Rebel News Podcast - September 19, 2025


EZRA LEVANT | Patriots unite in Calgary to celebrate 10 years of Rebel News


Episode Stats

Length

46 minutes

Words per Minute

144.66287

Word Count

6,699

Sentence Count

102

Misogynist Sentences

10

Hate Speech Sentences

10


Summary

Rebel News turns 10 years old, and we're celebrating with a birthday party in honour of the occasion. We're joined by Ezra Levant, Derek Fildebrandt, John Carpe, and Sarah Barbour to remember the people who made a difference in the world 10 years ago.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Tonight, an update from Calgary. That's the Saddledome.
00:00:03.180 It's September 19th, and this is The Ezra Levant Show.
00:00:08.880 Shame on you, you censorious bug.
00:00:20.480 Oh, hi, everybody. It is so sunny here. I can barely keep my eyes open.
00:00:24.580 Behind me, the Olympic Saddledome.
00:00:25.980 And now behind me is the location, the conference center, where we unify, is having a get-together.
00:00:34.180 It's an interesting mix of people who care about freedom from different perspectives,
00:00:38.420 especially from the COVID perspective, the personal health perspective.
00:00:42.300 I was invited to speak on a panel and to give a speech.
00:00:45.220 I gave some remarks about citizen journalism, talking about three important historical moments
00:00:50.080 where citizen journalism really made a difference.
00:00:52.260 The first one, of course, being the Canadian truckers.
00:00:55.140 The second one, being the Farmers' Rebellion in the Netherlands.
00:00:58.720 And the third one, just last week, Tommy Robinson's massive rally in the UK.
00:01:04.540 I was excited to be in there. I was also on a panel, including with Dr. Bruce Pardy.
00:01:10.240 But I really want to tell you about yesterday's gathering.
00:01:13.560 By the way, there's so many conferences going on in Calgary. It's very exciting.
00:01:17.500 I suppose you could go to a conference every week and still not cover them all.
00:01:22.580 Last night was not a conference, so it was a genuine birthday party at Rebel News.
00:01:27.960 I mean, we turned 10 years old a few months ago, but we had a celebration in Calgary.
00:01:31.700 We had a dinner. We had the reception.
00:01:34.240 Tamara Leach and her band played. It was amazing.
00:01:37.760 It was a lot of fun.
00:01:39.020 Without further ado here, take a look at some of the video from last night.
00:01:42.080 One more time. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.
00:01:49.260 Happy birthday, Airwork Rebel. Happy birthday. Happy 10 years, Rebel.
00:01:56.460 There you go. That's what we're talking about.
00:01:59.260 Great to see you. Thank you so much.
00:02:02.220 Thank you for coming to our birthday party.
00:02:04.400 Lots of friends here that have been with Ford, lots of people around Canada, and even around the world.
00:02:13.160 On our cruises, on our recent trip to the UK, a lot of people love Rebel because it's more than just the news.
00:02:21.040 It's telling the other side of the story.
00:02:23.040 We really live up to our motto, and we don't stop at just telling the news.
00:02:27.020 Every once in a while, we stop and try and fix the news.
00:02:30.980 Whether it's a fight-the-files project, or defending churches that were prosecuted during the lockdown,
00:02:40.920 or helping our dear friend Tamara Leach, who has been the subject.
00:02:45.920 And I'm going to introduce her in a minute.
00:02:51.800 Ten years has gone by in a flash. I've aged 20.
00:02:56.180 But I feel like we've made a difference in this country.
00:02:58.900 When we started, the regime media laughed at us.
00:03:03.180 But they're not laughing now.
00:03:05.120 And when Rebel News was a lonely other voice of dissent,
00:03:09.720 now we're joined by other independent journalists.
00:03:13.040 And I saw my friend Derek Fildebrandt from Western Standard here.
00:03:17.000 Derek, if you're in the room, put up your hand.
00:03:20.380 Derek, thanks for being here.
00:03:21.820 Earlier today, I saw my friend Kian Bexty from Juneau.
00:03:29.640 So Rebel News is not alone, and you're not alone.
00:03:33.500 I think that one of the most important services we do,
00:03:36.920 besides telling the other side of the story,
00:03:39.160 is letting you know that if the whole world says you're wrong,
00:03:44.080 you can still be right.
00:03:46.000 I see my friend John Carpe from the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedom.
00:03:53.320 Thank you, John.
00:04:01.040 And Sarah, who are you pointing to over there?
00:04:04.280 Sarah, one of our lawyers at the Democracy Fund.
00:04:07.120 Chris Barber.
00:04:08.280 Chris Barber.
00:04:09.340 Chris and Chimera were supposed to be run over.
00:04:18.520 They were supposed to be bulldozed.
00:04:20.300 But they had a different plan in mind, didn't they?
00:04:23.020 They stood up, not just for themselves,
00:04:25.680 but in standing up for themselves,
00:04:27.180 they stood up for all of us as well.
00:04:29.180 And we're grateful to them.
00:04:30.600 They've given up years of their life
00:04:32.520 in this Kafka-esque process.
00:04:35.520 But I'm delighted that they continue to fight like hell.
00:04:40.240 A little bit later, we're going to play a video,
00:04:43.360 a compilation,
00:04:44.640 sort of some highlights of the last 10 years,
00:04:47.520 and some lowlights,
00:04:48.740 because that's part of the story too.
00:04:50.600 But for now, let's celebrate.
00:04:52.960 And it's my great pleasure to interview,
00:04:55.160 to introduce someone who's become a true friend.
00:04:57.760 Someone who I only knew from my TV,
00:04:59.980 because I had never met her
00:05:01.060 until after she was arrested.
00:05:03.800 But over the course of time,
00:05:05.900 I've gotten to know how lucky we all were
00:05:08.360 to have her as the face and the heart
00:05:11.940 of the trucker movement.
00:05:14.400 And I'm grateful for the opportunity
00:05:17.680 I've had to get to know you and work with you.
00:05:20.260 Without further ado,
00:05:21.880 let me introduce you to a friend of mine
00:05:23.720 and a great rebel
00:05:24.980 and a great rock and roller
00:05:27.200 to Merrilee.
00:05:28.840 How are you guys?
00:05:42.500 Let's get a second here,
00:05:43.880 and we'll be all set up.
00:05:44.620 That's funny.
00:05:51.660 I only saw Ezra on my TV too
00:05:53.720 until after I was arrested.
00:05:55.420 I even sent him a friend request
00:05:57.080 like in about 2019,
00:05:59.380 and he still hasn't responded.
00:06:00.700 How was dinner?
00:06:13.100 Awesome.
00:06:16.660 We just drove in from medicine
00:06:18.280 and not this morning.
00:06:19.440 We'll call it Saskatchewan, actually.
00:06:21.660 I've got to introduce you guys.
00:06:23.160 Well, most of you have seen
00:06:24.200 or met my husband, Dwayne, before,
00:06:26.140 the guitar player.
00:06:26.920 And we spent, well, two things.
00:06:33.200 We spent COVID in Manitoba.
00:06:36.520 We went out to work on a farm with my daughter.
00:06:38.280 I've told that story a million times.
00:06:40.020 And Craig was our drummer.
00:06:41.200 We broke all the laws
00:06:42.900 and went to his garage once a week.
00:06:45.680 Jammed his garage.
00:06:47.640 And the neighbors never even turned us in.
00:06:49.740 So Craig Atkinson,
00:06:51.440 welcome to the West.
00:06:53.040 Welcome to Alberta.
00:06:53.960 Welcome to Alberta.
00:06:56.920 You guys are so quiet.
00:07:18.360 Goodbye.
00:07:18.840 Left a good job in the city
00:07:37.760 Working for the man every night and day
00:07:44.700 But I never lost a little sleeper
00:07:50.720 Running out the way things might have been
00:07:55.400 Big wheels keep on turning
00:07:59.660 I sit proud, baby, keep on loving
00:08:04.940 Rolling
