Rebel News Podcast - January 28, 2025


EZRA LEVANT ｜ Trump wins first foreign affairs battle with flair reminiscent of reality TV


Episode Stats

Length

44 minutes

Words per Minute

163.40906

Word Count

7,215

Sentence Count

387

Misogynist Sentences

5

Hate Speech Sentences

15


Summary

Trump wins his first foreign affairs battle in spectacular fashion, and it's a signal to the world about how Donald Trump is completely different from Joe Biden or Jimmy Carter, or really any other president before him. It's quite something.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. I don't know if you watched the battle, the very, very short battle, the less than one hour long battle between Donald Trump and the president of Colombia yesterday, but it was spectacular and I'll take you through it blow by blow.
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00:01:32.960 All right. Here's today's podcast.
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00:01:46.740 Tonight, Donald Trump wins his first foreign affairs battle in spectacular fashion.
00:01:55.660 It's January 27th, and this is The Ezra LeVant Show.
00:01:59.220 You're fighting for freedom!
00:02:02.080 Shame on you, you censorious bug!
00:02:05.240 Donald Trump has been working on things even before his inauguration.
00:02:18.720 I don't think the guy has taken a single day off since the election, and he was working every single day during the election, too.
00:02:26.880 I wish I had his energy, and he's almost, I guess he's 25 years older than me.
00:02:31.860 Here's an example. He insisted that Israel wrap up its war against Hamas and that the hostages be released by the time of his inauguration, and I suppose that was halfway accomplished.
00:02:45.600 He started negotiating with Vladimir Zelensky and Vladimir Putin over the termination of the war in Ukraine.
00:02:52.520 He has been lobbying Denmark to have Greenland become an American protectorate or territory.
00:02:58.280 He's been telling Panama that it should get ready to hand back the canal to America, which once owned it.
00:03:04.800 And, of course, as you know, he's been pressing Canada and Mexico to strengthen our borders with the U.S., to stop illegal migrants and illegal drugs from coming across.
00:03:14.520 And he's threatened a tariff on our imports if we don't.
00:03:17.280 Now, given that Joe Biden is a bit of a vegetable, no one really dealt with him after the election, other than those who were talking to, I don't know, the committee behind the curtain, I don't know who ran the government during Biden's time, people who wanted pardons.
00:03:34.100 Anthony Fauci, he got a pardon going back to 2014.
00:03:37.480 That seems odd.
00:03:39.560 General Milley, the high-ranking general who said he had back channels with China and would stop Trump if he had to.
00:03:47.940 And, of course, Biden's entire family getting pardons literally the morning of the inauguration.
00:03:54.960 Joe Biden has given away more pardons than any president in history.
00:03:58.400 They really meant it when they called it the Biden crime family.
00:04:01.600 But Trump's pace since he became president is staggering, even compared to how busy he was during that transition period.
00:04:11.480 They typically talk about the first 100 days of a president's term.
00:04:15.920 In the case of Trump, it's the first 100 hours.
00:04:19.340 Seriously, I found it thrilling to watch him sign so many executive orders.
00:04:24.340 I think there were about 200 of them in the first few days.
00:04:27.780 He's obviously meticulously drafted in advance, ready to go on that first day.
00:04:34.040 But sometimes an executive order is just a piece of paper.
00:04:38.360 To take that piece of paper into action, well, that's been so exciting.
00:04:44.000 For example, to have the U.S. military deployed on the southern border with Mexico.
00:04:50.220 That was riveting to see, the kind of thing that in the past General Milley would have stopped.
00:04:55.340 And to see ICE, that's the immigration police, to see ICE enforcement against some of the baddest hombres out there.
00:05:03.380 Here's Dr. Phil, who was out with the ICE czar in Chicago, rounding up criminals.
00:05:10.880 In this case, a child rapist.
00:05:13.460 Take a look at this.
00:05:14.380 Where are you from?
00:05:16.880 Where I was born or where I'm from?
00:05:19.080 Where are you born?
