Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Trudeau's censorship regime denies Rebel a news license

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. A very heavy show today. We had a setback in federal court today. We lost

00:00:04.800 a censorship challenge. The government won, but we're not going to take it lying down. We're

00:00:10.340 going to stand up again and keep on fighting. I'll tell you all the details. You don't want

00:00:14.240 to miss it. And I want to show you some of the documents. Go to rebelnewsplus.com. It's eight

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00:00:36.780 that because we don't take any money from Trudeau and it shows. All right, here's today's podcast.

00:00:55.820 Tonight, a dark day for Rebel News as the federal court rules against us in a censorship battle.

00:01:04.600 But we've got reason for hope and we're going to file an appeal. It's September 19th and this

00:01:09.900 is the Ezra Levant Show. I've got grave news for freedom of the press. The federal court of Canada

00:01:30.260 just upheld an atrocious ruling by Justin Trudeau's handpicked censorship committee denying rebel news a

00:01:38.060 QCJO news license. But a minor miracle also happened that I want to tell you about too.

00:01:45.040 By the way, QCJO stands for Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization. In free countries,

00:01:51.460 of course, readers get to decide which journalists to trust. But in Trudeau's Canada,

00:01:56.860 that's now a government decision. And Trudeau handpicks the censorship panel making the decision.

00:02:02.720 I want you to see today's ruling for yourself and also to see our memorandum of fact and law

00:02:09.840 that our lawyers submitted to the court. Please go to a special website we've set up called

00:02:15.740 wearesuingtrudeau.com. I'd really like to encourage you to read that memorandum of fact and law.

00:02:23.020 It's 31 pages long, but it's easy to understand. And I think it's one of the best defenses of freedom

00:02:29.360 of the press I've ever read in Canada. In a way, that makes today's loss even worse. Our lawyers

00:02:35.820 made the best case possible. And the judge just threw it out. But I've got some hope also. I've

00:02:43.300 read the ruling carefully and consulted with our lawyers today. And I believe that we can have it

00:02:48.700 overturned by the federal court of appeal. There are some strong grounds for appeal that I hope

00:02:55.220 more senior judges will recognize. Unfortunately, we're up against the unlimited resources of the

00:03:01.840 Trudeau government. And we have to cover our own costs ourselves, of course. Trudeau has spent millions

00:03:08.320 of dollars censoring us, including creating this well-paid censorship panel clearly built with Rebel

00:03:14.560 News in mind. Obviously, we don't have his kind of money. And so far, this case has already cost us

00:03:21.720 a staggering $177,000, which really stretched us thin. And an appeal will be tens of thousands of

00:03:31.520 dollars more. And we might have to go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. But here's the little

00:03:37.720 miracle I mentioned earlier. I just got off the phone with a passionate Canadian who loves Rebel News

00:03:43.800 and loves free speech even more. He asked me to keep his name private. There's no telling what Trudeau

00:03:49.920 would do to him. But he said he will match any crowdfunded donations for this legal appeal dollar

00:03:57.420 for dollar up to $50,000. That's amazing. I was feeling pretty down in the dumps about this court

00:04:05.400 ruling. But that incredible offer made me feel like maybe we'll be okay. Go to wearesuingtrudeau.com

00:04:13.640 to join in and to activate this donor's promise to match your gift. But none of this should even be

00:04:20.440 happening. We shouldn't have had to go to court at all. Because there should not be a Trudeau

00:04:27.280 censorship committee in the first place that has any power over journalists. And the terrifying part

00:04:33.420 of it is that censorship committee, it's part of the Canada Revenue Agency. What's extra gross

00:04:40.260 is the silence from mainstream media journalists? Most Canadian journalists have simply been bought

00:04:45.620 off by Trudeau. If they work for the CBC, and more than 50% of Canadian journalists do,

00:04:51.540 they already get all their pay from Trudeau. And even if they work for a private news company,

00:04:57.560 they get on average a $30,000 a year subsidy from Trudeau. That's why they're silent today.

00:05:04.520 And that's another reason why they hate Rebel News. Because we don't take any cash from Trudeau.

00:05:10.820 And they're ashamed that they do. I don't want to spend too much time on the court ruling. But

00:05:16.020 there's just this one part that shows you how unreasonable it is. Rebel News, as you know,

00:05:21.120 publishes literally thousands of news stories every year. And the busiest time in our entire history was

00:05:26.480 during the trucker convoy back in February 2022. We were publishing up to 20 stories a day,

00:05:33.800 almost all of them from the ground in Ottawa, in Windsor, in Coutts, Alberta, and any other place

00:05:40.580 where there were trucker protests. We were the window on the trucker convoy for the whole world.

00:05:46.400 I don't know if you know this, but in that month of February 2022, we actually had more viewers,

00:05:52.560 400 million views and impressions than the CBC state broadcaster gets on an average month.

00:05:58.900 But here's how Trudeau's censorship committee described that three-week period of time.

00:06:05.740 They said,

00:06:07.060 What? Only 2% of our stories were original news content? What does that even mean?

00:06:20.740 What else do they think we were doing over here? It was all news. That's madness. But the judge

00:06:27.080 actually accepted that bizarre claim and used it as a reason to deny us a QCJO news license.

00:06:34.780 We've got to fight back. We've got to appeal. And thankfully, we've got a donor willing to match

00:06:39.760 any donations dollar for dollar up to $50,000. There are a lot of reasons why we just have to win.

00:06:46.320 Under Bill C-11, which is now law, Trudeau has the power to order companies like YouTube

00:06:52.420 and Facebook to either boost or throttle any Canadian content. Now, it would be too conspicuous

00:06:58.840 for Trudeau to order them to ban Rebel News. But all he has to do is to order them to ban

00:07:04.320 journalism that doesn't have the QCJO news license. That way he can say, Oh, no, he wasn't targeting

00:07:10.800 Rebel News and the tech companies did it, not him. That's what I'm afraid of. Because 99% of Canadian 1.00

00:07:18.980 journalists have QCJO status. There really isn't any point to the certification other than to ban

00:07:25.440 those very few media outlets that criticize Trudeau. I've actually heard this law called the Get Rebel

00:07:31.160 News law, but it's in some ways a Get Rebel News supporters law as well. When people subscribe to the

00:07:37.240 Globe and Mail or the Toronto Star, they're able to deduct that subscription price off their taxes.

