Rebel News Podcast - June 01, 2024


EZRA LEVANT ｜ Trump on trial： Ezra Levant from New York City


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Trump is on trial in New York City, and the media and hecklers are out in droves. It's a spectacle you don't want to miss. And it's not just outside the courthouse, it's on the streets of New York as well.

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00:00:00.000 I'm on the streets of New York City. I'm standing outside the courthouse where Donald Trump is on
00:00:03.960 trial inside. It's just as interesting outside, I can assure you of that. I want you to see what
00:00:09.620 I saw outside here. Hecklers, both on the left and the right, Democrats and Republicans. Very
00:00:14.420 interesting points of view and the biggest press scrum I've ever seen in my life. I want you to
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00:00:35.160 All right, here's today's podcast.
00:00:36.320 Tonight, Trump on trial. I'm in New York City to watch the media and the hecklers as Donald Trump's
00:00:58.040 prosecution continues. It's May 31st and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.
00:01:05.820 Shame on you, you censorious bug.
00:01:17.880 Well, hi there. I'm in New York City. I'm actually on route to Geneva where Rebel News will be covering
00:01:24.580 the World Health Organization Treaty. The cheapest way to get there was through New York, but also
00:01:32.000 while we're here, why don't we do a show about the prosecution in this building over there? There's
00:01:39.200 so many courts in lower Manhattan. Donald Trump used to frequent these courts as a litigant. There's
00:01:45.680 fewer professions that are more litigious than being a property developer in Manhattan. Donald Trump is
00:01:53.200 back in these courts as a defendant. He's been prosecuted in baldly political sham trials that
00:02:00.640 win or lose, they damage him politically. Or so the theory goes. Because the last poll I saw shows
00:02:07.840 Trump leading by a significant amount in all the battleground states. Over the course of the next half
00:02:13.580 hour, we'll show you a little bit of the press that's gathered here and also grassroots New Yorkers
00:02:20.140 of every stripe. Wacky, sober, Republican, Democrat, just a little taste in New York City.
00:02:27.940 But I want to say one more thing. The prosecution of Donald Trump is the banana republicification,
00:02:35.500 if I can make up a word, of the U.S. judicial system, which is terrifying and terrible. It's
00:02:41.020 almost to the point where in certain jurisdictions, blue states, where you have a heavily Democrat jury,
00:02:47.280 for example, a Republican might not be able to get any justice. Now, that's a terrible thing when
00:02:53.140 people lose respect for the justice system. And in this case, I think that's at the hands of
00:02:58.800 prosecutors and judges who have decided it is morally more important to stop Trump than to follow the
00:03:05.900 law. I used to think that this is a particularly American phenomenon. And luckily, we don't have that
00:03:13.240 in Canada yet. I mean, Pierre Polyev hasn't been prosecuted by Justin Trudeau. Even Maxime Bernier,
00:03:21.840 he was prosecuted for a COVID ticket by the province of Manitoba. But if I'm not mistaken,
00:03:28.460 it was withdrawn. I could be wrong on my memory on that. And that was an abusive ticket, no doubt about
00:03:34.520 it. But it was in no way comparable to the total lawfare warfare here in New York. But then I
00:03:43.360 thought, hang on, that's not quite right. Because although Pierre Polyev or Maxime Bernier or Danielle
00:03:49.860 Smith or Jason Kenney or any other conservative leaders themselves have not been put through the
00:03:54.740 grinder, perhaps it's because they're all rather mild compared to the real political actors in Canada
00:04:00.680 over the last five years, namely freedom-oriented individual citizens, the truckers in particular,
00:04:08.420 and those who came out to support the truckers. Because what is the trial of Tamara Leach other than
00:04:13.820 lawfare, the weaponization of the courts? For inciting mischief, she was jailed for 49 days.
