Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Mask Exemption Hunger Strike; 50s Diner Shut Down

00:00:00.000 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you, in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite Rebels.

00:00:09.460 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:00:11.620 Success! Another victory on the cuckoo COVID front.

00:00:16.600 Namely, a BC woman, Michaela Tanesi, has a medical mask exemption. 1.00

00:00:21.900 Even so, she was not only denied her medication at the local PharmaSafe, but she also received a $230 fine.

00:00:31.600 Michaela was so incensed over this injustice, she actually went on a six-day hunger strike.

00:00:39.200 Drea Humphrey will join me to explain how she recently triumphed in a court of law. 0.99

00:00:45.800 And what's not to love about Jenny's Diner in beautiful Bonneville, Alberta?

00:00:50.780 Well, this excellent eatery was recently shut down by government bullies.

00:00:56.760 It's sin. Apparently, owner Jenny Hamill respects her customers' medical privacy. 1.00

00:01:03.940 And that is sacrilege in Premier Kenney's Alberta these days.

00:01:08.160 Just will you hear what Sheila Gunn-Reed has to say about this egregious tale.

00:01:14.080 And letters, we get your letters. We get them every minute of every day.

00:01:17.340 And you had plenty to say regarding my report on a Uniqlo store in Mississauga, Ontario.

00:01:24.240 For some goofy reason, this store is actually monitoring those customers that choose to use the washrooms.

00:01:31.840 Yes, Big Brother is wearing a trench coat.

00:01:35.160 And in the name of COVID-19 protocols, he's watching you a little too closely for my liking.

00:01:42.560 And those are your Rebels. Now let's round them up.

00:01:56.000 We had a secret shopper.

00:01:59.940 Who knew they had secret shoppers out there?

00:02:02.600 And that lady came in, I guess, and we did not ask for the passport.

00:02:06.860 And three hours later, we had a closure of dine-in.

00:02:10.880 And I said, no, we're not. You can put the sign up. I'm not closing.

00:02:15.700 And within six days, they suspended my permit.

00:02:19.600 Most of my patrons were aware of the no dine-in.

00:02:23.860 Very few people walked up to the door, read it, and turned around.

00:02:26.700 Most people walked up to the door, read it, and came in.

00:02:29.840 And, I mean, that just shows you what people thought of it.

00:02:34.440 The support for you within the community has been a lot.

00:02:39.180 Like, I saw it today, firsthand.

00:02:41.100 And you have these little signs all around the store from people who support you.

00:02:46.760 The positive support has been overwhelming.

00:02:49.200 The amount of DMs I've gotten that I'm sorry, I'm just trying.

00:02:53.200 There's just so many.

00:02:55.560 And people phoning in and saying, thank you, and my hero.

00:02:58.620 I had a gentleman phone me just before the rally.

00:03:02.120 He's working for a company just passing through town.

00:03:05.500 And he says, you're my hero.

00:03:07.520 I mean, this is a gentleman that doesn't know me from Adam

00:03:09.820 and has just literally drove by, saw our sign, and went,

00:03:13.200 I'm thankful you answered the phone.

00:03:15.000 I just want to say you're my hero.

00:03:16.040 Like, thank you for standing up.

00:03:17.100 And, I mean, that goes so much.

00:03:18.820 Like, that just, there's just no words.

00:03:22.600 And the egregious harassment of those in the private sector

00:03:26.100 by those employed in government and the bureaucracy continues unabated.

00:03:31.440 But mind you, it's for our collective safety folks,

00:03:34.980 because buying a burger and fries at Jenny's Diner,

00:03:39.980 well, it's obviously a super spreader event waiting to happen, isn't it?

00:03:44.120 Even if there's zero scientific evidence that supports such a premise.

00:03:49.920 Then again, I wonder if there's a Wuhan bat soup on the menu at this eatery.

00:03:56.700 Maybe we need to get CSIS on this case as soon as possible.

00:04:02.680 And joining me now for more on this story that's equal part sad and infuriating

00:04:08.820 is our chief reporter, Sheila Gunn-Reed.

00:04:11.640 How you doing there, Sheila?