00:07:43.380 Our subscribers, due to this ruling, cannot. That's discrimination.

00:07:48.160 Trudeau really does mean to stamp us out, and today's court ruling gets him closer to that goal.

00:07:54.380 We have to fight back. We lost in the federal court, but we can go to the federal court of appeal.

00:08:00.220 We've beat Trudeau before. Remember in 2019 and 2021, when he banned us from attending the leaders'

00:08:06.440 debates, and Rebel News went to court and got them to overturn his ban, we can beat Trudeau again.

00:08:12.740 We have to. Please go to wearesuingtrudeau.com. Read the ruling today. Read our memorandum of fact

00:08:20.680 and law, and read the original censorship committee report, too. It will just blow you away that that's

00:08:27.000 actually happening in a free country. And if you can, at that same website, help us cover our legal costs

00:08:32.940 for the appeal. Please do. You can do that right there on the same web page. Thanks for your support.

00:08:39.240 You know, we're fighting for our rights here, but we're also fighting for all Canadians who care about

00:08:44.540 freedom in the press and stopping Trudeau's censorship plans. You know, Trudeau already controls 99% of

00:08:52.060 Canadians' media, but he's obsessed with destroying the last few independent voices out there that are

00:08:57.840 holdouts. He thinks that if he eliminates us, that might save his election chances. Look, I admit I

00:09:04.460 was demoralized when I first saw the court ruling, but then I talked to that passionate donor who said

00:09:09.180 he'd match any crowdfunding, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 to help us with the appeal, and that gave

00:09:14.600 me a bit of hope. Go to wearesuingtrudeau.com to activate that amazing double donation gift. All right,

00:09:22.660 last word. If you want to be inspired, go to that website and read our Memorandum of Fact and Law.

00:09:30.940 Go to wearesuingtrudeau.com. I know it's a legal document. I think it's great lawyering,

00:09:37.240 but I think it's actually a beautiful read in defense of our freedom. Thanks for your support.

00:09:52.660 I can't think of many things more glamorous than showbiz. I mean, sort of by definition,

00:10:02.420 the glamour, the fun, the beautiful people, the jet set. It's tough to make it in showbiz though,

00:10:07.980 because everybody wants to be with the beautiful people. Half of Los Angeles, the bartenders and

00:10:13.340 the waitresses are just working those jobs by day, getting auditions at night, hoping to break 1.00

00:10:18.400 through a lot of broken dreams. But there is one surefire way to hobnob with the fancy people,

00:10:26.280 to rub shoulders with the elite, the jet setters. And that's just a plain buy your way in, not to earn

00:10:35.220 your way in by being a theatrical genius or being a great actor or financier. No, if you are a Canadian 0.94

00:10:44.960 government bureaucrat, you can get Justin Trudeau to pay millions of dollars for you to fly to the

00:10:57.120 fanciest film festivals in the world. This is the grossest news story I have seen in a week.

00:11:05.160 Joining me now to talk about it is our friend Franco Teresano. Let me read the headline and I'll throw it

00:11:11.480 to Franco. Feds blow $2.7 million on global film festivals. Franco Teresano, it is such BS that this

00:11:27.240 is work, let alone taxpayer funded work, paying people to jet around the world, going to red carpet

00:11:35.720 events. It feels like it's so stupid and vain and narcissistic. Justin Trudeau probably came up with

00:11:42.480 it himself. Well, this is gross, isn't it? I mean, the Fed's blowing our tax dollars, spending $2.7

00:11:50.420 million on international film and movie festivals. And folks, listen to some of the festivals that

00:11:57.920 our money was spent on, our tax dollars, the Oscars. All right, the Oscars. There was another film

00:12:04.220 festival in France, a film festival in Germany. There was South by Southwest music and film festivals

00:12:10.660 in Texas and Australia. And the federal government spent $2.7 million sending bureaucrats there

00:12:17.840 to hold receptions, parties, and other types of events. And you know what's actually astonishing

00:12:24.000 about all of this? Well, all of these events happen in a 16-month period. Okay, so the average

00:12:31.120 spending per month on these international film and music festivals was like $175,000. Now, Ezra,

00:12:41.840 I can't believe I have to say this out loud, but like, come on, what is the government doing blowing

00:12:46.940 millions of other people's tax dollars going to these international festivals while the government

00:12:53.980 is more than a trillion dollars in debt? And Canadians back home are lining up at food banks

00:12:59.540 in record numbers. You know, I want to read to you some of the insane details from your own press

00:13:04.700 release. The Fed spent $10,000 on umbrella stand coordinator services. I don't even know what that

00:13:12.880 means. Expenses includes a professional photographer and hundreds of thousands spent on decoration services.

00:13:21.740 I mean, how on earth did this be called government work to send people to parties? I'm so grossed out.

00:13:31.500 But it's not even jealousy. It's not that I want to go to these parties. It's what on earth are they

00:13:38.500 wringing out ordinary taxpayers so some bureaucrat can go? And while I report, I went to the Cannes Film Festival

00:13:46.200 and I can, I mean, what, who even, what department of the government is this under? Like what,

00:13:52.280 who calls this work? Well, this is three departments spending this money, right? Global Affairs Canada,

00:13:58.480 Canadian, Canadian Heritage, surprise, surprise, and the National Film Board. And, you know, let me even

00:14:05.560 read some more of these expenses when you break down through the records, right? So at South by Southwest,

00:14:11.100 the federal government spent $35,000 on plant and furniture rentals for the Canada House event.

