Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Peruvin' FightTheFines.com works; Fighting Vax Passes in the U.K.

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00:01:14.420 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,

00:01:32.320 in which we look back at some of the week's very best commentaries from your favorite Rebels,

00:01:37.720 which happen to not be me.

00:01:39.680 I'm your host, who is definitely, absolutely not Mr. David Menzies.

00:01:43.660 I'm Sheila Gunn-Reed, and I'm filling in for my dear friend David

00:01:46.820 as he takes some well-deserved time off from the show.

00:01:50.500 However, you will be seeing David back at the Roundup news desk in the new year, so stay tuned.

00:01:56.520 A family from Peru wanted to move to Canada because somehow the pandemic restrictions in Peru

00:02:02.060 were even harsher on kids than they are here in Canada.

00:02:05.500 It's hard to believe.

00:02:06.960 The dad is a Canadian citizen, and so his kids are dual citizens.

00:02:10.420 They did everything right.

00:02:11.480 They tried to come in through the front door to Canada, 0.98

00:02:13.640 and yet they received $11,000 in lockdown fines upon entry to their new home country.

00:02:19.420 But this story has a happy ending.

00:02:21.800 Drea Humphrey joins us with this fight the fines victory. 1.00

00:02:25.220 Then, Louis Brackpool is living in the land of the vaccine passports. 0.87

00:02:29.820 Not Canada, but the UK.

00:02:31.060 Louis wanted to give his fellow UK citizens an opportunity to send a message to their politicians

00:02:36.260 that the people do not want the discriminatory vaccine passport system.

00:02:40.920 Nor is it necessary, since the vaccinated can catch and spread COVID to basically anyone.

00:02:45.880 But when Louis tried to launch a petition, big tech stepped in to block it.

00:02:50.160 Our UK correspondent joins us tonight to talk about the fight against vaccine passport segregation in the UK

00:02:55.700 and who really makes up the anti-passport movement.

00:03:00.580 Then letters, letters, letters.

00:03:02.000 We get your letters all day, every day, and I'll read some of them.

00:03:05.260 Actually, I'm going to read one.

00:03:06.720 It's long, but it's one of the favorite letters that I have received in weeks,

00:03:11.120 and it's about David Menzies being assaulted by Trudeau's RCMP henchmen.

00:03:15.460 You'll note this isn't the usual Rebel Roundup background

00:03:18.160 because I forgot to switch mine out in my interview,

00:03:20.780 so I left this one for consistency's sake.

00:03:24.080 Those are your Rebels.

00:03:25.480 Let's round them up.

00:03:31.480 Drea Humphrey here with Rebel News.

00:03:33.860 In another Fight the Fines win for you,

00:03:36.840 a couple was fined over $11,000

00:03:40.640 when entering the supposedly true North strong and free country of Canada.

00:03:47.380 But thanks to people like yourself who have been generously donating at FightTheFines.com,

00:03:54.100 we were able to partner with the Democracy Fund charity

00:03:57.280 and hire them top-notch lawyers from the law firm Great, Woke, and Spencer.

00:04:03.360 Thanks so much for inviting us into your home.

00:04:06.440 There was good news in regards to the over $11,000 fines you guys received.

00:04:13.440 For those who don't know, because this is actually our first time doing this report,

00:04:19.340 tell us why you guys received such a slap-worthy fine.

00:04:24.540 Well, as soon as we arrived to Canada,

00:04:29.660 by the way, we were moving to Canada,

00:04:31.760 and my wife just landed.

00:04:34.400 It was almost six months ago, back in June.

00:04:36.780 Back then, everyone, regardless of your medical status,

00:04:45.000 back then you had to be quarantined and take an arrival PCR test,

00:04:50.920 and then take another PCR test on day 8, if I remember correctly.

00:04:56.200 So when we arrived, we refused the hotel quarantine,

00:05:00.320 partly because we were a family of five,

00:05:03.780 which includes my five-year-old daughter.

00:05:06.300 I had no plans on lugging her up in a hotel room. 0.98

00:05:10.780 And another reason is because my wife has a medical condition, 0.99

00:05:14.760 which I brought with me.

00:05:17.880 She requires a very special diet.

00:05:20.060 I'm very allergic to food.

00:05:22.180 Exactly.

00:05:22.700 She cannot eat gluten, corn, soy.

00:05:26.220 Tomatoes.

00:05:27.060 Even tomatoes.

00:05:27.940 Yeah.

00:05:29.140 Some of the plants of the nightshade family.

00:05:30.840 So she has a very particular diet,

00:05:33.200 and the public health officers that were there that day

00:05:38.440 did not listen to us.

00:05:40.640 No, we showed the papers.

00:05:41.860 We showed them the papers.

00:05:43.300 And the situation.

00:05:44.580 Situation and all.

00:05:45.580 And at the end of the day,

00:05:46.880 they just wrote us huge tickets.

00:05:52.360 We both received $5,750 each,

00:05:57.100 totaling $11,500 in tickets.

00:06:02.760 And we didn't know what to do.

00:06:05.680 After getting home,

00:06:09.660 we decided to fight this, obviously.

00:06:14.400 We disputed the tickets.

00:06:16.940 After the 14-day quarantine,

00:06:18.520 we went to the courthouse and entered a dispute

00:06:21.960 and contacted Rebel News.

00:06:24.960 I heard of the fund you guys were managing

00:06:29.880 for helping Canadians fight the fines.

00:06:34.760 2021 was a big year in fighting lockdown fines.

00:06:39.120 In fact, we have helped over 2,200 people,

00:06:42.320 churches, and businesses in the fight the fines system.

00:06:45.660 Now, fight the fines is a civil liberties project

00:06:47.800 in partnership with the Democracy Fund,

00:06:49.540 where people suffering a lockdown ticket or infraction

00:06:52.080 are put in touch with top criminal and civil litigators

00:06:54.360 at no cost to them

00:06:55.300 through our special partnership

00:06:57.140 with that registered Canadian charity,

00:06:59.680 the Democracy Fund,

00:07:00.840 and through your crowdfunded donations.

00:07:03.160 And the wins have been really rolling in lately.

00:07:06.560 So fast, we can hardly report on them all.

00:07:08.800 But Drea Humphrey joins us today 1.00

00:07:10.080 with the story of a family

00:07:11.000 who was emigrating to Canada,

00:07:13.320 doing everything the right way,

00:07:15.240 and they still received a lockdown fine.

00:07:17.460 Drea, what happened here?

00:07:18.540 Well, absolutely.

00:07:19.940 The husband is a Canadian citizen,

00:07:22.840 but they had been living in Peru.

00:07:25.160 And according to them,

00:07:26.880 it's not so great for children

00:07:28.600 since life with COVID-19 there.

00:07:30.480 So they thought, you know what?

00:07:31.820 Let's take our odds with Canada.

00:07:33.840 And they came to Canada, 0.98

00:07:35.700 but, you know,

00:07:36.680 were totally treated like villains on the way in.

