Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Leftist fossils mad CBC is not 'left-wing enough' on climate alarmism

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00:01:43.300 David Suzuki, Peter Mansbridge, and other leftist fossils are mad at the CBC for not being left-wing enough.

00:02:02.500 It's October 8th, and this is The Ezra LeVenture.

00:02:04.620 You're fighting for freedom!

00:02:07.540 Shame on you, you censorious bug!

00:02:10.740 I saw this story the other day in the Red Star, excuse me, the Toronto Star. 0.56

00:02:24.520 Headline is,

00:02:26.080 David Suzuki, Peter Mansbridge, and other prominent ex-broadcasters are calling out CBC.

00:02:31.700 Here's why.

00:02:32.980 And their sub-headline is,

00:02:34.360 Here's what David Suzuki says needs to be done to address an escalating crisis that affects us all.

00:02:42.060 Now, just stop for a moment.

00:02:43.220 Is David Suzuki a prominent ex-broadcaster?

00:02:46.660 Well, yes, I think he is, but he's much more than that, too, isn't he?

00:02:50.520 He runs a lobby group that bears his name, the David Suzuki Foundation,

00:02:55.700 that lobbies for extremist, environmentalist, and socialist policies.

00:02:59.820 They proudly take donations from foreign donors to attack Canadian jobs. 0.87

00:03:07.240 Isn't that odd?

00:03:08.660 I've never seen Suzuki attack an OPEC country or China or Russia,

00:03:12.460 by far the biggest polluters in the world,

00:03:14.720 by far the biggest sources of oil in the world.

00:03:18.100 They just hate Canadian oil.

00:03:19.800 So, yeah, he is a prominent ex-broadcaster, it's true,

00:03:22.840 but he's also a foreign-funded political activist.

00:03:26.500 Weirdly, when he retired as a broadcaster on the CBC,

00:03:30.200 they gave his show, The Nature of Things,

00:03:33.580 to his utterly undistinguished daughter,

00:03:37.720 Serica Cullis Suzuki.

00:03:39.400 They just sort of gifted it to her.

00:03:41.840 Does anyone think for a second that if she didn't have his last name,

00:03:46.280 that they wouldn't have given her his show,

00:03:49.060 as if it was some personal heirloom,

00:03:51.300 personal property to grant to his children as he sees fit?

00:03:56.500 I mean, the CBC is rife with that kind of nepotism,

00:03:59.320 but this is just sad.

00:04:01.180 Anyways, let's read a bit from the Toronto Star story.

00:04:04.040 Five eminent CBC alumni are urging the public broadcaster

00:04:07.600 to deepen its coverage of the climate crisis

00:04:10.380 in the face of an escalating civilizational threat.

00:04:14.420 Hang on, more coverage?

00:04:16.460 More than they already do?

00:04:18.540 Do you?

00:04:19.720 As journalists, members of the CBC family,

00:04:22.600 and as Canadians concerned about our future,

00:04:24.500 we ask that the CBC treat the climate breakdown

00:04:27.180 as an existential crisis and civilizational threat that it is,

00:04:32.860 reads a copy of the letter obtained by the star.

00:04:35.660 Oh, they must have done a lot of digging for this.

00:04:37.800 Drafted by former broadcasters David Suzuki,

00:04:40.260 Peter Mesbridge, Adrian Clarkson,

00:04:42.220 she's the former governor general too,

00:04:44.400 Paul Kennedy, and Lyndon McIntyre,

00:04:47.500 the call to action was delivered to Brody Fenlon,

00:04:50.340 head of CBC News, on May 1st, 2023.

00:04:53.120 Attached were a raft of recommendations,

00:04:55.860 including a daily climate emergency report

00:04:59.420 for the broadcaster's flagship news and current affairs shows.

00:05:04.300 It's weird that they sent the letter a year and a half ago,

00:05:06.780 and this is considered big news today.

00:05:09.720 Again, that's not really journalism,

00:05:11.680 though that's lobbying.

00:05:13.160 Even the Toronto Star, by running this,

00:05:15.020 is lobbying, aren't they?

00:05:16.220 And the five ex-journalists here are just lobbying the government broadcaster.

00:05:21.040 Why should their opinion count any more than the rest of us?

00:05:25.240 And by the way, Suzuki actually is a lobbyist.

00:05:28.100 Did he register to lobby the CBC?

00:05:30.040 I'm just kidding.

00:05:31.440 He never has in all his years at the CBC.

00:05:33.700 He really milked that.

00:05:35.260 He set up an outside organization to ring out donors,

00:05:38.960 the David Suzuki Foundation,

00:05:40.020 including foreign donors,

00:05:41.980 and he tailored his CBC shows

00:05:44.400 to serve the interests of his lobby group.

00:05:47.320 Highly unethical,

00:05:48.820 and this is really no different.

00:05:51.480 Who exactly is paying for this?

00:05:52.920 Because someone is.

00:05:54.080 David Suzuki does not work for free.

00:05:57.160 By the way, the timing here is impeccable.

00:05:58.860 Did I show you this the other day

00:06:00.880 by pollster David Coletto of Abacus?

00:06:03.860 Those who say they are very concerned

00:06:06.800 are concerned by age.

00:06:08.920 He's talking about climate change.

00:06:10.560 18 to 29-year-olds?

00:06:12.700 44%.

00:06:13.380 30 to 44-years-olds?

00:06:17.640 31%.

00:06:18.320 45 to 59-year-olds?

00:06:21.020 38%.

00:06:21.780 60-plus years-old?

00:06:23.200 50%.

00:06:23.800 He's showing how much people are concerned

00:06:25.740 about global warming by age.

00:06:27.460 And he says,

00:06:28.900 millennials are the least concerned

00:06:31.920 about climate change.

00:06:33.180 Boomers are the most. 1.00

00:06:36.660 I think that's obvious.

00:06:37.920 Here's what I wrote in reply.

00:06:40.380 Worrying about global warming

00:06:41.780 is a luxury good.

00:06:43.620 It's what you do

00:06:44.260 when the rest of your life is going great.

00:06:46.260 So you need something fashionable

00:06:47.720 to worry about.

00:06:49.260 When you can't afford a house,

00:06:50.920 a car, or groceries,

00:06:52.160 you have real concerns,

00:06:53.760 and a carbon tax makes them all worse.

00:06:56.900 By the way, here's the chart

00:06:58.100 that Coletto published on this subject.

00:07:00.640 Just fascinating.

00:07:01.620 People say they care about global warming

00:07:05.020 if you ask them

00:07:06.120 because they know

00:07:07.120 that's the official,

00:07:07.960 approved, polite thing to say,

00:07:09.340 fashionable thing to say,

00:07:10.420 but they don't really mean it,

00:07:12.020 of course.

00:07:12.360 I mean,

00:07:13.280 what does it even mean

00:07:14.120 to say you care about global warming?

00:07:16.180 If you say,

00:07:17.840 if you ask someone,

00:07:19.360 would you pay a carbon tax

00:07:20.760 to change the weather?

00:07:22.400 How many would agree?

00:07:23.360 How many would think

00:07:23.960 that's even a thing?

00:07:24.720 How many would think

00:07:25.780 that's possible

00:07:26.680 to change the weather with a tax

00:07:28.420 other than Trudeau himself?

00:07:29.980 I mean,

00:07:30.180 would you use a paper straw

00:07:32.240 instead of a plastic straw

00:07:33.640 to save the world?

00:07:35.460 Yeah,

00:07:35.920 is that really all it takes

00:07:36.960 to save the world? 1.00

00:07:37.700 People aren't that stupid. 1.00

00:07:39.800 The question itself 1.00

00:07:40.880 is a junk question. 0.87

00:07:43.140 And conservatives, 0.99

00:07:43.820 by the way,

00:07:44.400 would be well advised

00:07:45.260 to just ignore that question.

00:07:46.660 I know they're always asked it,

00:07:47.900 especially by neutral moderators

00:07:49.720 in debates.

00:07:50.140 Just ignore it.

00:07:51.520 I mean,

00:07:52.200 I know the media

00:07:52.760 are obsessed by it,

00:07:53.800 and as you can see,

00:07:54.840 they want the CBC

00:07:55.600 to go even harder on it,

00:07:57.020 but don't.

00:07:58.220 I mean,

00:07:58.480 no one means it.

00:07:59.720 No one means it

00:08:00.460 if they're not being paid

00:08:01.320 to believe that.

00:08:02.700 All right,

00:08:02.960 back to the story

00:08:03.660 in the Star.

00:08:05.360 While the authors say

00:08:06.640 they received

00:08:07.180 a respectful response

00:08:08.500 at the time,

00:08:09.540 their request to meet

00:08:10.500 was declined.

00:08:11.740 Good for the CBC.

00:08:14.020 Now,

00:08:14.720 two scorching summers

00:08:16.260 of extreme weather events later,

00:08:18.640 the CBC's climate coverage

00:08:19.860 remains inadequate.

00:08:21.280 They say

00:08:21.960 Things are getting

00:08:23.360 more and more urgent,

00:08:24.840 Suzuki,

00:08:25.640 longtime host

00:08:26.260 of The Nature of Things,

00:08:27.320 said in an interview

00:08:28.160 with the Star.

00:08:29.220 The ex-broadcaster's

00:08:30.580 full letter

00:08:31.100 has been made public

00:08:32.180 and is available

00:08:33.020 on this website.

00:08:33.900 Wow,

00:08:34.080 that's amazing.

00:08:34.880 Good investigative journalism,

00:08:36.740 Star.

00:08:37.980 In a statement to the Star,

00:08:39.540 a spokesman for CBC

00:08:40.480 noted the broadcaster

00:08:42.160 recently,

00:08:42.840 quote,

00:08:43.420 redoubled our focus

00:08:44.700 on climate journalism,

00:08:46.160 citing a blog post

00:08:47.120 by Fenland in 2021.

00:08:49.260 In an update

00:08:50.160 earlier this year,

00:08:50.980 Fenland provided

00:08:51.780 an update

00:08:52.240 on the broadcaster's

00:08:53.260 climate initiatives,

00:08:54.520 including a new special project

00:08:55.960 called Overheated,

00:08:58.020 establishing a national

00:08:59.240 climate unit,

00:09:00.480 launching the CBC News'

00:09:01.940 climate dashboard,

00:09:03.280 and creating a dedicated

00:09:04.280 space on its website

00:09:05.480 and news app

00:09:06.140 for climate coverage.

00:09:08.060 Quote,

00:09:08.600 while CBC is ramping up

00:09:10.120 more climate programs,

00:09:11.060 it's just not enough.

00:09:12.220 It's not proportional

00:09:13.200 to the degree

00:09:14.060 of the threat

00:09:14.680 we now confront

00:09:15.560 with climate,

00:09:16.220 Suzuki said.

00:09:17.460 Really?

00:09:19.280 I mean,

00:09:19.780 how many more years

00:09:20.580 can you keep saying

00:09:21.580 that the end of the world

00:09:22.800 is nigh?

