Rebel News Podcast - DAILY Roundup ｜ Pastor Artur convicted, Trudeau ＂supports＂ independent press, More Tucker leaks

00:00:00.000 Oh, hi everybody, Ezra Levant here.

00:00:17.120 I am back in our Toronto studios after being in lovely Lethbridge, Alberta yesterday, where

00:00:24.400 I went to attend the results, the issuing of the judgment in the triple prosecution of

00:00:31.180 Arthur Pawlowski, the Christian pastor, who has been in a series of troubles and prosecutions

00:00:37.320 really for three years during the lockdown.

00:00:40.140 It started because he had an illegal gathering outside feeding the homeless in the very early

00:00:47.920 days of the pandemic.

00:00:49.440 They gave him huge tickets for that.

00:00:51.120 Then he wouldn't close his church.

00:00:52.860 They gave him criminal prosecutions for that.

00:00:56.020 They convicted him.

00:00:56.620 He later won.

00:00:58.060 And now he was on trial for giving a sermon to the truckers blockading the Cooch border crossing

00:01:04.440 last year.

00:01:05.820 And I was at the trial in February, and it was an unusual trial.

00:01:10.500 I've been in court more than any man should be as a lawyer at one time.

00:01:15.100 I no longer practice law, obviously.

00:01:16.420 As a plaintiff, as a defendant, and as a journalist, I have seen maybe a hundred trials in my life.

00:01:27.680 And I had not seen one quite like this.

00:01:30.180 I think I told you before, there were no witnesses in this trial.

00:01:35.660 There was no cross-examination.

00:01:37.240 No one took the stand.

00:01:38.420 Really, the only piece of evidence of any note, like they had a couple of photographs of things

00:01:45.340 that were really nothing turned on them.

00:01:48.020 The only piece of evidence was a Facebook video that's also on YouTube,

00:01:52.940 recorded by Arthur Pavlovsky himself, I presume, of him giving a pep talk sermon, history lesson,

00:02:03.820 motivational speech, a bit of everything, to a group of truckers and their supporters.

00:02:08.560 Actually, I don't know how many of these people were actually truckers or just locals,

00:02:12.780 because there was a kid in the room, I understand, for example.

00:02:15.600 They were spouses.

00:02:17.000 This was in a saloon.

00:02:18.600 So, actually, I don't know how many of these people were truckers.

00:02:24.300 I know there were some.

00:02:26.860 Here, turn up the volume.

00:02:27.640 Let's just listen to this illegal broadcast for a minute.

00:02:30.200 Will you, and this is why you have this famous solidarity movement,

00:02:35.760 because when he was stopped, he looked at the people, they were outside,

00:02:40.940 under the hammer of the boots of the Soviets, 0.92

00:02:43.720 and he said, yeah, you're right, we got what we wanted, but what about you?

00:02:51.220 And here is this lady, this is what she said,

00:02:54.320 will you stand in solidarity with the rest of us?

00:02:59.540 Because you guys got what you wanted, but what about us?

00:03:04.520 So, when I decided to come here,

00:03:06.060 I'm risking to be arrested at every moment, everywhere I go.

00:03:09.700 The criminal charges on me, left and right.

00:03:12.780 We lost count of the charges I have right now.

00:03:15.360 But I decided to come here, because I believe that I...

00:03:17.980 Okay, we don't need to play any more of it.

00:03:18.900 It goes on for 19 minutes.

00:03:20.760 I had said it was 17 minutes before.

00:03:22.600 It's actually just over 19 minutes.

00:03:24.680 So, he's a Christian pastor.

00:03:27.120 He went down there.

00:03:28.140 That was not the blockade itself.

00:03:29.780 As you can see, that is not a highway.

00:03:31.780 That is in a saloon near the highway.

00:03:34.640 Anyway, and the truckers had been blockading the border crossing

00:03:39.620 before he came down there,

00:03:41.500 and they blockaded it after he came down there.

00:03:43.560 He went down there, went through a police checkpoint.

00:03:45.640 They never told him, don't go.

00:03:46.740 They never stopped him.

00:03:47.600 It was just a checkpoint.

00:03:49.200 He gave the speech, and he came back up,

00:03:50.620 and he was arrested and prosecuted for him.

00:03:54.720 Prosecuted three ways.

00:03:55.740 First of all, they said that incited mischief,

00:03:59.440 that he incited means stimulated, caused, counseled, promoted.

00:04:07.580 So, they said he incited mischief,

00:04:10.580 being the tampering with property.

00:04:15.100 Mischief, in this case, being blocking the highway.

00:04:18.040 They prosecuted him under the Critical Infrastructure Defense Act,

00:04:22.120 a never-before-used anti-ecoterrorism law,

00:04:24.420 which is basically the same thing but only applies to infrastructure.

00:04:30.520 Convicted him on that, too.

00:04:32.460 And then the third one, which is sort of a throw it in the mix,

00:04:36.000 because why not?

00:04:38.780 He was under a court order to keep the peace and be of good behavior.

00:04:43.700 And the judge said, and he surely is right, 1.00

00:04:50.060 that if you're convicted of a crime,

00:04:54.520 that is, by definition, not keeping the peace and being of good behavior.

00:04:58.580 And so, the judge convicted him.

00:05:01.420 I was going to say on all three, but I want to make an amendment,

00:05:04.340 because yesterday I was moving at the speed of my fingers,

00:05:07.500 typing as much as fast as I could in the court,

00:05:10.000 and then giving my comments outside.

00:05:11.300 But technically, the court did not convict

00:05:13.640 on the Critical Infrastructure Defense Act,

00:05:15.520 because the court said, all right,

00:05:17.580 I'm going to see if at first glance,

00:05:19.640 prima facie, as they say in the law,

00:05:22.220 at first glance, did he break the law?

00:05:24.480 If he did, then we will go towards a determination

00:05:27.820 of if this law is constitutional,

00:05:29.820 because this law has never been tested in court yet.

00:05:32.180 So the judge said, look, I'm going to convict him

00:05:34.660 under the Criminal Infrastructure Defense Act,

00:05:37.520 but we have to now, because I'm going to convict him under it,

00:05:43.480 we have to test whether or not the law is constitutional.

00:05:47.940 So we're not actually, we haven't actually convicted him yet,

00:05:51.160 although I can tell you right now,

00:05:52.680 he checks all the boxes for breaking the law.

00:05:55.400 I have, beyond a reasonable doubt, concluded he's broken the law.

00:05:58.680 But before I technically convict on this,

00:06:01.440 we're going to have a hearing on the constitutionality.

00:06:03.420 Now, yesterday, the prosecutor sort of panicked a little bit,

00:06:06.320 because he doesn't want to have this law

00:06:08.560 literally thrown out just to get Arthur.

00:06:11.500 He's got Arthur on the mischief and the breaching of a court order.

00:06:14.980 And so that prosecutor was, no, no, no,

00:06:17.320 I have the right to stay charged at any time.

00:06:19.260 I don't want to proceed.

00:06:20.500 No, no, no, no, no, let's call off that part.

00:06:22.800 So that was sort of an interesting wrinkle.

00:06:24.800 But the bad news is,

00:06:26.960 this judge said that that 19-minute sermon

00:06:30.100 really did incite mischief,

00:06:32.440 even though there is,

00:06:34.160 we don't know the identity of the people in the room.

00:06:36.700 We don't know if anyone made a decision

00:06:38.840 to block based on that.

00:06:41.700 But the judge said it's not necessary.

00:06:43.680 You can counsel an offense

00:06:46.080 without that person having done it.

00:06:49.400 And maybe they extended their stay there.

00:06:51.940 There was one part of his speech

00:06:53.660 where he said, stay here and hold the line.

00:06:56.540 And the judge said, well, that's a crime.

00:06:58.100 I'm trying to think back

00:07:02.620 of all my hundreds of commentaries

00:07:04.900 and reports during the lockdown.

00:07:07.120 And of course, I'm just one man here at Rebel News.

00:07:09.080 We have a team.

00:07:10.820 And actually, our team was even larger

00:07:12.760 during the lockdowns.

00:07:14.220 We had, I remember that one day,

00:07:15.780 we had 17 journalists in the field

00:07:17.700 at like half a dozen locations.

00:07:20.080 So we probably,

00:07:21.680 I'm not kidding when I say

00:07:22.740 we probably did a thousand reports.

00:07:26.440 Well, not a thousand on the convoy.

00:07:29.700 But probably 250.

00:07:32.760 I mean, there was a point there

00:07:33.740 we were doing,

00:07:35.920 maybe not too,

00:07:36.680 let's say at least a hundred

00:07:38.920 during the actual convoy period.

00:07:43.020 We did over a thousand

00:07:44.140 during the lockdowns, obviously.

00:07:45.460 Let's say we did a hundred during the convoy.

00:07:49.080 Did we ever say hold the line?

00:07:52.740 I mean, I don't remember saying those words,

00:07:54.620 but I might have.

00:07:55.800 It's not a crazy thing to say,

00:07:57.300 hold the line.

00:07:58.540 Hold the line is a very generic term.

00:08:01.560 I heard it used during the Peace Act strike.

00:08:03.740 Hold the line.

00:08:05.700 I mean, hold the line just sort of means

00:08:07.120 don't give in.

00:08:09.100 Does it technically mean block the highway?

00:08:12.600 The judge in Lethbridge said,

00:08:14.420 yes, it does.

00:08:16.480 The judge said that what Arthur Pawlowski said

00:08:19.880 amounted to inciting

00:08:21.700 crime.

00:08:27.420 And the reason I say,

00:08:28.740 did we say that here at Rebel News?

00:08:30.260 Did Rex Murphy say that

00:08:32.400 in the National Post?

00:08:33.560 Did Rupa Subramania say that?

00:08:36.720 Did Jordan Peterson say that?

00:08:39.220 I can't actually remember

00:08:41.080 if I ever said the words,

00:08:42.480 hold the line.

00:08:42.980 I'm sorry.

00:08:43.340 I just don't remember

00:08:44.700 if I actually said those terms.

00:08:45.700 But if Arthur Pawlowski can be convicted

00:08:48.820 of a crime for saying,

00:08:50.920 hold the line,

00:08:52.560 paralyze the system,

00:08:54.000 that was another word

00:08:54.840 the judge didn't like,

00:08:56.020 paralyze.

00:08:57.860 And actually,

00:08:58.900 because Arthur is Polish,

00:09:01.720 you can tell by his accent,

00:09:04.300 when he referred to the Polish

00:09:06.180 Solidarnosc or Solidarity Movement,

00:09:09.380 the judge referred to that.

00:09:12.240 So, oh, well,

00:09:12.980 the Solidarity Movement

00:09:13.920 had a general strike,

00:09:15.200 which paralyzed the whole

00:09:16.400 country of Poland.

00:09:17.780 So that's what he meant here.

00:09:19.620 So I'm going to convict him.

00:09:21.120 If you can convict

00:09:22.500 Arthur Pawlowski

00:09:23.640 for saying,

00:09:24.220 hold the line,

00:09:24.920 paralyze the system,

00:09:26.680 be like the Polish 1.00

00:09:27.840 Solidarity Movement

00:09:28.680 in the 1980s,

00:09:30.160 like seriously,

00:09:30.740 40 years ago.

00:09:31.520 If you can convict

00:09:32.660 Arthur of that,

00:09:33.660 why couldn't you convict

00:09:34.740 me or my fellow rebels

00:09:35.900 for saying the phrase,

00:09:36.780 hold the line?

00:09:37.240 We just literally

00:09:38.420 published a book

00:09:39.380 three weeks ago

00:09:40.540 by Tamara Leeds

00:09:41.260 called Hold the Line.

