Rebel News Podcast - After seven months of fighting the fines, it's time to face Canada's second lockdown

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. I got a big announcement today. I know you're going to laugh at first.

00:00:03.320 You're going to say that's impossible. We're announcing a project to hire lawyers

00:00:09.980 for the first 1,000 people to get lockdown fines. And I know you're thinking that's impossible.

00:00:17.000 You can't do 1,000 cases. Well, the crazy thing is we've actually taken 161 complaints from

00:00:24.660 members of the public, and we're working our way through that. We're helping some of them

00:00:29.680 in a bulk legal action. The others we're helping one at a time. So if we can handle 161,

00:00:36.020 why can't we hire a few more lawyers, use our system, and help 1,000? I'll tell you my plan,

00:00:44.340 and I'd love your reaction to it. Before I do, let me invite you to become a subscriber to Rebel News Plus.

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00:01:04.500 think it's important. I mean, you get a lot of good stuff out of it, but we get the right to live

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00:01:20.980 All right, here's today's podcast.

00:01:29.960 Tonight, we're vastly expanding our Fight the Fines Legal Aid Project. I hope you'll support us.

00:01:45.820 It's November 25th, and this is the Ezra Levant Show.

00:01:51.240 Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?

00:01:54.960 There's 8,500 customers here, and you won't give them an answer.

00:01:59.020 The only thing I have to say to the government of a wire publisher is because it's my bloody right to do so.

00:02:04.880 I have an important announcement, and I'd be grateful if you help me share it with everyone

00:02:14.380 you can. I am hiring a team of lawyers to defend every single Canadian who gets a lockdown ticket

00:02:24.320 for not wearing a mask, for having a friend over, for letting kids play with each other,

00:02:29.460 for hugging your grandmother, for opening your restaurant and trying to earn a living,

00:02:34.080 for having a Christmas dinner, for living your life. If you get a ticket for any of that,

00:02:40.640 come to me starting right now and continuing on through the Christmas season into the new year.

00:02:47.900 Normally, the words free lawyer don't go together, but that is what we're doing.

00:02:52.400 If you get one of these outrageous, unconstitutional lockdown tickets,

00:02:57.040 don't pay it. Don't plead guilty. Don't do it. We're not going to pay your fine. We will fight

00:03:03.700 your fine. What have you got to lose? You can find out the details at fightthefines.com.

00:03:10.280 You can go to that website right now and fill out a form telling us what happened to you.

00:03:15.520 We'll have a lawyer reach out to you to get more information, including a copy of your ticket.

00:03:20.780 We reserve the right to not take every case, but it is my plan to literally fight 1,000 tickets

00:03:29.620 across Canada. 1,000. One of them could be yours. I know this sounds incredible,

00:03:35.940 but we've been practicing on a smaller scale for seven months now. We've worked out a system.

00:03:42.400 We've set up a software program to keep track of all the cases. We've built an assembly line of

00:03:48.120 lawyers, really. We're ready. And this insane, bullying, unscientific second lockdown wave means

00:03:55.500 we've got to launch our new program right now. Go to fightthefines.com to check it out. If you need

00:04:00.980 our help, fill out the form. And if you don't need help yourself, but want to help other people,

00:04:06.600 please consider helping us crowdfund the cost of these lawyers. I believe there are enough cases here

00:04:12.820 to keep several lawyers and paralegals busy full-time and a senior lawyer to manage them.

00:04:20.200 I expect the next few months alone will cost $200,000 in legal bills, but we've got a system

00:04:26.500 now that can handle 1,000 cases. I want every case because I want to save Christmas for everyone

00:04:34.380 who's about to be hit with a $1,000 fine. And I want to show these tyrants, these premiers and mayors,

00:04:40.060 and especially the unelected health czars, that they're wrong to think they can pick on people

00:04:44.980 who can't afford a lawyer. I want to show the police and the prosecutors that they're not going

00:04:50.020 to have a compliant and submissive population that just rolls over. This isn't going to turn into a

00:04:55.080 cash grab for them either with all these fines. And if they really are going to issue these absurd

00:05:01.000 illegal tickets, I want these government bullies to know that no one's going to plead guilty and make

00:05:05.760 it easy for them. We're going to have a thousand trials of these cases. So you better start building

00:05:12.540 a couple of new courthouses now. If Canada's little dictators are really going to prosecute 0.97

00:05:17.540 everybody, they need to know that the system will implode under the weight of this until a common

00:05:22.640 sense judge throws them all out, which I think is quite possible. So do not pay your fine. Don't do it.

00:05:29.200 Fight your fine. Go to fightthefines.com to get help for yourself or to help others through

00:05:35.680 crowdfunding. This isn't just a pipe dream. We've been preparing for this for seven months,

00:05:41.040 perfecting our system. We started this Fight the Fines project back in April. Our first case was a

00:05:46.500 Christian pastor named Arthur Pavlovsky, who was fined $1,200 for literally feeding the homeless.

00:05:54.180 What kind of cop does that? The police actually pushed the pastors around. They said feeding the

00:06:01.400 homeless on the street was an illegal gathering. I'm serious. That's what they said. So we hired a

00:06:07.600 lawyer for that pastor and we fought the ticket. And you know, the crown prosecutor dropped the case

00:06:12.580 without even a trial. They knew it was legal junk. It was just a purely political fine. It was just

00:06:18.700 trying to scare the pastor into obedience, but they never counted on this pastor being able to hire

00:06:24.100 a serious lawyer willing to fight it all the way. So they dropped the ticket completely.

00:06:29.600 They didn't want to go to court with such an outrageous ticket. Same thing for a case we took

00:06:34.440 in May for Walter Matheson out in New Brunswick. A cop gave Walter a ticket, forget this, just sitting

00:06:41.260 in his car at a Tim Hortons parking lot, drinking his coffee. Take a listen.

00:06:46.500 If you come back, you will not be trespassing.

00:06:48.580 Does that include every Tim Hortons in town?

00:06:50.560 No, that's just one here in Hampton. Just this one. So if you come back, you're trespassing.

00:06:55.360 There's your ticket. Leave the parking lot now, sir. Let's have another one. Next one goes up to $1,000.

00:07:00.560 Really?

00:07:01.240 Yes. You can get up to $10,000.

00:07:03.300 How many have you given out today?

