Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Climate change hysteria has reached its jump the shark moment

00:00:00.000 Tonight, have we reached the jump the shark moment when it comes to radical climate change

00:00:21.440 activism? I say yes, and I think I have the evidence to prove it. It's Thursday, February

00:00:27.800 16th, 2023. I'm David Menzies, and this is The Ezra Levent Show.

00:00:36.460 Have we reached the jump the shark moment when it comes to climate change alarmism? I truly think

00:00:56.080 so, and I believe I have the evidence to prove my premise. Now, first things first, the phrase

00:01:01.960 jump the shark means to reach a point where something stops becoming more popular or starts

00:01:08.900 to decrease in quality. This idiom usually refers to TV shows as it traces its origin back to a long

00:01:18.100 gone sitcom. But jump the shark can be applied to anything really, ranging from restaurants to

00:01:24.220 automobiles. For example, a while back, automotive writer Dan Neal used this phrase in his review of

00:01:30.980 the Mini Countryman, a supersized and somewhat jarring version of the beloved Mini. Neal adroitly pointed

00:01:38.780 out that the bigger vehicle abandoned the company's design ethos and that, quote, with the Countryman,

00:01:45.700 tiny sharks have been jumped, end quote. Neal nailed it. Now, as I alluded to, the genesis of jump the shark

00:01:54.800 goes back to a 1977 episode of Happy Days. It was a bizarre episode, no doubt inspired by the shark

00:02:02.460 mania that followed the release of Jaws two years earlier. The climax features the beloved Fonzie donning a

00:02:10.120 pair of water skis, and he goes on to, well, you guessed it, jump over a shark that was being held

00:02:16.880 captive in a holding pen. Check out the preposterous video evidence.

00:02:22.140 Hey, it's the Fonz. I mean, was there ever any doubt that the uber cool Arthur Fonzarelli was going

00:02:51.180 to end up as fish food? Even so, what was more ridiculous, the very premise of the stunt, or the

00:02:58.920 fact that Fonzie was still wearing his trademark black leather motorcycle jacket while taking part 0.94

00:03:05.380 in water sports, so weird and cheesier than a bucket full of Bulgarian feta. The point is, many argue that

00:03:15.300 in the aftermath of this particular episode, Happy Days went into decline as a TV series, hence Jump the

00:03:23.040 Shark lives on decades later as a cheeky pejorative term for a sudden and steep dip in quality. As I said

00:03:31.720 from the get-go, I believe that just recently we hit the Jump the Shark moment in terms of climate

00:03:38.940 change hysteria. Have patience, folks. I'll get to that eventually. But first, how about a postmortem in

00:03:46.400 terms of the various prescribed policies of those climate change alarmists who demand that we change

00:03:54.940 our lifestyles so that we can collectively save the planet from supposed man-made doom, which is to say

00:04:03.340 we are all supposed to give up all the creature comforts that make living in the 21st century so enjoyable?

00:04:11.300 To paraphrase that Prince song, the Grettas and the Gores want us to party like it's 1699. In fact, to quote the

00:04:20.740 Gilligan's Island closing credits theme verbatim, it seems that the climate alarmists subscribe to this set of lyrics.

00:04:29.700 Not a single luxury, like Robinson Crusoe, it's primitive as can be.

00:04:36.240 Yep, not a single luxury, because so-called luxury items are killing the planet, you see. Indeed, instead of

00:04:44.420 improving the livelihoods for those who live in the third world, the climate change cultists would rather 1.00

00:04:51.060 we lower our own benchmarks and standards and make life miserable for those residing in the developed 1.00

00:04:58.260 world. They essentially want to undevelop the developed world. Their mantra seems to be

00:05:05.540 misery loves company. Indeed, that's the whole idea behind Earth Hour. After all, you know how on the

00:05:12.420 fourth Saturday in March, we are all supposed to turn off our lights and all of our electrical devices

00:05:19.060 from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. and basically reflect on how good we had it just 60 minutes ago as we

00:05:27.300 collectively and anxiously wait for this grotesque virtue signaling exercise to end, you know, so that

00:05:34.260 we can go back to watching the hockey game or playing Super Mario Brothers. Now, the last time I tried to

