Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Russia invades Ukraine

00:00:00.000 Hello, my rebels. Today, I'll do my best to try to understand what's going on in Ukraine.

00:00:04.600 I don't think I have anything particularly novel to say about it, but I want to point out how it

00:00:10.260 was Joe Biden's weakness that caused Putin to move after Putin and basically all the bad guys being

00:00:16.320 frozen for four years during Trump's administration. And I want to point out the Canadian connection

00:00:21.540 that Joe Biden, by banning the Keystone XL pipeline, has made himself vulnerable to energy

00:00:27.020 politics from Russia. I'll go through some of that and some of his more ridiculous statements 0.90

00:00:32.500 that's ahead. But first, let me invite you to subscribe to Rebel News Plus. That's the video

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00:00:41.320 get the video version of this show, plus four other shows a week. All right, here's today's podcast.

00:00:57.020 Tonight, Russia invades Ukraine. It's February 24th, and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.

00:01:11.700 Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?

00:01:15.460 There's 8,500 customers here, and you won't give them an answer.

00:01:19.520 The only thing I have to say to the government, the wire publisher, is because it's my bloody right

00:01:24.680 to do so. Russia has invaded Ukraine, not just a minor incursion, as Joe Biden said.

00:01:36.980 So I think what you're going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades, 0.99

00:01:43.780 and it depends on what it does. It's one thing if it's a minor incursion, and then we end up having

00:01:49.180 a fight about what to do and not do, etc. I think that Vladimir Putin took Biden's measure,

00:01:54.680 and realized that minor incursion, major incursion, same diff, Biden and the West would do nothing.

00:02:03.220 It would be like America fleeing Afghanistan after 20 years, abandoning billions of dollars

00:02:09.680 worth of weapons, leaving behind hundreds of U.S. citizens. Just a total collapse,

00:02:14.140 a collapse of will more than anything. That's what would happen again.

00:02:19.460 Putin invaded eastern Ukraine in 2014. The Crimea, they annexed it. That was when Barack Obama

00:02:27.840 was president and Joe Biden was vice president. Nothing really happened to Russia as a consequence.

00:02:35.120 The world was learning it could do what it wanted with the Democrats in charge, until Donald Trump was

00:02:41.700 elected in 2016. He was a tough guy. The media called him a bully. And it's true that some of his tweets

00:02:48.860 were really mean. But there wasn't a war during his four years as president, was there?

00:02:56.960 Trump liked being regarded as a bit of a wild card. When he had Chinese leader, the dictator,

00:03:03.400 Xi Jinping, over for dinner at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida hacienda, he timed a missile attack on Syria

00:03:11.980 for dessert, just to show Xi Jinping how casual and cavalier Trump was about launching a bunch of

00:03:19.420 cruise missiles. Whether it was respect or whether it was fear, the world did not trifle with Donald

00:03:25.700 Trump. In fact, peace broke out, certainly between Israel and many of its Muslim and Arab neighbors,

00:03:32.520 including the United Arab Emirates, where Dubai is, other Gulf states, and even in North Africa.

00:03:38.820 They called it the Abraham Accords. Iran didn't try anything when Trump was in power. North Korea

00:03:45.320 didn't try anything. There's Trump doing his best with a carrot and a stick. I mean, this is pretty

00:03:54.020 tough talk, pretty directly to Kim Jong-un, and it seemed to work, didn't it? I'm not here to say that

00:04:02.100 Trump solved all the world's problems, but they were certainly put on ice during his four years

00:04:07.280 as president. Here he is talking about how Europe was too chummy with Russia, and it was foolish to 0.92

00:04:14.080 buy their natural gas from Russia. Not only did it enrich Russia, but it gave Russia a kind of strategic

00:04:19.400 veto over European political and military affairs. Why would you buy your energy from your enemy?

00:04:26.180 Well, I have to say, I think it's very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with

00:04:34.940 Russia, where you're supposed to be guarding against Russia, and Germany goes out and pays 0.60

00:04:40.160 billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia. So we're protecting Germany, we're protecting France,

00:04:46.660 we're protecting all of these countries. And then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline

00:04:52.040 deal with Russia, where they're paying billions of dollars into the coffers of Russia.

00:04:58.360 So we're supposed to protect you against Russia, but they're paying billions of dollars to Russia,

00:05:03.420 and I think that's very inappropriate. And the former chancellor of Germany is the head of the

00:05:08.060 pipeline company that's supplying the gas. Ultimately, Germany will have almost 70 percent

00:05:14.480 of their country controlled by Russia with natural gas. So you tell me, is that appropriate?

00:05:22.360 I mean, I've been complaining about this from the time I got in. It should have never been allowed

00:05:27.060 to have happened. But Germany is totally controlled by Russia, because they will be getting from 60 to 70 0.84

00:05:33.120 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline. And you tell me if that's appropriate,

00:05:39.220 because I think it's not. And I think it's a very bad thing for NATO,

00:05:42.060 and I don't think it should have happened. And I think we have to talk to Germany about it.

00:05:46.780 On top of that, Germany is just paying a little bit over 1 percent, whereas the United States,

00:05:52.360 in actual numbers, is paying 4.2 percent of a much larger GDP. So I think that's inappropriate also.

00:06:00.040 You know, we're protecting Germany, we're protecting France, we're protecting everybody, 0.93

00:06:04.440 and yet we're paying a lot of money to protect. Now, this has been going on for decades.

00:06:08.720 This has been brought up by other presidents, but other presidents never did anything about it,

00:06:13.440 because I don't think they understood it, or they just didn't want to get involved.

00:06:17.680 But I have to bring it up, because I think it's very unfair to our country,

00:06:20.940 it's very unfair to our taxpayer. And I think that these countries have to step it up,

00:06:25.700 not over a 10-year period, they have to step it up immediately.

00:06:28.520 Germany is a rich country. They talk about they're going to increase it a tiny bit by 2030.

00:06:34.540 Well, they could increase it immediately tomorrow and have no problem.

00:06:40.300 I don't think it's fair to the United States. So we're going to have to do something,

00:06:44.460 because we're not going to put up with it. We can't put up with it.

00:06:47.000 Was that undiplomatic talk? Sure, I guess, but he did get NATO allies to spend more on the military.

00:06:53.760 It was honest. I mean, compared to this.

00:06:56.740 How ironic. The media party that had claimed Trump was in Putin's pocket.

00:07:08.140 Well, Putin never tried anything like this during Trump's tenure, did he?

00:07:13.100 So Biden was weak, but once perhaps he was strong, I don't know, decades ago.

00:07:18.720 At least we can say he had his mental faculties.

00:07:21.840 Whether or not his judgment or leadership was sound, at least he was once something.

00:07:28.420 I'm not sure you can say that about Kamala Harris,

00:07:31.320 who was dispatched to Europe to handle this tough job.

00:07:35.340 Imagine the terror that struck in the hearts of Ukraine, I mean.

00:07:40.660 Look at this clip. She starts with, listen, guys.

00:07:43.860 I mean, listen, guys.

00:07:47.220 We're talking about the potential for war in Europe.

00:07:49.780 I mean, let's really take a moment to understand the significance of what we're talking about.

00:07:57.000 It's been over 70 years, and through those 70 years, as I mentioned yesterday,

00:08:02.060 there has been peace and security.

00:08:05.100 We are talking about the real possibility of war in Europe.

00:08:08.520 So our position is, for us, very clear, which is, as a leader, which we have been bringing together the Allies,

00:08:21.220 working together around our collective and unified position,

00:08:25.580 that we would all, not just prefer, we desire, we believe, it is in the best interest of all,

00:08:34.920 that there is a diplomatic end to this moment.

00:08:39.280 The mask. The listen, guys.

00:08:42.120 The total lack of any coherent point.

00:08:44.160 Just talking out the clock.

00:08:46.400 What does she mean?

00:08:47.800 What does she stand for?

00:08:49.080 I don't know how woke America is.

00:08:52.600 Did we mention that she's the first African-American and Indo-American and female vice president? 1.00

00:08:59.440 Did we mention that?

00:09:01.700 Yeah, I don't know why they didn't work on Putin.

00:09:03.740 I'm not making fun of the fact that she's a woman. 0.60

00:09:05.840 I'm making fun of the fact that she is hollow.

00:09:08.720 Margaret Thatcher wasn't hollow.

00:09:11.060 Golda Meir wasn't hollow.

00:09:13.040 They were leaders.

00:09:14.320 Here's a hollow man.

00:09:15.480 This is John Kerry, former Secretary of State, now has special projects for Biden.

00:09:22.140 In fact, he was the Secretary of State in 2014.

00:09:24.680 That's their top diplomatic post when Putin invaded Crimea last time.

00:09:30.280 Here's what John Kerry had to say literally yesterday.

00:09:35.900 I'm very concerned about Ukraine because of the people of Ukraine 1.00

00:09:41.740 and because of the principles that are at risk in terms of international law

00:09:46.940 and trying to change boundaries of international law by force.

00:09:51.820 I thought we lived in a world that had said no to that kind of activity.

00:09:56.500 And I hope diplomacy will win.

00:09:58.620 But massive emissions consequences to the war.

00:10:02.840 But equally importantly, you're going to lose people's focus.

00:10:06.300 You're going to lose certainly big country attention because they will be diverted

00:10:11.320 and I think it could have a damaging impact.

00:10:15.060 So, you know, I think hopefully President Putin would realize

00:10:18.040 that in the northern part of his country,

00:10:20.560 they used to live on 66% of a nation that was over frozen land.

00:10:26.120 Now it's thawing.

00:10:27.140 And his infrastructure is at risk and the people of Russia are at risk.

00:10:32.400 And so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track

00:10:36.380 with respect to what we need to do for the climate.

00:10:39.460 Come on, guys.

00:10:40.560 Climate is the most important thing, Vladimir Putin.

00:10:43.340 Can we get you on board for that?

00:10:45.460 The weakness being projected.

00:10:48.740 The attack from Russia today and last night was striking.

00:10:52.080 It was startling.

00:10:52.900 It wasn't messing around.

00:10:54.060 It looked like a full-scale war, the combined might of Russia being deployed en masse.

00:10:59.740 Sharply, quickly, a real blitzkrieg.

00:11:02.800 There was a decade or so after the fall of the Soviet Union

00:11:05.320 when the West rightfully could chuckle at how rusty and out-of-date

00:11:09.080 the Russian military machine was.

