99

00:29:36.100 so

00:29:36.500 okay

00:29:37.340 not that old

00:29:38.280 but

00:29:38.600 anyway what were you

00:29:39.960 saying Isaac

00:29:40.460 yeah sorry

00:29:41.280 just my theory

00:29:42.280 when I initially saw

00:29:43.400 the Gen X thing

00:29:45.640 was that

00:29:46.260 and especially

00:29:47.100 because I've spoken

00:29:48.080 with many people

00:29:48.720 in this generation

00:29:49.320 and the recurring issue

00:29:50.940 I see with them

00:29:52.060 is that they're worried

00:29:52.900 about their children

00:29:53.620 and I think people

00:29:54.900 in this generation

00:29:55.800 probably have children

00:29:56.820 that are teens

00:29:57.780 and maybe even

00:29:58.300 becoming adults

00:29:59.000 like Rachel said

00:29:59.900 your mom's in that

00:30:00.460 I'm becoming an adult

00:30:01.760 so I'm slowly

00:30:03.860 becoming an adult

00:30:04.660 and then yeah

00:30:05.680 so I think

00:30:06.360 they're worried

00:30:06.780 about the generational

00:30:09.620 economic damage

00:30:10.500 that their children

00:30:11.760 are going to have

00:30:12.460 to deal with

00:30:13.780 right

00:30:14.060 so that's my best theory

00:30:15.720 they don't really

00:30:16.160 go into it in the study

00:30:17.020 but

00:30:17.320 yeah

00:30:17.860 the word of the day

00:30:19.220 from or the term

00:30:19.880 of the day

00:30:20.160 from Trudeau

00:30:20.700 for the last two weeks

00:30:21.500 has been generational

00:30:22.320 fairness

00:30:22.820 that's what he

00:30:23.400 thinks he is delivering

00:30:25.260 so take from that

00:30:26.000 what you will

00:30:26.440 this

00:30:27.240 we're jumping a little

00:30:28.460 ahead of the schedule

00:30:29.420 here but

00:30:29.920 this one is interesting

00:30:31.220 Rachel

00:30:31.540 you flagged this

00:30:32.620 ridiculous shoppers

00:30:34.140 story

00:30:34.660 which I think

00:30:35.500 actually speaks

00:30:36.180 to the rage

00:30:36.940 and opportunity

00:30:37.760 explain what

00:30:38.780 happened here

00:30:39.320 so shoppers

00:30:40.980 a location

00:30:41.480 in Toronto

00:30:42.260 Ontario

00:30:43.040 posted a

00:30:44.620 job advertising

00:30:45.840 for a part-time

00:30:46.600 employee

00:30:47.000 the only thing

00:30:48.040 is that it

00:30:48.400 actually isn't

00:30:49.320 a job

00:30:49.780 it's a position

00:30:50.400 for an unpaid

00:30:51.840 volunteer

00:30:52.720 the listing here

00:30:53.840 says

00:30:54.360 this is a part-time

00:30:55.500 on-site volunteer

00:30:56.360 role at shoppers

00:30:57.680 drug mart

00:30:58.040 in Toronto

00:30:58.420 Ontario

00:30:58.840 as a volunteer

00:30:59.780 you will be

00:31:00.720 responsible for

00:31:01.400 assisting with

00:31:01.960 various tasks

00:31:02.800 and providing

00:31:03.600 support to the

00:31:04.220 staff

00:31:04.560 this may include

00:31:05.800 helping customers

00:31:06.460 find products

00:31:07.380 restocking shelves

00:31:08.540 organizing inventory

00:31:09.660 and maintaining a

00:31:10.920 clean and organized

00:31:11.720 store environment

00:31:12.520 your role as a

00:31:13.480 volunteer is crucial

00:31:14.500 in ensuring that

00:31:15.560 our customers have

00:31:16.380 a positive and

00:31:17.180 seamless shopping

