Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Public safety sidelined as Whitby council dodges accountability

00:00:00.000 tonight the mainstream media is trying to smear yours truly except we have the video evidence

00:00:07.520 that proves they're liars it's thursday march 26 2026 i'm david menzies and this is the ezra

00:00:16.800 event show. So on Monday evening, Lincoln Jay and I attended a town of Whitby council meeting.

00:00:37.600 The primary reason was to cover a motion put forward by Councillor Chris Leahy in light of

00:00:44.820 a child killer being released in Durham region on a 72-hour unescorted pass, Leahy proposed the

00:00:53.300 following motion, quote, request for the federal government to notify municipalities when high-risk

00:01:00.920 offenders are authorized for unescorted temporary absences, end quote. It's a good motion, but my

00:01:09.080 view is that it doesn't go far enough. I think most people would like to know when and where

00:01:15.440 a high-risk offender is being released. Incredibly, the motion wasn't even voted on.

00:01:21.780 There's some sort of rule that a council meeting in Whitby, which starts at 7 p.m., cannot go past

00:01:28.100 11 p.m. I call it the Cinderella provision. Incredibly, the council spent four hours talking

00:01:36.780 about such crucially important topics as traffic roundabouts and the effect of sunlight on traffic

00:01:44.360 lights. Yeah, they ragged the puck so long on that claptrap that the vote on Leahy's motion will have

00:01:51.580 to take place next month. And really, the lion's share of constituents were attending this meeting

00:01:58.180 for this motion, but the mayor, she didn't care. Despicable. Of note, we learned of another issue

00:02:06.520 that we found most interesting.

00:02:09.660 Namely, earlier this month,

00:02:11.720 Councillor Leahy tried to introduce a motion

00:02:14.380 that would have prevented the town of Whitby

00:02:17.220 from awarding contracts to companies

00:02:19.880 that are participating in the Federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

00:02:26.200 Alas, the progressives on council had a meltdown

00:02:29.260 and ruled it out of order by a vote of 7-2.

00:02:33.940 Indeed, when it was originally introduced,

00:02:36.520 rookie councillor Victoria Bozanowski flipped her wig that someone would have the utter temerity 1.00

00:02:43.780 to criticize the temporary foreign worker program. In an unhinged rant, she described Leahy's motion

00:02:50.800 using words such as garbage, xenophobic, and racist. Here, check out the video evidence. 0.98

00:02:57.920 I can be as frank as possible. The motion that was put forward was absolute garbage. 0.98

00:03:01.720 It was offensive, it was xenophobic, and I had serious issues with it. 0.99

00:03:07.100 It was illegal, to say the least.

00:03:11.000 And I didn't think it was fair as a councillor to be forced to sit here and debate something that was xenophobic and racist tonight.

00:03:18.120 And that was my opinion. I made it publicly, I made it privately, and I shared it with anybody who asked.

00:03:23.500 So if we want to go ahead and make that cost public, I have no problem doing so.

00:03:28.800 you can pin the entire cost on me because I just think it's incredibly unfair that we're asked to

00:03:34.540 sit here and we're asked to talk about federal policy that has nothing to do with us.

00:03:38.940 Ooh, now that's harsh. And I ponder, how is race a factor? Isn't Canada made up of multiple races?

00:03:47.060 But never mind. After the meeting, we tried to scrum Bozanowski. We were seeking clarity.

00:03:53.840 but she literally ran away without saying anything here check out our encounter

00:03:59.220 oh oh councillor bosomowski how you doing it's david menzies from rebel news i'm just wondering

00:04:07.740 can you tell me why it is if someone questions the temporary foreign worker program they're racist

00:04:15.720 and uh garbage what excuse me i'm just making sure you don't bother the lady i'm scrubbing 1.00

00:04:21.620 her place. Um, hey, what are you doing? You're impeding her path to her. No, I'm not. I'm

00:04:28.940 scrubbing her. Don't, don't assault me again. Okay. Oh, well in this business, you win some, 0.88

00:04:37.860 you lose some. And at that point, uh, Lincoln Jay and I, we drove home. Now here's the thing.

