Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Quebecers reward Premier Legault's civil rights abuses & Global News brands a vet fighting for freedom as a 'white supremacist'

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.

00:00:08.620 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:00:10.860 Well, for those hoping for regime change in the People's Republic of Quebec, Monday was a sad, sorry day indeed.

00:00:19.040 The Legault government was rewarded with yet another majority mandate.

00:00:23.440 What went wrong? Or do most Quebecers have no trouble whatsoever with their rights being eclipsed?

00:00:30.000 In the name of COVID-19 safety protocols, our Montreal reporter, Alexa Lavoie, will weigh in with her analysis.

00:00:38.580 Most Canadians would likely consider veteran James Topp, he's the man who marched across Canada in the name of freedom,

00:00:45.420 to be a true patriot, but not Global News, which actually maligned Mr. Topp as a white supremacist.

00:00:54.760 Drea Humphrey will weigh in on why Global News is now being sued by Topp for defamation.

00:01:01.160 I hope he takes him to the cleaners.

00:01:03.100 And I'll share some of your letters about that massive protest in Richmond Hill, Ontario last Saturday

00:01:08.440 by mostly Iranian Canadians denouncing the Iranian regime regarding the death of Masa Amini,

00:01:16.020 that 22-year-old lady who allegedly broke the hijab dress code and paid for it with her life. 1.00

00:01:23.400 Outrageous.

00:01:24.440 Those are your rebels.

00:01:25.400 Now, let's round them up.

00:01:36.380 I mean, as an English-Canadian, if I were to tell you what little I knew about Francois Lago when he first won,

00:01:43.500 I would say he was a little more business-oriented, a little bit anti-political establishment.

00:01:49.840 But I think he's really become the lockdown guy and the big government guy and the anti-freedom guy.

00:01:56.340 So maybe that's sort of the vote that Eric Duem and the Conservative Party has picked up.

00:02:02.900 You know, I'm just looking at the CBC projections.

00:02:05.080 And again, that's just a projection.

00:02:08.020 There's still a lot of votes yet to be counted.

00:02:10.260 In fact, it looks like most polls have not been counted yet.

00:02:16.660 But still, I was just doing some math.

00:02:18.760 I was just doing it myself here.

00:02:21.240 The average of the four opposition parties is that they needed,

00:02:29.040 for every 5% of the vote they got, they got one seat.

00:02:34.720 That's just the average.

00:02:36.100 Whereas the Coalition Avenir Quebec, they got 10 times that.

00:02:44.640 So for every vote they got, every percentage of the vote, they got two seats.

00:02:50.000 Let me say that again because I think I might have garbled a bit.

00:02:52.920 The vote for the CAC was so efficient that for every percent they got, they got two seats.

00:03:01.180 But for the opposition, for every percent they got, they got one-fifth of a seat.

00:03:10.420 So the opposition combined, which had more than 50% of the vote, only has 29 seats.

00:03:20.500 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:03:21.240 The CAC had 10 times more seats for every vote.

00:03:29.600 And I don't want to over-talk about that because that just sounds like complaining at the electoral system.

00:03:36.300 But it shows how lucky Legault is.

00:03:39.680 He will have less than half the votes by the time we're done.

00:03:42.700 But he will have probably 80% of the seats, Alexa.

00:03:47.980 Do you think he will think this is a complete endorsement?

00:03:51.700 Do you think Legault will say, you see, everything I did was popular.

00:03:56.660 I don't need to listen to critics.

00:03:58.880 They're all wrong.

00:04:00.320 I was right all along.

00:04:02.120 I'm going to go even harder now.

00:04:04.200 Do you think that's a lesson Legault might take from things?

00:04:06.880 Well, as you know, like, we said Legault, it's governing with surveys.

00:04:14.420 It's always do a call for something that he wants to implement, like for the curfew or for the mask.

00:04:23.840 He always did, like, some survey.

00:04:26.320 And after that, it was like, this is what the Kyivikr wants.

00:04:30.020 So I'm doing it.

00:04:31.760 And it would do again because it would say, oh, I was right.

00:04:34.740 It's what the Kyivikr wants.

00:04:36.880 So now I know that I can do whatever I want me.

00:04:40.820 You know, folks, my heart breaks for Quebec.

00:04:43.540 The lockdown guy, the vax guy, the curfew guy.