00:14:19.480 They spent five grand on DJ services and animation services. Ezra, you know, maybe this government

00:14:26.600 should figure out how to do basic tasks, like returning a taxpayer's phone call before it tries

00:14:32.480 to become an international DJ. Then there was $15,000 on a social media champion, whatever that

00:14:40.600 is, food and drinks at receptions and opening parties at this South by Southwest came in just

00:14:47.580 under $12,000. At South by Southwest in Australia, the government had another Canada House event and

00:14:54.180 the costs were around $97,000. Look, at the Berlin Festival, there was a rental for a Canada pavilion

00:15:02.860 costing 74 grand. So, I mean, like you look at these crazy expenses, whether it's the $2.7 million

00:15:10.300 on these global film and music festivals over a course of 16 months or the individual, right? Like

00:15:17.620 five grand on DJ and animation services. And like, it proves to me that the government either doesn't

00:15:24.720 know or just doesn't care about how hard people actually work for the money they earn and the taxes

00:15:31.200 they pay. Who are the people going? Because I got to tell you, this sounds like something Justin Trudeau

00:15:38.660 himself might try to go to. I mean, he has visited New York City more as a prime minister than he has

00:15:46.800 visited Calgary or Edmonton combined because he loves to go to New York. He loves to party. His buddy

00:15:55.520 Tom Clark is there in a $10 million condo. He loves going to the theater. He loves getting away from

00:16:01.880 Canadians who heckle him. Trudeau loves to party. We saw when he went to the Queen's funeral.

00:16:08.660 You know, he had a singing party in the fancy lobby of a hotel there. He loves to travel. Do we have

00:16:17.740 any evidence of who the big shots were? Because this screams out Trudeau and his entourage. This

00:16:26.060 screams out the kind of thing that his wedding party cabinet ministers, Seamus O'Regan, Dominique

00:16:31.120 LeBunk, Mark Miller would go to. Do we know if any MPs or cabinet ministers went to these things?

00:16:35.700 We don't, Ezra. But I'm glad you're bringing in the bigger context here, which is that the federal

00:16:42.940 government is blowing so much of our tax dollars living high on the hog, right? You mentioned some

00:16:48.880 of Trudeau's taxpayer-funded excursions. Well, you mentioned the Queen's funeral in London, England,

00:16:53.860 when Trudeau billed taxpayers for a $6,000 per night luxury hotel suite. And then he had the audacity

00:17:02.260 to not admit that it was him staying in the room, right? The whole reason that taxpayers know for

00:17:08.240 sure that it was Trudeau who stayed in that $6,000 per night hotel room is because the CTF filed a legal

00:17:13.860 challenge with the government to force Trudeau and his government to fess up about it. And he

00:17:18.420 mentioned New York. Well, you might remember that there was this two-day anti-poverty summit in New York,

00:17:24.840 right? Trudeau and the government billed taxpayers for $61,000 worth of Manhattan hotel rooms,

00:17:33.060 right? Nothing screams fighting poverty like billing struggling taxpayers for $61,000 so that you can

00:17:40.120 stay in a Manhattan hotel rooms and take photos with celebrities. And then it's not just Trudeau. It's

00:17:47.940 really the entire government, right? You have Governor General Mary Simon, as you'll remember,

00:17:52.260 dropping what? $71,000 on like a four-day trip to Iceland on limos when her hotel was like a 10-minute

00:18:01.100 walk away from the main conference center. So I'm glad you bring up kind of the bigger point here,

00:18:05.440 right? This $2.7 million on spending on international film and music festivals, that's bad. But even worse

00:18:13.480 is the fact that this is happening all the time with other people's money. You know what, Ezra, let me just

00:18:18.440 end with this thought here. There is a huge party. It's paid for by you, but you're not invited.

00:18:25.780 Isn't that the truth? Well, Franco Teresano, you and the Taxpayers Federation do great work. This just,

00:18:31.600 you know, Canada is in a recession on a per capita basis. And we have been for some time. It's just

00:18:38.540 hidden by the mass immigration. Cost of living is so high, everyone's poor, even if they are getting a 1.00

00:18:44.540 modest raise. Cost of housing, cost of food, cost of energy because of the carbon tax.

00:18:51.980 And amidst this stressful and anxious time for the government to have a traveling 2.7 million

00:18:58.540 festival party circuit, it's just, it feels like the final days of Rome in decay. The barbarians are

00:19:07.680 at the gates while the senators are partying it up. We're so grateful for the taxpayers. Franco,

00:19:12.040 thanks for keeping in touch with us. Keep up the fight. Hey, thank you for having me on today.

00:19:16.380 Right on. Our pleasure. There you have it. Franco Teresano of the Taxpayers Federation. Stay with us. More ahead.

00:19:33.300 Hey, welcome back. Your letters to me. Rory Kennedy said,

00:19:36.140 student visas should not allow them to work. That's a different issue. Yeah, this whole thing 1.00

00:19:41.400 really is fraud. It's terrible. We've allowed these schemers and scammers who have created

00:19:45.740 these fake diploma mills. Like seriously, they're little colleges in like a strip mall. They're not

00:19:50.580 real colleges. We've allowed them to really sell entry to Canada for the price of tuition, 10 or 20

00:19:56.180 grand. It's outrageous. Critical Thinking says, Alberta wouldn't be able to support the present

00:20:01.800 population without the ancestors building irrigation and the dams we have. They talk of 10 million in

00:20:07.440 Alberta. Good luck. With the environmental regulations to get anything done, the dams and

00:20:12.120 water supply will need to be tripled or quadrupled. Water for people, industry, and on and on. It's never

00:20:17.540 a straight transition in numbers. It's a great point. And I think that Lorne Gunter mentioned that the

00:20:22.440 other day. All these folks talk about sustainability and carbon emissions. This crazy idea to double or triple

00:20:28.660 our national population. These people don't really mean it. I mean, you can't mean you want a reduction

00:20:35.280 in CO2 emissions, but you want to double or triple the population. They're incoherent. But I think any way

00:20:43.280 you look at it, the only way it makes sense is if they hate Canada. They hate our industrial success.

00:20:48.780 They hate the culture and the nation and the economy we built. And they want to open the doors to people 0.84

00:20:53.680 who don't value it. Rope King Rope them all says, I'm from the Netherlands. Close the gate, Canada.