00:11:11.460 The country was broke.

00:11:12.720 Their stuff just fell apart.

00:11:14.880 I'm not sure if that's true anymore.

00:11:17.420 Their jets, their helicopters, their missiles, their electronic warfare.

00:11:21.840 It's very serious in all regards.

00:11:23.700 New missiles, cyber warfare.

00:11:25.880 I think that America's military is still more modern and more large,

00:11:29.720 but not vastly more so.

00:11:32.040 And, of course, so much comes down to will, to courage, to leadership,

00:11:37.080 to charisma, to purpose.

00:11:38.260 That's what happened in Afghanistan.

00:11:40.380 Here's the top military man in America called the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

00:11:43.680 General Mark Milley.

00:11:45.140 Take a look at him.

00:11:45.940 I do think it's important, actually, for those of us in uniform to be open-minded

00:11:53.180 and be widely read.

00:11:54.680 And the United States Military Academy is a university.

00:11:57.540 And it is important that we train and we understand.

00:12:01.980 And I want to understand white rage.

00:12:04.060 And I'm white.

00:12:04.960 And I want to understand it.

00:12:06.060 So, what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building

00:12:11.420 and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America?

00:12:14.800 What caused that?

00:12:16.000 I want to find that out.

00:12:17.180 I want to maintain an open mind here.

00:12:18.800 And I do want to analyze it.

00:12:20.100 It's important that we understand that.

00:12:21.620 Because our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and guardians,

00:12:23.940 they come from the American people.

00:12:25.440 So, it is important that the leaders, now and in the future, do understand it.

00:12:30.820 I've read Mao Zedong.

00:12:32.240 I've read Karl Marx.

00:12:34.180 I've read Lenin.

00:12:35.480 That doesn't make me a communist.

00:12:36.920 So, what is wrong with understanding,

00:12:39.940 having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?

00:12:44.600 And I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military,

00:12:49.680 our general officers, our non-commissioned officers,

00:12:52.360 of being, quote, woke or something else.

00:12:54.480 Because we're studying some theories that are out there.

00:12:57.060 That was started at Harvard Law School years ago.

00:12:59.240 And it proposed that there were laws in the United States,

00:13:02.420 anti-bellum laws prior to the Civil War,

00:13:04.620 that led to a power differential with African Americans

00:13:08.180 that were three-quarters of a human being when this country was formed.

00:13:11.420 And then we had a Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation to change it.

00:13:14.460 And we brought it up to the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

00:13:16.680 It took another 100 years to change that.

00:13:18.540 So, lookit, I do want to know.

00:13:20.220 And I respect your service, and you and I are both Green Berets.

00:13:23.120 But I want to know.

00:13:24.480 And it matters to our military and the discipline and cohesion of this military.

00:13:27.400 Yeah, critical race theory, white privilege.

00:13:31.600 You've got them on the run now, boss.

00:13:35.600 And while you're indoctrinating them in wokeness,

00:13:38.820 why not fire any soldier who doesn't want to get vaxxed,

00:13:42.580 even if they already have natural immunity?

00:13:45.120 Imagine what that would do to morale and to recruitment.

00:13:48.600 Real question.

00:13:49.800 Do you think that America's military today would beat Russia in a hot war?

00:13:57.080 Do you think it would?

00:13:58.600 How about China's military?

00:14:01.380 You know, last night when Russia was invading, Donald Trump made a public statement.

00:14:05.680 Not from the White House, of course.

00:14:07.200 He's not president anymore.

00:14:08.760 He just made a public statement directly to the media.

00:14:11.540 But not Joe Biden.

00:14:14.460 Joe Biden didn't call a press conference.

00:14:16.340 He was asleep.

00:14:18.140 He didn't make an announcement this morning either.

00:14:20.660 He waited until mid-afternoon.

00:14:22.980 Ukraine had largely fallen by then.

00:14:25.100 We've been transparent with the world.

00:14:29.020 We've shared declassified evidence about Russia's plans and cyberattacks and false pretexts

00:14:34.260 so that there could be no confusion or cover-up about what Putin was doing.

00:14:39.900 Putin is the aggressor.

00:14:42.920 Putin chose this war.

00:14:45.200 And now he and his country will bear the consequences.

00:14:48.000 Today, I'm authorizing additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to Russia.

00:14:57.120 This is going to impose severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time.

00:15:03.140 We have purposefully designed these sanctions to maximize the long-term impact on Russia 0.85

00:15:08.700 and to minimize the impact on the United States and our allies.

00:15:12.140 The world's leaders were largely unified in their rejection of Putin's invasion.

00:15:17.780 Of course, they were.

00:15:18.980 Biden was sleeping.

00:15:20.280 So Boris Johnson spoke for both of them.

00:15:23.260 For our part today, the UK is announcing the largest and most severe package

00:15:27.280 of economic sanctions that Russia has ever seen.

00:15:31.280 With new financial measures, we're taking new powers to target Russian finance

00:15:37.020 in addition to the banks we've already sanctioned this week.

00:15:40.460 Today, in concert with the United States, we are imposing a full asset freeze on VTB.

00:15:47.300 More broadly, these powers will enable us totally to exclude Russian banks

00:15:53.020 from the UK financial system, which is of course by far the largest in Europe,

00:15:58.300 stopping them from accessing sterling and clearing payments through the UK.

00:16:04.040 And with around half of Russia's trade, currently in US dollars and sterling,

00:16:11.740 I'm pleased to tell the House that the United States is taking similar measures.

00:16:16.240 These powers will also enable us to ban Russian state and private companies from raising funds

00:16:23.600 in the UK, banning dealing with their securities and making loans to them.

00:16:29.460 We will limit the amount of money that Russian nationals will be able to deposit 1.00

00:16:32.880 in their UK bank accounts.

00:16:35.020 And sanctions will also be applied to Belarus for its role in the assault on Ukraine.

00:16:41.720 Overall, we will be imposing asset freezes on more than 100 new entities and individuals,

00:16:50.080 on top of the hundreds that we've already announced.

00:16:53.200 This includes all the major manufacturers that support Putin's war machine.

00:16:58.620 Furthermore, we are also banning Aeroflot from the UK.

00:17:03.420 Next, on top of these financial measures and in full concert with the United States and the EU,

00:17:10.720 we will introduce new trade restrictions and stringent export controls,

00:17:15.980 similar to those that they in the US are implementing.

00:17:19.980 We will bring forward new legislation to ban the export of all dual-use items to Russia,

00:17:28.080 including a range of high-end and critical technological equipment and components

00:17:33.380 in sectors, including electronics, telecommunications and aerospace.

00:17:40.780 Legislation to implement this will be laid early next week.

00:17:44.920 These trade sanctions will constrain Russia's military, industrial

00:17:48.580 and technological capabilities for years to come.

00:17:52.740 That sounds serious.

00:17:54.080 America apparently wanted to go further and ban Russia from the international money-clearing system

00:18:00.540 called the SWIFT system, but Germany vetoed that.

00:18:04.340 They like Russia too much.

00:18:06.620 Here's Biden basically shrugging his shoulders, saying

00:18:09.180 he doesn't actually think sanctions will stop Vladimir Putin from doing anything.

00:18:14.620 Number two, no one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening.

00:18:20.720 It has to show, this is going to take time, and we have to show resolve so he knows what's coming.

00:18:27.420 And so the people of Russia know what he's brought on them. 0.82

00:18:30.520 I don't know how to beat Putin.

00:18:32.420 I think showing weakness is how not to beat him, and that's pure Biden and Trudeau, for that matter.

00:18:38.260 It's a bit weird to hear Trudeau talk about authoritarian regimes after putting Canada

00:18:42.580 under martial law because of some honking.

00:18:44.820 But here's what I know.

00:18:47.220 Energy and money call a lot of shots.

00:18:50.600 So sanctions could work on Russia unless, say, China is there to provide whatever economic access

00:18:57.380 America has closed the door to Russia on. 0.97

00:19:01.660 Energy is very important, which is why Trump was opposed to the Nord Stream pipeline

00:19:06.480 that would sell gas from Russia to Europe.

00:19:09.560 Biden approved of that pipeline that Trump had stalled.

00:19:12.920 Biden also canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, bringing oil down from Canada to America.

00:19:20.100 Here's a tweet from Bloomberg.

00:19:22.300 I thought this was interesting.

00:19:24.600 In the 24 hours after Putin recognized two breakaway Ukrainian republics,

00:19:28.340 the U.S. and its allies bought $700 million in Russian oil, gas, and commodities.

00:19:34.680 Absolutely, and Canada bought some of that too.

00:19:37.420 You know, Trudeau blocked Energy East.

00:19:39.600 So Canada buys Russian oil for the largest refinery in Canada, which is in St. John, New Brunswick.

00:19:45.820 Biden blocked Keystone XL.

00:19:47.780 So America buys Russian oil too.

00:19:49.720 Do you want to sanction Russian oil?

00:19:52.500 Do you want to cut them off?

00:19:53.980 Help yourself, though.

00:19:55.380 As Biden and Jen Psaki keep saying, the price for that will be borne by Americans in higher oil prices.

00:20:02.740 But even without all this going on, gas in California is almost $5 a gallon.

00:20:08.340 Should people across the country expect to see that kind of a number when they go to gas up their car?

00:20:13.420 $5, $6?

00:20:14.960 Well, again, I think as you heard the president say last week, standing up for our values is not without cost.

00:20:21.340 What we're trying to do is minimize that cost.

00:20:23.740 So I don't have a prediction of it right now because we're trying to minimize the impact on the global energy market.

00:20:29.720 So Biden says the sanctions won't stop Putin, but Biden and Psaki say that the sanctions will cause pain in America with higher gas prices.

00:20:39.540 I think I heard that right.

00:20:40.840 And of course, higher gas prices are great for Russia because so much of their economy is based on oil and gas.

00:20:47.360 But why is it this way?

00:20:51.680 Well, it's because in part we made Greta Thunberg our energy policymaker, that Swedish teenager. 1.00

00:20:58.060 We shut down our pipelines.

00:20:59.320 We shut down our nukes.

00:21:00.940 She was a child, but grownups listened to her.

00:21:04.520 Putin didn't, but the West can enjoy that now.

00:21:09.180 This is a bad day for Ukrainians, but do you think it's going to stop here?

00:21:14.820 I think Putin will be fine economically.

00:21:16.360 I think he's in league with China.