00:04:23.020 And her trial itself is close to a year. Were it not for our crowdfunding efforts, there's no way she could
00:04:29.760 afford the significant six-figure legal fees. Same thing with Arthur Pawlowski. Same thing for the
00:04:36.480 Coutts defendants. Same thing for the 3,000 ordinary people that the Democracy Fund has crowdfunded their 1.00
00:04:42.900 legals for. So here in America, their lawfare targets the spectacular. Donald Trump, former president,
00:04:51.460 billionaire, TV celebrity, household name. But in Canada, lawfare targets the little people,
00:04:58.860 people who dare to keep their restaurant open during the lockdowns, like Adam Skelly and his
00:05:04.020 smoked meat restaurant in Toronto, or without Papers Pizza in Calgary, or restaurants across the
00:05:11.020 country, churches across the country. In Canada, we have politicized lawfare too. We just pick on the
00:05:17.680 little guy. Anyways, that's my preamble. Let's see what we have to see here in New York.
00:05:22.440 So what do you, what do you think? This is quite a spectacle. There's got to be 100 reporters over
00:05:36.100 there. Yes, I'm excited to see them. I know them all. Really? I saw Judge Jeanine there, I think.
00:05:41.840 Judge, that's who I'm going to see. Well, she's here. And how about yourself? I'm just following my
00:05:46.080 wife. Well, that's good advice. That's always good advice. So what do you think about the trial?
00:05:50.340 I think it's a total sham. I think it never should have been brought. This is, this is a state
00:05:57.300 attorney. And he's charging a federal crime. He has no business. This is out of his wheelhouse.
00:06:05.180 This is, he has no right to bring this case at all. Now, let me ask you this. If he's convicted,
00:06:10.460 will that do more damage to Trump's reputation or the court's reputation? Definitely the court's.
00:06:15.980 It's already ruined. I mean, they're laughing at us everywhere in the world. They're saying,
00:06:19.800 what's going on? This isn't America. This isn't what we respect and know. This is ridiculous. It's,
00:06:24.960 it's, it's, it's a circus.
00:06:27.440 I like, I like Trump. I like Trump.
00:06:30.720 So why are you here wearing so much Trump merchandise?
00:06:34.660 I'm here to show, show support. I wear this to show my love to this country and Trump love this
00:06:41.280 country. That's why we, we wear this Trump gear to support him.
00:06:46.760 And I see you're here with some friends. Are you guys sisters or are you just friends?
00:06:50.920 We, we were strangers before, but the love of this country, the support to Trump brought us to
00:06:57.560 Geyser. Can I ask where you're from originally?
00:07:00.760 Original from China. Uh, all of us from China because we run from communists.
00:07:06.560 And we see this country is going down to communists. That's why we stand up. We, we, we take action. Okay.
00:07:14.560 Wait, wait, wait. When you say communists, you know what communists is?
00:07:17.520 Communists is a dictatorship. First of all, they said Martin Luther King was a communist.
00:07:22.720 All right. So, so you, I know you, you, communist is dictatorship. This country is not communist.
00:07:30.240 What, what is that? Well, when he become president, that's what he's talking about.
00:07:35.440 The sham trial makes it look like a communist political persecution. That's why all the
00:07:41.600 immigrants come to this country because it's a free democracy. Right.
00:07:45.760 We came here legally. Okay. Legally. We encourage legal immigration.
00:07:50.000 Right. Legal immigration. 0.51
00:07:51.440 But a country without border, not a country. Okay.
00:07:55.200 So why do you go back to your country then? Why you come here? 0.98
00:07:58.080 I came here legally. I pursue a degree. I, I have a formal job, you know.
00:08:03.680 Right.
00:08:04.320 Yeah. I'm a decent American citizen. I love this country.
00:08:08.080 Why would you turn against this country and say communist?
00:08:11.360 No, this country is going to communist. That's why we are worried. We worry.
00:08:15.600 It's going to be communist. How do you know that?
00:08:17.680 What do you, you got it? You got it. You got it.
00:08:19.280 It's a sham trial. This sham trial. This political persecution.
00:08:22.960 It's a sham trial. Oh, it's a witch hunt, right?
00:08:25.760 Witch hunt. Of course.
00:08:26.880 If it, if it, if it walks like a duck and it sounds like a duck and it quacks like a duck,
00:08:34.240 it got to be Donald Trump. Yeah.
00:08:37.680 Joe Biden.
00:08:38.400 What? What are you saying? What are you saying?
00:08:41.520 So you're saying he's, he's innocent or everything.
00:08:43.760 I, I'm, I have, I have work to do. Okay. Sorry.