00:09:42.240 By the way,

00:09:44.620 there's more than one

00:09:45.540 book about the convoy

00:09:46.720 called Hold the Line.

00:09:47.600 There was another book

00:09:48.320 by that saying,

00:09:49.140 hold the line is a very

00:09:49.900 common phrase.

00:09:50.920 Are you now saying

00:09:52.080 that if there's someone

00:09:54.540 who says hold the line,

00:09:56.860 keep it up,

00:09:57.620 don't leave,

00:09:58.400 be peaceful,

00:09:59.340 but, you know,

00:10:01.000 stay the course.

00:10:02.580 Like Arthur specifically

00:10:03.560 said be peaceful

00:10:04.400 three times he said it.

00:10:05.740 Judge said,

00:10:06.100 that doesn't matter.

00:10:07.480 We're not accusing him

00:10:08.540 of violence.

00:10:09.100 We're accusing him

00:10:09.900 of inciting mischief.

00:10:12.220 So I want to clarify

00:10:15.760 because yesterday

00:10:16.460 from the location

00:10:17.860 I said that he was

00:10:18.680 convicted under the

00:10:20.000 Critical Infrastructure

00:10:20.740 Defense Act.

00:10:21.320 He wasn't yet convicted there.

00:10:22.920 They still have to test

00:10:23.760 the constitutionality of it

00:10:24.960 and the Crown now says,

00:10:26.080 oh, no, no, no, no, no,

00:10:26.820 no, we're going to drop

00:10:27.460 that charge even though

00:10:28.960 we already had a trial on it.

00:10:31.020 But he's convicted

00:10:31.820 under two other

00:10:32.520 criminal code offenses.

00:10:33.700 My point is,

00:10:35.420 this is a worrying ruling

00:10:37.060 because if Arthur Pavlovsky

00:10:42.120 cannot say hold the line,

00:10:43.720 paralyze the system,

00:10:44.700 do what Solidarity did,

00:10:46.360 if he can't say that there,

00:10:50.000 can I say it here?

00:10:52.300 Can Rex Murphy say it

00:10:53.840 from where he is?

00:10:55.300 Can Jordan Peterson say it?

00:10:57.340 Can you say it on Facebook?

00:11:00.540 Literally expressing

00:11:01.660 a peaceful opinion,

00:11:02.800 telling someone to hold the line

00:11:04.320 and paralyze the system

00:11:05.920 and fight the power.

00:11:07.320 I mean, you can watch

00:11:08.160 Arthur's speech in its entirety.

00:11:09.720 It's still on YouTube.

00:11:12.280 Why is Arthur Pavlovsky

00:11:13.960 guilty of a crime

00:11:14.900 and I'm not

00:11:15.500 and Rex Murphy is not

00:11:16.880 and others who were

00:11:19.080 sympathetic to the protesters?

00:11:21.980 You know, theoretically,

00:11:23.380 anyone who published

00:11:24.820 an expression in support

00:11:26.080 of the truckers

00:11:27.960 could have been.

00:11:29.520 Is that good law?

00:11:31.180 But like I said

00:11:32.160 when I was covering the trial,

00:11:33.280 again, no witnesses,

00:11:36.420 no cross-examination,

00:11:37.520 just a bunch of lawyers

00:11:39.080 arguing for two days

00:11:40.940 in a courtroom

00:11:41.560 over the wording

00:11:43.600 of a sermon.

00:11:44.900 I'm going to call it a sermon.

00:11:45.800 It was a pep talk also,

00:11:46.920 but he was there as a pastor

00:11:48.300 and that was his authority.

00:11:52.500 Do you think it's normal

00:11:53.820 in Canada in 2023

00:11:55.420 to have a trial,

00:11:57.620 very serious trial,

00:11:58.900 in a courtroom

00:12:01.040 and there's a plaque

00:12:02.360 over the judge.

00:12:04.040 It's the emblem of Alberta

00:12:05.360 and do you know

00:12:06.080 what the motto

00:12:06.520 of Alberta is, Olivia?

00:12:08.860 It's taken from

00:12:09.720 our national anthem.

00:12:11.540 Strong and free?

00:12:12.340 Exactly.

00:12:13.140 And I think that's a great,

00:12:14.180 isn't that a great motto

00:12:15.160 for a province?

00:12:16.140 Strong and free.

00:12:17.480 You know,

00:12:18.000 are true,

00:12:18.580 nor strong and free.

00:12:19.340 So it's in the anthem.

00:12:20.760 In Latin,

00:12:21.580 it's fortis et liber,

00:12:23.240 if I'm pronouncing

00:12:24.120 my Latin right.

00:12:26.140 So literally,

00:12:27.080 right above the judge,

00:12:28.740 it says strong and free.

00:12:32.200 But not free enough

00:12:33.440 to let a man express

00:12:34.620 his freedom of speech

00:12:35.340 and freedom of religion

00:12:36.120 and not strong enough

00:12:37.480 that you can withstand

00:12:38.560 some truckers.

00:12:39.520 Yeah, that's it.

00:12:40.160 But it's a beautiful,

00:12:40.900 I really like that.

00:12:42.200 I really,

00:12:42.520 that's the coat of arms.

00:12:43.740 That's the Alberta coat of arms,

00:12:44.840 I believe it's called.

00:12:45.840 You can see the motto there.

00:12:47.820 And isn't that great?

00:12:50.900 My favorite thing

00:12:52.080 about that herald

00:12:54.120 is you can see the field,

00:12:58.340 then the foothills,

00:12:59.360 and then the Rocky Mountains,

00:13:00.480 and then the sky.

00:13:01.800 And when I grew up,

00:13:03.280 that was actually

00:13:04.020 the view from my window.

00:13:05.740 I would look out

00:13:06.440 over the prairies,

00:13:07.220 and I would see the foothills

00:13:08.020 in the distance,

00:13:08.660 and I could actually see

00:13:09.740 the top of the Rocky Mountains.

00:13:11.300 It's one of the most

00:13:11.840 beautiful places in the world,

00:13:12.820 and I really enjoyed

00:13:13.920 my trip there yesterday.

00:13:15.200 And I'm glad we were able

00:13:16.300 to get my show done,

00:13:17.600 my evening show.

00:13:18.620 It was 11 minutes late

00:13:19.720 because we had trouble

00:13:20.520 uploading it,

00:13:21.400 all that footage

00:13:22.420 from Lethbridge.

00:13:22.920 But I was glad

00:13:24.320 to be there and back

00:13:25.160 and not miss a day of work.

00:13:28.600 We support Arthur Pawlowski.

00:13:30.860 As you may know,

00:13:31.380 he was client number one

00:13:32.280 under the Fight the Fines program,

00:13:33.760 which has now grown

00:13:34.920 to 2,500 people.

00:13:37.200 I was very,

00:13:38.080 I was surprised

00:13:40.740 that he was convicted

00:13:41.820 the way he was

00:13:42.520 because, you know,

00:13:43.900 under the law,

00:13:44.420 you have to be convicted

00:13:45.120 beyond a reasonable doubt.

00:13:46.660 And I do not think

00:13:50.760 it is beyond a reasonable doubt

00:13:51.840 that a crime was committed,

00:13:52.760 and I think that if

00:13:53.500 those are crimes,

00:13:55.420 are the other

00:13:56.040 journalistic,

00:13:58.140 political,

00:14:00.940 religious comments

00:14:01.860 that others have made,

00:14:02.540 including myself,

00:14:04.380 are they crimes as well?

00:14:09.340 There were other media there,

00:14:10.720 by the way.

00:14:12.100 Not really in the courtroom,

00:14:13.800 I don't think,

00:14:14.500 but certainly outside

00:14:15.380 the courtroom.

00:14:17.980 And their coverage,

00:14:18.940 I think,

00:14:19.120 was fairly straight.

00:14:19.980 They enjoyed the conviction.

00:14:21.860 So it would have been

00:14:23.300 more interesting,

00:14:24.040 I think,

00:14:24.280 to see what they would have said

00:14:25.100 if Arthur had been acquitted,

00:14:26.180 but alas,

00:14:26.540 he was not.

00:14:26.980 Now it's interesting

00:14:32.880 because Danielle Smith

00:14:33.880 is premier

00:14:36.360 because

00:14:37.340 of the trucker conflict.

00:14:39.580 Let me explain myself.

00:14:42.120 Because of Arthur Pavlovsky's

00:14:43.780 fight against

00:14:44.360 the provincial

00:14:45.080 health

00:14:46.220 enforcers,

00:14:47.980 because of the truckers,

00:14:49.360 because of Jason Kenney

00:14:50.520 fighting with the truckers,

00:14:52.300 Jason Kenney

00:14:53.000 lost

00:14:53.500 the confidence

00:14:54.440 of his own party.

00:14:55.860 You might recall

00:14:56.440 there was a leader

00:14:56.960 leadership confirmation vote

00:14:58.500 and Kenney got,

00:14:59.700 I think,

00:14:59.840 51%,

00:15:00.600 which is obviously

00:15:01.320 you cannot continue

00:15:02.240 with 51%.

00:15:03.300 If half of your own party

00:15:04.420 is against you,

00:15:05.420 you can't continue.

00:15:07.360 And so there was

00:15:08.080 sort of a surprise

00:15:09.120 resignation by Kenney

00:15:10.940 and then a surprise

00:15:11.960 leadership

00:15:12.780 and one of the candidates,

00:15:15.400 the one who later

00:15:16.000 went on to win,

00:15:17.880 is Danielle Smith.

00:15:19.500 And when she was

00:15:20.820 in her pre-politician,

00:15:23.080 like she was a politician

00:15:23.900 before,

00:15:24.900 then she did

00:15:25.600 like seven years

00:15:26.620 in journalism

00:15:27.180 and she weighed in

00:15:28.580 on the truckers

00:15:29.380 before there was

00:15:31.580 even the prospect

00:15:32.300 of running for premier.

00:15:33.880 And I see that

00:15:34.860 the left-wing

00:15:35.620 NDP super PAC

00:15:37.220 called

00:15:37.580 Press Progress,

00:15:40.280 I think we're suing them

00:15:41.480 by the way

00:15:41.860 for defamation,

00:15:42.660 I won't get into that now.

00:15:46.520 They dug up

00:15:47.500 some public comments

00:15:48.560 that Danielle Smith made

00:15:49.700 that they believe

00:15:51.240 are embarrassing.

00:15:52.060 Let's play it

00:15:53.520 and let's see

00:15:54.280 what you think.

00:15:55.700 Here's a clip

00:15:56.240 that Press Progress

00:15:57.060 released today.

00:15:57.720 Now the media

00:15:58.120 will eat this up.

00:15:58.880 What will voters think?

00:15:59.680 Take a look.

00:16:00.520 All right,

00:16:00.760 Danielle Coutts

00:16:01.400 and Anne Trudeau.

00:16:03.160 You know,

00:16:03.580 I would love Rob

00:16:05.160 to talk a bit about this

00:16:06.700 because he's the lawyer

00:16:07.900 and I'm not,

00:16:08.720 but this whole phrase

00:16:09.720 of peace,

00:16:10.440 order,

00:16:10.760 and good government,

00:16:12.000 I think it's become

00:16:12.800 a shorthand to

00:16:13.800 the federal government

00:16:14.460 can do whatever

00:16:15.040 the heck it wants

00:16:15.920 and we just have to be

00:16:16.700 peaceful and orderly

00:16:17.580 about it.

00:16:18.340 And that's not,

00:16:19.200 in my view,

00:16:19.780 what it should be.

00:16:20.380 The federal government

00:16:21.380 has said they want

00:16:22.160 every federally regulated

00:16:23.900 industry to have

00:16:25.720 vaccine mandates.