00:07:39.920 The wife actually has a lot of medical conditions. 1.00

00:07:43.680 She even brought paperwork.

00:07:45.100 Doctors helped fill it out.

00:07:46.380 So hopefully they would be able to go home.

00:07:49.520 Extreme dietary restrictions.

00:07:52.000 And as you probably know

00:07:53.200 from some of our previous reports,

00:07:55.220 if you've got allergies,

00:07:57.060 a quarantine hotel is not the place to be.

00:08:00.700 And so they were fined over $11,000

00:08:04.680 for saying,

00:08:06.220 no, it's safer for us to go home.

00:08:08.000 Sorry.

00:08:08.320 You know, that's crazy.

00:08:10.640 And as I was watching your video,

00:08:12.660 I thought, you know what?

00:08:13.960 Maybe these people should have just sashayed 1.00

00:08:15.680 through Roxham Road

00:08:16.940 and they wouldn't have got a fine.

00:08:18.640 They wouldn't have been charged

00:08:20.360 to stay in a quarantine hotel.

00:08:22.760 And the RCMP would have carried their baggage,

00:08:26.020 put them on the bus.

00:08:26.880 They would have went off to the quarantine hotel

00:08:28.520 where they would have got whatever food they wanted.

00:08:30.480 And then just off you go.

00:08:32.620 No testing or at least no fines.

00:08:34.720 No fines.

00:08:36.580 But these folks seem very nice.

00:08:39.980 They get punished

00:08:40.840 for trying to do everything the right way.

00:08:43.100 And this isn't the first thing we've seen of this.

00:08:45.520 We actually see Canadian citizens

00:08:47.320 in other instances getting COVID fines

00:08:50.760 for refusing to quarantine

00:08:52.560 in these jails that are, frankly, dangerous, as we know.

00:08:57.880 Absolutely.

00:08:58.560 COVID jails.

00:08:59.400 I believe in David's report,

00:09:01.060 back to the dietary thing,

00:09:02.820 there was a gentleman with seafood allergies

00:09:05.900 and he was given a tuna sandwich after starving.

00:09:08.920 He was in there starving. 0.98

00:09:10.460 It's ridiculous. 0.96

00:09:11.660 And then there's also been the claim 0.98

00:09:13.340 of sexual assault as well.

00:09:16.100 And it just scientifically or statistically,

00:09:18.360 it doesn't make any sense

00:09:19.680 because if you can go home,

00:09:20.940 if you have this safe place at home

00:09:22.660 and you can just be with your family,

00:09:24.960 why would you go to a hotel?

00:09:27.060 One of the reports that I covered,

00:09:29.200 they put you in a taxi,

00:09:32.660 a public taxi.

00:09:34.540 Like, it makes no sense.

00:09:35.700 And that taxi driver,

00:09:37.060 we interviewed some of the ones

00:09:38.200 that were picking up,

00:09:39.260 they pick up whoever they want.

00:09:41.040 So if you can go into a public taxi

00:09:42.920 to COVID jail,

00:09:43.940 why can't you just go home?

00:09:45.780 But what I love about Fight the Fines

00:09:47.560 is number one,

00:09:48.420 it gives us an opportunity

00:09:49.440 to report good news

00:09:51.000 when we get the winds coming in,

00:09:52.680 which these days is few and far between.

00:09:56.020 So I love that.

00:09:57.680 But just imagine the weight off your shoulder.

00:10:01.060 You're trying to move your whole family.

00:10:03.040 If you watch the report,

00:10:04.060 they mention there's a lot of costs,

00:10:05.560 obviously, with doing that.

00:10:07.000 And you get hit with an $11,000 fine.

00:10:09.360 Plus, you know it's wrong,

00:10:11.180 so you want to fight it.

00:10:12.740 And then thanks to the donors

00:10:14.460 who have generously supported Fight the Fines

00:10:17.820 and donated what they can

00:10:18.940 for top-not legal defense,

00:10:21.560 you get that weight off your shoulder

00:10:23.280 where the lawyers come and take care of it.

00:10:26.340 In this case,

00:10:27.380 it was a whole team effort

00:10:28.880 because there was all this bureaucracy happening.

00:10:31.720 So even Megan,

00:10:32.920 I believe she's a paralegal with the firm,

00:10:35.540 was helping out quite a bit there too.

00:10:37.960 Yeah, it's so unscientific.

00:10:40.260 The one thing I learned

00:10:41.200 from our legal challenge

00:10:43.560 to the COVID jails

00:10:44.760 at nocovidjails.com

00:10:46.380 was that if you present at the airport

00:10:50.260 and you either exhibit symptoms of COVID,

00:10:54.580 which can be anything from a sniffly nose

00:10:56.600 to like, I've got muscle aches.

00:10:59.120 Well, you just got off a long flight,

00:11:00.480 so that might explain it.

00:11:02.000 But even if you,

00:11:03.420 either you present with visible symptoms of COVID

00:11:06.060 or you just say you have symptoms of COVID,

00:11:08.780 you don't have to go to the COVID jail.

00:11:10.640 You go straight home.

00:11:11.900 The COVID jails are strictly for healthy people,

00:11:14.880 which makes absolutely no sense

00:11:16.880 because if you're healthy,

00:11:18.380 then you should just be able to go home.

00:11:20.560 But, you know,

00:11:21.440 if you show up at the airport and say,

00:11:22.760 they're like,

00:11:24.500 ah, get out of here, 0.99

00:11:25.280 go home.

00:11:27.940 But moreover,

00:11:28.700 to your point about

00:11:29.780 the help that we're able to give people

00:11:32.600 and really,

00:11:33.980 the thanks goes to the donors.

00:11:35.340 We hear the thank yous

00:11:36.340 because we hear the thank yous

00:11:38.680 because we are talking to people every day.

00:11:40.920 We're the sort of the go-between.

00:11:43.120 But the thanks really goes to the donors

00:11:44.320 and we get the pleasure of being the vehicles

00:11:47.840 by which the donors are connected

00:11:50.020 to the people that need help.

00:11:52.160 But I'm sure this is your experience too.

00:11:55.480 You're interviewing people

00:11:56.760 who have these enormous fines,

00:11:59.220 $11,000.

00:12:00.260 Sometimes it's the whole family

00:12:01.400 is fined $5,000 a pop.

00:12:03.940 And they can't believe

00:12:06.060 that total strangers

00:12:07.960 care so much about civil liberties

00:12:10.620 that they're willing to donate to help them.

00:12:13.640 So they can't even believe

00:12:15.060 that people care about the issue.

00:12:17.520 Little old me.

00:12:19.360 They're like,

00:12:20.120 why do people care about me?

00:12:21.320 But they also can't believe

00:12:22.380 that people care so much

00:12:23.820 that it's like,

00:12:25.000 here's one of Canada's best lawyers to help you.

00:12:27.280 They're so overwhelmed and so grateful.

00:12:29.340 And that's what I love

00:12:30.980 about Fight the Fines.