00:21:03.060 Well, that's the thing. I mean, two million people were brought into Canada in the last year. That is

00:21:09.520 not sustainable infrastructure, doctor's offices, schools, roads, crime, housing. Nothing can sustain

00:21:19.100 that. It doesn't make any sense. And the thing that bugs me the most are the fake refugees. 1.00

00:21:24.840 Frankly, those folks buying their way in with their BS student visas, at least they're following 1.00

00:21:30.700 the rules. But these fakers from India and Mexico, there are no real refugees from India or Mexico.

00:21:37.900 They're obviously lying. We know they're lying. They know we know they're lying. We know they know we

00:21:41.940 know they're lying. And we let them in. And it's just they're treating us like suckers. And I'm tired of

00:21:47.720 being suckers. Well, hopefully, we see the pendulum starting to swing back on that.

00:21:54.400 Hey, before I go, let me leave you with an incredible video from Alexa Lavoie of our Montreal

00:21:58.620 office. She went to talk to homeless people in encampments on the street. And she asked the

00:22:05.700 question, how much of this is because of mass immigration? Take a look at the answer. All right,

00:22:11.280 I'll see you tomorrow.

00:22:11.780 I want to put my children to their parents to be able to have a better life than my life.

00:22:32.280 Hi.

00:22:45.420 A few days before who knew about their sweetheart was, at that moment, it was the

00:22:48.160 subjective fit, the roof began reaching more than ever.

00:22:53.400 Yeah.

00:23:18.140 No viejos nada de esto.

00:23:23.400 Canada, let's talk about this.

00:23:53.380 We can't expose the hypocrisy and incompetence of our leaders.

00:24:00.380 Despite millions of dollars being poured into shelter programs, homelessness is growing, not shrinking.

00:24:09.380 Tensities are currently spreading at a fast rate, now three times worse than at the start of the summer.

00:24:21.380 Shockingly, city workers have told me that they regularly clean up human feces from parks, not to mention used needles in areas where children come to play.

00:24:36.380 Manque de ressources, manque de logements, la maladie mentale, c'est des endroits qui sont propices, ils s'installent, puis c'est des endroits qu'ils recherchent.

00:24:48.380 C'est dangereux de faire des bonbonnes de propane en même temps.

00:24:52.380 Je suis curieuse, pourquoi la ville a plutôt quelque chose par rapport juste au moins au feu, au risque de feu?

00:24:57.380 Oui, bien c'est ça, bien ils sont là-dessus.

00:24:59.380 Il faut attendre les coirés.

00:25:00.380 Oui, oui.

00:25:01.380 Pourtant, ils n'ont pas attendu pour les terrasses.

00:25:03.380 Les terrasses?

00:25:04.380 Oui.

00:25:05.380 Les terrasses qui ont fermé pendant l'arrêtement.

00:25:07.380 Oui.

00:25:08.380 Trouvez-vous des excrements?

00:25:10.380 Il y en a en masse, bien oui. Il y en a, c'est partout aussi.

00:25:13.380 Vous êtes bonnes de tolérer de ramasser des excrements dans les mains?

00:25:18.380 Il faut le faire, il faut le laver, il faut le choix, on lave, on nettoie, c'est comme ça, c'est notre travail.

00:25:22.380 Points de toute manière.

00:25:23.380 Inuit, tout le gouvernement dure Ramadan investing en programmes pour aider les vulnérables,

00:25:29.380 il y a vraiment d'оù les investisseurs.

00:25:31.380 Le gouvernement fédéral a va t belly à shelters.

00:25:32.380 Plus, en 2022, le gouvernement fédéral a a innové un programme Feuerran chez soi.

00:25:39.380 Pour bien tous les definingtons les investissements de nasze à six ans,

00:25:43.380 il y a un investissement fours billion ici depuis le dos d'années.

00:25:45.380 � retouchés de $82m en或者 la prochaine Mine plus les cheques.

00:25:49.380 C'est le premier goal des guérissons au investisseur avec la sua terre,

00:25:51.380 Yet, despite this substantial commitment, the program seems to worsen every year.

00:25:57.920 Just in September of last year, Quebec spent $15.5 million on shelters.

00:26:05.100 Only two months later, Quebec invested another $9.7 million into Montreal Emergency Shelter Services.

00:26:12.840 More recently, Ottawa and Quebec announced a combined $115 million for emergency housing in Montreal.

00:26:22.660 These are just few examples of the funds invested in affordable housing and support for the homeless.

00:26:28.680 Since 2022, the investments have increased exponentially and the situation is clearly worsening.

00:26:36.660 Imagine the number being invested across Canada.

00:26:40.400 But despite all this, 10 cities are growing.

00:26:44.760 So what is going on?

00:26:46.540 Why are we seeing an increase in homeless encampments, not just in Quebec but across Canada?

00:26:53.200 Who is benefiting from these investments?

00:26:56.980 And are we ensuring full transparency from the organizations receiving these subsidies?

00:27:03.480 Let's not forget the scandal a decade ago in British Columbia, a non-profit supposedly dedicated to helping the most vulnerable,

00:27:14.200 was found indulging in extravagant spending and high salaries, all at the expense of those they were meant to serve.

00:27:23.340 If it's happened once and was caught, I imagine there are others getting wealthy at the expense of the poor.

00:27:32.100 Have spoken with shelter workers who revealed that while the number of beds remain stable seasonally,

00:27:39.740 during the summer, they remove their relaxation chairs used as extra beds during the winter.

00:27:47.620 Have you had an increase in demand?

00:27:51.980 Ah, yes.

00:27:53.580 Yes.

00:27:54.260 I think that like all the advertisements in Montréal, in this moment.

00:27:58.480 We are just complete.

00:28:00.580 We have a lot of calls, a lot of requests.

00:28:03.160 There are some of them are closed.

00:28:04.380 And honestly, of course, it is not as busy as it is.

00:28:07.820 And yes, now we are at the full capacity.

00:28:11.180 It is not as easy as it is.

00:28:11.800 It is not as easy as it is.

00:28:12.920 It is not as easy as it is.

00:28:15.320 It is not as easy as it happens.

00:28:16.340 It is a very easy to meet.

00:28:19.680 And it is like we can see it really needs to be refuge, actually.