00:31:18.000 experience

00:31:18.640 so obviously you

00:31:19.560 can see very

00:31:20.340 clearly from the

00:31:21.080 description there

00:31:21.660 that this is

00:31:22.300 indeed a job

00:31:23.880 something that

00:31:24.460 someone should be

00:31:24.920 paid at least

00:31:25.560 minimum wage for

00:31:26.580 but I think

00:31:27.780 what's happening

00:31:28.280 here is we've

00:31:29.320 all seen those

00:31:30.080 videos

00:31:30.760 well maybe not

00:31:32.300 all of us

00:31:32.700 but I'll describe

00:31:33.520 it for over

00:31:33.860 years haven't

00:31:34.220 seen it

00:31:34.440 if you if you

00:31:35.200 spend a long

00:31:35.540 time on X

00:31:36.140 as all of us

00:31:36.880 on here do

00:31:37.560 you've often

00:31:38.600 seen videos of

00:31:39.700 people in

00:31:40.360 Toronto lining

00:31:41.200 up at job

00:31:41.760 fairs for jobs

00:31:42.640 that something

00:31:43.320 like maybe say

00:31:43.940 Canadian Tire

00:31:44.640 or Tim Hortons

00:31:45.240 or McDonald's

00:31:45.860 and there's just

00:31:46.500 lines of people

00:31:47.500 down the street

00:31:48.240 you look like

00:31:48.760 these lines look

00:31:49.520 hours long and

00:31:50.400 sometimes there's

00:31:51.080 just people hoarding

00:31:52.080 the doors and

00:31:53.280 they're trying to

00:31:53.740 hint in their

00:31:54.220 application and you

00:31:55.140 even seen videos

00:31:55.820 where people are

00:31:56.340 like so

00:31:56.580 we're no longer

00:31:57.320 accepting applications

00:31:58.500 just hundreds and

00:31:59.520 hundreds of people

00:32:00.040 showing up at

00:32:00.580 jobs fairs for

00:32:01.320 very basic

00:32:02.360 minimum wage

00:32:03.520 part-time jobs

00:32:04.680 and so what we're

00:32:05.520 really seeing here

00:32:06.020 is there's just

00:32:06.400 not enough demand

00:32:07.220 and I can't help

00:32:08.340 but think that

00:32:08.800 maybe shoppers

00:32:09.420 thought eh

00:32:09.940 you know there's

00:32:10.700 so much demand

00:32:11.480 obviously this has

00:32:12.200 lowered the value

00:32:13.040 of wages

00:32:13.500 maybe we can get

00:32:14.520 someone who would

00:32:15.000 be desperate

00:32:15.540 enough to just

00:32:16.100 get some

00:32:16.420 experience to put

00:32:17.700 something on their

00:32:18.340 resume that could

00:32:19.340 later on lead to

00:32:20.460 a part-time job

00:32:21.140 since we've got so

00:32:21.820 many people who are

00:32:22.420 clearly out of work

00:32:23.160 that's my

00:32:24.300 suspicion

00:32:24.760 and you know

00:32:25.640 of course this

00:32:26.100 again falls back

00:32:26.820 to immigration

00:32:27.300 the high levels

00:32:27.860 of immigration

00:32:28.280 that we're seeing

00:32:28.700 particularly concentrated

00:32:30.320 in the GTA region

00:32:32.040 that's really what's

00:32:33.320 causing this impact

00:32:34.320 and I know that's my

00:32:35.220 suspicion as to why

00:32:36.120 shoppers posted this

00:32:37.260 position

00:32:37.520 I will say that

00:32:38.920 they have been

00:32:39.620 ruthlessly mocked

00:32:40.820 online for it

00:32:41.660 and they have since

00:32:42.660 pulled the job

00:32:43.520 posting from LinkedIn

00:32:44.700 but what do you guys

00:32:45.620 think?