00:04:46.880 Yes, that would be Premier Legault.

00:04:49.000 He was actually reelected on Monday.

00:04:52.040 So what gives?

00:04:53.440 Do Quebecers like to have their rights and liberties abridged in the name of fighting a pandemic?

00:04:59.780 Or is there something more at play in this story?

00:05:04.280 And joining me now is our Montreal-based reporter, Alexa Lavoie.

00:05:08.600 Bonjour, Alexa.

00:05:11.660 Bonjour.

00:05:12.700 Okay, then.

00:05:13.800 I must say, Alexa, in my visits to Quebec in the last two years, at every protest I attended,

00:05:20.660 the F Legault chant would erupt.

00:05:24.060 And based on this passion that I heard, I thought there might indeed be regime change coming to your province,

00:05:31.780 given how brutally locked down Quebec was during these last couple of years.

00:05:36.500 But no.

00:05:37.420 So in the immortal words of Fred Willard, what happened?

00:05:43.940 Oh, this is really complete.

00:05:46.960 You need to understand that one of the promises of Mr. Legault four years ago,

00:05:52.000 it was to change the scrutiny, like, oh, the vote mode was working.

00:05:57.580 So they were supposed to change it because it's not working well and it's not representing the democracy anymore.

00:06:05.560 What we can see so far, the Conservative Party is second in most of the riding,

00:06:11.820 but with 13% of the vote, they got zero seats.

00:06:16.940 When we look at the Liberal Party, with 14% of the vote, they gained the first opposition with 21 seats, I think.

00:06:28.820 So we are in a good position to ask questions.

00:06:35.920 We need to do something about how the vote is working,

00:06:40.620 because right now you have just one position and the rest of the voice is not heard.

00:06:51.120 We can see that Mr. Legault have won 15 seats.

00:06:57.640 This is a lot.

00:06:58.560 No, more.

00:06:59.340 It's 16 seats because he was 74 seats in 2018.

00:07:04.000 Now he's at 90 seats.

00:07:06.960 But it's really difficult to understand because now we have more than half a million of people

00:07:17.680 who are our friends with nobody to represent their voice at the National Assembly.

00:07:24.600 But, you know, Alexa, twas ever thus with our parliamentary system,

00:07:30.080 you know, first past the post, as opposed to a, you know, a proportional percentage ranking.

00:07:38.000 I'm a fan of the system as it is, to be quite frank.

00:07:42.840 I'm just wondering if we drill down deeper in terms of who was voting for the Legault government again.

00:07:51.520 I was told that he really captured a lot of the votes from the seniors in Quebec,

00:07:58.940 that they, I guess, drank the media Kool-Aid, the mainstream media, that is,

00:08:03.960 that having a curfew, having these mask regulations,

00:08:08.760 having these brutal eclipse of Quebecers' rights and freedoms, 0.78

00:08:15.080 that this was a good thing because, you know, the premier, he's keeping us safe.

00:08:20.060 What do you think about that?

00:08:22.220 But just before the vote, Mr. Nago did a video saying,

00:08:27.580 if you get us elected, you will receive between $400 to $600 to fight inflation.

00:08:35.420 And for the 70 years old and more, you will receive $2,000 in check at your home.

00:08:42.500 So, of course, like, everybody was like, oh, but for $2,000, it's a lot for seniors.

00:08:49.360 You need to understand that for some of the elderly people, they are not rich.

00:08:55.300 They need to pay their medical, like, place.

00:09:01.400 And at one point, they need money.

00:09:04.280 So, $2,000 for them, it's a lot.

00:09:07.460 And I'm not blaming them.

00:09:11.000 I understand that they need money.

00:09:12.760 But the thing is, like, in Quebec, the population is more whole than active.

00:09:19.760 So, for sure, like, but you need to understand one thing.

00:09:23.800 The people who vote for Mr. Legault in 2018,

00:09:27.640 it's not the same people who vote in 2022.

00:09:30.900 So, Mr. Legault promised the same electoral program

00:09:38.080 that the Conservative Party now, four years ago.

00:09:42.700 It was almost the same promise that the Conservative is promising now.

00:09:49.240 So, what happened is, like, Mr. Legault did promise so much

00:09:53.000 for the active population who voted for him in 2018.