00:12:32.340 It fills the personal tank up

00:12:35.200 so you have all this energy

00:12:36.420 to fight another day.

00:12:37.460 Because I don't know about you,

00:12:38.600 but people always ask me,

00:12:39.600 how do you do your job?

00:12:41.160 You're dealing with bad news all the day.

00:12:42.380 I'm like, I get to hear the thank yous

00:12:44.080 that I don't deserve.

00:12:45.220 And that helps me fight another day.

00:12:47.760 Absolutely.

00:12:48.560 And like you said,

00:12:49.260 it's now over 2,200 cases.

00:12:52.220 One of the things they always say is,

00:12:53.640 yeah, I apply,

00:12:54.300 but I didn't actually expect to hear back, right?

00:12:56.800 Because they just like,

00:12:57.680 oh, maybe it's 20 people we've helped

00:12:59.960 or something like that.

00:13:00.980 And it's like, no, it's quite a bit.

00:13:03.020 So you're right.

00:13:04.560 It does keep us motivated.

00:13:06.080 Thank you guys so much for donating there

00:13:08.420 because you're making such a huge difference.

00:13:10.960 And you touched on this as well,

00:13:12.940 but a lot of people are,

00:13:14.200 you know, it's so divided.

00:13:16.220 Depending on what news they're watching,

00:13:17.860 it seems like everybody thinks a certain way.

00:13:20.180 So you're right,

00:13:21.260 like that people come together

00:13:22.300 and actually generously donate

00:13:24.960 towards an issue

00:13:26.000 that seems like such a taboo issue

00:13:28.000 in the first place.

00:13:28.720 It's like, no, I'm not alone.

00:13:30.160 And, you know, I should stand up for my rights.

00:13:32.480 And so it's very empowering.

00:13:34.440 And I don't think just for the person

00:13:36.220 who gets the help,

00:13:36.920 but also for the people who see the win, right?

00:13:39.380 It's really important.

00:13:40.420 And who knows the ripple effect that's happening.

00:13:43.300 Yeah, I completely agree.

00:13:45.180 Now, getting back to your story of this family,

00:13:48.320 what's next for them?

00:13:49.620 They're in Canada now.

00:13:51.020 Are they settled in?

00:13:52.800 Yeah.

00:13:53.420 Do they regret coming?

00:13:55.600 No, I don't think regret is the word

00:13:57.880 because again, according to them,

00:13:59.140 I do ask them in the report,

00:14:00.420 what life was like there.

00:14:01.800 And they said for kids in school,

00:14:04.540 it's pretty rough.

00:14:05.540 You'll have to watch the report,

00:14:06.860 but I think they said

00:14:07.620 the kids haven't really officially

00:14:09.260 gone back to school.

00:14:10.700 So that's hard.

00:14:11.500 And I believe they have three kids

00:14:12.900 and they're happy in the city

00:14:15.620 that they're in right now,

00:14:16.640 but they're not sure

00:14:18.440 if that's where they're going to end up staying.

00:14:20.140 But they're just concerned in general

00:14:22.680 across the globe, what's happening.

00:14:24.860 And, you know,

00:14:26.160 they're going to continue to stand

00:14:27.360 for their rights no matter what.

00:14:28.780 But I think there's not a huge sense of security,

00:14:32.440 especially when you enter the country that way.

00:14:34.220 You think you're going for refuge

00:14:35.640 to this true north, strong and free.

00:14:38.200 And then it's already,

00:14:39.220 you have a fight like that.

00:14:40.280 So, yeah, I guess the moral of the story here

00:14:42.800 is that even in Canada,

00:14:45.800 some place is always worse than you.

00:14:48.960 And I guess it's a story across the world,

00:14:51.660 except if you live in Australia,

00:14:53.220 because I don't know.

00:14:54.680 That's what it seems.

00:14:55.660 Australia, Drea, thank you so much

00:14:58.700 for the work that you do

00:14:59.960 for the Fight the Fines cases

00:15:02.480 that you're working with

00:15:03.800 and you're helping.

00:15:05.400 But also, thank you so much

00:15:06.740 just for the work that you've put in this year,

00:15:09.680 fighting for freedom,

00:15:10.700 fighting for the rights to small businesses,

00:15:12.960 and fighting for people's rights

00:15:14.920 to just go to work

00:15:15.820 and not have to produce proof of vaccination

00:15:19.660 or subject themselves

00:15:20.860 to a medical treatment that they don't want.

00:15:22.540 Let's hope things get better in 2022.

00:15:26.760 I am, however, not optimistic.

00:15:29.340 Well, I hope so.

00:15:30.040 And I had a great mentor.

00:15:31.260 So thank you, Sheila.

00:15:33.000 Thanks, Drea.

00:15:34.300 All right. Bye, everyone.

00:15:40.540 Today, I'm fighting big tech censorship

00:15:43.720 to bring you a voice

00:15:45.220 against these divisive vaccine passports.

00:15:49.120 I am proud to announce that I'm not long away

00:15:52.000 from launching a brand new exclusive campaign

00:15:55.280 to the UK with Rebel News

00:15:57.940 to fight back against these divisive

00:16:00.540 and privacy invading vaccine passports

00:16:03.620 that were rolled out to the entirety

00:16:05.720 of the United Kingdom recently.

00:16:07.820 However, we have run into some technical difficulties

00:16:11.680 that us at Rebel News thought it would be appropriate

00:16:14.800 to tell you all about.

00:16:16.660 The campaign that I am launching

00:16:18.400 is one big giant petition

00:16:20.380 that anyone in the United Kingdom can sign.

00:16:23.940 And my promise is to deliver your signature

00:16:27.620 straight to the doorstep of parliament,

00:16:30.460 where we will bring the message from the people

00:16:33.560 to the politicians

00:16:34.960 from all over the political spectrum.

00:16:37.660 So not only is it to prove

00:16:39.460 that we were never asked

00:16:41.300 for these discriminatory restrictions,

00:16:43.700 is that we don't need them and we want them gone.

00:16:47.580 Now, whilst I talk to you on camera,

00:16:49.740 we have a designated set of people

00:16:52.340 to help set up this giant petition

00:16:55.220 and a special website for you to visit

00:16:57.960 and sign your signature.

00:17:00.520 We've been doing a lot of preparation

00:17:02.020 and I've already finished a video

00:17:03.740 to debut the campaign launch.

00:17:07.460 However, something strange has happened.

00:17:10.640 A colleague of mine was arranging the URL

00:17:13.700 for this petition

00:17:15.180 and it was originally at

00:17:16.440 fightvaccinepassports.co.uk

00:17:19.380 and after trying to register this URL,

00:17:22.900 we received an email.

00:17:24.520 It explained that the domain

00:17:26.060 fightvaccinepassports got blocked

00:17:29.020 on the registry

00:17:30.400 for it potentially being,

00:17:32.740 and I quote,

00:17:33.900 malicious phishing activity.

00:17:36.860 Very odd.