00:05:40.180 take part in Earth Hour was some three years ago. It was about as fun as a Joe Biden speech played in

00:05:46.740 slow motion. Check it out. Oh, my goodness gracious, folks. Let me tell you, I am deep, deep into the

00:05:53.700 woods, far from civilization. And you wouldn't even be seeing this image of me if it wasn't for my

00:06:01.220 trusty flashlight, which, of course, by the rules of Earth Hour, I've got to extinguish so I can light up

00:06:08.100 my candle. But I'm telling you, this is like something out of the Blair Witch Project. It's so

00:06:15.220 dark. I'm all alone. It's like when I lost my virginity. Anyway, let's light up the candle.

00:06:25.140 Okay, folks, I hope you can see me. The candle's lit. And it's very, very quiet in here. But as long

00:06:35.700 as I have this candle lit, I can see, well, a few inches in front of me, and it'll keep me warm.

00:06:44.020 I hope.

00:06:48.580 By the way, do you know anyone who takes Earth Hour seriously? I mean, anyone who isn't currently

00:06:54.660 confined to an insane asylum? Now, aside from being deprived of power for an hour every year,

00:07:00.900 the elitists don't like other things that make life pleasurable and convenient on a full-time basis.

00:07:07.940 For example, they hate the very idea of the ultimate freedom machine. That would be the car,

00:07:13.940 or more specifically, a fossil fuel-powered car. Yeah, the climate Karens would prefer you take out 0.95

00:07:21.060 a second mortgage and purchase an electric vehicle. Oh, not a Tesla anymore, by the way, folks. Elon Musk has

00:07:28.180 fallen into their bad books now that he has thankfully reinvented himself as a crusader for

00:07:34.420 freedom. Alas, the climate change movement much prefers the feeble-minded who think in lockstep 1.00

00:07:41.860 with their logic-starved policies. So EVs aside, many in the climate change movement would really,

00:07:49.940 really rather you give up your automobile altogether. They want us to walk or ride a bicycle or take public

00:07:56.820 transit. By the way, if you're taking public transit in Toronto these days, you might want to drop by

00:08:03.300 Bass Pro and pick up some bear spray. Yeah, I know the release of red pepper oil in aerosol form will

00:08:10.820 certainly increase your carbon footprint a tad, but it sure beats being randomly stabbed to death by some 0.64

00:08:18.420 deranged thug. It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway, when it comes to the enviral elites

00:08:26.260 preaching this kind of narrative of giving up our beloved stuff from Klaus Schwab and Bill Gates to Al

00:08:33.780 Gore and Greta Thunberg and David Suzuki, this is yet again another case of do as I say, not as I do.

00:08:41.940 I mean, do you really think his Royal Excellency, her Schwab, would ever be found dead or alive on a 0.98

00:08:48.740 public transit bus? Oh no, he absolutely loves supersized carbon spewing automobiles, especially

00:08:56.340 those that are equipped with that pricey option known as a chauffeur. And hey, if you happen to be a

00:09:04.420 climate change activist residing in Ontario, are you serious about cheering on the extinction of

00:09:11.300 the automobile? By volume, Ontario is the third largest automobile producing jurisdiction in North

00:09:17.620 America. What industry would replace the auto sector and all of the good jobs that go with it if it were

00:09:24.820 put out to pasture? Mining for dilithium crystals, perhaps? Of course, if you identify as a carnivore and

00:09:33.380 like to chow down on the occasional burger, well, that's almost as sinful as driving a Made in Brampton

00:09:41.380 Dodge Challenger Hellcat when it comes to the climate change catastrophe cheerleaders. You see, 1.00

00:09:48.580 all those cows that are destined to be reincarnated as Big Macs and Whoppers, they tend to burp and fart a

00:09:56.100 lot and this too causes global warming or something. Funny thing is, long before the

00:10:03.220 first Canada Packers plant was constructed, an estimated 30 to 60 million bison roamed the prairies in North

00:10:12.020 America. I guess there were no emissions coming out of those supersized critters in yester century. 0.93

00:10:20.420 Nevertheless, the climate change alarmist would very much appreciate it if you were to consider

00:10:27.220 changing your eating habits, which is to say, would you like fries with that cricket and mealworm

00:10:34.020 sandwich? But beyond internal combustion engines and beef, oh, glorious beef. As they used to say on

00:10:41.460 those Ronco ads, but wait, there's more. More things to give up, that is, in order to save the planet. I recently

00:10:50.100 came across an online magazine that's called bestlife.com. Clearly, that title does not

00:10:56.660 represent truth in advertising. Consider the article entitled, 21 Habits That Are Bad for the Environment,

00:11:04.820 and subtitled, Ditch These Habits If You Want to Help Save the Planet and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.