00:09:24.400 And how do you do it

00:09:25.380 with a straight face

00:09:26.020 after literally decades

00:09:27.540 of falsely crying wolf?

00:09:29.280 I mean,

00:09:29.580 how many times 0.96

00:09:30.640 have these charlatans 0.97

00:09:31.380 said there would be 0.91

00:09:32.140 no more snow,

00:09:33.660 that L.A. and New York

00:09:34.640 would be drowned

00:09:35.420 in water

00:09:36.020 as the sea levels rise,

00:09:37.860 that Canada would become

00:09:39.200 a desert,

00:09:39.780 or whatever they said.

00:09:41.260 I mean,

00:09:41.440 people are tuning out,

00:09:43.760 especially now

00:09:44.520 that we have real crises

00:09:45.640 to care about

00:09:46.600 and the carbon tax

00:09:47.640 makes them all worse.

00:09:48.960 I'm not going to read

00:09:49.540 the whole story.

00:09:50.100 It is so long

00:09:51.080 and so boring,

00:09:52.340 but then again,

00:09:52.820 the Toronto Star

00:09:53.540 has its own conflict

00:09:54.920 of interest.

00:09:55.840 They took money

00:09:57.240 from the U.S.-based

00:09:58.180 lobby group,

00:09:59.040 the Tides Foundation,

00:10:00.400 to pay for extremist,

00:10:02.680 alarmist climate journalism.

00:10:04.700 They took money

00:10:05.920 to promote climate alarmism

00:10:08.120 from a foreign

00:10:09.180 charity,

00:10:11.320 if you want to call that

00:10:12.220 what Tides is.

00:10:14.640 But get a load of this,

00:10:15.400 just for example.

00:10:16.400 Talk about misinformation.

00:10:18.760 I'm quoting the story again.

00:10:20.760 It cites a 2022 study

00:10:22.580 that found just 55%

00:10:24.600 of more than 4,000 Canadians

00:10:26.280 correctly answered

00:10:27.360 that carbon dioxide

00:10:28.700 and other greenhouse gases

00:10:30.000 are the primary cause

00:10:31.480 of climate change.

00:10:33.720 Yeah,

00:10:34.200 but that's actually not true.

00:10:36.940 Water vapor is by far

00:10:39.120 the greatest greenhouse gas.

00:10:41.640 And of course,

00:10:42.080 the sun's activities

00:10:43.240 are the most direct

00:10:44.540 determinant.

00:10:45.500 But you can't really call

00:10:46.820 for a carbon tax

00:10:47.880 on the ocean

00:10:48.880 or on the sun,

00:10:50.480 now can you?

00:10:51.540 I'll read some more.

00:10:52.640 Canadians need to understand

00:10:53.880 the severity of the crisis,

00:10:55.180 but also hear about

00:10:56.600 credible solutions

00:10:57.440 to confront it

00:10:58.220 to stave off

00:10:59.200 climate fatalism,

00:11:00.560 as well as an interrogation

00:11:02.300 of unproven solutions

00:11:03.620 that could delay

00:11:04.600 climate mitigation,

00:11:05.560 the latter reads.

00:11:07.040 Like I say,

00:11:07.660 their doomsday predictions

00:11:08.660 have failed, 1.00

00:11:09.380 their science is junk. 1.00

00:11:11.620 I think they're causing 0.99

00:11:12.400 a lot of anxiety

00:11:13.260 in young people,

00:11:14.120 but I think most young people

00:11:14.940 just tune them out

00:11:15.700 as Colleto's poll shows.

00:11:17.220 But look,

00:11:17.800 even if these sky-is-falling

00:11:20.560 types were right,

00:11:21.960 what exactly are the

00:11:23.520 credible solutions

00:11:24.300 that they have?

00:11:25.860 There's not a single study

00:11:27.520 or projection ever

00:11:28.780 that suggests that

00:11:30.340 even if we do

00:11:30.880 all the things proposed

00:11:32.000 by Suzuki

00:11:32.680 or the United Nations

00:11:34.040 or whomever,

00:11:35.240 that global warming

00:11:36.100 will be stopped,

00:11:37.040 let alone reversed.

00:11:38.760 Global warming

00:11:39.200 is an extremely slow,

00:11:41.520 steady phenomenon

00:11:42.300 that has been happening

00:11:43.900 almost imperceptibly

00:11:45.240 since we emerged

00:11:46.260 from the last ice age.

00:11:48.180 I mean,

00:11:49.220 you've heard of the ice age,

00:11:50.480 ice ages.

00:11:52.180 You know we're not

00:11:53.060 really in one now,

00:11:53.780 we're emerging from it.

00:11:55.700 It's natural.

00:11:56.760 It happened far before

00:11:57.720 we could blame cars.

00:11:58.940 It's got nothing to do

00:11:59.860 with us as people.

00:12:00.700 I know vanity suggests

00:12:02.120 it does.

00:12:02.800 There's nothing we can do

00:12:03.860 to stop it.

00:12:04.560 Show me a study

00:12:05.220 to the contrary.

00:12:07.220 That's why you hear

00:12:07.780 politicians like Trudeau

00:12:09.080 talk about climate action

00:12:10.720 or combating climate change.

00:12:12.820 They love the process,

00:12:14.180 the action,

00:12:15.040 the taxes,

00:12:15.680 the rules,

00:12:16.120 the schemes,

00:12:16.640 the government grants,

00:12:17.320 the lobbyists.

00:12:18.540 They are wise

00:12:19.620 never to say

00:12:20.260 they'll actually

00:12:20.940 stop climate change

00:12:22.480 or make a difference.

00:12:24.040 They'd have as much luck

00:12:25.600 combating sunshine

00:12:26.880 or combating the oceans.

00:12:28.500 That's why they talk

00:12:29.060 about climate action,

00:12:30.380 not climate results.

00:12:32.860 Anyways,

00:12:33.260 let me show you

00:12:33.780 what these ex-journalists

00:12:34.940 want or rather

00:12:35.840 what their funders

00:12:37.180 and secret clients want.

00:12:39.520 Quote,

00:12:40.460 develop a daily

00:12:41.760 climate emergency report

00:12:43.280 to be embedded

00:12:43.900 in CBC's flagship

00:12:45.240 local, national

00:12:46.400 and current affairs shows

00:12:47.580 including all local

00:12:49.300 morning radio programs

00:12:50.420 and national shows.

00:12:52.340 You know what?

00:12:53.240 I've been thinking

00:12:54.920 about this for about a day

00:12:56.340 and every time

00:12:57.600 I get to this part

00:12:58.460 I think I actually

00:13:00.440 support this.

00:13:01.120 I know that sounds crazy

00:13:02.300 but I don't know

00:13:04.480 if you read

00:13:04.780 the CBC's annual reports

00:13:05.980 I do.

00:13:06.460 Every year the CBC's

00:13:07.580 audience falls

00:13:08.360 which is incredible

00:13:10.140 given that Canada's

00:13:11.380 population grows

00:13:12.420 and the CBC's budget

00:13:14.620 is at an all-time high.

00:13:16.480 Imagine if they had

00:13:18.440 this climate craziness.

00:13:20.740 Like imagine

00:13:21.140 in every local broadcast,

00:13:23.140 in every regional broadcast,

00:13:24.200 I just read it to you.

00:13:26.760 Imagine if every single

00:13:28.720 news show

00:13:29.560 they had

00:13:30.160 climate emergency!

00:13:31.920 You know,

00:13:32.380 it would be so crazy,

00:13:35.280 so batty 0.97

00:13:36.660 that whatever viewership

00:13:38.580 they had would just say

00:13:39.500 yeah, 0.95

00:13:40.660 you guys are a little cuckoo. 0.81

00:13:42.100 So yeah, 0.83

00:13:42.440 actually,

00:13:42.940 can I sign this?

00:13:45.200 Can I be the sixth name

00:13:46.380 signing on this letter too?

00:13:49.160 I'll just read one more

00:13:50.120 of their proposed solutions.

00:13:51.920 Develop and implement

00:13:52.880 climate and environment

00:13:54.280 specific standards

00:13:55.500 and language

00:13:56.700 to be enshrined

00:13:58.160 within CBC's

00:13:58.920 journalistic standards

00:13:59.720 and practices.

00:14:00.680 Similar to recent actions

00:14:01.840 taken by The Guardian.

00:14:03.140 That's a left-wing 0.55

00:14:04.080 newspaper in the UK.

00:14:05.900 But sorry,

00:14:06.300 that's not journalism.

00:14:07.400 Saying you're not allowed

00:14:08.140 to say certain words

00:14:09.060 or have people

00:14:09.800 with different opinions,

00:14:11.040 that's a political party,

00:14:13.000 you know,

00:14:13.260 with party discipline.

00:14:14.140 That's not journalism.

00:14:15.000 To tell people

00:14:15.760 the exact words

00:14:16.840 they have to say

00:14:17.560 and the exact thoughts

00:14:18.340 they have to think,

00:14:19.220 that is Maoist propaganda.

00:14:21.400 It's not journalism.

00:14:22.880 I'll read one more.

00:14:25.060 Provide training

00:14:26.260 on basic climate science,

00:14:28.520 policy,

00:14:29.360 and best practices

00:14:30.240 for climate communication

00:14:31.700 to every journalist

00:14:32.940 across Beats.

00:14:34.840 Really?

00:14:35.920 So maybe work

00:14:36.820 a climate angle

00:14:37.560 into the Hamas terrorist

00:14:38.880 report or something.

00:14:41.020 Like I say, 0.99

00:14:41.580 these are crazy people 0.97

00:14:42.860 and I support 0.99

00:14:44.120 everything they say.

00:14:45.380 Look,

00:14:45.520 I'm not going to read

00:14:45.920 the rest of it

00:14:46.500 other than the last line

00:14:48.260 in the Star story.

00:14:49.280 We know the CBC

00:14:51.620 is under attack.

00:14:53.120 We know that

00:14:53.780 public broadcasting

00:14:54.600 is significantly

00:14:55.440 underfunded in Canada

00:14:56.800 to fulfill

00:14:57.540 this critical purpose.

00:14:58.700 But,

00:14:59.420 we also know

00:15:00.600 the Canadians

00:15:01.200 who depend on the CBC,

00:15:02.500 including ourselves,

00:15:03.360 will defend it,

00:15:04.240 especially if you give people

00:15:05.420 what they need

00:15:06.060 and continue to adapt

00:15:07.340 to our changing planet.

00:15:09.480 You know,

00:15:09.760 again,

00:15:09.920 I can't disagree with them.

00:15:10.880 They're right.

00:15:11.320 The CBC is indeed

00:15:12.520 under attack

00:15:13.080 by people who don't watch it,

00:15:15.100 who don't like it,

00:15:16.080 who are disparaged

00:15:17.020 and disrespected by it,

00:15:19.340 but who are still

00:15:20.180 forced to fund it.

00:15:21.640 I'm not forced

00:15:22.280 to fund Netflix

00:15:23.440 or Disney.