00:17:37.860 Well, Canada isn't the only country

00:17:40.040 infected with the disease

00:17:41.380 of COVID vaccine mandates

00:17:43.740 and passports.

00:17:44.780 Our siblings in the Commonwealth

00:17:46.020 over in the UK

00:17:46.920 have recently adopted

00:17:48.080 a proof of vaccination policy

00:17:49.640 wherein certain people,

00:17:51.940 usually healthy,

00:17:53.020 are carved out of society

00:17:54.340 based on either their vaccine status

00:17:56.600 or their unwillingness

00:17:58.400 to provide their vaccine status

00:17:59.940 to total strangers.

00:18:01.600 Joining me now to discuss

00:18:02.640 the vaccine policy in the UK

00:18:04.120 and what he plans to do

00:18:05.780 to fight back

00:18:06.540 on behalf of normal people

00:18:07.720 is Rebel News UK correspondent

00:18:10.020 extraordinaire Lewis Brackpool.

00:18:12.020 Lewis, thank you so much

00:18:13.060 for joining me.

00:18:13.960 I guess my big question

00:18:15.960 is why the vaccine mandate

00:18:19.800 all of a sudden right now?

00:18:22.220 You guys have had vaccines

00:18:23.440 long before we did.

00:18:25.840 Yeah, yeah.

00:18:26.620 It's a very strange one,

00:18:27.860 isn't it, Sheila?

00:18:28.420 I mean, I think it's been

00:18:30.060 the plan all along, personally.

00:18:31.740 They've had ideas

00:18:33.300 of drawing up these plans

00:18:34.580 the past six months

00:18:36.400 and they decided

00:18:37.860 to put it through

00:18:38.520 the House of Commons

00:18:39.620 and have a vote on it

00:18:40.660 where 126 Tories

00:18:43.600 revolted against the mandates,

00:18:46.220 which was very interesting,

00:18:47.660 and the Labour candidates,

00:18:49.200 only seven, revolted against.

00:18:50.860 So it's unfortunately been passed

00:18:53.160 and now the people

00:18:54.420 have to suffer.

00:18:55.880 So it begs the question,

00:18:57.900 can over 300 MPs

00:19:00.420 really decide

00:19:01.380 the bodily autonomy fate

00:19:05.000 of the UK public?

00:19:07.120 And I personally don't think so,

00:19:09.060 which is why I've started up

00:19:10.300 this campaign

00:19:10.920 that we're about to discuss.

00:19:13.620 Before we get to that,

00:19:14.900 I just, I find it remarkable

00:19:16.440 that at least you had politicians

00:19:18.760 who engaged in a vigorous debate

00:19:20.380 on this subject

00:19:21.440 in so much of the rest

00:19:23.080 of the world,

00:19:23.660 in particular here in Canada,

00:19:24.820 we just have some

00:19:26.360 public health deity

00:19:27.460 at this point

00:19:28.340 who just decides

00:19:29.680 these things for everybody

00:19:30.960 and our politicians

00:19:31.760 just nod along.

00:19:33.180 They don't even consider

00:19:34.040 the fact that this is,

00:19:35.460 indeed,

00:19:36.240 a political move

00:19:37.560 that requires

00:19:38.400 political debate

00:19:39.600 around this.

00:19:40.640 Now, you've been out

00:19:41.640 and about in the public

00:19:43.000 talking to people

00:19:44.260 about this

00:19:45.020 and it is a real

00:19:46.240 cross-section of humanity.

00:19:48.300 You've got some people

00:19:49.120 who think,

00:19:50.200 yeah, it's fine.

00:19:50.980 I get to do whatever I want

00:19:52.180 because I'm vaccinated

00:19:52.940 so I guess everybody else 0.98

00:19:54.660 be damned. 0.94

00:19:55.820 And you do have other people 0.99

00:19:57.060 on the other side

00:19:57.920 who say,

00:19:58.480 this isn't for me,

00:19:59.780 I don't want any part of this

00:20:01.240 and I don't have a choice anymore.

00:20:04.360 What do you think

00:20:05.200 the breakdown is?

00:20:06.740 Is it like 50-50

00:20:08.040 or what do you think

00:20:09.260 the public's take is

00:20:10.400 on all of this?

00:20:11.760 I think the public take

00:20:13.100 is definitely rising against.

00:20:15.680 It was a majority,

00:20:17.280 I believe,

00:20:17.960 for a long time

00:20:19.220 because unfortunately

00:20:20.420 a lot of people

00:20:21.080 in the UK

00:20:21.580 have put their faith

00:20:22.860 in this government

00:20:23.520 as blasphemy as that is.

00:20:26.600 But we're now starting

00:20:27.760 to see a shift

00:20:28.560 in the polls.

00:20:29.600 A lot of polls

00:20:30.100 are coming out recently

00:20:31.140 that people are going

00:20:32.500 against these restrictions

00:20:34.020 ever since it came out

00:20:35.740 that Downing Street

00:20:36.540 hosted a big fundu

00:20:39.180 over the Christmas period

00:20:41.280 when everyone was locked down.

00:20:42.760 I think that's sort of

00:20:44.280 messed people up with that.

00:20:47.740 The thing is,

00:20:49.160 everyone has a limit,

00:20:50.260 don't they?

00:20:50.800 I mean,

00:20:51.220 some people it was very early,

00:20:52.840 some people it's late,

00:20:53.780 some people it was just

00:20:54.540 a Christmas party

00:20:55.500 that set people off

00:20:57.340 to make them go,

00:20:58.340 well, hang on a minute,

00:20:58.920 if they're not practising

00:20:59.840 what they preach,

00:21:00.660 why should I?

00:21:01.620 And it's a legitimate question.

00:21:03.820 If these politicians

00:21:04.740 keep pumping out

00:21:06.300 the fear-mongering

00:21:07.120 to the public

00:21:07.920 whilst not following

00:21:09.040 the rules themselves,

00:21:10.020 I mean,

00:21:11.000 is it any wonder

00:21:12.100 that the polls

00:21:12.680 are now starting to shift

00:21:13.980 and Boris Johnson

00:21:15.220 is looking like

00:21:16.180 he's in a bit of deep water

00:21:18.200 now with his party?

00:21:19.860 So, yeah,

00:21:20.680 I'm starting to see

00:21:21.780 a bit more of a revolt

00:21:23.300 than originally

00:21:25.480 six months ago,

00:21:26.880 which is great news

00:21:28.140 because it now shows

00:21:29.180 people really,

00:21:30.380 really do care

00:21:31.080 and they're starting

00:21:31.840 to see it for what it is.

00:21:33.760 Yeah,

00:21:34.200 I think there are

00:21:35.200 a lot of people

00:21:36.040 who,

00:21:37.480 for better or for worse,

00:21:38.800 probably for worse,

00:21:39.680 put their trust

00:21:40.900 in politicians,

00:21:44.260 in public health officials,

00:21:46.120 in the vaccines

00:21:47.140 and while they

00:21:48.160 didn't really have

00:21:49.440 an opinion

00:21:50.260 on the efficacy

00:21:51.040 of the vaccines,

00:21:52.520 they just went

00:21:53.500 and got a vaccine

00:21:54.680 because that was

00:21:56.160 their path to freedom.

