00:17:02.040There are other places in Montreal that have been taken over by migrants as well.
00:17:28.740Alexa covered some of that, including, for example, swimming pools.
00:17:32.440New, it's not really new, but this phenomenon increasing with the fact that we receive a massive new immigrant here in Quebec and in Canada.
00:17:43.440I wouldn't say so. I don't think there's a correlation between race and like that movement, no.
00:17:49.440But I know that in Europe, this problem has been for decades. It's important to say no.
00:17:55.440Quebec and Canada, it's a very open culture, but there are things to say no.
00:18:00.640It's not racist to say no to certain things.
00:18:03.640And I would like to say that the feminists, the feminists, they say enough to that.
00:18:08.640They have a double standard where they would say that it's like, oh, no,
00:18:11.940we can't talk about that because it's racist.
00:18:14.440I don't have fear to denounce. I think people have been a lot recognized by the fear of being racist or intolerant, but it's not a matter of racism or intolerance. It's zero tolerance for everyone to act like that.
00:18:33.440Mass immigration has brought many challenges, and what I'm about to show you is one of the most concerning. Women and children no longer feel safe.
00:18:45.440Incidents of staring, groping, and inappropriate behavior have been reported multiple times right here in Montreal's public swimming pools.
00:18:56.440Now, let me say a few things about prayer. I believe that everyone should have the right to pray, a Jew in a synagogue, a Christian in a church, a Muslim in a mosque.
00:19:05.440There are close to 100 mosques in the Montreal area. There's no shortage of places to pray.
00:19:12.440But to pray on a public square or in a public street outside the Catholic Basilica is not about religious expression. It's about power. It's about dominance. It's about taking over territory, dominating public places, and violating any number of rules against public gatherings without a permit, blocking the street, blocking the sidewalk, and basically daring the police to push them away.
00:19:42.440Lest they get hit with another multimillion-dollar lawsuit. This is about changing the feeling about who's in control.
00:19:51.440The police are no longer in control. The politicians are not. The Hamas street mob is.
00:19:56.440By the way, they do the same thing in Toronto all the time. In fact, when David Menzies was simply on the street reporting on one of these street prayers, which, you know, it's a fake thing.
00:20:08.440They just say it's a prayer because they want to give themselves a kind of political bulletproof armor.
00:20:14.440It was David who was arrested just for standing there. Remember that?
00:36:01.180Will you call on Doug Ford not to wait for Carney to reconvene Parliament, but rather to issue
00:36:09.560a statement that there will be no more prosecutions of homeowners who defend their homes just as
00:36:16.400a matter of policy? Because right now his prosecutors are going after Jeremy McDonald, whose home was
00:36:23.420invaded in Lindsay, Ontario. And those are provincial prosecutors who are doing that?
00:36:29.700Yes. Well, I think that's a that's a great idea. I don't I don't know the legal powers that a
00:36:35.580premier has to to direct the prosecution service site. I would not comment on it, but I would hope
00:36:41.000prosecutors would stop going after law abiding people who are defending their property. We need
00:36:49.740prosecutors to go after criminals. Now, as for
00:36:53.560their ability to do that, I'm not I'm not I've never been a crown prosecutor. So I don't know. We have a crown
00:37:00.440prosecutor here in Larry Brock. So maybe he can he can jump in on this. But I will say this. We need to
00:37:06.800change the law. Let's make the law clear. Let's let's let's bring in place the idea that your home is your
00:37:12.540castle so that no prosecutor, judge or police officer can ever go after someone who is
00:37:19.720defending their home against an evader who presents a threat. Do you have anything to add Larry
00:37:24.860prosecutor? This is the prosecutor. Thank you. Thank you, leader. Although crown prosecutors in every
00:37:33.440province, particularly in Ontario, maintain independence, as long as they can justify that
00:37:39.080independence, they are still directed policy wise by the Attorney General in this case, the Attorney
00:37:47.000General of Ontario being Doug Downey. To answer your question, Mr. Levant, Mr. Downey has that ability
00:37:53.900to perhaps direct crowns in light of what we are doing as a federal level to reflect upon the change
00:38:02.320in legislation we hope is about to come. So you were the former senior prosecutor. The law is the law, but
00:38:08.260the government can decide what the legal priorities are for prosecutions. How would it work
00:38:13.820if a province like Ontario or Alberta decided to take the lead and stop prosecuting
00:38:20.720homeowners who defend themselves? That's that's a legal thing. That's just a policy decision, right?