00:15:25.300 If they disparage me

00:15:26.580 too much,

00:15:27.080 I'll cancel.

00:15:28.700 But I am forced

00:15:29.560 to fund the CBC.

00:15:30.400 Of course,

00:15:31.140 most Canadians

00:15:31.960 just ignore it.

00:15:32.800 When I say that

00:15:33.380 99% of Canadians

00:15:34.540 don't watch CBC news,

00:15:36.220 I am not exaggerating.

00:15:37.540 The audience

00:15:38.140 for their flagship

00:15:39.360 news program

00:15:40.340 is less than

00:15:41.320 300,000 people

00:15:42.280 on any given day

00:15:43.260 in a country

00:15:44.100 of 42 million souls.

00:15:45.860 15 years ago,

00:15:46.700 they had a million people

00:15:48.040 on a regular basis

00:15:49.260 watch that show.

00:15:50.400 So most people

00:15:51.540 ignore the CBC.

00:15:53.240 People who care

00:15:54.040 about paying

00:15:54.840 the bills

00:15:56.080 and meeting their budgets,

00:15:57.360 they hate it,

00:15:58.060 they resent it.

00:16:00.180 But look,

00:16:00.560 let me end

00:16:00.940 on a positive note here.

00:16:02.640 The five people

00:16:03.600 who signed this letter,

00:16:05.160 let's be honest,

00:16:05.760 they have a lot of sway

00:16:06.640 with the establishment.

00:16:07.820 I mean,

00:16:08.460 they're all

00:16:08.960 multi-millionaires.

00:16:10.720 Suzuki has a big

00:16:11.780 connection

00:16:12.220 with foreign funders,

00:16:13.760 probably foreign governments,

00:16:14.880 who want to

00:16:15.860 hobble our oil industry

00:16:17.460 to promote theirs.

00:16:18.720 Adrienne Clarkson

00:16:19.400 used to be

00:16:19.760 the governor general.

00:16:21.080 I mean,

00:16:21.300 she could get

00:16:22.260 her phone call

00:16:22.820 answered by just

00:16:23.600 about anybody.

00:16:24.920 So why don't

00:16:25.840 these five

00:16:26.800 super people

00:16:28.460 who are better

00:16:29.200 than us,

00:16:30.360 why don't they

00:16:31.460 buy the CBC?

00:16:34.040 There's nothing

00:16:34.760 crazy about that idea.

00:16:35.840 Pierre Polyev

00:16:36.420 says he's going

00:16:37.300 to defund it.

00:16:38.180 These five

00:16:40.180 busybodies

00:16:41.300 say they have

00:16:42.640 big plans for it.

00:16:44.420 Isn't this a case

00:16:45.300 of one plus

00:16:46.740 one equals three?

00:16:47.560 Like,

00:16:47.880 can't everyone

00:16:48.580 be a winner here?

00:16:49.860 Sell the CBC

00:16:50.940 to these five

00:16:51.780 at a cheap price,

00:16:54.080 frankly.

00:16:54.840 Basically,

00:16:55.400 what's the value

00:16:56.020 of the CBC?

00:16:56.980 They've got great

00:16:57.720 real estate in Canada.

00:16:58.900 They've got some

00:16:59.420 good equipment.

00:17:01.180 And

00:17:01.660 that's about

00:17:03.300 all I can think of.

00:17:04.820 So give them

00:17:05.620 the gift of all

00:17:06.420 the intellectual property,

00:17:07.760 like all the old

00:17:08.700 shows and stuff.

00:17:10.280 Just let them

00:17:11.000 run the thing.

00:17:11.880 Just give it to them

00:17:13.240 for the price

00:17:13.820 of the real estate.

00:17:14.700 I mean,

00:17:15.060 they'd instantly

00:17:15.880 have a $1.5 billion

00:17:17.440 a year shortfall.

00:17:18.700 But look,

00:17:19.400 they're good business people.

00:17:20.440 David Suzuki

00:17:21.020 could probably

00:17:21.600 whip them into shape.

00:17:22.780 I mean,

00:17:22.940 he's a socialist

00:17:23.700 for us,

00:17:24.800 but he knows

00:17:25.440 how to make money.

00:17:27.340 Let these five

00:17:28.500 create the

00:17:29.440 environmentalist

00:17:30.440 monster they propose

00:17:31.940 with their own money

00:17:33.120 and they'd probably

00:17:34.420 get donations

00:17:35.280 from OPEC

00:17:36.160 and others.

00:17:36.800 just get us

00:17:38.960 off the hook

00:17:39.920 as taxpayers.

00:17:41.240 Let these

00:17:41.860 five busybodies

00:17:43.660 preach to the

00:17:44.460 deep green

00:17:45.020 wackos out there 1.00

00:17:45.980 while the rest of us 0.96

00:17:47.560 watch something else

00:17:48.540 more interesting

00:17:49.360 and more honest.

00:17:52.200 Stay with us.

00:17:53.080 More ahead.

00:17:53.440 Drea Humphrey here

00:18:06.020 with Rebel News

00:18:06.760 on October 7th.

00:18:08.500 Of course,

00:18:08.900 that means

00:18:09.280 that's the

00:18:09.800 one-year anniversary

00:18:11.140 of the Hamas

00:18:11.900 terrorist attack

00:18:12.780 against Israeli people,

00:18:14.660 an attack

00:18:15.080 that claimed

00:18:15.780 1,200 lives.

00:18:17.380 It took hundreds

00:18:18.460 of hostages.

00:18:19.520 Over 100

00:18:20.060 are still

00:18:21.000 taken to this

00:18:21.760 day

00:18:22.060 and there is

00:18:22.700 a vigil

00:18:23.060 taking place

00:18:23.920 right behind me

00:18:25.460 at the

00:18:25.980 Sharet Edek

00:18:26.800 Synagogue 1.00

00:18:27.520 on Oak Street.

00:18:28.660 I'm going to

00:18:29.180 give you more

00:18:29.660 in just a moment.

00:18:33.400 October 7th

00:18:34.600 now represents

00:18:35.320 the most

00:18:36.400 atrocious

00:18:37.140 attack against

00:18:38.140 Jews

00:18:38.580 since the

00:18:39.400 Holocaust, 0.55

00:18:40.220 but it depends

00:18:40.940 on who you ask

00:18:41.900 that is.

00:18:43.180 Right now,

00:18:44.060 in fact,

00:18:44.660 in Vancouver,

00:18:45.600 just not too far

00:18:46.600 away,

00:18:47.180 there was a

00:18:47.840 demonstration

00:18:48.300 at the

00:18:48.700 Vancouver Art Gallery,

00:18:49.960 an anti-Israel

00:18:51.340 demonstration,

00:18:52.440 put up

00:18:52.940 for the

00:18:54.180 one-year

00:18:54.660 anniversary

00:18:55.180 of what

00:18:55.580 they're calling

00:18:56.220 a year of

00:18:57.080 genocide.

00:18:58.000 But anybody

00:18:58.400 who can follow

00:18:59.120 a timeline

00:18:59.720 knows that

00:19:00.500 this time

00:19:01.320 last year,

00:19:02.780 Israel wasn't 0.99

00:19:03.500 even on

00:19:04.180 the defensive

00:19:04.960 yet.

00:19:05.600 It was a

00:19:06.200 horrific

00:19:06.840 massacre

00:19:07.880 that took

00:19:08.840 place.

00:19:09.420 And look

00:19:09.780 at this

00:19:10.040 poster you

00:19:10.660 see here

00:19:11.240 representing,

00:19:12.820 in my opinion,

00:19:13.600 that massacre.

00:19:14.300 You see

00:19:14.600 hang glider

00:19:15.560 terrorists 0.94

00:19:16.380 on here

00:19:17.220 for a

00:19:17.860 so-called

00:19:18.360 teach-in

00:19:19.200 on October

00:19:20.440 7th.

00:19:21.420 How horrific

00:19:22.320 is that?

00:19:22.940 That is being

00:19:23.660 hosted by a

00:19:24.900 group called

00:19:25.460 Samadone,

00:19:26.180 a group

00:19:26.660 that,

00:19:27.600 by the way,

00:19:28.300 is listed

00:19:28.840 as a terrorist

00:19:29.600 organization

00:19:30.320 in other

00:19:30.860 countries,

00:19:31.320 but not

00:19:31.640 Canada.

00:19:32.500 In Canada,

00:19:33.160 they are free

00:19:33.820 to do

00:19:34.380 demonstrations,

00:19:35.760 protests,

00:19:36.120 and teach

00:19:37.100 people on

00:19:38.640 the anniversary

00:19:39.500 of all things

00:19:40.820 of the Hamas

00:19:41.720 attack.

00:19:42.400 And actually,

00:19:43.060 let's look

00:19:43.620 at a key

00:19:44.220 player there.

00:19:45.120 Her name

00:19:45.440 is Charlotte

00:19:46.480 Keat.

00:19:47.220 Now,

00:19:47.480 she's one

00:19:47.860 of the

00:19:48.100 main protest

00:19:49.100 organizers

00:19:49.780 for that

00:19:50.460 group,

00:19:51.220 and she's

00:19:51.840 done many

00:19:52.500 demonstrations.

00:19:53.220 This is

00:19:53.540 actually her

00:19:54.500 here talking

00:19:55.740 about the

00:19:56.300 anniversary

00:19:56.800 from Madrid.

00:19:58.080 So we see

00:19:58.720 the fascist

00:20:00.300 newspaper saying

00:20:01.160 we are here

00:20:01.700 to celebrate

00:20:02.360 the 7th of

00:20:02.960 October.

00:20:03.440 Well,

00:20:03.600 yes,

00:20:04.060 we are here

00:20:04.700 to celebrate

00:20:05.240 the 7th of

00:20:05.840 October.

00:20:10.620 Absolutely

00:20:11.140 horrific.

00:20:12.140 Now,

00:20:12.500 I'm here today.

00:20:13.440 What's standing

00:20:13.940 out to me

00:20:14.500 is the amount

00:20:15.380 of security

00:20:16.180 that are here.

00:20:17.460 We've been

00:20:18.080 asked as media

00:20:18.940 to respectfully

00:20:19.900 give people

00:20:20.480 their space.

00:20:21.640 So I'm not

00:20:22.140 really showing

00:20:22.940 the lineup,

00:20:23.540 but there's

00:20:23.820 been lineups

00:20:24.500 of people

00:20:24.800 they have

00:20:25.120 to go

00:20:25.320 through metal

00:20:25.820 detectors

00:20:26.280 on both

00:20:26.820 sides.

00:20:27.580 There are

00:20:27.820 heavily armed

00:20:28.540 police.

00:20:29.540 There are

00:20:29.880 lots of

00:20:30.480 security,

00:20:31.460 and there

00:20:31.760 is right

00:20:32.400 behind me

00:20:32.880 a Vancouver

00:20:33.360 Police Department

00:20:34.220 public safety

00:20:35.120 trailer that

00:20:35.860 has this

00:20:36.440 crazy camera

00:20:37.660 set up to

00:20:38.240 make sure

00:20:38.740 anything that

00:20:39.800 could go wrong

00:20:40.540 is captured.