00:09:59.900 And now, most of the people who voted for the de la CAQ,

00:10:05.680 now they did vote for the Conservative Party of Quebec.

00:10:09.860 But I know that with my exit poll,

00:10:13.420 some of them that believe in mainstream media,

00:10:17.400 who think that Éric Duhaime is an extremist

00:10:20.160 and he should not be, like, represented in the National Assembly,

00:10:26.600 did vote for Mr. Legault by a strategic vote.

00:10:30.780 Not because they wanted him,

00:10:32.480 but because they didn't want to give any space to Éric Duhaime.

00:10:38.880 Fascinating.

00:10:39.780 And, you know, Alexa, maybe we should wrap it here.

00:10:43.580 I'm piggybacking on the conversation you and Ezra had on election night.

00:10:48.220 And it's this, and it's very ominous, I think.

00:10:52.420 If we go into another COVID wave,

00:10:56.040 if we go into another lockdown phase,

00:11:00.260 I think Premier Legault is now so emboldened

00:11:04.340 because all of the stuff he did to the residents of Quebec,

00:11:09.260 he didn't get punished at the polls.

00:11:11.340 He got rewarded with an even bigger majority.

00:11:13.760 I think if we do ever go into a COVID-fighting lockdown mode,

00:11:20.460 as the backroom turner overdrive lyric goes,

00:11:24.500 baby, you ain't seen nothing yet,

00:11:26.860 he might lock down even more severely the province of Quebec,

00:11:31.440 which you could make the argument

00:11:32.500 was perhaps the most locked-down jurisdiction in all of North America.

00:11:36.860 Last word goes to you, Alexa.

00:11:39.040 But it's not only lockdown.

00:11:40.800 Yeah, and it's not only like COVID stuff,

00:11:43.700 but I would say it wants to turn completely our energy to electricity

00:11:48.920 when you know that we will have less and less electricity

00:11:52.800 and we maybe have some problem to produce electricity.

00:11:59.700 So I think just making some mistake on the decision

00:12:02.920 on electricity economy or any other big decision that we will fail

00:12:10.580 will give some bow to the Conservative Party.

00:12:14.760 Well, maybe, who knows when the next election will be,

00:12:19.200 I assume four years, and we'll see what happens there.

00:12:23.400 But I really wasn't expecting the result that we saw on Monday.

00:12:28.640 I don't think you were either.

00:12:30.920 And now, like I said, I just worry about how emboldened Premier Legault is,

00:12:37.740 not just for lockdowns and COVID policies, but for anything.

00:12:42.080 He must feel like he's King Midas right now, Alexa.

00:12:45.980 So hopefully he will keep his arrogance in check,

00:12:49.960 but I wouldn't bet against it.

00:12:52.240 But in La Beauce, like La Beauce riding, for the two candidates,

00:12:58.440 one, I have 200 votes different with La CAC,

00:13:01.700 and the other one was about the same.

00:13:04.460 So it was so tight.

00:13:06.960 But just because of that, it's La CAC who gained all the riding there. 1.00

00:13:13.840 So when you look at the electoral map,

00:13:17.580 it's all light blue everywhere.

00:13:20.720 Oh, jeez.

00:13:23.100 Well, you could always, I guess, go down to Florida where Yankee is.

00:13:27.140 That seems to be the freest jurisdiction in all of North America.

00:13:31.500 And I know there's a lot of Quebecers that love to lounge in the beach there.

00:13:36.160 So maybe that's an option as opposed to enduring four more years of emperor,

00:13:41.720 or I mean, Premier Legault.

00:13:44.460 Alexa, thank you so much.

00:13:45.900 It was excellent election coverage.

00:13:48.240 Wish the result was different.

00:13:49.420 You have yourself a wonderful Thanksgiving, my friend.

00:13:53.360 You too.

00:13:54.460 Thank you, Alexa.

00:13:55.920 And that was Alexa Lavoie in Montreal.

00:13:58.960 Keep it here, folks.

00:13:59.780 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:14:05.420 Well, you've been marching since February.

00:14:08.460 It is quite astonishing.

00:14:11.460 How many kilometers real quick have you marched?

00:14:13.880 Yeah, probably, probably between 6,000 and 6,500 now.

00:14:18.040 Oh, my goodness.

00:14:19.600 Wow.