00:11:12.260 Folks, the so-called advice found in this article left my jaw residing on the linoleum. Indeed,

00:11:19.620 one so-called tip made the, thank God I'm a biological man who identifies as a biological man.

00:11:28.100 That's because bestlife.com urges females to give up using tampons and pads. Apparently, 1.00

00:11:35.780 these products are killing Mother Earth too. Quote, over half of the population is made up of women, 1.00

00:11:42.820 and most of those women will have their period almost every month for about 40 years. Meaning we use 0.91

00:11:49.380 a ton of feminine hygiene products that create non-recyclable byproducts. How much, you may be 0.99

00:11:57.140 wondering? According to Julie Weigard-Kajar, CEO and co-founder of Ruby Cup, the average

00:12:05.540 person who has periods will use up to 12,000 disposable period products over the course of a

00:12:13.300 lifetime. A menstrual pad contains the same amount of plastic as four carrier bags. A tampon takes 500

00:12:22.500 years to decompose. Swapping pads and tampons for reusable menstrual cups like Ruby Cup or period

00:12:31.620 underwear from brands like Thinks and Knicks can drastically minimize your negative impact on the

00:12:39.220 environment. End quote. By the way, did you catch that line from the Ruby Cup CEO? Quote,

00:12:46.900 the average person who has periods? End quote. Person? You mean woman, don't you?

00:12:54.180 How woefully woke can you go, Julie? You are the chief executive officer of a feminine hygiene 1.00

00:13:00.660 product company, and you're concerned that you might offend some transvestite out there who thinks he 1.00

00:13:07.220 experiences menstruation? Incredible. But more to the point, I googled Ruby Cup. Let's put it this way, 0.95

00:13:14.820 if I was a biological woman identifying as a biological woman, there's no way I'd be using the Ruby Cup 0.72

00:13:22.100 on a monthly basis. It's gross. This same bestlife.com article then goes on to tie itself into a Gordian 0.83

00:13:30.260 knot of e-logic. The author wants you to reduce meat consumption. That's due rigueur these days.

00:13:37.380 But at the same time, the article warns people against importing stuff. Um, hello, I live in Canada.

00:13:45.140 If I want to embrace a vegan diet a la Greta Thunberg, where do I get my bananas and pineapples and oranges?

00:13:53.460 Or any number of fruits and vegetables that don't tend to flourish here, especially in the wintertime.

00:13:58.660 And don't you dare suggest growing these edibles in greenhouses? You know, that whole greenhouse gas

00:14:06.340 thingy. So maybe importing things that are unattainable domestically? Maybe that isn't such a bad idea

00:14:15.220 after all? How dare you? Now, I would tell these climate change cultists to wake up and smell the coffee.

00:14:22.260 But, well, you guessed it, folks. You're killing the planet when you kick back with that glorious morning

00:14:28.420 cup of joe. You see, last month, researchers at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi published a study

00:14:36.100 calling for consumers to embrace an adapted diet in order to combat the effects of coffee preparation.

00:14:44.820 Quote, limiting your contribution to climate change requires an adapted diet and coffee is no exception.

00:14:52.740 Choosing a mode of coffee preparation that emits less greenhouse gases and moderating your consumption

00:15:01.060 are part of the solution the four researchers wrote. End quote.

00:15:07.620 Folks, my love for coffee is surely right up there with how an alcoholic looks upon beer, wine and spirits,

00:15:15.060 which is to say it's an addiction. I cannot function without it.

00:15:19.780 Now, I could prepare a concise intellectual response to these crackpot researchers in Chicoutimi,

00:15:27.300 who I'd bet you anything were drinking copious quantities of coffee as they toiled over their research paper.