00:21:57.820 I guess compliance

00:21:58.680 was their path to freedom

00:21:59.940 when you put it that way.

00:22:02.040 But for them,

00:22:03.140 that's what they saw

00:22:04.280 and now they're

00:22:05.160 double vaccinated

00:22:05.940 and they don't see

00:22:07.300 the freedom.

00:22:07.900 So they did their part

00:22:08.840 but the politicians

00:22:09.580 aren't doing their part

00:22:11.480 and I think there are

00:22:12.640 a lot of people

00:22:13.220 who are being mugged

00:22:14.500 by reality

00:22:15.260 by that fact

00:22:16.220 and I don't know

00:22:17.820 what it's like in the UK

00:22:18.640 but I know here in Canada

00:22:19.800 it's not falling down

00:22:22.040 along party lines.

00:22:23.060 There are people

00:22:23.400 from all over

00:22:24.160 the political spectrum

00:22:25.220 who are saying,

00:22:26.620 I did what they asked me to do.

00:22:29.100 They're not holding

00:22:29.740 their end of the bargain

00:22:30.760 and so when normally

00:22:32.040 it would be a pro-freedom,

00:22:33.440 pro-conservative issue,

00:22:35.020 it's people from the left

00:22:36.540 and the right

00:22:37.140 who are sort of

00:22:37.800 marching together

00:22:38.520 in the street.

00:22:40.120 Yeah, absolutely.

00:22:41.420 And I think this is

00:22:42.480 the one issue

00:22:43.080 that people from the left

00:22:44.060 and the right

00:22:44.420 are really coming together on.

00:22:46.220 When I go to these protests

00:22:47.400 and speak to the everyday person,

00:22:49.640 most of them

00:22:50.560 are just either,

00:22:52.600 they were Labour voters

00:22:53.520 or Conservative voters

00:22:54.920 that have revolted

00:22:55.900 and it's the one issue

00:22:58.040 that people are now

00:22:58.980 feeling so passionate about

00:23:00.300 is their own civil liberties

00:23:01.660 and I think that's

00:23:02.720 extremely important.

00:23:05.540 I mean,

00:23:06.000 you do get the odd bunch

00:23:07.560 that are, you know,

00:23:08.300 revolutionaries,

00:23:09.220 let's take down the system

00:23:10.540 and then you ask them,

00:23:11.480 well, what's the replacement

00:23:12.380 and they don't have the answer.

00:23:14.020 Classic, right?

00:23:15.620 And of course,

00:23:16.500 you've got people

00:23:17.020 on the right as well

00:23:18.480 where they might want

00:23:19.860 to cause trouble

00:23:20.560 but this is normal

00:23:22.440 with every movement.

00:23:23.880 It's just a case of

00:23:24.800 sticking onto topic

00:23:25.940 and that's fighting

00:23:26.980 the vaccine passports

00:23:28.160 and the mandates

00:23:28.880 and mass non-compliance,

00:23:31.420 I believe,

00:23:31.980 is the only way

00:23:32.820 to get out of this

00:23:33.840 because I don't see

00:23:35.440 any other resolution

00:23:37.000 because the politicians

00:23:38.340 have made up their minds.

00:23:39.820 I think it's now down

00:23:40.660 to the people

00:23:41.360 to decide their own fate.

00:23:44.160 Yeah, I think

00:23:44.580 there comes a point

00:23:45.500 where people have done

00:23:46.540 what you've asked them to do.

00:23:47.940 You didn't do your end

00:23:49.040 of the bargain

00:23:50.180 and people become ungovernable

00:23:52.700 because they see

00:23:54.200 that they see

00:23:55.260 that the rug

00:23:56.000 has really been pulled out

00:23:57.320 from under them

00:23:58.060 and I do find it remarkable

00:24:00.140 that you do have

00:24:01.860 this kaleidoscope

00:24:04.480 of humanity,

00:24:05.380 I guess is the right word,

00:24:07.280 at these protests

00:24:08.480 where you have

00:24:09.300 people from the left,

00:24:10.420 people from the right,

00:24:11.300 people who think

00:24:12.020 crystals cure cancer,

00:24:13.620 people from the religious right,

00:24:15.740 people like staunch,

00:24:17.540 like anti-government libertarians

00:24:19.200 and like the natural

00:24:22.440 health food people.

00:24:23.680 They're all marching

00:24:24.400 in the street together

00:24:25.400 and these are people

00:24:26.220 who would normally

00:24:26.760 cross the street

00:24:27.780 so that they don't have

00:24:29.220 to walk beside each other

00:24:30.480 and yet there are hardly

00:24:32.300 any political leaders

00:24:33.940 who look at that

00:24:34.700 and say,

00:24:35.260 there's a parade

00:24:36.200 that's marching,

00:24:37.300 I should get in front of it

00:24:38.960 and lead it.

00:24:40.680 They're all but absent.

00:24:42.300 It's very strange.

00:24:44.120 It is.

00:24:44.680 It is very strange

00:24:45.820 but this strangeness is good.

00:24:48.940 It's actually healed

00:24:50.600 a lot of the political divide.

00:24:53.820 Obviously, since 2016

00:24:55.420 when Trump was elected

00:24:56.980 in America, for example,

00:24:58.800 I mean, you saw

00:24:59.400 a staunch division

00:25:00.520 between people,

00:25:01.720 left and right,

00:25:02.400 Republicans, Democrats,

00:25:03.900 whoever

00:25:04.280 and now for the first time

00:25:06.740 that it's affecting everyone,

00:25:08.920 everyone's putting that aside

00:25:10.360 and going,

00:25:11.140 no, I'll fight for my fellow man

00:25:12.840 and woman. 1.00

00:25:13.780 So it is really,

00:25:15.080 really extraordinary to see

00:25:17.280 and, you know,

00:25:18.200 I've now collated

00:25:19.720 a lot of left-wing followers

00:25:20.920 so they're going to be

00:25:22.160 in a bit of a shock

00:25:22.940 when they find out

00:25:23.640 that I'm actually conservative.

00:25:25.120 So, but, you know,

00:25:26.620 at the end of the day,

00:25:28.520 what the common goal is

00:25:30.140 to eradicate tyranny.

00:25:32.220 That's the main goal,

00:25:33.820 to have more of a say

00:25:35.540 to the people,

00:25:36.260 to get the message out

00:25:37.220 from the people

00:25:37.860 back to the government

00:25:38.680 because debate seems

00:25:40.020 to be dwindling now

00:25:41.320 and the only debate

00:25:42.320 that's happening

00:25:42.940 is between the politicians

00:25:44.800 and not having

00:25:46.100 the people decide it.