00:14:20.260 Well, you would think that would be the main story when you hit the news.

00:14:25.480 You're marching for freedom.

00:14:26.740 You've done so long and people have come together.

00:14:29.160 But instead, there was a different article that was put out back in August.

00:14:36.060 And that's why you and I are talking today.

00:14:38.600 You have retained a great lawyer.

00:14:42.320 His name is David Amaloff from ReLaw.

00:14:45.880 Now, we're familiar with that firm.

00:14:47.720 We know they do amazing work.

00:14:49.120 So, congrats there.

00:14:50.300 But tell us why you filed this notice of libel.

00:14:56.740 Yes.

00:14:57.820 I think we had been taking the innuendo, the rumor mongering, the insinuation, and the guilt

00:15:07.980 by association, too, I might add.

00:15:10.140 You know, with dignity and grace from the corporate media, this kind of, this commenting, the stealth

00:15:23.660 censorship, if you will.

00:15:25.540 But what happened on August the 18th, there was an article put out by Global News.

00:15:29.600 And in the URL, the article itself, I have several, there's several labels applied.

00:15:43.340 I won't repeat them here.

00:15:45.960 But they're egregious enough, again, insinuating that I am an extremist or the far right, whatever

00:15:57.040 that actually means, I'm not sure.

00:15:59.560 So, I felt that now, that was the time to stop taking the stuff lying down and to start

00:16:05.300 pushing back a little with regards to at least getting some advice about potential legal action.

00:16:15.480 And that's what we did with Mr. Amaloff.

00:16:18.760 And he agreed with what he saw there.

00:16:23.180 There was, in the URL, a particularly offensive label applied to me, as well, in search engine

00:16:34.640 optimization, so Google search tags, in other words.

00:16:38.880 And this is done, I think, deliberately.

00:16:42.740 And the article itself is not very accurate.

00:16:47.480 To say that I've not even been asked to comment on an article that is written about me, or in

00:16:54.680 which, you know, I'm referred to, at least, I think is a self-problematic.

00:17:00.480 So, this is what we did.

00:17:01.580 We saw how this happened.

00:17:02.920 I said, enough's enough.

00:17:04.940 Let's see what we can do as far as legal action.

00:17:07.720 We reached out to Mr. Amaloff.

00:17:09.600 He agreed that there was potential there.

00:17:13.340 And we then began a crowdfunding effort to fund the legal action against global news over

00:17:19.700 this article.

00:17:21.000 Well, I've got to tell you, with covering many freedom protests, you know, and getting

00:17:26.040 my boots on the ground and speaking to the people, which is not something you see as often

00:17:30.400 with, you know, global news reporters and things like that.

00:17:34.000 I heard that from so many people that they were getting labeled with these horrible names

00:17:38.040 like, all of a sudden, freedom represented, you know, white supremacy and these things.

00:17:42.680 It's really concerning.

00:17:44.120 The article you're speaking to is called, or speaking about is, Good PR, Why Anti-Hate

00:17:49.080 Experts Are Urging Politicians to Step Up Vetting Practices.

00:17:53.760 It was written by Rachel Gilmore, who's made a little bit of a Twitter buzz recently for,

00:18:00.500 you know, saying that basically journalists are at risk from how other politicians or things

00:18:07.180 like that are putting them out there.

00:18:09.040 So it's interesting when you're saying you felt like you were tied to these horrible things

00:18:14.920 that could paint you a certain way. 0.99

00:18:17.300 Is drama queen Rachel Gilmore of Global News the dumbest journalist in Canada or the worst 0.99

00:18:23.960 journalist in Canada? 1.00

00:18:25.240 Or maybe it's a blend of both.

00:18:27.460 After all, can you imagine insinuating that Armed Forces veteran and freedom fighter James

00:18:33.600 Topp is a white supremacist and an extremist? 0.99

00:18:38.660 What a malicious dolt this fake news huckster is to imply that Topp is a threat to society 1.00

00:18:46.040 as opposed to somebody that is standing up to a government that seems to rejoice in stripping 0.99

00:18:52.680 us of our rights and freedoms.

00:18:54.760 And with more on this story is our Vancouver-based reporter, and that would be Drea Humphrey.

00:19:00.320 Hey, Drea, how are you doing there?

00:19:02.360 I'm good.