00:20:41.640 We are

00:20:42.220 the Black

00:20:42.720 Panthers.

00:20:43.460 We are

00:20:43.780 the Double

00:20:44.220 Tigers.

00:20:45.060 We are

00:20:45.560 El Ansar.

00:20:46.840 We are

00:20:47.300 the Zapatistas.

00:20:48.500 We are

00:20:48.860 the SLM.

00:20:49.980 And yes,

00:20:51.500 we are

00:20:52.380 Hezbollah

00:20:53.120 and we

00:20:53.900 are Hamas.

00:20:58.760 Our resistance

00:20:59.680 will return. 0.96

00:21:01.460 Israel burn, 1.00

00:21:03.040 burn. 1.00

00:21:03.620 Israel burn, 1.00

00:21:05.100 burn. 1.00

00:21:05.700 Palestinians 1.00

00:21:06.500 will return.

00:21:07.820 Palestinians

00:21:08.360 will return. 0.87

00:21:09.640 Israel is 1.00

00:21:10.740 a terrorist 1.00

00:21:11.300 state. 1.00

00:21:11.960 Israel is 1.00

00:21:12.800 a terrorist 1.00

00:21:13.360 state.

00:21:13.940 By the

00:21:14.360 way,

00:21:14.620 this synagogue

00:21:15.100 is no

00:21:15.640 stranger to

00:21:16.820 acts of

00:21:17.580 hate against

00:21:18.280 it since

00:21:19.040 the Hamas

00:21:19.640 terrorist

00:21:20.000 attack.

00:21:20.520 You can

00:21:20.720 see here

00:21:21.220 they had

00:21:21.620 sort of

00:21:22.060 a fire

00:21:22.900 bomb or

00:21:23.760 whatever

00:21:24.060 thrown at

00:21:24.640 them.

00:21:24.980 So I've

00:21:25.720 spoke to

00:21:26.120 some people

00:21:26.560 today,

00:21:27.100 including

00:21:27.520 some of

00:21:28.140 a representative

00:21:29.060 from the

00:21:29.480 organizers.

00:21:30.600 This vigil

00:21:31.160 is being

00:21:31.680 organized by

00:21:32.660 the Vancouver

00:21:34.100 Jewish

00:21:34.840 Federation.

00:21:35.700 It's the

00:21:36.180 Jewish

00:21:36.700 Federation,

00:21:37.320 but the

00:21:37.640 Vancouver

00:21:38.320 sector of

00:21:39.240 it.

00:21:39.640 And also

00:21:40.120 by the

00:21:40.720 Rabbinical

00:21:41.440 Association.

00:21:42.960 So I

00:21:43.160 speak to

00:21:43.720 one of

00:21:44.400 those leaders

00:21:44.980 and a few

00:21:45.720 other people

00:21:46.280 here while

00:21:46.900 they're here,

00:21:47.400 but some

00:21:47.900 of the

00:21:48.100 people who

00:21:48.940 weren't

00:21:49.280 comfortable

00:21:49.640 going on

00:21:50.340 camera told

00:21:50.940 me they're

00:21:51.300 frightened.

00:21:52.160 They're here,

00:21:52.740 they're standing

00:21:53.200 strong, but

00:21:53.740 they are

00:21:54.080 concerned that

00:21:54.740 at any

00:21:55.140 moment someone

00:21:56.160 could drive

00:21:56.880 and do

00:21:57.300 God knows

00:21:57.780 what to

00:21:58.180 them.

00:21:58.400 So there

00:21:58.660 is that

00:21:59.120 aspect of

00:21:59.740 fear.

00:22:00.440 I also

00:22:00.800 saw some

00:22:01.360 politicians

00:22:01.980 have entered.

00:22:02.840 I saw a

00:22:03.280 group of

00:22:04.080 conservative

00:22:04.700 MLA

00:22:05.400 candidates.

00:22:06.000 I saw

00:22:07.560 the

00:22:08.140 MLA,

00:22:09.020 well,

00:22:09.280 the election's

00:22:09.840 been called,

00:22:10.420 so the

00:22:10.760 former MLA

00:22:11.960 who is not

00:22:13.100 rerunning,

00:22:13.760 he's with the

00:22:14.180 BC United,

00:22:14.920 Michael Klock

00:22:15.620 is here.

00:22:16.220 I saw the

00:22:17.020 Vancouver mayor,

00:22:18.420 Ken Simm,

00:22:19.120 is here.

00:22:19.680 I hear that the

00:22:21.060 Conservative Party

00:22:21.980 leader,

00:22:22.560 John Rustad,

00:22:23.280 is also inside,

00:22:24.880 and I'm not sure

00:22:25.940 if David Evie is

00:22:26.920 here or not,

00:22:27.780 but the election

00:22:28.740 is one of the

00:22:29.380 things I want to

00:22:30.380 ask people here

00:22:31.060 today.

00:22:31.680 What are their

00:22:32.280 thoughts?

00:22:33.280 Both leaders,

00:22:34.640 John Rustad and

00:22:36.120 David Evie,

00:22:37.140 said a statement,

00:22:38.040 of course,

00:22:38.360 on the

00:22:38.620 anniversary,

00:22:39.700 but Mr. Rustad

00:22:40.900 took it a little

00:22:41.520 further.

00:22:42.100 He said if he

00:22:43.080 forms government,

00:22:44.200 he will basically

00:22:45.140 be calling for

00:22:46.320 more action to be

00:22:47.320 taken against

00:22:48.320 people who are

00:22:48.940 doing calls of

00:22:50.280 genocide for the 0.98

00:22:51.620 Jews, you know, 0.99

00:22:52.340 from the river to

00:22:53.340 the sea or

00:22:53.960 intifada,

00:22:55.140 especially if

00:22:56.180 they're not even

00:22:57.060 Canadians.

00:22:57.940 He thinks that

00:22:58.560 legal action should

00:22:59.440 be taken there,

00:23:00.200 so he took it a

00:23:00.720 little further.

00:23:01.480 Are they noticing?

00:23:02.320 I don't know.

00:23:03.220 Here's what they

00:23:03.860 had to say.

00:23:04.800 Again, I'm not

00:23:05.400 going in, but we

00:23:06.400 have been given

00:23:07.040 permission to show

00:23:07.920 you little clips

00:23:08.760 throughout the rest

00:23:09.780 of this report

00:23:10.420 about what took

00:23:11.160 place from their

00:23:12.040 live stream.

00:23:13.320 Hi, John Rustad

00:23:14.500 here.

00:23:14.880 I'm out in front

00:23:15.780 of the art gallery

00:23:16.660 where last night

00:23:17.860 a mob came and

00:23:19.780 burnt a Canadian 1.00

00:23:20.600 flag, threatened

00:23:21.720 Canadians, threatened

00:23:23.160 the United States,

00:23:24.180 threatened Jewish 1.00

00:23:25.160 people.

00:23:26.080 I find this sort

00:23:26.920 of violence

00:23:27.320 completely unacceptable.

00:23:29.300 This sort of

00:23:29.800 hate should have

00:23:30.480 no place in

00:23:31.320 British Columbia

00:23:31.800 and we've had

00:23:32.260 a premier who

00:23:33.060 is silent on

00:23:33.900 this.

00:23:34.380 He refuses to

00:23:35.240 crack down on 0.95

00:23:36.040 this in

00:23:36.460 British Columbia.

00:23:37.480 This is

00:23:37.900 unacceptable to us.

00:23:38.800 A conservative

00:23:39.320 government will

00:23:39.840 make sure we

00:23:40.440 crack down on 0.95

00:23:41.480 this type of

00:23:42.020 hate.

00:23:42.520 There is no

00:23:42.960 place for that

00:23:43.640 in British

00:23:44.160 Columbia.

00:23:45.640 All right.

00:23:46.420 Beside me is

00:23:47.180 Ezra Shankin.

00:23:48.180 He is the CEO

00:23:49.100 of the Jewish

00:23:49.920 Federation for

00:23:50.820 the Vancouver

00:23:51.580 Branch.

00:23:52.480 Why was it

00:23:52.960 important to go

00:23:53.880 ahead and prepare

00:23:54.900 all of this for

00:23:55.640 today, aside

00:23:56.520 from obvious

00:23:57.080 reasons?

00:23:57.500 You know, I

00:23:58.200 think that we're

00:23:58.620 dealing with a

00:23:59.160 community that's

00:24:00.000 under enormous

00:24:00.840 trauma.

00:24:01.660 This is a

00:24:02.460 continuing thing

00:24:03.580 for our Jewish

00:24:04.940 community.

00:24:05.560 It's not, we're

00:24:06.060 not in post-trauma,

00:24:07.220 we're in active

00:24:08.320 trauma.

00:24:09.420 And so when we're

00:24:10.520 in these situations,

00:24:11.680 we want to be

00:24:12.420 able to come

00:24:12.900 together, want to

00:24:14.180 be able to support

00:24:14.940 each other, show

00:24:15.680 each other love, and

00:24:16.760 that's what we're

00:24:17.900 doing.

00:24:18.620 Now there is the

00:24:20.040 atrocities that

00:24:21.320 occurred on October

00:24:22.280 7th, but in many

00:24:23.620 ways we were

00:24:24.240 affected in Canada

00:24:25.240 directly, we lost

00:24:26.520 eight Canadians to

00:24:28.280 the terror attack.

00:24:29.580 There are still

00:24:30.040 some hostages that

00:24:31.200 haven't been

00:24:31.700 returned, but

00:24:32.700 there's also this

00:24:33.840 fight right on

00:24:34.680 Canadian soil, a

00:24:36.480 belief that it is

00:24:37.860 wrong to continue

00:24:39.000 on with this war.

00:24:40.960 What are your

00:24:41.440 thoughts on that?

00:24:42.160 What would you want

00:24:42.700 to say to people

00:24:43.500 about that?

00:24:44.880 You know, look, I

00:24:45.740 think that we

00:24:48.040 mourn every

00:24:48.980 innocent life that's

00:24:50.820 lost.

00:24:51.440 And, you know, I

00:24:52.420 actually, I have a

00:24:54.840 point of pride that

00:24:55.860 I represent a

00:24:56.880 community that I

00:24:58.740 cannot tell you

00:24:59.760 anybody in our

00:25:01.940 community that has

00:25:02.960 celebrated the loss

00:25:04.060 of innocent lives,

00:25:05.600 collateral damage,

00:25:06.680 in a very

00:25:07.600 challenging war for

00:25:09.100 the state of

00:25:09.640 Israel.

00:25:10.360 You know, I can't

00:25:11.180 speak to when this

00:25:11.940 ends.

00:25:12.380 I don't have

00:25:12.800 control over that,

00:25:13.460 but I'll tell you

00:25:13.980 who does.