00:04:44.480 The next morning I woke up to find that yours truly was the target of an outrageous

00:04:50.760 mainstream media smear campaign. You see, the MSM depicted our scrumming of Bozanowski

00:04:58.280 as being tantamount to Whitby's day of infamy. Check out these headlines from various outlets,

00:05:04.740 including even the CBC. Whitby mayor to review security measures as police investigate

00:05:11.840 incident at town hall. Don't threaten my safety. Police called as Rebel News presses Whitby

00:05:19.700 counselor confront security guard. Durham Regional Police were called to Whitby Town Hall Monday

00:05:26.760 night as a reporter from Rebel News got into a confrontation with a security guard. Whitby

00:05:34.140 Mayor releases statement after police called during council meeting. Folks, at this point,

00:05:40.700 let's run the video again. Watch closely, please. There was harassment, all right, but it was in the

00:05:48.240 form of that security guard getting handsy with me for no good reason whatsoever. Check it out.

00:05:56.400 Oh, Councillor Bozumowski. How are you doing? It's David Menzies from Rebel News. I'm just

00:06:02.800 wondering, can you tell me why it is if someone questions the temporary foreign worker program, 0.99

00:06:10.360 they're racist and garbage? What? Excuse me. I'm just making sure you don't bother the lady. 1.00

00:06:15.840 I'm scrubbing her, please.

00:06:19.560 Hey, get up, get up.

00:06:21.280 What are you doing?

00:06:21.960 You're impeding her path to her coming.

00:06:23.420 No, I'm not.

00:06:24.060 I'm scrubbing her.

00:06:26.020 Well, you see it your way.

00:06:27.100 Don't assault me again, okay?

00:06:28.900 I'm walking in a straight line.

00:06:31.480 So, three things, folks. 1.00

00:06:33.300 First, Bosonovsky and her useful idiots on council are lying through their teeth. 0.99

00:06:39.480 I politely asked a public figure a question. 1.00

00:06:43.560 I did not shout at her.

00:06:44.760 I certainly didn't touch her. Talk about making mountains out of molehills. Secondly, wow, you know,

00:06:53.160 now I know what it feels like to be unfairly smeared thanks to a mainstream media hit job.

00:07:00.860 The media outlets ran with the narrative that I was guilty of a form of misogyny,

00:07:05.860 given that I'm male and Bozanowski is female. That's outrageous. Bozanowski's sex is irrelevant 0.51

00:07:14.140 to me. She and the mayor and the other female councillors should be ashamed of themselves 1.00

00:07:20.360 for pursuing this ludicrous allegation. Thirdly, I found it most curious that none of the media 0.85

00:07:28.620 outlets reached out to me. That is Journalism 101, by the way. Get both sides of the story.

00:07:36.120 That's what we do at Rebel News.

00:07:38.600 And had they done so, I would have offered my side of the story.

00:07:42.440 And more importantly, I could have provided video evidence to eradicate the whole he said, she said nonsense.

00:07:50.700 I could have cleared my name easy peasy.

00:07:53.540 But no, they did not reach out to me.

00:07:56.520 Even though in some of the news stories, the reporters claimed they had reached out to me.

00:08:02.280 But I was unavailable for comment.

00:08:04.920 Really?

00:08:05.860 I received no email, no voicemail, no text message, verifying these claims.

00:08:12.180 At Rebel News, we don't run and hide.

00:08:14.720 I would have been happy to face the music and, more importantly, correct the record.

00:08:19.880 By the way, I reached out to all of the media outlets that reported on this story.

00:08:25.360 I asked why I wasn't contacted.

00:08:28.600 And again, I suggested they need to correct the record.

00:08:32.360 Most of the journalists responded.

00:08:34.440 However, at time of recording, I never heard back from CBC reporter Rochelle Ravindran.

00:08:41.660 As for the other journalists, I can tell you we engaged in civil discussions,

00:08:46.220 and I will indeed check in the days ahead if they correct the record, as some did promise.

00:08:53.280 But I found it odd that Kate Stoller of Durham Radio News seemed to be taking Bozanoffsky's side.

00:09:01.100 Here's what Stoller said in part,

00:09:03.560 quote, you know your style can be intimidating. I think it scared her. She is not used to that.

00:09:12.060 End quote. Good golly, Miss Molly, I was simply asking a question. Where's the intimidation?