00:15:34.820 But I'm a wee bit caffeine deprived today, so I'll let the late, great Martin Landau deliver a response

00:15:42.420 to this proposed war on Java. 1.00

00:15:46.100 Fuck you! 1.00

00:15:46.740 Now, folks, this crackpot give up your coffee demand was going to be my suggestion 1.00

00:15:55.300 for my climate change jump the shark moment.

00:15:59.780 But just days after the coffee study emerged, along came something even more insane.

00:16:07.300 And it was crafted by a medical doctor, no less.

00:16:10.260 Here goes, quote, Dr. Mohamed Fayyad, an anesthesia resident physician at the Henry Ford Health System

00:16:18.900 in Detroit, presented a study he recently authored that analyzed how doctors could reduce

00:16:26.100 anesthetics during surgery to reduce the carbon footprint of operating rooms worldwide

00:16:34.420 during ASA's annual conference last week. End quote.

00:16:38.980 So, folks, how would you like to go under the knife with this quack at your bedside? 0.95

00:16:46.020 And what is the doc trying to fix here when it comes to carbon footprints?

00:16:51.140 Because, get this, inhaled anesthetics used during general anesthesia are estimated to

00:16:59.700 be responsible for 0.01% to 0.10% of the total worldwide carbon dioxide equivalent emission.

00:17:12.980 That's right. Not even one half of 1%. Basically, Dr. Fayyad wants you to suffer

00:17:20.740 so that carbon dioxide goes down by an amount that doesn't even represent a rounding error.

00:17:29.140 But you know something? Don't take my word for it that this lunatic suggestion is the jump

00:17:35.300 the shark moment for climate change idiocy. Rather, consider what the American Society 0.99

00:17:42.020 of anesthesiologists did earlier this month. Namely, they wiped Dr. Fayyad's study from its website.

00:17:50.580 That study is now akin to that season of Dallas that never took place. It was all a dream, you see,

00:17:57.860 or more like a nightmare, really. The official reason for the scrubbing of this nonsensical study is

00:18:04.980 that it was inaccurate. But me being the cynic that I am, I think there was something more at play here

00:18:11.780 when it came to deep-sixing this pathetic paper. Namely, isn't an anesthesiologist 0.98

00:18:18.980 slamming anesthesia kind of like a dairy farmer denouncing milk? Which is to say, I bet there were

00:18:27.700 more than a few anesthesiologists who came to the conclusion that if anesthesia becomes this decade's

00:18:35.940 version of DDT and is eventually done away with, well, connect the dots. Is there any future left

00:18:44.180 for those pursuing a career as an anesthesiologist? So there you have it, my friends. That is your jump

00:18:53.140 the shark moment when it comes to the inherent insanity that is being promoted by the climate change

00:19:00.500 activists. A collection of loons, Marxists, and hypocrites. Those who live in our civilization of milk 1.00

00:19:07.700 and honey, who want you to give up your milk and honey, and for that matter, cars, meat, coffee, and

00:19:14.740 anesthesia. Somewhere, Henry Winkler weeps.

00:19:31.460 You know, friends, I can't really tell if Jagmeet Singh is in charge of the Liberal Party of Canada,

00:19:36.500 or if he's simply just a sycophant propping up Justin Trudeau. But I guess at the end of the day,

00:19:41.300 it really doesn't matter because it's his job as one of the opposition parties to hold the

00:19:47.220 government of the day to account. And he's definitely not doing that. And I don't think

00:19:52.100 it needed to be said, but somebody did say it. In fact, he wrote it. Joining me now is Loren Gunter

00:19:57.220 of the Edmonton Sun. And he wrote a recent article called The NDP Leader Should Be Holding Trudeau to

00:20:03.700 account. But he's not, Loren. Why not? He's not. And it's kind of like a

00:20:10.100 two-faced act for Jagmeet Singh. As I wrote in my column, during the day, during parliamentary time,

00:20:18.260 he's Jagmeet. And he's, you know, he's falling, fawning all over the Liberals. And, you know,

00:20:23.780 oh, no, we're not going to pull the government down. That would be bad. So we're going to prop

00:20:28.660 them up, do whatever they need us to do to keep them in power. And then at night,

00:20:33.060 he goes home and he cracks open and takes out his phone, cracks open his Twitter app. And he's

00:20:39.140 Jaggernaut. Oh, the Liberals, they're terrible. They're awful. They're in bed with the grocery 0.99

00:20:45.380 store chains to increase prices for you. They don't care about the little guy. They're all for big

00:20:52.020 profit. You know, and so which of these two acts is the real Jagmeet Singh? And you know what?