00:25:14.860 Hamas has control 0.95

00:25:15.840 over it.

00:25:16.720 They could end the

00:25:17.500 war right this very

00:25:18.380 second by letting

00:25:19.640 the Palestinian people

00:25:20.720 go free and letting

00:25:22.620 our hostages go

00:25:23.560 free.

00:25:23.880 It is time for

00:25:25.140 them to be done in

00:25:26.260 Gaza, and

00:25:27.240 unfortunately, it

00:25:28.600 took this entire

00:25:29.420 time and all these

00:25:30.220 lost lives to prove

00:25:31.260 that to them.

00:25:32.420 And I feel, I just

00:25:34.900 feel heartbroken that

00:25:36.260 we're a year later,

00:25:37.680 and Sinwar is just 0.57

00:25:39.680 continuing to hold

00:25:41.660 on.

00:25:42.940 And, you know, he

00:25:44.200 won't let these

00:25:44.780 innocent people leave,

00:25:46.140 and he won't give up.

00:25:48.140 And, you know, but I

00:25:50.280 have to give high

00:25:52.180 praise to the

00:25:53.820 Israeli military for

00:25:55.680 doing the best that

00:25:56.500 they can in a really

00:25:57.560 terrible situation.

00:25:59.480 And at the same

00:26:00.700 time, I continue to

00:26:02.400 hope for a better

00:26:03.540 future for

00:26:04.180 Palestinians, one free 1.00

00:26:05.960 from Hamas and

00:26:06.900 Hezbollah and all of 1.00

00:26:08.000 these death cults that

00:26:09.640 have continued to

00:26:11.120 plague them for

00:26:12.020 generations.

00:26:13.300 Now, is there

00:26:14.240 anything you feel

00:26:15.500 about this conflict

00:26:16.640 that is maybe

00:26:17.560 misreported or

00:26:19.560 underreported by the

00:26:20.900 media?

00:26:21.720 Is there anything the

00:26:22.380 media is getting

00:26:22.940 wrong?

00:26:23.800 You know, I'm always

00:26:24.440 saying, like, there's

00:26:25.160 the individual stories

00:26:26.280 of those who have

00:26:27.100 been impacted that I

00:26:28.060 always would love to

00:26:29.240 see more of.

00:26:29.900 These are, you know,

00:26:31.180 within our community,

00:26:32.120 these are real human

00:26:33.140 lives that have been

00:26:34.360 changed.

00:26:35.500 I also think that

00:26:36.960 we have people being

00:26:38.580 touched by this every

00:26:39.700 single day, and

00:26:41.080 finding ways to

00:26:42.480 create a deeper

00:26:43.520 connection to them

00:26:44.620 and how it is that

00:26:46.360 they're going through

00:26:47.480 this.

00:26:48.620 I think that that's

00:26:50.480 something that I

00:26:50.980 always hope that

00:26:51.700 we're doing the best,

00:26:53.600 I do the best that I

00:26:54.640 can, to try to tell

00:26:56.080 those stories in a way

00:26:57.620 that's meaningful for

00:26:59.180 those who are viewing,

00:27:00.540 those who are engaging

00:27:01.420 online or on

00:27:03.320 television or on

00:27:04.780 radio, whatever we

00:27:05.680 can do.

00:27:06.740 British Columbians

00:27:07.500 are heading to the

00:27:08.400 polls in less than

00:27:09.480 two weeks, and of

00:27:10.740 course, this has been a

00:27:12.220 topic.

00:27:12.700 Both, we have the

00:27:13.700 incumbent premier who

00:27:14.900 came out, David

00:27:15.760 Evie, and said

00:27:16.820 something about today

00:27:17.760 as well.

00:27:18.360 We had John Rustad,

00:27:19.820 the contender from the

00:27:20.860 Conservative, come out

00:27:21.860 and say that he would

00:27:23.160 even sort of push for

00:27:24.740 there to be a

00:27:25.580 crackdown on anybody

00:27:27.040 who is celebrating

00:27:28.300 October 7th and

00:27:29.740 doesn't live here.

00:27:31.280 What's your thoughts

00:27:32.540 on how this has been

00:27:34.460 covered by the

00:27:35.460 political government?

00:27:37.120 Is there a preference

00:27:38.680 difference between the

00:27:39.460 two parties?

00:27:40.480 Yeah, you know, one,

00:27:41.560 we're completely

00:27:42.320 nonpartisan.

00:27:43.120 I would say that it

00:27:45.460 is deeply important

00:27:46.840 that there is

00:27:48.620 leadership on this

00:27:49.780 subject.

00:27:51.260 What we have learned

00:27:52.660 over the last 12

00:27:54.960 months is that if we

00:27:56.580 don't set clear lines,

00:27:59.320 then people walk all

00:28:00.380 over us.

00:28:01.440 And I know that for so

00:28:03.060 many Canadians, you know,

00:28:04.900 when we look at the

00:28:05.620 polling, there is a

00:28:06.460 deep amount of concern

00:28:07.700 around the incredible

00:28:10.300 increase in

00:28:12.360 anti-Semitism and in

00:28:13.620 the workplace, no

00:28:14.620 less.

00:28:15.540 You know, and we're

00:28:16.240 seeing that over two

00:28:17.380 thirds of British

00:28:18.040 Columbians, you know, 1.00

00:28:19.560 polled are saying this

00:28:20.780 is a real serious

00:28:21.700 thing that needs to

00:28:23.600 stop.

00:28:24.340 I think that

00:28:25.460 unfortunately we're

00:28:27.780 living in a time

00:28:28.680 where, you know, we

00:28:30.600 really, really need

00:28:31.820 clear, defined lines

00:28:34.240 of behavior right now

00:28:35.900 at the same time as

00:28:37.480 we're meeting here

00:28:38.260 embracing each other

00:28:39.460 in love.

00:28:40.120 We have a group of

00:28:40.940 people down at the

00:28:41.700 art gallery that are

00:28:42.900 getting together to

00:28:44.460 celebrate the rape and 0.99

00:28:47.040 burning and killing of 0.99

00:28:48.420 innocent people.

00:28:49.120 I've never seen that in

00:28:50.280 our community.

00:28:51.160 I can't imagine being

00:28:53.340 that.

00:28:53.920 And these are our

00:28:54.940 fellow Canadians.

00:28:56.320 This is what we want

00:28:57.220 our Canadian society to

00:28:58.420 be.

00:28:58.940 Our political

00:28:59.720 leadership have to

00:29:00.600 continue to be really

00:29:01.440 clear, but they also

00:29:02.380 have to give our law

00:29:03.180 enforcement tools.

00:29:04.600 They have to work on

00:29:05.620 plans and we need to be

00:29:06.880 cracking down on people

00:29:07.960 who step out of line.

00:29:10.100 And last question, what

00:29:11.120 can you tell us about the

00:29:12.440 spirit of the community

00:29:13.560 on this day?

00:29:14.980 I mean, the vigil that's

00:29:16.280 planned hasn't happened

00:29:17.160 yet, but what are the

00:29:18.360 words?

00:29:18.700 There's lots of security

00:29:19.660 here.

00:29:20.120 Is there fear or are they

00:29:21.760 holding together strong?

00:29:23.560 I think we're stronger

00:29:24.300 than we've ever been.

00:29:25.720 I think we're stronger

00:29:26.480 than we've ever been.

00:29:27.380 I've seen today, I have

00:29:29.340 seen friends of Ben

00:29:31.420 Mizrahi stand up and tell

00:29:33.880 their lived experience

00:29:35.040 that I've lost my best

00:29:36.240 friend on October 7th.

00:29:37.480 I've saw them with

00:29:38.100 strength.

00:29:38.680 I've seen students at the

00:29:40.300 University of British

00:29:41.240 Columbia who have faced

00:29:42.180 off against some of the

00:29:43.380 most virulent anti-Jewish,

00:29:45.460 anti-Semitic activities

00:29:46.720 on that campus, standing up

00:29:48.900 and speaking their truth.

00:29:51.660 I've seen young kids

00:29:53.420 getting together and

00:29:54.420 singing together and a

00:29:56.060 fountain inaugurated.

00:29:57.280 that's being called the

00:29:58.860 Mayim Hatikvah fountain,

00:30:00.740 the waters of hope

00:30:02.420 fountain.

00:30:03.920 You know, I think that we

00:30:06.300 are stronger than we've

00:30:07.280 ever been.

00:30:07.820 And I say this all the

00:30:09.080 time, people.

00:30:10.440 If their object is to

00:30:11.960 make us weak, they are

00:30:14.380 failing.

00:30:15.200 If their object is to

00:30:16.660 make us globally weak,

00:30:17.720 they are failing.

00:30:19.120 We are stronger than we've

00:30:20.480 ever been and we are

00:30:22.080 prouder than we've ever

00:30:23.020 been for who we are and

00:30:25.060 the good things that we

00:30:26.140 bring to this world.

00:30:27.780 Well, there you have

00:30:28.660 that.

00:30:28.900 That was Ezra Shankin

00:30:30.140 with the Jewish

00:30:31.360 Federation, the Vancouver

00:30:32.920 branch in particular,

00:30:34.400 sharing his words today.

00:30:35.580 There is going to be a

00:30:36.600 live stream for the

00:30:37.920 vigil.

00:30:38.720 They've asked out of

00:30:39.440 respect for the people

00:30:40.460 who are grieving that

00:30:41.580 media, no media, go

00:30:43.280 inside today.

00:30:44.180 And of course, we're going

00:30:44.880 to respect that.

00:30:45.560 They want the people to

00:30:46.520 be able to grieve without

00:30:47.840 it being twisted in any

00:30:49.600 way, which of course we

00:30:50.480 wouldn't have done.

00:30:51.600 Now, I just saw Daphna

00:30:53.440 walking by here.

00:30:54.580 You're one of the

00:30:55.160 organizers of the

00:30:56.080 Bring Them Home

00:30:57.060 rallies that take place

00:30:58.320 in Vancouver because

00:30:59.860 there are still over

00:31:01.540 a hundred hostages.

00:31:03.180 A hundred and one

00:31:03.760 hostages.

00:31:05.020 We've been rallying the

00:31:06.200 streets of Vancouver

00:31:06.920 for the past 52 weeks,

00:31:08.800 every Sunday, 2 p.m.

00:31:10.040 It's kind of a ritual

00:31:12.240 already.

00:31:13.840 So until they're all

00:31:14.920 back, we're still there

00:31:16.040 at the Vancouver Art

00:31:17.260 Gallery.

00:31:18.440 And so how does it feel

00:31:20.040 then?

00:31:20.720 I know I've been and I've

00:31:22.140 covered some of those

00:31:22.920 rallies, it's focused on

00:31:24.760 that, bringing them

00:31:25.760 home.

00:31:26.360 But there are other

00:31:27.240 rallies where you hear

00:31:28.340 people chanting, almost

00:31:30.020 celebrating October 7th

00:31:31.780 and the war in some

00:31:33.180 aspects.