00:08:07.480 Rebel News
00:08:09.440 Been around for 10 years
00:08:10.260 What's been
00:08:10.820 What are some of your favorite moments
00:08:12.460 of reporting that
00:08:13.700 I think my favorite reporting
00:08:16.220 would have to be
00:08:17.080 the trucker convoy
00:08:18.180 because I was there
00:08:19.900 I saw a lot of what was going on
00:08:21.560 and how the mainstream media
00:08:23.560 was reporting
00:08:24.260 It was just
00:08:24.860 factually untrue
00:08:26.580 So
00:08:27.340 you know
00:08:28.080 when we were looking at Rebel
00:08:29.280 and what you guys were doing out there
00:08:30.740 you guys were actually
00:08:31.560 talking to the people
00:08:32.500 talking to the crowd
00:08:33.420 seeing what was going on
00:08:34.480 and reporting it honestly
00:08:37.440 Which I just appreciated
00:08:38.800 because it was
00:08:40.560 not a fringe majority
00:08:41.680 as people know
00:08:42.560 and it was peaceful
00:08:44.080 and
00:08:45.040 it was like a big block party really
00:08:46.640 you know
00:08:47.040 being down there
00:08:47.680 it was great
00:08:48.480 I really enjoyed it
00:08:49.520 Highlights would be
00:08:50.480 everything that they show
00:08:51.360 that's the truth
00:08:52.720 Yeah
00:08:53.040 especially the over-covid period
00:08:55.200 It's the truth
00:08:56.320 and it's
00:08:57.360 it's a little sad that
00:08:58.640 the mainstream media and stuff
00:08:59.760 has steered us in the direction
00:09:00.880 to hate everything else
00:09:01.920 and only believe what they say
00:09:03.520 so we're all
00:09:04.480 we won't
00:09:04.960 they're training us to be like robots
00:09:06.240 sort of thing
00:09:07.040 and just not all about that
00:09:08.400 sort of thing
00:09:08.800 and
00:09:09.440 all you have to do is
00:09:10.080 five minutes of research
00:09:10.880 sort of thing
00:09:11.360 and then you get the real numbers
00:09:12.560 the real truth and everything
00:09:14.000 and then it just all makes sense
00:09:15.280 sort of thing
00:09:15.840 and stuff
00:09:16.160 and then censoring
00:09:17.440 American news and stuff
00:09:18.800 even what Trump has to say
00:09:19.920 and everything
00:09:20.800 and
00:09:21.280 paint him as the enemy
00:09:22.880 and that's how they win an election
00:09:24.480 sort of thing here
00:09:25.280 and it's
00:09:25.920 he's the guy we need to be on the side with
00:09:27.760 and look up to more
00:09:28.800 but
00:09:29.360 I guess that's not the case to stuff anymore
00:09:30.960 yeah
00:09:31.600 Oh I love it
00:09:32.560 like it's
00:09:33.280 I've been to some of the events
00:09:34.480 we had an event here a while ago
00:09:35.760 about
00:09:36.320 two months ago
00:09:37.760 great speakers
00:09:38.800 great speakers
00:09:40.560 the continued
00:09:41.600 freedom
00:09:42.240 freedom of speech in Canada
00:09:43.680 I think that's the most important
00:09:46.160 the values
00:09:47.040 and the
00:09:49.040 work that all of rebel stands behind
00:09:51.120 fighting that liberal government
00:09:53.840 the non-stop
00:09:54.640 and making sure that our conservatives
00:09:57.040 pull through
00:09:58.000 I think conservatives are
00:10:01.040 better at managing our country
00:10:02.560 better at managing money
00:10:03.840 our funding
00:10:05.040 and hopefully in the future
00:10:06.480 get our generations after generations
00:10:08.640 out of debt
00:10:09.920 well I really started watching rebel
00:10:12.080 constantly
00:10:12.880 obviously
00:10:13.680 during the trucker convoy
00:10:14.800 I mean
00:10:15.680 I didn't even
00:10:16.320 I mean I'd heard of it
00:10:17.280 and I knew of a girl
00:10:18.400 who used to work with Ezra
00:10:19.680 at I think it was like the western standard
00:10:23.360 but yeah
00:10:24.080 I had no idea about rebel news
00:10:25.680 and when I saw the reporting that you guys do
00:10:27.600 it's truthful
00:10:28.640 it's honest
00:10:29.680 you speak plain language to people
00:10:31.760 they can understand
00:10:33.440 it's much better than what the mainstream does
00:10:35.280 well it's been lots of great coverage
00:10:39.440 one of the clips that I really
00:10:41.120 that really horrifies me
00:10:42.640 every time they play it
00:10:43.840 is when Alexa got shot
00:10:45.840 by the RCMP
00:10:47.920 because that stream
00:10:49.680 it just rips right through me
00:10:51.120 shakedown
00:10:54.400 and the oven was
00:10:55.920 ethical oil
00:10:58.800 and nobody understands
00:11:01.360 why the mainstream media
00:11:03.600 doesn't want to talk to him
00:11:04.800 it's because he's done his research
00:11:07.040 and he's made books
00:11:08.080 a couple
00:11:08.800 and all these people
00:11:10.400 like CBC
00:11:11.440 journalists
00:11:13.760 who've never written anything
00:11:15.280 who've just been hired
00:11:16.240 on the basis of how
00:11:18.400 how well they can be bent
00:11:21.440 can poo poo him
00:11:22.480 you know
00:11:22.800 it's like he's written lots of books
00:11:24.160 he knows what he's doing
00:11:25.120 he knows what he talks about
00:11:26.640 he doesn't waste his time
00:11:28.000 like they do
00:11:29.040 making up stories
00:11:29.920 he finds what's really going on
00:11:31.600 and I appreciate that kind of
00:11:34.400 that media approach
00:11:35.440 that you're not beholden
00:11:37.200 to the narrative
00:11:38.560 of whoever's holding the narrative
00:11:40.480 at the time
00:11:41.520 and looking
00:11:42.320 you know
00:11:42.960 that's looking back
00:11:43.600 at the last 10 years
00:11:44.480 looking into the 10 years
00:11:45.600 ahead of us
00:11:46.160 what's your message
00:11:46.800 to rebel news
00:11:47.520 and that's really
00:11:48.320 keep doing what you're doing
00:11:50.080 you guys are doing fantastic
00:11:51.360 you know
00:11:51.600 really appreciate
00:11:52.240 all the hard work you guys do
00:11:53.680 and let's face it
00:11:54.480 you take a beating
00:11:55.040 a lot of the time
00:11:55.680 so we really appreciate it
00:11:57.760 keep up what they're doing
00:11:59.280 I don't listen to
00:11:59.920 mainstream media at all anymore
00:12:01.280 so this is it
00:12:01.920 this is it
00:12:02.320 this is where we get our news
00:12:03.280 from is social media
00:12:04.640 rebel news being part of it
00:12:06.240 hope to see
00:12:07.040 push for more truth
00:12:08.080 and stuff
00:12:08.640 and really the
00:12:09.680 Alberta project of
00:12:10.640 sovereignty and everything
00:12:12.160 I really think
00:12:12.720 we need to really
00:12:13.440 really evaluate Canada
00:12:14.880 and really get
00:12:15.680 actual facts going to
00:12:16.640 younger people
00:12:17.600 I noticed that
00:12:18.320 even going to work
00:12:19.280 and stuff
00:12:20.160 demographic category
00:12:21.520 18 to 35 ages
00:12:24.000 is the problem
00:12:25.040 and they are just
00:12:26.320 so suckered in
00:12:27.360 unfortunately to say
00:12:28.320 it's just
00:12:28.880 left wing
00:12:29.600 heavy left wing
00:12:30.320 medium stuff
00:12:31.600 and they just
00:12:32.960 don't want to
00:12:33.760 listen to an opinion
00:12:34.480 of mine
00:12:34.880 up here
00:12:35.280 let me
00:12:36.400 let me give you
00:12:37.680 let me give you a stat
00:12:38.480 and say
00:12:38.800 what do you think
00:12:39.360 sort of thing
00:12:39.840 and it's just
00:12:40.480 it goes right over the
00:12:41.280 head
00:12:41.520 sort of thing
00:12:42.000 and I really want
00:12:42.880 rebel news to just
00:12:44.080 spread the truth
00:12:44.880 around everything
00:12:45.520 because we're not
00:12:47.360 going in a direction
00:12:48.160 that's going to be good
00:12:49.360 even in the next five years
00:12:50.480 sort of thing
00:12:50.960 so rebel news just seems
00:12:52.160 to be getting censored
00:12:53.520 for saying the right things