00:07:04.720 You're the first.

00:07:06.180 Well, I feel so good about that.

00:07:08.020 You're lucky. You're the first. You're the first ask for what happened.

00:07:10.000 The cop gave Walter a fine and he swore at Walter. We took the case. Then the cop tried

00:07:15.980 to scare us, sending us a threatening letter. We published his letter and it backfired on

00:07:21.300 the cop. Next thing you know, the prosecutor dropped the whole case against our friend Walter.

00:07:26.600 Same with our friend Tamara Ugolini, who was actually charged with a crime just for walking 0.50

00:07:31.340 on a beach. All charges dropped. You see a pattern here? Police are giving out abusive,

00:07:37.560 insane fines because the politicians are ordering them to do it. So they're expecting citizens 0.99

00:07:43.540 to pay. I don't know. Out of fear and compliance, don't do it. Don't pay these crazy tickets.

00:07:49.180 Let us hire lawyers for you to handle the tickets, to handle the stress. I predict many of these

00:07:55.280 will be dropped without even a hearing. And those that go to court, let us handle that for you

00:08:00.280 two for free. We've been working out a system, how to handle a lot of cases, how to manage the

00:08:06.740 lawyers, how to keep track of everything. We now have a network of civil liberties lawyers across

00:08:11.300 Canada ready to fight. I want a thousand cases. Nobody pay. At fightthefines.com, you can see a

00:08:18.140 dozen of the cases we've taken in Canada so far. And our Australian reporter has now started the same

00:08:23.980 project down under. It's been really bad there. I don't know if you've been following the news.

00:08:28.800 They had a total lockdown for months. Curfews, police checkpoints on the street. It's terrible.

00:08:36.260 We've already taken plenty of cases, like a homeless man who was being given a fine

00:08:40.400 for being out past the curfew. But he's homeless. Police fined him more than $1,500 because he wasn't

00:08:46.380 at home. He's homeless. We took the case. Or this lady who was fined just for being outside

00:08:51.760 alone with her mask on because she was carrying a political sign criticizing the government. You see

00:08:57.740 what I mean about police bullying? We've had our first victory down under, too. A security guard

00:09:02.960 who got a huge fine just for going for a hike in the wilderness with his family. We got the charges

00:09:08.220 dropped. We've got so many cases in Australia, we've actually filed a constitutional challenge

00:09:13.680 to the worst of the laws. We might get hundreds of tickets thrown out in one fell swoop.

00:09:18.060 And we've just taken our first case in the United Kingdom, too.

00:09:23.440 But I live in Canada. This is my country. And I'm trying to show you that we've been preparing

00:09:28.980 for this moment. We've been practicing. And we're very encouraged by how it's going.

00:09:35.200 And so are the people we've been helping, by the way.

00:09:37.340 Oh, yes. I'd like to thank everybody that

00:09:40.360 stood behind me for this, especially Rebel News, of course. And you, Sheila, you're my

00:09:48.580 hero now.

00:09:49.540 And we're going to fight for some justice for you. What do you think about that?

00:09:52.880 That's amazing. Best news I've heard all week. Thank you so much.

00:09:55.740 Okay, then.

00:09:56.600 I appreciate it just for the simple fact that I can't afford to have a lawyer. But if I had

00:10:02.620 to go to court by myself, I'd still take them on. We're going to crowdfund this case so that

00:10:08.460 you two get some justice here. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.

00:10:13.400 This morning, I checked our project management software and counted up all the cases in Canada,

00:10:19.660 Australia, and the United Kingdom. We have had more than 150 people ask for our help. And we've

00:10:27.740 been able to handle it methodically with our system. So it's time to get serious.

00:10:33.280 1,000 cases. I want to fight every ticket in Canada for free. Go to fightthefines.com,

00:10:39.160 especially the most abusive jurisdictions like Manitoba, friendly Manitoba. Not now.

00:10:45.580 Their premier is literally naming and shaming businesses that are just trying to survive.

00:10:51.580 He's actually set up a snitch line for families to inform on each other or their neighbors who just

00:10:57.500 want to have a Christmas dinner. Going forward, if you break the public health rules,

00:11:02.620 there's a good chance you might get your name mentioned on TV.

00:11:06.960 That's so gross. And I promise you we'll show that video to the court. What a bully.

00:11:12.120 He's boasting about how punitive he is. It's for political purposes, isn't it? That's not legal.

00:11:17.180 He's boasting that he intends to cancel people and their businesses. He's threatening to ruin

00:11:22.620 people's livelihoods, just like that bully Doug Ford, who now mocks ordinary working people.

00:11:28.680 You know, Doug Ford himself went to a big wedding during the lockdown. No mask,

00:11:32.560 no social distancing. He's a hypocrite. He's nothing like his late brother, Rob Ford,

00:11:37.380 who actually loved the little people. Doug Ford sneers at them. He despises the grassroots he once

00:11:43.760 called Ford Nation. Remember this? We have, you know, a bunch of yahoos out in the front of Queens 1.00

00:11:50.220 Park sitting there protesting that the place isn't open. And then all of a sudden we hear what's

00:11:56.520 happening. They gather these organizers and as for the organizers, you know, something guys,

00:12:01.940 I don't get it. I just don't get it. If we weren't so backlogged on MRIs, I'd send you to the MRI to get

00:12:08.860 your brain scanned because I just, I don't think there's anything in there. Yeah. Don't pay his fines.

00:12:13.840 Don't give him your money. If you have a fine, go to fightthefines.com, fill out our simple form.