00:21:18.980 I think he controls Europe more than they control him. 0.65

00:21:22.240 I think the sanctions will hurt the West more than they help him.

00:21:25.480 I think high oil prices are exactly what he wants.

00:21:29.260 I'm worried about Ukraine, but really I'm thinking about what comes next.

00:21:32.860 Afghanistan was first. 0.97

00:21:35.480 Ukraine is next. 0.93

00:21:37.700 I'd be worried about Taiwan.

00:21:40.520 And what more damage can be done until Joe Biden is thrown out in three years?

00:21:46.360 Stay with us for a moment.

00:22:00.200 Well, as you know, over the course of our seven years, our reporters have been attacked several times.

00:22:04.960 I remember when our friend Sheila Gunn-Reed was literally assaulted at the Women's March by a new Democrat activist who wasn't a woman.

00:22:14.480 This was in January of 2017.

00:22:16.520 And actually, every year, a reporter of ours gets hit or attacked or spat on or shoved, usually by some Antifa leftists.

00:22:28.140 And as you know, one of the things we do is we hire security guards for our people to protect against the rabid left.

00:22:35.280 But what do you do when it's the government you need protection from?

00:22:38.960 In that case, security guards don't work.

00:22:41.480 A security guard will never take up arms or put his hands up to fight against a police officer.

00:22:48.400 The police are the law.

00:22:50.120 And if a security guard tries to stop a cop, well, he'll be arrested himself.

00:22:53.740 And so it is that when we deployed our reporters to the trucker rebellion in Ottawa, we didn't have security because the threat was not from the peaceful truckers.

00:23:06.020 The threat was from the police.

00:23:08.000 And our reporter, Guillaume Waugh, was pepper sprayed.

00:23:14.880 Here's a picture of him having taken a face full of pepper spray from police.

00:23:20.600 Guillaume was not a protester.

00:23:21.960 He was obviously doing nothing violent of any sort.

00:23:24.720 He's literally our cameraman.

00:23:27.860 They pepper sprayed him because they knew he was with Rebel News.

00:23:31.500 But of course, the worst thing that has ever happened to Rebel News in our seven years was the brutal and violent attack on our Quebec reporter, Alexa Lavoie, who was beaten with clubs by police and then shot at point blank range with a gun that used to fire tear gas canisters, shot in the leg.

00:23:57.260 Here's some video of that attack.

00:24:01.500 Here's some video of that attack.

00:24:31.540 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

00:24:38.640 There you go.

00:24:39.680 You all right?

00:24:40.400 That's right.

00:24:42.480 Take care.

00:24:44.020 Bring her out. 1.00

00:24:44.660 Bring her out. 1.00

00:24:45.160 Come on.

00:24:46.220 Oh my gosh.

00:24:48.740 Yeah.

00:24:50.000 Oh my gosh.

00:24:54.300 Well, this was terrifying.

00:24:57.760 We all saw it in real time since we were live streaming.

00:25:00.520 I spoke to Alexa within half an hour of it happening.

00:25:04.200 She was in terrible pain.

00:25:06.420 And I had seen a photograph of where the tear gas canister was shot at her leg.

00:25:12.100 I should tell you, she was so brave.

00:25:13.920 She insisted on continuing to report from the front lines.

00:25:17.880 Only later that night did she go to the hospital.

00:25:21.040 Joining us now via Skype is Alexa Lavoie.

00:25:24.240 Alexa, nice to see you again.

00:25:25.460 I'm so sorry for what happened to you on the weekend.

00:25:28.240 And I know that you suffered for your journalism, which you did for all of us.

00:25:33.200 You were there showing the world what was happening.

00:25:35.420 And for that, you were targeted.

00:25:37.340 And I'm sorry that that happened to you.

00:25:40.500 But it was almost predictable because many times before that happened,

00:25:45.440 I was hit a couple of times, pushing the ground.

00:25:50.200 I was continuing to report on the front line because I wanted to show the world

00:25:55.800 how the police was acting on a peaceful protester that day.

00:26:00.880 And I think it's important because who else will show what is going on?

00:26:05.460 Most of the mainstream or state media have said that protester was violent,

00:26:10.740 using gas against police.

00:26:13.900 I was like, the gas is not coming from the protester.

00:26:17.060 That's coming from the other side, the police.

00:26:19.220 Same if the Ottawa police have said that they were not using chemical products

00:26:24.180 against the protester.

00:26:25.640 We had that day the proof that is not true.

00:26:30.040 Yeah, it's outrageous.

00:26:31.180 The Ottawa police account was a disinformation account on Twitter.

00:26:36.120 It was pumping out the exact opposite of what was happening.

00:26:39.700 Even when that police riot horse charged into the crowd and stomped on an elderly lady

00:26:48.700 who had a mobility scooter, the Ottawa police Twitter account actually said that,

00:26:53.640 no, no, that was someone attacking the horse with a bicycle.

00:26:57.980 Like just pure fabrication.

00:27:00.220 If it weren't for you and other rebel reporters,

00:27:02.780 and there were a handful of other independent journalists on the ground,

00:27:06.080 we would never have known what happened.

00:27:07.980 Now, I spoke with you that day, and you were in great pain,

00:27:11.200 but you chose to continue reporting, which I thought was amazing.

00:27:15.420 You did later that night go to the hospital, am I right?

00:27:19.360 Yes, so I went to the hospital just for having a medical record,

00:27:24.460 but as well to see if other problems will go on afterwards.

00:27:29.460 I want to be sure that I have the record that is coming from that shot

00:27:34.700 that I received on my left legs.

00:27:36.440 Well, I'm glad you went there, and I hope you've been taking some medicine for the pain,

00:27:41.300 if it's still painful.

00:27:43.300 I want to tell you, and I think you know this,

00:27:46.160 that we have asked our two general counsel lawyers to file two legal actions on your behalf.

00:27:52.920 The first one, a lawsuit against the police for attacking you,

00:27:57.420 for shooting you with what could have been a deadly weapon,

00:28:01.020 for hitting you with sticks.

00:28:02.860 So we're going to sue the police for their misconduct and their abuse.

00:28:07.040 But we're also going to file a legal complaint with something called the SIU,

00:28:12.820 which stands for the Special Investigations Unit, if I'm not mistaken.

00:28:16.880 That's the Ontario Commission that looks into police violence.

00:28:21.900 They're a full-time commission that looks into police violence.

00:28:24.420 So we're going to sue the police,

00:28:25.840 but we're also going to have the Police Oversight Committee look into it.

00:28:30.620 And we are providing two lawyers for that because we believe it's very important.

00:28:37.580 I don't know how either of those things are going to go,

00:28:40.480 but I want to let you know we're doing that.

00:28:42.280 And I think you've been in touch with the lawyers already.

00:28:44.020 Yes, I am in touch already with lawyers.

00:28:49.220 And I was a little bit in shock when David Menzies asked the police

00:28:53.140 why I've been shot that day.

00:28:56.880 And when they said that they were not aware of this accident,

00:29:00.520 but at the end, it took the time to say that he's sorry

00:29:04.580 and he's with the state media who have been yelling name against them.

00:29:09.120 And nothing about me and saying, like, we are so sorry for you

00:29:14.100 that you have been injured physically.

00:29:16.840 I was like, that is actually the most rude thing in my face happening.

00:29:23.160 Well, let me play a clip of that.

00:29:24.960 This is David Menzies at the police press conference.

00:29:28.980 Just an absolutely stunning answer.

00:29:32.280 Either he was lying, which I think is the case,

00:29:34.980 or if he does not know that his officers shot someone and beat someone,

00:29:39.820 if he did not know that, either way, he should be fired.

00:29:43.980 But here's David Menzies asking that question.

00:29:47.280 Good afternoon, Chief.

00:29:48.260 David Menzies with Rebel News.

00:29:50.280 Chief, can you kindly explain how it was that my colleague to my right here,

00:29:55.520 Alexa Lavoie, was shot point blank with a tear gas canister 0.96

00:30:00.980 doing some very painful damage to her.

00:30:05.280 What was the reason for that,

00:30:06.720 given that she was simply practicing journalism in the public square?

00:30:11.660 So I'm unfamiliar with the incident you're speaking of.

00:30:14.960 What I can tell you is that there is complaint mechanisms,

00:30:18.360 there is review mechanisms that will be engaged following this

00:30:21.320 for any use of force incident that occurred.

00:30:24.440 I'll also say that it's been my observations and experience

00:30:29.800 through the amazing extensive journalism coverage that's occurred through this

00:30:33.600 that the vast majority of our members have been extremely professional.

00:30:37.980 They have executed an extremely methodical plan

00:30:42.780 that has been focused on the safety of the residents,

00:30:46.720 the safety of our officers,

00:30:48.140 and the safety of the people engaged in the protest.

00:30:50.960 You're right. 0.51

00:30:51.860 It was super gross.

00:30:52.900 It was gross that he is investigating truckers

00:30:56.260 who were merely verbally heckling reporters.

00:30:59.360 That gets the police's attention.

00:31:01.560 But when a police officer shoots you at point blank range,

00:31:05.680 and tear gas canisters are not meant to be shot at people.

00:31:09.360 They're meant to be shot and then the gas emits from them.

00:31:13.040 And I think that was unacceptable anyways.

00:31:15.760 I don't think there was any need for tear gas.

00:31:17.680 There was no riot.

00:31:18.680 It was just peaceful protesters.

00:31:19.940 But to misuse and deliberately abuse a tear gas canister

00:31:26.120 and shoot it at someone like it is a weapon to deliberately hurt them,

00:31:31.740 I think that that is actually a crime that was committed against you.

00:31:36.940 And we'll see what the SIU and the courts have to say.

00:31:39.580 I find this unacceptable.

00:31:41.260 I think this is the worst thing ever to happen to any rebel journalist.

00:31:45.120 And Alexa, I'm so sorry it was done to you.

00:31:47.460 But I know why it was done to you.

00:31:50.020 Because you have been the most energetic reporter covering the Trucker Rebellion.

00:31:54.940 I think you've been in Ottawa for almost a month now.

00:31:57.660 Yes.

00:31:58.120 And they know you.

00:31:58.980 And I think that's why they targeted you.

00:32:01.100 They clearly targeted you.

00:32:03.400 But I showed just the truth of what is happening.

00:32:06.460 Nothing has been violent on the ground.

00:32:08.820 And it's always been peaceful.