00:25:47.780 The last time,

00:25:48.580 the last big thing

00:25:49.500 in the UK

00:25:50.020 that the people

00:25:50.760 had a big discussion

00:25:52.320 on was Brexit

00:25:53.080 and that divided the nation.

00:25:54.720 But now,

00:25:55.780 it's kind of flipped to,

00:25:57.880 well,

00:25:57.980 it's the politicians

00:25:58.760 now versus the people.

00:26:00.420 So,

00:26:01.040 we're going to see

00:26:02.060 an interesting development,

00:26:03.300 that's for sure.

00:26:04.640 Yeah,

00:26:04.800 it's funny,

00:26:05.600 you know,

00:26:06.700 you might get

00:26:07.180 the odd lefty

00:26:08.020 who all of a sudden

00:26:09.520 realizes it's actually

00:26:11.520 the conservatives

00:26:12.180 who are out here

00:26:12.940 fighting for my civil liberties

00:26:14.240 and my human rights

00:26:15.320 while the left

00:26:16.380 likes to paint itself

00:26:17.860 as the side

00:26:19.000 of human rights.

00:26:20.040 And so,

00:26:20.320 when those people

00:26:20.820 come around,

00:26:21.860 I don't want to prejudge

00:26:23.080 their past.

00:26:23.700 I want to get them

00:26:24.280 into the fold

00:26:24.860 when I've been out there

00:26:25.660 proselytizing

00:26:26.580 the good word

00:26:27.400 of small government

00:26:28.680 and leaving everybody alone.

00:26:30.260 Now,

00:26:30.960 Lewis,

00:26:31.540 you have not only

00:26:33.260 been out there

00:26:34.180 telling the stories

00:26:35.340 of the anti-lockdown protests

00:26:37.060 and the anti-vaccine

00:26:38.320 mandate protests,

00:26:39.520 but you're doing something

00:26:40.980 so that people

00:26:41.840 can take tangible action

00:26:43.780 and show the politicians

00:26:46.100 their discontent

00:26:47.260 because we know

00:26:47.960 the mainstream media

00:26:48.840 doesn't really cover

00:26:49.960 these protests fairly.

00:26:51.520 The politicians pretend

00:26:52.660 that the protests

00:26:54.120 really don't exist,

00:26:55.320 but you are going

00:26:56.600 to do something

00:26:57.220 that the politicians

00:26:58.320 cannot ignore.

00:26:59.680 Why don't you tell us

00:27:00.300 about it?

00:27:01.820 Sure.

00:27:02.500 Well,

00:27:02.840 I'm setting up

00:27:03.520 my very first

00:27:04.940 campaign in the UK

00:27:06.420 under Rebel News,

00:27:08.220 so I thank everyone

00:27:09.680 for being a part of this

00:27:10.880 and trying to help me

00:27:11.640 get this started,

00:27:13.160 where we are fighting

00:27:14.620 back against

00:27:15.620 the vaccine passports,

00:27:17.300 the pro-segregation

00:27:18.960 law that has just

00:27:20.560 been passed

00:27:21.100 into the UK

00:27:21.780 with the last country,

00:27:23.340 England,

00:27:23.840 within the United Kingdom

00:27:25.120 to have these

00:27:26.480 passports introduced.

00:27:28.080 And I'm setting up

00:27:29.300 one big petition

00:27:30.760 that if you sign it,

00:27:32.680 my promise is

00:27:33.540 to the people

00:27:34.260 is I will hand

00:27:35.700 deliver these

00:27:37.040 signatures

00:27:37.920 to the Houses

00:27:39.500 of Parliament

00:27:40.000 myself,

00:27:40.640 and I'm just

00:27:42.400 asking for a call

00:27:43.360 to action.

00:27:44.140 I'm sick and tired

00:27:45.420 of watching people

00:27:47.520 sit there and go,

00:27:49.060 well,

00:27:49.420 well,

00:27:49.860 the fight's over,

00:27:50.700 that's it,

00:27:51.400 let's just see

00:27:52.820 what happens,

00:27:53.640 oh,

00:27:53.820 it might be a good idea.

00:27:55.040 No.

00:27:55.620 We've seen that it's

00:27:56.360 not worked in other

00:27:57.200 countries like France,

00:27:58.700 Belgium,

00:27:59.520 et cetera,

00:28:00.020 et cetera.

00:28:00.860 We've seen it's

00:28:02.000 only causing

00:28:02.840 discriminatory divide

00:28:04.280 and that's it.

00:28:05.420 And now I think

00:28:06.280 it's time to take

00:28:07.200 the power,

00:28:08.040 sounds cringe,

00:28:08.980 but take the power

00:28:09.720 back to the people

00:28:10.660 and give them

00:28:12.180 a voice now.

00:28:13.060 So that is my promise.

00:28:14.220 I will hand deliver

00:28:15.280 your signature

00:28:16.520 to the Houses

00:28:17.740 of Parliament.

00:28:19.240 Well,

00:28:19.800 I think that's great

00:28:20.660 because it's a tangible

00:28:21.540 act that politicians

00:28:22.560 can't ignore.

00:28:23.520 When Louis Brackpool

00:28:24.400 walks in there

00:28:25.000 with a big stack

00:28:26.040 of paper

00:28:26.640 and thumps it

00:28:27.780 on the desk,

00:28:28.600 that's hard

00:28:29.720 to ignore

00:28:30.260 and each one

00:28:31.380 of those people

00:28:32.560 who have thrown

00:28:33.620 their name

00:28:34.100 onto your petition,

00:28:35.700 those are people

00:28:36.400 who are willing

00:28:36.900 to put their name

00:28:37.660 to civil liberties

00:28:39.140 of their fellow

00:28:40.160 UK citizens.

00:28:42.400 You know,

00:28:42.860 I'm sure you

00:28:44.300 encounter this too

00:28:46.080 when you're at

00:28:46.480 these anti-lockdown

00:28:47.340 protests.

00:28:47.760 There are plenty

00:28:48.200 of people who say

00:28:48.920 I'm vaccinated

00:28:49.740 but I don't want

00:28:50.800 to be a part

00:28:51.220 of a system

00:28:51.640 of segregation.

00:28:52.880 I don't want

00:28:53.440 to go somewhere

00:28:54.660 where my unvaccinated

00:28:56.180 friend or family

00:28:57.060 cannot go with me

00:28:58.060 and I think

00:28:58.860 that's what's

00:28:59.660 so important

00:29:00.280 is that,

00:29:00.840 as you say,

00:29:01.820 this unites people

00:29:03.180 across vaccination

00:29:04.380 status,

00:29:05.180 across party lines.

00:29:06.460 This is about

00:29:07.020 human rights

00:29:07.640 and anti-discrimination

00:29:08.720 and privacy.

00:29:11.500 Exactly.

00:29:12.520 And, you know,

00:29:13.380 I've always said

00:29:14.040 it's not about

00:29:16.160 the left or the right.

00:29:17.320 That's meaningless now.