00:31:34.100 What do you make of that?

00:31:35.280 It's just devastating.

00:31:36.480 I think a lot of people

00:31:37.120 don't really know the

00:31:37.920 details.

00:31:39.300 It's not just a Jewish 0.91

00:31:41.000 Israeli issue.

00:31:41.940 It's really a humanitarian

00:31:42.760 issue because people were

00:31:44.640 abused.

00:31:45.220 People were hurt. 0.70

00:31:46.140 People were raped.

00:31:47.520 Kids were, I can't even

00:31:50.140 describe in words.

00:31:51.000 I think now more and

00:31:52.000 more showing up where

00:31:53.140 we're seeing more and

00:31:53.940 more videos from then

00:31:54.960 that they weren't, they

00:31:57.200 didn't want to expose, but

00:31:59.060 horrific things.

00:32:00.460 I mean, every human being

00:32:01.500 with a bit of a compassion

00:32:02.740 and soul realizes that

00:32:04.340 horrific things happened

00:32:05.560 and I cannot see a reason

00:32:07.760 for a human being to

00:32:09.640 support any kind of

00:32:10.740 cruelty.

00:32:11.360 It was cruel.

00:32:12.780 And not even on the

00:32:14.740 anniversary is their

00:32:15.740 separation.

00:32:16.700 Right at the Vancouver

00:32:17.600 Art Gallery, there's still

00:32:18.820 an anti-Israel demonstration

00:32:20.880 planned.

00:32:22.120 Where did you want to

00:32:23.340 add?

00:32:23.420 I'm saying, don't get me

00:32:24.380 wrong.

00:32:24.780 I understand that it's not

00:32:26.460 only us on our side

00:32:28.000 suffering.

00:32:28.600 The other side is

00:32:29.200 suffering, but the

00:32:30.560 humanitarian is on both

00:32:32.400 sides.

00:32:32.800 They have to see both

00:32:33.580 sides.

00:32:33.920 And actually, the point is

00:32:35.860 to reach a hand, to reach

00:32:37.640 for peace and not just

00:32:38.580 think who's going to win

00:32:40.300 because there's no win in

00:32:42.240 wars.

00:32:43.280 No one wins when we're in

00:32:44.680 war.

00:32:44.980 Now, speaking of sides,

00:32:47.900 we're heading into an

00:32:48.920 election here in less than

00:32:50.320 two weeks.

00:32:51.240 You have the incumbent

00:32:52.880 NDP party and the

00:32:54.580 contenders, the

00:32:55.420 Conservative Party of BC.

00:32:57.600 What's it like in the

00:32:58.720 community?

00:32:59.320 Is there any favoritism on

00:33:01.240 how this issue is being

00:33:02.600 handled by either of them?

00:33:04.060 I'm not so much involved

00:33:05.560 within the community.

00:33:06.540 I guess everyone is to

00:33:07.500 his own.

00:33:07.960 And even if they did choose

00:33:09.120 on something, it may be

00:33:10.020 not something that they

00:33:10.800 would share.

00:33:11.360 I think time would

00:33:14.960 speak.

00:33:16.260 I mean, we'll see how

00:33:17.360 things happen.

00:33:18.240 What about yourself?

00:33:19.180 Any personal opinions?

00:33:21.540 Just as long as we're

00:33:22.800 talking of humanity

00:33:23.960 and we're talking about

00:33:26.120 caring and we're talking

00:33:27.140 about fighting

00:33:28.220 anti-Semitism and

00:33:29.500 education and

00:33:31.000 everywhere.

00:33:32.340 And then I'll go for

00:33:33.680 that candidate.

00:33:35.360 Now, I want to ask

00:33:36.760 about perhaps what you

00:33:38.680 feel are some of the

00:33:39.860 misconceptions about this

00:33:41.400 conflict, whether you see

00:33:42.520 it in media or social

00:33:43.840 media, anything that

00:33:46.160 people are not

00:33:47.040 understanding or getting

00:33:48.040 wrong about the issue.

00:33:49.860 I think they're

00:33:50.580 connecting a lot of

00:33:51.840 issues together like

00:33:52.940 anti-Semitism and

00:33:54.540 fighting in Gaza.

00:33:56.320 And they're not looking

00:33:57.680 at the central fact is

00:33:58.900 that there was a terror

00:33:59.680 attack on the 7th of

00:34:01.400 October.

00:34:01.900 That's where it started.

00:34:03.100 And once they realize

00:34:04.240 what it started, just

00:34:05.780 think if it happened in

00:34:07.360 Canada, let's say on the

00:34:08.520 border between, let's say

00:34:10.520 USA, Mexico, through the

00:34:13.220 Mexican border, would

00:34:15.920 they expect, let's say we

00:34:17.520 were American, not to go

00:34:18.620 through, not to, not to

00:34:20.900 try and free those

00:34:21.980 hostages or just sit

00:34:23.320 around and not do

00:34:24.020 anything?

00:34:25.560 The thing is, when it's

00:34:27.460 ongoing, no one, everyone

00:34:29.040 wants to be right and you

00:34:30.720 forget where it started.

00:34:31.800 It started on the 7th of

00:34:33.020 October, there were a lot

00:34:35.100 from that attack, but I

00:34:38.580 know there's been issues

00:34:39.520 all along.

00:34:40.500 So the only way to solve

00:34:43.080 this is through the

00:34:44.080 diplomacy, in my opinion,

00:34:45.740 and not through fighting.

00:34:47.260 Now, I asked you this

00:34:48.340 question off camera, but

00:34:49.480 I'm sure the viewers want

00:34:50.500 to know, how are you doing

00:34:52.460 on this one year

00:34:53.300 anniversary?

00:34:53.900 What is the mood?

00:34:54.640 What is the spirit of the

00:34:55.600 people?

00:34:57.240 It's not great at all.

00:34:59.020 There's a big, big cry.

00:35:02.200 I mean, it's so painful.

00:35:04.380 There's so many orphans.

00:35:05.640 There's so many on both

00:35:06.840 sides.

00:35:07.400 It's so many.

00:35:08.400 It's such a great, huge

00:35:10.240 devastation.

00:35:11.660 You cannot overcome that.

00:35:13.240 You see it both sides.

00:35:15.240 I mean, nobody wants

00:35:16.640 orphanage.

00:35:18.980 I cannot describe it in

00:35:20.460 words.

00:35:20.720 It's just very, very, very

00:35:21.840 painful.

00:35:22.880 Very painful.

00:35:24.120 All right.

00:35:24.660 Well, I hope you get, I

00:35:28.320 don't even know what the

00:35:29.060 word is, to grieve well

00:35:30.820 tonight and come out

00:35:32.480 stronger together as a

00:35:33.620 community.

00:35:34.100 Thanks, Daphna.

00:35:34.800 Thank you so much.

00:35:35.600 Thank you.

00:35:35.800 All right.

00:35:36.140 This is Ofra Sixto.

00:35:37.520 Now, we've interviewed

00:35:38.180 you before.

00:35:39.260 You've sold your restaurant

00:35:40.520 now, but many attacks.

00:35:42.040 If you look up her name

00:35:43.000 in Rebel News, you'll see

00:35:43.900 the acts of hate or

00:35:46.240 attacks of hate you were

00:35:47.180 getting.

00:35:47.720 But let's talk about this

00:35:48.920 anniversary.

00:35:50.440 How does it feel?

00:35:51.740 What's the mood now that

00:35:53.260 you're going in there and

00:35:54.420 just remembering what's

00:35:56.000 happened in a year?

00:35:57.560 Drea, let me tell you

00:35:58.740 this.

00:35:59.100 I was just talking with

00:36:00.380 my friends and I said,

00:36:02.220 we can never comprehend

00:36:05.240 what these people are

00:36:07.780 going through, the

00:36:09.300 hostages and the

00:36:11.360 families.

00:36:12.260 Unless we have a

00:36:13.820 hostage, unless we are a

00:36:16.520 hostage, unless we lost

00:36:18.180 somebody, we could never

00:36:20.420 understand and know and

00:36:22.420 feel what these people are

00:36:23.840 feeling.

00:36:24.500 And it breaks my heart.

00:36:28.220 The whole day, I had to

00:36:29.240 work today, but I was in

00:36:31.000 such a somber mood.

00:36:32.980 I couldn't smile.

00:36:34.260 I couldn't end my job,

00:36:35.240 need me to smile.

00:36:36.800 And I couldn't do it.

00:36:38.360 My heart is breaking for

00:36:39.920 these people.

00:36:40.940 And it has been like that

00:36:42.600 from day one.

00:36:43.520 And this is why I fight so

00:36:45.340 hard for Israel.

00:36:46.580 And there was some silver

00:36:50.600 lining that happened to me

00:36:53.580 personally.

00:36:54.140 If you remember, the people

00:36:56.240 who came and took the

00:36:58.140 flag down, they are going

00:37:00.660 to court, Drea.

00:37:02.060 They're charging them with

00:37:03.540 hate crime and theft.

00:37:06.560 Well, the whole day is

00:37:07.820 December 17th.

00:37:09.860 Okay, well, I'll be there

00:37:11.260 for sure to see how that's

00:37:12.680 going.

00:37:13.620 Let's talk about how things

00:37:15.160 are being handled.

00:37:15.860 So that's a silver lining.

00:37:17.320 We have the election coming

00:37:18.780 up.

00:37:19.120 We have two sides.

00:37:20.860 Can you give us any insight

00:37:22.380 on what the Jewish community

00:37:24.240 is thinking there?

00:37:25.080 Are they picking sides or is

00:37:26.380 it up in the air?

00:37:27.820 So I think the majority is

00:37:29.320 going with conservative.

00:37:30.700 I think we've had it with

00:37:32.560 the liberals and their empty

00:37:34.940 promises and their two-faced

00:37:37.540 notions of feeling about

00:37:40.300 Israel.

00:37:41.000 One day they say we support

00:37:42.800 Israel on the other.

00:37:44.020 And another day they would

00:37:45.840 say stop the war.

00:37:47.720 You cannot take two sides.

00:37:51.080 You're either here or there.

00:37:52.540 Well, let's talk about that.

00:37:53.740 There are many people who

00:37:54.820 believe, okay, enough is

00:37:56.220 enough.

00:37:56.520 It's been a year.

00:37:57.460 The war should be stopped. 0.94

00:37:58.920 And they often point to

00:38:00.400 Israel when they say that.

00:38:01.920 What do you make of that?

00:38:03.640 So let me tell you something

00:38:04.920 that I have heard.

00:38:06.800 When they fight, it's a war.

00:38:09.280 When we fight back, it's a war

00:38:12.240 crime.

00:38:13.220 Can you explain this to me?

00:38:16.700 Neither can I.

00:38:18.340 We have to fight.

00:38:20.760 And in the Middle East, there is 0.95

00:38:22.340 only one way to win the game.

00:38:25.480 And it's not a game.

00:38:26.360 It's a war.

00:38:26.940 There's only one way to win that

00:38:28.560 war.