00:16:27.360 So that's broadcast media,

00:16:29.120 radio and television

00:16:29.620 broadcast media,

00:16:30.380 it's all the telecom companies,

00:16:32.180 it's all of the grain elevators,

00:16:33.940 it's the ports,

00:16:34.900 it's the banks.

00:16:36.780 And so are we going

00:16:37.420 to get to a point

00:16:38.320 where to be able

00:16:40.000 to get a bank account,

00:16:41.220 you're going to have

00:16:42.000 to be vaccinated

00:16:42.780 because you won't be able

00:16:43.480 to walk in the door?

00:16:44.240 I have no idea.

00:16:45.460 But the fact that

00:16:46.420 this is just,

00:16:47.460 this is the line in the sand

00:16:48.600 that's been drawn

00:16:49.360 because the federal government

00:16:51.140 has so much more planned.

00:16:53.560 They have so much more coming.

00:16:55.000 And I think this is the reason

00:16:56.540 why we want to see this win.

00:16:57.920 We want to see it win

00:16:58.880 so that they don't end up

00:16:59.920 rolling out the full plan.

00:17:01.300 And we want to see it win at Coots

00:17:02.880 so that Jason Kenney,

00:17:04.600 Scott Moe together

00:17:05.480 become the first premiers

00:17:06.740 to turn it around

00:17:07.480 at the provincial level

00:17:08.340 so that other premiers

00:17:09.200 will follow.

00:17:11.700 Yeah, I got to say,

00:17:13.100 I don't find that embarrassing

00:17:14.760 for her at all.

00:17:16.360 I mean, she said we have

00:17:17.420 to win at Coots.

00:17:19.920 Coots was a win.

00:17:21.480 Here's why it was a win.

00:17:23.000 It was ended peacefully.

00:17:24.700 There was no deployment

00:17:25.640 of ride horses.

00:17:27.040 It absolutely caused

00:17:29.080 Jason Kenney

00:17:29.820 in the province of Alberta

00:17:30.700 to abandon

00:17:31.440 their vaccine mandates

00:17:33.460 and their vaccine passport.

00:17:35.560 And as I mentioned

00:17:36.380 a moment ago,

00:17:37.040 it was a precursor

00:17:38.200 to Jason Kenney's removal

00:17:39.480 as premier.

00:17:40.940 And by the way,

00:17:41.940 when Danielle Smith

00:17:42.700 talked about

00:17:43.500 the possibilities

00:17:44.860 of vaccine mandates

00:17:46.360 in every federally

00:17:47.420 regulated industry,

00:17:49.420 that absolutely

00:17:50.160 was a possibility.

00:17:51.440 We saw that happening.

00:17:52.720 You couldn't get on a plane

00:17:53.840 or a train in Canada,

00:17:55.460 the second largest country

00:17:56.480 in the world,

00:17:57.200 if you weren't jabbed.

00:17:59.260 You couldn't travel

00:18:00.260 internationally, of course.

00:18:02.100 There were onerous

00:18:03.660 and punitive restrictions.

00:18:05.360 If that is

00:18:06.280 the best gotcha moment

00:18:07.660 that they have

00:18:08.740 on Danielle Smith,

00:18:09.600 I don't think

00:18:10.300 it's very gotcha.

00:18:11.540 But of course,

00:18:12.120 the media party

00:18:12.840 despises Danielle Smith.

00:18:15.340 So they'll make hay with it. 0.98

00:18:16.380 Of course,

00:18:16.600 the election is this month,

00:18:17.780 so that's not far away.

00:18:19.760 So that was where

00:18:20.680 I was yesterday.

00:18:22.060 And I always like

00:18:23.260 going to court

00:18:23.820 to live tweet things.

00:18:27.180 I should tell you,

00:18:28.060 and it's a tiny thing

00:18:29.160 because

00:18:29.880 Parliament,

00:18:33.480 access to Parliament

00:18:34.720 is open

00:18:36.360 to all Canadians,

00:18:37.340 but access

00:18:38.560 as a journalist

00:18:39.420 to the scrum area

00:18:42.360 and the foyer

00:18:42.880 is controlled

00:18:43.640 by the Parliamentary

00:18:45.880 Press Kelly.

00:18:46.400 Well, what is that?

00:18:47.040 Well, that is a club

00:18:47.980 of journalists,

00:18:49.600 so how do they

00:18:50.240 have any authority?

00:18:51.420 Well,

00:18:52.700 the Speaker of the House,

00:18:53.940 who of course

00:18:54.440 right now

00:18:54.860 is a liberal,

00:18:57.020 delegates

00:18:57.600 that parliamentary

00:18:58.680 privilege to them

00:18:59.540 and they vote

00:19:00.620 on who,

00:19:01.740 which journalist

00:19:02.200 can or can't report.

00:19:04.400 And so,

00:19:05.860 normally I would

00:19:06.460 sue them in a heartbeat

00:19:07.240 if they banned

00:19:07.940 Rebel News.

00:19:09.080 The press gallery

00:19:10.020 in the province

00:19:10.680 of Alberta

00:19:11.260 voted to ban

00:19:13.860 Rebel News

00:19:14.440 from attending

00:19:15.320 the legislature there.

00:19:17.800 We just talked

00:19:18.260 to the Speaker directly

00:19:19.140 because he was

00:19:20.360 a conservative

00:19:21.220 and he said,

00:19:21.700 yeah,

00:19:21.780 we're not going

00:19:22.140 to ban you

00:19:22.640 and we went in.

00:19:24.320 And the press gallery

00:19:26.220 panicked in Alberta

00:19:27.460 and they asked me,

00:19:28.200 please don't,

00:19:28.720 they actually called me

00:19:29.600 up to see

00:19:30.020 if I was going

00:19:30.500 to sue them.

00:19:31.420 And I said,

00:19:31.980 no, federally though,

00:19:34.560 we can't sue them.

00:19:36.540 I don't think,

00:19:37.400 I'm not sure

00:19:38.020 in the latest

00:19:38.500 state of the law there

00:19:39.240 because it's

00:19:40.080 under the protection

00:19:41.280 of the Liberal Speaker

00:19:42.340 of the House of Commons.

00:19:43.080 So,

00:19:43.560 it just shows you

00:19:44.680 how the collusion,

00:19:46.740 you've got the media party

00:19:48.340 banning Trudeau's enemies

00:19:50.820 from attending

00:19:53.280 and they're legally immune,

00:19:55.060 they say,

00:19:56.300 because the Speaker

00:19:57.560 will protect them

00:19:58.500 from litigation.

00:19:59.380 You can't,

00:19:59.920 most things in Parliament

00:20:01.140 cannot be sued

00:20:01.920 over because it's

00:20:02.740 protected by

00:20:03.340 parliamentary privilege.

00:20:05.060 That's one of the reasons

00:20:06.100 you can't sue someone

00:20:07.060 for defamation

00:20:07.720 for what they say

00:20:08.440 in the floor

00:20:08.960 of the House of Commons.

00:20:10.720 My reason for saying

00:20:12.540 all this

00:20:12.980 is that it is

00:20:14.620 such a clubby little club,

00:20:16.220 which is a perfect moment

00:20:19.300 to move straight

00:20:20.120 to our next subject,

00:20:22.340 which is,

00:20:22.960 it's

00:20:24.040 World Press Freedom Day

00:20:27.660 and what a joke that is.

00:20:29.620 I'm going to get back

00:20:30.280 to this in a room,

00:20:30.900 but first I think

00:20:31.460 we should play an ad

00:20:32.880 because a third

00:20:33.880 of our time has gone by

00:20:34.960 and we've got to pay

00:20:35.580 some bills around here.

00:20:37.940 Take a look at this

00:20:38.740 and don't go away.

00:20:39.340 Come right back.

00:20:40.560 Tamara Leach

00:20:41.300 has been released

00:20:42.440 from jail.

00:20:43.960 Western separatist

00:20:44.880 Tamara Leach.

00:20:46.160 Leach will remain

00:20:47.220 in custody.

00:20:48.140 We have breaking news

00:20:48.920 out of Ottawa

00:20:49.540 to tell you about.

00:20:50.360 A judge has made

00:20:51.120 a decision on whether

00:20:52.120 to grant bail

00:20:52.840 for Tamara Leach,

00:20:53.800 one of the leaders

00:20:54.520 of that recent

00:20:55.320 demonstration in Ottawa.

00:20:57.000 You may have seen me

00:20:57.920 on the news,

00:20:58.680 but there's more

00:20:59.220 to my story.

00:21:11.360 In my new book,

00:21:12.480 Hold the Line,

00:21:13.260 I share the story

00:21:14.380 of the Freedom Convoy

00:21:15.740 from the heart

00:21:16.460 of the Freedom Convoy.

00:21:17.880 It's a story

00:21:18.700 of hope,

00:21:19.680 courage,

00:21:20.140 and coming together

00:21:20.940 as a community

00:21:21.780 in the Canadian way.

00:21:23.520 You can buy my new book

00:21:24.600 at theconvoybook.com

00:21:26.060 and in that book,

00:21:27.060 you're going to hear

00:21:27.560 stories from the heart

00:21:28.540 of the convoy

00:21:29.220 as well as my arrest

00:21:30.860 and my time in jail

00:21:32.020 like you've never

00:21:33.080 heard them before.

00:21:34.380 Until very recently,

00:21:35.440 I've been quite silent

00:21:36.880 because of my bail conditions,

00:21:38.580 but now I'm ready

00:21:39.480 to tell my story,

00:21:40.680 my side of the story.

00:21:41.960 I know the mainstream media

00:21:43.040 isn't going to be fair to me

00:21:44.320 as they've already called

00:21:45.860 me and my friends

00:21:47.040 from the convoy

00:21:47.980 terrorists. 0.53

00:21:49.180 There is increasing concern

00:21:50.300 about violent online rhetoric

00:21:51.820 supporting the convoy

00:21:53.200 and that those with extreme views

00:21:54.960 are planning on attending.

00:21:56.200 The mayor

00:21:56.820 who made,

00:21:58.400 in my estimation,

00:21:59.580 just a horrendous decision

00:22:01.200 to negotiate

00:22:02.000 with terrorists.

00:22:02.840 So I'm launching

00:22:03.460 a book tour

00:22:04.040 across Canada.

00:22:05.360 We'll be doing interviews,

00:22:07.160 signing books,

00:22:08.100 and saying thank you

00:22:09.340 to all Canadians

00:22:10.260 for your support.

00:22:11.700 I've partnered

00:22:12.200 with Rebel News

00:22:13.040 to crowdfund

00:22:14.000 for the cost

00:22:15.160 of my book

00:22:15.840 as well as

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00:22:19.280 With your help,

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00:22:24.080 We'll also be upgrading

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00:22:26.200 which will enable me

00:22:27.280 to do interviews

00:22:28.180 all around the world.

00:22:29.520 If you're a shop owner

00:22:30.480 or a business owner

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00:22:38.900 we'll greatly appreciate it.

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00:22:49.360 from the Heart

00:22:49.900 to the Freedom Convoy.

00:22:51.300 The last time

00:22:52.040 I drove across Canada,

00:22:53.480 something very special

00:22:54.480 happened.

00:22:55.400 Let's make that happen again.

00:22:57.000 Go to theconvoybook.com.

00:22:59.380 Thank you.

00:23:03.560 You know,

00:23:04.140 I deeply admire that woman.

00:23:05.560 I've gotten to know her

00:23:06.160 a little bit

00:23:06.740 in the last few months

00:23:08.100 and she is the real deal.

00:23:11.040 She's very humble.

00:23:12.700 She's very caring.

00:23:16.480 She's a grandma.

00:23:17.800 I was talking to her

00:23:18.480 the other day.