00:28:25.160 The person who enters in our resources, they come directly in urgent.

00:28:30.660 And then, during 30 days, we will really follow.

00:28:34.060 We will really do a plan of intervention with the person.

00:28:36.820 It is true that at the level of immigrants, maybe a little bit more.

00:28:43.040 But as I said, we are really diversified.

00:28:46.500 So, regardless of the nationality of the person, we will still take it.

00:28:52.480 Are you seeing the women who are saying that they call because they have less place for women?

00:28:56.180 Since the COVID-19, the increase of the employees, these things, yes, we have an increase.

00:29:02.140 An increase of the women? 0.99

00:29:04.040 Yes.

00:29:04.400 Plutôt?

00:29:05.200 Yes, also.

00:29:05.760 La majorité, c'est plus des Québécois.

00:29:08.060 Mais généralement, on a tout le temps, dans le nombre qu'on a, on a tout le temps une personne ou deux qui peuvent être des immigrants.

00:29:14.960 Votre refuge, durant l'été, diminuait le nombre de lits disponibles?

00:29:20.180 Non, en fait, la seule chose qui diminue, c'est qu'on n'a pas la sèche à l'heure, donc on n'a pas les 36, mais on a le même nombre de lits permanents durant l'été.

00:29:28.220 They all said they are extremely overloaded, struggling more than ever, especially with an increased number of women and immigrants in their care. 1.00

00:29:40.320 Many people refuse to use shelter due to strict rules regarding drug use.

00:29:47.060 Since Trudeau came to power, drug policies have changed and drug use is now more facilitated in some areas.

00:29:56.440 Just look at British Columbia.

00:29:58.740 I found it astonishing to see what is happening in women's shelter in the name of inclusivity.

00:30:05.380 Some are allowing biological men who identify as women, regardless of their transition status, into spaces shared with biological women.

00:30:16.920 Women who are, most of the time, fleeing domestic violence.

00:30:21.700 Shelters face a tough choice.

00:30:24.660 Either they adapt to inclusivity to secure government funding or risk losing financial support.

00:30:31.780 Tout ça fait que c'est un des critères de ne pas consommer à l'intérieur, s'identifier en tant que femme. 0.81

00:30:36.380 Peu importe que ce soit une femme qui est rendue à tel ou tel stade de transition ou pas du tout, s'identifier en tant que femme, nous on est au seuil d'inclusion.

00:30:46.420 Ici, il y a vraiment de tout. Il y a des demandeurs d'asile, il y a de violences progégales, il y a de toxico-être détenu.

00:30:53.960 Je veux dire, c'est vraiment, on essaie d'être le plus inclusif possible.

00:30:56.960 Mais est-ce que vous avisez, mais est-ce que vous mettez les femmes biologiques avec les hommes qui s'identifient comme femmes ensemble?

00:31:04.680 Oui, on avise, s'il n'y a pas d'autre place, oui. On avise la personne, par contre, qu'il y a une personne trans, alors si ça ne la dérange pas.

00:31:14.400 Habituellement, nous, jusqu'à date, on n'a jamais eu de problème.

00:31:17.560 Donc vous avez une augmentation depuis quelques années de personnes trans?

00:31:20.160 In a discussion with someone closely involved in the system, whose, I will remain the name under confidentiality,

00:31:31.880 the person mentioned that there appears to be a troubling lack of transparency regarding the allocation of government investments.

00:31:39.980 This person also expressed concerns about new immigrants who are already receiving financial assistance at various levels, but are requesting even more.

00:31:51.780 On est débordé, débordé, je ne sais pas où on va l'argent, oui, comme ça, moi, je ne sais pas où on va l'argent.

00:31:57.840 Les millions sont distribués.

00:31:59.460 Vous avez une augmentation, ça fait depuis combien de temps, mettons, que vous voyez que là, c'est...

00:32:03.320 Oui, moi, je vous dirais, je vous dirais depuis trois ans, à peu près, depuis trois ans,

00:32:12.520 mais, savez-vous ce qui arrive, ben, moi, je pense que souvent, là, ce qui arrive, on a des familles,

00:32:18.180 il y a d'autres types de familles qui sont plus prédominantes que les autres.

00:32:22.900 Les premières, ce sont les familles, ben, des nouveaux arrivants, des nouveaux arrivants, des réfugiés,

00:32:28.580 qui vont arriver dans le système, dès lors, et en pensant que c'est bien, ils peuvent être comme avance,

00:32:33.420 que ça va aller bien, j'ai un petit raccroché, encore, avec une maman, là.

00:32:37.140 Elle est réfugiée, elle est benoyée, elle est donné cinq ans, mais je me disais, ben, là, il va y avoir ça, là.

00:32:43.040 Ben, on n'est pas assez, tu sais, tu sais, tu sais, on entend tout le coup, là,

00:32:46.920 quand je veux dire, les deux gros, là, c'est vraiment les nouveaux arrivants,

00:32:49.780 et c'est la même bête, elle ne sait plus quoi faire avec.

00:32:53.140 L'autre, non, je vous dirais, c'est des...

00:32:55.160 Vous n'avez qu'une croix de vie de toutes sortes de sources concernées

00:32:59.240 où les gens arrivent juste, même si ils travaillent des fois.

00:33:05.220 C'est quand même une guerre, en France, si on veut,

00:33:09.420 mais une guerre économique, là, envers les familles.

00:33:11.920 Last May, it was revealed that Ottawa had budgeted $224 per day

00:33:20.840 for the housing and food of each foreigner seeking asylum after entering the country illegally.

00:33:28.600 The rising cost of living, inflation, the housing crisis, the drug market,

00:33:34.240 and mass immigration are all root causes of homelessness.

00:33:39.800 Have spoken with individuals living in homeless encampments.

00:33:44.840 Almost all of them are native French Canadians

00:33:47.740 with their own stories of how they ended up on the streets.

00:33:53.020 Let's hear some of them.

00:33:54.560 On a toute notre histoire.

00:34:09.700 Moi, j'étais étudiante en administration spécialisée,

00:34:13.160 puis en logement supervisé, subventionné,

00:34:16.000 mais mon conjoint s'est enlevé la vie.

