Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ The U.S. Ambassador invited Tamara Lich — and the media lost its mind

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. Interesting show today. We'll have some questions that our reporter put to

00:00:04.820 Premier Doug Ford and Premier Danielle Smith. We'll start the show that way. And then we'll go

00:00:09.560 to Ottawa, where the U.S. ambassador had a Fourth of July party. And we were invited and we went

00:00:15.640 there and interviewed the ambassador. But the reaction from the mainstream media to us being

00:00:20.760 invited was apoplexy. They were shocked and mad. We'll show you that too. But first, let me invite

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00:00:57.740 Tonight, more Pipeline proposals, but will any of them ever happen? Plus, Tamara Leach 0.91

00:01:11.000 goes to the Ambassador's house. It's July 9th and this is The Ezra LeVant Show.

00:01:15.920 You're fighting for freedom!

00:01:19.000 Shame on you, you censorious bug! 0.87

00:01:31.200 Oh, hi everybody.

00:01:32.640 On Saturday, I went to the U.S. ambassador to Canada,

00:01:36.600 went to his house in Ottawa for his annual 4th of July celebration.

00:01:41.460 I managed to interview him for about 15 or 20 minutes,

00:01:44.360 a more philosophical interview than the one I had with him a few months ago, where I really

00:01:49.340 tried to drill into particular subjects. Here, I wanted to talk about what does it mean when a

00:01:54.480 country lasts 250 years? I mean, think about it. 250 years has outlasted the Soviet Union. It's

00:02:00.620 outlasted the British Empire, so many other empires really. How? And what is it about the

00:02:07.000 American character? So my questions were not about hard pressing matters. They were about

00:02:12.360 more philosophical matters. I hope you found it interesting, and we'll show that to you

00:02:17.000 a little bit later in the program. I went there because I did have those questions for the

00:02:22.720 ambassador, but I also went there because it feels good to have a normal relationship with

00:02:28.080 newsmakers like the ambassador, as opposed to our own liberal government of Canada, which

00:02:33.480 adamantly refuses to even talk to Rebel News. That is not normal. And I'm reminded of that

00:02:39.400 when we travel anywhere else in the world other than Canada.

00:02:42.240 In fact, as you know, I've been able to interview Canadian cabinet ministers

00:02:46.340 only in Davos, Switzerland, where they don't have police to arrest us for trying.

00:02:51.560 Anyhow, you'll see my interview with the ambassador in a moment.

00:02:54.220 But really, going to the party in itself was a win.

00:02:58.040 And they invited me and my videographer, Efron Monsanto, to interview the ambassador.

00:03:04.100 But they also said we could be there as reporters documenting the party itself.

00:03:10.200 So we couldn't jump on people and scrum them in an aggressive way because it was at a party

00:03:15.920 in someone's house, but we could talk to those who wanted to talk to us.

00:03:19.360 So we brought Alexa Lavoie from Montreal and Tamara Leach came in from Medicine Hat.

00:03:26.760 And I specifically checked that with the ambassador because I didn't want to surprise him.

00:03:32.920 I wanted to make sure he knew who Tamara was and that he was making that decision to allow her in the guest list.

00:03:40.000 I think she's a wonderful person.

00:03:41.820 As you know, Rebel News has helped crowdfund the Democracy Fund's legal bills for her.

00:03:46.940 But still, you know, it might be a diplomatic incident, but they granted Tamara entry and an invitation.

00:03:56.360 And she was sort of a brand ambassador for Rebel News.

00:03:58.820 She talked to some people, but it wasn't really an interview setting anyways.

00:04:02.920 Later on in today's show, I talked to Tamara Leach about that, but that was, I recorded that part of the show a few hours ago before the CBC did a huge story on her being there.

00:04:15.980 And I kid you not, hand to God, an email from the New York Times following this important news.

00:04:22.140 But it sort of is important news because this is a battle, a test between those who want to un-person and de-platform her and those like us who think what she did was normal and peaceful and that, in fact, her conviction was false and it should be appealed and that, in fact, it was the Emergencies Act that was illegal.

00:04:42.820 And so far, four judges agree with that.

00:04:44.500 So why is the New York Times getting involved? Why is the CBC getting involved in the small matter of Tamara Leach being invited to the ambassador's office? Well, precisely because it's who gets to decide who is unpersoned or not, who gets to decide who is no longer polite company.

00:05:03.440 rebel news and our friends think that tamara leach isn't just a regular person she's a super person 0.98

00:05:09.240 who led morally the most important peaceful protest in a generation in canada the other side

00:05:16.940 hates the facts that the little people stood up to the covet experts so it is a big battle

00:05:22.540 and the fact that we won around is precisely why the cbc and the new york times are involved anyways

00:05:27.480 So stay with me because we talked to the ambassador in this show and we talked to Tamara Leach and I want you to see all that.