00:09:19.840 Stoller goes on, quote, as far as misogyny or sexism, I think you need to look at the history

00:09:26.200 of this council for the past 10 years. There have been many issues dating back to the previous mayor,

00:09:33.220 where acts of sexism were investigated. I think these councillors jumped to sexism

00:09:40.160 because it has been the case in the past, end quote. Folks, I have no knowledge whatsoever of

00:09:46.760 council's history regarding misogyny and sexism, but furthermore, it's completely irrelevant to

00:09:53.780 the issue at hand. Stoller goes on, quote, I do believe you would have approached a male councillor

00:09:59.960 in a similar manner end quote well finally we have reached a consensus at least on one point

00:10:06.720 but here's the thing the durham radio news story also included this baffling statement namely quote

00:10:14.960 a durham police spokesperson says they are investigating i can confirm that officers

00:10:21.720 responded to a disturbance call at whitby town hall at approximately 11 30 p.m last night

00:10:28.940 officers spoke with a male and escorted him from the building he was not arrested and no charges

00:10:36.580 have been laid at this time the investigation remains ongoing that's a statement from the

00:10:43.000 Durham police end quote but who is this person Durham regional police speaks of I can assure

00:10:51.660 you folks it's not me and this is very concerning because although no name is mentioned the

00:10:58.860 way in which this paragraph is presented, I would think the average reader would assume that the

00:11:05.760 person in question is me. As well, the timeline does not make sense. Lincoln believes we left

00:11:13.200 Whitby Town Hall parking lot at 11.40 p.m. The building by that time was locked down and dark.

00:11:21.500 There was no police presence anywhere. So what's going on here? Yes, I did reach out to the Durham

00:11:28.200 regional police media relations department. So far, it's crickets. Shameful. So in the final

00:11:35.460 analysis, I think this story is a double disgrace. First, Bozanowski's lying that she was in some

00:11:41.980 sort of dangerous situation because I merely asked her an impolite question. Secondly,

00:11:49.300 we have yet more evidence proving Sean Hannity was 100% correct in 2016 when he declared that

00:11:57.600 journalism is dead, at least when it comes to the mainstream media, which in Canada

00:12:04.740 is heavily subsidized by your tax dollars.

00:12:17.580 David Menzies for Rebel News here at the Toronto Sportsman Show. And folks, I'm with a couple

00:12:24.280 of the Gunny Girls, Sharla and Ray, they grace the 2026 CCFR calendar. And it's all about raising

00:12:34.880 money for women who are enthusiasts about firearms. And I got to tell you, speaking as a heterosexual

00:12:42.700 male, to me, this is feminine perfection, a powerful firearm, a fine physique, and a pair

00:12:50.960 of big beautiful eyes anyway ladies let's get into it what what attracts you to firearms 1.00

00:13:00.800 the freedom the the fun the responsibility that does come with it but i am also a hunter as well

00:13:07.360 so it's a multi-purposing task for me i can have fun on a range or i can go bring food home for my

00:13:12.160 family there you go and tell me how do you feel about the current climate in canada since uh the

00:13:20.000 last few years, I understand something like 2,500 firearms have been banned. Do you feel that

00:13:26.780 you're under assault? Oh, absolutely. I shouldn't be the fall guy for criminals and such. And

00:13:32.480 honestly, the slander for a legal firearms owner is atrocious. It's embarrassing. People should

00:13:37.420 really become more educated and understand who we are as a people. And we are legal law-abiding

00:13:43.880 people. And there's a reason why we are so. There's a reason why we're licensed. We are proud

00:13:49.320 this community we would never jeopardize things and we would never jeopardize the safety of others

00:13:54.000 you know that's a great point because the thing is when it comes to the gangbangers out there

00:14:00.060 with illegal handguns well by definition they don't obey the law to begin with that's what

00:14:06.980 makes them criminals so I guess what I'm getting at with this legislation to grab the guns of

00:14:14.020 legal, law-abiding Canadians, is it going to make a whit of difference?

00:14:18.960 No, I think that's the struggle that a lot of us, whether in the firearms community and even my

00:14:23.380 friends that I know that are outside that community, they see that difference of the rules

00:14:27.640 and everything being brought down and the restrictions and everything. They're not,

00:14:32.540 in my opinion at least, assisting with the actual problem because it's not those of us that are

00:14:36.400 willing to go through the time, the lessons, happily pay the finances to be a responsible

00:14:41.240 firearms owner to be able to move forward in the world and grow that group. And yet we are the ones

00:14:46.900 being punished for those who don't go through all of those steps. And I think it's just a very

00:14:50.300 backwards way of looking at it. And you know, what I find is tragic, ladies, is I believe deep down,

00:14:56.660 even the liberals know this isn't going to turn the dial in terms of violent gun crime. So many

00:15:03.100 police services have said, hey, we're not on board. We're not going to be your henchmen.

00:15:07.820 So what is really the reason they're doing this?

00:15:12.140 Is it just to virtue signal, I guess, to maybe urban voters who have the idea in their head that guns are bad, period?

00:15:22.620 Honestly, it's low-hanging fruit.

00:15:24.360 It's easy to go after us.

00:15:25.680 We're registered.