00:32:10.900 And now they just try to show the opposite of the rest of the world,

00:32:14.660 that this movement was a violent, misogynist, and racist movement.

00:32:19.360 And we should be scared and protect like the rest of the citizens,

00:32:25.100 when it's actually not true.

00:32:26.720 Right now on the ground, with all the police state that it is right now,

00:32:32.020 I feel more in danger for my life than when the truck convoy was there.

00:32:37.960 Well, you also tracked down the elderly lady who was stomped on by horses here. 0.68

00:32:42.860 I'd like to throw to a clip of that.

00:32:45.140 Of course, our viewers can find the whole video elsewhere on our site.

00:32:48.380 Here's a little clip of you talking to that lady who was stomped on. 1.00

00:32:52.880 After they trembled me, there was an officer that,

00:32:58.520 I think a couple of them kicked me.

00:33:02.600 I got a big breeze on the back of my thigh.

00:33:06.860 And another one dragged me by my coat off the premises.

00:33:21.000 But I walked right on by any more lines and walked back into safety.

00:33:26.160 Because outside of our circle, it didn't feel safe.

00:33:30.740 When I was back in with the convoy, I felt safe.

00:33:35.520 So when that happened and you were in the ground,

00:33:38.240 no officer showed you some help or anything?

00:33:42.960 No, they were all showing me anger and aggression.

00:33:45.520 So nobody helped you?

00:33:50.180 Well, he aggressively helped me out of the area

00:33:54.380 and was told to leave and don't come back

00:33:59.260 or if I come back, I would be arrested.

00:34:01.260 The ambulance came, took me to the hospital

00:34:06.240 and there was only one doctor on.

00:34:11.680 They sent me in for an x-ray.

00:34:13.860 It wasn't a very good stay at that hospital.

00:34:18.260 But it wasn't their fault either

00:34:20.140 because there's no doctors or nurses

00:34:23.300 to fill these hospitals

00:34:25.400 to help people that are hurt.

00:34:29.100 I have bruising on the back of my leg.

00:34:37.340 I got a fractured collarbone.

00:34:43.300 I got bruising on my...

00:34:46.760 I got sore ribs.

00:34:48.780 Doesn't look like I'll be driving anytime soon.

00:34:51.260 I'm still alive. I'm still here.

00:34:53.140 Thank you to everyone out there.

00:34:56.560 I'm okay.

00:34:58.460 Bumped and bruised and sore,

00:35:00.840 but I live to stand another day.

00:35:04.020 Incredibly, the police said that she attacked the horses.

00:35:07.600 It's just absurd.

00:35:09.520 They're accusing their victims

00:35:12.120 of what they themselves are perpetrating.

00:35:15.280 I think some of this, Alexa,

00:35:16.920 goes back to that moment last fall

00:35:20.200 when you got into the leaders' debate

00:35:23.500 because the federal court ordered you in.

00:35:26.260 Trudeau had banned you

00:35:27.460 and the rest of the rebel news journalists,

00:35:29.200 but you got in there

00:35:30.200 and you asked a question of Trudeau

00:35:33.880 that was an excellent question.

00:35:35.320 I think it was the best question

00:35:36.460 of the election campaign.

00:35:38.620 And just looking at his face,

00:35:40.320 you could see Trudeau hated

00:35:41.520 the fact that you were there,

00:35:43.900 hated the fact you were talking to him.

00:35:45.900 How dare you?

00:35:46.700 Hated the fact that you asked a particular question.

00:35:50.600 And it's almost as if you could see in his eyes,

00:35:52.700 he was saying, I'll get even.

00:35:54.660 Here, take a look at this.

00:35:56.020 This was from last fall's election debate.

00:35:58.660 Hello, Mr. Trudeau.

00:36:00.060 Alexandra, for Rebel News.

00:36:01.880 So, Mr. Trudeau,

00:36:03.160 I'll go back to what happened here.

00:36:05.980 You have diabolised

00:36:07.460 one of the rare media

00:36:08.940 who doesn't receive money from the government.

00:36:11.660 You have expressed your opinion

00:36:13.200 in saying that we propagated

00:36:14.700 the misinformation.

00:36:17.460 If it was true,

00:36:18.360 and if it was the case,

00:36:19.700 the federal court

00:36:21.380 would not have allowed to be here today.

00:36:23.720 I'm myself a scientist

00:36:24.900 and I'm based on the facts.

00:36:26.820 Ma question est la suivante.

00:36:30.100 L'Israël est l'un des pays

00:36:31.780 les plus vaccinés au monde.

00:36:34.400 Ils sont rendus maintenant 1.00

00:36:35.220 à leur quatrième rappel de vaccin.

00:36:37.980 Ils ne considèrent plus

00:36:38.780 que ceux qui ont reçu deux doses de vaccin

00:36:40.580 sont pleinement vaccinés.

00:36:44.120 Ma question est,

00:36:46.740 plusieurs Canadiens

00:36:49.100 ne désirent pas avoir un rappel de vaccin.

00:36:52.620 Allez-vous leur enlever

00:36:55.520 leurs privilèges

00:36:57.880 reliés au passeport vaccinal?

00:37:01.140 Et

00:37:01.440 aurez-vous l'obligence

00:37:03.840 de répondre à ma question

00:37:05.020 en tant que premier ministre

00:37:06.100 ou allez-vous encore

00:37:07.580 diaboliser mon média?

00:37:09.000 J'ai partagé ma perspective

00:37:11.700 sur ton organisation

00:37:12.820 hier soir.

00:37:14.360 Je n'ai plus rien à dire.

00:37:16.180 Ça demande bien

00:37:16.800 qui vous faisait.

00:37:17.580 Merci.

00:37:19.280 I have no proof

00:37:20.700 that that is when

00:37:21.720 Justin Trudeau

00:37:22.600 decided

00:37:23.200 to put a target on you.

00:37:25.300 It's merely speculation

00:37:26.320 on my part.

00:37:27.780 But I think that

00:37:28.640 it's not a coincidence

00:37:30.660 that you were attacked

00:37:32.340 by Trudeau's cops,

00:37:34.080 that your cameraman Guillaume

00:37:35.660 was pepper-sprayed

00:37:36.740 by Trudeau's cops.

00:37:37.600 That David Menzies

00:37:39.760 was physically roughed up

00:37:41.860 by Trudeau's bodyguards.

00:37:44.740 Is it really a coincidence

00:37:46.400 that the three people

00:37:47.980 attacked by Trudeau's cops

00:37:49.420 are three rebel news journalists?

00:37:52.380 I just

00:37:53.040 have a trouble believing

00:37:55.440 that's a mere coincidence.

00:37:57.280 But maybe we'll find out

00:37:58.540 something in the trial.

00:37:59.960 Maybe we'll find out

00:38:00.600 the facts in the trial.

00:38:02.940 Yeah, but we know that

00:38:04.040 Mr. Justin Trudeau

00:38:06.100 doesn't like any rebel news

00:38:08.860 team,

00:38:10.820 like nobody in our team

00:38:12.780 and nobody in our media.

00:38:14.480 He doesn't want to call us

00:38:16.360 media,

00:38:17.620 but we are

00:38:18.360 and he needs to accept it

00:38:19.960 because the freedom of press

00:38:21.920 is still

00:38:22.640 a right

00:38:23.940 in Canada

00:38:25.020 and

00:38:26.380 he cannot

00:38:27.120 remove that.

00:38:28.280 Same if he has

00:38:29.100 the Emergencies Act.

00:38:30.300 So, let's see

00:38:31.940 what will happen.

00:38:33.300 Well, I want to tell you,

00:38:34.620 Alexa,

00:38:35.000 that your coverage

00:38:35.840 along with our other

00:38:36.860 reporters,

00:38:37.820 Lincoln Jay

00:38:38.600 being one of them,

00:38:39.620 David Menzies,

00:38:40.840 Mauricio,

00:38:41.680 we have so many

00:38:42.660 of our young people,

00:38:43.440 I'm not even going to try

00:38:44.200 and name them all,

00:38:45.240 who have been in Ottawa

00:38:46.680 but also in other parts

00:38:47.760 of the country.

00:38:48.820 I just checked

00:38:49.700 and this morning

00:38:50.540 I want to let you know

00:38:51.600 that we hit

00:38:53.560 one million people

00:38:56.040 who have signed up

00:38:57.040 for Rebel News emails,

00:38:58.200 one million

00:38:59.000 and by my estimate

00:39:01.440 in the last 30 days

00:39:03.000 we have had

00:39:03.980 400 million

00:39:05.720 views and impressions

00:39:07.780 on our stories,

00:39:09.020 videos,

00:39:10.060 tweets,

00:39:10.480 social media

00:39:11.100 so one million people

00:39:13.100 signed up,

00:39:13.920 400 million views

00:39:15.760 by some measures

00:39:17.140 that makes us

00:39:17.780 the largest media

00:39:18.700 in the country

00:39:19.440 and I think a lot

00:39:20.920 of the credit

00:39:21.300 goes to you 0.97

00:39:22.120 and of course

00:39:23.140 our other reporters

00:39:23.940 on the ground

00:39:24.520 so thank you for that.

00:39:26.440 I think that what you're doing

00:39:27.780 is very important

00:39:28.560 for our country

00:39:29.300 and it's actually

00:39:30.460 very important

00:39:31.100 to show the world

00:39:32.120 so you have

00:39:33.160 my personal gratitude.

00:39:35.120 Once again,

00:39:35.740 I'm sorry that this

00:39:36.660 painful thing happened

00:39:37.700 to you

00:39:37.960 but I give you my word

00:39:39.160 that Rebel News

00:39:40.460 will leave no stone unturned

00:39:42.140 to find you justice.

00:39:43.780 We will go to court

00:39:44.940 and we will go

00:39:45.760 to the Special Investigations Unit

00:39:47.400 and if there's other ideas

00:39:48.580 we come up with

00:39:49.340 for what we can do,

00:39:50.160 we'll do those

00:39:51.240 we'll do those

00:39:51.840 as well.

00:39:53.620 But I'm happy

00:39:54.540 that

00:39:55.040 that

00:39:56.400 if it happened

00:39:58.040 to me

00:39:58.580 we will not

00:39:59.240 have shown the word

00:40:00.480 all

00:40:01.900 here

00:40:02.840 the state

00:40:03.980 are treating

00:40:04.800 the independent

00:40:07.240 media

00:40:08.020 who try to tell

00:40:09.440 the other side

00:40:10.000 of the story

00:40:10.600 so now

00:40:11.720 that opened

00:40:13.020 the eyes

00:40:14.000 of the rest

00:40:15.120 of the world

00:40:15.720 of all

00:40:16.880 Canada

00:40:17.540 is

00:40:18.280 now.