00:04:13.180 Hey, David.

00:04:14.140 I'm great.

00:04:14.460 Thanks for having me on the show.

00:04:15.920 Always a pleasure.

00:04:16.820 So, Sheila, I have to say, I love, love, love that sign outside Jenny's Diner.

00:04:23.380 The one that states, quote,

00:04:25.480 not forcing you, just taking away everything until you consent, end quote.

00:04:31.540 Translation, the state is indeed forcing you to play ball

00:04:36.300 if the end result of noncompliance regarding the COVID mandates

00:04:41.160 means that your business is going to be shut down

00:04:44.440 or you're going to be terminated out of a job

00:04:47.560 should an individual refuse to get double vaccinated.

00:04:52.280 Sheila, this is nothing more than coercion at its worst.

00:04:57.900 It is not capital punishment, but it is certainly an economic death sentence.

00:05:03.980 Yeah, that sign outside of her store, I think it's the most popular thing I've ever tweeted.

00:05:12.120 And it's turning up on large conservative Instagram pages because it is the truth.

00:05:18.760 And the sign itself calls out the Orwellian nature of what's being done to people.

00:05:23.820 They're saying, oh, we're not forcing you.

00:05:26.600 It's not mandatory.

00:05:27.400 We'll just crush you using the full force of the state until you do it

00:05:32.200 or segregate you into a hole until such time as you comply.

00:05:37.440 It's just like Jason Kenney's restriction exemptions program.

00:05:43.080 It's not a vaccine passport, you guys.

00:05:46.140 We're calling it a restriction exemptions program.

00:05:49.540 So it has a totally different name.

00:05:51.380 It does the same thing in reality and in practice,

00:05:54.800 but it's completely something else.

00:05:56.600 And that's just the entire pandemic from all politicians.

00:06:01.540 You know, we're not taking away your rights.

00:06:03.760 We're just locking you in your home until you get the vaccine.

00:06:06.560 We're not closing your business.

00:06:09.500 We are protecting jobs and livelihoods.

00:06:14.700 You know, we're not, this isn't a lockdown.

00:06:18.860 This isn't self-isolation.

00:06:20.460 This is you staying home to stay safe. 1.00

00:06:24.220 The whole thing is garbage. 0.98

00:06:26.080 When it's just, they've changed the meaning of words to make you feel good about the bad 0.99

00:06:30.500 things they're doing to you.

00:06:32.020 You're absolutely right, Sheila.

00:06:33.340 And you know what I find disturbing?

00:06:35.060 It's kind of like using a sledgehammer to kill a flea.

00:06:38.260 This business about, was it law enforcement bylaw, going undercover.

00:06:44.040 I mean, undercover to a retro 50s diner to see if I can buy a milkshake without wearing a mask.

00:06:50.540 I mean, really?

00:06:52.960 Well, yeah.

00:06:53.800 And it couldn't have been that dangerous since they stayed and finished their meal.

00:06:58.020 Like, if you were scared that, you know, this person isn't vax carding people.

00:07:05.300 And so I might be in a restaurant with other people who are unvaccinated. 0.97

00:07:10.160 Like, they're a bunch of lepers.

00:07:12.380 If you truly believed that that was a dangerous event to the public health, you would not have 0.55

00:07:20.080 stayed and enjoyed your delicious meal courtesy of Jenny's Diner.

00:07:23.680 But they did stay, which means in theory, they don't believe the things that they're enforcing.

00:07:29.620 They're just more than happy to do it and ruin somebody's entrepreneurial dream, which is

00:07:34.540 the case with Jenny.

00:07:35.360 She's got to revamp everything about how she does business there because she just won't 1.00

00:07:42.400 do this thing the government wants from her.

00:07:44.940 She says she's not going to be invading the privacy of our customers.

00:07:48.900 Now, she does have customers who do confide in her because that's the kind of person she

00:07:53.240 is and that's how beloved she is in the community.

00:07:55.360 But she's not going to pry it out of people who want to come and have a milkshake.

00:07:59.320 Exactly.

00:08:00.640 And those people who are terrified, just stay at home or go to curbside pickup or the

00:08:07.000 drive-thru, what have you.