00:38:29.060 And it is to fight with their own

00:38:31.700 weapon.

00:38:32.080 Now, even as we stand here,

00:38:36.400 there's a demonstration that was

00:38:38.180 set up not too far away at the

00:38:39.840 Vancouver Art Gallery on the

00:38:41.920 anniversary.

00:38:42.600 They're calling it one year of

00:38:43.900 genocide.

00:38:44.980 I mean, Israel was still on the 0.98

00:38:46.400 offense at this time.

00:38:48.140 What do you make of the people

00:38:49.440 who in some ways seem to be

00:38:51.320 celebrating October 7th or doing

00:38:54.200 chants that are anti-Israel in

00:38:56.880 remembrance of this anniversary?

00:38:59.260 It's shameful.

00:39:00.120 They should forever be shameful

00:39:03.580 for how they treat this war, for

00:39:06.800 how quick they forgot that Israel

00:39:10.140 did not start this war, that we

00:39:12.120 lost babies, women, men, old

00:39:16.500 people, young people.

00:39:18.200 In one day, 1,200 people were

00:39:20.820 murdered, butchered, raped. 0.93

00:39:24.020 Babies were put in oven, Drea. 0.99

00:39:27.080 Can you even comprehend?

00:39:28.400 Can you even understand it?

00:39:33.860 So I say, I think it's the

00:39:36.300 civilized world who fights

00:39:38.260 barbarism.

00:39:39.580 And this is something that you

00:39:41.420 cannot fight because on one hand,

00:39:44.240 we have civilized people who think

00:39:46.380 we can make peace, we can live in

00:39:49.280 harmony, everything is good.

00:39:50.800 And the other side who say, let's 1.00

00:39:52.180 kill them, let's genocide them, 1.00

00:39:53.680 let's finish them from the river to 1.00

00:39:55.500 the sea, etc., etc., everything that

00:39:57.960 comes out of their mouth is about 1.00

00:39:59.960 killing Jews and the Western world. 0.99

00:40:02.220 And just now there was a protest in, on 0.98

00:40:05.520 Robson Street, and you know what they

00:40:07.180 were shouting?

00:40:08.800 There is only one solution, intifada

00:40:12.880 resolution.

00:40:14.100 Do you know what it means?

00:40:15.740 It means a lot of dead Jews. 1.00

00:40:17.380 It means a lot of dead Jews. 1.00

00:40:19.820 And we cannot accept it.

00:40:21.520 We've been here 5,000 years, and we

00:40:23.680 will be here 5,000 more and more.

00:40:26.720 Right?

00:40:27.360 Because I think good always wins.

00:40:30.820 You're not going to believe this, but

00:40:42.560 Rebel News was just hit with a new

00:40:44.240 hate speech complaint by one of

00:40:46.540 Canada's out-of-control human rights

00:40:48.260 tribunals.

00:40:49.280 Please watch this video till the end

00:40:51.060 and share it far and wide because I'll

00:40:53.100 show you how you can help us fight

00:40:54.540 back.

00:40:54.920 So what you're doing is you are

00:40:57.560 putting Rebel News on trial because

00:41:00.620 Jonathan Yaniv says our editorials

00:41:03.440 violate the law. 1.00

00:41:06.300 Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, 1.00

00:41:08.300 fuck you. 1.00

00:41:09.080 Will you be pleading guilty? 1.00

00:41:10.660 What?

00:41:10.900 No, don't touch me.

00:41:12.120 Don't touch me.

00:41:12.960 Hey! 0.99

00:41:15.880 Stop! 1.00

00:41:17.440 Go away from me! 1.00

00:41:18.580 Go away! 1.00

00:41:19.320 My iPhone!

00:41:20.040 Go away now! 1.00

00:41:21.140 Go away! 1.00

00:41:22.320 Are you kidding me? 0.53

00:41:23.900 Go away! 1.00

00:41:24.700 Go away! 1.00

00:41:25.940 You just smashed your cane over my head. 0.98

00:41:28.060 Rebel Media.

00:41:29.320 Rebel Media.

00:41:30.280 Hey! 0.99

00:41:31.060 Hey! 0.99

00:41:31.500 Keep your hands off me! 1.00

00:41:32.820 Do you have any weapons on you? 0.57

00:41:33.940 Go away! 1.00

00:41:34.620 Go away! 1.00

00:41:35.120 Hey, don't touch me! 0.99

00:41:35.960 Don't touch me!

00:41:36.960 Yo! 1.00

00:41:37.460 Go away! 1.00

00:41:37.960 Don't be dropping me!

00:41:38.860 Get out! 0.98

00:41:39.220 Stay away from me! 1.00

00:41:40.020 Get out! 0.98

00:41:40.320 Go away! 1.00

00:41:40.820 Go! 0.95

00:41:41.320 Go! 0.95

00:41:41.820 Go! 0.95

00:41:42.320 Go! 0.95

00:41:42.720 Back off! 1.00

00:41:43.220 Go! 0.95

00:41:43.720 Go! 0.95

00:41:44.220 Go! 0.95

00:41:44.720 Do you have anything to say to Mr. Punk's family?

00:41:46.920 Go! 0.95

00:41:47.420 Back off! 1.00

00:41:48.020 Go! 0.95

00:41:48.520 Go! 0.95

00:41:49.020 Back off! 1.00

00:41:49.520 Do you know what fuck off means? 1.00

00:41:50.820 I'll get in control of your dog. 1.00

00:41:52.720 I'll get in control of your dog. 0.59

00:41:53.320 Don't threaten me.

00:41:54.520 But why are you allowing him to use the Human Rights Tribunal,

00:41:59.520 which is meant to protect people from being kicked out

00:42:02.760 of an apartment or protect people from being fired for racism?

00:42:07.660 Why are you letting him use that to silence journalists?

00:42:12.060 The bar to be having a complaint accepted and moving forward

00:42:16.560 to screen it in, it really needs to allege a violation

00:42:22.060 of the Human Rights Code.

00:42:23.560 This Human Rights Tribunal is targeting our news reports 0.63

00:42:30.360 about a transgender bully named Jonathan Yaniv,

00:42:34.360 calling our news reports hate speech, 0.87

00:42:36.860 and threatening us with huge fines and a publication ban.

00:42:41.460 I'll show you the full complaint.

00:42:43.360 I also phoned up the Human Rights Tribunal investigator

00:42:46.860 who sent me the complaint, and I recorded that conversation.

00:42:50.660 He told me some astonishing things.

00:42:53.360 I'll play some of that recording for you in a moment

00:42:55.260 because I want you to see just how bad it is.

00:42:59.160 You can see the full complaint against us

00:43:01.660 and listen to my full conversation with that investigator

00:43:05.260 at a special website I've set up called repealsection7.com.

00:43:09.660 That's because Section 7 is the part of the Human Rights Code

00:43:13.560 that gives them the power to censor journalists.

00:43:17.160 I hope you agree we've got to repeal Section 7.

00:43:21.160 This has happened to me before, by the way.

00:43:23.560 In a famous case almost 20 years ago,

00:43:26.260 I was prosecuted by another Human Rights Commission

00:43:29.160 for republishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammed

00:43:31.960 in a magazine I ran back then.

00:43:34.360 I was investigated and prosecuted for 900 days

00:43:38.060 by more than a dozen government bureaucrats and lawyers

00:43:41.260 just for showing our readers the cartoons

00:43:43.760 that were the center of the international news story.

00:43:47.160 Back then I brought a video camera into my interrogation

00:43:50.060 because I knew no one would believe me

00:43:52.560 if I told them the government was interrogating me

00:43:55.360 about our journalism.

00:43:56.460 Here, take a quick look at what it was like.

00:43:58.860 Now, I was in my 30s back then and much more handsome.

00:44:01.860 I'm here at this interrogation under protest.

00:44:04.660 It is my position that the government has no legal

00:44:07.160 or moral authority to interrogate me or anyone else

00:44:10.560 for publishing these words and pictures.

00:44:12.660 That is a violation of my ancient and inalienable freedoms,

00:44:16.060 freedom of speech, freedom of the press,

00:44:17.860 and in this case, religious freedom

00:44:19.760 and the separation of mosque and state.

00:44:22.360 It is especially perverted that a bureaucracy calling itself

00:44:25.460 the Alberta Human Rights Commission

00:44:27.960 would be the government agency violating my human rights.

00:44:31.160 So I will now call those bureaucrats the Commission, or the HRC,

00:44:35.560 since to call the Commission a Human Rights Commission

00:44:37.960 is to destroy the meaning of those words.

00:44:40.060 Well, I'm in my 50s now and it's happening to me all over again.

00:44:43.960 Back then it was for publishing cartoons.

00:44:46.460 Now it's for publishing news reports about Jonathan Yaniv,

00:44:50.460 Canada's worst transgender activist, 1.00

00:44:53.460 a predator, a convicted criminal who targets children. 1.00

00:44:58.260 Yaniv claims to be a woman and goes by the name Jessica Simpson now. 0.90

00:45:02.460 You probably have seen the guy before.

00:45:04.360 He's out of control and he wants to stop us

00:45:06.960 from reporting on what he's doing.

00:45:09.460 He first came to public attention when he would book appointments

00:45:13.160 with female estheticians to get a bikini wax. 1.00

00:45:15.860 He pretended to be a woman when he booked those appointments. 1.00

00:45:18.860 But then he'd show up and demand that those women wax his balls. 1.00

00:45:23.860 He still had his male genitalia. 0.99

00:45:25.860 And if any of those women refused, Yaniv took them to the BC Human Rights Tribunal.

00:45:32.260 The same agency coming for me now.

00:45:35.260 He targeted those women. 0.93

00:45:37.260 He extorted them. 1.00

00:45:38.460 He demanded they touch his junk or he'd sue them in front of the kangaroo court. 1.00

00:45:43.260 He's disgusting. 1.00

00:45:45.260 Actually, it's the Human Rights Tribunal that's worse. 0.98

00:45:47.660 They agreed to go after those women for him and to do so under a veil of secrecy.

00:45:52.660 They're awful.

00:45:54.660 Those are some of the things we reported about him doing.

00:45:57.660 We also showed that he was a total fraud.

00:45:59.660 For example, he pretended to be disabled so he could get free stuff, including free taxis around Vancouver. 0.70

00:46:05.660 That's one of the things he's trying to force us to stop reporting about him.

00:46:10.260 So that's the guy who's now taking me to the Human Rights Tribunal.

00:46:14.260 By the way, this sort of shakedown is going to happen a lot more in Canada

00:46:18.260 when Justin Trudeau passes the national censorship bill called Bill C-63.

00:46:24.060 It's before Parliament right now, by the way.

00:46:27.060 Right now, the censorship provision is only in a few provinces in Canada.

00:46:31.860 B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan.

00:46:33.860 But Trudeau wants to make it national, and his Bill C-63 will launch a flood of these complaints

00:46:39.860 because it pays up to $20,000 to any crank, any bully, any left-wing activist for making complaints like this.