00:40:20.760 Well and I know

00:40:21.460 you've been on

00:40:22.040 a lot of shows

00:40:22.860 you were on

00:40:23.740 Laura Ingram's show

00:40:25.280 on Fox News

00:40:26.100 the other day

00:40:26.580 I know

00:40:26.880 because I was on

00:40:27.620 the show right after

00:40:28.860 you've done a lot

00:40:29.720 of shows

00:40:30.060 just very briefly

00:40:31.160 before we say goodbye

00:40:32.060 tell me some of the

00:40:33.180 international news

00:40:35.360 that you have

00:40:36.560 appeared on

00:40:37.480 and I'm so proud

00:40:39.520 that you and other

00:40:40.260 young rebels

00:40:41.280 have been

00:40:41.820 on the news

00:40:42.820 around the world

00:40:43.320 can you list

00:40:44.000 you were on

00:40:44.900 Laura Ingram's show

00:40:45.800 what other shows

00:40:47.160 have you done?

00:40:48.760 I did

00:40:49.880 RT International

00:40:51.440 I did as well

00:40:53.340 Eric Bolling

00:40:54.320 at Newsmax

00:40:56.160 I'm going to be

00:40:58.140 on Benny Report

00:40:59.420 I've been to

00:41:02.100 some radio station

00:41:04.720 Christigal 0.94

00:41:05.740 as well as

00:41:08.040 oh my god

00:41:09.860 I have so much

00:41:10.540 I have the

00:41:11.440 German

00:41:14.140 Dutch

00:41:15.660 Dutch media

00:41:16.860 Deutsche Well

00:41:17.740 DW

00:41:18.580 is that right?

00:41:19.380 That's a very large

00:41:20.520 German network

00:41:21.460 I think that may be

00:41:23.020 the largest

00:41:23.520 in all of Germany

00:41:24.460 isn't that?