00:12:21.020 We'll review your case and we'll give you a lawyer. We reserve the right not to take every case,

00:12:25.980 but it is my hope to take all of them. If you don't have a fine yourself, but you want to help,

00:12:30.980 please go to fightthefines.com and click on the crowdfunding button. We need that. And finally,

00:12:36.800 if you are a lawyer or a paralegal or even a law student yourself, we need your help to,

00:12:42.340 to handle a thousand cases, to demand disclosure from the government, to push back against the

00:12:47.900 prosecutors. And if these things aren't thrown out on mass to run a trial, likely sometime next year,

00:12:54.060 this is it. This is the fight back because I'm sorry, I don't see the official opposition doing

00:13:02.200 the fight back federally or provincially. They're not opposing this. It's the name of their job,

00:13:06.400 official opposition. I don't see it. I see the media. They're not pushing back. They're the

00:13:13.200 lockdown cheerleaders. They want harsher lockdowns because it doesn't affect them. 1.00

00:13:18.020 And I don't see even the traditional civil liberties groups like the Canadian Civil Liberties

00:13:23.880 Association. They're not pushing back on the lockdown. They actually love the lockdown. It's

00:13:27.680 so weird. Let's keep Canada free. We don't want to live under martial law. You don't quarantine

00:13:34.000 healthy people. You don't punish people for having Christmas dinner with the family. You don't ruin

00:13:39.260 10,000 small businesses. Go to fightthefines.com. We'll help you and you can help us. And so help me

00:13:45.980 God, as fast as these bullies can issue the tickets, we'll fight them. 1.00

00:13:51.100 That's what they do.

00:13:57.220 Oh yeah.

00:14:03.100 Well, the hottest restaurant in Toronto

00:14:22.520 is also the only restaurant in Toronto

00:14:25.560 because they're all locked down

00:14:27.440 except for a place called Adamson's Barbecue.

00:14:30.060 I have had the pleasure of eating

00:14:32.220 at one of their locations.

00:14:33.600 There's three of them in the greater Toronto area.

00:14:35.520 It's amazing.

00:14:36.180 I truly believe it's the best barbecue in Canada

00:14:39.600 if you like Texas style.

00:14:42.780 Famous, all the hipsters would line up

00:14:44.520 for half an hour to get in.

00:14:46.200 Well, now the hipsters have turned against it

00:14:47.780 because Adam Skelly,

00:14:51.120 that's his name, the boss of Adamson's,

00:14:54.040 well, he doesn't bend the knee

00:14:55.340 and he says, you know,

00:14:55.920 I'm keeping my restaurants going

00:14:58.280 and it's turned into a two-day extravaganza

00:15:02.140 really.

00:15:02.820 Yes.

00:15:03.880 It looks like a bit of a festival atmosphere

00:15:06.400 but with police swarming it

00:15:09.240 but not yet quite stinging.

00:15:11.440 Why don't you tell us?

00:15:12.040 You've been there two days in a row.

00:15:13.080 Two days in a row, Ezra.

00:15:13.960 And, you know, as you saw in that clip,

00:15:15.660 I mean, it was like organized chaos.

00:15:17.740 You had the grill roaring,

00:15:18.980 people lined up to get their food,

00:15:20.380 people seated at the table eating their food.

00:15:23.180 Then you had police, lawyers,

00:15:26.560 huge supporters,

00:15:27.820 people who weren't down there for the meal

00:15:29.220 because they knew they weren't going to get it.

00:15:30.660 He was sold out before noon today, by the way.

00:15:32.740 Oh, yeah.

00:15:33.040 So being a rebel, Ezra,

00:15:35.000 is very good for business, it would seem.

00:15:36.900 Until the fines kick in.

00:15:38.340 Until the fines kick in, indeed.

00:15:40.180 But whether those fines are going to go through,

00:15:43.160 that's another question.

00:15:44.320 But it was almost like bizarre dinner theater.

00:15:46.580 Yeah.

00:15:46.760 It was like something out of a Monty Python sketch, almost.

00:15:50.980 But at the end of that calamity,

00:15:53.160 the staff sergeant for, I think it was,

00:15:56.480 might have been 12 Division,

00:15:57.900 but he came out and he said,

00:15:59.180 okay, two things, two relevant things,

00:16:01.020 all you people have to know.

00:16:02.780 This restaurant is technically closed.

00:16:06.000 Because last night,

00:16:07.500 the Toronto public health officer,

00:16:10.020 Eileen Davila,

00:16:10.740 I have to be very careful

00:16:13.040 not to call her Cruella Davila.

00:16:15.540 She slapped one of those, 0.95

00:16:17.260 you know, closed,

00:16:18.520 as though this restaurant

00:16:19.880 was infested with vermin, right?

00:16:22.200 And so the officer said,

00:16:23.880 so this is not really a restaurant

00:16:26.400 that's meant to be open.

00:16:27.960 Secondly, all of you people here,

00:16:30.140 you're not practicing social distancing

00:16:32.420 and you are beyond the interior limit of 10.

00:16:36.480 And so you are open right now

00:16:40.160 to being ticketed yourself.

00:16:42.000 Not a single person left.

00:16:43.960 Nobody bet the name.

00:16:44.760 Wow, isn't that amazing?

00:16:46.080 You know, of course,

00:16:46.940 if this were a Black Lives Matter rally,

00:16:49.580 Justin Trudeau would be there taking a knee.

00:16:52.520 John Tory would be there,

00:16:53.860 the mayor of Toronto embarrassing himself

00:16:55.420 as he often does.

00:16:57.200 It's extremely selective, the virus.

00:16:59.900 Yes.

00:17:00.340 Actually, of course, I'm kidding.

00:17:02.380 What's selective is what politicians enforce.

00:17:04.320 Of course, it's very interesting

00:17:05.860 what you just said,

00:17:06.920 that when the cops said,

00:17:08.300 guys, you're all at risk of a ticket,

00:17:11.220 no one moved.

00:17:12.040 Because I think that maybe

00:17:14.020 besides some diehard customers

00:17:16.240 and people who are just really hungry

00:17:17.960 and people who just wanted

00:17:19.300 that social interaction

00:17:20.300 and going to a restaurant for once,

00:17:22.340 maybe the people who were attracted there

00:17:24.380 were the fighters

00:17:25.420 going to support

00:17:27.080 the first guy in Canada

00:17:29.140 to show real courage.

00:17:30.440 Oh, indeed.

00:17:30.960 And yet, Ezra,

00:17:32.260 I think a reason why

00:17:33.900 Adam banned the mainstream media

00:17:36.480 from his property,

00:17:37.920 not us.

00:17:39.020 Boy, what a turnaround.

00:17:40.960 That's right.

00:17:41.520 The CBC was banned,

00:17:42.860 but Rebel News was an honored guest.

00:17:44.340 He puts the red carpet out for us.

00:17:46.320 That's right.

00:17:46.880 The media narrative,

00:17:48.700 if you go to so many sources,

00:17:50.620 it says,

00:17:51.000 come on, Sidney,

00:17:51.860 what are you waiting for?