00:38:26.600Well, it is. And I spoke in your response to your question in very general terms, because every case is,
00:38:35.840as you know, fact specific, right? So that's why I started by saying every assistant crown and crown
00:38:44.620attorney maintains a degree of independence. And that independence is free of any interference from a
00:38:53.020crown manager, a crown director, or in this case, all the way to the top of the chain being the Attorney General.
00:39:01.660So long as the decision made by that crown attorney can be justified by policy and by law.
00:39:10.440So to answer your question, given the outpouring of concern that a number of people have, a number of police
00:39:18.880unions are speaking out against this, police associations are speaking out against this, and in this case,
00:39:24.180Doug Ford is speaking out against this, he has the ability to have that discussion with his minister.
00:39:30.960And that minister has the ability to direct crowns across the province to really reflect on that decision to continue a prosecution.
00:39:43.960I find there's a great gulf between what Premier Ford says, he says he stands in solidarity with his homeowner, but it is
00:39:52.740his domain. The prosecutors and police are within provincial jurisdiction, too. He could, I suppose he could do,
00:40:01.580he could say, look, unless there's an egregious case, we're just not going to put resources to them. Like, he could change this
00:40:08.380without waiting for Parliament, right? He can't change the law. But he can change the, he can say it's not in the, my
00:40:15.760assessment of the public interest of Ontario is we're not going to put resources to... Yeah, and that, but that's not his domain.
00:40:21.860That's not, that's the Attorney General? That's the domain of the Attorney General flowing down right to the Crown
00:40:27.800Prosecutor who has carriage of, in this case, the Mackenzie file. You've got to ask yourself two questions, Ezra, as a Crown Attorney,
00:40:35.740whether it's a shoplifting charge, all the way to a multi-homicide case. Is there a reasonable prospect of a
00:40:45.760conviction? Is the evidence such that you receive from the Crown that you can produce evidence to the court to
00:40:53.060establish proof beyond a reasonable doubt? And secondly, and most importantly to your point, is there a public interest in
00:41:01.400continuing the prosecution? So what I have seen from Crown's across this great country of ours is they have relied on the
00:41:10.840public interest to discontinue a prosecution involving a homeowner who have defended themselves. But again, it's very case
00:41:20.420specific. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on the time of the day. It depends on the force that was used, the weapon that was
00:41:30.260brandished, a whole litany of factors. And that's why Pierre is saying, we don't want a judge to second guess the
00:41:38.840immediate decisions made by a homeowner. At 3am in the dark. Precisely. But you've literally got seconds to make a decision. And your first
00:41:46.940instinct is to protect your family. Right, right. Thank you for this education. I know you were in the heart of these decisions as a
00:41:54.260prosecutor. I was. So I can imagine that this bill that your leader proposes really reflects how it really is for
00:42:03.700prosecutors. Well, we're seeking to clarify this area. Yeah. So that right now we have a massive gray area when it comes to
00:42:10.500defensive home and defensive property. We're hoping to make it much more clear, give more confidence to police to lay a charge or not.
00:42:18.260The nine factors is confusing. But more importantly, I think it signals an intent by the federal government in the hopes that it
00:42:26.260deters for these individuals to commit this heinous act. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Nice to talk with you.
00:42:33.260All the best. Okay. Here is Larry Brock, Member of Parliament for Brantford, Brant. Brantford, Brant South, Six Nations.
00:42:39.260Got it. Thank you very much. That's the name of the district. Well, I'm glad Pierre Polyev and Larry Brock are putting forward that bill to
00:42:45.260Parliament. But as you can see in my question, I don't think we actually have to wait for Parliament.
00:42:49.260Provincial premiers can make the public policy decision not to put any resources, not to prosecute or charge people for
00:42:56.260defending their homes. Remember, that's what happened with marijuana laws decades before it was legalized.
00:43:02.260Police simply did not lay charges if you had a modest amount. Maybe they'd make you throw the joint in the gutter or something.
00:43:09.260Police decided that was not in the public interest to focus on for crime fighting.
00:43:14.260And I think that Doug Ford has been talking so tough about supporting the victims of home invasions,
00:43:20.260but he's the one whose prosecutors are going after these people.
00:43:24.260So let's see what happens. But I felt like today was a good use of my time.
00:43:28.260It was very nice to be invited to a press conference to put a question that was answered both by the leader of the party
00:43:35.260and by a criminal justice expert, Larry Brock, the MP. And I think my idea sort of perked their ears up a bit.
00:43:43.260So I'm glad I came out here today. If you want to join the battle to defend Jeremy McDonald, we're crowdfunding.
00:43:49.260He's the man in Lindsay, Ontario who had the home invasion. He's the one being charged. He's a man of modest means.