00:34:18.440 Ça fait que c'est... c'est... c'est un changement de plan, là.

00:34:25.720 Vivre un deuil pendant le COVID, t'as pas le droit d'inviter.

00:34:30.100 C'est vraiment entre les quatre murs, là.

00:34:32.040 Ça fait que j'ai comme pété aux frettes, puis j'ai explosé,

00:34:36.060 puis j'ai perdu mon logement.

00:34:38.140 Bien, j'étais dans un logement, puis il était insalubre,

00:34:40.300 puis il y avait des souris, puis tout.

00:34:41.480 Ça fait que je les ai amenés à régie du logement,

00:34:43.620 puis en fin de compte, le propriétaire n'a rien fait.

00:34:46.660 Ça fait que j'ai décidé de quitter, puis j'ai resté un bout de temps

00:34:50.600 dans mon véhicule, puis bien là, mon boss m'a proposé

00:34:55.480 de me planter ici avec mon Wanné Bago, ça fait que je suis ici.

00:34:59.040 J'ai rencontré des gars, j'ai rencontré des gens autour de moi,

00:35:03.880 j'ai commencé à consommer.

00:35:05.720 J'avais 15 ans, ma première preuve de Cristalmet.

00:35:08.340 J'ai commencé à danser à 16 ans dans un barguer,

00:35:12.060 parce que c'était juste la facilité.

00:35:14.660 Le Cristalmet me donnait l'estime de moi que je n'avais pas,

00:35:17.740 la confiance en moi que je n'avais pas,

00:35:19.120 parce que j'étais très jeune.

00:35:21.520 Tu sais, ce n'était pas légal, évidemment,

00:35:23.360 mais quand tu rentres à quelque part, puis tout le monde te veut,

00:35:26.480 bien, ça te donne du power, de l'empowerment, tu sais.

00:35:30.140 Ça fait que je me suis dit que c'était une bonne idée,

00:35:33.580 puis ça me rapportait un peu d'argent.

00:35:35.920 J'ai arrêté ça après trois ou quatre ans,

00:35:39.020 à cause du milieu, tout le monde autour.

00:35:41.900 Tu sais, c'était beaucoup de consommation,

00:35:45.220 c'était beaucoup de pression, prostitution, 1.00

00:35:48.740 tout ce qui finit en honte, là, dans le fond.

00:35:50.840 En fait, tu sais, ça a commencé, après cinq ans passés,

00:35:53.800 six ans passés, presque, j'ai perdu la garde à mon fils,

00:35:55.620 je consommais beaucoup.

00:35:57.040 Je me suis retrouvée dans l'itinérance,

00:35:58.820 puis j'ai fait des refus, j'ai été chez les amis,

00:36:01.780 j'ai fait plein d'endroits, puis à un moment donné,

00:36:03.100 les refus, je trouvais que c'était comme...

00:36:05.340 C'était trop strict, tu sais, il faut toujours cadrer,

00:36:07.940 arriver à un certain âge, je perdais mon lit,

00:36:09.680 puis il fallait que j'entende.

00:36:11.040 Moi, c'est arrivé que je suis en détention,

00:36:13.840 je me suis ramassée chez un ami,

00:36:15.740 mon ami est pour son logement,

00:36:17.500 fait que je me suis ramassée à Montréal,

00:36:19.560 c'est tout ça, fait que je me suis ramassée dans le refuge,

00:36:23.220 puis là, comme les appartements, puis tout,

00:36:24.560 il n'y a rien, absolument rien,

00:36:26.640 puis il y a le prix aussi,

00:36:28.340 fait que c'est pas avec un chèque entre ce jour,

00:36:31.220 on n'a pas tout pareil,

00:36:32.620 fait que ça, là.

00:36:33.680 Plein d'affaires, mais là, quand même,

00:36:35.120 c'est difficile.

00:36:36.420 C'est par choix, parce que j'ai ma chambre quand même,

00:36:38.040 là, mais c'est parce que je suis pas bien au sujet de lui,

00:36:39.420 là, il y a des punaises, des coquerelles,

00:36:42.320 mais c'est faux le toxicomane,

00:36:43.860 je n'ai rien contre ce que ça m'a, je le souviens.

00:36:45.660 Pratiquement un an.

00:36:47.580 C'est pratiquement un an, là,

00:36:48.680 que je suis dans cette situation-là,

00:36:50.220 ça va être en à août,

00:36:51.380 il a fallu que je mette mes enfants

00:36:52.600 chez leurs parrains pour pouvoir

00:36:55.300 qu'elles ont une bonne vie meilleure que la mienne,

00:36:58.640 parce qu'on pouvait pas payer les loyers,

00:37:00.900 on pouvait plus payer rien.

00:37:02.280 Tu sais, moi, j'avais mon enfant

00:37:03.240 en maison avec son père,

00:37:05.140 puis là, tranquillement,

00:37:05.920 on a commencé à consommer, on s'est réparés.

00:37:09.660 Le petit manquait jamais de rien,

00:37:11.140 mais moi, je mangeais pas, tu sais.

00:37:12.860 Fait que là, à un moment donné,

00:37:13.580 ils m'ont enlevé la garde.

00:37:17.120 Puis du jour au lendemain,

00:37:18.180 tu fais comme, fuck, qu'est-ce que je fais? 0.95

00:37:20.200 Je m'en vais où, tu sais?

00:37:21.300 Vous avez probablement vu

00:37:22.420 une augmentation de personnes sans-abri?

00:37:25.100 Oui, surtout,

00:37:26.180 et c'est incroyable,

00:37:28.400 l'augmentation de personnes

00:37:29.660 qui souffrent de maladies mentales.

00:37:31.180 Et je l'ai vu directement sur le front

00:37:34.880 parce que j'étais moi-même vendeur

00:37:37.340 quand le COVID a commencé.

00:37:40.000 Et pour certains,

00:37:41.280 c'était l'arrêt des communications

00:37:43.140 avec des gens.

00:37:43.800 Nous, c'était le début de...

00:37:46.000 Le début...