00:32:46.660 yeah just well just

00:32:47.360 on that they

00:32:47.920 they pulled it

00:32:48.660 corporate weighed

00:32:49.540 in and said it

00:32:50.040 was a mistake

00:32:50.680 and then they also

00:32:51.880 said well it was

00:32:52.580 the the local

00:32:53.300 franchisor because

00:32:54.120 with shoppers the

00:32:54.820 pharmacist owns the

00:32:55.780 store so I don't

00:32:56.760 think it was a

00:32:57.120 mistake I think the

00:32:57.900 pharmacist was being

00:32:59.520 an absolutely you

00:33:01.000 know just predatory

00:33:02.120 human being in

00:33:03.680 trying to get people

00:33:04.660 to work for him for

00:33:05.580 free and I'm hoping

00:33:07.020 that you know the

00:33:07.640 whip is coming down

00:33:08.360 behind the scenes on

00:33:09.440 that but no it's

00:33:10.540 ridiculous and look I

00:33:11.280 mean internships have

00:33:12.660 in and of themselves

00:33:14.080 gotten a bad rap as

00:33:15.180 of late but at least

00:33:15.880 an internship is an

00:33:17.420 environment in which

00:33:18.120 you're supposed to

00:33:18.720 learn it's typically

00:33:19.480 part of studying but

00:33:21.680 but even then unpaid

00:33:22.720 internships are very

00:33:23.460 controversial this

00:33:24.160 doesn't even pretend

00:33:24.820 to be that this is

00:33:25.480 just hey come and

00:33:26.080 work for us for free

00:33:26.980 yeah I don't know and

00:33:29.940 I wouldn't necessarily

00:33:30.720 say there's anything

00:33:31.480 wrong with an unpaid

00:33:33.420 internship if you're

00:33:34.000 learning like a

00:33:34.620 specific skill and

00:33:35.460 maybe an industry you

00:33:36.100 want to go to but

00:33:36.580 come on restocking

00:33:37.480 shelves like just give

00:33:38.840 the person $11 $13

00:33:40.120 an hour whatever it

00:33:41.040 is call it a day

00:33:41.900 Isaac what do you

00:33:42.720 think?