00:23:19.000 She was on the road

00:23:19.720 driving one of her grandkids

00:23:22.280 around

00:23:23.920 and I could hear

00:23:24.900 the little one

00:23:25.400 in the background

00:23:25.980 and I just thought

00:23:27.260 that is a good woman.

00:23:28.420 Imagine going to jail

00:23:29.940 for nearly 50 days.

00:23:31.540 She hasn't even had

00:23:32.120 a day in court yet

00:23:32.960 but they're punishing her

00:23:34.240 like a political prisoner

00:23:35.140 like they did

00:23:35.560 for Arthur Pawlowski

00:23:36.340 and her book

00:23:38.020 is interesting.

00:23:39.740 I mean,

00:23:40.020 like I said,

00:23:41.100 we covered the lockdown.

00:23:42.420 We covered the convoy

00:23:43.400 comprehensively

00:23:45.020 and I felt like

00:23:47.340 I knew a lot about it.

00:23:48.680 Like if,

00:23:49.380 I don't know if I would

00:23:50.140 call myself an expert

00:23:51.200 in the lockdown

00:23:52.160 and the convoy

00:23:52.760 but I feel like

00:23:53.560 I really paid

00:23:54.220 close attention

00:23:54.940 and we had a lot

00:23:56.120 of teammates

00:23:56.620 really drilling into it.

00:23:58.360 So,

00:23:59.060 yeah,

00:23:59.960 I would say

00:24:00.340 I probably knew

00:24:00.960 more about it

00:24:01.540 than most people.

00:24:02.820 Holy cow, 0.51

00:24:03.400 did I learn

00:24:03.900 a lot of things

00:24:04.560 from this book

00:24:05.220 about how it really

00:24:06.980 went down

00:24:07.620 from the inside.

00:24:09.360 So,

00:24:09.860 can I recommend

00:24:10.600 this book to you?

00:24:11.500 The Convoy Book.com

00:24:13.260 And last I checked

00:24:14.600 it was still number one.

00:24:15.520 Do you want to just

00:24:15.900 quickly go to Amazon.ca

00:24:17.140 and do you know

00:24:17.600 how to do that?

00:24:18.500 Just type right in

00:24:19.400 that search bar

00:24:20.160 Tamara Leach

00:24:21.000 hold the line

00:24:21.600 and yeah,

00:24:22.760 put it on the screen.

00:24:23.420 Let's all take a look

00:24:24.240 at it together

00:24:25.620 what the ranking is.

00:24:28.280 So,

00:24:28.580 yeah,

00:24:28.740 click on it there.

00:24:29.560 Yeah,

00:24:29.660 what's the ranking?

00:24:32.400 Oh,

00:24:33.080 scroll down a little bit.

00:24:35.460 Okay,

00:24:35.920 so it's fallen

00:24:37.080 from number one

00:24:38.140 to number four.

00:24:39.240 Matthew McConaughey.

00:24:42.240 How dare he?

00:24:44.500 I sort of like

00:24:45.440 Matthew McConaughey.

00:24:46.180 I got a real kick

00:24:46.880 out of him.

00:24:47.760 So,

00:24:48.220 Tamara's book

00:24:48.860 has fallen

00:24:49.640 to number four.

00:24:52.940 Let's get it

00:24:53.640 back up there,

00:24:54.320 people.

00:24:55.140 If you don't have

00:24:55.740 your copy yet,

00:24:56.900 please go to

00:24:57.760 theconvoybook.com

00:24:59.440 Now,

00:25:00.000 you'll notice

00:25:00.660 that most

00:25:01.880 bestseller lists

00:25:02.760 have Canadian fiction,

00:25:04.120 Canadian non-fiction.

00:25:05.100 Non-Canadian fiction,

00:25:07.920 non-Canadian non-fiction.

00:25:08.900 They break it down

00:25:09.500 into categories.

00:25:11.040 So,

00:25:11.860 it's not that surprising

00:25:13.240 that a Canadian

00:25:13.920 political book

00:25:14.680 is being beaten

00:25:15.260 by a general interest

00:25:16.420 book by an American

00:25:17.640 celebrity,

00:25:18.360 Matthew McConaughey.

00:25:19.460 That said,

00:25:20.960 last week,

00:25:21.480 for the first two weeks,

00:25:22.540 Tamara was number one. 0.91

00:25:23.900 Let's get her 1.00

00:25:24.420 back up there.

00:25:25.020 And I say that

00:25:25.980 because it's a,

00:25:28.140 to me,

00:25:28.540 it's a great

00:25:29.640 proof point

00:25:30.720 that

00:25:32.060 the elite media,

00:25:37.460 the elite bookstores,

00:25:38.540 the elite book reviewers

00:25:39.480 are out of sync

00:25:40.020 with the people.

00:25:41.460 Like,

00:25:41.760 seriously,

00:25:42.140 you know how many

00:25:42.640 copies you have to sell

00:25:43.540 to beat Matthew McConaughey

00:25:44.960 and chapters won't even

00:25:46.820 put the book on their shelf?

00:25:49.060 It's not surprising,

00:25:50.220 though.

00:25:50.640 Hey,

00:25:50.780 we got some super chats.

00:25:51.720 Let me read them.

00:25:52.180 Cool Beans,

00:25:53.100 89 chips in five bucks.

00:25:54.380 Ezra,

00:25:54.620 I really appreciate

00:25:55.220 what you're doing,

00:25:56.060 but you have your own show.

00:25:58.740 The live stream

00:25:59.340 is much better

00:25:59.920 with the format

00:26:00.460 from last year.

00:26:01.300 I'm trying to understand

00:26:03.620 what you meant

00:26:04.120 by last year.

00:26:05.740 Do you mean like

00:26:06.240 2022?

00:26:08.100 Or do you mean

00:26:09.140 Sheila and David?

00:26:11.740 Because I'm trying,

00:26:12.400 I don't,

00:26:13.560 I need to understand

00:26:15.860 that a little bit more.

00:26:16.880 I like doing this show.

00:26:18.200 I mean,

00:26:18.580 I'm very pressed for time

00:26:19.460 because I do my own

00:26:20.420 daily show

00:26:21.720 called The Ezra Land Show.

00:26:22.780 It's on every night

00:26:23.280 at 8 p.m.

00:26:24.520 Plus,

00:26:25.000 I do,

00:26:25.560 you know,

00:26:26.580 a lot of writing

00:26:27.300 for like emails

00:26:29.360 and campaigns

00:26:30.160 and I manage

00:26:31.060 the team

00:26:31.540 and like I'm involved

00:26:32.820 in a lot of things

00:26:33.620 so I like doing,

00:26:35.440 there was a time

00:26:36.060 early in the lockdowns

00:26:37.160 where I did a show

00:26:37.980 every noon hour

00:26:39.180 and every night

00:26:41.360 but that's just impossible

00:26:42.480 that the size

00:26:43.040 of our company

00:26:43.520 basically tripled

00:26:44.360 during lockdowns.

00:26:46.720 Maybe you're just saying

00:26:47.640 you missed the banter

00:26:48.520 between Sheila and David.

00:26:49.660 I don't know exactly

00:26:50.460 what you mean.

00:26:51.240 I love it when David

00:26:52.060 and Sheila do the show 0.99

00:26:53.020 but from time to time

00:26:53.980 I want to come

00:26:55.860 and do the show too.

00:26:57.100 So maybe if I understood

00:26:57.940 a little bit more

00:26:58.560 about what you like

00:26:59.180 or don't like

00:26:59.680 I would be able

00:27:00.460 to answer your question

00:27:01.120 smarter.

00:27:03.400 JCMN84

00:27:03.840 chips in 50 smackers.

00:27:05.200 Well,

00:27:05.340 that's nice of you.

00:27:05.980 Thank you very much.

00:27:07.940 Links to a Time magazine

00:27:09.760 story.

00:27:11.620 How long,

00:27:12.340 here's how long

00:27:12.920 COVID-19 vaccine

00:27:13.840 immunity really lasts.

00:27:15.540 Wow.

00:27:17.180 Studies show

00:27:18.140 vax effectiveness

00:27:19.420 Omicron drops

00:27:20.820 20% six months

00:27:21.780 post primary series

00:27:23.280 and only 30%

00:27:24.140 post booster.

00:27:25.020 I remember

00:27:27.180 hey,

00:27:28.560 can you go on Twitter

00:27:29.440 search

00:27:30.320 you know

00:27:33.140 from colon

00:27:34.340 Ezra Levant

00:27:35.660 space

00:27:36.540 Danish.

00:27:37.360 Do you know

00:27:37.740 how to do that?

00:27:38.300 Yeah,

00:27:38.660 exactly.

00:27:40.600 And then just Danish 0.77

00:27:41.880 space

00:27:42.820 and then

00:27:43.820 scroll down

00:27:48.260 a little bit

00:27:48.800 and click

00:27:49.680 click when it says

00:27:50.460 latest.

00:27:50.980 just sort it

00:27:53.920 that way.

00:27:54.460 Scroll down a bit.

00:27:56.060 Yeah,

00:27:56.440 that second one

00:27:57.180 there.

00:27:57.560 Pump that one up. 0.98

00:27:59.560 What's the date

00:28:00.360 on that one?

00:28:05.320 Scroll up a bit.

00:28:08.220 January 8th,

00:28:09.120 2022.

00:28:09.960 So this is

00:28:10.680 over a year old.

00:28:12.460 So you see

00:28:13.000 Christine Elliott

00:28:13.880 said the best

00:28:15.100 vaccine for your

00:28:15.980 booster dose

00:28:16.720 is the vaccine

00:28:17.740 that's available

00:28:18.360 first.

00:28:19.540 Both the Moderna

00:28:20.100 and Pfizer vaccine

00:28:21.360 provide strong

00:28:22.520 protection against

00:28:23.400 COVID-19

00:28:24.060 and the Omicron

00:28:25.160 variant.

00:28:26.440 And look what I said.

00:28:27.600 Can you pump that

00:28:28.320 up even bigger?

00:28:30.420 According to this

00:28:31.520 large Danish

00:28:32.640 study,

00:28:34.580 Pfizer and Moderna

00:28:35.700 only work for a

00:28:36.940 couple of months

00:28:37.980 against Omicron.

00:28:39.800 And after 90 days

00:28:40.900 they give you

00:28:41.420 negative

00:28:42.360 protection.

00:28:45.720 You know that.

00:28:47.080 Why lie?

00:28:48.760 And then

00:28:49.160 click on that

00:28:50.080 image there

00:28:50.740 and I'll

00:28:51.480 take you to

00:28:51.920 the link

00:28:52.220 in a second.

00:28:53.440 So this is

00:28:54.720 sort of

00:28:55.080 technical,

00:28:55.620 I know.

00:28:58.020 Estimated

00:28:58.500 vaccine

00:28:59.000 effectiveness

00:28:59.520 for those

00:29:00.700 are two

00:29:02.380 different

00:29:02.860 technical terms

00:29:04.420 for vaccines

00:29:05.480 against infection

00:29:06.660 with SARS,

00:29:07.320 coronavirus,

00:29:08.100 Omicron,

00:29:08.500 and Delta

00:29:08.820 variants

00:29:09.200 during November

00:29:10.060 20th to

00:29:10.640 December 12th

00:29:11.440 in Denmark.

00:29:12.500 So this is

00:29:12.820 the Danish

00:29:13.380 study.

00:29:15.380 So you can

00:29:15.840 see on the

00:29:17.340 left time

00:29:18.280 since vaccine

00:29:19.980 protection.

00:29:22.280 30 days,

00:29:23.400 30 to 60

00:29:24.060 days,

00:29:24.560 60 to 90

00:29:25.240 days,

00:29:26.040 91 to

00:29:26.780 150 days.

00:29:29.240 So for the

00:29:29.880 Pfizer,

00:29:32.400 VE is

00:29:33.200 vaccine

00:29:35.120 effectiveness.