00:08:46.480 What kind of... Wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:08:47.680 Let's talk about January 6th. January 6th.
00:08:49.840 January 6th. He's for protest.
00:08:52.080 Why are we still talking about January election 2020 and 2024? Why are we still talking about that?
00:08:59.440 Why can't he concede? Why can't he say he lost? Why he lost? He lost because he lost.
00:09:04.480 The election was stolen. Okay.
00:09:06.240 It was not stolen because...
00:09:07.600 Everybody knows. Even teenagers know.
00:09:09.440 No, they don't. Because you got people that voted that was in your body.
00:09:13.440 Six states. Six states. Six states. Six states. Stop counting.
00:09:18.320 All of a sudden, Biden curves. This is such a joke.
00:09:21.840 What are you doing? They already copped to it. They copped to it.
00:09:24.640 They in there. They undone it.
00:09:26.480 The mail-in ballots, they have a lot.
00:09:28.480 Tomatoes and all of them, they said, Mr. President, you lost.
00:09:31.760 You lost, Mr. President. So, what are you going to say about that?
00:09:34.960 Mr. President, we lost. Even his daughter said you lost.
00:09:37.200 Go to another side. That, that, you belong to another side.
00:09:40.560 Mr. President, you lost. Oh, can you find, um, 11...
00:09:45.040 What did he say in Atlanta, Georgia?
00:09:46.880 They'll find, um, 11,000. Ah, that's what he said.
00:09:49.920 All right. Hey, I'm talking about his words, see?
00:09:53.200 You lost. You lost. You lost.
00:09:56.720 Joe Biden is the president of United States of America.
00:09:59.360 You lost.
00:09:59.920 No harm. No harm.
00:10:00.960 Yeah, you lost.
00:10:02.000 No harm.
00:10:02.960 Uh, screaming does not mean you are right, okay?
00:10:06.240 You lost. You lost.
00:10:09.280 Well, you're very passionate. And so is he.
00:10:11.920 Because I love this country.
00:10:13.920 Oh, hi. Ezra Levant here.
00:10:15.440 As you know, I was in New York.
00:10:16.720 That's where I was flying overnight to Geneva.
00:10:19.440 As you could say, I haven't even had a chance to change yet.
00:10:22.480 Sort of exhausted from the night flight.
00:10:24.240 But just as I was taking off, I heard the news
00:10:26.960 that Donald Trump was convicted on all counts.
00:10:30.320 Absolutely staggering.
00:10:32.320 I think that great damage has been done to the United States.
00:10:36.640 Their reputation for law and order and rule of law and checks and balances.
00:10:42.160 This looks like a banana republic move.
00:10:45.200 I am afraid they are going to sentence Trump to prison.
00:10:48.800 They really are going full Vladimir Putin.
00:10:51.920 I hate to say it.
00:10:52.800 If this were being done by Vladimir Putin, we would criticize them.
00:10:57.520 It's happening in America.
00:10:59.200 Anyways, I just wanted to give you that update.
00:11:01.440 Because when I was filming in New York and finished up there,
00:11:04.800 the verdict had not yet come down.
00:11:06.960 All right, back to the report.
00:11:08.800 But hey, I just want to let you know, I am in Geneva now.
00:11:12.160 We're covering the World Pandemic Treaty.
00:11:15.920 And if you want to see my journalism from this mission, go to NoPandemicTreaty.com.
00:11:22.240 All right, back to the Trump story.
00:11:23.680 I don't care who want to get mad, who want to get facts, who want to suck, but he's a good man.
00:11:31.200 Look into ourself and see if this is the world we want to live our life in AI.
00:11:38.080 Where is AI going for the future generation, for the people to live?
00:11:47.200 We need engine, motor, resource, man and woman to live, not AI for a future generation. 0.77
00:12:00.080 We need a physical body to consume our life.
00:12:05.520 Are you from here originally?
00:12:06.640 I'm born in, well, I'm a Brooklyn native.
00:12:09.840 I get bragging rights because I was born in Brooklyn.
00:12:11.920 Before it was cool.
00:12:12.720 Way before it was cool.
00:12:14.640 It's always been cool.
00:12:15.440 It was always cool.