00:05:35.220 But first, a quick comment about what happened in Calgary today.

00:05:39.340 Of course, the Calgary Stampede is on, which is a pretty fun time.

00:05:42.040 I saw images of Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the Stampede and instantly I thought, oh, he's running to be the Conservative Party leader.

00:05:50.260 There's no reason for the Premier of Ontario to fly out to Calgary to go to the Stampede

00:05:55.080 unless you're doing what politicians do there, which is campaign.

00:05:58.780 So it's clear to me that when he was undermining Pierre Polyev during the last election,

00:06:03.380 he actually thinks that he can displace Polyev and become the leader of the Conservative Party

00:06:09.200 of Canada and one day the Prime Minister.

00:06:10.740 I don't think there's a chance of that happening.

00:06:12.740 I think he would be an outrageous and atrocious Prime Minister, but I think in his own mind

00:06:17.260 he believes him.

00:06:17.980 Anyways, both Premier Ford and Alberta Premier Daniel Smith had a press conference, and our reporter on the scene, Angelica Toy, put a question to each of them.

00:06:29.920 Here she is asking Premier Smith about her proposed West Coast pipeline, and the question I thought was a good one, which is, you know, you have this idea, but are any oil producers, do any of them believe that it can happen?

00:06:44.540 Here's how that question went.

00:06:45.700 Premier Smith, the Southwell Pipeline to the U.S. is fully subscribed.

00:06:49.900 It has signed contracts with so many oil producers, it will be full for the next 20 years.

00:06:54.320 The Kearney Pipeline project has no customers signed up.

00:06:57.580 Isn't it obvious that no one in the industry actually believes this is going to be built?

00:07:01.300 Certainly not enough to put their own money into it.

00:07:03.920 Well, thanks for the nice neutral question.

00:07:07.420 I would say it's a bit premature to make that point.

00:07:11.000 I think that what we've done with our West Coast Pipeline is announced an intention for the federal and provincial government to work together.

00:07:17.480 We've got a private proponent.

00:07:18.960 We have to make sure that we can get all of the Indigenous consultation and ownership state, make sure that we do the environmental approvals.

00:07:27.060 And I have absolute confidence with the conversations that we've been having with the Pathways Group that we will get those commitments.

00:07:33.020 Remember, you can start a pipeline with a smaller amount going through it, and then you can do compression, just like we're seeing with the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

00:07:40.160 They began with a little bit of a smaller volume,

00:07:44.160 but they're also increasing now up to 300,000 barrels.

00:07:46.840 I think it's our job to make sure that we can expand the industry by 2 million barrels.

00:07:51.660 So not only can we fill the South Bow line, we can fill the West Coast line,

00:07:54.980 we can fill our new Northern, what were you calling yours?

00:08:00.440 North?

00:08:01.280 Northern Shield.

00:08:02.460 Northern Shield.

00:08:03.620 Our new Northern Shield pipeline.

00:08:05.240 and also be able to serve north, south, east, west.

00:08:10.880 I mean, this is the whole point of what we were trying to do

00:08:13.200 in building out economic corridors.

00:08:14.560 So I think it's a great project.

00:08:16.520 We have to remember a few years ago,

00:08:17.940 we were talking about projects in all direction.

00:08:20.060 We were talking about Northern Gateway, Keystone, and Energy East.

00:08:22.560 And for various reasons for each of them,

00:08:24.680 because of regulatory uncertainty

00:08:26.260 or because of permits being canceled,

00:08:29.020 they ended up all stalling.

00:08:30.060 So this is resurrecting all three of those concepts,

00:08:33.300 perhaps on different corridors with some different partners.

00:08:36.220 But I feel like the industry was there 10 years ago.

00:08:39.040 They can be there again.

00:08:40.040 Well, I thought that was a fair question.

00:08:41.540 I mean, it was slightly spicy, but isn't that the real question?

00:08:44.460 If you propose to build a $35 billion pipeline with government money,

00:08:48.600 which sounds like a terrible idea, why don't you let the private sector do it?

00:08:52.160 Well, the obvious reason is because no one in the private sector

00:08:54.780 believes it can be done without being blocked by a rogue court.

00:08:58.260 Anyhow, Angelica had a question for Doug Ford, and it was,

00:09:02.280 Are you out here campaigning?

00:09:03.800 Here's how that went.

00:09:04.760 We saw pictures of you campaigning at the Calgary Stampede.

00:09:07.480 Are you trying to shore up support to challenge Pierre Polyev

00:09:10.220 for the next Conservative Party later?

00:09:14.040 Can I blow that line, that neutral question?

00:09:16.800 I'm going to use it with the Toronto media.

00:09:19.000 This is like a church picnic compared to the Toronto media.

00:09:21.260 But anyways, I wasn't campaigning.

00:09:24.400 People asked for pictures, so I took pictures.