00:08:08.520 But you know, Sheila, I want to point out something.

00:08:10.360 I know a bylaw enforcement officer, that is an easy target for people to aim for.

00:08:17.700 But I just want to say this.

00:08:19.120 I'm not anti-bylaw.

00:08:20.860 I mean, for example, if there was somebody in the neighborhood taking dirty motor oil

00:08:26.240 and pouring it down the sewer, that's bad.

00:08:29.840 That's not right.

00:08:31.340 I would want bylaw to say, hey, you've got to clean up your rack.

00:08:34.500 You can't do that for all sorts of environmental reasons.

00:08:38.120 But the idea that, you know, they're going around trying to shut down a business offering

00:08:45.440 a service that people want.

00:08:49.640 So it's kind of like, I look at it, Sheila, like ticket scalping.

00:08:53.520 For the most part, law enforcement turns a blind eye to that.

00:08:56.780 If I want to buy a ticket for the Toronto Maple Leafs at 400% over face value and someone's

00:09:02.640 willing to sell it to me for that, well, what's the crime?

00:09:06.280 And yet here they are targeting a business to shut it down, going undercover.

00:09:11.040 That's not right.

00:09:11.960 You know, I was thinking about this the other day.

00:09:16.300 This is the same side of the political spectrum that says legalize drugs, people will take

00:09:23.440 on the risk, legalize sex work, because we can't call it prostitution anymore, but legalize

00:09:28.080 sex work, because, you know, that's two consenting adults engaging in a business transaction and

00:09:34.360 they're taking on the risk.

00:09:36.080 What is it?

00:09:36.540 Our business, that's their argument.

00:09:38.120 But two consenting adults cannot exchange money for a milkshake without the state getting

00:09:45.840 involved and destroying the business.

00:09:48.000 That's the times that we live in now.

00:09:51.240 And people don't even see how ridiculous it is that we have undercover secret shoppers going

00:09:56.780 after mom and pop restaurants who serve burgers and fries and cake pops to a willing community.

00:10:04.180 Nobody is in Jenny's Diner that doesn't want to be there.

00:10:06.540 It's not like somebody is abducting people off the streets, sitting them up at the diner

00:10:11.140 and saying, drink this milkshake or, you know, it gets the hose again.

00:10:16.020 That's not what's happening at Jenny's Diner.

00:10:18.540 So mind your own business.

00:10:20.800 If you're too scared, as you say, David, to go out and eat, stay home, Netflix, chill and

00:10:27.780 door dash your way into diabetes.

00:10:30.300 But that's not what Jenny's Diner is offering.

00:10:32.840 You're so right.

00:10:34.800 Consensual milkshake enjoyment is verboten.

00:10:37.700 But I want to point out something.

00:10:40.260 You know, Sheila, in your video, what astonished me, and maybe it's because, you know, for seven

00:10:46.120 years of my life and another life, I covered the food service industry.

00:10:49.240 By the way, one of, if not the toughest industry to make money in, 80% of new restaurant startups

00:10:57.000 fail in the first three years.

00:10:58.680 That's how tough it is.

00:10:59.700 But what I noticed right off the bat, my God, that diner is immaculate.

00:11:06.300 It's like, to use the cliche, it's like you could eat off the floors.

00:11:09.680 And I challenge the government to say that this immaculate, pristine environment is somehow

00:11:16.780 a super spreader venue waiting to happen.

00:11:19.200 Whereas a big box store like a Costco or a Walmart that could never come near that level

00:11:26.320 of sanitation, that's okay.

00:11:28.380 How do you explain that, Sheila?

00:11:30.500 And that's the thing, David.

00:11:31.620 I've been in Jenny's Diner when they're full.

00:11:34.400 I've been there, you know, when they were open for customers full time.

00:11:38.400 It's always that clean.

00:11:40.100 She doesn't block off her dishwasher area, which can be the grossest part of a restaurant. 1.00

00:11:46.640 She doesn't block that off.

00:11:47.760 In fact, she's got a little mural back there because she's so proud of how clean and pretty 0.54

00:11:53.500 her restaurant is. 0.93

00:11:55.240 The benches just shine, like the booths shine.