00:37:46.960 On a fait beaucoup d'argent

00:37:48.020 et beaucoup de gens...

00:37:49.880 Tout le monde, presque tout le monde

00:37:50.920 a retiré de la PCU.

00:37:52.380 Mais j'ai travaillé...

00:37:53.180 J'ai vendu la tille incroyable

00:37:57.280 des gens qui achetaient...

00:37:58.720 Qui mettaient sur un 2 000 $

00:38:00.200 par semaine ou deux semaines.

00:38:02.260 Je ne me souviens plus comment c'était.

00:38:03.800 C'était la moitié de leur chèque

00:38:05.000 passé pour acheter de la consommation.

00:38:07.460 Il y en a qui ont...

00:38:08.520 Il n'y avait pas de problème avant.

00:38:09.560 Et à partir de ce moment-là,

00:38:11.080 ça a été la gâchette

00:38:13.420 vers le gouffre

00:38:15.800 qui continue de s'agrandir

00:38:18.360 de plus en plus.

00:38:18.980 Puis j'ai très peur

00:38:20.660 pour la classe...

00:38:23.920 Moyenne.

00:38:24.860 Bien, pas moyenne,

00:38:26.000 mais oui, en fait,

00:38:27.100 parce qu'il n'y en aura plus bientôt.

00:38:28.640 Parce que, justement,

00:38:29.400 il est en train d'avoir un écart

00:38:30.880 riche et pauvre.

00:38:33.200 Et je pense que le problème

00:38:34.500 n'est même pas la drogue.

00:38:35.600 Je pense que le problème,

00:38:36.180 c'est le pourquoi qu'on consomme.

00:38:37.700 Et chaque personne...

00:38:38.440 C'est sûr que chaque personne

00:38:39.400 a leur histoire,

00:38:40.640 a leur bataille.

00:38:41.560 Tu sais, j'ai déjà fait...

00:38:42.980 Parce qu'il y a du crack

00:38:43.780 une ou deux fois.

00:38:45.500 Si j'étais ça,

00:38:46.440 puis je m'occupais de joie,

00:38:47.300 je serais naturel.

00:38:48.980 On me payait

00:38:51.560 un thérapin

00:38:52.660 fin d'invente.

00:38:54.040 Puis je n'ai jamais

00:38:54.820 décroché depuis 2021.

00:38:59.200 Est-ce que tout a passé

00:39:00.140 dans la consommation?

00:39:01.620 Tout a passé.

00:39:02.380 Oui, il y a beaucoup

00:39:03.140 de consommation.

00:39:04.220 Je veux dire,

00:39:04.560 quand on est dans la rue,

00:39:06.000 il n'y a pas grand-chose

00:39:06.600 à faire pour consommer.

00:39:08.940 Malheureusement,

00:39:09.580 puis...

00:39:09.980 d'oublier

00:39:13.740 qu'on est dans la rue.

00:39:15.320 Au lieu d'avoir

00:39:15.900 des sites d'injection

00:39:17.580 sécuritaires,

00:39:18.760 est-ce que vous aimeriez

00:39:19.400 mieux que le gouvernement

00:39:20.260 s'occupe à justement

00:39:21.180 vous aider à sortir

00:39:22.080 de la rue?

00:39:22.620 Oui.

00:39:23.840 Mais les sites d'injection

00:39:25.160 sécurisés sont importants

00:39:26.360 aussi.

00:39:26.820 Oui.

00:39:27.320 Oui.

00:39:28.480 Parce que je pense

00:39:29.140 qu'il y a beaucoup de...

00:39:30.160 Surtout que maintenant,

00:39:31.940 il y a n'importe quelle

00:39:33.220 cochonnerie dans la drogue,

00:39:35.260 puis de plus en plus,

00:39:37.560 il y a le fentanyl

00:39:39.020 puis le carrefentanil.

00:39:41.080 Puis il y a beaucoup 0.96

00:39:42.180 plus de dessins

00:39:43.680 qu'il pouvait en avoir

00:39:44.560 avant.

00:39:45.480 Like, shelter is only

00:39:47.220 making money

00:39:48.420 that's almost fair.

00:39:50.380 They don't give out.

00:39:52.180 So why are you doing that?

00:39:53.700 C'est pourri.

00:39:54.620 Les ressources, c'est pourri.

00:39:56.560 Ils investissent, 0.65

00:39:57.860 ils mettent beaucoup 0.57

00:39:58.860 de budget dans des choses

00:40:00.420 que je pourrais dire

00:40:01.280 anodines,

00:40:02.280 puis dans les refuges,

00:40:04.960 les sans-abri,

00:40:06.820 les femmes violentées,

00:40:09.660 toutes ces choses-là.

00:40:11.120 C'est mis à l'abandon.

00:40:12.960 C'est vraiment

00:40:13.480 aux oubliotes.

00:40:16.020 On passe à après.

00:40:17.500 Surtout avec le COVID.

00:40:18.720 Le COVID est venu jouer

00:40:19.800 de toute façon.

00:40:22.040 C'est pas une histoire

00:40:22.660 qu'on peut cacher.

00:40:23.840 Il est venu jouer

00:40:24.900 dans la tête des gens,

00:40:25.760 il est venu jouer

00:40:26.000 dans le couple,

00:40:27.060 dans l'incouple des gens,

00:40:28.720 il est venu jouer

00:40:29.160 avec l'habitation.

00:40:31.340 Il y en a qui...

00:40:32.180 Il y a des...

00:40:33.580 Ça l'a enrichi

00:40:34.520 et ça l'a appauvri

00:40:36.700 d'autres

00:40:37.560 qui...

00:40:38.740 peuvent plus y arriver.

00:40:42.980 C'est sûr que l'été,

00:40:44.080 c'est le fun.

00:40:45.440 Il y a les chaleurs,

00:40:46.740 tu peux être à l'extérieur.

00:40:48.560 Mais par contre,

00:40:49.200 quand vient l'automne

00:40:50.040 et que...

00:40:51.040 Il n'y a pas de campement

00:40:54.040 officiel et tout,

00:40:55.860 donc il faut toujours

00:40:56.860 se battre,

00:40:57.800 il faut protéger

00:40:58.320 sa tente,

00:40:58.900 il faut protéger

00:40:59.780 ses biens.