00:17:53.240 Throw the block. 1.00

00:17:53.700 I heard people discussing

00:17:55.820 that it's not good enough

00:17:57.720 just to find him

00:17:59.300 and shut his restaurant down.

00:18:00.740 They wanted concrete cinder blocks

00:18:03.200 to block the doors

00:18:04.780 like they did with those illegal cannabis shops

00:18:07.380 when they first opened.

00:18:08.620 They want to completely squash this guy.

00:18:10.340 So drugs are legal,

00:18:11.640 but smoked meat is not.

00:18:13.060 So it depends what you're smoking.

00:18:14.620 If you're smoking marijuana,

00:18:16.460 fill your boots.

00:18:17.100 If you're smoking meat,

00:18:18.160 that's illegal.

00:18:18.960 And Ezra,

00:18:19.720 what is egregious

00:18:21.100 is the city,

00:18:22.160 they put out a release,

00:18:23.800 what they are going after him

00:18:26.480 for any possible reason.

00:18:29.260 It says here,

00:18:30.280 city investigating Adamson Barbecue,

00:18:32.540 quote,

00:18:32.800 for compliance with

00:18:34.340 business licensing,

00:18:36.180 zoning,

00:18:37.080 public health,

00:18:38.140 and the Ontario Building Code,

00:18:40.800 end quote.

00:18:41.420 They are trying to hang

00:18:43.200 a closure notice

00:18:44.440 on any regulation possible.

00:18:47.320 You know,

00:18:47.640 it's very interesting

00:18:48.560 that no one blinked.

00:18:49.580 We really are in a staring match.

00:18:52.100 And I mean,

00:18:53.140 I've been in Toronto now

00:18:54.900 for pretty much a decade.

00:18:56.400 I think I have to call myself

00:18:57.400 a Torontonian now.

00:18:58.260 There's many wonderful things

00:18:59.200 about this city,

00:19:00.160 but I wouldn't call it

00:19:01.060 the most courageous city in Canada.

00:19:02.800 I would call it a city of,

00:19:04.940 that has taken to mask bylaws

00:19:07.280 too enthusiastically.

00:19:08.820 The snitch culture,

00:19:09.960 the informant culture,

00:19:11.340 the compliance,

00:19:12.440 the submission,

00:19:13.140 the conformity.

00:19:14.340 I'm not,

00:19:15.000 obviously I'm not referring

00:19:15.940 to everybody.

00:19:16.560 You're a Torontonian.

00:19:17.500 Our office is full

00:19:18.880 of Torontonians.

00:19:20.020 But I'm saying

00:19:20.740 as a larger culture,

00:19:23.060 this is,

00:19:23.620 there's no free,

00:19:24.840 this ain't the Texas of Canada.

00:19:26.360 Let me put it that way.

00:19:27.520 So to find a restaurant

00:19:28.600 where everyone said,

00:19:30.120 I'm Spartacus.

00:19:31.140 No, I'm Spartacus.

00:19:31.720 Well, they didn't,

00:19:32.240 it's quite say it,

00:19:32.980 but they said,

00:19:33.560 you're going to arrest people.

00:19:34.700 Start with me.

00:19:35.420 It's a staring contest.

00:19:36.720 It'll be interesting

00:19:37.380 if Doug Ford blinks.

00:19:38.860 Can I show you a clip

00:19:39.820 of Doug Ford today?

00:19:41.720 Yes.

00:19:42.280 Where he says,

00:19:43.160 come on, man.

00:19:44.240 I gave you a day.

00:19:45.540 Come on, man.

00:19:46.520 You're not being responsible.

00:19:47.580 Didn't he say buddy?

00:19:48.480 Did he say buddy?

00:19:48.860 Something like that.

00:19:50.080 Take a look.

00:19:51.200 I get it.

00:19:52.620 People are getting edgy

00:19:53.600 out there.

00:19:54.460 And people want

00:19:55.480 to open up their businesses.

00:19:57.100 Well, I was nice

00:19:58.100 to the guy yesterday.

00:19:59.720 But buddy,

00:20:00.540 let me tell you something.

00:20:01.260 You need to shut down.

00:20:02.580 You're putting

00:20:03.080 people's lives

00:20:03.960 in jeopardy.

00:20:05.460 You know,

00:20:05.840 I always try

00:20:07.380 to be nice

00:20:07.840 the first time,

00:20:08.500 but this guy

00:20:09.860 is just totally

00:20:10.900 ignoring

00:20:11.940 public health officials.

00:20:15.340 You know,

00:20:15.660 that's how this spreads.

00:20:17.640 That's how we get

00:20:18.340 out of hand

00:20:19.020 like the U.S. states

00:20:20.660 that are out of control

00:20:21.900 right now.

00:20:23.120 People are dying

00:20:24.060 because of COVID-19.

00:20:26.780 And he just wants

00:20:27.880 to say,

00:20:28.540 forget it

00:20:29.140 and have everyone

00:20:30.200 down there.

00:20:31.460 It's absolutely

00:20:32.360 irresponsible

00:20:33.360 and ridiculous.

00:20:35.660 And then I find out

00:20:36.760 he's doing so well

00:20:38.000 online and take out

00:20:39.120 orders.

00:20:39.460 He opened up

00:20:39.860 a second location.

00:20:41.140 So that's Doug Ford.

00:20:43.000 This is,

00:20:43.860 you know,

00:20:44.060 clearly he's being

00:20:45.040 pulled in two directions.

00:20:46.480 On the one hand,

00:20:47.040 there's the public

00:20:48.320 health deep state.

00:20:50.500 Cruella de Villa,

00:20:51.280 the health officer,

00:20:53.320 all the socialists

00:20:54.440 in city council.

00:20:57.020 You know,

00:20:57.680 everyone who is

00:20:58.620 being enjoying

00:20:59.540 the last six months

00:21:00.360 as a staycation.

00:21:02.160 They're getting paid,

00:21:03.160 but they just

00:21:03.620 stay at home

00:21:04.540 and watch Netflix.

00:21:05.660 Those people

00:21:06.420 want him to crush

00:21:07.720 this Adam Skelly.

00:21:09.460 On the other hand,

00:21:11.100 anyone in the small business,

00:21:12.360 anyone who's saying

00:21:12.940 enough already,

00:21:14.120 the Ford nation.