00:12:01.420 And the thing is now, so that she is not forced to vax card her customers, she's going to rip 1.00

00:12:08.700 out all those booths.

00:12:10.780 She's taking them all out. 0.98

00:12:12.800 I don't know what's going to happen to them, but she said this beautiful little restaurant

00:12:16.720 that I built that's so cute and so quaint and so authentic, she has to take it all out

00:12:21.700 and she's going to fill up the space with retail items and, you know, other items that she can 1.00

00:12:28.800 sell that she makes, you know, like her cake balls and stuff, just to use up the spaces. 0.99

00:12:34.260 So she's not underwater on it, but she said, I can't use these booths and violate the privacy

00:12:40.280 of my customers.

00:12:41.000 So the booths got to go.

00:12:43.160 Unbelievable.

00:12:43.720 And somehow doing that makes Alberta a safer place, eh, Sheila?

00:12:48.880 Sheila, one last question, because we're going to wrap it up.

00:12:51.000 I'm going to ask you to gaze into your crystal ball.

00:12:53.760 How does this story end?

00:12:55.600 In your opinion, I mean, is there going to be a modicum of justice for Jenny?

00:13:00.420 Are, you know, bylaw and law enforcement and health officials still going to put the pedal

00:13:06.660 to the metal and making her life miserable?

00:13:09.020 Certainly there was so many in the community love her and love her diner.

00:13:13.140 How is this going to play out in the final analysis?

00:13:18.680 Jenny's got her own lawyer. 1.00

00:13:20.040 I did make sure that she did have a lawyer. 0.91

00:13:22.940 She does have her own lawyer because, you know, we would have gladly stepped in to help

00:13:28.340 her, but she's got one that she knows and she likes and she trusts.

00:13:31.060 So that's great.

00:13:31.840 She's in good hands.

00:13:33.740 But I think in the end, Jenny walks away.

00:13:38.720 That's what I think.

00:13:39.560 I think that this past 20 months of driving a wedge between Jenny and the customers she 0.98

00:13:47.620 so loves and who still love her, I think it's just demoralized her in such a way where I

00:13:56.960 don't know if her love of what she does will ever recover.

00:14:01.720 And I've never seen the sort of appreciation for what Jenny is doing.

00:14:07.820 I think maybe it was replicated with Chris Scott and Natalie Klein when they opened their

00:14:14.840 respective restaurant and barbershop in defiance of the lockdowns.

00:14:19.360 But people were out at the protest against the vaccine passport, marching with signs, not

00:14:26.920 ones that said, stop the vaccine passport, but signs that said, reopen Jenny's diner.

00:14:32.800 That's how the community loves her.

00:14:35.380 And for the health of the community, the Alberta government has said no.

00:14:40.400 And I think it's one of the most appalling things I've ever seen.

00:14:43.100 It's shameful.

00:14:44.340 The only silver lining I can think of is at least Premier Kenney, unlike Mayor Tory, didn't

00:14:50.420 send all the king's horses and all the king's men, a la Adam Skelly of Adamson Barbecue, and

00:14:55.780 drag her away in handcuffs into a police cruiser.

00:15:00.100 Absolutely shameful.

00:15:01.260 I hope this story has a happy ending, Sheila.

00:15:03.820 I hope you're wrong about this.

00:15:05.340 Me too.

00:15:05.720 We'll see.

00:15:06.060 And I know you'll bring us the update as soon as it happens.

00:15:09.120 So thank you for your excellent report, Sheila.

00:15:12.040 Thanks, David.

00:15:12.680 Have a great weekend.

00:15:13.640 You too.

00:15:14.680 And that was Sheila Gunn-Reed somewhere in the northern hinterland of Alberta.

00:15:20.140 Keep it here, folks.

00:15:21.060 More of Rebel Roundup coming up right after this.

00:15:31.260 It was, you know, it was a bit of a sad, sad kind of scenario.