00:12:16.240 I take it back.
00:12:16.880 Yeah, it was always cool.
00:12:18.400 Born in, I'm a Brooklyn native, but I lived in Queens and then moved
00:12:24.800 from Queens, New York to a chicken farm in Northern California.
00:12:28.800 Were you a hippie?
00:12:29.520 My parents were.
00:12:30.960 The chicken farm, I mean, there's some very serious chicken farmers out there,
00:12:35.040 but it sounds like it was a political project for you.
00:12:38.720 I was a kid.
00:12:39.600 I didn't have a choice.
00:12:40.720 It was a political project for my parents, where they went to live in this sort of
00:12:47.040 semi-utopian chicken farming community in a town that's now well known called Petaluma,
00:12:53.440 about which a book was written called Comrades and Chicken Farmers.
00:12:59.040 Oh, my gosh.
00:13:00.000 You were a socialist chicken farming community.
00:13:02.320 Well, you know, you could.
00:13:03.440 You can find it on Amazon.
00:13:04.800 You could go to Israel and start a kibbutz. 0.83
00:13:07.520 No, I don't think, I don't think so.
00:13:09.440 Is this a tallis or a keffiyeh?
00:13:11.200 It's neither.
00:13:12.320 This is a, this is a New York Uniqlo scarf that I bought a long time ago.
00:13:17.360 I'm going to go out on a limb.
00:13:18.880 Brooklyn native, Jewish, went to a hippie chicken farm commune in Northern California, 0.73
00:13:25.520 back here at the Trump rally.
00:13:26.720 I'm just going to go out on a limb.
00:13:28.080 I don't want to stereotype you, but I'm going to guess you're not a Trump supporter.
00:13:32.480 No, I'm not.
00:13:33.520 I nailed it.
00:13:34.400 Good guess.
00:13:35.680 Good guess.
00:13:36.720 Let me ask.
00:13:37.680 By the way, I'm also a graduate of UC Berkeley during.
00:13:40.800 Well, there you have it.
00:13:41.680 During the anti-war and free speech movement days.
00:13:44.400 Well, let me, let me pick up on that.
00:13:45.760 I have a resume, I have a, I have a.
00:13:47.280 You got your credentials.
00:13:48.000 I have my credentials, yeah.
00:13:48.800 Let me pick up on that.
00:13:50.480 I myself, I'm a member of the tribe, and I come from a less hippie background.
00:13:58.160 But we have something in common.
00:14:01.120 Our love for freedom of speech.
00:14:04.080 So I want to ask you this.
00:14:07.680 Are you worried about cancel culture?
00:14:11.040 Are you worried about prosecuting people more and more for having incorrect views, about
00:14:17.680 people losing their jobs over it, about wokeism, silencing dissent?
00:14:22.560 I have concerns.
00:14:26.720 I'm not sure I would say it exactly that way.
00:14:29.040 What troubles me is that what's been happening is that people are no longer talking to each
00:14:34.400 other.
00:14:34.720 They're locked in, they're polarized, and one person has their set of facts and opinions,
00:14:40.560 another person has their set of facts and opinions, and there's no middle ground.
00:14:46.320 I'm a very strong believer in the middle ground.
00:14:48.480 Do you engage with people on the other side of the fence?
00:14:51.120 I try.
00:14:51.760 I try to engage with these people here, and this woman just said, or I tried to engage with
00:14:56.000 this guy who's carrying the don't tread on me.
00:14:58.400 That guy's a little bit edgy.
00:15:00.720 You know, whatever.
00:15:02.240 You know, he doesn't seem that edgy, but he basically said, your mind is made up.
00:15:06.640 You're not willing to think about what I'm saying.
00:15:08.320 I said, I'd like to know what you think.
00:15:10.080 He said, no, you're not listening to me.
00:15:11.920 Well, let me put something to you, and I'd love your reaction.
00:15:13.920 And we can have that back and forth across the aisle.
00:15:16.560 I have a thesis that the more Donald Trump is prosecuted in what a lot of people think
00:15:24.240 are politicized lawfare, where the courts are weaponized, where
00:15:30.640 disagreements are turned into criminal disputes, the more people see Trump as a victim.