00:20:58.980 I'm surprised, first of all, that he has any shred of self-respect left because he's done

00:21:04.740 so many things that are against NDP principles in order just to keep the Liberals in power.

00:21:11.220 But I also am surprised that his caucus and his membership aren't holding him to more account.

00:21:16.660 Like, where are ordinary New Democrats in all of this saying, you know, we need a new leader or we

00:21:24.260 need our leader to get a backbone? It just puzzles me so much. How are they so afraid of another

00:21:31.860 election that they're prepared to push down all of the things that they believe in in order to keep

00:21:38.660 the Liberals in power? You know, that's a question I often ask myself when I look at the NDP. I think

00:21:44.340 there are people who are, you know, I would fundamentally disagree with them on almost

00:21:48.740 everything, but they are NDP voters because they care about socialist principles. And yet,

00:21:55.140 their own leader is disenfranchising them. If they wanted to vote for the Liberals,

00:21:58.660 they would vote for the Liberals. So at what point, I guess, does he have a membership revolt on his hand

00:22:04.260 or a caucus revolt on his hand? When does this happen?

00:22:07.620 I'm so surprised by that. And it can't possibly be that their party finances are in such dire

00:22:15.140 straits because we've had one election after another after another. That does wear on a party

00:22:20.820 that has some trouble raising money. But they all have the same trouble now, right? There are no more

00:22:27.460 big individual donations. There are no more corporate donations. There are no more union donations

00:22:33.380 either, which is what really bothers the NDP, what makes it difficult for them. But all the

00:22:38.660 parties have that problem. So it can't be the finances that are that bad. And they must start

00:22:46.100 to look at the electoral equation and say, gee, you know, if we always are mimicking the Liberals,

00:22:54.020 then people who aren't our committed voters, but our swing voters who might come to us

00:22:59.700 when they get disgusted with Justin Trudeau. And there are an awful lot of leftist voters who are

00:23:05.140 disgusted with Justin Trudeau. If we are always mimicking the Liberals, then those people aren't

00:23:12.980 going to come to us. They're going to say, well, what's the point? I might as well vote for the

00:23:15.780 Liberals. And that way, then, you know, they're also voting for the party in power. The calculations

00:23:22.260 just don't make any sense to me at all. Wouldn't you really rather leave? Maybe you only get that,

00:23:28.260 you know, they only have a couple dozen seats in the Commons. Maybe you only get three dozen

00:23:32.900 in the next election. But at least you fight it with some self-respect and dignity. Where they're

00:23:39.460 at now is they have neither. And the thing that I think is really telling is that so you had Trudeau

00:23:45.380 and the premiers over a week ago have this summit on health care spending. And one of the things that

00:23:52.740 wasn't said but was certainly rumored around the corners was that in health care spending now the

00:24:02.340 the feds will not go after the provinces if the provinces allow private delivery of publicly funded

00:24:10.580 health care. So the governments will pay for the health care. But as often happens now in Quebec,

00:24:16.340 and is increasingly looking like it's going to happen in Ontario, then there might be private

00:24:22.340 hospitals or private clinics or private groups of doctors that provide the service. And this just

00:24:28.900 drives the NDP wild. And there is no other issue, I think, that's more of a core for the NDP

00:24:36.500 than publicly administered, publicly delivered health care. The founder of their party, Tommy Douglas,

00:24:45.060 was the first premier to bring in socialized health care in Canada when he became the national

00:24:50.260 leader. That was one of his big pushes. Probably nothing defines the NDP more than publicly delivered

00:24:58.260 health care, delivered by government unions, delivered by government bureaucrats,

00:25:03.460 administered by politicians. You know, the last people I would want to go to for medical health

00:25:11.220 would be politicians and bureaucrats. But that's the NDP fundamentally believes that you cannot deliver

00:25:18.020 equitable health care without bureaucrats and politicians being in charge. And here's Trudeau with

00:25:23.700 the premiers undermining that. And even that doesn't get Jagmeet Singh to go after the Liberals. So I just

00:25:32.420 don't understand when this what when this cozying up this, this kissing up to the Liberals ends.