00:29:18.380 It's the people

00:29:18.900 versus globalism now.

00:29:20.560 And I've always said

00:29:21.840 as well

00:29:22.380 that it's not

00:29:23.420 the unvaccinated

00:29:24.320 versus the vaccinators.

00:29:25.360 You can be

00:29:26.500 anti-mandates

00:29:27.520 and anti-segregation.

00:29:29.320 You know,

00:29:29.500 it's about choice.

00:29:31.140 That's the main thing.

00:29:32.140 It's about the freedom

00:29:32.980 of bodily autonomy

00:29:34.620 and choice.

00:29:36.080 And that's what's

00:29:36.960 extremely important.

00:29:38.640 And our free speech 0.98

00:29:40.120 laws suck 0.99

00:29:41.220 as it is 0.99

00:29:42.040 in the UK.

00:29:43.460 They're dwindling.

00:29:44.420 They've been dwindling

00:29:45.160 since the early 2000s

00:29:46.580 and it's got worse.

00:29:48.280 So,

00:29:48.720 now is the time

00:29:50.180 really to step up

00:29:51.280 and try and show

00:29:52.400 that the people

00:29:53.200 have more power

00:29:53.980 than they think.

00:29:55.440 Now,

00:29:56.120 if someone would like

00:29:57.780 to sign your petition,

00:29:59.080 where do they go?

00:30:01.260 So,

00:30:02.380 you can visit.

00:30:05.260 We had a bit of trouble,

00:30:06.540 didn't we,

00:30:06.880 with the link

00:30:07.480 recently

00:30:08.520 because,

00:30:09.220 unfortunately,

00:30:10.120 they've blocked

00:30:11.460 the

00:30:12.180 Fight Vaccine Passports UK

00:30:15.380 or .co.uk.

00:30:17.480 They've unfortunately

00:30:18.240 blocked that.

00:30:19.640 So,

00:30:20.000 the new link

00:30:21.080 is about to be

00:30:22.280 discovered.

00:30:23.520 So,

00:30:24.020 that will be

00:30:24.720 soon.

00:30:25.680 I'm sure

00:30:26.060 we'll get a banner

00:30:26.840 across there.

00:30:28.200 I'll have that

00:30:28.800 all over my social media

00:30:30.220 in my bios

00:30:31.180 and everything

00:30:31.960 so you can easily

00:30:32.940 access that

00:30:33.940 and you'll see

00:30:34.780 in this video

00:30:35.640 a bumper

00:30:37.000 with where you need

00:30:38.560 to go

00:30:39.000 because,

00:30:39.760 unfortunately,

00:30:40.360 I don't know

00:30:41.360 that link yet.

00:30:42.120 Yeah,

00:30:42.980 we've had some

00:30:43.780 problems

00:30:45.060 across the world

00:30:46.260 actually

00:30:46.780 with companies

00:30:48.460 blocking access

00:30:49.500 to our petitions

00:30:50.460 but tentatively

00:30:51.580 this was at

00:30:52.380 fightvaccinepassports.co.uk

00:30:55.440 and hopefully

00:30:56.420 it stays there

00:30:57.340 because we want

00:30:58.660 to make this

00:30:59.080 one of our

00:30:59.560 largest petitions ever.

00:31:00.860 You're standing up

00:31:01.700 for the rights

00:31:02.920 of your fellow

00:31:04.280 British citizens

00:31:05.420 to be able

00:31:06.240 to be free

00:31:06.880 to go

00:31:07.380 and live their lives

00:31:08.280 as normally

00:31:09.140 as possible.

00:31:09.760 Louis,

00:31:10.120 thank you so much

00:31:10.940 for the hard work

00:31:12.000 that you're doing

00:31:12.560 over in the UK

00:31:13.280 and thank you

00:31:14.100 for all your hard work

00:31:15.340 for the team

00:31:16.260 since joining it

00:31:17.020 this year.

00:31:17.500 I'm so glad you did

00:31:18.360 because the UK

00:31:19.360 is a big place

00:31:20.100 with a lot of problems.

00:31:22.460 Thank you very much,

00:31:23.540 Sheila.

00:31:23.760 I really appreciate

00:31:24.460 you having me on as well.

00:31:25.680 Thank you.

00:31:26.640 Thanks, Louis.

00:31:33.540 Huh?

00:31:34.740 Look around.

00:31:35.520 I hit my car.

00:31:36.520 Yeah,

00:31:37.300 you'd like to see that.

00:31:38.600 I wouldn't like to see that.

00:31:39.760 It means a lot

00:31:42.100 of paperwork

00:31:42.520 for me.

00:31:43.300 Yeah.

00:31:46.120 I don't know.

00:31:46.600 Stay back.

00:31:47.220 Stay back.

00:31:49.140 Stay back.

00:31:49.980 Stay back.

00:31:50.620 What are you doing?

00:31:51.660 Get off me. 0.85

00:31:53.200 Hey, I can...

00:31:55.520 Move.

00:31:55.900 Hey, this is assault.

00:31:57.240 Move.

00:31:57.840 I'm on a side...

00:31:58.940 Move.

00:31:59.160 I'm on a sidewalk.

00:32:02.720 I'm on a sidewalk.

00:32:06.160 What is this?

00:32:07.340 You cannot touch me.

00:32:08.840 You're not rushing or working.

00:32:11.180 Hey.

00:32:13.260 I'm like...

00:32:13.920 Are you kidding?

00:32:16.580 Are you kidding?

00:32:17.580 Let's go of me.

00:32:19.700 What is this?

00:32:22.180 You can't...

00:32:22.980 Am I under arrest?

00:32:24.120 Am I under arrest?

00:32:26.880 Am I under arrest?

00:32:28.540 Because otherwise you have no right.

00:32:30.200 Oh my...

00:32:32.200 I'm out of my side.

00:32:35.540 Huh?

00:32:39.460 What's that?

00:32:40.100 I'm under arrest.

00:32:41.300 I'm under arrest.

00:32:41.440 I'm under arrest.

00:32:43.860 I'm under arrest.

00:32:44.360 I'm under arrest.

00:32:45.100 I'm under arrest.

00:32:45.720 Thanks.

00:32:47.260 Huh?

00:32:48.620 Wow.

00:32:51.500 Get off of me.

00:32:52.620 Guys, relax.

00:32:54.440 Get off of me.

00:32:55.480 Bye.

00:32:56.440 As David Menzies says,

00:32:57.920 letters, letters, letters,

00:32:58.940 we get your letters,

00:32:59.840 and boy,

00:33:00.240 do we ever get your letters.

00:33:01.460 All day, all night,

00:33:02.400 viewer feedback,

00:33:03.200 tips and story ideas.

00:33:04.540 Now, I do my best to read them,

00:33:06.140 though I may not always respond.

00:33:07.860 Now, this week I got a letter

00:33:09.260 that I am very glad to have received

00:33:11.900 and to be able to read

00:33:13.020 from a lady named Bonnie,

00:33:15.340 originally from Alberta's Lakeland region.