00:15:36.480 And if you look at the latest polls, he's actually going up.
00:15:41.120 And I put it to you that it looks like he's being treated by a banana republic. 0.96
00:15:49.120 That's how it looks as a foreigner to me.
00:15:50.480 What do you say to that?
00:15:51.520 I think, unfortunately, there could be a backlash.
00:15:56.800 And that to some people, it does look like it's a banana republic, and he's being unfairly prosecuted.
00:16:02.800 I don't think he's being unfairly prosecuted.
00:16:05.040 Have any Democrats like Hillary Clinton been prosecuted in the same manner?
00:16:09.120 Well, there were certainly attempts to prosecute Hillary Clinton. 0.58
00:16:14.560 I can't say that there was enough evidence to prosecute her, but there were certainly attempts to,
00:16:18.960 including when Robert Mueller spoke out just before the election and made statements that
00:16:24.880 seemed to incriminate her.
00:16:25.760 So she's not been prosecuted.
00:16:28.400 There's an attempt to prosecute Biden's son right now.
00:16:31.280 So-
00:16:32.080 A lot of evidence there, too.
00:16:33.840 Right, exactly.
00:16:34.560 And, you know, I happen to be a lawyer, but, you know, so I don't know enough about the facts of
00:16:39.120 those cases.
00:16:39.840 I just haven't followed them.
00:16:41.200 There was an attempt to, you know, there was an impeachment of Bill Clinton.
00:16:44.560 So both sides have engaged in this kind of warfare when they've had the opportunity to do it.
00:16:51.680 They're both equally, you know, culpable of engaging in that kind of activity.
00:16:56.240 What's interesting to me is, despite all these prosecutions, Trump is ahead in the polls.
00:17:02.080 How do you explain that?
00:17:02.960 I think people see it for what it is.
00:17:06.640 People don't like unfairness.
00:17:09.200 We, you know, we see what's going on.
00:17:12.240 People are not stupid.
00:17:14.080 Last question.
00:17:14.720 And by the way, thanks for stopping to talk with me.
00:17:17.200 I mean, we're from Canada, by the way, and we look to America.
00:17:21.200 We're from Toronto.
00:17:24.320 We look to America as leaders in democracy and freedom.
00:17:28.640 I think a lot of the world does.
00:17:31.280 Are you worried that by put by the
00:17:33.840 President's chief opponent being put on trial in such a persistent manner smacks of lawfare?
00:17:43.200 Do you think this undermines America's standing in the world as a leader for freedom and democracy and rule of law?
00:17:50.800 Yes, I think the damage has already been done.
00:17:54.720 I think that's happening right now.
00:17:56.160 And I'm hoping that we elect President Trump and we get some honest people in the DOJ.
00:18:02.240 And, you know, these are all prosecutors who are appointed by a very, very liberal billionaire, George Soros.
00:18:12.640 We're in a very, very liberal part of the world.
00:18:15.040 Manhattan, without checking, I'd guess it went 85 percent Democrat in the last election.
00:18:20.320 Is that is the needle moving at all?
00:18:22.640 Or is everyone set in their views on Trump and Biden?
00:18:25.440 Needles moving, baby.
00:18:26.480 We're going to turn New York red.
00:18:35.040 Well, that's our show for today.
00:18:36.480 In a few hours, I have to go to JFK Airport to fly to Geneva, Switzerland.
00:18:40.640 That's where the World Health Organization is meeting to try to consecrate a global pandemic treaty.
00:18:47.680 Now, it looks like they're having trouble with the final text, but these folks never stop.
00:18:52.320 We've seen that with these UN global warming conferences.
00:18:55.760 The World Health Organization, remember, is part of the UN.
00:18:59.360 We'll be there on the ground in Geneva.
00:19:01.040 We're going to fly overnight, economy class.
00:19:03.520 We're staying in Geneva for two full days.
00:19:05.920 We're going to try and find out what's going on with the delegates.
00:19:08.720 And I don't know if you know this, but they're trying to get a kind of convoy going in Europe
00:19:14.480 to convene in Geneva, and they're going to have speeches in opposition.
00:19:18.720 We'll be there to cover that, too.
00:19:20.400 So I'm going to say goodbye now.