00:25:40.740 I'm not sure why it's happening. I think maybe it's because the NDP are getting some of the things

00:25:46.100 they want. And that's good enough for them. You know, they sort of got their national dental care

00:25:50.740 policy done. And that was, you know, their brainchild, if you can call anything that comes out of the NDP

00:25:56.100 that and launched by the Liberals. But as a Conservative,

00:26:02.420 I cheer for the NDP sometimes because a strong NDP is what creates the the vote split on the

00:26:09.380 progressive side. When the NDP offers something different than the Liberals, Conservatives do well.

00:26:15.140 I'm old enough to remember Thomas Mulcair again, fundamentally opposed to him on just about

00:26:20.340 everything. But at least I didn't think he was crazy. And I think he offered something different.

00:26:26.420 But we don't have any of that. And Mulcair is a very intelligent guy. I mean, I remember when

00:26:32.740 he was cross examining, he was using his lawyer skills to cross examine Stephen Harper in the House of

00:26:38.340 Commons on the prisoner exchange in Afghanistan. And I was so impressed by his intelligence and his ability

00:26:46.660 to change his line of attack as the government said things he hadn't expected. And it was so

00:26:54.020 interesting. Jagmeet Singh couldn't do that. I'm quite convinced. I mean, I'd say bring back Jack

00:27:00.260 Leighton. You know, that that's the quickest way to get a Conservative government would be to have a

00:27:04.660 strong NDP leader like Leighton. I don't think the NDP will ever win power in my lifetime and federally.

00:27:12.340 But boy, if you could get an NDP leader who could win 60 seats, then I think you're going to have a

00:27:17.700 Pierre-Paulia majority. Yeah. And I don't think I don't think in Canada they could ever win power, but

00:27:25.060 they might be able to form official opposition if Canadians are wise enough to punish the Liberals

00:27:30.980 for what they've done over the last several years, almost a decade. But what's the problem? Is it the lack of

00:27:38.900 talent on the NDP benches that is preventing a leadership change? Because when I look at that,

00:27:47.860 their talent pool, I think, well, maybe Jagmeet Singh is the best that they can do.

00:27:52.500 Yeah, you know, I think you're right there. And that for them is unfortunate. I don't know if there

00:28:00.980 are any, typically with, you know, in American politics, the new leaders, the next group of

00:28:08.660 leaders is groomed at the state level and you get governors and then senators who move up towards

00:28:15.860 becoming president. In Canada, we don't normally do that. We don't normally turn premiers into prime

00:28:22.820 minister. But we do look at people in the caucus and say, well, you know, there's a bright light

00:28:29.860 that could come forward in a few years to run for the leadership. And I just don't see that among

00:28:35.220 anyone in the NDP caucus. Yeah, there are no real young up and comers. There's the old guard,

00:28:41.140 the Charlie Angus of the party, but no real, not completely insane young members of the party.

00:28:49.300 There's Nikki Ashton, but I think she falls into that completely insane category. 1.00

00:28:53.140 Yes. So, you know, she has a profile. She has run for the leadership. She has 0.98

00:29:00.180 stuck her head above ground and made a name for herself in certain circles in politics in Canada.

00:29:06.580 But she is as far to the left as anybody in all of parliament, not just the NDP caucus,

00:29:14.180 but in all of parliament. And so, yeah, I don't think that that she's ready for prime time as it

00:29:18.980 were. So that's it is part of the problem that they lack anybody who could take Singh's place.

00:29:24.580 Now, lastly, I guess one of the names I hear floated to replace Jagmeet Singh is Rachel Notley.

00:29:32.420 Is that just fantasy football from the NDP years or is that a real possibility?