00:21:15.560 So Doug Ford

00:21:16.140 is truly being

00:21:16.760 pulled in two directions.

00:21:18.600 Doug Ford

00:21:19.160 is a bit of a liberal

00:21:19.960 unlike his late

00:21:20.820 brother Rob Ford.

00:21:22.360 And I think most importantly,

00:21:24.240 Doug Ford doesn't

00:21:24.960 particularly have

00:21:25.880 a strong spine.

00:21:27.320 So I think

00:21:28.860 there's a chance

00:21:30.140 this smoked meat

00:21:32.360 entrepreneur

00:21:33.000 could make Doug Ford

00:21:35.320 blink.

00:21:35.660 On the other hand,

00:21:36.680 if Doug Ford

00:21:37.320 blinks with this guy,

00:21:38.200 the whole thing

00:21:38.720 comes tumbling down.

00:21:39.740 Well, indeed.

00:21:40.580 And I think

00:21:41.500 one of the egregious

00:21:42.640 things too,

00:21:43.420 Ezra,

00:21:44.060 is you said

00:21:45.060 small business.

00:21:46.400 Small business

00:21:47.140 is being treated

00:21:48.520 very differently

00:21:49.400 from big business.

00:21:51.360 This idea,

00:21:52.220 we're all in this together.

00:21:54.240 And also,

00:21:54.960 I hear from people,

00:21:55.900 oh, how's

00:21:56.600 your free market economy

00:21:58.460 working for you now,

00:21:59.360 man?

00:21:59.460 But it's not

00:22:00.100 a free market economy.

00:22:01.240 It's being altered.

00:22:03.460 It's being turned

00:22:04.060 into a freak

00:22:04.800 of an economy.

00:22:05.340 It's crony capitalism.

00:22:06.280 You know what?

00:22:06.800 Let me show you

00:22:07.160 this story

00:22:07.560 from iPolitics.ca,

00:22:09.900 which is a small

00:22:11.260 political news agency.

00:22:12.420 Look at this.

00:22:13.680 Word comes

00:22:14.840 that Walmart Canada,

00:22:16.780 which has never

00:22:17.580 shut down

00:22:18.080 for one minute,

00:22:19.440 they hired

00:22:21.220 two senior members

00:22:24.000 of Doug Ford's staff,

00:22:26.720 Melissa Lansman

00:22:27.640 and David Tarrant,

00:22:29.680 to lobby the premier.

00:22:31.180 They managed

00:22:31.580 to get a meeting

00:22:32.400 with the premier

00:22:33.020 of the CEO

00:22:34.080 of Walmart Canada,

00:22:35.300 who convinced them

00:22:36.320 not only to let

00:22:37.080 Walmart to stay open,

00:22:38.580 but to sell everything,

00:22:40.760 not just essential stuff.

00:22:42.240 Walmart has a lot

00:22:42.980 of food stores,

00:22:43.540 for example.

00:22:44.240 No, no, no.

00:22:44.860 They can sell everything.

00:22:47.180 Toys, electronics,

00:22:49.420 clothing, greeting cards,

00:22:52.320 curios, knickknacks,

00:22:53.840 like whatever.

00:22:54.860 So mighty Walmart,

00:22:56.740 because they can afford

00:22:57.720 to pay to hire

00:22:59.360 the staff of Doug Ford

00:23:00.600 for a meeting,

00:23:01.920 they're allowed

00:23:02.460 to sell smoked meat

00:23:03.780 if they want.

00:23:04.580 Yes, correct.

00:23:05.360 And this entrepreneur

00:23:06.800 who can't afford

00:23:07.960 half a million bucks

00:23:09.040 to lobby the premier,

00:23:10.440 he's out of business.

00:23:11.080 And you've mentioned

00:23:11.700 this in your reports.

00:23:12.660 There's a Costco

00:23:13.300 just a few hundred meters away.

00:23:15.340 They're selling hot dogs,

00:23:16.380 pizza, french fries, pop,

00:23:17.780 and everything,

00:23:18.820 everything in the Costco store.

00:23:20.540 No problem.

00:23:21.240 Oh, and our cameraman,

00:23:22.280 Lincoln,

00:23:22.560 tonight,

00:23:22.940 we went down

00:23:23.760 to that Costco last night

00:23:25.100 as or after the

00:23:26.240 Toronto Public Health

00:23:27.760 put that closure notice

00:23:28.980 in Adamson Barbecue's window.

00:23:31.460 And, well, I mean,

00:23:32.640 if Mr. Producer

00:23:33.160 can run some footage,

00:23:34.420 you can see

00:23:35.100 it is jammed to the gills.

00:23:37.160 You couldn't find

00:23:37.620 a parking spot.

00:23:38.360 You can't tell me.

00:23:40.300 I mean, explain to me.

00:23:41.520 I mean, yes,

00:23:42.480 I might be a bear

00:23:43.620 of very little brain,

00:23:45.100 but how is it

00:23:46.420 that you have a Costco

00:23:48.000 with 20,

00:23:49.560 30 times

00:23:50.360 the amount of people

00:23:51.420 that could possibly

00:23:52.560 ever cram into Adamson's?

00:23:54.400 That's open for business.

00:23:55.680 That's jolly good.

00:23:57.120 And yet,

00:23:58.080 Adamson's barbecue

00:23:58.860 has to be shut down.

00:23:59.740 And I know

00:24:00.240 in the press conference

00:24:01.120 the other day,

00:24:02.380 Ezra,

00:24:03.140 the premier was taken to task.

00:24:04.920 Well, if it's because

00:24:05.800 Costco and Walmart

00:24:07.260 and Loblaws, 0.63

00:24:08.260 they sell groceries,

00:24:09.740 this is why

00:24:10.140 they get the exemption,

00:24:11.440 why can't you wall off

00:24:12.700 the areas that are

00:24:13.720 non-groceries?

00:24:14.400 Because if you had a store,

00:24:15.480 if you had Ezra's shoe store,

00:24:16.780 you're out of luck.

00:24:17.480 If you had Ezra's florist,

00:24:19.080 you're out of luck.

00:24:19.720 Both were failed

00:24:20.480 businesses of mine

00:24:21.840 along the years.

00:24:23.300 You're bringing up

00:24:23.880 bad memories.