00:29:37.820 So it's

00:29:38.120 55,

00:29:38.820 so this was

00:29:39.400 a study I

00:29:39.980 posted over a

00:29:40.780 year ago.

00:29:42.600 The vaccine

00:29:43.180 was effective,

00:29:43.800 the Pfizer

00:29:44.640 vaccine was

00:29:45.200 effective 55%

00:29:46.560 of the time,

00:29:48.480 55% effective

00:29:49.520 for the first

00:29:50.900 month.

00:29:51.420 It fell to

00:29:51.880 16% in the

00:29:52.900 second month.

00:29:54.340 By the time

00:29:54.840 you're in the

00:29:55.140 third month,

00:29:55.660 it was

00:29:56.100 negligible,

00:29:57.020 single digits.

00:29:58.040 But this is

00:29:58.760 what I couldn't

00:29:59.400 believe.

00:30:01.260 After three

00:30:02.060 months,

00:30:02.380 it was

00:30:02.740 negative

00:30:03.680 effectiveness.

00:30:05.260 It actually

00:30:06.240 made you

00:30:07.180 more

00:30:07.860 susceptible

00:30:08.820 to the

00:30:10.000 virus.

00:30:10.860 And the

00:30:11.100 same thing

00:30:11.440 for Moderna.

00:30:13.240 Do you see

00:30:13.440 on the

00:30:13.640 right,

00:30:14.280 Moderna,

00:30:15.240 36%

00:30:16.000 effective for

00:30:16.580 the first

00:30:16.880 month,

00:30:17.100 30%,

00:30:17.560 only 4.2%

00:30:19.800 effective.

00:30:21.220 And then

00:30:21.500 again,

00:30:22.300 negative

00:30:23.200 effectiveness.

00:30:25.460 Isn't that

00:30:25.980 insane?

00:30:28.140 Close this

00:30:28.840 image and

00:30:29.240 then click

00:30:29.640 on the

00:30:29.960 link because

00:30:30.380 I linked

00:30:30.900 to the

00:30:31.280 primary

00:30:31.660 study.

00:30:32.440 That's

00:30:32.740 what's so

00:30:33.180 important

00:30:33.540 here.

00:30:34.160 Who said

00:30:34.900 this?

00:30:35.380 Did I

00:30:35.900 make this

00:30:36.380 up?

00:30:37.760 No.

00:30:38.920 Pump that 0.95

00:30:39.400 up and let

00:30:39.820 people see

00:30:40.420 the source

00:30:41.220 of this.

00:30:41.640 This is

00:30:42.840 a preprint

00:30:46.060 server for

00:30:47.960 health sciences

00:30:48.620 sponsored by

00:30:49.760 the BMJ,

00:30:50.460 British Medical

00:30:51.120 Journal,

00:30:51.480 and Yale.

00:30:53.300 And what's

00:30:53.700 that other

00:30:54.020 thing that's

00:30:55.240 I think

00:30:56.060 I'm...

00:30:58.100 Yeah,

00:30:58.420 so this is

00:30:59.780 as legit as

00:31:00.780 it gets.

00:31:01.500 British Medical

00:31:02.040 Journal,

00:31:02.440 are you kidding

00:31:02.800 me?

00:31:03.360 Yale University,

00:31:04.160 are you kidding

00:31:04.500 me?

00:31:06.340 And look at

00:31:07.040 these scientists.

00:31:07.680 These are

00:31:07.960 scientists from...

00:31:09.640 I'm not even

00:31:11.520 going to say

00:31:11.860 those Danish

00:31:12.360 words and

00:31:13.940 those names.

00:31:15.460 This is a...

00:31:16.620 So this was

00:31:17.380 a preprint that

00:31:18.100 was not yet

00:31:18.600 peer-reviewed,

00:31:19.200 but it was

00:31:19.480 just the

00:31:19.840 numbers from

00:31:20.340 Denmark.

00:31:21.360 So go back

00:31:22.080 to my tweet

00:31:22.600 there, and I

00:31:23.240 know I'm

00:31:23.520 taking a lot

00:31:23.900 of time here,

00:31:24.460 but this tweet

00:31:25.180 was one of

00:31:25.720 my most

00:31:26.700 viral tweets,

00:31:27.680 viral, that

00:31:28.920 I'd ever done.

00:31:29.740 What's the

00:31:30.260 stats on it?

00:31:31.780 Can you see

00:31:32.340 what the stats

00:31:32.980 on it are?

00:31:33.600 Okay, it

00:31:36.240 doesn't look

00:31:36.660 quite as big

00:31:37.220 as I seem

00:31:38.140 to think,

00:31:38.760 only 1,200

00:31:39.740 likes, 54

00:31:40.600 quotes, etc.,

00:31:41.700 but I think

00:31:42.560 it was seen

00:31:43.180 a lot.

00:31:44.960 It was

00:31:45.460 fact-checked

00:31:46.640 by all the

00:31:47.340 official fact-checkers,

00:31:49.380 and what could

00:31:50.440 they say?

00:31:50.980 I literally

00:31:51.580 quoted what

00:31:52.820 they said,

00:31:53.280 I literally

00:31:53.760 took a picture

00:31:54.740 of the study,

00:31:56.760 and I put it

00:31:57.480 in the tweet.

00:31:58.580 There really

00:31:59.300 was no

00:32:00.020 commentary

00:32:00.480 from me,

00:32:01.500 but they

00:32:02.020 tried their

00:32:02.700 best to

00:32:03.580 debunk

00:32:04.120 this,

00:32:05.060 saying,

00:32:05.560 oh, well,

00:32:05.920 maybe it

00:32:06.260 was because

00:32:06.560 of this,

00:32:06.980 and maybe

00:32:07.240 it was

00:32:07.460 because of

00:32:07.780 that.

00:32:07.940 They called

00:32:09.500 up the

00:32:09.960 scientists

00:32:10.380 and tried

00:32:11.360 to get

00:32:11.700 them to

00:32:12.140 denounce

00:32:13.280 my tweet.

00:32:14.360 I'm serious.

00:32:16.360 All sorts

00:32:16.940 of official

00:32:17.600 fact-checkers

00:32:18.380 went to

00:32:19.560 work to

00:32:20.020 rebut my

00:32:20.680 tweet.

00:32:21.160 I'd never

00:32:21.520 seen anything

00:32:22.000 like it

00:32:22.340 before.

00:32:22.740 And what

00:32:23.380 is my

00:32:23.700 tweet?

00:32:23.860 I just

00:32:24.100 showed you.

00:32:24.540 I was

00:32:24.660 just showing

00:32:25.620 the chart

00:32:26.320 there.

00:32:27.280 And they

00:32:27.820 actually managed

00:32:28.560 to get some

00:32:29.060 of those

00:32:29.280 Danish

00:32:29.540 scientists,

00:32:30.460 and I think

00:32:31.020 they just

00:32:31.340 scared the

00:32:31.860 hell out of

00:32:32.340 them, 0.64

00:32:32.520 and they

00:32:33.560 said,

00:32:33.880 oh, well,

00:32:34.420 maybe it

00:32:35.060 was this,

00:32:35.480 maybe it

00:32:35.720 was that.

00:32:35.960 I'm not

00:32:36.300 saying I

00:32:37.180 know the

00:32:37.640 reason for

00:32:38.200 this.

00:32:38.460 I'm just

00:32:38.760 pointing out

00:32:39.460 what the

00:32:40.260 study pointed

00:32:40.800 out,

00:32:41.060 which is

00:32:41.440 that the

00:32:43.020 effectiveness

00:32:43.380 of both

00:32:44.000 Pfizer and

00:32:44.800 Moderna

00:32:45.180 fell to

00:32:46.980 zero after

00:32:47.960 90 days

00:32:48.620 and actually

00:32:49.060 went negative.

00:32:50.160 I didn't

00:32:50.860 explain that.

00:32:51.600 How would

00:32:51.860 I know

00:32:52.260 why that

00:32:53.380 was?

00:32:54.100 But that

00:32:54.580 was just

00:32:54.940 absolutely

00:32:55.380 incredible.

00:32:57.080 And so

00:32:58.840 that goes

00:32:59.260 to your

00:32:59.920 comment there.

00:33:02.200 Another 1.00

00:33:02.460 stupid chat 1.00

00:33:02.900 from JCMN 1.00

00:33:03.700 for 50 bucks.

00:33:04.360 That's very

00:33:04.680 generous.

00:33:05.120 Thank you.

00:33:06.200 Public

00:33:06.480 health officer

00:33:06.940 Bonnie mandated

00:33:08.120 on health

00:33:08.560 care workers

00:33:09.060 and plan

00:33:09.440 implemented

00:33:10.180 fall 2021

00:33:12.780 only for

00:33:13.400 primary series.

00:33:14.480 Where is

00:33:14.700 the justification

00:33:15.080 for the

00:33:15.520 ongoing BC

00:33:16.180 mandate based

00:33:16.820 on current

00:33:17.260 science?

00:33:18.940 Yeah,

00:33:19.500 there's no

00:33:20.840 science there

00:33:21.280 at all.

00:33:21.880 There's no

00:33:22.240 science.

00:33:24.900 So thank

00:33:25.640 you very much

00:33:26.140 for those

00:33:26.480 tweets.

00:33:26.780 And there's

00:33:27.020 one more

00:33:27.340 here by

00:33:27.720 Ableist 1.00

00:33:28.380 SL.

00:33:30.040 Do you

00:33:30.620 support the

00:33:30.980 mass prosecution

00:33:31.660 of regressive

00:33:32.280 leftists and

00:33:32.900 globalist

00:33:33.360 conspirators in

00:33:34.080 retaliation for

00:33:34.840 the mass

00:33:35.140 defamation

00:33:35.540 terrorist

00:33:35.920 propaganda

00:33:36.360 SJW

00:33:37.040 riots and

00:33:38.640 government

00:33:38.960 tyranny

00:33:40.160 and

00:33:40.440 corruption?

00:33:43.060 Mass

00:33:43.740 prosecution

00:33:44.660 in retaliation

00:33:47.000 for the

00:33:47.400 mass

00:33:47.640 definition?

00:33:48.920 No,

00:33:49.460 is my

00:33:49.820 answer.

00:33:50.900 Because I

00:33:51.500 don't think

00:33:51.980 that most

00:33:54.020 wars that

00:33:55.600 involve words

00:33:56.580 should be

00:33:57.520 criminalized or

00:33:59.160 legalized.

00:33:59.740 I believe there

00:34:00.180 is a place for

00:34:00.840 defamation law.

00:34:01.740 I think it

00:34:02.120 probably needs

00:34:03.680 some reform.

00:34:05.220 I like free

00:34:06.460 speech in

00:34:06.940 general and

00:34:08.060 you can see

00:34:09.180 that when

00:34:09.540 freedom of

00:34:10.000 speech is

00:34:10.620 abrogated.

00:34:11.900 It is

00:34:12.360 always the

00:34:13.120 government that

00:34:14.660 is the

00:34:15.200 censor.

00:34:15.660 There's

00:34:15.780 really no

00:34:16.140 such thing

00:34:16.460 as, I

00:34:17.680 mean, even

00:34:18.040 the so-called

00:34:19.340 private Twitter,

00:34:20.640 Facebook,

00:34:21.140 YouTube, I'll

00:34:22.660 show you in

00:34:23.200 my Ezra Levant

00:34:24.340 show tonight

00:34:24.920 that often it's

00:34:26.220 governments behind

00:34:27.080 the scenes pushing

00:34:28.260 those so-called

00:34:28.900 private companies

00:34:29.640 to censor.