00:41:25.740 Yes

00:41:26.040 and I have so many

00:41:27.480 that's coming

00:41:28.060 I will be on

00:41:30.460 a lot of

00:41:31.400 live streaming

00:41:32.720 and other

00:41:33.820 news outlets

00:41:35.160 I have Ivory

00:41:36.280 Aker as well

00:41:37.180 that contact me

00:41:38.420 so a lot

00:41:39.900 is coming

00:41:40.720 well I think

00:41:42.460 that's great

00:41:43.000 I think that's

00:41:43.480 wonderful

00:41:43.880 and the whole

00:41:45.540 world wants to

00:41:46.380 know what's

00:41:46.720 going on in

00:41:47.320 Canada

00:41:47.660 and they know

00:41:48.860 that they won't

00:41:49.620 get the

00:41:50.680 full story

00:41:52.220 if they talk

00:41:53.460 to the CBC

00:41:54.220 or other

00:41:54.980 government

00:41:55.900 journalists

00:41:56.400 they know that

00:41:57.720 Rebel News

00:41:58.360 tells the other

00:41:59.340 side of the

00:41:59.760 story

00:41:59.980 we show

00:42:00.620 everything

00:42:01.040 we live stream

00:42:01.980 we just point

00:42:02.960 the camera

00:42:03.500 and the camera

00:42:04.020 tells the story

00:42:04.800 so the fact

00:42:05.760 that we are

00:42:06.280 the trusted

00:42:06.960 go-to source

00:42:07.940 and by the way

00:42:08.460 two of the

00:42:08.820 networks you

00:42:09.340 mentioned

00:42:09.820 Deutsche Welle

00:42:10.840 and RT International

00:42:11.840 are government

00:42:12.960 networks

00:42:13.460 Deutsche Welle

00:42:14.040 is owned

00:42:14.520 if I'm not

00:42:15.260 mistaken

00:42:15.600 in part

00:42:15.960 by the German

00:42:16.460 government

00:42:16.840 so the fact

00:42:17.880 that these

00:42:18.340 major companies

00:42:20.100 with huge

00:42:21.280 resources

00:42:21.880 like they

00:42:22.320 have huge

00:42:23.060 budgets

00:42:23.620 the fact

00:42:24.500 that they

00:42:24.880 would choose

00:42:25.580 to talk

00:42:25.980 to you

00:42:26.520 rather than

00:42:27.700 say the

00:42:28.180 CBC

00:42:28.720 tells me

00:42:29.940 that it's

00:42:30.820 not about

00:42:31.280 money

00:42:31.900 or anything

00:42:32.540 like that

00:42:32.980 Deutsche Welle

00:42:33.460 is very

00:42:33.860 prestigious

00:42:34.300 it's that

00:42:35.300 they want

00:42:35.820 to hear

00:42:36.220 what's

00:42:36.680 actually

00:42:37.140 happening

00:42:37.640 and the

00:42:38.360 fact that

00:42:38.680 they're

00:42:38.820 choosing

00:42:39.140 you

00:42:39.420 and

00:42:39.580 Rebel News

00:42:40.040 I think

00:42:40.320 is wonderful

00:42:40.840 well Alexa

00:42:41.600 thank you

00:42:42.100 for giving

00:42:42.740 our people

00:42:43.240 an update

00:42:43.840 I know

00:42:44.120 everyone

00:42:44.440 is quite

00:42:44.820 concerned

00:42:45.240 about you

00:42:45.820 and people

00:42:46.240 are on

00:42:46.560 your side

00:42:47.060 and unfortunately

00:42:48.380 justice moves

00:42:49.420 slowly

00:42:49.860 but we will

00:42:50.860 see it through

00:42:51.340 to the end

00:42:51.780 we will

00:42:52.280 thank you

00:42:53.960 so much

00:42:54.600 there you

00:42:57.080 have it

00:42:57.360 Alexa

00:42:57.680 Lavoie

00:42:58.200 our chief

00:42:59.140 reporter

00:42:59.700 in Quebec

00:43:00.280 who's been

00:43:00.660 doing an

00:43:00.960 amazing job

00:43:01.580 almost one

00:43:02.160 month straight

00:43:02.780 she's been

00:43:03.700 covering this

00:43:04.180 story from

00:43:04.780 Ottawa

00:43:05.060 stay with us

00:43:05.620 more ahead

00:43:06.120 hey welcome

00:43:19.040 back

00:43:19.640 your viewer

00:43:20.620 feedback

00:43:21.040 someone with

00:43:21.560 a name

00:43:21.980 Hugh Jonas

00:43:23.160 I'm always on

00:43:26.040 the lookout for

00:43:26.580 fake names

00:43:27.080 that start with

00:43:27.600 Hugh

00:43:28.060 so the reason

00:43:30.920 they implemented

00:43:31.600 the emergency

00:43:32.140 act was

00:43:33.000 because it

00:43:33.600 was affecting

00:43:34.080 people's

00:43:34.480 businesses

00:43:34.940 pretty sure

00:43:36.040 shutting down

00:43:36.520 39 trucking

00:43:37.360 companies will

00:43:37.800 have the same

00:43:38.180 effect

00:43:38.540 I guess we

00:43:39.560 can all

00:43:39.860 expect the

00:43:40.360 same treatment

00:43:40.840 if we dare

00:43:41.700 disagree with

00:43:42.360 the government

00:43:42.660 well that's

00:43:43.600 not why they

00:43:44.180 shut down

00:43:44.860 that's not

00:43:45.300 why they

00:43:45.660 brought in

00:43:45.960 the emergencies

00:43:46.420 act

00:43:46.700 the lockdowns

00:43:48.000 of the last

00:43:48.360 two years

00:43:48.820 did what

00:43:49.360 a trillion

00:43:49.760 dollars worth

00:43:50.360 of damage

00:43:50.740 probably

00:43:51.260 they brought

00:43:53.860 in the emergency

00:43:54.460 act to save

00:43:55.440 Trudeau's

00:43:56.000 politically

00:43:57.440 and to

00:43:59.280 make an

00:43:59.580 enemies list

00:44:00.200 of people

00:44:01.240 who opposed

00:44:01.700 Trudeau

00:44:02.000 pretty clear

00:44:02.440 to me

00:44:02.820 Snow White

00:44:04.360 says who's

00:44:04.940 going to

00:44:05.200 deliver our

00:44:05.820 food to the

00:44:06.280 grocery stores

00:44:06.980 the food

00:44:08.080 prices have

00:44:08.580 gone up

00:44:08.920 so much

00:44:09.380 now Ford

00:44:10.080 may go

00:44:10.780 up higher

00:44:11.540 is Ford

00:44:12.360 going to

00:44:12.680 deliver the

00:44:13.080 food himself

00:44:13.640 and help

00:44:14.000 pay for

00:44:14.340 increased

00:44:14.660 costs

00:44:15.080 I don't

00:44:16.940 even know

00:44:17.300 who runs

00:44:18.100 Doug Ford

00:44:18.780 I don't

00:44:19.020 even know

00:44:19.560 who the

00:44:20.280 boss is

00:44:20.780 it's certainly

00:44:21.160 not he

00:44:21.600 himself

00:44:22.060 I think

00:44:23.460 he really

00:44:23.860 is in

00:44:24.400 some ways

00:44:24.900 the worst

00:44:25.440 premier in

00:44:26.060 Canada

00:44:26.460 Jason Kenney

00:44:28.120 has been

00:44:28.600 the most

00:44:29.120 shockingly

00:44:29.880 evil

00:44:30.280 compared to

00:44:31.000 who he

00:44:31.620 claimed to

00:44:32.060 be

00:44:32.220 the serial

00:44:33.240 imprisonment

00:44:33.920 of Christian

00:44:34.360 pastors

00:44:34.740 is something

00:44:35.200 I will never

00:44:35.660 understand

00:44:36.100 for the rest

00:44:36.540 of my

00:44:36.760 life

00:44:37.020 but at

00:44:37.760 least you

00:44:38.060 know that

00:44:38.320 Jason Kenney

00:44:39.120 is the

00:44:40.140 decision maker

00:44:40.860 I don't

00:44:42.740 think that

00:44:43.180 Doug Ford

00:44:43.700 has had

00:44:44.240 an honest

00:44:44.800 authentic

00:44:45.220 comment

00:44:45.660 that was

00:44:45.980 his own

00:44:46.380 in two

00:44:47.440 years

00:44:47.780 and I

00:44:48.880 look forward

00:44:49.380 to him

00:44:50.480 being replaced

00:44:51.100 I really

00:44:51.600 don't even

00:44:52.100 care who

00:44:52.700 no one

00:44:53.760 could be

00:44:54.540 worse

00:44:54.960 Yenan

00:44:57.120 Federation

00:44:57.800 says I

00:44:58.280 feel scared

00:44:58.820 signing

00:44:59.140 petitions

00:44:59.660 recalling

00:45:00.420 politicians

00:45:00.860 with my

00:45:02.060 concerns

00:45:02.540 even subscribing

00:45:03.300 to Rebel

00:45:03.580 News makes

00:45:04.040 me afraid

00:45:04.440 of reprisal

00:45:05.020 by the

00:45:05.320 government

00:45:05.600 I never

00:45:06.460 even went

00:45:07.140 to a

00:45:07.440 protest

00:45:07.920 well I'm

00:45:08.720 sorry you

00:45:09.100 feel that

00:45:09.540 way and

00:45:10.140 of course we

00:45:10.960 sympathize

00:45:12.040 and we

00:45:13.300 worry about

00:45:14.300 what will the

00:45:14.800 government do

00:45:15.240 next they

00:45:15.760 hate the

00:45:16.340 fact that we

00:45:16.880 have been

00:45:17.180 one of the

00:45:17.500 most effective

00:45:18.100 opposition

00:45:19.080 voices but I

00:45:20.460 don't think we

00:45:21.080 are at that

00:45:21.860 front line yet

00:45:22.900 in fact I

00:45:23.600 think the

00:45:24.360 fact that

00:45:24.700 Trudeau

00:45:25.040 overplayed his

00:45:25.880 hand may

00:45:27.020 help

00:45:27.440 restrict his

00:45:29.420 ability to be

00:45:30.740 a bully in the

00:45:31.400 future we'll

00:45:31.940 see

00:45:32.260 that said he

00:45:33.480 is introducing

00:45:34.260 censorship laws

00:45:35.620 in Parliament

00:45:36.080 Bill C-11

00:45:36.800 that's our show

00:45:38.880 for today

00:45:39.320 until tomorrow

00:45:40.660 on behalf of

00:45:41.300 all of us here

00:45:41.860 at Rebel

00:45:42.200 World Headquarters

00:45:42.920 to you at

00:45:43.360 home good

00:45:43.700 night and

00:45:44.840 keep fighting

00:45:45.240 for freedom

00:45:45.700 and let me

00:45:46.100 leave you with

00:45:46.480 our video of

00:45:47.060 the day to

00:45:47.700 marry you

00:45:48.080 Gallini on

00:45:49.260 an unvaccinated

00:45:50.500 son prevented

00:45:51.480 from giving care

00:45:52.520 to his mother

00:45:53.440 in a long-term

00:45:54.860 facility that's

00:45:55.860 it

00:45:56.080 Mary

00:45:56.760 here with

00:45:57.720 Rebel News

00:45:58.260 featuring the

00:45:59.040 deplorable

00:45:59.740 situation faced

00:46:00.940 by both

00:46:01.360 residents and

00:46:02.240 loved ones in

00:46:03.440 the Ontario

00:46:03.980 long-term care

00:46:04.880 sector see

00:46:06.140 anyone who so

00:46:07.060 much as makes

00:46:07.600 an informed

00:46:08.240 personal medical

00:46:09.140 choice that

00:46:09.760 differs from the

00:46:10.760 regime's mandate

00:46:11.640 is punished for

00:46:13.320 not towing that

00:46:14.560 line and that

00:46:15.860 punishment looks

00:46:16.720 like forced

00:46:17.400 isolation and

00:46:18.720 separation from

00:46:19.880 loved ones

00:46:20.540 back in December

00:46:22.100 of 2021 the

00:46:23.200 government of

00:46:23.660 Ontario issued

00:46:24.480 directive three

00:46:25.440 it outlines the

00:46:26.740 various policies

00:46:27.680 around long-term

00:46:28.760 care and

00:46:29.380 retirement homes

00:46:30.280 including universal

00:46:31.440 masking testing

00:46:32.540 visitors and

00:46:33.380 vaccine passports

00:46:34.380 it essentially

00:46:35.360 forced compliance

00:46:36.380 with the

00:46:37.020 ministry of

00:46:37.540 long-term

00:46:37.920 care's COVID-19

00:46:39.080 guidance document

00:46:40.200 under section

00:46:41.380 14 it's titled

00:46:42.540 access to homes

00:46:43.660 and visitors must

00:46:44.860 meet the vaccine

00:46:45.700 requirement as per

00:46:46.940 the minister's

00:46:47.640 directive and

00:46:48.880 well exemptions are

00:46:49.820 pretty much

00:46:50.220 non-existent an

00:46:51.880 unvaccinated

00:46:52.660 general visitor or

00:46:53.780 caregiver is only

00:46:54.800 permitted to enter

00:46:55.820 the home for

00:46:56.540 palliative or

00:46:57.660 end-of-life care

00:46:59.260 and so the

00:47:01.140 gentleman that I

00:47:01.980 am featuring in

00:47:02.840 this story has

00:47:04.040 been unable to

00:47:05.280 provide his mother

00:47:06.160 with the care that

00:47:07.320 he previously

00:47:08.000 provided her

00:47:09.320 almost daily

00:47:11.000 today Geordi is

00:47:12.900 both the power of

00:47:13.700 attorney that's the

00:47:14.440 POA and an

00:47:16.020 essential caregiver to

00:47:17.080 his mother he is

00:47:18.420 now deep concerns

00:47:19.780 around how his

00:47:20.980 duty to provide

00:47:21.880 care is being

00:47:23.140 obstructed by the

00:47:24.180 home and the

00:47:25.240 government he and

00:47:26.700 his sister chose

00:47:27.460 McCormick care group

00:47:28.640 in London Ontario

00:47:29.560 for the specific

00:47:30.840 dementia care that

00:47:32.240 their mother so

00:47:33.000 desperately needs

00:47:33.920 diagnosed with

00:47:35.240 early onset

00:47:35.860 dementia his

00:47:36.620 mother is only

00:47:37.380 66 years old

00:47:38.760 but without

00:47:39.740 further ado

00:47:40.400 let's hear it

00:47:41.140 from Geordi the

00:47:42.000 kind of care he

00:47:43.060 would provide and

00:47:44.260 how this policy has

00:47:45.560 affected his

00:47:46.180 ability to do

00:47:47.040 that and further

00:47:48.480 care for his

00:47:49.640 mother and only

00:47:50.380 really serves to

00:47:51.220 isolate her have a 0.97

00:47:52.340 listen the care

00:47:53.240 was pretty well

00:47:54.780 anything a loving

00:47:55.720 son can offer

00:47:56.580 their ailing mother

00:47:58.060 there it would

00:47:58.880 have been anything

00:47:59.480 from physio I

00:48:03.200 would help her

00:48:03.780 stretch she's in a

00:48:04.600 wheelchair now so I

00:48:05.700 would stretch her 0.91

00:48:06.240 legs every evening

00:48:07.180 to hygiene washing

00:48:10.060 washing her face 0.59

00:48:11.420 brushing her teeth

00:48:12.300 toileting keeping a

00:48:14.120 level of

00:48:14.620 cleanliness and

00:48:16.620 hygiene to

00:48:18.800 stimulating her

00:48:19.800 cognitively playing

00:48:21.340 playing you know

00:48:22.720 even if it's just

00:48:23.820 an annoyance it

00:48:25.420 was some sort of

00:48:26.120 stimulation for her

00:48:27.280 as she doesn't

00:48:28.420 seem to recognize

00:48:29.960 too many faces

00:48:31.320 at this point in

00:48:33.120 her life and I'm

00:48:35.200 one of them that

00:48:35.940 she is still able

00:48:36.700 to

00:48:36.980 and I guess you

00:48:40.540 were you're

00:48:41.140 heading up to see

00:48:41.980 her you know how 1.00

00:48:42.740 often and any

00:48:45.300 specifics around

00:48:46.160 what your visits

00:48:46.820 would look like

00:48:47.640 you know even as

00:48:49.100 they came to an

00:48:49.680 end in the

00:48:50.020 evenings

00:48:50.320 yep for the

00:48:52.100 better part of

00:48:53.020 one and a half

00:48:54.600 years I'd say

00:48:56.080 I would go up

00:48:57.400 there after work

00:48:58.560 come home

00:49:00.180 shower go up

00:49:01.400 there after work

00:49:02.060 anywhere between

00:49:02.800 6 and 7 p.m.

00:49:04.580 I'd arrive there

00:49:05.360 and after getting

00:49:06.300 tested yada

00:49:07.020 and then I'd

00:49:09.240 stay up there

00:49:09.680 for a solid

00:49:11.220 hour and a half

00:49:13.000 to three hours

00:49:14.020 every night and

00:49:15.100 it was helping her

00:49:16.140 with anything and

00:49:16.840 everything

00:49:17.260 early stages

00:49:20.260 when she was in

00:49:20.800 the home she

00:49:21.220 was able to

00:49:21.720 walk so we'd

00:49:22.340 just go walk

00:49:22.900 around the

00:49:23.300 unit and do

00:49:25.260 something get

00:49:26.080 her get her 0.98

00:49:26.540 active somehow

00:49:27.300 and but generally

00:49:28.420 I was up there

00:49:29.060 every evening

00:49:29.940 if not seven

00:49:31.960 nights a week

00:49:32.460 six nights a

00:49:33.160 week from 6 to

00:49:34.960 8 p.m.