00:15:38.180 At the end of the day, you know, after working with the RCMP, you know, and having preliminary

00:15:44.600 discussions with them, it came to light that they really hadn't provided anything to Mahela

00:15:49.060 to aid in her defense, which is something that they're actually duty-bound to do.

00:15:53.720 So after having that discussion and presenting that to the justice of the peace, we had the

00:16:01.480 matter stayed and Mahela was off on her way. 0.59

00:16:05.200 Very, very sweet lady.

00:16:07.280 Yeah, I'm very grateful to the Rebel Media for stepping in and doing this for me and more

00:16:15.860 so for all the people who are donating to you for causes like mine.

00:16:23.540 I also want to say that I was really impressed that this lawyer, Stephen Whitehead, he came

00:16:30.380 all the way from Alberta to Vancouver Island just to fight for this ticket, to fight for

00:16:36.380 me.

00:16:36.780 And I was really impressed by that.

00:16:39.580 If you're anything like me, you are starving for some good news.

00:16:44.600 That's exactly what this report is going to give you.

00:16:47.580 So sit back, relax, watch this report in full.

00:16:52.060 We fought the good fight and we won, baby.

00:16:55.100 All right.

00:16:55.540 You good to go there, Drea?

00:16:57.180 Well, my shirt is just like, okay, there we go.

00:17:00.420 I think I'm good now.

00:17:02.100 Fantastic.

00:17:02.620 That looks so good.

00:17:04.140 Okay.

00:17:07.000 Finally, some good news to savor on the cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs COVID-19 front.

00:17:14.000 Michaela Taras.

00:17:15.620 Oh, sorry.

00:17:17.900 I call her Ella.

00:17:20.460 She goes by Ella.

00:17:21.380 So you can say Ella.

00:17:22.880 Maella.

00:17:23.760 Maella.

00:17:24.220 Maella?

00:17:25.360 Yeah, Maella or Maella.

00:17:27.420 And how do you pronounce her last name?

00:17:29.500 Tanasi.

00:17:30.100 Maella Tanasi.

00:17:32.280 Yeah.

00:17:33.040 Okay.

00:17:35.100 I call her Ella.

00:17:38.780 Finally, some good news to savor on the cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs COVID-19 front.

00:17:44.080 Maella Tanasi does not have to pay that ludicrous fine.

00:17:49.720 And with good reason, no crime was ever committed.

00:17:55.180 She has a mask exemption and businesses, by law, are supposed to accommodate people with such exemptions. 0.95

00:18:03.500 So was this a matter of Maella's local pharma safe believing it was, oh, I don't know, above the law?

00:18:12.560 Because that's what it looks like to us.

00:18:15.760 And joining me now for more on this story is our BC correspondent, Drea Humphrey.

00:18:21.440 How are you doing there, Drea?

00:18:22.820 I'm good.

00:18:23.600 How are you guys?

00:18:24.780 Great to see you, my friend.

00:18:26.040 So, Drea, before we get into the nuts and bolts of this story, what I found disturbing about this case is that Michaela actually went on a six-day hunger strike after the incident at the pharma safe occurred.

00:18:42.320 What was the reason for her doing that, Drea?

00:18:46.760 Well, equally disturbing is that she went to simply pick up her medication at the pharmacy in a small town, not a whole lot of options to do so.

00:18:56.080 Plus, it's where she always goes.

00:18:57.660 And she was denied the right to pick up her medication because she's unable to wear a mask. 0.89

00:19:03.000 And I call her Ella.

00:19:04.660 Ella is a fighter.

00:19:05.700 Apparently, I forget what, for what reason, but I think back in the 70s, she also did a hunger strike. 0.99

00:19:13.220 And so, I talked to her husband.

00:19:15.360 I said, are you worried about her?

00:19:16.400 He said, yes, but there's no stopping her.

00:19:18.460 I won't be able to stop her at all.

00:19:20.180 So, she's quite the rebel. 0.99

00:19:22.500 And she just said, no, that's ridiculous, which it is. 0.92

00:19:26.260 And, you know, Drea, that's the thing.

00:19:27.800 When it comes to hunger strikes, what I associate that kind of protest to is political protests.

00:19:33.620 And so, maybe that's where we are in Canada.