00:12:54.960 and we need to keep
00:12:55.760 pushing it
00:12:56.240 keep up the great work
00:12:58.480 we support you 100%
00:13:00.080 and I think as you can see
00:13:03.380 how many people are here
00:13:04.260 he's got tremendous amount
00:13:06.340 of support
00:13:06.820 and it's going to get
00:13:08.440 bigger and bigger
00:13:09.060 and I think the people of
00:13:10.300 Canada hopefully
00:13:11.180 will wake up
00:13:12.520 and realize that
00:13:13.300 hey this
00:13:13.800 this is the truth
00:13:14.860 this is the true news
00:13:16.160 that's being reported
00:13:17.260 not this nonsense
00:13:18.660 that the liberals
00:13:19.280 report
00:13:20.680 happy birthday rebel news
00:13:22.780 let's keep going
00:13:24.960 20 years
00:13:26.100 40 years
00:13:27.000 let's keep reaching
00:13:27.880 for the stars
00:13:28.700 the truth is needed
00:13:30.000 now more than ever
00:13:31.200 and
00:13:32.220 Charlie Kirk
00:13:34.680 Charlie Kirk
00:13:35.900 keep doing what we need
00:13:38.580 to do
00:13:38.820 free speech
00:13:39.360 keep up the good work
00:13:42.140 and keep signing for free
00:13:43.300 just keep on doing
00:13:45.100 what you're doing
00:13:45.580 like
00:13:45.900 you got a great big
00:13:47.620 large number
00:13:49.980 of good journalists
00:13:51.440 out there
00:13:52.040 risking their lives
00:13:53.220 really
00:13:53.600 for what they're doing
00:13:55.260 because
00:13:55.560 the modern media
00:13:57.500 just follows
00:13:58.140 their WF scripts
00:13:59.540 that they get
00:14:00.120 from the Wilbo party
00:14:01.180 and that's it
00:14:01.820 they think that
00:14:02.780 that'll satisfy
00:14:03.840 those people
00:14:04.660 myself
00:14:06.000 I've been following
00:14:06.720 the news ever since
00:14:07.640 I was a little kid
00:14:08.460 since I delivered
00:14:09.420 the paper
00:14:10.060 in my little hometown
00:14:11.540 and increased
00:14:12.800 my membership
00:14:13.480 from small to large
00:14:14.960 I've been paying
00:14:16.700 I care about
00:14:18.240 carrying the news
00:14:19.440 a lot
00:14:19.840 and what I've discovered
00:14:20.880 is a lot of it
00:14:21.620 just complete bullshit
00:14:22.860 so much has been erased
00:14:25.160 that people can't comprehend
00:14:27.620 how they've been groomed
00:14:28.880 to follow the narrative
00:14:30.940 and what's particularly
00:14:33.100 good about rebel news
00:14:35.180 honesty
00:14:36.080 truth
00:14:36.800 and I like the people
00:14:39.220 that are doing it
00:14:40.040 as we all know
00:14:41.100 the news outlets
00:14:41.720 are all a joke
00:14:42.680 they're all legacy media
00:14:44.720 paid by the liberal government
00:14:46.360 so they're totally biased
00:14:47.800 without their handouts
00:14:49.580 they wouldn't exist
00:14:50.400 they can't compete
00:14:51.400 whereas rebel news
00:14:52.700 totally independent
00:14:53.580 Ezra does an amazing job
00:14:56.620 and yeah
00:14:57.440 truthful news
00:14:59.620 the truth
00:15:00.300 I avoid to watch
00:15:01.760 any other news
00:15:02.640 just because
00:15:03.800 most of the stuff
00:15:04.540 that you're watching
00:15:05.200 is just
00:15:06.060 it's blatant
00:15:07.620 fabrication
00:15:09.020 I want the real news
00:15:11.240 I want
00:15:11.800 exactly what's happening
00:15:14.840 whether it's good
00:15:16.160 or it's bad
00:15:16.740 I want straight news
00:15:17.740 and rebel has always
00:15:18.900 more than provided that to us
00:15:21.400 yeah
00:15:22.140 simple
00:15:22.700 the stories you cover
00:15:24.500 too
00:15:25.220 and again
00:15:26.060 like you say
00:15:26.600 you look at it
00:15:27.080 from the other side
00:15:27.820 but it's not even
00:15:28.520 necessarily the other side
00:15:29.800 it's just
00:15:30.460 putting out
00:15:32.180 what they won't put out
00:15:33.400 and they either can't
00:15:35.180 or won't
00:15:36.420 so
00:15:36.980 it makes them useless
00:15:38.020 to regular Canadians
00:15:39.440 it's not news
00:15:40.200 it's nothing but propaganda
00:15:41.200 at this point
00:15:42.020 and when it comes to
00:15:44.000 the next 10 years
00:15:45.180 what's your message
00:15:45.880 to rebel news
00:15:46.700 and Ezra Levent
00:15:47.300 oh wow
00:15:47.780 oh wow
00:15:48.960 keep at it
00:15:49.600 you guys have made change
00:15:50.940 as far as I can see
00:15:52.100 and you're kind of bad
00:15:53.600 and worldwide
00:15:54.140 these days
00:15:54.800 so that's pretty awesome
00:15:55.860 keep it up
00:15:57.380 that's what I'd say
00:15:58.140 I'm gonna take a moment
00:16:00.340 to call up
00:16:00.960 I can't call up
00:16:01.800 every single rebel
00:16:03.260 because if everyone
00:16:04.400 gives a speech
00:16:05.180 we'll be here too long
00:16:06.460 but I'd like a couple
00:16:08.100 of folks to join me
00:16:09.600 on stage
00:16:10.240 our chief reporter
00:16:11.900 Sheila Gunn-Reed
00:16:13.580 can Sheila come on up here
00:16:15.120 and David the Menzoid Benzies
00:16:21.040 can he come up here
00:16:22.540 Andrea Humphrey
00:16:25.960 can he come up here
00:16:27.000 and Alexa Lavoie
00:16:30.160 can he come up here
00:16:31.120 I see Drea is down there
00:16:35.200 by the camera
00:16:36.860 I'm not sure
00:16:37.380 if she can hear me
00:16:38.220 I want to say
00:16:40.960 that one of the great pleasures
00:16:42.780 of rebel news
00:16:43.960 is to work
00:16:45.540 is to work
00:16:46.560 with the finest people
00:16:48.540 I've ever met
00:16:49.280 in my life
00:16:49.860 people who care
00:16:51.520 about the country
00:16:52.260 so deeply
00:16:53.080 that they literally
00:16:54.540 put themselves
00:16:55.400 in danger
00:16:56.500 they're arrested
00:16:59.460 they're physically
00:17:00.540 attacked
00:17:01.260 because they're
00:17:02.880 pursuing the truth
00:17:04.220 and I'm just going to
00:17:06.540 ask my friends
00:17:07.320 to speak
00:17:07.820 very briefly
00:17:09.120 like 60 to 90 seconds
00:17:11.340 and I know
00:17:12.140 with some of them
00:17:12.720 that's impossible
00:17:13.500 but David
00:17:15.000 why don't you come up here
00:17:16.080 and just
00:17:16.740 everyone here
00:17:17.840 is gathered
00:17:18.480 to celebrate rebel news
00:17:19.920 but really
00:17:20.320 to celebrate rebel news
00:17:21.800 means to celebrate
00:17:22.940 the journalists
00:17:24.040 and the work
00:17:24.640 that was done
00:17:25.180 so why don't you
00:17:25.680 give us a minute
00:17:26.720 of your reflections
00:17:28.000 after 10 years
00:17:28.880 yeah well you know
00:17:30.420 what folks
00:17:30.880 I think
00:17:31.440 thank you
00:17:33.260 thank you
00:17:39.080 by the way
00:17:39.680 the original hat
00:17:41.080 is at a silent auction
00:17:42.500 I understand
00:17:43.040 and the origin story
00:17:45.120 about it
00:17:45.980 it's not quite as thrilling
00:17:47.100 as Peter Parker
00:17:48.380 getting bitten
00:17:48.940 by a radioactive spider
00:17:50.160 and getting superpowers
00:17:51.220 is that
00:17:51.640 during COVID
00:17:52.880 when I was covering
00:17:53.720 the protest
00:17:54.400 there was an incident
00:17:55.840 where a CBC reporter
00:17:57.820 almost fell into traffic
00:17:59.820 I saved her
00:18:01.840 and I said
00:18:02.440 what's wrong
00:18:03.320 she was running backwards
00:18:04.440 and she said
00:18:05.700 your hair
00:18:06.860 it scared me
00:18:07.860 because you know
00:18:08.560 you could go to
00:18:10.200 a barber shop
00:18:11.360 right back then
00:18:12.040 and I thought
00:18:12.440 oh my god
00:18:12.980 I'm not Brad Pitt
00:18:14.800 I don't think
00:18:15.860 I'm quite the
00:18:16.500 Frankenstein monster yet
00:18:17.840 so I went to
00:18:18.780 the Hudson's Bay
00:18:19.380 and bought a hat
00:18:20.060 so that's the
00:18:21.120 that's the origin story
00:18:22.300 behind it