00:34:30.840 It's just not a

00:34:31.860 natural thing for

00:34:32.780 companies to

00:34:33.380 censor, I don't

00:34:33.860 think.

00:34:34.640 I mean, they

00:34:35.160 sort of do, but

00:34:35.840 it's almost

00:34:36.780 always the

00:34:38.060 result of some

00:34:38.880 pressure by

00:34:39.460 government.

00:34:42.520 And so you

00:34:44.940 bring in

00:34:45.520 limits to

00:34:45.980 free speech and

00:34:46.740 it's always

00:34:47.760 going to be

00:34:48.260 the authoritarian

00:34:49.520 government that 0.72

00:34:50.360 smashes you. 0.98

00:34:52.620 You know, there

00:34:53.000 was a while there

00:34:53.580 where people were

00:34:54.160 talking about

00:34:54.740 arrest Trudeau,

00:34:56.460 prosecute Trudeau.

00:34:57.720 If the guy

00:34:58.280 commits a crime,

00:34:59.040 obviously arrest

00:34:59.860 him.

00:35:00.540 But just because

00:35:01.700 you hate him,

00:35:03.320 if you set that

00:35:04.220 precedent that you

00:35:04.960 could charge,

00:35:05.500 prosecute, arrest

00:35:06.240 people who you

00:35:07.120 really, really,

00:35:07.660 really, really, 0.99

00:35:08.160 really hate, you

00:35:09.240 don't think that's

00:35:09.720 going to be used

00:35:10.260 on you first and

00:35:12.020 almost always?

00:35:14.240 So that's why my

00:35:15.500 answer to your

00:35:16.020 question is no.

00:35:17.100 All right, speaking

00:35:17.780 of censorship, I

00:35:19.040 want to show you

00:35:19.660 the Chutzpah Award

00:35:20.760 for today.

00:35:21.860 Justin Trudeau has

00:35:23.180 something to say

00:35:23.800 about press freedom.

00:35:24.740 I am not kidding.

00:35:26.260 There's some

00:35:26.880 Justin Trudeau

00:35:27.640 parody websites out

00:35:28.900 there, but this is

00:35:29.580 his actual account.

00:35:31.340 He says today,

00:35:32.280 journalists inform

00:35:35.260 Canadians and hold

00:35:36.700 governments accountable.

00:35:38.340 Their work is

00:35:38.920 independent and

00:35:39.980 indispensable.

00:35:41.160 Well, let's just

00:35:41.580 stop there for one

00:35:42.380 second.

00:35:43.300 Is that true?

00:35:45.120 Some journalists are

00:35:46.180 independent, but is

00:35:46.960 the CBC independent?

00:35:49.140 The CBC board of

00:35:50.700 directors is appointed

00:35:51.880 by Justin Trudeau.

00:35:53.220 The CBC president is

00:35:55.160 appointed by Trudeau.

00:35:56.840 The CBC is funded

00:35:58.120 by Trudeau.

00:35:59.540 The CBC models and

00:36:03.980 mirrors and echoes

00:36:05.140 Trudeau's policies to

00:36:07.060 a T, whether it's a

00:36:08.500 war in Ukraine, carbon

00:36:09.760 taxes, general

00:36:12.160 anti-Americanism, global

00:36:15.580 warming, gun control,

00:36:19.780 transgenderism.

00:36:21.020 I cannot think of a

00:36:21.960 single issue where the

00:36:24.560 CBC disagrees with

00:36:25.600 Justin Trudeau.

00:36:26.260 Can you?

00:36:27.000 They don't disagree.

00:36:28.380 Um, sometimes the

00:36:30.120 CBC can't keep it in

00:36:31.080 their pants and they,

00:36:32.100 like when they filed a

00:36:32.900 lawsuit against the

00:36:34.980 Conservative Party of

00:36:35.720 Canada, literally in the

00:36:36.500 middle of the 2019

00:36:37.140 election.

00:36:38.380 How can you possibly say

00:36:40.240 the CBC is independent?

00:36:41.500 So that's me just

00:36:42.280 reacting to the first

00:36:44.300 sentence.

00:36:44.760 I can, let's, let's

00:36:45.660 finish the tweet.

00:36:46.340 He says,

00:36:46.720 as they continue to face

00:36:50.740 harassment, censorship, and

00:36:53.060 violence simply for doing

00:36:54.820 their jobs, let me say

00:36:55.900 this, we'll always support

00:36:57.620 and promote the freedom of

00:36:58.480 the press.

00:36:59.140 Okay.

00:36:59.920 Um, do you know of any

00:37:02.120 journalists in Canada other

00:37:03.620 than Rebel News journalists

00:37:04.980 who have faced violence?

00:37:07.120 Let me know if you know.

00:37:08.280 I, have you, Olivia or

00:37:09.820 Efron, have you heard of any

00:37:10.960 journalists in Canada facing

00:37:11.980 violence?

00:37:12.320 The last violence I can

00:37:16.340 think of was more than a

00:37:19.820 decade ago, it was a Sikh

00:37:21.620 journalist in British

00:37:24.040 Columbia who was attacked.

00:37:27.100 Very violent.

00:37:28.500 That was, I think, over an

00:37:31.220 internecine Sikh matter. 0.72

00:37:36.180 And I'm not saying that

00:37:37.000 excuses it, but it was not

00:37:38.640 just a generic, I hate

00:37:40.200 journalists, I'm going to 1.00

00:37:40.980 kill a journalist. 1.00

00:37:42.700 Sikh, S-I-K-H. 1.00

00:37:44.460 I, I forget the, um, uh,

00:37:48.300 I'm sorry, I forget the

00:37:49.140 name of the journalist and I

00:37:49.960 shouldn't because it's quite,

00:37:51.100 quite a bad thing.

00:37:52.420 I think you've got Sikh in

00:37:53.740 there, just, uh, S-I-K-H. 0.99

00:38:01.420 Anyways, um, so, and that

00:38:03.160 was decades ago.

00:38:05.100 I cannot think of another

00:38:06.640 journalist who was being

00:38:07.760 attacked, let alone killed.

00:38:11.700 Um, yeah, so bump that one

00:38:14.320 up.

00:38:14.520 I'll just, you know, let's

00:38:15.200 just, yeah, this is the one.

00:38:18.200 This is a CBC story.

00:38:19.520 You'll notice this is a

00:38:20.820 Canadian press story on CBC.

00:38:21.980 This is from 2007.

00:38:23.340 Uh, RCMP video system failed

00:38:28.700 the day Sikh journalists was 0.97

00:38:29.760 killed, inquiry hears.

00:38:31.100 An RCMP video surveillance

00:38:32.360 system installed at the home of

00:38:33.580 a potential witness in the

00:38:35.040 prosecution of key suspects.

00:38:36.260 Uh, wasn't working the day he

00:38:38.180 was murdered, uh, in 1998.

00:38:43.240 Uh, okay.

00:38:44.780 David Heyer, the son of the

00:38:46.360 slain man and a liberal member

00:38:47.640 of the BC legislature, said the

00:38:49.540 time, okay, so that's very

00:38:50.720 sad.

00:38:52.020 Um, but it looks like it was

00:38:54.760 literally 25 years ago, right?

00:38:56.280 If the attack was in 1998.

00:38:57.660 So there was a murder of a

00:39:01.920 journalist 25 years ago, and it

00:39:03.620 sounds like the journalist was

00:39:04.600 also potentially a witness.

00:39:07.480 And again, that doesn't change

00:39:08.960 the gravity or the tragedy or

00:39:10.760 the crime of his murder.

00:39:12.120 But I think it's been 25 years

00:39:14.140 exactly.

00:39:15.780 In the last 25 years, have you

00:39:17.680 heard of any journalist being

00:39:18.940 attacked in Canada?

00:39:20.120 I have not, and I'm not, like

00:39:21.960 I'm really racking my brains

00:39:23.080 right now, other than Justin

00:39:28.100 Trudeau's personal bodyguards

00:39:29.560 beating up David Menzies and

00:39:31.020 dumping them on the, dumping

00:39:32.040 him on the side of the road.

00:39:34.980 And, uh, we have video that, uh,

00:39:37.160 it's just absolutely horrible to

00:39:39.160 watch.

00:39:39.960 Take a look.

00:39:40.760 Stay back, stay back, stay back.

00:39:49.300 Stay back, stay back.

00:39:51.000 What are you doing?

00:39:51.700 Get off me. 0.85

00:39:53.340 Hey, I can...

00:39:54.720 Hey, this is assault.

00:39:57.660 I'm on a side...

00:39:58.880 What is this?

00:40:00.240 I'm on a sidewalk.

00:40:05.000 I'm on a sidewalk.

00:40:06.540 What is this?

00:40:07.660 You cannot touch me.

00:40:09.180 No Russian word.

00:40:10.760 Are you kidding?

00:40:16.700 Are you kidding?

00:40:17.620 I told you.

00:40:19.660 What is this?

00:40:22.040 You can't...

00:40:23.000 Am I under arrest?

00:40:24.640 Am I under arrest?

00:40:26.900 Am I under arrest?

00:40:28.560 Because otherwise you have no

00:40:29.880 right.

00:40:38.220 Huh?

00:40:38.240 Get off of me.

00:40:52.660 Guys, relax.

00:40:54.920 Get off of me.

00:40:57.960 I'm sorry to interrupt.

00:40:59.080 Okay, thanks.

00:41:00.420 We got to get another version of

00:41:01.700 that, Ephraim, without the music

00:41:02.840 in the background.

00:41:03.520 Just the clean, clean audio of

00:41:05.020 that.

00:41:06.240 What the hell were they doing

00:41:07.380 there?

00:41:08.200 He was standing on the street.

00:41:10.180 He was going to holler a

00:41:11.060 question at Trudeau walking in.

00:41:12.360 I know the question.

00:41:13.260 Why are you having a Christmas

00:41:14.420 party when they're banned?

00:41:15.660 When they're legally banned

00:41:16.460 during lockdowns?

00:41:17.620 What did the...

00:41:18.180 What were they doing there?

00:41:19.120 David was just a...

00:41:21.500 He didn't...

00:41:23.240 I don't even think he had a

00:41:24.620 chance to call out his

00:41:25.280 question.

00:41:26.360 I can't remember that part.

00:41:27.700 But he didn't touch anyone,

00:41:29.020 didn't threaten anyone,

00:41:29.960 didn't even insult anyone.

00:41:33.260 And they just took him and

00:41:34.200 roughed him up.

00:41:34.680 What was that?

00:41:35.220 Why?

00:41:37.340 And then, of course, during the

00:41:39.960 trucker convoy, even during the

00:41:42.940 emergencies act, there was only

00:41:45.060 one shooting in the whole

00:41:46.480 country.

00:41:47.760 And it wasn't from a trucker.

00:41:49.680 It was from Trudeau's RCMP.

00:41:52.300 And what are the odds?

00:41:53.720 Let me ask you this.

00:41:55.180 There were thousands, maybe

00:41:56.480 tens of thousands of people in

00:41:58.220 Ottawa that day.

00:41:59.960 And there were hundreds of

00:42:01.160 thousands, maybe a million, who

00:42:03.420 were involved in some way in the

00:42:04.760 trucker convoy across the

00:42:05.820 country, went out to watch them

00:42:07.580 driving by, something like that.

00:42:09.980 Of the tens or hundreds of

00:42:11.640 thousands of people, what are the

00:42:14.820 odds that the only person who was

00:42:19.140 shot was our reporter, Alexa

00:42:22.560 Lavoie?

00:42:24.080 And the only person who did the

00:42:25.960 shooting was Trudeau's RCMP.

00:42:29.420 What are the odds of that?

00:42:30.900 Take a look.

00:42:31.460 Oh my God.

00:42:48.840 Oh.

00:42:49.680 Take care.