00:19:22.880 Until next time, when we'll be in Geneva, Switzerland, for Rebel News, I'm Ezra Levant.
00:19:28.240 Keep fighting for freedom.
00:19:32.800 Ezra Levant here.
00:19:33.600 I just landed in Geneva, Switzerland.
00:19:36.000 Behind me, the United Nations office here.
00:19:38.800 We're actually surrounded by NGO-type offices up there, the International Red Cross.
00:19:46.320 And, of course, the most luxurious building around is this restaurant where all the ambassadors,
00:19:52.400 politicians, lobbyists, and other hangers-on spend your money having a delicious five-star lunch.
00:20:00.000 The reason I'm here is not because Switzerland itself is interesting.
00:20:04.080 Sometimes we travel places to see what's going on in Ireland, in France.
00:20:08.560 But we're here in Geneva because this is where Canadian law is being written.
00:20:13.920 Let me explain.
00:20:15.440 I don't know if you know this, but the World Health Organization is part of the United Nations.
00:20:20.800 That's where Dr. Tedros basically ordered the world to lock down.
00:20:25.520 The risk of returning to lockdown remains very real if countries do not manage the transition.
00:20:34.880 And Canada's chief public health officer, Theresa Tam, was part of the World Health Organization
00:20:42.400 committees that threw the world into lockdown.
00:20:46.320 Theresa Tam is back.
00:20:48.480 She is here.
00:20:50.080 And she is here with people from around the world,
00:20:53.200 none of them elected to pass a pandemic treaty.
00:20:57.520 You heard that right.
00:20:59.200 The one we all went through with COVID-19 was a test drive.
00:21:03.120 Some things they got wrong, they think.
00:21:04.880 Some things they got right.
00:21:06.560 They want to codify this in a treaty so that the next one, and oh, they say there will be a next one,
00:21:15.360 they can snap into attention with a global response that's drafted here at the UN, not back home in Ottawa.
00:21:24.160 I believe the time is right for an international treaty or other legally binding instrument to provide
00:21:31.360 the framework for a more coherent and coordinated response to future epidemics and pandemics.
00:21:38.160 You may have seen headlines the other day that the countries of the world could not agree
00:21:43.680 on the text of the treaty.
00:21:44.880 And you may have thought, oh, good, we dodged a bullet.
00:21:47.040 Who are you kidding?
00:21:48.560 They're continuing to work on it right now.
00:21:50.720 And just like the UN global warming, for instance, meets year after year,
00:21:54.960 they will chip away at our national sovereignty and keep pushing their agenda year after year.
00:21:59.920 They are not done.
00:22:01.440 In fact, they would love to meet again in a year.
00:22:04.800 Everyone flying to Geneva, everyone dining at the five-star restaurant.
00:22:09.360 The number one point I want to say to you is if you thought Teresa Tam and Justin Trudeau were bad
00:22:16.160 in COVID-19, imagine how much worse they'll be with a pandemic treaty behind them,
00:22:23.360 with a law that is drafted here in Geneva, not in Canada's parliament,
00:22:28.560 not debated in Canada's parliament, not with consultations for Canadian voters,
00:22:34.240 but foreign interests, including large pharmaceutical interests,
00:22:38.000 who bankroll the World Health Organization.
00:22:41.040 That's why we're here.
00:22:42.000 I see people coming from other countries.
00:22:44.080 I see ambassadors and staff from every country in the world.
00:22:47.920 This is globalism at its worst.
00:22:50.320 And if you think I'm kidding or exaggerating,
00:22:53.440 let me share with you a clip from Teresa Tam herself.
00:22:56.720 In fact, I want to play this entire two-minute speech of hers,
00:23:00.640 because I want you to understand what her agenda is.
00:23:04.000 Yes, it's to have a global law for lockdowns.
00:23:07.680 But listen to her talk about DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion.
00:23:12.560 Listen to her talk about 2SLQ, LGBT, whatever.
00:23:16.560 Listen to her talk about Ukraine and Gaza.
00:23:19.760 There is nothing that she doesn't see this pandemic treaty doing cooked up here, not at home.
00:23:26.000 Take a look at Teresa Tam.