00:33:43.700 yeah I've never

00:33:44.300 personally been a

00:33:45.260 supportive of unpaid

00:33:46.940 internships but to

00:33:49.640 play devil's advocate

00:33:50.300 for shoppers here I

00:33:52.580 they didn't hide like

00:33:54.440 it the header of the

00:33:55.840 job the did say

00:33:57.060 volunteer so it

00:33:58.480 wasn't like they were

00:33:59.280 saying oh you can be

00:34:00.380 a whatever their

00:34:01.420 employee title would

00:34:02.680 be called a stock

00:34:04.140 associate let's say

00:34:05.000 and then at the end

00:34:06.080 they're like oh but we

00:34:06.700 won't pay you so at

00:34:07.480 least they were just

00:34:09.760 saying that yeah this is

00:34:10.840 a volunteer role like

00:34:11.720 they weren't trying to

00:34:12.340 hide that at least and

00:34:13.860 I don't know how

00:34:15.420 abnormal it is to post

00:34:16.900 volunteer jobs to

00:34:19.180 LinkedIn but obviously

00:34:21.020 this is a job that you

00:34:22.160 you would normally

00:34:23.040 expect to get paid

00:34:24.220 for I mean it's an

00:34:26.520 interesting business

00:34:27.180 model join a market

00:34:28.880 that's so desperate for

00:34:31.340 work that you can just

00:34:32.340 post jobs that people

00:34:34.900 apply to because I think

00:34:36.000 I've always believed that

00:34:37.000 work gives work in

00:34:38.520 general just gives

00:34:39.260 humans a desire to 0.97

00:34:41.460 live right like it's a

00:34:43.080 really an important

00:34:44.120 part of life in my

00:34:44.880 opinion so yeah just a

00:34:46.880 good business design

00:34:48.200 there which is post your

00:34:50.420 jobs as volunteer work

00:34:51.600 because people are so

00:34:52.620 dying to work that

00:34:54.180 they'll just come work

00:34:54.920 for you for free yeah

00:34:55.920 I think you're actually

00:34:57.700 looking and then

00:34:58.480 there's the capitalist in

00:34:59.660 me that's like well

00:35:00.500 okay if people are

00:35:01.220 willing to do it then

00:35:02.120 you know it's no skin

00:35:02.920 off anyone else's back

00:35:03.840 but that but it's still

00:35:04.980 I think is is really I

00:35:07.860 I hope this hasn't

00:35:08.720 been going on for

00:35:09.420 long in fact I hope

00:35:10.140 this was the first

00:35:10.980 time this has ever

00:35:11.620 been done and we all

00:35:12.360 just see how terrible

00:35:13.080 it is and it never

00:35:14.760 happens again much

00:35:16.680 like I hope the

00:35:17.480 government never puts

00:35:18.600 1.7 million dollars

00:35:20.380 of your and my tax

00:35:22.220 money into funding

00:35:23.780 the manufacture of

00:35:25.100 pasta in Brampton

00:35:26.880 this is a thing that

00:35:29.340 happened this week the

00:35:30.360 federal government

00:35:30.960 announced 1.7 million

00:35:32.160 to Italpasta which is

00:35:34.240 a company that's going

00:35:35.020 to create a massive

00:35:35.980 massive economic benefit

00:35:37.440 with this they're

00:35:37.940 going to take the

00:35:38.480 1.7 million dollars

00:35:40.480 they're going to you

00:35:41.520 know turn it into

00:35:42.540 dough they're going to

00:35:43.260 need it they're going

00:35:43.800 to run it through the

00:35:44.340 machine and at the

00:35:45.000 end of it 10 jobs are

00:35:47.500 created 10 jobs that is

00:35:50.280 a cost per job of

00:35:51.460 170,000 dollars it

00:35:53.380 would be more

00:35:53.980 advantageous I think

00:35:54.800 just to walk around

00:35:55.540 in Brampton and give

00:35:57.400 people $10,000 each

00:35:58.980 until the 1.7 million

00:36:00.140 runs out you'd

00:36:00.760 probably have more

00:36:01.320 economic benefit there

00:36:02.400 Isaac what's your

00:36:03.860 take on this yeah I

00:36:06.080 don't disagree with

00:36:06.820 you about the economic

00:36:07.600 benefit part you give

00:36:09.320 those people the $10,000

00:36:10.180 they'll spend it which

00:36:11.820 I guess is the premise

00:36:13.180 of GDP but I mean

00:36:15.000 $170,000 per job to

00:36:16.880 make pasta here this

00:36:18.440 does seem a bit wild