00:09:27.080 There were a lot of pictures, I'll tell you that.

00:09:28.480 But I love the people of Alberta.

00:09:30.220 We share the same values.

00:09:31.180 and uh we just have a great relationship with the premier and the and the folks here in alberta i

00:09:37.300 love it here actually yeah that laughter um i'm not sure there's different reasons for laughs

00:09:42.240 sometimes we laugh when we're startled sometimes we laugh when we have just an instant reflex i

00:09:46.960 think we laughed in this case because angelica was asking the question that uh others perhaps

00:09:51.940 were too polite not to ask which is are you running for pierre paulia's job and i don't

00:09:57.200 think we got a good answer to that, did we? Anyways, those are my thoughts on pipelines

00:10:01.820 and premiers. But now the rest of the show is about Tamara Leach on the 4th of July. Enjoy.

00:10:15.740 Well, I had the pleasure of being invited to the House of the U.S. Ambassador to Canada on the 4th

00:10:22.460 of July. That's a pretty cool place to be on Independence Day. I think the emotional highlight

00:10:28.860 was the flyover of four fighter jets, two F-18s from the Canadian military and two F-35s. That's

00:10:38.480 the newest generation fighter plane that the U.S. deploys. Here, take a look at this flyover,

00:10:45.000 timed perfectly for the ambassador's speech. We'll end up being stronger together. We just

00:10:50.300 got some work to do. Enjoy the planes!

00:11:20.300 Thank you.

00:11:50.280 of incredible having them pass so low overhead of course that was just a flourish there was the

00:11:55.480 substance of the event to canada u.s relations seem to have been strained over the last year

00:12:01.720 but there were certainly hundreds i don't know how many people more than a thousand i'm sure

00:12:05.560 there to celebrate the strength um i was delighted to have a moment with the ambassador i'll play for

00:12:11.400 you my interview with him in a moment as you know i interviewed him a few months ago very

00:12:15.800 substantive interview my one at his house on the fourth of july was more i don't know philosophical

00:12:21.640 about the meaning of the fourth of july but one of the things we were invited to do by the embassy

00:12:27.240 was to bring a team of journalists to cover the event and our friend alexa lavoie came in from

00:12:32.600 montreal our chief video man ephraim monsanto was there and one of our newest rebels tamara leach

00:12:40.280 was there what a delight and a pleasure to have her there and she joins us now from her home in

00:12:45.640 medicine hat mayor great to see you again how much fun was it to be at the ambassador's house

00:12:52.300 on the fourth of july what an incredible honor and an incredible experience those guys definitely

00:12:59.400 know how to put together a soiree you know i was so proud to see you there uh you know you and i

00:13:06.200 have thought a lot about things over the last year and how we have to keep you in the public sphere

00:13:13.080 despite the fact that you were sentenced to house arrest and so we work very carefully with your

00:13:18.020 probation officer to have you there with the ambassador's knowledge and i wanted to make sure

00:13:23.660 that he wasn't surprised by anything so i you know we ran everything by his staff and so you

00:13:28.280 were there as a known welcome invited part of the rebel team and you had a chance to talk with them

00:13:34.800 one-on-one. And I just thought to me, it was turning the tables on the Ottawa establishment

00:13:42.400 that a few years ago had you arrested, handcuffed, jailed, prosecuted, you know, and to have you

00:13:49.840 return to the heart of the city, to the, to where there were fancy, but there were MPs there. There

00:13:55.940 were high business people. There were, it was such an important event. And to have you there at the

00:14:02.520 part of it. I felt great and I know every rebel who supports you will feel great to see it. Let

00:14:09.960 me just play just a little clip and this is a little video of you on site. Let's just play a

00:14:15.680 quick clip of that now. Well hello everyone it's Tamara Leach with Rebel News here and I am back

00:14:20.480 in Ottawa for a good cause this time. I am here at the U.S. Ambassador's residence for the 250th

00:14:27.880 Independence Day celebrations here tonight 0.59

00:14:30.340 as a guest of the Ambassador along with the other Rebels. 0.95

00:14:33.980 I am out on a work exemption, obviously.

00:14:36.420 I'm still under house arrest, but as Ambassador for Rebel,

00:14:38.920 I was able to come.

00:14:40.320 I had a great chance to speak briefly with the Ambassador

00:14:43.320 and to thank him for his support and the support of the Americans

00:14:46.640 during the Freedom Convoy.

00:14:48.040 But it was really great to be here for a very great cause.

00:14:50.840 This is obviously the party of the year,

00:14:52.980 so this is an excellent opportunity to get out of my house

00:14:56.380 And to sort of keep pushing back a little bit against some of the, what would you call it, craziness that's going on out here these days.

00:15:05.640 Anyways, for Rebel News, I'm Tamara Leach.

00:15:08.960 Tamara, I think that was a highlight.