00:23:27.200 Together, we must improve health promotion efforts to reduce disease burden and foster mental and
00:23:33.200 physical health and well-being.
00:23:35.280 An integrated approach to essential service delivery requires the inclusion of nutrition,
00:23:41.280 sexual and reproductive health and rights, and routine vaccination.
00:23:46.720 This also means strengthening both external and domestic financing for health,
00:23:51.920 which is why Canada is invested in the LUSACA agenda.
00:23:56.400 We must also step up our efforts to address systemic and historical discrimination against
00:24:02.160 Indigenous peoples within our health systems.
00:24:04.880 Gender equality is foundational to a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future for all.
00:24:12.160 Let us continue to fight racism, sexual and gender-based violence,
00:24:16.560 and discrimination against marginalized groups, including 2SLGBTQI plus people, women and girls.
00:24:25.280 And let us renew our support for those on the front lines of care.
00:24:29.520 We have a collective responsibility to ensure the protection of our healthcare workers,
00:24:34.800 and condemn the unacceptable attack on them and on health facilities.
00:24:40.080 The many conflicts in the world, including Gaza and Ukraine,
00:24:43.840 serve as stark reminders of the fragile nature of accessing critical health services.
00:24:49.600 Canada urges all member states to support WHO's critical health emergencies work.
00:24:55.360 A strong WHO must also be inclusive, reflecting the entire global community.
00:25:01.120 This means supporting Taiwan's meaningful participation as an observer at the World Health Assembly.
00:25:07.600 This week, we will collectively decide on next steps on both the pandemic agreement
00:25:12.480 and on the IHR amendment and negotiations. Canada remains committed to continuing to work together
00:25:19.680 to prevent and minimize the devastating consequences of future global health emergencies and pandemics,
00:25:26.640 and to further advancing health equity for all. A meaningful pandemic agreement is consensus-based,
00:25:33.840 and one that member states can sign, ratify, and implement. Thank you very much.
00:25:39.600 I'm here in Geneva today and tomorrow. I just got off the plane. I haven't even had a chance to check in
00:25:46.640 at our hotel yet and have a shower. I'm a little disheveled. Forgive me for that. We flew here,
00:25:52.080 and we are not just going to report on the treaty, which is difficult because, of course,
00:25:55.920 we're not allowed access to where the delegates are, but we understand that there is a global coalition
00:26:02.560 fighting back, including some Canadian doctors and some other famous dissidents that you would know
00:26:08.800 their names from COVID-19, for example, Dr. Malone. So we are going to meet with the resistance. In fact,
00:26:15.840 tonight we're going to head just across the border in France, where they're trying to get together a
00:26:20.560 trucker-style convoy to converge here in Geneva. Now, I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know if
00:26:28.320 it's going to be a big turnout or just a few people. I don't know if people have stopped caring
00:26:32.880 because the crisis has passed. I think that's what they're counting on here. These folks at the UN
00:26:38.880 behind me are counting on everyone going back to life as normal, forgetting the crisis while they
00:26:45.120 beaver away to make plans for the next crisis when their reaction will be 10 times tougher. I want to
00:26:52.240 keep you posted on this. We've set up a special website, nopandemictreaty.com, nopandemictreaty.com.
00:27:00.560 That's where we're going to compile our videos on this subject and invite you to sign our petition
00:27:07.280 against the pandemic treaty. I don't believe in a pandemic treaty, but I especially don't believe
00:27:12.000 in one that is written in a foreign country without our democratic assent. Finally, I did fly here
00:27:18.800 overnight along with our head of video Efrain Flores Monsanto. And if you can help the two of us
00:27:24.400 cover our economy class airfare and hotel, I'd be grateful to you. Geneva is a pretty far journey.
00:27:30.400 There's no direct flights from Canada, so we had to sort of hop, skip and jump our way here. We're
00:27:35.200 staying economy class, but between the two of us, the flights and the hotel will add up to more than
00:27:40.960 $2,500. If you can help me cover the cost of that at nopandemictreaty.com, I'd be grateful.
00:27:47.040 I'll give you as many updates as I can. We're going to try and jam in as many interviews and as much
00:27:52.400 coverage as we can in two days, and we'll be back in Canada to ring the alarm bells. Visit nopandemictreaty.com.