00:18:22.960 if anyone's interested
00:18:24.340 I don't think
00:18:28.020 she's going to be
00:18:28.720 reassigned to the
00:18:29.620 Afghanistan Bureau
00:18:30.680 anytime soon
00:18:31.580 but anyways
00:18:33.120 I know Ezra wants us
00:18:34.660 to keep this short
00:18:35.360 I want to thank
00:18:36.120 all of you
00:18:37.020 for showing up
00:18:38.240 and I want to thank you
00:18:39.320 if we don't have an audience
00:18:40.480 we're nothing
00:18:41.360 and you are the greatest
00:18:43.000 audience ever
00:18:44.700 you know
00:18:44.960 we go to pressers
00:18:46.140 we go to events
00:18:47.580 where there's all kinds
00:18:48.620 of mainstream media
00:18:49.540 and I'm not kidding you
00:18:51.120 when it's rebel
00:18:51.960 news reporters
00:18:53.180 people come
00:18:54.320 they want selfies
00:18:55.460 they want autographs
00:18:56.780 the mainstream media
00:18:58.260 is there
00:18:58.640 they are shunned
00:18:59.860 no
00:19:00.320 I've never seen
00:19:01.480 I'm telling you
00:19:03.780 and I just want to say
00:19:10.380 that you know
00:19:11.480 we are harassed
00:19:13.100 we are arrested
00:19:13.920 we are assaulted
00:19:14.920 but thanks to this man
00:19:17.620 and I mean this
00:19:19.140 you know
00:19:19.680 if Ezra has our back
00:19:22.180 it means hiring security guards
00:19:24.980 or it means
00:19:26.400 going to court
00:19:27.740 and it's very expensive
00:19:29.440 and again
00:19:29.980 this is where you all
00:19:30.880 come in with crowd funding
00:19:32.180 you pay our bills
00:19:33.720 we don't accept
00:19:34.800 a nickel
00:19:35.500 of Mark Carney's
00:19:37.180 government trained
00:19:38.460 seal money
00:19:39.820 without Ezra's resolve
00:19:45.320 without his courage
00:19:46.820 because Ezra is next level
00:19:49.120 in my book
00:19:49.880 he really is
00:19:50.700 and this is why
00:19:52.220 Rebel News exists
00:19:53.240 and I'm telling you
00:19:53.980 people
00:19:54.660 you know
00:19:55.760 they probably gave us
00:19:57.020 10 weeks
00:19:58.000 when we first launched
00:19:59.660 here we are
00:20:00.360 10 years
00:20:01.240 another 10 years to come
00:20:02.920 thank you David
00:20:06.160 permit me a very brief response
00:20:12.420 David was arrested
00:20:14.080 five times last year
00:20:15.560 just for journalism
00:20:17.080 just for journalism
00:20:18.780 if that were to happen
00:20:21.820 in Iran
00:20:22.820 or Russia
00:20:23.480 or China
00:20:24.220 there would be a
00:20:25.880 State Department memo
00:20:27.260 about it
00:20:27.600 there would be
00:20:28.120 you know
00:20:28.620 maybe Penn International
00:20:29.700 or Amnesty would care
00:20:30.700 but it was in Trudeau's Canada
00:20:32.720 and Mark Carney's Canada
00:20:33.900 and that's just
00:20:35.700 the new normal
00:20:36.280 but let me tell you
00:20:37.240 a very quick thing
00:20:38.060 I was out on that
00:20:39.760 same street corner
00:20:40.520 where David was arrested once
00:20:41.920 and there was a
00:20:44.160 pro-Hamas protest
00:20:45.120 and I was on the sidewalk
00:20:46.720 it was actually
00:20:47.300 in my neighborhood
00:20:47.840 I was just taking a picture
00:20:49.280 of some grotesque
00:20:50.660 terrorist reenactment
00:20:51.900 and the cops said
00:20:53.400 move
00:20:54.140 they said
00:20:55.440 your mere presence
00:20:57.520 and I filmed them
00:20:58.320 saying this
00:20:58.900 they said
00:20:59.600 your presence
00:21:00.480 here
00:21:00.900 will cause
00:21:02.100 those people
00:21:03.100 to disturb the peace
00:21:04.700 and I said
00:21:05.760 well then
00:21:06.120 deal with those people
00:21:07.620 over there
00:21:08.180 no
00:21:09.460 they took the path
00:21:10.820 of least resistance
00:21:11.680 so the
00:21:12.060 the top cop
00:21:13.460 came over
00:21:14.000 and he basically said
00:21:15.340 move now
00:21:16.740 or you'll be arrested
00:21:18.260 and this was
00:21:19.280 I didn't
00:21:20.080 I was sort of
00:21:21.480 almost in my BJ's
00:21:22.620 I hadn't planned
00:21:23.400 to go out there
00:21:24.160 it was in
00:21:24.980 in my neighborhood
00:21:25.960 so I just saw it
00:21:26.920 and I could have
00:21:28.380 avoided a lot of hassle
00:21:29.620 just by leaving
00:21:30.500 but you know
00:21:31.180 what I thought
00:21:31.680 David
00:21:32.040 I thought
00:21:32.840 David Menzies
00:21:35.280 has been arrested
00:21:37.660 five times
00:21:38.900 in the service
00:21:40.880 of our company
00:21:42.000 and in a way
00:21:43.120 in the service
00:21:44.140 of my request
00:21:45.080 to him
00:21:45.500 and how can I
00:21:47.680 claim to be
00:21:48.720 the leader
00:21:49.300 if I don't show
00:21:50.980 the same courage
00:21:51.940 that he does
00:21:52.680 can I be
00:21:53.960 the boss
00:21:54.600 of the company
00:21:55.320 can I be
00:21:56.320 David's boss
00:21:57.340 if I lack
00:21:58.600 his courage
00:21:59.600 that was what
00:22:00.640 was going
00:22:01.080 through my mind
00:22:02.000 and I decided
00:22:03.760 what would
00:22:04.900 David do
00:22:06.020 I'm not
00:22:08.000 this is not a joke
00:22:09.360 this is what
00:22:09.880 went through my mind
00:22:10.820 and I stood
00:22:12.420 my ground
00:22:13.260 and they arrested
00:22:14.740 me there
00:22:15.200 and took me
00:22:15.640 to the police station
00:22:16.380 put the handcuffs on
00:22:17.500 and we're suing them
00:22:18.660 just like you're
00:22:19.320 suing them
00:22:19.860 David has
00:22:21.360 tremendous courage
00:22:22.420 and he has
00:22:23.720 courage for you
00:22:24.660 it's for you
00:22:25.920 all right
00:22:29.640 Sheila Gunn-Reed
00:22:34.740 has been with us
00:22:35.780 since almost day one
00:22:37.260 not only is she
00:22:38.980 a great reporter
00:22:39.860 but she helps
00:22:41.540 new rebels
00:22:43.080 learn the rebel way
00:22:44.780 without further ado
00:22:46.020 let me introduce
00:22:46.600 my dear friend
00:22:47.260 and chief reporter
00:22:48.000 Sheila Gunn-Reed
00:22:48.920 thank you everybody
00:22:57.180 and thank you so much
00:22:58.440 for being here
00:22:59.420 I don't have
00:23:00.400 I don't have a fun story
00:23:02.020 about my hat
00:23:02.760 like David does
00:23:03.920 I just got it
00:23:04.860 at a small town
00:23:05.680 in Saskatchewan
00:23:06.620 when I was there
00:23:07.320 at a rodeo
00:23:08.740 but I want to stop
00:23:12.060 and just acknowledge
00:23:14.080 Ezra
00:23:15.180 for what he's done
00:23:17.720 for the state of journalism
00:23:19.140 in this country
00:23:19.980 because while I don't
00:23:29.140 have a super fun story
00:23:30.240 about my hat
00:23:30.840 it's kind of boring
00:23:31.860 I do have a fun story
00:23:33.660 about how I came to work
00:23:34.900 at Rebel News
00:23:35.540 and I know I'm going
00:23:36.540 to make it short
00:23:37.020 because usually I follow
00:23:39.560 Ezra and that means
00:23:40.520 make up the time
00:23:41.540 I was just
00:23:45.140 a regular mom
00:23:46.520 in 2015
00:23:47.320 just giving her
00:23:48.480 on the internet
00:23:49.200 because the internet
00:23:49.820 was a better
00:23:50.340 funner time
00:23:51.200 in 2015
00:23:52.520 Rachel Notley
00:23:54.560 had just got elected
00:23:55.440 and I saw
00:23:56.480 that the
00:23:57.140 boo boo
00:23:58.620 boo
00:23:59.940 she just got elected
00:24:02.480 and I saw
00:24:04.020 that the media
00:24:05.280 didn't do their homework
00:24:06.420 on these crazy candidates
00:24:08.140 that had put their names forward
00:24:09.540 they were insane
00:24:10.640 and so
00:24:12.400 all of a sudden
00:24:13.780 Justin Trudeau
00:24:14.480 wants to lead the country
00:24:15.400 and I thought
00:24:15.920 you know what
00:24:16.520 the media's not going
00:24:18.360 to do the work
00:24:18.960 maybe I can do it
00:24:20.980 I'm just a mom