00:24:24.660 I'm so sorry.

00:24:25.260 Especially the flower store.

00:24:26.560 No, I'm kidding.

00:24:27.180 But, you know,

00:24:27.480 my point is

00:24:28.180 when you go to Walmart

00:24:29.320 to get your groceries

00:24:30.140 for your family,

00:24:31.220 well, you can pick up

00:24:32.020 a pair of shoes.

00:24:32.700 You can pick up

00:24:33.300 a dozen roses.

00:24:34.080 Walmart has made out

00:24:35.740 like bandits

00:24:36.420 this pandemic.

00:24:37.740 The only people

00:24:38.220 doing better than them

00:24:39.000 is Amazon.com.

00:24:40.540 You've got to wonder

00:24:41.320 how much is Jeff Bezos

00:24:42.880 lobbying to shut down,

00:24:44.420 well, he probably

00:24:44.900 wouldn't lobby

00:24:45.400 to shut down

00:24:46.020 Adamson's meat,

00:24:47.200 but he'd lobby

00:24:47.780 to shut down

00:24:48.400 all the retail stores.

00:24:50.280 And, you know,

00:24:50.840 the media mania,

00:24:52.100 we'll show some tweets

00:24:52.920 on the screen here,

00:24:54.700 just absolute

00:24:55.900 fear-mongering,

00:24:57.660 paranoia,

00:24:58.460 panic,

00:24:59.120 rage

00:24:59.600 at this guy.

00:25:01.500 Yeah.

00:25:01.660 Um, silence

00:25:03.760 towards these

00:25:04.980 big box companies.

00:25:06.100 Yeah.

00:25:06.260 Is it because

00:25:06.760 Walmart advertises

00:25:07.860 on CTV and CBC?

00:25:10.020 Ah.

00:25:10.320 I mean, maybe

00:25:11.000 there's advertising

00:25:11.720 money there.

00:25:12.420 Again, foolish

00:25:13.780 Adam Skelly.

00:25:14.760 If only he dropped

00:25:15.440 a million bucks

00:25:16.040 with CTV,

00:25:16.940 they'd shut up

00:25:17.640 about him.

00:25:18.140 Or is it because,

00:25:19.860 I don't know,

00:25:20.580 it's just,

00:25:22.320 they, they,

00:25:22.900 there's no

00:25:23.680 self-awareness.

00:25:25.440 They're screaming

00:25:26.440 at a guy

00:25:27.120 for opening his store,

00:25:29.280 and then they're

00:25:30.100 going to go

00:25:30.480 to the Walmart

00:25:31.100 five minutes later.

00:25:32.320 Oh, you know

00:25:32.860 they are.

00:25:33.400 And, and they're

00:25:34.160 going to order

00:25:34.520 from Amazon

00:25:35.080 and make Jeff Bezos

00:25:36.140 a further billionaire.

00:25:38.040 And, and,

00:25:38.600 as we said earlier

00:25:39.380 in the segment

00:25:40.040 that if this was

00:25:41.420 a Black Lives Matter

00:25:42.420 protest,

00:25:43.260 this is not

00:25:44.060 a hypothetical

00:25:45.580 talk on your part.

00:25:47.380 As you know,

00:25:48.560 I think

00:25:49.140 the best,

00:25:50.960 the most important

00:25:51.700 video we ever did

00:25:52.480 in this company's

00:25:53.240 almost six-year history

00:25:54.280 was taking back

00:25:55.460 Nathan Phillips Square.

00:25:56.420 You had violent squatters

00:25:58.540 dressed up as

00:25:59.740 Afro-Indigenous rising,

00:26:01.480 whatever that means.

00:26:01.900 Yeah,

00:26:02.080 almost all of them

00:26:03.320 were rich white kids.

00:26:04.960 That's true.

00:26:05.680 And, and many

00:26:06.340 were just staying

00:26:07.020 overnight at the

00:26:07.640 Sheridan Hotel

00:26:08.220 from the $49,000

00:26:09.780 they raised

00:26:10.600 in crowdfunding.

00:26:11.520 But the point

00:26:12.160 I'm making

00:26:12.580 is that was

00:26:13.940 an illegal occupation

00:26:15.220 of the square.

00:26:16.040 Not for one day,

00:26:17.140 not for two days,

00:26:18.300 but for three weeks

00:26:19.880 this garbage

00:26:20.540 was tolerated.

00:26:21.460 I think they might

00:26:22.200 still be there

00:26:22.820 if we weren't

00:26:23.540 exposing them.

00:26:24.580 If whatever media

00:26:25.360 exposure you saw

00:26:26.200 there

00:26:26.520 and there was

00:26:27.680 virtually none

00:26:28.400 but what you did

00:26:29.460 see from the

00:26:29.880 mainstream media

00:26:30.480 was friendly

00:26:31.620 and asking

00:26:32.280 John Tory

00:26:32.760 is there a way

00:26:33.240 we can, you know,

00:26:33.920 ignore the

00:26:34.520 Trespass Act?

00:26:35.720 And meanwhile

00:26:36.220 these were very

00:26:37.780 violent,

00:26:38.980 bad people

00:26:39.960 that were there

00:26:40.660 and the city

00:26:41.660 was making

00:26:42.200 all kinds of excuses

00:26:43.480 not have the

00:26:45.220 authorities come in

00:26:45.980 but Mayor John Tory

00:26:47.620 yesterday

00:26:48.460 says

00:26:49.560 I hope the

00:26:51.000 authorities

00:26:51.560 throw the book

00:26:52.600 at this guy.

00:26:53.580 Yeah, you know what?

00:26:54.220 I saw that.

00:26:54.920 In fact, I want to

00:26:55.560 show you one last clip.

00:26:56.600 Here's John Tory

00:26:57.320 talking to a reporter.

00:26:59.680 This is one of the

00:27:00.420 grossest things

00:27:01.100 I've ever seen.

00:27:01.800 John Tory says

00:27:02.540 hey journalist

00:27:03.700 can you stop

00:27:04.780 giving Adam Skelly

00:27:06.120 so much favorable

00:27:07.120 coverage?

00:27:07.760 And the journalist

00:27:08.580 says

00:27:09.080 okay, you're right.