00:36:20.080 and I mean this isn't

00:36:22.160 so much public sector

00:36:23.200 it is publicly funded

00:36:24.100 but we've seen the

00:36:25.100 public sector job

00:36:27.100 market balloon whereas

00:36:28.860 obviously private has

00:36:29.980 taken a huge hit in

00:36:31.260 Canada over the last

00:36:31.960 few years so yeah and

00:36:34.600 I don't know why why is

00:36:36.200 the federal government

00:36:36.960 funding this project I

00:36:38.960 haven't really looked

00:36:39.500 into the story as much

00:36:40.420 of my life but I don't

00:36:41.760 understand why why the

00:36:43.000 federal government would

00:36:43.800 have their toes in this

00:36:44.960 at all and why are

00:36:46.260 taxpayers paid for these

00:36:47.420 jobs they just want to

00:36:48.860 run around handing out

00:36:49.940 checks in an election

00:36:51.340 year or as in election

00:36:52.800 years anyway it seems

00:36:55.160 like general vote buying

00:36:56.280 and you know we are

00:36:57.700 seeing this with the

00:36:58.260 liberals time and time

00:36:58.980 again they're spending

00:36:59.720 millions billions of

00:37:01.040 dollars to create for

00:37:02.620 example in Ontario 1.5

00:37:04.220 billion dollars for an

00:37:06.300 EV battery plant that

00:37:07.800 will create a thousand

00:37:08.660 jobs I think there's been

00:37:09.600 a couple of those

00:37:10.840 announcements been

00:37:11.660 reported and you just

00:37:12.680 look at this and you're

00:37:13.180 like why is this

00:37:14.080 happening this seems

00:37:14.660 so ridiculous but really

00:37:15.400 it's a sign of a broken

00:37:16.760 economy when the

00:37:17.760 government is coming in

00:37:19.180 and they're spending

00:37:20.180 millions and billions of

00:37:21.460 taxpayers dollars to

00:37:22.220 create a handful of

00:37:22.900 jobs it doesn't really

00:37:23.500 make sense in a

00:37:24.480 functioning economy you

00:37:25.680 know the natural supply

00:37:27.120 and demand system would be

00:37:28.240 creating jobs while

00:37:29.620 paying jobs from private

00:37:31.100 money there would be no

00:37:32.180 need for the federal

00:37:32.820 government to get

00:37:33.340 involved here so this is

00:37:34.140 really a broken system

00:37:35.020 that we're seeing it's

00:37:35.700 just so frustrating the

00:37:37.240 amount of money we're

00:37:37.840 spending on a handful of

00:37:38.660 jobs and also for the

00:37:39.600 EV battery plant I mean

00:37:40.780 that's its own loaded

00:37:41.520 statements on its own

00:37:42.280 we're creating all these

00:37:43.020 batteries no one really

00:37:43.900 wants electric vehicles

00:37:44.680 they haven't been

00:37:45.200 successful I don't think

00:37:46.480 they are going to be

00:37:47.160 very successful in the

00:37:47.920 next few years I think

00:37:48.680 people have kind of seen

00:37:49.660 what they have to offer

00:37:50.360 and chosen other options

00:37:51.660 so it's extremely

00:37:53.140 frustrating as a consumer

00:37:54.160 and a taxpayer to watch

00:37:55.220 this yeah fair enough

00:37:57.360 all right just before we

00:37:59.140 go well actually you know

00:37:59.880 I got one thing for us

00:38:00.880 before we go but before

00:38:01.940 that thing happens

00:38:03.240 Rachel you had this

00:38:04.320 story which you wanted

00:38:05.700 it doesn't even really

00:38:06.440 fit anywhere but it was

00:38:07.280 just weird are we

00:38:10.140 putting it up on what

00:38:11.180 story is this Peru oh

00:38:13.780 yes so Peru has

00:38:15.200 officially classified

00:38:16.100 trans people as mentally 1.00

00:38:17.160 ill I saw this and I

00:38:18.200 you know thought for a

00:38:19.000 minute maybe that some

00:38:19.800 mistake had been made

00:38:20.920 but someone had to say

00:38:23.020 the quiet part out loud

00:38:23.900 yeah I don't think

00:38:27.300 Canada has sent enough

00:38:28.600 money to Peru which is

00:38:29.720 why this has happened

00:38:30.460 because obviously the

00:38:31.600 feds keep sending money

00:38:32.620 to these foreign 0.78