00:15:12.180 I mean, we didn't do a ton of journalism there, but to have you welcomed, that felt great.

00:15:19.460 I was very welcomed.

00:15:21.320 There was a lot of support there.

00:15:22.520 I did have the opportunity to speak with a lot of the MPs that were there also and some of the other journalists that were there.

00:15:29.940 And there was a ton of support. And then, of course, I was very honoured to meet the ambassador.

00:15:35.380 I had the opportunity to express my gratitude for all the support from the American people, from the president and from himself for, you know, during the Freedom Convoy as well as after.

00:15:45.060 I can tell you that I've got boxes of letters from the American people of support that I've been receiving for the last four years in the mail.

00:15:53.360 So an incredible honor and a privilege. And thank you for for letting me tag along.

00:15:59.100 Well, come on. I mean, you are an emblem of we call you a rebel ambassador.

00:16:04.580 You're a journalist and you do do journalism. But I think that your main role there was just to fly the rebel flag.

00:16:09.840 I saw that you were I mean it was a big place the ambassador's home is actually an enormous

00:16:15.860 facility the house itself within the giant yard and there was a lot of heavy security there you

00:16:22.100 can imagine I saw you had a chance to say hello to different people I saw you with Jamil Giovanni

00:16:27.980 a young up-and-coming MP tell me about interesting people that you saw whether they were powerful

00:16:35.460 people like an mp or advocates i saw you met uh our friend the journalist uh sue ann levy just

00:16:42.300 give us a minute on on some of the folks you met there because again it was just showing that you're

00:16:47.320 here you're you're proud you're public you're you're not you're not shying away from public life

00:16:53.100 despite what the censors tried to do to you yes well i mean i didn't have a chance to speak with

00:16:59.540 them, but Aaron O'Toole was present. I saw the former Governor General David Johnson there

00:17:05.060 also. I didn't speak with him either, obviously, but there was a lot of just people in the crowd

00:17:11.340 even, you know, there was even a lady that came up to me and gave me a big hug with tears in her

00:17:15.280 eyes, expressing her gratitude. And to this day, that still happens to me often where people will

00:17:21.000 come up and hug me and shake my hand and, you know, thanks for all the work that you're doing

00:17:24.420 and stay strong.

00:17:25.560 I mean, there's always words of support.

00:17:28.720 There's always, you know, hugs of gratitude, tears of gratitude.

00:17:33.340 As I said, I had a great conversation with MP Jamil, and what a great guy, and very sincere.

00:17:41.440 And, you know, he's taken quite a hard stance against the DEI right now, which I congratulated

00:17:46.160 him on also.

00:17:47.660 Well, I was so happy to see you networking.

00:17:50.420 um now we follow the people might say well in fact i saw on twitter some liberals just

00:17:57.420 spluttering that how did this how did this happen how did she well we actually even though

00:18:03.260 we're speaking with some defiance or at least i am uh we are actually being quite compliant

00:18:08.600 we're very careful and you yourself are very diligent in letting your probation officer know

00:18:14.560 in advance and getting the green lights so although it looks easy it's actually some paperwork and we

00:18:20.280 have someone helping you just get around because there's a lot of rules you have to check in you're

00:18:25.840 not allowed to deviate from the plan you have to be at this hotel by this like it's it's actually

00:18:30.540 quite an onerous uh duty but we've managed to to make it work now the thing is a lot of americans

00:18:37.700 saw the canadian truckers too it was huge in fact i think it was more news about canada

00:18:43.260 than anything in in a generation and and so and you were at the heart of it so there's so many

00:18:51.160 americans who want to talk to you from let's say a glenn beck to you know i don't know it wouldn't

00:18:57.860 surprise me if uh bill maher wanted to talk to you even people more on the entertainment side

00:19:02.440 rob schneider um so there's a lot of americans who want to hear from you and a lot of work you

00:19:07.960 could be doing so not just as a an ambassador for rebel news but a journalist i'd love it if you

00:19:13.700 went to for example there's a big annual conference called cpac which is the conservative

00:19:18.380 political action committee i think that's what it stands for it all the conservative senators and

00:19:22.220 congressmen go there or even some of these turning point meetings or like there's always stuff

00:19:27.360 cooking in the states and we your lawyer asked the prosecutor if we could vary your bail conditions

00:19:37.200 that make a small alteration to allow you to attend work things on the US side. And by work

00:19:44.040 things, just what I was talking about. It may look fun to go on Glenn Beck's show, but that's work

00:19:49.420 when you're a journalist. Incredibly, shockingly, but not surprisingly, the government of Ontario,

00:19:56.420 the crown prosecutors, refuse. They refuse to let you work outside Canada, which makes no sense.