00:42:51.680 Bring her out, bring her out, come on. 1.00

00:42:53.680 Oh, my God!

00:42:55.680 Yeah!

00:42:57.680 Oh! 0.96

00:42:59.680 Bring her in the leg. 1.00

00:43:01.680 Bring her down there. 1.00

00:43:03.680 Bring her to the left. 1.00

00:43:05.680 Oh, shit! 1.00

00:43:07.680 Bring her to the left. 1.00

00:43:09.680 Hey, someone got shot in the head!

00:43:13.680 Ouch! 1.00

00:43:15.680 Oh! 0.60

00:43:17.680 Bring her to the left here. 1.00

00:43:19.680 What are the odds?

00:43:23.680 Alexa was not a protester, of course.

00:43:25.680 She was a journalist. She was holding her camera.

00:43:27.680 Why would they shoot her?

00:43:29.680 Why would they shoot her?

00:43:31.680 We're suing

00:43:33.680 the RCMP. If you want to support us,

00:43:35.680 go to StandWithAlexa.com.

00:43:37.680 And the case is progressing.

00:43:39.680 We have received from the RCMP

00:43:41.680 information, including details

00:43:43.680 about the gun that was used

00:43:45.680 and the training manual for that gun

00:43:47.680 and the sort of

00:43:49.680 rules of engagement for that gun.

00:43:59.680 That gun was not to be used for that purpose.

00:44:01.680 Why would you shoot

00:44:03.680 a reporter in the leg 0.95

00:44:05.680 with a

00:44:07.680 anti-riot device

00:44:09.680 that is literally against

00:44:11.680 the manual,

00:44:13.680 against the operating procedure,

00:44:15.680 against the standing orders for the use of that weapon?

00:44:17.680 Even if

00:44:19.680 Alexa were doing something wrong,

00:44:21.680 which she was not doing,

00:44:23.680 that weapon was an inappropriate weapon to use

00:44:25.680 and it was used inappropriately.

00:44:27.680 And this is the

00:44:29.680 prime minister

00:44:31.680 who says he'll stand up against violence.

00:44:33.680 His personal bodyguards

00:44:35.680 and his Brenda Lucky

00:44:37.680 run RCMP are the ones

00:44:39.680 who've committed 100%

00:44:41.680 of the violence against journalists in the last

00:44:43.680 eight years.

00:44:45.680 And by the way, one thing that also

00:44:47.680 came out,

00:44:49.680 all those cops in Ottawa during

00:44:51.680 the convoy, one of the things they actually

00:44:53.680 did is they gave first aid to people.

00:44:55.680 It's just something I saw in the police notes.

00:44:57.680 Why did they shoot Alexa

00:44:59.680 but not

00:45:01.680 help her afterwards? 0.90

00:45:03.680 Why did they not give her first aid?

00:45:05.680 Why did they not offer to take her to the hospital?

00:45:07.680 Why did they shoot her and leave her there? 0.88

00:45:09.680 They were helping other people.

00:45:11.680 That's odd, isn't it?

00:45:15.680 And this is the guy who's putting out a press release

00:45:17.680 saying they'll always support

00:45:19.680 and promote the freedom of the press.

00:45:21.680 He just last week,

00:45:23.680 he just last week,

00:45:25.680 passed a law that nationalizes the internet.

00:45:29.680 And I see in Black Locks today,

00:45:31.680 did you see that story in Black Locks?

00:45:33.680 Click on blacklocks.ca.

00:45:35.680 It hasn't even been a week.

00:45:39.680 But,

00:45:41.680 yeah,

00:45:43.680 CRTC to define new ethics.

00:45:45.680 So,

00:45:47.680 the CRTC,

00:45:49.680 yeah,

00:45:51.680 perfect.

00:45:53.680 Log in if you can.

00:45:55.680 Thanks very much.

00:45:57.680 Black Locks is great.

00:45:59.680 And we have a subscription.

00:46:01.680 The CRTC yesterday said,

00:46:03.680 it will define newsroom ethics

00:46:07.680 under a cabinet bill on internet revenue sharing.

00:46:09.680 I have met with newspaper publishers.

00:46:11.680 Scott Shortliff,

00:46:13.680 executive director of the broadcasting policy told senators.

00:46:15.680 Okay, just stop for a second.

00:46:17.680 So you didn't think to mention that until now that you were going to,

00:46:21.680 the Justin Trudeau staff,

00:46:23.680 Justin Trudeau,

00:46:25.680 who's been convicted under the Conflict of Interest Act for taking huge

00:46:27.680 bribe vacations,

00:46:29.680 like first from the Aga Khan,

00:46:31.680 and he just took another bribe vacation.

00:46:33.680 Uh,

00:46:35.680 I think it was in Jamaica or wherever.

00:46:37.680 I can't remember the latest bribe vacation.

00:46:39.680 He, he takes bribes all the time,

00:46:41.680 is convicted all the time and says,

00:46:43.680 Oh, whoops,

00:46:44.680 here's my $500 fine for taking $100,000 free vacation.

00:46:47.680 This is the guy who's going to write newsroom ethics.

00:46:51.680 Um,

00:46:52.680 and what's the newspapers?

00:46:53.680 I have met with newspaper publishers,

00:46:55.680 Scott Shortliff said.

00:46:57.680 So you're going to regulate newspapers now.

00:46:59.680 It puts frankly a bit of an onus on us to define that situation.

00:47:01.680 Um,

00:47:03.680 the Canadian radio television telecommunications commission would determine if a newsroom quote can show it is a credible news organization that would benefit under the revenue scheme.

00:47:14.680 So,

00:47:15.680 so media have to prove themselves to the government.

00:47:19.680 You know,

00:47:20.680 in the past,

00:47:21.680 uh,

00:47:22.680 journalists helped hold politicians to account.

00:47:25.680 But do you see how they flip that around?

00:47:28.680 Now politicians are going to hold journalists to account. 0.93

00:47:32.680 Politicians are going to say whether you're ethical enough to be a journalist.

00:47:37.680 That's sort of insane.

00:47:39.680 Pablo Rodriguez, 0.93

00:47:42.680 the heritage minister is literally a drunk driver.

00:47:45.680 Uh,

00:47:46.680 he got caught drunk driving and he lied about it. 1.00

00:47:48.680 He is an unethical criminal man,

00:47:52.680 but he's going to enforce an ethics standard on journalists whose job is to hold him to account.

00:47:58.680 So politicians are now going to write newsroom.

00:48:01.680 What are they doing?

00:48:03.680 There is no separation.

00:48:05.680 I mean,

00:48:06.680 Justin Trudeau already owns the CBC,

00:48:08.680 which is larger than all other news media combined.

00:48:11.680 And they rent out the rest of the news media through their subsidies.

00:48:16.680 But he just can't stand the fact that there's any critics out there.

00:48:20.680 Here's Pablo Rodriguez,

00:48:21.680 the drunk driver.

00:48:23.680 No democracy can work without facts and without the journalists that get to them.

00:48:28.680 When politicians attack the media,

00:48:30.680 our democracy doesn't get stronger,

00:48:31.680 it gets weaker.

00:48:32.680 Fact based independent journalism is not the enemy.

00:48:34.680 It's a pillar of democracy.

00:48:36.680 You just nationalized the internet.

00:48:40.680 You just put politicians in control of the internet.

00:48:43.680 Your,

00:48:44.680 your guy just said,

00:48:46.680 he's going to be writing newsroom ethical guidelines.

00:48:50.680 And,

00:48:51.680 and you're the one talking about ethics and facts.

00:48:55.680 What an absolute comedy if it weren't so outrageous.

00:49:00.680 It's 1 52 PM.

00:49:01.680 Let's take another ad.

00:49:02.680 I want to show you an ad for the store.

00:49:03.680 I'm excited about,

00:49:04.680 we're shaking up our store.

00:49:05.680 We're going to freshen it up.

00:49:07.680 We,

00:49:08.680 we just,

00:49:09.680 uh,

00:49:10.680 hired a full timer to come up with,

00:49:11.680 uh,

00:49:12.680 one of our jobs is to come up with great store items.

00:49:14.680 I think we've got great stuff there now.

00:49:16.680 Uh,

00:49:17.680 but we've got more to go.

00:49:18.680 Do we have any store ads kicking around?

00:49:21.680 Or,

00:49:22.680 or what other ads do you have?

00:49:24.680 Oh,

00:49:25.680 this is a good one.

00:49:27.680 This one's already got some results.

00:49:29.680 Take a,

00:49:30.680 there's a new ad from Avi.

00:49:31.680 Maybe we've shown this to you already,

00:49:32.680 but this is pretty fresh.

00:49:33.680 It's like in the last new week.

00:49:34.680 Take a look at this ad from Avi Amini.

00:49:38.680 I am doing something today that I have never tried before.

00:49:42.680 Listen up.

00:49:43.680 I'm looking for collaborators in a new and exciting initiative.

00:49:46.680 As you most likely know,

00:49:48.680 YouTube,

00:49:49.680 a long time ago,

00:49:50.680 demonetized rebel news,

00:49:51.680 and we are 100% viewer funded.

00:49:54.680 Now,

00:49:55.680 while our supporters are fantastic at helping us cover legal campaigns and special reporting missions.

00:50:00.680 Unfortunately,

00:50:01.680 the reality is our day-to-day operational expenses often exceed our income stream,

00:50:07.680 which is crazy if you think about it because my videos across all platforms attract hundreds of thousands of views,

00:50:13.680 and sometimes even millions.

00:50:15.680 So,

00:50:16.680 I want to share that reach with the right partners.

00:50:19.680 If you have a product or business and want to enter a win-win relationship with me,

00:50:25.680 please go to rebelnews.com forward slash ads and fill in the form to let me know.

00:50:31.680 I won't be accepting anyone.

00:50:33.680 I need to believe in your business or product so I can sell it proudly for you.

00:50:38.680 And for successful applicants,

00:50:40.680 I will guarantee a minimum view count.

00:50:43.680 Meaning,

00:50:44.680 even if your ad is published on the less popular reports,

00:50:47.680 we'll keep promoting your business or product until it gets the agreed minimum eyeballs.

00:50:52.680 So again,

00:50:53.680 if you have a cool company or product that either wants to take advantage of my reach,

00:50:59.680 or want to support my work through advertising in a way that you can write it off as a tax deduction,

00:51:07.680 or both,

00:51:08.680 head over to rebelnews.com forward slash ads,

00:51:12.680 and hopefully we can join forces soon.

00:51:19.680 Yeah,

00:51:20.680 I think that's a great idea.

00:51:21.680 Yeah,

00:51:22.680 I had the pleasure of going down to Glenn Beck's studio a couple months ago,

00:51:26.680 and he has a few advertisers that he really likes and trusts,

00:51:31.680 and he does live ad reads.

00:51:34.680 And you know,

00:51:35.680 and in fact,

00:51:36.680 I was so moved by them.

00:51:37.680 I was convinced.

00:51:38.680 I mean,

00:51:39.680 he talked about some of this.

00:51:41.680 Anyway,

00:51:42.680 I mean,

00:51:43.680 he,

00:51:44.680 you could see he truly uses the companies.

00:51:45.680 I love the idea because of course,

00:51:46.680 YouTube has demonetized us,

00:51:48.680 but really the ads they were serving up were generally,

00:51:50.680 sort of general interest retail ads,

00:51:53.680 nothing really specific to,

00:51:55.680 to the passionate viewers that rebel news has.

00:51:59.680 Whereas if you have a product that you think,

00:52:02.680 you know,

00:52:03.680 I bet other rebel viewers would want this.