00:38:33.540 countries to bolster their

00:38:35.040 LGBTQ community so I

00:38:37.620 think the liberals

00:38:38.140 haven't invested enough

00:38:39.240 of our tax

00:38:40.560 don't give them any ideas

00:38:41.560 Isaac don't give them 0.89

00:38:42.660 any ideas

00:38:43.380 I asked so Sean is our

00:38:45.840 producer he produces my

00:38:47.120 show and this one and I

00:38:48.620 asked and he's Peruvian

00:38:49.820 so I asked him what he

00:38:51.060 thought about it and he

00:38:52.460 said he forgot he was

00:38:53.340 Peruvian so 0.93

00:38:54.400 which is a convenient way

00:38:56.260 to sidestep having an

00:38:57.160 opinion on this

00:38:57.820 take some pride

00:38:58.540 what was that Rachel

00:39:01.580 can take some pride in

00:39:02.500 it now

00:39:02.880 yeah I always thought

00:39:04.740 that a lot of those

00:39:05.740 like Latin American 0.84

00:39:06.620 like the Central and

00:39:08.020 South American countries

00:39:08.760 were like really really

00:39:09.600 uber progressive like

00:39:10.920 played but I guess not

00:39:13.440 necessarily so I don't

00:39:15.020 know maybe they're

00:39:15.400 turning a corner I

00:39:16.080 don't pretend to know

00:39:16.700 anything about Peruvian

00:39:17.740 politics so Sean weighs

00:39:19.900 in now he's had some

00:39:20.920 time to think about he

00:39:21.600 says as a Peruvian I

00:39:23.200 can say they are quite

00:39:23.920 conservative when it

00:39:25.040 comes to LGBTQ stuff so 0.98

00:39:26.960 okay so maybe it's

00:39:27.920 actually nothing new

00:39:28.660 from them

00:39:29.580 as our home Peruvian

00:39:31.800 expert has spoken I

00:39:33.220 think also we're seeing

00:39:34.040 the future Peruvian

00:39:35.540 ambassador to Canada or

00:39:37.260 Canadian ambassador to

00:39:38.120 Peru he forgets he's

00:39:38.920 Peruvian but as long as 0.97

00:39:40.180 he doesn't forget he's

00:39:40.780 Canadian he's eligible for

00:39:41.800 the gig

00:39:42.140 I also think we're

00:39:44.300 really seeing the

00:39:44.860 pendulum like swinging

00:39:45.840 back hard on a lot of

00:39:46.780 these issues

00:39:47.360 no I agree

00:39:48.440 all right so earlier on

00:39:49.780 we were all struggling to

00:39:50.700 come up with raps in

00:39:51.580 real time and as my

00:39:53.180 true north colleagues

00:39:53.900 know and are no doubt

00:39:54.800 infuriated by I have

00:39:56.700 just developed this like

00:39:58.180 weird affinity for AI

00:39:59.700 generated music as of

00:40:01.000 late so while people

00:40:02.360 were talking I

00:40:03.520 produced or had I

00:40:04.780 didn't do it I did

00:40:05.680 like nothing I typed in

00:40:06.900 one sentence an AI

00:40:08.500 generated rap about

00:40:10.140 defunding CBC now I

00:40:12.180 have not heard this yet

00:40:13.380 so this could be

00:40:14.500 terrible but we're

00:40:15.780 gonna put it up and

00:40:16.600 we're gonna listen to

00:40:17.280 it for this is the

00:40:18.000 world debut of a song

00:40:19.600 that the AI app

00:40:21.080 Suno has titled

00:40:22.120 defund the broadcast

00:40:23.820 yo it's time to

00:40:27.900 address a topic that's

00:40:29.140 been on my mind

00:40:30.000 CBC you claim to

00:40:31.160 represent the people

00:40:32.100 but you're far behind

00:40:33.120 causing taxpayers money

00:40:34.520 it's getting out of

00:40:35.460 control time to defund

00:40:36.800 the broadcast it's time

00:40:37.940 for your reign to

00:40:38.760 fold CBC used to be

00:40:40.580 the voice of the nation

00:40:41.580 but nowadays all I hear

00:40:42.940 is propaganda and

00:40:44.000 misrepresentation you're

00:40:45.540 out of touch with

00:40:46.220 Canadians you don't

00:40:47.280 understand our plight

00:40:48.280 it's time to cut the

00:40:49.340 funding we need to

00:40:50.240 change and we need it

00:40:51.280 right you claim to

00:40:52.320 be unbiased but it's

00:40:53.340 clear that ain't the

00:40:54.040 case reporting with

00:40:55.240 agenda pushing

00:40:56.040 narratives in our face

00:40:57.280 you forgot your core