00:24:21.940 I can
00:24:22.360 I can google things
00:24:23.540 like everybody else
00:24:24.700 and so that's what I did
00:24:29.020 I started googling
00:24:30.560 some of Justin Trudeau's
00:24:31.700 candidates
00:24:32.240 pretty soon
00:24:33.140 I got a couple of them
00:24:34.080 nuked
00:24:34.500 he had to ask them
00:24:36.200 to step down
00:24:36.960 and I was just a mom
00:24:38.000 the media was reporting
00:24:39.840 this big C conservative researcher
00:24:43.720 as though I worked
00:24:44.840 for the party
00:24:45.540 and they never once
00:24:48.320 reached out to me
00:24:49.100 and asked me
00:24:49.760 why I was doing it
00:24:50.840 I would have said
00:24:51.420 because you're not
00:24:52.640 and then he messaged me
00:25:04.040 I think it was on Twitter
00:25:05.000 and he said
00:25:06.400 you're doing journalism
00:25:07.200 you should come work for me
00:25:08.460 and I said
00:25:09.860 that's not what my family
00:25:10.760 signed up for
00:25:11.420 my husband works
00:25:12.160 in the oil patch
00:25:12.820 he's gone 300 days
00:25:13.960 of the year
00:25:14.400 and my youngest
00:25:15.080 is not in school
00:25:16.160 full time
00:25:16.880 and then September
00:25:18.620 rolled around
00:25:19.340 and my excuse
00:25:21.160 went to school
00:25:21.940 full time
00:25:22.580 and that was
00:25:24.700 10 years ago
00:25:25.780 and so the point
00:25:34.880 of that big long story
00:25:35.920 is
00:25:36.480 that
00:25:37.460 outside of David Menzies
00:25:39.340 and we definitely
00:25:39.880 don't hold it against him
00:25:41.120 none of us
00:25:42.500 are classically trained
00:25:43.560 journalists
00:25:44.020 we are just
00:25:45.380 curious people
00:25:46.360 with dinner table
00:25:47.920 questions
00:25:48.480 just like you
00:25:49.920 excellent
00:25:50.720 and that's why
00:25:56.520 we cover the stories
00:25:58.520 that you care about
00:25:59.460 it's because
00:26:00.600 those are our stories too
00:26:02.360 and they're the things
00:26:03.500 that you care about
00:26:04.820 and we care about
00:26:05.940 and I think that's
00:26:07.580 what makes us different
00:26:09.200 and I think that's why
00:26:10.260 Ezra really changed
00:26:12.040 the way we do news
00:26:13.500 in this country
00:26:14.160 you have people
00:26:15.360 in a cubicle
00:26:16.020 in Edmonton
00:26:16.740 reporting on things
00:26:18.760 without ever caring
00:26:20.000 or talking
00:26:20.800 to any of you
00:26:21.740 and I think that's
00:26:22.800 what makes us different
00:26:24.020 is
00:26:24.480 we're with you
00:26:26.420 we're in the streets
00:26:27.880 with you
00:26:28.180 we're in the protests
00:26:28.940 with you
00:26:29.560 and we ask the things
00:26:31.620 that nobody asks you
00:26:32.800 like
00:26:33.060 why are you here
00:26:34.580 you know
00:26:35.880 and I just
00:26:37.560 I'm so grateful
00:26:38.300 for Ezra
00:26:38.900 for seeing the things
00:26:40.060 in us
00:26:40.640 that we didn't see
00:26:42.140 in ourselves
00:26:42.720 and giving us
00:26:43.480 that opportunity
00:26:44.180 so thanks boss
00:26:45.380 thank you Sheila
00:26:48.440 can I invite Drea
00:26:52.100 to come up
00:26:54.240 and Tamara
00:26:54.980 and
00:26:56.140 Sheila can I
00:26:58.180 let's see this
00:27:00.100 Drea come on up here
00:27:01.300 and then I'll ask you
00:27:02.040 to take
00:27:02.540 Alexa's camera
00:27:04.160 from her
00:27:05.300 and switch with her
00:27:06.480 so why don't you
00:27:07.120 come up here now
00:27:08.000 Drea Humphrey
00:27:11.880 came to us
00:27:16.000 in a dark time
00:27:17.120 when we didn't know
00:27:19.260 how dark it would get
00:27:20.620 we didn't know
00:27:21.420 how far
00:27:22.940 our civil liberties
00:27:24.260 would be infringed
00:27:25.560 and she signed up
00:27:27.320 for a difficult job
00:27:28.560 not knowing
00:27:29.540 how hard it would be
00:27:30.840 but she has flourished
00:27:33.260 and I'm delighted
00:27:34.280 to ask you
00:27:35.500 to say a few words
00:27:36.360 as our BC Bureau Chief
00:27:37.800 first and foremost
00:27:47.260 thank you to all of you
00:27:48.320 because we are
00:27:49.060 absolutely nothing
00:27:50.260 without the people
00:27:51.840 who run
00:27:52.900 and give us the oil
00:27:54.440 to function
00:27:55.560 at Rebel News
00:27:56.320 so thank you all
00:27:57.280 it's been a wild
00:28:01.260 five years
00:28:02.400 I've been here
00:28:03.180 half as long
00:28:04.060 as Rebel News
00:28:04.700 existed
00:28:05.240 and I remember
00:28:07.380 sitting on the couch
00:28:08.440 watching David Menzies
00:28:10.080 in the hat
00:28:10.860 you know
00:28:12.440 getting roughed up
00:28:13.660 at a Black Lives Matter
00:28:15.960 the standoff
00:28:19.000 in Nathan Times Square
00:28:20.520 I don't live out there
00:28:21.380 whatever it's called
00:28:21.960 Nathan's building too
00:28:22.760 yeah
00:28:23.120 and they were getting
00:28:24.380 roughed up
00:28:24.820 and I remember
00:28:25.300 thinking to myself
00:28:26.220 they really need
00:28:27.340 some color
00:28:27.880 on their team
00:28:28.500 but I was like
00:28:40.000 Sheila too
00:28:40.580 I was just a mom
00:28:41.500 I was a healthcare worker
00:28:42.760 and I was like
00:28:43.800 something is going on
00:28:45.380 in 2020
00:28:46.060 I had a craft channel
00:28:47.580 and all of a sudden
00:28:48.900 I couldn't turn
00:28:49.840 like dollar store items
00:28:51.460 into a beautiful centerpiece
00:28:53.240 when I was like
00:28:53.960 is Bonnie Henry
00:28:55.540 trained in hypnosis
00:28:57.020 and hypnosing us
00:28:58.320 or something
00:28:58.760 and so
00:29:01.160 I started ranting online
00:29:03.120 and somehow
00:29:03.880 Rebel found me that way
00:29:05.740 gave me this
00:29:06.800 a mic
00:29:07.460 to amplify
00:29:08.820 what I was finding
00:29:10.240 one of the first things
00:29:12.120 I was talking about
00:29:13.120 was the lie
00:29:14.180 that was
00:29:14.660 I was going to say
00:29:15.780 the lie
00:29:16.120 that Black Lives Matter
00:29:17.100 that sounds really bad
00:29:18.100 but the hijacked movement
00:29:21.460 and reminding people
00:29:22.600 that's in fact racist
00:29:24.040 to convince people
00:29:25.100 that by the color
00:29:26.240 of their skin
00:29:26.880 it makes them limited
00:29:27.840 or repressed
00:29:28.780 and then it went on
00:29:30.760 to the COVID stuff
00:29:31.420 so it's been a wild ride
00:29:32.900 I was one of the many
00:29:34.160 healthcare workers
00:29:35.140 who lost their job
00:29:36.400 for not taking
00:29:37.380 an experimental vaccine
00:29:39.220 as was my husband
00:29:47.220 and taking the job
00:29:49.100 at Rebel News
00:29:49.600 I actually thought
00:29:50.140 I would lose it faster
00:29:51.100 just for doing that
00:29:52.140 and shedding light
00:29:53.040 on all of the hysteria
00:29:54.900 that was going on
00:29:55.620 but it was in fact
00:29:56.840 the mandate
00:29:57.660 and so again
00:29:58.400 thank you so much
00:29:59.360 because without Rebel News
00:30:01.500 I don't know
00:30:02.040 we would have lost our house
00:30:03.180 and we wouldn't have
00:30:04.820 had this mic
00:30:05.420 to say the truth
00:30:06.340 and so we're still
00:30:07.360 doing that
00:30:08.120 and I love all of you
00:30:09.880 thank you
00:30:10.600 thanks Freya
00:30:12.900 and thanks to Freya's mum
00:30:14.780 for making the journey here
00:30:16.380 it's nice to see you again
00:30:17.700 now Sheila
00:30:18.980 I'd like you to take over
00:30:20.080 the camera
00:30:20.880 from Alexa Lavoie
00:30:22.420 I'm an Alberta boy
00:30:24.660 originally
00:30:25.180 and frankly
00:30:26.360 growing up
00:30:27.140 Quebec was a bit of mystery
00:30:29.260 but I also knew
00:30:30.100 that Quebec
00:30:30.500 from the Alberta point of view