00:19:03.300 I'm glad I'm not on your journalistic bad side.

00:19:07.180 Yeah, keep that in mind.

00:19:09.360 No, no.

00:19:09.740 I call him as I see him, and you're as good as gold, Drea.

00:19:12.900 But you know, Drea, I hope Mr. Topp's case is heard sooner rather than later, given that

00:19:20.180 Global News is allegedly on the brink of bankruptcy as they lobby the government for yet more taxpayer-funded

00:19:27.100 bailouts.

00:19:27.840 That tells me that the vast majority of Canadians aren't buying what Global Woke News is selling,

00:19:34.300 thank God.

00:19:35.280 But this hit piece by Rachel Crymore is beyond the pale.

00:19:39.200 What do you think her motivation was in terms of defaming James Topp in such a fashion?

00:19:46.980 Well, only she can speak to her motivation. 0.96

00:19:49.660 But I did notice that she did two articles that were sort of focused on MP Pierre Paliab,

00:19:56.920 who, of course, was campaigning for the leadership of the race.

00:20:01.080 So if I had to guess, I would think the point was to, you know, sort of vilify him by association.

00:20:09.580 But boy, did she pick the wrong person to do that with when you pick James Topp, you know,

00:20:16.540 one of Canada's freedom heroes.

00:20:19.400 He is the perfect example, if you want to start some sort of movement for human rights,

00:20:25.000 of how to do so peacefully.

00:20:27.140 The man has just been walking across the country through all types of weather since February,

00:20:34.560 first in British Columbia.

00:20:36.320 And he's been doing so peacefully and people have been so inspired and encouraged.

00:20:41.300 And here he is, you know, being put in articles without being reached out to,

00:20:46.880 ones that could make people believe he's a white supremacist,

00:20:50.860 simply for standing for the freedoms that so many millions of Canadians want to have back.

00:20:58.280 You know, well said, Drea.

00:21:00.420 And I will say this, while vilifying an armed forces veteran like James Topp is beyond the pale,

00:21:07.000 and there's no evidence to support their conclusions that he's a white supremacist,

00:21:11.040 nor an extremist.

00:21:12.660 I do understand the motivation in terms of vilifying and demonizing Pierre Paliyev,

00:21:20.120 because should he become our next prime minister, there's a new sheriff in town.

00:21:26.680 And the mainstream media and the CBC, those billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies,

00:21:34.440 they're going the way of the dinosaur.

00:21:38.400 So Global News and all the other lamestream media outlets,

00:21:42.160 they have a very good motivation to tear down Pierre Paliyev.

00:21:47.160 They don't want to see regime change ends,

00:21:49.980 and sorry, regime change occur, rather, Drea,

00:21:53.580 because that means their paychecks end.

00:21:57.660 Your thoughts?

00:21:59.180 Well, you know, I think the legacy media over the last two years

00:22:02.320 has gotten away with vilifying freedom people

00:22:06.220 and giving them labels, you know, maybe headed by our prime minister,

00:22:11.520 you know, making them look racist and things like that.

00:22:13.860 And I think that's worked for a long time.

00:22:16.420 I think, like I said, Topp was sort of an afterthought for a different mission,

00:22:21.120 but boy, did it backfire, because he lawyered up.

00:22:25.680 And he got a really good lawyer from RELAW out in your neck of the woods,

00:22:32.320 and they said, you know what, we think you have a case here.

00:22:36.140 And Global News has 30 days, well, had 30 days, of course, time has passed,

00:22:40.660 to respond from that.

00:22:42.080 But you can see that they went ahead in that article

00:22:44.300 and already have done sort of a retraction to point out

00:22:50.160 that none of the names in this article are, in fact,

00:22:53.380 we're not saying they're white supremacists.

00:22:55.200 So already a little bit of an action there,

00:22:57.440 but I'd say that's a little too late.

00:22:59.120 Many people have already seen that article.

00:23:01.740 Less are going back to look at it,

00:23:03.620 and less they are following the reports that are covering

00:23:06.140 this horrendous form of journalism.

00:23:09.660 No, I think you're right, Drea.

00:23:11.140 And Global News knows that it is in hot water

00:23:15.080 because, as it was mentioned in your report,

00:23:18.780 they have put an editor's note on the original story, an update,

00:23:23.960 and it states the following, quote,

00:23:26.060 the URL for this story has been revised to omit a reference to white supremacist

00:23:32.580 to avoid any misunderstanding that persons named in the URL

00:23:38.240 are associated with that label, end quote.