00:27:11.500 And then

00:27:11.940 the mayor says

00:27:14.180 bad things are

00:27:16.020 coming to him

00:27:16.520 from the

00:27:16.860 the mayor basically

00:27:18.200 says what's going

00:27:20.200 to happen

00:27:20.640 police-wise.

00:27:21.440 I didn't know

00:27:22.420 that mayors

00:27:22.980 directed police

00:27:23.800 for political

00:27:24.700 reasons.

00:27:25.160 Take a quick

00:27:25.620 look at this.

00:27:26.620 This is one of

00:27:27.160 the grossest

00:27:27.660 things you'll

00:27:28.140 see from the

00:27:29.200 media party

00:27:29.960 in total

00:27:30.900 collusion

00:27:31.500 with a corrupt

00:27:32.480 politician.

00:27:33.220 Take a look.

00:27:33.980 To our behavior

00:27:34.680 at Christmas.

00:27:36.140 Mayor John Tory,

00:27:36.880 we will leave it

00:27:37.440 there today

00:27:38.060 and we'll all

00:27:38.940 wait and watch

00:27:39.400 to see what

00:27:39.800 plays out

00:27:40.300 at Adamson

00:27:41.740 Barbecue

00:27:42.120 today at 11

00:27:42.700 when that is

00:27:43.220 supposed to open.

00:27:44.420 Have a productive

00:27:44.980 day.

00:27:45.480 We'll chat with you

00:27:46.080 again Friday.

00:27:47.280 Don't give this

00:27:47.880 guy too much

00:27:48.380 publicity.

00:27:48.740 A lot of

00:27:50.260 this is a

00:27:50.560 political stunt

00:27:51.120 so let's be

00:27:52.380 careful about

00:27:52.920 that.

00:27:53.280 If the police

00:27:55.280 had shut it

00:27:57.820 down quickly

00:27:58.220 yesterday we

00:27:58.700 wouldn't have

00:27:59.020 given them that

00:27:59.820 much publicity.

00:28:00.500 That's part of

00:28:00.860 the whole problem.

00:28:01.760 The longer this

00:28:02.580 is allowed to

00:28:03.000 stay open the

00:28:03.420 longer we have

00:28:03.900 to cover it.

00:28:05.100 I don't think

00:28:05.520 it'll be open

00:28:05.860 for long today

00:28:06.420 if at all.

00:28:06.940 It shouldn't be

00:28:07.220 open at all if

00:28:07.680 this man was

00:28:08.160 any kind of a

00:28:08.820 respectful citizen

00:28:09.700 and a person

00:28:10.340 who really wanted

00:28:11.000 to respect the

00:28:12.740 best interests of

00:28:13.320 his fellow

00:28:13.620 Torontonians.

00:28:14.640 Mayor Tory,

00:28:15.420 appreciate you

00:28:15.840 joining us.

00:28:16.280 We'll chat again

00:28:16.720 soon.

00:28:17.800 Just awful

00:28:18.620 well I'm so

00:28:19.540 pleased you

00:28:20.000 were down

00:28:20.420 there.

00:28:21.220 Keep covering

00:28:21.860 this story.

00:28:23.600 I think Adam

00:28:24.920 Skelly is in

00:28:26.400 uncharted territory

00:28:27.300 for himself.

00:28:27.780 Well listen this

00:28:28.300 would be uncharted

00:28:28.760 territory for

00:28:29.140 anybody.

00:28:30.120 Yes.

00:28:30.760 And I think

00:28:32.660 Rebel News and

00:28:33.360 the handful of

00:28:34.120 other independent

00:28:34.680 journalists who

00:28:35.260 were there are a

00:28:36.820 lifeline to the

00:28:37.680 rest of the

00:28:38.060 country to know

00:28:38.760 what's really

00:28:39.120 going on.

00:28:40.040 I agree and

00:28:40.980 it should be

00:28:41.540 noted Ezra I

00:28:42.860 think he got a

00:28:43.420 total of maybe

00:28:44.060 eight tickets today

00:28:45.080 to the provincial

00:28:46.060 offensive notice for

00:28:47.680 opening up when

00:28:48.820 he's not supposed

00:28:49.340 to open up.