00:05:20.200 Thailand.
00:05:22.460 You've been deported before from the United States?
00:05:24.580 No.
00:05:25.780 Never been deported?
00:05:27.880 I've been in a system with all.
00:05:30.360 Yeah?
00:05:31.120 Yeah.
00:05:31.900 What have you been charged with?
00:05:34.240 Charged with?
00:05:35.960 Before?
00:05:38.980 I'm not a sinner.
00:05:39.920 I'm not charged with my lawyer.
00:05:42.680 Yeah.
00:05:43.500 Are you a citizen?
00:05:45.100 My mom's a citizen.
00:05:46.860 Your mother's a citizen?
00:05:48.140 Yes.
00:05:49.440 But you're not?
00:05:50.820 Nope.
00:05:52.540 But you've never been deported before?
00:05:54.080 You're Dr. Phil.
00:05:55.360 You're like Dr. Phil.
00:05:57.060 Yeah?
00:05:57.680 How do you know me?
00:05:59.480 No, I've seen Dr. Phil, you know, on TV.
00:06:03.280 Yeah?
00:06:03.820 Yeah.
00:06:05.300 Yeah.
00:06:05.700 Well, this is an example of sanctuary cities, right?
00:06:10.100 We've got an illegal alien convicted of sex crimes involving children, and he's walking
00:06:16.020 the streets of Chicago.
00:06:17.280 So, again, the downfall, the problem with the sanctuary city, that people like us walking
00:06:23.800 the street, rather than law enforcement working with federal agents, this is what we're dealing
00:06:27.560 with.
00:06:27.820 Yeah.
00:06:29.540 You've been charged with sex crimes with children?
00:06:32.840 Not really.
00:06:34.380 Not really?
00:06:37.640 And never been deported?
00:06:39.380 Nope.
00:06:40.760 Huh.
00:06:41.020 Let's take them in the process and lock them up.
00:06:44.640 Got it, sir.
00:06:45.640 On Trump's very first day as president, 308 migrants were deported.
00:06:51.100 It's been thousands more since then.
00:06:53.020 Now, by the way, those are still rookie numbers.
00:06:55.860 If you're going to deport 10 million people over four years, do the math, you need thousands
00:07:00.720 and thousands per day.
00:07:02.400 But it's an impressive start.
00:07:04.560 Speaking of deportations, there was a claim that Colombia and other countries that are hostile
00:07:13.260 to the United States, Colombia being a socialist country led by an actual communist, there was
00:07:18.620 a claim that Colombia emptied their prisons to go to the United States.
00:07:25.440 I mean, think about it.
00:07:26.300 That's what Fidel Castro did in the Mariel Boatlift when Jimmy Carter was in office.
00:07:32.440 I think it was 79 or 1980, just before Ronald Reagan won.
00:07:37.600 About 120,000 migrants came from Cuba.
00:07:40.740 Now, some of them were indeed political prisoners.
00:07:43.820 Some of them were freedom activists that Castro was happy to kick out of Cuba.
00:07:48.020 But along with that, Castro emptied the prisons of murderers and rapists and thieves, and he
00:07:56.500 emptied the insane asylums, people who were simply mad.
00:08:00.440 And he sent them all to America saying, you want us to release people?
00:08:04.680 Here you go.
00:08:05.740 He sent some wonderful people, freedom fighters, but many of the most awful people around.
00:08:11.720 It was the idea behind the movie Scarface with Al Pacino.
00:08:16.940 Here's a flashback of that.
00:08:18.340 Obviously, this is a fictional movie, but based on the Mariel Boatlift.
00:08:21.880 ¿Cómo se llama?
00:08:23.940 Antonio Montana.
00:08:26.360 And you?
00:08:27.180 What you call your son?
00:08:28.700 Where'd you learn to speak the English, Tony?
00:08:30.880 In a school.
00:08:32.700 And my father, he was from the United States.
00:08:36.000 Just like you, you know.
00:08:36.960 He was a Yankee.
00:08:40.860 He used to take me a lot to the movies, you know.
00:08:43.100 I learned.
00:08:43.940 I watched the guys like Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney.
00:08:49.220 That teach me to talk.
00:08:51.480 I like those guys.
00:08:53.260 I always know one day I'm coming here, United States.
00:08:56.840 So where's your old man now?
00:08:58.400 He's dead.
00:08:59.340 He died.
00:09:00.920 Sometime.
00:09:02.480 Somewhere.
00:09:03.080 Mother?
00:09:04.080 She's dead, too.
00:09:05.100 What kind of work you do in Cuba, Tony?
00:09:06.740 My car, you know, things.
00:09:08.740 I was, uh, this, uh, construction business.
00:09:14.560 I worked a lot with my aunts.
00:09:16.300 I was in the army.
00:09:18.100 As I showed you with Tom Homan in the field with Dr. Phil,
00:09:22.060 criminal illegal migrants have been the first to go.