00:23:41.680 So you see what's happening.

00:23:42.760 They're already bending the knee.

00:23:45.220 They're already trying to repair the damage.

00:23:47.420 And as we know from our own defamation training,

00:23:50.560 the faster you can go to correct a wrong,

00:23:54.160 perhaps the least amount of damages is going to be applied to you

00:23:58.620 as opposed to a media organization being arrogant

00:24:01.600 and saying, nah, we're fine where it is, or we'll get around to it.

00:24:05.680 So this tells me, Drea, they know that they screwed up big time.

00:24:11.700 It certainly looks that way.

00:24:13.460 And what's also concerning about this is that they use the URL

00:24:17.740 and search engine optimization tabs, big words there, to link.

00:24:24.340 That's what links talk to this.

00:24:26.580 So that means when people are searching things like white supremacists in Canada,

00:24:30.500 whose name pops up from one of the biggest news organizations in Canada.

00:24:35.380 This is unacceptable.

00:24:36.440 I'm so glad that he's taking a stand

00:24:38.240 because enough is enough of these baseless, harmful labels.

00:24:44.360 And, you know, I guess we'll wrap it here

00:24:46.500 because I go back to Rachel Gilmore,

00:24:49.260 who seems to be the biggest drama queen in Canadian media right now.

00:24:53.980 This is someone who has been moaning that she's being attacked.

00:24:58.560 That's the word she uses. 1.00

00:24:59.640 And it's not the kind of attacks that you or Alexa Lavoie or Sheila Gunn-Reed have endured,

00:25:06.900 i.e. physical attacks.

00:25:08.220 It's mean tweets.

00:25:09.860 And here she uses her platform to basically write a mega mean tweet regarding James Topp.

00:25:19.600 It's absolutely deplorable.

00:25:21.380 The other thing I got to ask you too, Drea,

00:25:23.280 what is it with this chick that she is continually taking her blouse off? 1.00

00:25:28.160 You know, she's getting tattoos. 1.00

00:25:30.540 She's getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

00:25:33.340 It's like, look at me, look at me.

00:25:35.200 You know, I wonder if Rachel Gilmore doesn't realize that the true measure of a woman or 1.00

00:25:41.520 any person is from here to here.

00:25:44.600 What's in your brain?

00:25:46.280 Because this woman just comes across as a bimbo to me so often. 1.00

00:25:51.420 I don't even know why her corporate masters at the failing global news tolerator. 0.83

00:25:56.660 Last word goes to you, Drea.

00:25:59.460 Well, I'm slightly annoyed that I know her name.

00:26:02.420 Let's put it that way.

00:26:03.480 That's about all I say.

00:26:04.960 But I think we should end with a quick update on top because that's really who people should

00:26:10.240 be talking about on Twitter, not Miss Rachel Gilmore.

00:26:14.460 And so I spoke with him today, got an update.

00:26:17.200 And so he said the meet and greets went great.

00:26:19.740 But he is very much looking forward to finally taking a rest.

00:26:25.420 And so this Saturday, he will be heading back to British Columbia and doing that.

00:26:31.020 So you can catch up more on him on Canadianmarches.ca.

00:26:34.940 But yeah, he's been marching forever.

00:26:37.300 I don't know how he did that.

00:26:38.380 Oh, I think he's marched over 6,000 kilometers, you know, which is astounding.

00:26:45.300 And one day if I bump into him again, I got to ask him how many pairs of running shoes he's

00:26:50.560 gone through in that journey.

00:26:52.320 But you know, the media being the way it is, Drea, when he flies back to BC, your neck of

00:26:57.300 the woods, they'll probably condemn him for the carbon footprint by going on a jet craft.

00:27:03.200 You know, they're probably going to say, why didn't you march back?

00:27:05.780 Like how you marched here, right?

00:27:08.240 So they are despicable.

00:27:10.760 But Drea, great report. 0.98

00:27:12.480 Good to hear that.

00:27:13.560 That's a well-deserved rest for Mr. Topp.

00:27:17.080 And I know you'll give us another update, especially regarding this defamation lawsuit once we have

00:27:23.480 more information.