00:28:50.100 I think about

00:28:50.680 six they were

00:28:52.300 business license

00:28:53.560 violations so

00:28:55.460 he's got a

00:28:56.520 whole stack but

00:28:58.000 he is not

00:28:58.740 bending the

00:28:59.220 knee he is 0.75

00:28:59.960 going to open

00:29:00.560 tomorrow and

00:29:01.380 you know I

00:29:02.000 know what in

00:29:03.000 the big picture

00:29:03.700 here's what I

00:29:04.360 think Ezra the

00:29:05.620 city wants to

00:29:07.340 make an example

00:29:08.500 of this guy for

00:29:09.380 sure you know

00:29:10.100 there are

00:29:10.480 thousands of

00:29:11.400 restaurateurs pub

00:29:12.620 owners spa

00:29:13.880 owners you name

00:29:14.660 it they are

00:29:15.440 watching this story

00:29:16.520 intently basically

00:29:17.420 because they have

00:29:18.200 nothing else to do

00:29:18.920 they've been put

00:29:19.560 out of business

00:29:20.060 and if the city

00:29:21.540 kept saying oh

00:29:22.960 we're gonna warn

00:29:23.600 them we're gonna

00:29:23.940 warn them then you

00:29:24.940 would have like

00:29:25.960 mushrooms after a

00:29:26.860 rainstorm businesses

00:29:28.240 popping up open

00:29:29.580 all over and they

00:29:30.600 don't want that and

00:29:31.940 again I come back to

00:29:33.660 the ostensible

00:29:35.160 policy reason of

00:29:36.480 shutting this

00:29:37.160 restaurant down and

00:29:38.000 all these other

00:29:38.580 restaurants why we

00:29:40.140 know from restaurants

00:29:41.080 Canada their data it

00:29:42.800 shows that the food

00:29:44.460 service sector is

00:29:45.440 not a hot spot in

00:29:46.800 fact they're the

00:29:47.200 folks who know

00:29:47.780 about hygiene and

00:29:48.780 cleaning they're the

00:29:49.680 ones who have

00:29:50.620 training for food

00:29:52.500 safe handling

00:29:54.180 anyway exactly of

00:29:55.760 all the people who

00:29:56.420 know I mean like

00:29:57.580 like you said Costco

00:29:58.920 and Walmart are

00:29:59.880 jam-packed I got

00:30:00.700 nothing against Costco

00:30:02.080 and Walmart I'm just

00:30:02.920 saying if they're

00:30:03.860 allowed to be open

00:30:04.520 surely this man is

00:30:06.040 listen great job out

00:30:07.280 there glad you're out

00:30:08.040 there every day I

00:30:09.100 know you're so busy

00:30:09.960 doing the journalism

00:30:10.780 and his he sold out

00:30:12.040 with smoked meat by

00:30:12.820 noon one of these

00:30:14.040 days I look forward

00:30:15.320 to being surprised

00:30:15.920 when you bring in

00:30:16.680 some of that smoked

00:30:17.660 meat back to the

00:30:18.300 office here I

00:30:19.060 broke my promise

00:30:19.920 from last I'm

00:30:20.480 kidding around

00:30:21.040 journalism is your

00:30:22.420 mission you will

00:30:24.100 find it some of the

00:30:24.840 best barbecue you've

00:30:25.880 ever had I I've been

00:30:27.400 to Dallas Texas I've

00:30:28.620 been to Midland Texas

00:30:29.520 and this barbecue can

00:30:30.940 compete but of course

00:30:33.280 it's the freedom that

00:30:34.180 makes it taste so good

00:30:35.220 David good work keep

00:30:36.300 it up looking forward

00:30:37.140 to it stay with us

00:30:38.320 more

00:30:38.520 hey welcome back on

00:30:51.180 my show last night

00:30:51.980 John writes need me

00:30:53.780 some barbecue fight

00:30:54.940 fight fight the man

00:30:55.900 you know what I mean

00:30:57.620 there's a lot of

00:30:58.020 restaurants in Toronto

00:30:58.820 but it's tough to find

00:31:00.560 that good Texas style

00:31:01.560 barbecue it's outstanding

00:31:03.900 I'm worried that all

00:31:05.240 the hipsters that used

00:31:06.260 to patronize these

00:31:07.040 restaurants are now

00:31:07.940 going to boycott him

00:31:08.700 but it looks like a

00:31:09.800 lot more of the

00:31:11.060 deplorables are going

00:31:12.460 to patronize his

00:31:13.220 restaurant I just hope

00:31:14.040 he survives this fight

00:31:15.400 Paul writes this crap

00:31:17.740 won't end until people

00:31:18.780 rebel against it if

00:31:20.260 we're waiting for

00:31:20.720 government to give up

00:31:21.380 their new fascist

00:31:22.060 powers on their own

00:31:22.780 we'll be waiting

00:31:23.440 forever Adam is a

00:31:24.620 hero I'm thrilled the

00:31:25.700 business is booming

00:31:26.340 for him other

00:31:27.120 businesses need to

00:31:27.920 follow suit that's

00:31:30.180 what happened in

00:31:30.760 Australia I don't know

00:31:31.600 if you remember

00:31:32.180 Avi Yemini went to a

00:31:34.560 guy named Harry's

00:31:35.840 clothing and Harry

00:31:38.380 said I'll be out of

00:31:39.760 business if I don't

00:31:40.460 stay open I'm doomed

00:31:41.720 either way I'm going to

00:31:42.700 go down fighting and

00:31:43.880 then next a hair salon

00:31:45.800 said well we're in this

00:31:46.700 too and then next a

00:31:47.640 couple of Indian

00:31:48.660 restaurants said we're

00:31:49.660 in this too and it

00:31:50.320 snowballed the courage

00:31:52.020 was contagious you

00:31:53.920 could say that the

00:31:55.980 freedom went viral in a

00:31:58.140 little bit down under

00:31:59.400 boy that would be great

00:32:00.620 if that happened up

00:32:01.540 here I'm glad that

00:32:02.840 David's covering that

00:32:03.660 story every day I want

00:32:05.520 to let you know we

00:32:06.080 have offered legal

00:32:07.200 assistance to Adam

00:32:09.220 Skelly the boss of

00:32:11.240 Adamson's I think he

00:32:12.640 has a lawyer I sent him

00:32:15.760 a message directly

00:32:16.540 through David I wrote

00:32:17.780 him an email offering

00:32:18.720 our help for crowd

00:32:19.440 funding for lawyering

00:32:20.220 whatever I think he's

00:32:21.780 got that part taken

00:32:22.800 care of if he needs

00:32:24.200 our help he's got it

00:32:25.240 but if you need our

00:32:26.600 help we'll go to

00:32:27.220 fightthefines.com I'm

00:32:28.800 going to take a

00:32:29.440 thousand cases when I

00:32:31.020 first mentioned that to

00:32:31.860 our lawyers I said

00:32:32.500 you're crazy but then I

00:32:34.900 showed them look we've

00:32:35.540 taken 161 or whatever

00:32:37.140 it is already and we

00:32:38.860 didn't even realize it

00:32:39.940 now a lot of those are

00:32:41.500 bulk cases from a

00:32:42.880 protest in Australia but

00:32:44.200 still if we can handle

00:32:45.980 161 complaints if we

00:32:49.200 just hire a few more 0.94

00:32:50.920 lawyers and paralegals we

00:32:53.880 can take a thousand and

00:32:56.140 that'll jam things up I

00:32:57.720 mean if you're the

00:32:58.260 prosecutor you don't

00:32:59.500 want a thousand trials on

00:33:01.420 this kind of junk law

00:33:02.740 this is the fight back

00:33:04.720 let me know if you

00:33:05.340 agree with me all

00:33:06.740 right that's the show

00:33:07.260 for today until

00:33:07.820 tomorrow on behalf of

00:33:09.260 all of us here at

00:33:09.880 Rebel World Headquarters

00:33:10.800 to you at home good

00:33:11.460 night and keep

00:33:12.960 fighting for freedom

00:33:14.620 tiếp出

00:33:26.200 glows

00:33:27.200 to you

00:33:29.460 thank you

00:33:29.860 thank you

00:33:31.440 and now

00:33:32.060 you

00:33:33.860 welcome

00:33:36.120 to you

00:33:37.620 thank you

00:33:39.720 emphasize

Rebel News Podcast - November 26, 2020

After seven months of fighting the fines, it's time to face Canada's second lockdown

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