00:30:32.240 was a favored province
00:30:33.980 and it was a source
00:30:35.520 of some concern
00:30:38.540 in the reform party
00:30:39.980 and I want to tell you
00:30:41.040 how important it's been
00:30:42.660 for my view of Canada
00:30:44.540 to know
00:30:45.660 that there is
00:30:47.120 a group of people
00:30:48.800 in Quebec
00:30:49.400 who love freedom
00:30:50.600 as much as I do
00:30:52.100 and although they're outgunned
00:30:54.620 although
00:30:55.060 if you think
00:30:56.580 the regime media
00:30:57.800 is vicious
00:30:58.500 in English Canada
00:30:59.460 they've got nothing
00:31:01.200 on how extreme
00:31:03.720 the Quebec media clique is
00:31:06.040 probably because
00:31:07.460 it's so much smaller
00:31:08.480 and here you have
00:31:10.360 this bombshell
00:31:11.880 who comes in
00:31:12.900 and starts telling
00:31:14.000 the other side of the story
00:31:15.040 well you're not allowed
00:31:15.680 to do that
00:31:16.320 well she's done so well
00:31:18.640 telling us the stories
00:31:20.380 of Quebec
00:31:21.280 on Anglais
00:31:22.100 but also telling the truth
00:31:24.100 to Quebecers
00:31:24.900 on Francais
00:31:25.680 which is the reason why
00:31:28.200 well I mean
00:31:29.520 I won't give
00:31:30.760 specific examples
00:31:32.380 but quite recently
00:31:33.280 the premier of the province
00:31:34.680 announced that he was
00:31:35.440 going to bring in
00:31:36.060 a new bill
00:31:36.640 precisely because of a story
00:31:38.320 that only Alexa
00:31:39.480 was covering
00:31:40.600 namely
00:31:41.040 the mass protest
00:31:42.660 right outside
00:31:43.680 the basilica
00:31:45.020 by Hamas supporters
00:31:46.720 Alexa come on up
00:31:48.060 well first of all
00:31:59.080 I want to thank you all
00:32:00.640 for being here
00:32:01.760 and first of all
00:32:02.840 thank you Ezra
00:32:04.340 because Ezra took a big
00:32:07.060 big big risk
00:32:08.180 when he took me
00:32:09.360 in the company
00:32:10.620 first of all
00:32:12.080 because my English
00:32:13.340 was so poor
00:32:14.540 that same me
00:32:15.940 when I was listening
00:32:16.800 to myself
00:32:17.340 I was like
00:32:17.840 what did I say?
00:32:21.740 you're doing that
00:32:22.640 you're doing that
00:32:23.740 yeah so
00:32:24.540 I grew up
00:32:28.440 on the rebel
00:32:29.980 and thanks to
00:32:31.180 to you Ezra
00:32:32.560 and thanks for
00:32:33.420 everybody who believed
00:32:35.180 on me
00:32:35.780 and how I joined rebel
00:32:38.300 but most of the people
00:32:39.480 know about it
00:32:40.500 it's mainly because
00:32:41.660 in Quebec
00:32:43.160 nobody knew really
00:32:45.160 what was happening
00:32:46.060 during the COVID
00:32:46.840 and everybody thought
00:32:48.620 that everywhere
00:32:50.080 in Canada
00:32:50.620 it was the same
00:32:51.420 but Quebec
00:32:52.260 had the harshest
00:32:54.000 COVID lockdown
00:32:55.200 and just because
00:32:57.680 one day
00:32:59.160 I wanted to
00:33:00.560 warm myself up
00:33:02.260 in the middle
00:33:04.420 of the afternoon
00:33:05.380 with some of my friends
00:33:08.300 who just tried
00:33:09.160 to help us
00:33:10.200 to get warm
00:33:11.380 there were
00:33:13.160 14 police officers
00:33:15.180 cracking
00:33:15.740 inside of
00:33:17.340 the building
00:33:18.360 the apartment
00:33:19.500 searching everywhere
00:33:21.480 in the apartment
00:33:22.420 as if
00:33:23.520 we were
00:33:24.320 criminals
00:33:25.140 and
00:33:26.600 we got
00:33:27.360 everybody
00:33:28.160 a $1550
00:33:29.840 fight
00:33:30.420 and
00:33:32.540 at that moment
00:33:33.700 sorry
00:33:34.360 I didn't know
00:33:35.000 what rebel
00:33:35.740 was before
00:33:36.600 but
00:33:37.220 I learned
00:33:38.300 pretty fast
00:33:39.020 that rebel
00:33:39.700 was helping people
00:33:41.000 and
00:33:41.920 I tried to
00:33:42.640 reach out to
00:33:43.840 Sheila
00:33:44.440 and David
00:33:45.540 and
00:33:46.680 it's when
00:33:47.360 I started
00:33:47.920 protesting
00:33:48.480 and I met
00:33:49.380 Mocha
00:33:49.820 because I was
00:33:50.820 handling
00:33:51.560 roses
00:33:52.960 to
00:33:53.520 police officers
00:33:54.400 now
00:33:54.760 they hate me
00:33:55.860 but
00:33:56.140 I don't know
00:33:56.960 why
00:33:57.880 they just
00:33:59.680 refused to
00:34:01.360 protect
00:34:01.740 citizens
00:34:02.740 they refused
00:34:03.700 to protect
00:34:04.240 us
00:34:04.760 I got
00:34:05.620 assaulted
00:34:06.060 multiple times
00:34:06.940 in front of them
00:34:07.620 they didn't move
00:34:09.200 they didn't do
00:34:09.820 anything
00:34:10.280 as I got
00:34:11.780 shot during
00:34:12.380 the convoy
00:34:13.680 because
00:34:14.040 I was just
00:34:15.320 reporting on
00:34:16.000 the truth
00:34:16.520 and showing
00:34:17.740 the other side
00:34:18.460 of the story
00:34:18.920 to people
00:34:19.460 and that
00:34:20.020 was already
00:34:20.780 too much
00:34:21.920 for them
00:34:22.940 so I think
00:34:24.380 rebel
00:34:25.040 is needed
00:34:26.760 in Canada
00:34:27.580 rebel
00:34:28.400 is important
00:34:29.320 rebel
00:34:30.380 is making
00:34:31.040 a difference
00:34:31.700 and I can
00:34:38.560 see it
00:34:39.120 right now
00:34:39.840 because
00:34:40.120 just in
00:34:40.660 Quebec
00:34:41.140 there is
00:34:42.500 now
00:34:42.740 mainstream
00:34:43.200 media
00:34:43.680 who are
00:34:45.880 trying to
00:34:46.920 report
00:34:48.300 on me
00:34:48.780 they are
00:34:49.160 trying to
00:34:49.840 who is
00:34:50.960 this lady
00:34:51.640 she's by
00:34:52.520 herself
00:34:53.020 but she's
00:34:53.660 doing
00:34:53.980 like
00:34:54.440 more
00:34:55.040 work
00:34:55.840 than most
00:34:56.820 of us
00:34:57.280 I have
00:34:58.240 mainstream
00:34:59.100 people
00:34:59.940 reaching out
00:35:01.100 to me
00:35:01.700 because they
00:35:02.240 want to
00:35:02.640 cover
00:35:03.000 those
00:35:03.940 protests
00:35:04.780 but they are
00:35:07.220 too scared
00:35:07.740 to go over
00:35:08.360 there
00:35:08.700 so they
00:35:09.500 want to
00:35:10.060 join me
00:35:10.700 because they
00:35:11.200 are too
00:35:11.540 scared
00:35:11.980 there are
00:35:13.260 mainstream
00:35:14.000 media
00:35:14.460 coming to
00:35:15.800 me
00:35:16.080 and saying
00:35:16.480 we really
00:35:17.260 like what
00:35:17.920 you're doing
00:35:18.520 but I can't
00:35:19.200 do it
00:35:19.660 loud
00:35:20.620 so
00:35:22.480 Rebel is
00:35:23.540 doing
00:35:23.860 an amazing
00:35:26.660 work
00:35:28.200 and I
00:35:29.740 think
00:35:30.240 we are
00:35:31.220 doing a
00:35:31.760 difference
00:35:32.120 and I
00:35:33.520 think we
00:35:34.120 can see
00:35:34.700 it as of
00:35:35.440 right now
00:35:35.960 because the
00:35:36.560 mainstream
00:35:36.860 doesn't
00:35:38.160 have
00:35:38.660 the narrative
00:35:40.060 anymore
00:35:40.580 and we
00:35:42.180 are bringing
00:35:43.240 the other
00:35:43.620 side of the
00:35:44.060 story
00:35:44.280 so thank
00:35:45.140 you everybody
00:35:45.640 for being
00:35:46.060 here
00:35:46.300 so Mary
00:35:58.320 Ugolini
00:35:58.800 if you're
00:35:59.200 in the
00:35:59.400 room
00:35:59.540 can you
00:35:59.940 make your
00:36:00.760 way forward
00:36:01.280 but first
00:36:01.900 I'd like
00:36:02.300 to surprise
00:36:03.660 someone
00:36:04.120 who came
00:36:04.580 here tonight
00:36:05.180 unbeknownst
00:36:06.200 to me
00:36:06.520 and she
00:36:06.820 said hi
00:36:07.400 and unbeknownst
00:36:08.360 to her
00:36:08.680 I'm going
00:36:09.020 to ask
00:36:09.360 her to
00:36:09.620 say a
00:36:09.900 few words
00:36:10.440 Rebel News
00:36:12.340 does battle
00:36:13.380 in the court
00:36:13.920 of public
00:36:14.360 opinion
00:36:14.800 but every
00:36:15.720 once in a
00:36:16.140 while
00:36:16.280 we do
00:36:16.620 battle