00:15:26.380 They know how to find us.

00:15:27.300 They know who we are.

00:15:28.260 The fact that these firearms are listed, they're legally sold, like I said, it's low-hanging fruit.

00:15:34.120 Going after criminals takes work.

00:15:35.700 paying the money for those types of programs for people with mental health issues or gangbangers 0.94

00:15:39.760 they're creating that community so kids don't want to go into that type of a culture that takes money

00:15:44.720 that takes time and that's expensive government doesn't want to do that they want to show force

00:15:48.920 but they don't want to do the work yeah it's unbelievable and what a great hobby it is how do

00:15:53.860 you feel when you're out on the range or when you're out hunting shooting your gun i mean

00:15:59.600 anything positive would be an appropriate word for that but I feel responsible I feel respectable I

00:16:06.080 feel empowered it's just something that once I got it part of this fight is you're never going to

00:16:11.700 take it away from me it's a right that I obtained it's a fun sport you can do it as a group you can

00:16:16.760 do it individually and like you said you can go hunting and you can provide food or you can do

00:16:22.220 predator control like it's the ranges and the IPSC and all that type of shooting I love it I

00:16:27.640 I think it's amazing, but to know that there's two sides to it.

00:16:30.740 You can have fun, and you can bring in food, and it's just that satisfaction.

00:16:35.320 For me, when I'm hunting, my satisfaction is a clean harvest with the firearm that I'm using

00:16:40.440 to know that I've used that tool in my hand correctly and accurately because of the responsibility I have.

00:16:45.920 And if you don't mind me saying, you don't look like a threat to society to me.

00:16:48.940 Oh, thank you. I like to think I'm not, but, you know, everyone comes in all shapes and sizes,

00:16:53.160 but that's what our community is made of, is everybody.

00:16:55.220 And you know what, folks, I must point out, these two are not just a couple of pretty faces.

00:17:01.200 They're pretty experienced marksmen or markswoman, if I may say.

00:17:06.840 And, you know, my colleague, Sheila Gunn-Reed, who has often weaponized herself,

00:17:12.020 she thought it would be great for me to challenge these two girls on this laser gun range here. 1.00

00:17:18.400 And, you know, I've got to be honest, I don't have a pal.

00:17:21.180 I don't own any firearms.

00:17:22.980 But actually, that's not quite true.

00:17:25.220 um i do have an assault uh rifle uh this actually suit shoots salts at uh yeah see you see how uh

00:17:35.460 bad gun etiquette is and i don't want to get salt in your eyes certainly but um this is designed to

00:17:41.140 for me to shoot wasps during uh barbecue season and by wasp of course i mean the insect not white

00:17:47.620 anglo-saxon protestants anyway why don't we go to the range and uh see what the results are yeah

00:17:54.420 Let's see what we can do

00:18:24.420 You're both way past that.

00:18:25.620 You're both...

00:18:26.360 Oh, my God.

00:18:27.260 Love it.

00:18:28.460 Love it.

00:18:29.260 Oh, you won.

00:18:30.460 They win.

00:18:31.660 Yeah.

00:18:32.660 Congratulations.

00:18:33.660 I know.

00:18:34.160 Good job.

00:18:34.760 Oh, my God, now.

00:18:36.860 She beat me again. 1.00

00:18:38.160 7.8.

00:18:38.860 Charlotte, congratulations. 0.99

00:18:40.360 Well, predictably, I basically got my butt kicked, folks. 0.96

00:18:45.380 Like I said, they're not just pretty faces. 0.97

00:18:47.180 They're a couple of Annie Oakleys.

00:18:50.080 You know what?

00:18:50.620 What was I doing wrong?

00:18:51.720 Why was I so bad, and you guys are so good?

00:18:54.420 I would say that's just practice.

00:18:56.420 Oh, practice.

00:18:57.440 Practice, practice.

00:18:57.760 Okay, then.

00:18:58.520 There you go.

00:18:59.300 Challenge yourself.

00:19:00.340 Ladies, thank you so much for the interview.

00:19:03.660 Thank you so much, I think, for humiliating me. 0.89

00:19:06.660 But have fun shooting while you still can under this government. 0.93

00:19:11.240 Awesome.

00:19:11.560 We'll keep it.

00:19:12.220 Thanks very much.

00:19:12.960 I'll wipe it.

00:19:15.080 Hey, folks.

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00:19:26.380 That's where you come in.

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00:19:49.120 Amen.

Rebel News Podcast - March 26, 2026

DAVID MENZIES ｜ Public safety sidelined as Whitby council dodges accountability

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