00:46:48.860 It's going to target anyone who dares to criticize things like out-of-control immigration or transgender madness or really anything. 0.98

00:46:56.860 It's a giant cancel culture machine that rewards nuisance complaints.

00:47:02.660 So to be precise, I'm being prosecuted under Section 7 of the B.C. Human Rights Code, which says it's illegal to publish anything that's, quote,

00:47:10.660 likely to expose a person to hatred or contempt.

00:47:14.660 It's hard to believe that law is even on the books.

00:47:17.660 It's not even a thought crime.

00:47:19.660 It's a feelings crime.

00:47:20.660 If anything you say might cause someone to feel the emotion of hate or contempt, you lose the case.

00:47:27.660 Truth is not a defense, of course.

00:47:29.660 A lot of true things cause hard feelings.

00:47:31.660 That's life.

00:47:32.660 And just showing Jonathan Yaniv's vicious conduct is going to make a lot of people feel contempt for him.

00:47:39.660 Here he is just a few weeks ago using the most atrocious racist epithets to attack our reporter Drea in Vancouver, who happens to be black. 0.95

00:47:49.660 Get a load of this guy. 1.00

00:47:51.660 Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger. 1.00

00:47:55.660 Fuck you. 1.00

00:47:56.660 I have a picture of your kid on here, by the way. 1.00

00:47:58.660 You want to see?

00:48:00.660 You like that?

00:48:02.660 You like that Drea? 1.00

00:48:04.660 It's a fucking little bitch. 1.00

00:48:06.660 Yeah, can you believe that racist, bigoted bully actually complained to the Human Rights Commission about us? 1.00

00:48:14.660 But the truly incredible part is that the Human Rights Tribunal took his complaint, a kooky, nutty complaint written in all capital letters and said, 0.82

00:48:23.660 yes, this really is something we should spend public resources on.

00:48:27.660 Let's go censor a news company. 1.00

00:48:29.660 Check out his complaint.

00:48:31.660 It's absolutely nuts.

00:48:32.660 I've posted the whole thing at that website, repealsection7.com.

00:48:37.660 And look at this.

00:48:38.660 Yaniv filed this complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal back in March of 2021, three and a half years ago.

00:48:45.660 And yet they just sent it to us now.

00:48:47.660 That's how efficiently they work at the Human Rights Tribunal. 1.00

00:48:50.660 They're so stupid. 1.00

00:48:51.660 I phoned up the human rights bureaucrat who sent this complaint to me. 1.00

00:48:55.660 Daniel Varnels is his name.

00:48:57.660 And I asked him about the delay and I asked him if they knew that Yaniv was a nuisance litigant who just abused the legal system to harass people.

00:49:06.660 I mentioned that he had filed a nuisance lawsuit against us in a real court.

00:49:11.660 And that court threw it out as a junk lawsuit that it was.

00:49:16.660 Here's a few snippets from that phone call.

00:49:19.660 We're very familiar with this complainant because he's a serial, vexatious litigant.

00:49:25.660 He sued us in court last year.

00:49:31.660 And we applied for an anti-SLAPP application.

00:49:36.660 Do you know what SLAPP stands for?

00:49:38.660 Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation.

00:49:41.660 He filed this nuisance suit against us.

00:49:45.660 We went to the court and the court threw out the case saying that the complainant was just doing it to be abusive and vexatious.

00:49:57.660 Are you aware of that?

00:50:00.660 I'm aware of some of the background of this individual, but I'm not, no, I'm not aware of that specific.

00:50:08.660 Okay, because it's pretty clear to me that this is just another nuisance suit.

00:50:13.660 And since this was filed three and a half years ago, when I was a young man still, several courts have weighed in on the complainant.

00:50:26.660 Not just the anti-SLAPP litigation that we won, but just a few weeks ago, we went to court to remove a false publication ban that this plaintiff had managed to convince a judge to put over some, he was harassing some guy and managed to convince a court to put a publication ban on it.

00:50:49.660 We went to court and had the judge lift the publication ban, and the court thanked us for it because this complaint is such a serial nuisance litigant.

00:51:03.660 So the reason I'm calling you is not just to say your complaint is very stale, but it's to point out that you were dealing with British Columbia's worst vexatious litigant.

00:51:17.660 He's abusive of legal processes.

00:51:21.660 He's using the BC human rights tribunal as a weapon in a vendetta.

00:51:27.660 It's not a legitimate claim.

00:51:30.660 Various courts have slapped him down for abusing the system.

00:51:35.660 And I want to make sure you are aware of that because he's doing the same here.

00:51:41.660 What do you think about all that?

00:51:45.660 The TRIPO is aware of some of what you're referencing.

00:51:50.660 Nonetheless, the complaint was reviewed and accepted for processing, and it was served, and you've received that service.

00:52:01.660 Can I ask who made the decision to go ahead with it? Do you know?

00:52:07.660 It's whoever screened the complaint.

00:52:11.660 The tribunal has a screening process.

00:52:13.660 They review it, and they determine, okay, is this set forth enough that the complaint can move forward?

00:52:20.660 And it's done by the tribunal.

00:52:24.660 There's a screening process that takes place.

00:52:28.660 I can't give you the name of that individual, but it was screened and determined that it should move forward.

00:52:33.660 We are a news organization.

00:52:37.660 And if you read the complaints, what Jonathan Munee was complaining about are news reports and editorial opinions expressed by our journalists.

00:52:49.660 We're not like a landlord who kicked him out or a restaurant who refused to serve him.

00:52:56.660 Like, we didn't have any interaction with him that he would have a right to, like, rent a room or something.

00:53:05.660 He's using the system to complain against our freedom of speech.

00:53:10.660 You realize that, right?

00:53:12.660 You realize that, like, I have it in front of me here.

00:53:15.660 He claims we insulted him.

00:53:17.660 And perhaps we did.

00:53:19.660 I'm not conceding anything.

00:53:20.660 I think we were just giving our genuine opinion.

00:53:23.660 But why are you allowing him to use the Human Rights Tribunal, which is meant to protect people from being kicked out of an apartment or protect people from being fired for racism?

00:53:37.660 Why are you letting him use that to silence journalists?

00:53:41.660 The bar to be having a complaint accepted and moving forward to screen it in, it merely needs to allege a violation of the Human Rights Code.

00:53:53.660 This person has alleged a violation of the Human Rights Code.

00:53:57.660 The file has been reviewed and determined that at least it alleges that.

00:54:02.660 And so it's going forward.

00:54:05.660 Obviously, we have to hire lawyers, which is part of the abuse here.

00:54:09.660 Yaniv doesn't have to hire a lawyer.

00:54:11.660 He just typed out his crazy manifesto in all capital letters, gave it to the government.

00:54:17.660 And three and a half years later, they decided to prosecute us with government lawyers.

00:54:21.660 We, on the other hand, have to hire lawyers by ourselves.

00:54:25.660 And even if we win, we don't get our legal fees back.

00:54:28.660 This is the template that Trudeau is going to roll out nationally.

00:54:32.660 And he's going to make it worse by actually paying people up to $20,000 per complaint.

00:54:37.660 We've got to fight back.

00:54:39.660 Can I please ask for your help?

00:54:41.660 I'm afraid I need it. 1.00

00:54:43.660 Yaniv is a kook, a total nut, a criminal, a predator, a racist, all of that. 1.00

00:54:49.660 But he somehow managed to convince the B.C. government's Human Rights Tribunal to go after his enemies again and again. 1.00

00:54:57.660 Those poor estheticians, mainly immigrant women, were crushed by Yaniv.

00:55:02.660 I refuse to be crushed by him.

00:55:04.660 We've got to stand up to this bully.

00:55:06.660 Please do three things.

00:55:08.660 Please go to repealsection7.com and read the complaint for yourself.

00:55:13.660 See how bizarre it is.

00:55:14.660 And listen to the recording of my conversation with the Human Rights Officer,

00:55:18.660 who casually says, oh yeah, he knows the complainant is a nut, but he doesn't care.

00:55:23.660 Listen to him say he could fine us or even ban us from publishing things he doesn't like.

00:55:28.660 So what you're doing is you are putting Rebel News on trial because Jonathan Yaniv says our editorials violate the law.

00:55:38.660 So you're not claiming that we denied him a service or accommodation or anything.

00:55:43.660 You just pull out saying we're not allowed to say what we said.

00:55:48.660 I'm not saying anything.

00:55:50.660 I'm telling you, you can read that paragraph.

00:55:53.660 It says that it is accepted the process under the area of publication.

00:55:58.660 What could happen to me if I'm convicted here?

00:56:01.660 What are the penalties?

00:56:02.660 Do you know?

00:56:03.660 Well, there can be, you know, there can be monetary compensation could be awarded to a complainant.

00:56:11.660 You know, some kind of order not to continue to cease the discriminatory actions.

00:56:19.660 Which means our story.

00:56:23.660 So you could order us not to talk about him anymore?

00:56:26.660 Well, not to discriminate, to cease the discrimination, you know.

00:56:31.660 And share those shocking facts with your friends and family.

00:56:34.660 Secondly, while you're at that website, please sign our petition to repeal Section 7 of the law.

00:56:40.660 That's the censorship provision.

00:56:42.660 There's a provincial election on right now in BC, you know.

00:56:45.660 And I think we could make this an election issue.

00:56:47.660 I bet the NDP Premier loves censorship.

00:56:51.660 But the Conservative Party challenger named John Rustad, he seems like a freedom-oriented guy.

00:56:56.660 And I think most Canadians are getting a little bit tired of all this censorship and political correctness.

00:57:02.660 And this could be a real winning issue for Rustad.

00:57:05.660 Point three, and this is a personal favor to me.

00:57:10.660 Look, the last time I was prosecuted by the Human Rights Commission over the cartoons,

00:57:14.660 it was a three-year battle that cost me around $100,000 in legal fees to fight back.

00:57:20.660 I hope this one won't be as costly, but there's no way it'll be less than $30,000.

00:57:25.660 And Yaniv has to pay nothing.

00:57:27.660 The government does all the prosecutions for them for free with government lawyers.

00:57:32.660 If you want to help, you can chip in right there at repealsection7.com.

00:57:38.660 This complaint is bad news.

00:57:41.660 But if it's a wake-up call to Canadians, if we listen to this alarm, then maybe there's a silver lining to it.

00:57:47.660 This is happening to me today at the hands of the BC Human Rights Tribunal.

00:57:52.660 But if we don't fight back now, this could soon happen to everyone as Trudeau expands this censorship across the country.

00:58:01.660 Please visit repealsection7.com now.

00:58:06.660 Our freedom depends on it.

00:58:08.660 A transgender extremist is taking Rebel News to a Human Rights Tribunal to ban us from reporting about how he bullies women. 0.84

00:58:19.660 If he wins, they'll censor us.

00:58:21.660 I need your help to fight back.

00:58:23.660 Please visit repealsection7.com to learn more.

00:58:27.660 .

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