00:36:17.000 in the
00:36:17.740 court
00:36:17.940 of law
00:36:18.420 and we
00:36:19.420 have
00:36:19.940 found
00:36:20.600 lawyers
00:36:21.140 that
00:36:21.400 believe
00:36:21.720 in
00:36:21.980 freedom
00:36:22.340 and
00:36:22.960 civil
00:36:23.320 liberties
00:36:23.640 we lose
00:36:24.840 a lot
00:36:25.260 I won't
00:36:25.640 lie
00:36:25.960 we often
00:36:26.580 lose
00:36:27.040 but I
00:36:27.700 gotta tell
00:36:28.200 you
00:36:28.360 when we
00:36:28.920 win
00:36:29.380 it feels
00:36:30.300 so good
00:36:30.960 and a
00:36:31.900 lawyer
00:36:32.140 who has
00:36:32.620 probably
00:36:33.020 done more
00:36:33.600 civil
00:36:33.940 liberties
00:36:34.240 work
00:36:34.560 for us
00:36:35.080 than anyone
00:36:35.820 else
00:36:36.220 is my
00:36:36.540 friend
00:36:36.780 Sarah Miller
00:36:37.360 from right
00:36:37.860 here
00:36:38.180 in Calgary
00:36:39.040 Sarah Miller
00:36:39.680 great to see
00:36:47.100 hi everyone
00:36:52.940 everybody else
00:36:54.340 did a little
00:36:54.860 origin story
00:36:55.500 so I'll give
00:36:55.960 mine
00:36:56.440 Ezra called
00:36:58.260 my firm
00:36:58.940 back at the
00:37:00.360 beginning of
00:37:00.780 COVID in
00:37:01.200 2020
00:37:01.680 he asked for
00:37:03.420 the cheapest
00:37:03.920 lawyer in the
00:37:04.540 firm
00:37:04.820 I was
00:37:11.460 I was
00:37:13.080 at the
00:37:13.480 time
00:37:13.780 the cheapest
00:37:14.300 lawyer
00:37:14.720 so I
00:37:15.900 stepped up
00:37:16.520 I took
00:37:17.200 on a lot
00:37:18.180 of the
00:37:18.460 tickets
00:37:18.860 that we
00:37:19.200 saw in
00:37:19.480 the city
00:37:19.880 he connected
00:37:21.140 me with
00:37:21.600 Archer
00:37:21.920 Pawlowski
00:37:22.480 I was
00:37:23.500 able to
00:37:24.120 do
00:37:24.500 the most
00:37:25.280 amazing
00:37:25.620 work
00:37:25.980 for our
00:37:26.540 community
00:37:26.960 without
00:37:27.760 Rebel
00:37:28.320 without
00:37:28.640 all of
00:37:29.220 you
00:37:29.520 I
00:37:30.260 couldn't
00:37:30.820 do
00:37:31.300 as
00:37:31.600 often
00:37:32.060 what I
00:37:32.380 love
00:37:32.680 to do
00:37:33.180 a lot
00:37:33.740 of you
00:37:33.960 have
00:37:34.140 thanked
00:37:34.420 me
00:37:34.620 for
00:37:34.760 my
00:37:34.900 work
00:37:35.100 honestly
00:37:35.440 I
00:37:35.620 don't
00:37:35.960 know
00:37:36.240 what
00:37:36.760 else
00:37:36.940 I
00:37:37.080 could
00:37:37.300 do
00:37:37.640 I
00:37:38.480 don't
00:37:38.700 need
00:37:38.880 thanks
00:37:39.300 it's
00:37:39.640 my
00:37:39.840 pleasure
00:37:40.200 and
00:37:40.500 my
00:37:41.000 passion
00:37:41.380 so I
00:37:42.300 really
00:37:42.580 appreciate
00:37:43.040 all of
00:37:43.480 you
00:37:43.680 thank you
00:37:47.160 Sarah
00:37:47.460 I forgot
00:37:54.860 about that
00:37:55.640 part
00:37:56.060 you know
00:37:58.800 what when
00:37:59.220 you're using
00:37:59.720 other people's
00:38:00.360 money you
00:38:00.780 have to be
00:38:01.260 careful
00:38:01.740 Sarah
00:38:03.880 you did a
00:38:04.360 great job
00:38:05.040 your firm
00:38:08.000 has done
00:38:08.460 some great
00:38:09.120 work
00:38:09.440 and it's
00:38:10.460 protected
00:38:11.020 our
00:38:11.400 journalists
00:38:12.000 and it's
00:38:12.880 come to
00:38:13.260 the aid
00:38:13.740 of
00:38:13.900 individuals
00:38:14.500 like
00:38:14.880 Pastor
00:38:15.340 Arthur
00:38:16.000 so I
00:38:16.560 mean we're
00:38:16.840 having a
00:38:17.380 laugh
00:38:17.680 but it was
00:38:18.300 really important
00:38:18.840 and you
00:38:19.060 actually
00:38:19.400 there'll be a
00:38:20.240 clip of you
00:38:20.720 in the video
00:38:21.300 that we show
00:38:21.780 shortly
00:38:22.160 flying to
00:38:23.440 Geneva
00:38:24.060 with Sheila
00:38:25.400 Gunn-Reed
00:38:26.040 to file a
00:38:27.400 human rights
00:38:28.080 complaint of the
00:38:28.780 UN Human Rights
00:38:29.560 Commission
00:38:29.960 against Justin
00:38:31.300 Trudeau
00:38:31.740 for what he
00:38:32.460 did during
00:38:33.540 the pandemic
00:38:34.220 lockdown
00:38:34.720 you know
00:38:44.240 COVID is
00:38:44.880 a story
00:38:45.960 that many
00:38:46.820 of our
00:38:47.100 people share
00:38:47.840 because that's
00:38:48.940 when we
00:38:49.540 learned who
00:38:50.420 could think
00:38:51.220 for themselves
00:38:51.800 who would be
00:38:53.200 a nonconformist
00:38:54.420 when the whole
00:38:55.060 world was going
00:38:55.700 mad
00:38:56.240 if you could
00:38:57.280 keep your
00:38:57.720 wits about
00:38:58.220 you while
00:38:58.680 those all
00:38:59.180 around you
00:38:59.620 were losing
00:39:00.200 theirs
00:39:00.800 and our
00:39:02.900 next guest
00:39:04.480 speaker is
00:39:05.900 someone and I
00:39:06.800 mentioned this
00:39:07.300 over dinner
00:39:07.800 we met her
00:39:10.260 because she
00:39:11.380 was a client
00:39:12.360 of the
00:39:13.400 fight the
00:39:13.920 fines program
00:39:14.920 that Sarah
00:39:15.500 was talking
00:39:16.000 about
00:39:16.300 here's this
00:39:17.000 young lady
00:39:17.560 who was
00:39:17.940 arrested
00:39:18.440 for walking
00:39:20.020 on the
00:39:20.660 beach
00:39:21.060 which apparently
00:39:22.420 is a
00:39:24.200 terrible
00:39:24.740 COVID risk
00:39:25.660 and I saw
00:39:26.720 her speak
00:39:27.700 and I
00:39:28.240 thought
00:39:28.500 who is
00:39:30.180 she
00:39:30.380 she's so
00:39:31.020 articulate
00:39:31.720 and so
00:39:32.500 confident
00:39:33.380 and such
00:39:34.180 a good
00:39:35.300 communicator
00:39:36.280 and she
00:39:37.260 went from
00:39:37.620 being a
00:39:37.960 client
00:39:38.480 of Rebel
00:39:39.560 News
00:39:39.920 to a
00:39:40.660 reporter
00:39:41.080 and now
00:39:41.500 an editor
00:39:41.960 at Rebel
00:39:42.300 News
00:39:42.500 to Mary
00:39:42.820 Ugolini
00:39:43.280 come on
00:39:43.660 up here
00:39:44.040 it's a
00:39:52.280 really wild
00:39:53.120 story
00:39:53.560 and actually
00:39:54.120 five years
00:39:55.000 later now
00:39:55.620 it's even
00:39:56.360 more wild
00:39:56.940 to think
00:39:57.460 that you
00:39:58.700 could be
00:39:59.040 arrested
00:39:59.420 for simply
00:40:00.220 walking a
00:40:01.160 public shoreline
00:40:02.660 due to the
00:40:03.480 risk of
00:40:04.140 COVID-19
00:40:05.280 and outdoor
00:40:07.040 viral spread
00:40:07.820 was never
00:40:08.380 considered or
00:40:09.480 proven to be
00:40:10.660 a thing or a
00:40:11.400 scientific fact
00:40:12.140 and yet there
00:40:12.640 we were
00:40:13.160 just restricting
00:40:14.940 and fencing
00:40:15.600 off beaches
00:40:16.260 and a funny
00:40:17.820 thing about that
00:40:18.380 story I think
00:40:19.060 is what Ezra
00:40:20.160 appreciated the
00:40:20.960 most was
00:40:21.480 I had actually
00:40:22.320 researched the
00:40:23.060 lot lines
00:40:23.780 in terms of
00:40:24.660 who owned
00:40:25.360 the property
00:40:25.980 that they
00:40:26.780 were restricting
00:40:27.440 and I came
00:40:27.960 to find
00:40:28.460 that there's
00:40:30.040 something that
00:40:30.360 exists called
00:40:30.860 riparian rights
00:40:32.020 and I won't
00:40:32.640 get into all
00:40:32.960 the nitty gritty
00:40:33.640 but essentially
00:40:34.240 no one owns
00:40:35.620 the shore
00:40:36.240 the shore
00:40:37.080 is a fluid
00:40:37.860 moving thing
00:40:38.900 and from a
00:40:39.760 certain point
00:40:40.460 of that beach
00:40:41.500 onward
00:40:42.100 is crown land
00:40:43.380 and so
00:40:44.640 restricting
00:40:45.320 public access
00:40:46.300 it was not
00:40:47.240 only unconstitutional
00:40:48.500 completely
00:40:49.100 but an
00:40:49.980 infringement
00:40:50.760 of that
00:40:51.760 easement
00:40:52.340 and that
00:40:52.760 access the
00:40:53.560 public
00:40:54.140 was always
00:40:55.340 entitled to
00:40:56.580 and so
00:40:57.860 I entered