00:19:36.760 This is now a political issue.

00:19:39.700 You've got to wear a mask, even if medically you're unable to.

00:19:43.080 You've got to get the double jabs or you're going to lose your job.

00:19:47.680 Jeez, I just wonder if this is going to be a growing trend.

00:19:50.420 But it just shows how deeply passionate she was in saying no to this kind of overreach and coercion.

00:19:59.600 Absolutely.

00:20:00.540 And you're right.

00:20:01.560 Maybe we have to switch up our tactics.

00:20:03.700 It's been, I think, 18 months of peaceful protests.

00:20:07.220 So, maybe silent protests.

00:20:08.720 I don't know.

00:20:09.780 I thought it would be interesting, since there's so many health care workers and frontline workers without jobs.

00:20:16.260 Maybe they could stand on the corner and beg for money, because that's the state they're being put into by these policies.

00:20:24.160 And I do think it's over-politicized.

00:20:26.060 So, maybe it's time to think outside of the box.

00:20:28.380 You're so right.

00:20:29.840 In the months ago, before there even was a vaccine, remember how we used to champion them as the frontline heroes?

00:20:35.240 And now that there is a vaccine, you're a frontline zero if you don't get the jab.

00:20:39.720 Just disgraceful.

00:20:40.860 But, you know, this pharmacy, they, especially being involved in the medical industry, if you want to call it that, Drea, they should know that there are exemptions based on age, based on medical status.

00:20:55.420 So, what was their reason for disobeying this bylaw?

00:21:01.260 I don't think they had a reason.

00:21:02.920 I think a lot of it comes down to people just hearing these public health lords say a statement.

00:21:10.640 And so, they assume that they can behave that way and it's legal.

00:21:14.260 And they don't do their due diligence to find out that, for example, in B.C., where Ella is from, where this took place, you have a duty to accommodate people if they're exempt.

00:21:25.100 And you're right.

00:21:25.600 As a pharmacy, people who are unable to wear a mask are more likely to have medical issues.

00:21:31.160 They're more likely to be in your business.

00:21:32.640 So, you have a duty to accommodate them.

00:21:35.180 Simply serve them, obviously, is what I would say.

00:21:37.400 But, I mean, there are other options.

00:21:39.840 They could have had a cordless way for her to pay and given her product outside or what have you. 1.00

00:21:46.080 But they didn't do any of that.

00:21:47.560 And I want to point out just, you know, the scary trend.

00:21:51.560 And this is why this fight was so important because here we are almost, I don't know, maybe just under a year ago, you have her taking this stand saying, no, this isn't right.

00:22:00.380 I should have my medication.

00:22:02.560 Flash forward to now.

00:22:04.440 We've let a lot slide.

00:22:05.580 And now you see there's parents who are unable to see their newborn babies because of these orders.

00:22:11.900 Or there's people being denied treatment in certain places.

00:22:16.080 People are just going rogue and doing their own thing, even if it's not lawful to do so.

00:22:21.580 So, that's why fights like this are so important.

00:22:24.640 You know, I think you're right.

00:22:25.600 I think it is about going rogue.

00:22:27.080 And I think the ostensible policy reason for them going rogue, Drea, is all based on virtue signaling, i.e.

00:22:35.600 We're going above and beyond what the government is requiring us to do.

00:22:41.400 I mean, I think back to in Hamilton, the Labor Day classic between the Tiger Cats and the Argonauts.

00:22:47.240 That was on Labor Day.

00:22:49.000 The VAX passport in Ontario didn't kick in until September 22nd, more than two weeks away.

00:22:55.620 And yet, for some reason, the Tiger Cats organization said, if you're not double jabbed, go home and watch the game on TV, even though they were not obligated to require a VAX passport on this day.

00:23:09.420 Do you think maybe that's what's driving some of these entities in terms of, you know, we're going to go over and above what we're actually required to do?

00:23:19.720 Yeah, I think that the groupthink mentality, or at least what people think it is because of what gets portrayed on mainstream media and the only thing you hear from the politicians is that everybody wants this.

00:23:31.400 But I don't really think that's true.