00:49:35.580 or whenever she

00:49:36.680 would fall

00:49:37.960 asleep there

00:49:38.580 and since

00:49:40.920 the day after

00:49:42.720 Christmas you

00:49:43.560 have been

00:49:44.200 prevented from

00:49:45.280 that providing

00:49:46.580 your mother with 0.56

00:49:47.160 that kind of care

00:49:47.720 and those

00:49:48.000 interactions

00:49:48.520 what has that

00:49:50.420 looked like for

00:49:51.360 you and for

00:49:53.280 your concerns

00:49:54.060 around your

00:49:54.540 mother's care

00:49:55.300 oh well it

00:49:57.140 was it's

00:49:58.620 for sure

00:49:59.840 heartbreaking

00:50:00.340 you feel

00:50:01.380 helpless

00:50:01.900 I feel guilty

00:50:03.620 there's a level

00:50:04.900 of anxiety

00:50:05.600 that I am not

00:50:07.200 able to do

00:50:07.980 anything I'm

00:50:09.060 thankful for a

00:50:11.320 platform such as

00:50:12.100 yourself that I

00:50:14.000 am able to tell

00:50:14.820 my side of the

00:50:16.040 story and and

00:50:17.120 be able to

00:50:17.740 broadcast this as

00:50:19.600 I have tried to

00:50:20.580 reach out to

00:50:21.160 many many

00:50:22.720 including you

00:50:24.320 could name it

00:50:25.120 in my city

00:50:26.820 any MP

00:50:28.260 any MLA

00:50:29.640 any ministry

00:50:30.800 with my

00:50:32.540 concerns

00:50:33.180 she's not

00:50:34.240 getting adequate

00:50:34.880 care and the

00:50:36.340 level of

00:50:36.800 decline

00:50:37.360 especially when

00:50:38.400 we're talking

00:50:38.820 about the

00:50:39.360 isolation

00:50:39.920 that they've

00:50:41.960 been put

00:50:42.320 through over

00:50:42.720 the last

00:50:43.180 year and

00:50:44.380 speaking of

00:50:45.380 isolation my

00:50:46.100 mother just

00:50:46.580 got out of

00:50:47.220 the isolation

00:50:48.440 I think

00:50:51.480 just over a

00:50:52.520 week ago now

00:50:53.100 a week and a

00:50:53.580 half ago now

00:50:54.180 and she was

00:50:54.580 there for

00:50:54.980 21 days

00:50:55.840 Wow

00:50:58.120 now about this

00:51:01.000 this isolation

00:51:01.860 and you not

00:51:03.940 being able to

00:51:04.640 provide care to

00:51:05.500 her

00:51:05.740 how how does

00:51:09.000 the home

00:51:09.380 facilitate any

00:51:10.320 sort of

00:51:10.800 visitation

00:51:11.720 whether it be

00:51:12.540 you know

00:51:12.820 technologically or

00:51:13.740 otherwise

00:51:14.200 well as you

00:51:17.340 know I'm not

00:51:17.900 the greatest

00:51:18.320 with technology

00:51:20.020 I'm better on

00:51:21.640 pen and paper

00:51:22.260 but they

00:51:23.560 really have

00:51:24.720 only offered

00:51:25.320 me an

00:51:26.700 outdoor visit

00:51:27.660 which as you

00:51:28.660 know in a

00:51:29.020 Canadian winter

00:51:29.720 is with an

00:51:31.560 already frail

00:51:32.380 individual

00:51:32.940 not the

00:51:34.720 greatest

00:51:34.980 they've offered

00:51:35.860 me if

00:51:36.420 if I call

00:51:38.440 a day in

00:51:39.040 advance they

00:51:39.740 will put a

00:51:40.360 heater out and

00:51:41.280 an office

00:51:42.120 partition in

00:51:43.360 order to try

00:51:43.920 and ensure

00:51:44.320 some warmth

00:51:45.760 I guess and

00:51:46.600 some comfort

00:51:47.780 there although

00:51:48.940 they still

00:51:49.720 are requiring

00:51:51.320 me to go

00:51:52.280 in and take

00:51:53.100 a test

00:51:53.660 wait inside

00:51:54.980 until I receive

00:51:56.180 a negative

00:51:56.520 result and

00:51:57.440 then they will

00:51:58.120 bring my

00:51:58.480 mother down so

00:51:59.180 we can go

00:51:59.600 outside into

00:52:00.560 the snow

00:52:01.060 that just

00:52:02.980 seems so 0.89

00:52:04.240 hypocritical 0.98

00:52:04.920 I could not 0.99

00:52:07.400 agree more

00:52:07.980 what so

00:52:10.300 and your mom

00:52:10.820 can't from

00:52:11.500 what I gathered

00:52:12.040 but when we

00:52:12.560 were chatting

00:52:12.900 off camera

00:52:13.460 your mom

00:52:14.120 can't actually

00:52:15.280 you know make

00:52:16.780 phone calls do

00:52:17.840 the Skype do

00:52:18.660 the Zoom do 0.98

00:52:20.040 the virtual

00:52:20.780 visits you

00:52:21.920 know what

00:52:22.420 would what

00:52:22.900 would that

00:52:23.240 look like for

00:52:23.780 her cognitive

00:52:24.360 leave and 0.98

00:52:24.860 trying to

00:52:25.280 attempt something

00:52:25.840 like that

00:52:26.360 we have

00:52:28.160 with with

00:52:29.280 my sister

00:52:30.160 who's still

00:52:30.560 able to go

00:52:31.120 up who's

00:52:32.160 an RN and

00:52:33.220 like I said

00:52:34.140 my mother's

00:52:34.900 super dedicated

00:52:36.800 awesome friend

00:52:38.540 has been able

00:52:39.600 to go up and

00:52:40.260 without their

00:52:40.860 extensive help

00:52:41.880 a virtual

00:52:43.900 such as this

00:52:45.020 like FaceTime

00:52:47.060 or something

00:52:47.600 without their

00:52:49.340 extensive help

00:52:50.660 it's not

00:52:51.620 she wouldn't

00:52:52.140 even be

00:52:52.440 looking at

00:52:53.220 the screen

00:52:53.760 the last

00:52:55.320 couple weeks

00:52:55.840 staff members

00:52:56.660 have been

00:52:58.120 trying to

00:52:58.600 call me on

00:52:59.180 my home

00:53:00.260 landline here

00:53:01.100 and it's

00:53:04.100 not bad

00:53:04.980 but as soon

00:53:05.940 as they go

00:53:06.360 out of the

00:53:06.720 room it's

00:53:07.440 easy to tell

00:53:08.060 I've been on

00:53:08.540 the phone with

00:53:09.020 my mother in

00:53:09.560 the last

00:53:09.800 couple weeks

00:53:10.400 and within

00:53:11.760 10 minutes

00:53:12.400 of a staff

00:53:13.040 member leaving

00:53:13.740 the room

00:53:14.240 it's it's

00:53:16.580 chaos all

00:53:17.680 I can describe

00:53:18.760 is chaos

00:53:19.500 that I'm

00:53:20.320 hearing and

00:53:20.860 agitation

00:53:21.580 anxiety

00:53:23.980 despair

00:53:25.800 anything and

00:53:27.200 everything

00:53:27.560 she's she is 1.00

00:53:28.800 trash and I 1.00

00:53:29.460 literally walked 0.99

00:53:30.300 into this on

00:53:31.100 prior isolation

00:53:32.540 periods I

00:53:33.200 believe just

00:53:34.440 over a year

00:53:34.980 ago when I

00:53:35.540 was allowed

00:53:35.860 in that I

00:53:37.300 walked in and

00:53:37.880 my mother she's 0.99

00:53:38.740 in a wheelchair

00:53:39.240 she has ripped 1.00

00:53:40.160 apart her bed 0.77

00:53:41.340 she doesn't

00:53:42.300 know furniture

00:53:43.080 is tipped

00:53:43.560 over it's

00:53:44.420 amazing to

00:53:45.220 see this but

00:53:46.220 a person in

00:53:47.840 a wheelchair

00:53:48.160 what they can

00:53:48.720 do but I

00:53:49.900 mean you can

00:53:51.200 only put up

00:53:51.660 with isolation

00:53:52.360 so long so

00:53:53.640 there's really

00:53:54.080 for me my

00:53:55.100 hands are

00:53:55.480 tied I have

00:53:56.020 no no and

00:53:57.840 the level of

00:53:58.620 guilt and

00:53:59.040 anxiety I'm

00:53:59.960 personally feeling

00:54:00.780 is through the

00:54:02.440 roof.

00:54:03.240 Residents are

00:54:03.720 saying that

00:54:04.120 they've been

00:54:04.520 you know confined

00:54:05.220 for upwards of

00:54:05.820 a month in

00:54:06.940 these situations

00:54:07.700 when there's

00:54:08.280 even sometimes

00:54:08.800 just one staff

00:54:09.560 case the

00:54:10.380 residents are

00:54:10.940 trapped in

00:54:11.280 their rooms

00:54:11.560 they can't

00:54:11.820 even walk

00:54:12.220 down the

00:54:12.640 halls no

00:54:13.460 baths no

00:54:14.020 showers can

00:54:14.980 you imagine

00:54:15.540 what life is

00:54:16.240 like they are

00:54:16.780 telling their

00:54:17.420 families they

00:54:18.040 are telling us

00:54:18.740 that they would

00:54:19.420 rather die than

00:54:20.240 live in this

00:54:20.720 solitary confinement

00:54:21.800 they've already

00:54:22.520 been traumatized

00:54:23.500 before and

00:54:24.440 they're being

00:54:24.820 continuously

00:54:25.840 re-victimized

00:54:26.980 by terrible

00:54:27.900 policy and the

00:54:29.280 lack of

00:54:29.700 proactive action

00:54:30.580 to oh I

00:54:31.280 don't know

00:54:31.540 make their

00:54:32.020 lives somewhat

00:54:32.840 enjoyable in

00:54:33.740 their final

00:54:34.160 days.