00:40:58.380 on crown land
00:40:59.280 I walked
00:40:59.980 that shoreline
00:41:00.960 and I did
00:41:02.560 it really out
00:41:03.180 of the fact
00:41:03.840 that my husband
00:41:04.360 and I had
00:41:04.860 lost everything
00:41:05.840 after the
00:41:06.720 lockdowns
00:41:07.520 and the
00:41:08.680 COVID related
00:41:09.280 restrictions
00:41:09.720 and I had
00:41:10.620 engaged with
00:41:11.340 politicians
00:41:11.880 I had been
00:41:12.540 petitioning the
00:41:13.180 town to
00:41:13.660 reopen the beach
00:41:14.640 I had been
00:41:15.120 delegating at
00:41:15.780 town council
00:41:16.320 meetings
00:41:16.660 I reached out
00:41:17.340 to my MP
00:41:18.000 my MPP
00:41:18.800 all of these
00:41:19.820 civil discourse
00:41:20.860 avenues that
00:41:21.560 you're supposed
00:41:22.080 to have
00:41:22.840 when you have
00:41:23.520 an issue
00:41:23.960 with how the
00:41:24.480 government's
00:41:24.960 behaving
00:41:25.300 and no one
00:41:26.580 was listening
00:41:27.580 and so
00:41:29.760 the next step
00:41:31.120 naturally is
00:41:31.980 civil disobedience
00:41:33.740 peaceful
00:41:34.340 civil disobedience
00:41:36.280 thank you
00:41:37.760 and
00:41:42.720 not only
00:41:44.760 was I
00:41:45.100 being fined
00:41:45.900 for trespass
00:41:46.700 when there
00:41:47.440 wasn't any
00:41:48.180 lawful way
00:41:49.100 that I was
00:41:49.760 trespassing
00:41:50.380 because I
00:41:50.740 didn't go
00:41:51.280 on town property
00:41:52.160 and they never
00:41:52.940 had jurisdiction
00:41:53.680 to restrict access
00:41:54.640 in the first place
00:41:55.400 but I was actually
00:41:56.400 also being charged
00:41:57.180 criminally
00:41:57.820 and I don't even
00:42:00.000 have so much
00:42:00.580 as a speeding ticket
00:42:01.520 I was also a mom
00:42:03.420 like the women
00:42:04.220 up here on the stage
00:42:05.460 before me
00:42:06.060 and I was concerned
00:42:07.160 about the future
00:42:07.880 and where we were
00:42:08.620 headed if no one
00:42:09.640 spoke up
00:42:10.200 people said to me
00:42:10.980 well weren't you
00:42:11.680 scared of speaking up
00:42:13.300 and I said
00:42:14.200 what terrified me
00:42:15.320 more was what
00:42:16.640 would happen
00:42:17.240 if I didn't
00:42:18.400 so Ezra took a chance
00:42:25.320 on me
00:42:25.800 and I'm so thankful
00:42:26.740 for that
00:42:27.360 and this is my
00:42:27.860 first time being
00:42:28.640 at the Calgary-based
00:42:30.260 rebel event
00:42:30.820 so thank you
00:42:31.600 to all of you
00:42:32.280 it's so nice
00:42:33.000 to be in a room
00:42:33.920 full of freedom
00:42:34.960 minded rebels
00:42:36.380 and support
00:42:37.420 thank you
00:42:38.500 and thanks Ezra
00:42:42.600 for taking a chance
00:42:43.500 on me
00:42:43.880 cheers everyone
00:42:44.800 thanks Tamira
00:42:46.400 we have a couple
00:42:50.560 other rebels here
00:42:51.520 Angelica
00:42:52.280 can you give us
00:42:52.920 a wave
00:42:53.440 and Sydney Fisard
00:42:55.080 Angelica and Syd
00:42:56.380 are actually headed
00:42:57.580 down to the
00:42:58.980 Turning Point USA
00:43:00.580 mega meeting
00:43:01.860 in Arizona
00:43:03.300 they'll be our
00:43:05.760 rebel eyes
00:43:06.860 and ears
00:43:07.520 down there
00:43:08.240 thank you for
00:43:11.480 going down there
00:43:12.380 and I look forward
00:43:13.000 to what you see
00:43:14.040 you know there
00:43:16.340 is always a whiff
00:43:17.480 of violence
00:43:18.180 when we cover
00:43:18.960 the other side
00:43:20.460 whether it's
00:43:21.300 Antifa
00:43:21.900 or police brutality
00:43:23.300 I hate to say it
00:43:24.380 our people
00:43:25.420 have been attacked
00:43:26.320 20 times
00:43:28.240 over the course
00:43:28.980 of 10 years
00:43:30.100 and I don't know
00:43:31.780 any other media
00:43:33.180 in the country
00:43:33.880 who actually
00:43:34.740 have spent
00:43:35.800 tens of thousands
00:43:36.800 sometimes close
00:43:37.560 to a hundred
00:43:38.360 thousand dollars
00:43:39.120 a year
00:43:39.380 on personal
00:43:40.200 security
00:43:41.140 and not just here
00:43:42.000 our friend
00:43:42.380 Abiyamini
00:43:43.000 in Australia
00:43:44.240 the left
00:43:46.760 is inherently
00:43:47.820 not all of them
00:43:48.880 but there is
00:43:49.700 an unchecked
00:43:51.340 part of the left
00:43:52.180 that believes
00:43:52.980 in violence
00:43:53.780 Antifa
00:43:54.680 is allowed
00:43:55.420 to operate
00:43:56.120 in a way
00:43:56.600 that the Hells Angels
00:43:57.500 or the Mafia
00:43:58.640 would not
00:43:59.260 it's a criminal
00:44:00.240 organization
00:44:00.940 it is
00:44:02.080 a racketeer
00:44:03.420 type organization
00:44:05.760 but because it
00:44:06.780 serves left wing
00:44:07.880 politics
00:44:08.440 it is allowed
00:44:09.120 to happen
00:44:09.700 and I have
00:44:10.780 watched countless
00:44:11.520 times
00:44:11.980 our people
00:44:12.720 being hit
00:44:13.860 and
00:44:14.820 every time
00:44:16.360 I think to myself
00:44:17.200 what would I do
00:44:18.160 if I were the one
00:44:18.940 who was hit
00:44:19.680 and would I sue
00:44:21.400 or would I
00:44:22.140 and I try to do
00:44:23.480 for our team
00:44:24.240 what I would do
00:44:25.280 for myself
00:44:25.940 because they are
00:44:27.160 there for me
00:44:28.420 and for you
00:44:29.300 and I'm not
00:44:31.160 independently wealthy
00:44:32.200 every cent we have
00:44:33.780 for security
00:44:34.480 or lawyers
00:44:35.220 comes from you
00:44:36.420 through crowdfunding
00:44:37.380 you've probably
00:44:38.840 tired of us
00:44:39.660 emailing and asking
00:44:40.520 for help
00:44:41.040 but the fact
00:44:42.260 that you keep
00:44:42.900 providing that help
00:44:43.900 tells me
00:44:44.580 you want us
00:44:46.060 to continue
00:44:46.640 to protect our people
00:44:47.900 you want us
00:44:49.020 to continue
00:44:49.800 doing the stories
00:44:50.700 frankly that require
00:44:51.780 protection
00:44:52.420 when David goes
00:44:53.840 to cover
00:44:54.380 the case
00:44:55.420 of Ash Davis
00:44:57.800 the big bloke
00:44:59.020 who punches girls
00:45:00.460 on the rugby team
00:45:01.700 you want us
00:45:03.400 to be there
00:45:03.980 even though
00:45:04.540 you know
00:45:05.240 and I know
00:45:06.040 that that leads
00:45:06.960 to litigation
00:45:07.800 Ezra we don't want you
00:45:09.480 we need you
00:45:10.520 well thank you my friend
00:45:11.660 alright
00:45:13.740 I talk too much
00:45:15.760 well it was a great night
00:45:18.160 I'm off to the
00:45:19.480 Justice Center
00:45:20.320 for Constitutional
00:45:21.520 Freedom's dinner tonight
00:45:22.720 what a great group
00:45:23.740 they are
00:45:24.300 and then I'll be
00:45:25.340 back in Toronto
00:45:26.380 tomorrow
00:45:27.140 doing the show
00:45:28.580 normally
00:45:29.140 it's been a busy week
00:45:30.240 in the UK
00:45:30.980 and then here in Calgary
00:45:32.420 Rebel News
00:45:33.400 is interested
00:45:34.020 in the whole world
00:45:34.900 and I'm delighted
00:45:35.900 that our journalists
00:45:36.680 make a difference
00:45:37.420 in so many different places
00:45:39.120 it was an honor
00:45:41.080 to be on some panels
00:45:42.620 and speak today
00:45:43.420 until next time
00:45:44.760 on behalf of all of us
00:45:45.940 at Rebel
00:45:46.800 to you at home
00:45:47.520 goodnight
00:45:48.600 and keep fighting
00:45:49.660 for freedom
00:45:51.520 take a
00:45:51.860 goodnight
00:45:52.900 give it back
00:45:54.700 absolutely
00:45:54.980 hmm
00:45:55.540 and keep fighting
00:45:56.600 for love
00:45:57.480 McDonalds
00:45:58.620 at the time
00:46:09.060 you
00:46:10.000 are
00:46:10.220 sure
00:46:10.480 that you
00:46:10.860 are
00:46:11.040 the
00:46:11.480 you
00:46:13.560 are
00:46:14.080 never