00:27:24.600 Thank you so much, Drea.

00:27:26.420 And you have a happy Thanksgiving.

00:27:28.720 All right.

00:27:29.120 Thank you, David.

00:27:29.860 And everybody else.

00:27:30.780 Bye.

00:27:32.100 And that was Drea Humphrey in Vancouver.

00:27:35.060 Keep it here, folks.

00:27:36.220 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:27:39.020 David Menzies for Rebel News here in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

00:27:46.420 And a massive protest is taking place right now on Yonge Street between 16th Avenue and

00:27:53.440 Major McKenzie.

00:27:55.060 It's actually being closed to traffic.

00:27:56.860 That's how big it is.

00:27:57.700 Thousands of people are here.

00:27:58.820 And the reason is much like the reason for protests erupting in Iran and all over the world.

00:28:07.180 Late last month, Masha Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in police custody very mysteriously.

00:28:16.580 Why was she arrested, you ask? 1.00

00:28:17.960 Well, the morality police arrested her because she wasn't wearing her hijab properly.

00:28:23.860 Can you imagine?

00:28:24.760 So the protest has spread to all of Iran's 31 provinces, to cities around the world.

00:28:31.860 And here we are in Richmond Hill where there are literally thousands of people taking to the street.

00:28:37.340 And I've got to tell you, folks, two questions spring to mind.

00:28:41.260 One is what can Canada and other Western democracies do to help the Iranian people right now,

00:28:49.000 especially since thousands have been arrested, dozens have been killed while demonstrating.

00:28:55.580 And secondly, isn't it funny?

00:28:58.580 Maybe he's here, but I don't think he is.

00:29:01.280 The Liberal MP for this writing, the writing of Richmond Hill, that would be Majid Johari.

00:29:07.200 I don't think he'll dare show his face today, much like he didn't dare show his face at the vigil two years ago

00:29:14.660 when the Ukrainian Airlines plane was shot down.

00:29:18.520 That's because, if you can imagine, folks, Majid Johari actually supports this regime.

00:29:26.500 Yes, a Canadian member of parliament is an ally of the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world,

00:29:35.120 and it even terrorizes its own people.

00:29:37.740 In any event, let's wade into the crowd and see what these folks have to say.

00:29:42.420 The Islamic Republic is not Iran. 0.93

00:29:45.480 I think most people here, virtually everybody, would agree with that.

00:29:49.400 I guess there's a lot of people experiencing buyer's remorse from the 1979 revolution.

00:29:55.200 Yeah, I agree with that, and that's why we're all here,

00:29:58.640 and we're supporting the people and our people and their voice in here.

00:30:03.620 And, you know, it's such a shame what happened to Ms. Amini. 0.90

00:30:08.820 She was arrested by the morality police, died for not allegedly wearing her hijab properly.

00:30:15.720 How can this force be called the morality police?

00:30:19.260 That seems to be the most immoral thing possible, killing someone for not wearing clothing properly.

00:30:25.080 That is just shameful, and this is not right.

00:30:28.160 These protests have spread to all 31 of Iran's provinces.

00:30:33.840 They've spread to major cities around the world.

00:30:35.680 Here we are in Richmond Hill, thousands of people.

00:30:38.680 Here's the big question, though.

00:30:40.500 In terms of tangible change in Iran, what would you like to see countries like Canada do to help the Iranian people?

00:30:48.500 Sure. The main thing that we want to get across is getting the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

00:30:54.340 They have a lot of family here.

00:30:55.840 There's going to be people here that you don't know they're associated with the regime back home, but they are.

00:31:00.340 They're going to be taking pictures of everyone, trying to catch them back home, putting them in prison.

00:31:04.440 So that's something we want to put a stop to.

00:31:06.220 They own a property in Bridal Path.

00:31:07.960 They own multiple businesses all around the GTA.

00:31:10.500 We want to put a stop to that.

00:31:11.960 Vancouver, all across Canada.

00:31:13.400 We want to put a stop to that.

00:31:14.320 Well, that was the scene in Richmond Hill last Saturday when more than 50,000 people showed up to protest the Iranian regime.

00:31:21.340 But these people realize that they have no ally in the Justin Trudeau liberals.

00:31:27.240 The very MP for Richmond Hill is pro-regime, if you can believe it.