00:20:02.940 your co-defendant chris barber is an cross-border trucker he's in the states all the time and i

00:20:08.140 don't begrudge him that i want that for you too so yes they are forcing us and by us i mean your

00:20:14.700 lawyer lawrence greenspan funded by the democracy fund to go to court on july 22nd to ask the judge

00:20:20.660 to let you work in the u.s that's sort of crazy that they're making us go to court

00:20:26.680 for you to have the right to work, isn't it?

00:20:31.380 It is crazy, but, you know, it tracks with the way that all of this has gone down.

00:20:35.700 I mean, any of my bail hearings lasted, you know, a normal bail hearing, as you well know,

00:20:40.220 is, you know, it doesn't take much time at all.

00:20:42.700 Each one of mine spanned at least two days.

00:20:45.380 So it's not surprising.

00:20:46.960 It's unfortunate.

00:20:47.840 But, you know, as you said, Ezra, we've been very diligent.

00:20:51.180 I'm not allowed to leave my property unless I have permission.

00:20:53.960 So every time I leave, I have to send a request in detailing what the event is, where I'm going to be, the route I'm taking for travel, where we're going to have rest or fuel stops to and from.

00:21:07.060 And a prime example is I went to cover an event in Saskatchewan.

00:21:10.680 There was two events in Saskatchewan in May.

00:21:13.000 And I had to come directly home after the first one because they had changed the venue for the second one at the last minute.

00:21:19.080 And because that location was not in my exemption letter, I had to come straight home.

00:21:25.540 So we've been very diligent working with Medicine Act Community Corrections and all of these exemption letters.

00:21:31.820 I have to get permission to leave the province.

00:21:34.380 If it's out of Alberta jurisdiction, then I also have to have a separate letter for that.

00:21:38.780 So it's quite a process to do, but we make sure that all the T's are crossed and all the I's are dotted before walking out of my residence.

00:21:46.180 Well, we will be there.

00:21:47.160 I will be in Ottawa as well.

00:21:49.000 And our videographer, Guillaume, will be there.

00:21:50.920 Lauren Screenspawn, your lawyer, will be there as July 22nd.

00:21:54.660 And I just want to see Doug Ford's prosecutors say, no, Tamara Lee 1.00

00:22:00.600 should not be allowed to earn a living in the US. 1.00

00:22:03.500 And by the way, you are a rebel employee.

00:22:05.460 That's that's why it's an exemption.

00:22:07.860 And as you know, Rebel always operates around the world

00:22:11.900 when it suits our editorial interests.

00:22:14.520 I mean, we're interested in the UK.

00:22:16.300 we're interested in ireland we're interested in america of course so for them to say no you can't

00:22:21.420 go to america just because in fact i i i heard through the grapevine i don't know if it's true

00:22:26.600 that they said oh you're having too much fun oh so that is that the rule so if you're doing work

00:22:32.680 you're not allowed to smile take that smile off your face damara if you're working for

00:22:38.220 and having fun like we were all working on the weekend at the ambassador's house it may have

00:22:44.200 looked like fun but we were interviewing people we were putting our best foot forward we were

00:22:48.380 networking i talked to a potential advertiser that is called work it's time away from my family

00:22:53.800 you know it's in the furtherance of the goals of rebel news you are an employee we love you

00:22:58.400 we have a lot of fun with you we we like to make our work we're happy warriors but for them to say 0.92

00:23:05.340 you can't go to the states because it's too much fun is the stupidest thing i've heard and i hope 0.95

00:23:11.300 the judge swats that down last word to you well you're absolutely right i think there's a lot of 0.99

00:23:17.000 people out there that would would rather i was miserable and broken and um you know just

00:23:22.640 demoralized by this whole thing but i think you know me well enough by now ezra to know that i

00:23:27.640 make the most of every situation i'm in i keep a positive attitude and um i believe we're still

00:23:33.540 going to come out on top of all this well you certainly carried yourself with great grace at

00:23:39.540 ambassador so as i watched you you were friendly to all i was so delighted that you managed to get

00:23:44.340 a little bit of face time with the key man himself which is you know there was a big lineup to talk

00:23:49.300 to him and i want to tell you my hope for the second half of 2026 maybe i shouldn't say it out

00:23:56.740 loud lest we not achieve it but it is my hope that before the end of the year you will attend at the

00:24:04.660 white house as a reporter for rebel news and listen i've done it our alumnus keean bexty has

00:24:11.520 done it so i'm not talking about anything weird you know we've done it before but i think tamara

00:24:17.320 leach needs to go to the white house to do some journalism and who knows maybe civil liberties 0.53

00:24:22.880 will come up maybe canon u.s relations will come up that is my personal goal for you whether or

00:24:29.940 If not you share it, I want you to do it, and I want you to talk to that mighty market

00:24:35.000 of Americans, and that's what we're doing here.

00:24:38.060 That's the Tamara Project, and folks want to help, they can go.

00:24:40.660 We got a helper at court on July 22nd, and you can do that by going to HelpTamara.com.