00:33:18.240 Now, some of you may know

00:33:19.160 that David Menzies spent some of his time

00:33:21.440 as a young cub reporter

00:33:23.080 out there in the Lakeland area

00:33:25.400 near Bonnieville, Smoky Lake,

00:33:27.040 St. Paul, Wabiska.

00:33:28.700 Anyway, David made quite an impact on Bonnie

00:33:31.780 when she was about 10 years old.

00:33:34.000 She even sent me some newspaper clippings

00:33:36.920 of the story David did about her.

00:33:39.340 So, let's read her letter together.

00:33:41.320 Good evening, David.

00:33:42.460 I was again greatly disheartened

00:33:44.000 to see you and Rebel News

00:33:45.440 mistreated recently while reporting.

00:33:47.880 I thought I would share with you

00:33:49.140 how important your work is

00:33:50.620 and has been,

00:33:51.980 including to me personally, I believe.

00:33:54.680 Please find attached

00:33:55.860 two newspaper clippings

00:33:57.420 from way back,

00:33:59.500 from Bonnieville,

00:34:01.300 from about 1983,

00:34:03.340 when I was about 9 or 10 years old

00:34:05.780 at the time where I spent

00:34:07.100 part of my childhood

00:34:08.160 and learned French.

00:34:09.340 If I am not mistaken,

00:34:11.740 you personally covered the story

00:34:13.560 in person

00:34:14.480 of some French class awards

00:34:16.640 from the school

00:34:17.440 that were awarded

00:34:18.240 at the local French cultural center

00:34:20.440 in Bonnieville.

00:34:22.020 I believe I am the little girl

00:34:23.960 in the front row

00:34:25.180 very center in the attached.

00:34:27.720 I remember a tall,

00:34:29.480 red-haired reporter

00:34:30.680 with a great laugh

00:34:32.060 who, despite talking

00:34:33.600 to the adults at the center,

00:34:35.720 actually took the time

00:34:36.920 to talk to me personally

00:34:38.140 and ask me about my trophy

00:34:40.060 and ask me what I got it for

00:34:42.280 when I approached

00:34:43.720 the cookie and juice table.

00:34:45.620 It would be David

00:34:46.300 to be parked by the food,

00:34:47.700 by the way.

00:34:48.420 Anyway, let's carry on.

00:34:50.500 I remember it was

00:34:51.580 a super cold day

00:34:52.800 and you, the reporter,

00:34:54.200 was getting a hot drink

00:34:55.140 to warm up

00:34:55.740 after arriving

00:34:56.640 to cover the story.

00:34:57.560 I remember the reporter

00:34:59.700 being sincerely interested

00:35:01.340 and professional

00:35:02.700 on the job about it.

00:35:04.700 That interaction

00:35:05.500 with the reporter

00:35:06.160 was the first time

00:35:07.180 I realized

00:35:07.880 that something I did

00:35:09.220 or work I put in

00:35:10.880 could matter to the media,

00:35:13.020 actually make the news,

00:35:14.660 and maybe even be important

00:35:16.380 or of interest

00:35:17.220 to the whole community.

00:35:19.060 The trophy is gone

00:35:20.380 and the quality of my French

00:35:21.620 has varied greatly

00:35:22.460 over the years,

00:35:23.360 but I have kept

00:35:24.300 these clippings

00:35:25.220 all these years

00:35:26.500 despite many, many moves

00:35:28.100 for school and work

00:35:29.320 and my own children

00:35:30.220 having gone through school

00:35:31.460 in between

00:35:32.040 because they still remind me

00:35:33.920 of how special

00:35:34.680 the reporter in particular

00:35:36.040 made the day

00:35:37.180 for me personally.

00:35:38.820 The excitement

00:35:39.400 among my friends

00:35:40.820 of the media

00:35:41.820 covering the story

00:35:42.860 and because the clippings

00:35:44.420 remind me

00:35:45.300 of that feeling

00:35:46.140 of accomplishment

00:35:46.960 and spark

00:35:47.960 of future potential

00:35:49.240 if I kept trying.

00:35:51.280 I have made the news

00:35:52.800 over the years,

00:35:53.760 but this remains

00:35:54.900 one of my favorites

00:35:56.380 still.

00:35:57.580 Years later,

00:35:58.540 watching Rebel News,

00:35:59.900 you and Sheila

00:36:00.480 were talking about

00:36:01.360 your time

00:36:01.880 as a young reporter

00:36:02.760 in Bonneville

00:36:03.480 and I was delighted

00:36:05.160 at the potential connection

00:36:06.560 to such a great memory.

00:36:08.520 Whether or not

00:36:09.260 it was you

00:36:09.820 who was the reporter

00:36:10.740 at the time,

00:36:11.340 though I think

00:36:11.820 you might have been him

00:36:13.060 if memory serves,

00:36:14.600 I came away

00:36:15.340 with the knowledge

00:36:15.920 that media matters,

00:36:17.580 sincere reporting matters,

00:36:19.180 and media community connection

00:36:21.660 most certainly matters.

00:36:23.140 Your reporting matters today.

00:36:25.920 Thank you for all you do

00:36:27.780 and for all that Rebel News does.

00:36:30.400 Bonnie

00:36:30.880 This is a really good reminder

00:36:33.060 to me as a journalist,

00:36:34.140 but to the journalists

00:36:35.000 I work with

00:36:35.620 and to everybody,

00:36:36.560 I think,

00:36:37.080 that every interaction

00:36:38.400 we have with people

00:36:39.200 is something that

00:36:39.880 they will remember

00:36:40.820 and that's why

00:36:41.960 it's so important

00:36:42.600 to get those interactions right

00:36:44.020 and to treat people

00:36:45.280 with fairness

00:36:45.900 and dignity

00:36:46.720 and with respect.

00:36:48.300 They might just remember

00:36:49.380 you decades later

00:36:50.360 for the decent human being

00:36:51.780 that you are,

00:36:53.280 just like Bonnie

00:36:54.300 remembered David Menzies

00:36:55.880 for the man he is.

00:36:57.500 Well, everybody,

00:36:58.380 that's the show for tonight.

00:36:59.380 Thank you so much

00:37:00.080 for tuning in.

00:37:00.860 Happy New Year.

00:37:02.200 Like I said,

00:37:02.960 David should be back

00:37:03.900 in the big chair

00:37:04.560 in the new year

00:37:05.540 and I sincerely thank

00:37:07.940 all of you

00:37:08.340 for your concern

00:37:09.080 and notes about David

00:37:10.160 that you've CC'd me on.

00:37:11.780 They really do warm my heart.

00:37:13.540 Now,

00:37:13.900 as David Menzies says,

00:37:15.060 and I could be getting this wrong

00:37:16.120 because I did get it wrong

00:37:17.320 two weeks ago,

00:37:18.860 without risk,

00:37:20.160 there can be no glory.

00:37:21.780 We'll see you next time.

Rebel News Podcast - January 01, 2022

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