00:31:31.280 And this government, for reasons that remain somewhat baffling, has yet to put the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the terrorism list.

00:31:40.620 Then again, when it comes to Prime Minister Blackface McGroper, he has admiration in his heart for the basic dictatorship that is China in terms of, you know, getting things done. 0.90

00:31:52.740 Maybe he also admires Iran for the same reasons.

00:31:56.480 Despicable.

00:31:57.820 In any event, you had plenty to say regarding the ever-growing thirst for regime change in Tehran.

00:32:05.540 Farzun Melikhani writes,

00:32:07.460 Well, I'll tell you something, Farzun.

00:32:25.440 I get more hopeful every day that the mullahs are headed for defeat in Iran because Johari, you know, kind of like a rat jumping off a sinking ship. 0.99

00:32:37.180 Is suddenly down with the Iranian people. 0.82

00:32:40.600 Can you imagine?

00:32:42.220 Sorry, Majid.

00:32:43.620 Nobody is buying what you're selling.

00:32:46.380 As the saying goes, a leopard cannot change his spots.

00:32:50.580 Outdoors Pat writes,

00:32:52.000 Another fringe protest.

00:32:53.740 Indeed, Pat.

00:32:54.820 And where was Justin's chief enabler, Jagmeet Singh, when all this was going down?

00:33:00.380 Or is this NDP woke clown of the belief that denouncing the Iranian regime might somehow be deemed as Islamophobic? 0.99

00:33:11.080 What a loser. 1.00

00:33:13.180 Blue Sky writes, 1.00

00:33:14.140 You really think Trudeau will do anything about this?

00:33:18.320 No way.

00:33:19.120 He has proven he likes countries that are dictatorships.

00:33:23.240 And have you ever seen the anger in his eyes when a strong woman stands up to him?

00:33:28.700 You are correct, Blue Sky.

00:33:30.560 The prime minister, unlike Pierre Polyev, was noticeably absent from this protest.

00:33:36.800 But then again, in fairness, he was preoccupied with urgent business.

00:33:42.740 I just can't remember if that urgent business was surfing or bungee jumping or channeling the band Queen at a karaoke event.

00:33:51.960 Oh, let's pray for a regime change in Iran and in Canada, too.

00:33:57.180 My bag is itchy, writes, just guns.

00:34:01.840 Wow.

00:34:02.400 You see, people, you never know what can happen.

00:34:05.300 And this is a perfect example why gun rights are important.

00:34:10.660 And banning guns should never be allowed.

00:34:13.940 Indeed, Mike.

00:34:14.740 And wouldn't it be great when all the currently legal firearms that are being confiscated from law-abiding Canadian gun owners in the upcoming gun grab,

00:34:24.300 that all those guns would be sent to Iran to help the revolution?

00:34:29.440 That would be the right thing to do, which means, of course, the Trudeau government won't do it.

00:34:34.620 Shameful.

00:34:36.440 And Miriam Huggevors writes,

00:34:38.960 Please do your proper research first before you parrot mainstream bias.

00:34:44.200 There are very few independent reporters in Iran, and this looks very much like another Arab Spring or color revolution effort on behalf of the usual suspects, not our friends.

00:34:57.460 Oh, I totally disagree with you, Miriam.

00:35:00.280 I've lived in Richmond Hill for 24 years.

00:35:03.240 Richmond Hill is home to a huge Persian population.

00:35:06.440 Now, I can tell you, every single Iranian I have met, with the noticeable exception of the Liberal MP for Richmond Hill, Majid Jabroni, is anti-regime.

00:35:18.840 Look, the Shah was by no means a Boy Scout, but when it comes to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, 0.59

00:35:24.560 the vast majority of Iranians now indeed suffer from buyer's remorse thanks to the vile theocracy that has taken place in Iran. 1.00

00:35:34.120 Let's hope there is a second revolution, the sooner the better, in order to oust this hideous and misogynistic regime.

00:35:42.880 Well, folks, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:35:46.040 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:35:47.740 Have yourselves a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving.

00:35:51.080 See you next week.

00:35:52.320 And hey, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.

00:35:56.340 Good night.

00:36:04.120 Good night.

00:36:04.260 Good night.

00:36:26.240 Good night.

00:36:26.900 Good night.

Rebel News Podcast - October 08, 2022

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