00:24:47.080 And by the way, you'll get a charitable tax receipt, because that's a donation to the

00:24:50.200 Democracy Fund that's paying for the lawyer.

00:24:52.320 Anyhow, what do you think of my envisioning, my vision for you for the last half of this

00:24:58.500 year?

00:25:00.500 I am 100% there.

00:25:02.540 You just say the word.

00:25:04.520 I know you will.

00:25:05.600 I know you'll do a great job.

00:25:07.040 We'll see you in court on the 22nd.

00:25:08.760 We'll get you the bail variation,

00:25:10.820 and then we will get you into the United States of America

00:25:13.520 working hard for Rebel News.

00:25:16.160 Thank you, Ezra.

00:25:17.120 Thanks, my friend. 1.00

00:25:17.660 There she is, one of a kind, Tamara Leach. 0.99

00:25:20.660 Oh, it gave me such joy to see the left wing 0.99

00:25:22.980 just sputter and splutter mad 0.91

00:25:25.200 that she was there at the Ambassador's House.

00:25:27.800 Well, imagine what they'll say.

00:25:28.860 when she's at the White House.

00:25:31.160 Stay with us. More ahead.

00:25:37.320 And with that, it is now my distinct honor

00:25:40.300 to introduce the hosts for this evening's event,

00:25:44.320 Ambassador Hoekstra and Mrs. Diane Hoekstra.

00:25:47.660 For you, Ambassador.

00:25:49.360 Great. Thank you.

00:25:54.360 Wow, awesome.

00:25:56.240 Thank you.

00:25:57.480 Thank you, Canada.

00:25:58.860 Thank you, Canadian citizens.

00:26:01.040 Thank you, Americans, all for being here tonight.

00:26:03.280 It's been an awesome day.

00:26:05.480 We started off this morning.

00:26:07.300 Diane and I had the opportunity to receive the hospitality and the recognition from the city of Ottawa.

00:26:15.060 We were at the flag raising.

00:26:18.060 It's kind of like, well, flag raising?

00:26:19.680 What's the big deal?

00:26:20.460 Well, the big deal is Ottawa raised the flag of the United States to fly in front of City Hall for 24 hours.

00:26:29.860 So to the city of Ottawa, thank you.

00:26:33.700 Rick Sutcliffe is a great friend of ours, the mayor.

00:26:37.960 He's a great friend.

00:26:39.620 Rumor was he was going to close off Liskar this week because you saw the big crane there and the shovel.

00:26:47.020 And it's like, hey, Rick, what's going on here?

00:26:49.740 We've got a few people coming over on Saturday.

00:26:52.700 He says, don't worry, we understand the 4th of July.

00:26:56.560 We're not going to start digging on the road until after the weekend.

00:27:01.300 So thanks to Rick.

00:27:02.480 But after we were at the flag raising, we had the opportunity to go to Parliament,

00:27:07.000 Parliament Hill, saw the changing of the guard,

00:27:10.820 where the band recognized the United States of America

00:27:15.680 and played our national anthem as part of the changing of the guard.

00:27:22.300 Again, great appreciation to our Canadian friends for that recognition.

00:27:27.900 And David and Veronica, where did you go?

00:27:32.600 David, Veronica, they're in the shade.

00:27:38.200 You know, this afternoon when it was cloudy, it was actually cool out here.

00:27:41.360 but it's cooler than what it is in Washington, D.C. today.

00:27:45.800 We're getting a drink.

00:27:46.620 You're getting a drink.

00:27:47.540 All right.

00:27:49.260 Thank you.

00:27:50.180 Thanks for being here.

00:27:51.600 I met David a couple of weeks ago in Montreal,

00:27:54.140 and it's like, wow.

00:27:57.880 Yeah, we went to the moon together, Canada and the U.S.,

00:28:02.240 and if we can get somebody from the space agency,

00:28:05.800 and if we can find somebody who's been in space with the Americans.

00:28:09.000 You spent six months?

00:28:11.140 Almost seven.

00:28:12.040 Almost seven.

00:28:13.060 Not that anybody's counting, right?

00:28:14.680 But almost seven months on the space station.

00:28:18.780 It's like, we've got to get that guy here for the 4th of July because, as he said,

00:28:25.000 it is so symbolic of the relationship that we've had together, you know,

00:28:31.700 that there's two countries that have had people fly to the moon and back,

00:28:37.720 the United States and Canada.

00:28:41.520 You know, that's an awesome accomplishment.

00:28:47.580 You know, we've got a few little issues to work out.

00:28:51.600 We've got to figure out this bridge thing.

00:28:54.240 We've got to figure out some tariffs and those kinds of things.

00:28:58.420 But we're going to get over this.

00:29:00.940 We're going to get through it.

00:29:01.920 We all, I think, hopefully recognize that we can accomplish great things together.