00:23:33.600 I think, and I don't even know if we can call it the silent majority, I think most people are saying this is going too far and I'm not really comfortable with where this is.

00:23:41.760 And when we're denying people basic needs like medication, we're in a dire situation.

00:23:48.820 And I think they are, you know, I think we've now learned that if people think everybody's jumping off of the bridge, they will too.

00:23:56.780 Yeah, and the other thing, Dre, of course, is that you are not above the law.

00:24:00.580 Well, I hearken back to several months ago, we went out to Imperial Home Hardware on Dufferin Street in Toronto, because if I hadn't seen this film from the customer, I never would have believed it.

00:24:10.780 But that was a story, Dre, where a man went in to support the local home hardware, small business, even though less than two clicks away is a giant Home Depot.

00:24:20.180 And they started stripping him of his, you know, merchandise he was buying because he wasn't wearing a mask.

00:24:29.120 And when he was frog marched to the door, he pointed out to the employee that, look, it's right there on the bylaw.

00:24:36.400 You have to accommodate mask exempt people.

00:24:39.320 And the employee went back into the store, came back out with duct tape and covered over the bylaw stipulation saying that I swear to you, I'm not making this up, Dre.

00:24:50.240 Yeah. And it's I'm sorry, you know, you can't employ you can't modify laws on the fly.

00:24:59.760 And what I'm getting to is that when the police officer originally gave this lady her ticket, Dre, why didn't why didn't it go down this way?

00:25:11.120 If there's a ticket to be given, it's the people at the pharma safe because they're breaking the bylaw and not me.

00:25:18.200 How did how did it go down that way, Dre?

00:25:21.400 Well, I think our colleague Tamara Ugolini has done a report trying to figure out the answer to that question.

00:25:27.620 And it just was a big circle. They just asked this person, asked this person, asked this person.

00:25:31.820 But you're right. Why is it? The customer is always wrong now in this in this situation.

00:25:37.940 Why can't they be simply reminded of the bylaw or human rights laws or anything like that?

00:25:43.220 And I certainly can't answer that question. One thing I do want to point out what I love about this as well is not the fact that we're we're, you know, bombarded with so much horrible news lately.

00:25:53.960 And so this is nice to hear. But this was a two hundred and thirty dollar fine.

00:25:58.660 That's what they were starting off with, with these kinds of things in B.C.

00:26:01.300 And then it got higher. And some would say, oh, you know, that's such a small fine.

00:26:05.440 But look at the rebels come out of the woodworks on this.

00:26:08.240 You have Ella, who's like, no, not having it. I'm going to fight this.

00:26:11.360 She applies at the fight. The fines crowdfunders, generous donors, 0.99

00:26:15.160 donors come and put funds together to hire her top notch lawyer, Stephen Whitehead,

00:26:21.380 who flies down to this small place in B.C. to fight this two hundred thirty fine like he's trying to keep Mother Teresa out of solitary confinement or something like that.

00:26:31.420 That is what we're doing here, setting a precedent here.

00:26:34.260 And I just think all around, everybody who fought that fight and continues to do that should give themselves a pat on the back.

00:26:40.960 Oh, you're so right, Drea. And I think for those members of our viewing audience that are in a similar situation,

00:26:47.200 that they have a bona fide medical exemption not to wear a mask, for example,

00:26:52.320 you need only point to this as a precedent, as you said, that no matter how virtue signaling you want to be as a company,

00:27:01.720 you are not above the law. And we prove that in court. Drea, a wonderful report. Thank you so much.

00:27:08.800 Thanks, David. Bye, everyone.

00:27:10.960 And that was Drea Humphrey in Vancouver. Keep it here. More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this. 0.99

00:27:28.420 Holy. Actually, let's keep this PG rated, folks. Holy. You know what?

00:27:33.600 Thanks to COVID-19, even going to the loo has become ludicrous. Indeed, to paraphrase that lyric from

00:27:42.640 Santa Claus is coming to town at Uniqlo's Square One location in Mississauga, Ontario.

00:27:49.560 They know when you've been peeing. They know when you have pooed.