00:09:25.460 That is, every illegal immigrant is a lawbreaker,
00:09:29.380 but those who actually committed secondary crimes as well, like rape,
00:09:33.360 they have been targeted as the priority deportees.
00:09:36.880 And there's been incredible images of them being loaded onto military planes
00:09:41.220 and flown to their home country, including to Colombia,
00:09:45.900 which allegedly emptied its prisons in a Castro-like move.
00:09:49.460 So planes were en route to Colombia.
00:09:52.580 And according to the U.S. administration, this was all approved and authorized.
00:09:57.320 But then the Colombian president balked.
00:10:02.840 He refused to allow the planes of deported Colombian citizens,
00:10:07.900 who the U.S. says are criminals.
00:10:09.560 He refused to let the plane in.
00:10:11.600 Well, Donald Trump, he was playing a round of golf,
00:10:15.840 so I'm not going to say he never takes a break.
00:10:17.680 He heard about it, and he put out a tweet,
00:10:21.960 or actually it was a post on Truth Social, his own social media platform.
00:10:26.660 Now, I want to read to you every single word.
00:10:30.860 It's about a two-minute read.
00:10:33.100 And this was put out in between rounds of golf.
00:10:35.420 So just to set the table, you have criminal Colombian citizens
00:10:40.900 being deported on a plane that has been authorized to land in Colombia.
00:10:45.300 They have the right to return to Colombia.
00:10:48.140 They're Colombian citizens.
00:10:49.780 They were illegally in America, and they were accused of crimes in America.
00:10:55.320 The president of Colombia says, no thanks.
00:10:58.540 Here's how Trump reacted.
00:11:01.220 I'm going to read every single word.
00:11:02.720 I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States
00:11:06.820 with a large number of illegal criminals
00:11:09.260 were not allowed to land in Colombia.
00:11:11.920 This order was given by Colombia's socialist president, Gustavo Petro,
00:11:17.220 who is already very unpopular amongst his people.
00:11:20.800 Petro's denial of these flights has jeopardized
00:11:23.040 the national security and public safety of the United States.
00:11:26.660 So I have directed my administration to immediately
00:11:29.460 take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures.
00:11:35.240 Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States.
00:11:40.020 In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.
00:11:43.820 A travel ban and immediate visa revocations
00:11:48.560 on the Colombian government officials and all allies and supporters.
00:11:53.780 Visa sanctions on all party members, family members,
00:11:56.840 and supporters of the Colombian government.
00:11:58.600 Enhanced customs and border protection inspections
00:12:02.240 of all Colombian nationals and cargo on national security grounds.
00:12:08.200 IEEPA treasury, banking, and financial sanctions to be fully imposed.
00:12:14.120 These measures are just the beginning.
00:12:16.500 We will not allow the Colombian government
00:12:18.040 to violate its legal obligations
00:12:19.900 with regard to the acceptance and return of the criminals
00:12:22.660 they forced into the United States.
00:12:25.300 He put this out in the middle of playing golf.
00:12:29.960 This is diplomacy by tweet or by truth social media.
00:12:34.860 I'll tell you one thing.
00:12:36.580 That got Colombia's attention.
00:12:38.140 They thought they would flick Trump in the nose.
00:12:40.520 Trump is a man on a mission.
00:12:42.460 And by the way, Trump is legally correct.
00:12:44.740 You can't approve and authorize flights and then deny them.
00:12:49.940 And by the way, these are your citizens.
00:12:52.080 You must retake them.
00:12:54.440 Well, here is the reply.
00:12:57.020 Less than one hour later.
00:12:59.480 I mean, imagine.
00:13:00.920 And this was on the weekend.
00:13:04.140 Imagine under Joe Biden.
00:13:05.580 Joe Biden wouldn't have cared.
00:13:07.100 He would have accepted this act of impudence.
00:13:10.320 And he wouldn't have even known.
00:13:11.920 Some staffer would have dealt with it
00:13:13.280 and they would have been very risk averse.
00:13:15.060 Trump absolutely poked back on social media.
00:13:19.100 Why go through any more formal means?
00:13:23.100 And reading that, I imagine every single big shot in Colombia,
00:13:28.300 political, business, sports, entertainment said,