00:29:08.620 We can build off the industries that we have currently that we're being so successful in.

00:29:17.160 We're rebuilding new industries.

00:29:19.360 Who would have thought that mining would be coming back as a boom industry?

00:29:24.580 Who would have thought that shipbuilding, that we were going to bring back shipbuilding to the United States of America?

00:29:30.780 and we're doing it because Canada and Fentland and the U.S. reached an agreement

00:29:35.100 and we're now ironically going to be building icebreakers in Texas.

00:29:40.140 It's like, how does that happen?

00:29:42.220 But we're bringing back old industries that are much more relevant and very critical today.

00:29:47.780 And then you take a look at the opportunities that we have on new industries.

00:29:53.100 Space, all right?

00:29:54.760 Space is going to be a growing opportunity for us.

00:29:58.420 artificial intelligence data centers nuclear energy you say well nukes not new but now but

00:30:04.600 small modular reactors are those are the types of things that we can do together so we have lots of

00:30:11.120 opportunity to take a great relationship make it better going into the future we'll get through

00:30:18.120 these problems we'll get through these issues and we will be stronger together so why am i looking

00:30:23.540 at my watch, because they gave me too much time to talk, and I now have to fill up that

00:30:30.500 time, because at 6.30, we're going to have something special for you, all right?

00:30:36.180 So we'll take a little bit, because it's only about seven, eight minutes away, but in about

00:30:42.040 seven or eight minutes, what are you going to experience?

00:30:45.440 You are going to experience a flyover, all right?

00:30:49.880 about a year ago i was talking to the folks at norad and the uh general guillo said ambassador

00:31:01.780 is there anything you need and i said yeah july 4 2026 we're going to have a beautiful day in

00:31:13.300 ottawa and uh we're gonna have uh you know we're gonna have a few people over at the house and

00:31:20.980 we'd like to do something special can you arrange a flyover and he said yeah i think i can do that

00:31:30.180 so he got to work and it's been f-18s f-35s f-18s f-35 exactly what's coming over

00:31:39.940 But in about a few minutes, you are going to see two F-35s fly over.

00:31:48.260 They're here coming from Wisconsin.

00:31:51.660 All right.

00:31:54.040 Now, you know, you're from Michigan.

00:31:55.620 It's kind of like Wisconsin.

00:31:56.740 Yeah, okay.

00:31:57.840 But we'll take the F-35s.

00:32:00.420 Canada will be receiving its first F-35, the Schedule 4 delivery, October 14 of this fall.

00:32:08.640 thank you very much for participating in that program. You were one of the

00:32:13.380 countries that signed up originally at the beginning of the program to be an

00:32:18.240 international partner on this international plane. So we're going to

00:32:23.580 be seeing two USF-35s flying across in October 14. You will also be the proud

00:32:30.600 owners of the most advanced aircraft in the world. And then General Deal went a

00:32:37.920 a little bit further, NORAD, right?

00:32:42.220 A great relationship that has kept America and Canada

00:32:45.640 safe and secure for 60 to 70 years, a great

00:32:49.860 partnership. We're going to have two

00:32:53.540 Canadian F-18s following, or no,

00:32:57.700 actually we're flying four over first.

00:33:02.720 Alright, and thank you to the

00:33:05.100 Royal Canadian Air Force for also hosting and providing two F-18s to come here and to fly.

00:33:15.300 And they're going to be here, and I think you're going to be fairly impressed with these great

00:33:22.420 capabilities that the U.S. Air Force and the Canadian Air Force have. And they've got a little

00:33:30.320 extra time so they're gonna fly over once all four of them and then about a

00:33:36.440 minute and a half later they're gonna come by and they're gonna fly over one

00:33:44.060 after the other in what five seconds apart five seconds apart so you'll have

00:33:49.520 an opportunity to take a look at them two times in a row so I hope I hope you

00:33:58.340 enjoy it. If you don't, there's really not much time to leave between Act 1 and Act 2. We are at

00:34:08.960 one minute. Thank you. I can't tell you how much we, but thank you for being here. Thank you for

00:34:19.540 being the great friends that you are for the colleagueship and the partnership that we have.

00:34:26.580 We will end up being stronger together. We just got some work to do. Enjoy the planes.

00:34:56.580 Get ready, here they come, a second time.

00:35:03.580 How many times did we do?

00:35:06.580 Just one more, one by one, one by one.

00:35:09.580 I don't know.

00:35:19.580 Oh, I can't see it.

00:35:26.580 Sigh!

00:35:30.360 Shhh!

00:35:35.220 Shhh!

00:35:42.040 Sigh- say thank god poor... 1.00

00:35:44.740 They're coming from that way!

00:35:47.360 One... by-one... 1.00

00:35:50.240 notamment

00:35:53.280 I'm supposed to be straight ahead.

00:36:10.520 But he said one by one, I think.