00:41:00.300 On doit s'armer,

00:41:02.140 nous autres.

00:41:02.800 On n'est pas...

00:41:04.800 On est tout le temps

00:41:06.180 sous pression,

00:41:07.680 les policiers,

00:41:09.360 les civils,

00:41:10.100 les stat,

00:41:11.400 la drogue,

00:41:12.980 c'est dans quelque chose.

00:41:15.280 Avez-vous vu

00:41:15.820 beaucoup d'immigrants 0.99

00:41:16.600 sans-abri?

00:41:18.820 Non, non, non.

00:41:20.480 Vous m'avez fait remarquer,

00:41:22.040 non, vraiment pas.

00:41:23.420 Est-ce que vous avez vu

00:41:24.060 beaucoup d'immigrants 0.99

00:41:24.700 dans les refuges?

00:41:25.520 Pas tant que ça.

00:41:26.640 Et dans la rue?

00:41:27.260 Pas pire, un peu.

00:41:29.920 Un peu?

00:41:30.360 Ce n'est pas gros.

00:41:31.680 C'est plus des Québécois?

00:41:34.360 Oui.

00:41:34.860 Surtout des Mexicains,

00:41:36.580 j'en connais beaucoup,

00:41:37.480 beaucoup, beaucoup

00:41:37.880 qui sont dans la rue,

00:41:39.040 qui arrivent directement,

00:41:40.660 des faux passeports,

00:41:42.920 des affaires comme ça,

00:41:43.860 que les gens,

00:41:44.440 ils leur promessent

00:41:45.140 des choses,

00:41:46.120 puis qu'ils viennent ici,

00:41:47.400 puis qu'ils se retrouvent

00:41:48.060 avec rien.

00:41:49.840 J'ai des amis

00:41:51.080 qui viennent des ressources

00:41:52.640 amérindiennes,

00:41:53.440 je ne connais pas vraiment ça,

00:41:55.480 mais beaucoup d'Autochtones,

00:41:57.260 puis des Inuits,

00:41:59.300 des gens de la communauté autochtone.

00:42:02.300 Je suis pas l'amourueuse,

00:42:02.900 ça fait que j'ai vu le copain.

00:42:03.660 J'en ai un qui est latino,

00:42:04.480 puis l'autre qui est marocain.

00:42:06.040 C'est-à-dire, entre moi,

00:42:08.160 je ne sais pas,

00:42:08.600 ça résidence,

00:42:09.160 ça, c'est un qui est permanent

00:42:10.140 pour faire le plus grand de la drogue.

00:42:13.000 Mon petit latino,

00:42:13.960 il était, lui,

00:42:15.320 il a juste 20 ans,

00:42:15.960 il faut que tu as 26 ans.

00:42:17.780 Puis mon petit latino,

00:42:19.000 c'est lui,

00:42:19.260 je le disais tantôt 0.89

00:42:19.900 qu'il était édicateur

00:42:21.520 à l'enfance

00:42:21.920 avec des personnalistes.

00:42:23.540 Maintenant, il est arrivé ici,

00:42:25.100 nous, c'est en travers,

00:42:25.820 parce que pour rien faire

00:42:27.360 à d'autres,

00:42:27.700 vraiment, je le fais

00:42:28.180 qu'il y ait cette communauté.

00:42:29.460 Mon latino,

00:42:30.080 il était allé par bateau.

00:42:31.800 Par bateau.

00:42:32.160 Ils se sont cachés, là, 0.93

00:42:33.160 comme,

00:42:33.420 les allemands-là,

00:42:34.120 ils se sont cachés

00:42:34.680 dans des courses,

00:42:35.420 dans des pays,

00:42:36.020 dans des affaires la même.

00:42:37.540 Tout le monde me parlait

00:42:38.180 de ce gars-là

00:42:38.780 comme quoi que c'était lui

00:42:39.760 qui vendait ici,

00:42:40.940 qui fournissait tout le monde ici,

00:42:42.620 Oslaga,

00:42:43.400 Chinatown,

00:42:44.500 Downtown.

00:42:46.120 Ce gars-là,

00:42:46.500 il a juste 26 ans, tu sais.

00:42:47.520 C'est pour ça que je t'ai dit,

00:42:48.160 les Arabes,

00:42:49.120 ils savent où ils sont à vendre,

00:42:50.360 puis...

00:42:50.980 Moi, là, je trouve dégueulasse

00:43:02.720 que le député et la main

00:43:04.120 de l'avancement ne font rien,

00:43:05.660 que le quartier est laissé

00:43:06.420 à l'abandon,

00:43:07.120 comme je vous ai dit tantôt.

00:43:08.720 Les rues, les trottoirs,

00:43:09.960 les canals,

00:43:11.460 les parterres,

00:43:12.620 le quartier est vraiment

00:43:14.680 laissé à l'abandon.

00:43:16.500 La ville ne font rien

00:43:17.420 avec tous les travaux

00:43:19.220 qu'il y a dans le quartier.

00:43:20.060 Le monde ne se sent plus

00:43:21.500 en sécurité.

00:43:22.040 Les personnes se font attaquer

00:43:23.160 avec les prostituées,

00:43:24.740 les droguées,

00:43:25.340 les alcooliques,

00:43:26.580 les itinérants.

00:43:27.400 On se fait attaquer,

00:43:28.220 on se fait agresser.

00:43:29.960 Puis qu'est-ce que la ville fait?

00:43:32.100 C'est pas le gouvernement

00:43:32.800 qui sont fautifs.

00:43:33.760 Les itinérants,

00:43:34.620 les taux,

00:43:35.800 ils sont abandonnés.

00:43:38.420 C'est des vrais sous-cochons.

00:43:40.740 Qu'est-ce qu'attendre la ville

00:43:42.200 puis le gouvernement à agir?

00:43:50.060 Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

00:44:02.600 Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

Rebel News Podcast - September 20, 2024

EZRA LEVANT ｜ Trudeau's censorship regime denies Rebel a news license

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