00:13:32.540 what, I can't go to the United States anymore?
00:13:35.920 Because Trump was basically saying,
00:13:39.620 if you don't accept the ground rules
00:13:41.320 for how we travel and visit each other,
00:13:43.160 including sending home your criminal migrants,
00:13:45.580 then if you're throwing out those rules,
00:13:48.520 we're going to throw them out too.
00:13:49.680 You started it.
00:13:50.860 Here's what Gustavo Petro wrote,
00:13:53.040 and I'm going to read part of it.
00:13:54.260 This is a rough translation.
00:13:57.400 The government of Colombia,
00:13:58.580 under the direction of President Gustavo Petro,
00:14:01.000 has dispatched the presidential plane
00:14:03.820 to facilitate the dignified return of compatriots
00:14:07.880 who were to arrive in the country
00:14:08.960 in the early hours of the morning
00:14:10.220 coming from deportation flights.
00:14:12.620 The measure demonstrates the commitment of the government
00:14:14.940 to ensure dignified conditions for our compatriots.
00:14:18.320 Despite the challenges,
00:14:19.360 they have not been stripped of their rights,
00:14:21.260 nor have they been expelled from Colombian territory.
00:14:24.340 Additionally, the government has convened
00:14:25.660 a unified command post on migration
00:14:28.080 in which representatives from the Ombudsman's Office,
00:14:31.980 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
00:14:33.080 and the Presidency of the Republic will participate.
00:14:36.160 This body will act as an objective observer
00:14:38.140 to ensure the dignified treatment of deported Colombians,
00:14:41.580 guaranteeing that the procedures respect human rights
00:14:43.660 and the integrity of each person.
00:14:45.880 Likewise, the government of Colombia
00:14:46.980 maintains active conversations
00:14:48.580 with the government of the United States,
00:14:50.120 seeking agreements that ensure
00:14:51.300 minimal conditions of respect
00:14:53.080 and dignified treatment for our compatriots
00:14:55.420 during deportation processes,
00:14:57.940 blah, blah, blah.
00:14:58.940 So he absolutely capitulated.
00:15:03.540 But he framed it as, well,
00:15:06.000 returning these criminals in a military jet
00:15:09.940 was not dignified enough.
00:15:12.360 That's why we were really upset.
00:15:14.100 So let me send my private jet
00:15:15.860 to take these accused murderers and rapists home.
00:15:18.340 He was trying to spin it.
00:15:20.080 But in other words,
00:15:21.340 it was a total capitulation
00:15:23.580 in less than an hour.
00:15:26.400 If he wants to send his personal private jet
00:15:28.180 to pick up his country's criminals,
00:15:29.900 so be it.
00:15:31.840 He has an obligation to do so.
00:15:33.780 And if not,
00:15:34.980 why should America take
00:15:36.320 any more Colombians of any sort?
00:15:39.400 And if they were criminals,
00:15:41.280 why would he insist America keep them?
00:15:44.820 Does he think Trump is Jimmy Carter or something?
00:15:48.040 So he absolutely capitulated.
00:15:50.300 By the way,
00:15:50.780 Trump said he's going to keep
00:15:52.280 some of those conditions in effect
00:15:54.040 until the plane actually lands
00:15:55.900 with the deportees back in Colombia.
00:15:59.820 After writing that sort of official collapse,
00:16:04.180 he wrote a very long rant
00:16:07.220 that should have been started with,
00:16:08.560 Dear Diary.
00:16:09.920 Now, again,
00:16:10.440 this is translated into English.
00:16:13.000 It's a little kooky.
00:16:14.400 You know what?
00:16:15.080 If you have the time,
00:16:15.780 you should find and read the whole thing.
00:16:16.820 I enjoyed reading the whole thing.
00:16:18.440 It's a little bit poetic.
00:16:19.620 It's a little bit sad.
00:16:20.480 It's a little bit emotional.
00:16:21.760 It's a little bit,
00:16:23.020 I don't know.
00:16:24.160 Let me just read it to you.
00:16:25.480 This is a partial excerpt of his Dear Diary.
00:16:28.640 He said,
00:16:29.080 Trump,
00:16:30.660 I don't really like traveling to the U.S.
00:16:34.080 It's a bit boring,
00:16:35.880 but I confess that there are some commendable things.
00:16:38.700 I like going to the black neighborhoods of Washington
00:16:41.060 where I saw an entire fight in the U.S. Capitol
00:16:44.080 between blacks and Latinos with barricades,
00:16:46.700 which seemed like nonsense to me