00:52:05.680 And if,

00:52:06.680 and if,

00:52:07.680 especially if you're conservative,

00:52:08.680 linear freedom oriented,

00:52:09.680 and you're immune to the kind of whiny leftist,

00:52:12.680 woke cancel culture types,

00:52:14.680 that is a great way.

00:52:15.680 Like,

00:52:16.680 imagine if you had Avi or myself,

00:52:17.680 if I believed in the product,

00:52:18.680 doing an ad read.

00:52:20.680 I think that could really work.

00:52:21.680 I think rebels would love to know who to support on our side of the issues.

00:52:27.680 Uh,

00:52:28.680 it's one 55.

00:52:29.680 And,

00:52:30.680 um,

00:52:31.680 I,

00:52:32.680 I,

00:52:33.680 I covered a few issues today.

00:52:34.680 I'm glad I did.

00:52:35.680 I think I got through.

00:52:36.680 Oh,

00:52:37.680 there's one more super chat here.

00:52:38.680 Um,

00:52:39.680 it's from cool beans,

00:52:40.680 89.

00:52:41.680 The fellow who said,

00:52:42.680 I want the old style live stream.

00:52:43.680 He says,

00:52:44.680 what I meant is this.

00:52:45.680 I liked the live stream that was on weekdays at noon in the summer,

00:52:50.680 fall of 2022.

00:52:51.680 Okay.

00:52:52.680 So,

00:52:53.680 and again,

00:52:54.680 I'm trying to understand the difference.

00:52:55.680 Is it the time slot?

00:52:57.680 Is that,

00:52:58.680 is that what,

00:52:59.680 like I'm trying to understand.

00:53:01.680 So I liked it too.

00:53:02.680 What is the difference between now and then and now?

00:53:04.680 Is it the time slot?

00:53:05.680 Is it the host?

00:53:06.680 Is it the style?

00:53:07.680 The style again?

00:53:08.680 I,

00:53:09.680 and I,

00:53:10.680 I'm not being obtuse.

00:53:11.680 I just am trying to understand exactly what your complaint is,

00:53:14.680 but I'm glad you're watching.

00:53:15.680 So thank you for that.

00:53:16.680 It's almost the top of the hour.

00:53:18.680 So I'm going to say goodbye.

00:53:19.680 Pleasure to be with you today.

00:53:20.680 Um,

00:53:21.680 for those who don't watch every day at 8 PM Eastern time,

00:53:24.680 I have,

00:53:25.680 uh,

00:53:26.680 what we call Ezra Levan show.

00:53:28.680 That's just me.

00:53:29.680 And it's behind the paywall,

00:53:30.680 which is eight bucks a month.

00:53:32.680 And that's one of the ways we make money around here,

00:53:34.680 because of course we were demonetized by YouTube,

00:53:35.680 as I mentioned.

00:53:36.680 So for eight bucks a month,

00:53:37.680 you get my show every day.

00:53:38.680 You get Sheila Gunn-Reed show on a weekly basis.

00:53:40.680 And,

00:53:41.680 um,

00:53:42.680 cause we don't take money from Trudeau.

00:53:43.680 Never will,

00:53:44.680 never have,

00:53:45.680 never could,

00:53:46.680 never should.

00:53:47.680 And,

00:53:48.680 um,

00:53:49.680 we survive off the support of our viewers,

00:53:50.680 which the CBC could never do.

00:53:51.680 Uh,

00:53:52.680 Toronto Star can never do either.

00:53:53.680 Global Mail can never do.

00:53:54.680 Global Mail is owned by Canada's richest man,

00:53:56.680 David Thompson.

00:53:57.680 You'd think he could pay his own way,

00:53:59.680 but he insists on taking taxpayer bailouts.

00:54:01.680 What a cheapskate.

00:54:02.680 Seriously.

00:54:03.680 If I was Canada's richest man,

00:54:05.680 seriously,

00:54:06.680 what,

00:54:07.680 what's the value on that guy?

00:54:08.680 Google it.

00:54:09.680 Just before we go,

00:54:10.680 David Thompson.

00:54:11.680 I think that's his first name.

00:54:14.680 Yeah.

00:54:15.680 David Thompson,

00:54:16.680 third Baron Thompson,

00:54:18.680 the fleet.

00:54:19.680 Um,

00:54:21.680 he,

00:54:22.680 here,

00:54:23.680 here I'm on his,

00:54:24.680 uh,

00:54:25.680 as of November,

00:54:26.680 2022,

00:54:28.680 Thompson is the richest person in Canada,

00:54:31.680 23rd richest in the world.

00:54:33.680 Oh my God.

00:54:34.680 With an estimated net worth of $52 billion.

00:54:38.680 Did you even know that?

00:54:40.680 If you have $52 billion,

00:54:44.680 like that's almost Elon Musk money.

00:54:47.680 Like show some self-respect

00:54:51.680 and show some respect for the country

00:54:53.680 that has enriched you.

00:54:54.680 And how about,

00:54:56.680 how about don't,

00:54:58.680 celebrity net worth is not trustworthy,

00:54:59.680 but Forbes and other sources are.

00:55:02.680 Um,

00:55:03.680 yeah,

00:55:04.680 there's a,

00:55:05.680 let me send you the Forbes link.

00:55:07.680 Yeah,

00:55:08.680 that's it right there.

00:55:09.680 56.7 billion dollars.

00:55:14.680 He's the chairman of Thomson Reuters,

00:55:17.680 huge vaccine promoters.

00:55:19.680 Um,

00:55:20.680 real deep state fact checker,

00:55:24.680 bad guy,

00:55:25.680 but put aside political disagreements.

00:55:27.680 Let's say he's a good guy.

00:55:28.680 Let's say he's a great guy.

00:55:29.680 Let's say he's a great guy.

00:55:31.680 He's got $56.7 billion.

00:55:33.680 Why is he taking the government bailout

00:55:35.680 for the Globe and Mail?

00:55:37.680 He owns the Globe and Mail.

00:55:40.680 Why is he taking the bailout?

00:55:42.680 Like,

00:55:44.680 I mean, he's rich enough that he,

00:55:45.680 he'll never be able to spend that money.

00:55:46.680 His children and grandchildren and great grandchildren and great,

00:55:49.680 great,

00:55:50.680 for the,

00:55:51.680 for the rest of all recorded time,

00:55:52.680 they've got enough money.

00:55:53.680 So it's not a matter of money.

00:55:54.680 Does he think he's owed money from Joe Lunchbucket,

00:55:58.680 who's making 50 grand a year and pays taxes to subsidize the plaything of David Thompson,

00:56:04.680 the Globe and Mail?

00:56:05.680 Why the hell would that oligarch need to be subsidized? 1.00

00:56:11.680 By the way,

00:56:12.680 I think the Globe and Mail could survive without subsidies.

00:56:14.680 But even if it couldn't,

00:56:15.680 why the hell is he hitting you and me up at tax time?

00:56:18.680 That's, 0.96

00:56:19.680 isn't that atrocious?

00:56:20.680 I say that because Rebel News does not take government money and never will.

00:56:25.680 Um,

00:56:26.680 that's the difference.

00:56:27.680 So if you can help us out,

00:56:28.680 go to rebelnewsplus.com and become a subscriber.

00:56:32.680 That's the show for today.

00:56:33.680 Until tonight,

00:56:34.680 on behalf of all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters,

00:56:37.680 to you at home,

00:56:38.680 goodbye,

00:56:39.680 and keep fighting for freedom.

00:56:41.680 The President,

00:56:42.680 can you please clarify when exactly,

00:56:44.680 when you were first told about Anthony Michael Chong and China's targeting on him and his family?

00:56:49.680 Um,

00:56:50.680 over the past couple of days,

00:56:52.680 we've done a lot of follow-up to find out exactly what happened

00:56:55.680 and where various people knew at different points in the system.

00:56:59.680 Um,

00:57:00.680 we all knew after the genocide motion that China made a public thing about sanctioning Michael Chong two years ago,

00:57:08.680 uh,

00:57:09.680 because of his,

00:57:10.680 uh,

00:57:11.680 because of his strong leadership on condemning the violence against the Uighurs.

00:57:14.680 Um,

00:57:15.680 CSIS,

00:57:16.680 um,

00:57:17.680 CSIS,

00:57:18.680 um,

00:57:19.680 made a determination at that point that they should give Michael defensive briefings,

00:57:25.680 which they did over the following years,

00:57:28.680 a number of times,

00:57:29.680 on issue,

00:57:30.680 on issues surrounding,

00:57:32.680 uh,

00:57:33.680 this concern that China had and engagement.

00:57:35.680 Um,

00:57:36.680 um,

00:57:37.680 on Monday morning,

00:57:38.680 two days ago,

00:57:39.680 uh,

00:57:40.680 we,

00:57:41.680 uh,

00:57:42.680 we asked what happened to that information.

00:57:43.680 Was it ever briefed up out of CSIS?

00:57:45.680 It was not.

00:57:46.680 CSIS made the determination that it wasn't something that needed to be raised to a higher level,

00:57:51.680 because it wasn't a significant enough concern.

00:57:54.680 That's why they chose to give direct defensive briefings to,

00:57:58.680 uh,

00:57:59.680 the MP in question.

00:58:00.680 Uh,

00:58:01.680 but they didn't feel that there was,

00:58:03.680 it was necessary to do anything else.

00:58:05.680 Going forward,

00:58:06.680 we're making it very,

00:58:07.680 very clear to CSIS and all our intelligence officials,

00:58:10.680 that when there are concerns that talk specifically about any MP,

00:58:15.680 particularly about their family,

00:58:17.680 those need to be elevated,

00:58:19.680 even if CSIS doesn't feel that it's a sufficient level of,

00:58:23.680 concern for them to take more direct action,

00:58:26.680 we still need to know about it,

00:58:28.680 uh,

00:58:29.680 at the,

00:58:30.680 uh,

00:58:31.680 upper government levels.

00:58:32.680 When did you make that jurisdiction?

00:58:33.680 When did you learn about it?

00:58:34.680 Uh,

00:58:35.680 we are making that direction now.

00:58:36.680 Uh,

00:58:37.680 we are making it clear to CSIS that when it involves an MP,

00:58:40.680 even if it's not hitting a threshold that they would previously think needs to be highlighted,

00:58:47.680 uh,

00:58:48.680 we should still know about it.

00:58:49.680 When did you learn specifically about this,

00:58:52.680 uh,

00:58:53.680 this information about Mr.

00:58:54.680 Chong? 1.00

00:58:55.680 I learned that following,

00:58:56.680 uh,

00:58:57.680 the media reports on Monday morning,

00:58:58.680 I asked CSIS,

00:58:59.680 you know,

00:59:00.680 what is this briefing?

00:59:01.680 What is this supposed story that is out in the media from a leak?

00:59:04.680 Um,

00:59:05.680 what do we know about it?

00:59:06.680 We then,

00:59:07.680 you know,

00:59:08.680 retraced over the past couple of days,

00:59:10.680 what this was that CSIS knew about certain things,

00:59:13.680 didn't feel felt felt,

00:59:15.680 didn't feel that it reached a threshold that required them to pass it off,

00:59:20.680 up out of CSIS or,

00:59:22.680 uh,

00:59:23.680 or give,

00:59:24.680 um,

00:59:25.680 more than just a defensive briefing to Mr.

00:59:28.680 Chong a few months later and then repeat in. 0.95

00:59:30.680 Uh,

00:59:31.680 but obviously,

00:59:32.680 when it comes to an MP's safety,

00:59:34.680 when it comes to their family's safety,

00:59:36.680 we need to know,

00:59:37.680 even if it's,

00:59:38.680 uh,

00:59:39.680 a mild concern or,

00:59:40.680 or something that,

00:59:41.680 that wouldn't otherwise hit a threshold that CSIS would feel,

00:59:44.680 it needs to be worth it.

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