00:54:35.020 I imagine

00:54:35.420 her being on

00:54:36.040 an island and

00:54:36.880 as the days

00:54:37.500 go by that

00:54:39.480 island gets

00:54:40.040 smaller and

00:54:40.640 smaller it's

00:54:41.240 like a little

00:54:41.620 raft in the

00:54:42.440 ocean and

00:54:43.360 she's by

00:54:43.800 herself it's

00:54:44.720 storming has

00:54:45.920 no recognizable

00:54:48.760 faces or comfort

00:54:50.180 around her

00:54:51.140 feeling of

00:54:52.660 helplessness and

00:54:53.760 despair really and

00:54:55.300 it's I don't even

00:54:56.960 really like thinking

00:54:57.740 about it sometimes

00:54:58.640 I lose sleep at

00:55:00.140 night about it

00:55:00.840 it's it's

00:55:02.860 terrifying really

00:55:03.620 and then now I

00:55:05.180 am helpless it

00:55:06.240 was it was

00:55:07.120 before it gave

00:55:08.360 her something to

00:55:08.940 look forward to

00:55:09.680 if if she even

00:55:11.320 realized that is

00:55:13.020 every night I

00:55:13.940 would be up

00:55:14.380 there and she

00:55:15.240 would be oh

00:55:15.680 there's Jordy

00:55:16.360 there's Jordy and

00:55:17.320 the smile was

00:55:18.400 from ear to

00:55:19.000 ear as soon as

00:55:20.480 she she saw me

00:55:21.540 didn't even

00:55:22.020 matter what

00:55:23.380 was going on

00:55:24.100 so it's

00:55:25.580 it's it's

00:55:27.700 scary I can

00:55:28.260 only imagine

00:55:28.860 what's going

00:55:29.940 through her

00:55:30.460 head this

00:55:32.020 but these past

00:55:32.660 couple months

00:55:33.240 this past year

00:55:34.440 and a half

00:55:34.900 really but

00:55:35.580 yeah it's

00:55:37.340 certainly been a

00:55:37.920 long time

00:55:38.540 now for this

00:55:39.920 this situation

00:55:40.920 that was supposed

00:55:41.480 to be a

00:55:42.140 temporary solution

00:55:43.000 well something

00:55:43.900 more long-term

00:55:44.620 and sustainable

00:55:45.340 was figured out

00:55:46.200 what has the

00:55:47.280 communication look

00:55:48.320 like between

00:55:48.880 yourself and

00:55:49.780 the home

00:55:50.180 their administrator

00:55:50.940 or otherwise

00:55:51.980 who's caring

00:55:52.680 for your mom

00:55:53.240 honestly they've

00:55:55.900 been very

00:55:56.300 communicative

00:55:57.420 with me

00:55:57.880 I wouldn't

00:55:59.100 say they've

00:55:59.680 been the most

00:56:00.620 helpful in the

00:56:01.760 sense that all

00:56:02.740 they are doing

00:56:03.340 is listening to

00:56:04.120 top-down orders

00:56:05.060 and there has

00:56:06.660 been real no

00:56:07.640 critical thinking

00:56:09.540 or ways that

00:56:11.040 we can all

00:56:13.820 help each other

00:56:14.640 to come to a

00:56:15.600 better solution

00:56:16.260 and really

00:56:17.540 alleviate the

00:56:19.540 problem which

00:56:20.420 would be the

00:56:21.960 staff shortages

00:56:22.760 and the level

00:56:23.620 of care they're

00:56:24.140 able to provide

00:56:24.940 it's they're

00:56:26.700 they're basically

00:56:27.380 not the home

00:56:29.320 but the ministry

00:56:30.000 and the government

00:56:30.860 is basically

00:56:31.420 shooting the

00:56:32.980 lights and

00:56:33.460 then cursing

00:56:34.000 the dark

00:56:34.440 with regards

00:56:35.180 to the

00:56:35.800 staffing shortages

00:56:36.660 and the

00:56:37.000 level of

00:56:37.380 care they're

00:56:37.880 able to

00:56:38.280 provide

00:56:38.680 as far as

00:56:40.980 the home

00:56:41.440 they've been

00:56:42.560 I can't say

00:56:43.620 they've been

00:56:43.940 accommodating

00:56:44.660 but they

00:56:45.680 maybe they've

00:56:48.040 attempted

00:56:48.440 but again

00:56:50.000 they're listening

00:56:50.900 to top-down

00:56:51.560 orders and

00:56:52.140 really making

00:56:52.820 no assessment

00:56:53.660 of individual

00:56:54.760 situations

00:56:55.480 themselves

00:56:56.060 yeah which

00:56:58.140 obviously

00:56:58.540 leads to

00:56:59.760 the

00:57:00.380 persistent

00:57:01.420 use of

00:57:02.240 unethical

00:57:02.820 and inhumane

00:57:03.920 policies

00:57:04.460 that you

00:57:05.420 know are

00:57:05.740 a result of

00:57:06.560 these this

00:57:06.940 sort of one

00:57:07.540 size fits all

00:57:08.580 approach that

00:57:09.220 we've seen

00:57:09.640 throughout the

00:57:10.420 COVID response

00:57:11.400 just in closing

00:57:12.940 Jordi what

00:57:13.760 what would you

00:57:14.420 like to see

00:57:14.960 change here

00:57:15.640 what would you

00:57:16.140 like to see

00:57:16.440 happen

00:57:16.840 for sure

00:57:18.960 I think

00:57:19.360 I think

00:57:19.940 essential

00:57:20.800 caregivers are

00:57:21.820 one of the

00:57:22.600 best low

00:57:23.400 cost

00:57:23.860 were free

00:57:24.960 alternatives

00:57:26.700 to bolstering

00:57:28.620 up our

00:57:29.340 staffing shortages

00:57:30.480 and it

00:57:32.160 it was working

00:57:33.960 fine before

00:57:34.860 when we were

00:57:35.380 allowed to test

00:57:36.340 with the rapid

00:57:37.000 test PCR test

00:57:38.380 test me with

00:57:39.000 whatever you

00:57:39.720 choose

00:57:40.180 but allow me

00:57:42.520 to help my

00:57:43.320 ailing mother

00:57:44.020 that's all I

00:57:46.880 can really say

00:57:47.500 about this

00:57:48.140 Jordi is right

00:57:49.360 essential caregivers

00:57:50.380 are a blessing

00:57:51.560 to an already

00:57:52.580 overburdened

00:57:53.560 understaffed

00:57:54.280 healthcare sector

00:57:55.020 he is a clear

00:57:56.580 asset not only

00:57:57.760 to his mother

00:57:58.500 but to the

00:57:59.420 other staff

00:58:00.220 who can

00:58:00.580 prioritize care

00:58:01.600 for others

00:58:02.300 who may not

00:58:03.380 have hands

00:58:04.280 on family

00:58:05.040 members or

00:58:06.060 loved ones

00:58:06.760 to tend to

00:58:07.640 their physical

00:58:08.340 mental and

00:58:10.140 or emotional

00:58:11.060 health

00:58:11.620 and the thing

00:58:13.580 that I found

00:58:14.460 most odd

00:58:15.340 about one

00:58:16.220 of the

00:58:17.060 COVID-19

00:58:17.820 guidance documents

00:58:18.820 is that the

00:58:19.940 footnote way

00:58:20.700 down at the

00:58:21.240 very bottom

00:58:21.840 it stipulates

00:58:22.920 that the

00:58:23.320 document does

00:58:24.460 not constitute

00:58:25.400 legal advice

00:58:26.360 the licensee

00:58:27.500 should seek

00:58:28.200 independent legal

00:58:29.080 advice for

00:58:29.800 guidance on

00:58:30.520 what appropriate

00:58:31.760 measures might

00:58:32.480 be adopted

00:58:33.040 to ensure a

00:58:34.680 safe and

00:58:35.340 secure environment

00:58:36.380 for residents

00:58:37.880 so I reached

00:58:39.400 out to the

00:58:39.980 home asking

00:58:40.840 if they had

00:58:41.700 sought that

00:58:42.360 independent legal

00:58:43.360 advice for

00:58:44.380 guidance on

00:58:45.220 the appropriateness

00:58:46.320 of their

00:58:46.760 measures

00:58:47.200 I also

00:58:48.460 asked if

00:58:49.320 directive 3

00:58:50.100 and the

00:58:50.700 guidance document

00:58:51.580 aligned with

00:58:52.820 the legal

00:58:53.380 duty that a

00:58:54.200 power of

00:58:54.760 attorney has

00:58:56.020 to their

00:58:56.520 grantor

00:58:57.100 in this

00:58:57.780 case that's

00:58:58.500 Geordi to

00:58:59.100 his mother

00:58:59.600 if they

00:59:00.740 cannot gain

00:59:01.520 access to

00:59:02.700 their grantor

00:59:03.820 or their

00:59:05.220 residence

00:59:06.000 and of

00:59:07.800 course what

00:59:08.700 reasonable

00:59:09.280 alternatives are

00:59:10.620 being given to

00:59:11.420 POAs who

00:59:12.100 don't want to

00:59:13.160 divulge their 0.98

00:59:14.240 medical information

00:59:15.180 or are

00:59:16.600 religiously or

00:59:17.820 medically exempt

00:59:18.820 from vaccination

00:59:20.200 well the

00:59:21.680 home they

00:59:22.240 didn't respond

00:59:23.000 but I also

00:59:23.960 sent the

00:59:24.660 two latter

00:59:25.480 questions to

00:59:26.520 Vanessa

00:59:27.120 DeMatteis

00:59:28.280 she is the

00:59:29.100 senior

00:59:29.420 communications

00:59:30.180 director for

00:59:31.480 the ministry

00:59:32.260 of long-term

00:59:33.280 care

00:59:33.660 someone named

00:59:35.320 Tanya asked

00:59:36.180 for an extension

00:59:36.860 to my initial

00:59:37.740 24-hour deadline

00:59:38.880 and then a few

00:59:39.880 days later

00:59:40.460 someone named

00:59:41.460 Anne responded

00:59:42.920 to my request

00:59:44.220 they regurgitate

00:59:45.740 all of the

00:59:46.800 points in

00:59:47.640 all of the

00:59:48.120 documents that

00:59:48.740 I had already

00:59:49.420 sifted through

00:59:50.220 and really

00:59:50.740 the only time

00:59:52.080 that they so

00:59:52.780 much as veered

00:59:53.680 from that

00:59:54.220 safety net

00:59:54.980 is when they

00:59:56.460 state that the

00:59:57.460 POA should

00:59:58.300 seek independent

00:59:59.520 legal advice

01:00:00.700 even though

01:00:01.920 their own

01:00:02.600 directive

01:00:03.120 prevents Geordi

01:00:04.420 from performing

01:00:05.120 his duties

01:00:05.980 as of March 1st

01:00:07.760 the province of

01:00:08.320 Ontario is

01:00:08.960 officially doing

01:00:09.760 away with

01:00:10.740 vaccine passports

01:00:11.840 but the mandate

01:00:12.700 will still be in

01:00:13.620 place for

01:00:14.340 visitors in

01:00:16.040 long-term care

01:00:16.880 homes

01:00:17.260 that means

01:00:18.280 that there is

01:00:18.760 no end in

01:00:19.640 sight for

01:00:20.100 Geordi to

01:00:21.020 visit comfortably

01:00:21.980 indoors with

01:00:23.360 his ailing 0.93

01:00:24.000 mother

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Rebel News Podcast - February 25, 2022

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