00:36:12.060 Did you find food?

00:36:24.060 Ah, over there. We gotta get some stuff.

00:36:29.060 Just go so fast.

00:36:31.060 Yeah.

00:36:32.060 There's no head time, you know.

00:36:34.060 Yeah.

00:36:35.060 Yeah, there is no...

00:36:37.060 You need to be on it.

00:36:42.060 Let's take a video of this guy until they come back.

00:36:44.920 Oh, you can see him?

00:37:12.060 We'll be right back.

00:37:42.060 Hey, welcome back. Your letters about the 4th of July. Robert Renaud says, as a dual citizen, I really appreciate this. Well, I'm not a dual citizen. I'm just a Canadian, but I admire the United States. I'm grateful to them. And, you know, just think of how lucky we are to have them next to us, not only for security and safety, but for the markets, for the biggest, most important economic market in the world.

00:38:06.340 I mean, imagine all the other countries in the world that are in a tough spot.

00:38:09.940 They would love to be the friend and neighbor of America like we are.

00:38:14.280 Insert clever name here says,

00:38:16.700 an incredible shame that our population has been so propagandized

00:38:19.940 and has major Trump derangement syndrome

00:38:22.080 as we should be in lockstep with our brothers and sisters in the U.S.

00:38:25.400 I can't believe how far we've fallen and strayed as a nation.

00:38:28.500 Don't even recognize this place anymore.

00:38:30.480 Happy 250th to our best friend and protector.

00:38:32.720 Laugh out loud.

00:38:34.140 Well, I think you're right.

00:38:35.320 I, um, and you know, I asked him some questions about Canada's choices going forward and he,

00:38:42.180 he can be diplomatic, Ambassador Hoekstra, uh, but he clearly wants Canada and the U.S. to work

00:38:48.260 together as partners. He sort of rejected the family analogy and he's, I think he's right to

00:38:53.140 do so. It's business partners. And yeah, we're the junior partner. We're still the partner,

00:38:57.140 or at least we should be. I don't want to be China's junior partner. Do you? Last letter 1.00

00:39:01.720 from gary wagner who says not sure why canadians always kiss american but the ambassador represents

00:39:07.680 the trump administration so we'll do and say what he's told the free trade agreement was never free

00:39:12.000 as anyone who's bought a project from the u.s knows they want our resources for the cheapest

00:39:15.960 price they've been screwing us on softwood lumbered for decades yes we annoy the hell out of them with

00:39:21.060 dairy supply management tough yes they invested in huge refinery complexes to use our heavy crude

00:39:26.180 which has a lower market value but canada will never build similar facilities on tidewater so

00:39:31.220 that's our problem. Yes, we've been freeloading on defense for decades, shameful, but that doesn't

00:39:36.260 mean we need to bend over and take a pounding. Carney is weak and Trudeau was weaker. You know,

00:39:41.480 you speak with a little bit of an aggressive tone there, but I really can't take issue with most of

00:39:46.260 your facts there. It's true. And in many of our dealings with the states, we do hamper ourselves.

00:39:52.280 The fact that we can't get our pipes to the ocean because we bent the knee to environmental

00:39:57.580 extremists or the indigenous or environmentalists or or bc or rogue judges that's on us that's not

00:40:05.260 on them i mean we should by all rights have a pipe to the west coast called the northern gateway right

00:40:10.840 now and a pipeline all the way out to atlanta canada called um energy east it was called

00:40:16.320 and by the way those didn't need a cent of government money in both cases you had corporations

00:40:21.440 willing to put up 10 billion dollars or more to build a pipeline out of their own money because

00:40:26.960 it just made sense. But after 10 years of being abused by Canadian governments, no one believes

00:40:32.020 they can do that anymore. So those heavy oil refineries he's talking about, that'll take

00:40:36.600 Venezuelan crew, won't it? Well, that's our show for the day. There might be some more news for

00:40:41.460 you tomorrow about how the media goes gaga over Tamera Leach. But I have to say, I spent a little

00:40:47.020 bit of time with her at the ambassador's residence. She herself is such a good ambassador. She herself

00:40:53.720 really carried herself with dignity and grace.

00:40:56.460 And the way she spoke to the ambassador

00:40:59.020 and thanked America and Americans,

00:41:00.920 I thought was very appropriate.

00:41:03.000 She was graceful.

00:41:05.460 Those who demand she not be there,

00:41:07.500 they were disgraceful.

00:41:09.500 That's our show for the day.

00:41:10.840 Until tomorrow, on behalf of all of us here

00:41:12.680 at Rebel World Headquarters,

00:41:13.760 to you at home, good night.

00:41:15.460 And keep fighting for freedom.

Rebel News Podcast - July 07, 2026

EZRA LEVANT ｜ The U.S. Ambassador invited Tamara Lich — and the media lost its mind

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