00:40:58.540 mission the reason you

00:40:59.660 exist it's time to

00:41:01.540 defund the broadcast

00:41:02.700 it's time for you to

00:41:04.080 resist

00:41:04.640 I gotta say that's

00:41:18.640 better than the Dubai

00:41:19.800 climate disinformation

00:41:21.300 rap I think

00:41:22.160 that was quite good

00:41:23.320 I guess I'm actually

00:41:24.860 the one who's behind

00:41:25.600 the times because

00:41:26.200 while you were working

00:41:26.940 away at your little

00:41:28.640 song I was kind of

00:41:29.640 just looking up words

00:41:30.380 on rhyme dictionary

00:41:31.200 trying to come up with

00:41:32.420 some more rhymes and

00:41:33.660 in the whole time I

00:41:34.300 only got one and I

00:41:35.340 don't even remember it

00:41:36.140 now

00:41:36.440 I was Barton and

00:41:39.100 Darton you had done

00:41:40.280 Rosie Barton and

00:41:41.020 Darton

00:41:41.320 but I've been also

00:41:42.020 working on rhymes

00:41:42.900 throughout the show and

00:41:44.620 it definitely wasn't as

00:41:45.840 fast as your AI song

00:41:47.040 okay this is why we're

00:41:49.000 all going to be out of

00:41:49.560 work when the the

00:41:50.480 machines rise up and

00:41:51.640 take their rightful

00:41:52.840 place on the throne of

00:41:53.720 civilization all right

00:41:54.680 on that happy delightful

00:41:56.240 note thanks to Rachel

00:41:58.180 Emanuel and Isaac

00:41:59.180 Lamoureux for coming on

00:42:00.100 the show thanks to all of

00:42:01.540 you for tuning in hope

00:42:02.600 you have a fantastic long

00:42:04.280 weekend and remember

00:42:05.680 everything you've heard

00:42:06.460 was please please please

00:42:08.320 remember this because I

00:42:09.620 don't want this getting

00:42:10.180 out it was all off the

00:42:11.320 record

00:42:11.640 Sean wants to know if

00:42:21.040 the rap counts as

00:42:21.980 Canadian content I I

00:42:24.160 don't know so I'm

00:42:24.960 Canadian and I did the

00:42:25.940 prompt but the computer

00:42:26.940 might not be Canadian so

00:42:28.040 I don't know if it's a

00:42:28.740 Canadian artist

00:42:29.500 we'll just you know

00:42:32.500 jiggle the words a little

00:42:33.220 bit so the CRTC doesn't

00:42:34.520 flag it

00:42:35.040 oh no I if it is

00:42:36.900 Canadian because when the 0.73

00:42:37.920 online streaming act comes

00:42:38.940 in maybe this is like what

00:42:39.920 we can just do to like

00:42:40.680 the front page see I

00:42:42.660 think that we you know

00:42:43.900 need to just do away with

00:42:45.060 AI so we can all use our

00:42:46.380 brains a little more you

00:42:47.600 know flex our skills we're

00:42:48.760 all becoming too lazy you

00:42:50.240 came up with one rhyme in

00:42:51.240 45 minutes Rachel

00:42:52.280 but it's a good one you

00:42:54.120 want to hear it Rosie

00:42:55.620 Barton sues sue the

00:42:57.480 Tories that action is

00:42:59.520 damn the Tory

00:43:00.360 we need an AI model on the

00:43:04.100 website that wraps all of

00:43:05.320 our articles out for the

00:43:06.480 for the

00:43:07.000 I put Andrew's AI song into

00:43:08.740 my podcast

00:43:09.560 I know I did people like

00:43:11.060 that I forget it's very

00:43:12.660 mixed it's half and half

00:43:14.220 um a lot of people like the

00:43:16.340 song and then a lot of

00:43:17.260 people are like oh I can't

00:43:19.140 stand that it's AI but

00:43:20.220 otherwise they like the

00:43:20.840 song and then there's also

00:43:21.600 a good number of people who

00:43:22.640 are like it's super cringy

00:43:24.300 Rachel like you need to take 0.97

00:43:25.320 it off I have to skip your

00:43:26.440 intro now

00:43:27.040 ah oh well

00:43:28.640 all right

00:43:29.500 it's my show I make the

00:43:31.840 decisions

00:43:32.500 so

00:43:37.640 you

00:43:39.620 you

00:43:39.680 you

00:43:39.900 you

00:43:39.980 you

00:43:40.760 you

00:43:42.760 you

00:43:43.140 you

00:43:43.340 you

Off the Record - May 17, 2024

Taxpayers on hook for “climate disinformation” rap

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