00:29:36.660 No, but it's a problem for them, right? Because what they're doing on the national level and what

00:29:42.500 Trudeau is doing nationally is going to make it very difficult for Rachel Notley to win power again

00:29:49.300 in Alberta. And if Danielle Smith wins decisively, she doesn't have to win a huge landslide. She 0.97

00:29:56.100 doesn't have to win a Law Heed level or a Klein level landslide, but she wins 55 seats,

00:30:02.180 you know, a good, comfortable majority because Trudeau has pushed his just transition to a point

00:30:08.180 where even people who are a little disgusted with the UCP are prepared to swallow hard and vote for

00:30:14.100 them rather than the Liberal's friends in the NDP. That makes it difficult for Notley then to run.

00:30:22.180 But I know she has that ambition. She has that interest. I don't know how deep it runs.

00:30:27.220 You know, it's one thing to be flattered by being asked or being considered and your name floated.

00:30:35.380 It's quite another to have to put out the effort in order to run nationally.

00:30:40.500 You know, and frankly, when Rachel Notley loses, and that is my prediction,

00:30:45.860 people can write that down. I do hope she makes that transition to be the federal NDP leader. I think

00:30:51.540 she's probably the most successful NDP politician in the entire country in at least a decade.

00:30:56.980 And I think, you know, it might bode well for the Conservatives if she doesn't make that lateral

00:31:03.300 move. Would she win twice as many seats as Jagmeet Singh? Yes. And that would be good for the 0.94

00:31:09.140 Conservatives federally. From your lips to God's ears, Lauren. Thanks so much for coming on the show.

00:31:15.940 You bet, Sheila. We'll talk again very, very soon. You bet.

00:31:18.900 Your letters to Ezra, read by David Menzies, up after the break.

00:31:35.780 Say, folks, my colleague Sheila Gunn-Reed, she was filling in for Ezra last night and her monologue was on Alberta's

00:31:42.900 new drug addiction policies. Lots of feedback on that. Tasman5555 writes,

00:31:51.300 Vancouver gets most of Canada's drug addicts. They come from back east. Too cold there. Well,

00:31:58.740 you're right. There are sections of Vancouver I wouldn't dare to venture into. But why would

00:32:05.940 Canada's shame when it comes to drug addiction issues? That would be some of the areas in Vancouver.

00:32:11.380 Why would that be the template to embrace in the rest of Canada? Surely there are some better answers

00:32:18.420 that we can embrace. I still have hope, writes, I worked on the downtown east side as a first responder

00:32:25.780 on and off for nearly 20 years. I have come to the conclusion that those in power use addiction

00:32:32.260 and human suffering to steal tax dollars through non-profit societies. It all needs to be shut down.

00:32:41.300 Well, you know something I still have hope? I think you're on to something. I think there's a whole

00:32:46.500 industry concerned over homelessness and drug addiction. And really, do you want it to all go away?

00:32:55.220 Do you want to present that kind of solution? Kind of like the dog catcher. You certainly don't want

00:33:00.340 dogs running rampant all over the city, but you don't want any stray dogs not being around either,

00:33:06.180 because then why would we need a dog catcher? Jake Jakerson writes, just wondering, aren't the thugs

00:33:13.860 that are playing at being police officers in Calgary far too busy enforcing illegal COVID mandates

00:33:22.180 and arresting pastors and conservatives for doing what they've been doing forever? To hell with the 0.79

00:33:30.660 Calgary police non-service thugs. No better than bikers. Well, you know, I think the Calgary police 1.00

00:33:40.180 service, I bet there's good men and women in those uniforms, but the way they've treated Artur Pawlowski,

00:33:45.940 the way they've treated Freedom Convoy movement participants, it has been downright shameful.

00:33:54.180 I'm not sure what the solution is. Actually, I kind of am. It's all about political will. And given

00:34:00.180 who's at City Hall right now, do you have any hope that things in Calgary are going to get better

00:34:07.300 before they get worse? I sure don't. Well, folks, thank you so much for tuning in. I believe Sheila

00:34:13.220 Gunn-Reed will be co-hosting for Ezra tomorrow. Ezra is traveling right now on very urgent business.

00:34:20.500 In the meantime, thank you so much for tolerating me. And as always, stay sane.

Rebel News Podcast - February 16, 2023

DAVID MENZIES ｜ Climate change hysteria has reached its jump the shark moment

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