00:27:54.600 How disturbing is that? In the name of COVID-19 protocols, the Uniqlo public restroom at the Square One shopping mall is being monitored?

00:28:07.800 Yes, folks. Just when you thought COVID-19 protocols couldn't get any more bat shite crazy, 0.87

00:28:14.080 along comes the Uniqlo bathroom rules. Equal parts baffling and disturbing. 0.94

00:28:19.460 Yes, even using the crapper during COVID has become complicated for reasons that remain utterly mysterious. 1.00

00:28:29.320 But it's a science, stupid. Yeah, right. 1.00

00:28:33.560 In any event, you had plenty to say about Uniqlo's crappy policy.

00:28:38.820 You know, Psycho Geek, what a great observation, an observation I failed to make when I visited this mall.

00:28:55.380 This store is obviously so politically correct that it can't use the word woman for the ladies room and men for the place where the gents must go. 1.00

00:29:04.240 So, no, that would obviously be an affront to the various gender-fluid, non-binary spirit unicorns out there.

00:29:11.440 So, men and women are now simply interchangeable persons.

00:29:15.540 I wonder if there is also a nursing area at this mall for pregnant people, as the CBC and Dr. Theresa Tam like to call them.

00:29:25.700 Dennis W. writes,

00:29:55.700 You know, Dennis, I wouldn't put that past them.

00:30:01.080 And the overseers would obviously be doing this in the name of not just COVID, but as a form of environmental stewardship.

00:30:11.740 Somewhere in Sweden, the female version of the kid from Deliverance is smiling. 0.92

00:30:17.480 Pop Shop Kid writes,

00:30:18.940 Well, Pop Shop Kid, I tend to believe the Premier, although I wouldn't bet the House on it,

00:30:41.740 that many of these restrictions are going to be toast by the end of March.

00:30:45.700 After all, June 2nd is Election Day, and surely Doug Ford knows that a big, big part of his base,

00:30:52.260 a.k.a. the bunch of yahoos, as Ford likes to call them, 0.95

00:30:56.380 are furious with the way this province has been run these past 18 months.

00:31:01.500 As for the COVID Karens, I reckon they tend to vote Liberal and NDP. 0.75

00:31:08.160 Adrian Simpkins writes,

00:31:09.880 What happens when more than four people enter?

00:31:14.300 Is a Terminator deployed, perhaps?

00:31:17.320 You know, another great observation.

00:31:20.400 Can you imagine, folks, the poor security guard who is dispatched to the Uniqlo bathrooms,

00:31:26.880 issuing Hasta La Vista orders to get those breaking the attendance rules out of there?

00:31:32.760 Gee, where is janitor in a drum when you really need them?

00:31:36.760 Richard Plante writes,

00:31:39.680 David, I've heard you report on lunacy after lunacy after lunacy over the years,

00:31:45.140 especially the last two years.

00:31:47.580 I can't wait to hear you say the words,

00:31:50.120 At last, folks, sanity is starting to appear once again. 0.97

00:31:54.360 This washroom idiocy is a new low by the criminals in the command centers of public policy, 0.96

00:32:02.100 oust them and their petty games upon our sensibilities. 0.99

00:32:06.880 Wow, Mr. Plante, I can't wait to make such a report about a return to sanity.

00:32:12.940 These are the craziest times I've ever lived through.

00:32:16.980 The question is, are we at peak crazy yet, folks?

00:32:20.660 And I think the answer is no.

00:32:23.880 And finally, Larry Jackson writes,

00:32:26.040 Shouldn't they be tracking your carbon poo print while they're at it?

00:32:31.820 Yikes, Larry, to quote the psycho Andrew Robinson character from Dirty Harry,

00:32:37.840 Please, I scare easy.

00:32:40.280 Besides, don't give our COVID overseers any more ideas, my friend.

00:32:46.060 Aren't things bad enough as is?

00:32:48.680 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:32:51.720 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:32:53.080 See you next week.

00:32:54.240 And hey, folks, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.

00:32:58.240 Good night.

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Rebel News Podcast - November 13, 2021

DAVID MENZIES ｜ Mask Exemption Hunger Strike; 50s Diner Shut Down

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