00:16:48.120 because they should join together.
00:16:49.800 I confess that I like Walt Whitman
00:16:51.680 and Paul Simon and Noam Chomsky and Miller.
00:16:54.800 I confess that Sacco and Vanzetti,
00:16:56.900 who have my blood,
00:16:58.080 are memorable in the history of the USA,
00:16:59.860 and I follow them.
00:17:01.120 They were murdered by labor leaders
00:17:02.840 with the electric chair,
00:17:04.420 the fascists who are within the USA,
00:17:06.260 as well as within my country.
00:17:08.020 I don't like your oil, Trump.
00:17:10.000 You're going to wipe out the human species
00:17:11.860 because of greed.
00:17:13.420 Maybe one day over a glass of whiskey,
00:17:15.180 which I accept,
00:17:16.220 despite my gastritis.
00:17:17.740 We can talk frankly about this,
00:17:19.400 but it's difficult
00:17:20.040 because you consider me an inferior race,
00:17:22.480 and I'm not,
00:17:23.100 nor is any Colombian.
00:17:24.140 And it goes on and on and on.
00:17:27.720 Hey, fair enough.
00:17:28.580 Let the guy rant.
00:17:29.380 I don't really know what he's saying.
00:17:30.920 He finds America boring.
00:17:32.380 I don't think I've ever heard America called boring.
00:17:35.040 You can call America a lot of things,
00:17:37.000 but boring it is not.
00:17:40.080 And hey,
00:17:40.860 if he sent his private jet
00:17:42.200 to get the gangsters,
00:17:43.660 go for it.
00:17:44.480 I don't know if playing the race card
00:17:46.200 is really going to work here.
00:17:48.140 But hey,
00:17:49.300 he capitulated.
00:17:51.100 By the way,
00:17:51.900 the United States
00:17:52.640 provides millions of dollars every year
00:17:55.580 for the security of Colombia,
00:17:57.180 which is a pretty tough place.
00:17:59.560 I mean,
00:18:00.140 there's terrorists,
00:18:01.020 there's narco-terrorists.
00:18:02.660 Let me quote from the U.S. State Department,
00:18:04.500 report.
00:18:05.640 I'll just read one line.
00:18:07.240 The United States
00:18:07.780 provides security assistance to Colombia
00:18:09.780 to promote Colombia's long-term stability,
00:18:13.160 strengthen its security capabilities,
00:18:15.020 and boost regional security.
00:18:16.980 This security assistance,
00:18:18.300 which total over $90 million
00:18:19.560 in fiscal year 2023,
00:18:22.200 includes funding from a variety of sources.
00:18:24.440 So,
00:18:25.220 yeah,
00:18:25.780 I mean,
00:18:26.000 you're getting almost 100 million bucks a year
00:18:27.960 from Donald Trump,
00:18:29.380 and it's to support you.
00:18:31.240 And,
00:18:31.960 yeah,
00:18:33.540 you've got to take your
00:18:34.560 illegal migrants back.
00:18:35.980 Things are a little bit different now.
00:18:37.180 There's a new sheriff in town.
00:18:38.660 It's not,
00:18:39.320 you know,
00:18:41.440 senile Joe Biden anymore.
00:18:42.940 It's not push over Jimmy Carter.
00:18:44.880 And,
00:18:45.620 what are you going to do about it?
00:18:48.620 Is it unfair
00:18:49.740 what Donald Trump did to you?
00:18:51.260 No,
00:18:51.860 actually,
00:18:52.580 he,
00:18:53.120 he has the right
00:18:54.880 to deport non-citizens.
00:18:56.360 Will Donald Trump stand for BS?
00:18:59.940 It appears not.
00:19:02.460 I think that was exhilarating
00:19:03.900 what happened there.
00:19:05.680 Did you see the amazing clip
00:19:07.140 from Los Angeles the other day?
00:19:08.500 And this is related.
00:19:10.140 It was with the victims of the wildfire
00:19:12.000 in the greater LA area.
00:19:14.360 And you had that atrocious mayor of LA,
00:19:17.040 who's actually a communist.
00:19:18.320 Again,
00:19:18.480 I'm not saying that as an insult.
00:19:19.920 I'm saying that as a description.
00:19:23.820 Listen to the mayor
00:19:24.860 talk about how she didn't want homeowners
00:19:26.880 to have the right
00:19:27.600 to even re-enter their property.
00:19:30.740 And Trump is sitting there.
00:19:31.840 Trump actually went
00:19:32.680 and listened to people
00:19:33.560 and he said,
00:19:34.000 no,
00:19:34.760 they should have the right
00:19:35.620 to go back to their property
00:19:36.640 tonight.
00:19:38.140 Look at this clip.
00:19:39.040 And if individuals want to clear out
00:19:40.780 their property,
00:19:41.480 they can.
00:19:45.540 Well,
00:19:46.040 yes,
00:19:46.560 but you know that you will be able
00:19:48.240 to go back soon.
00:19:50.040 Mr. President.
00:19:50.800 We think
00:19:51.480 within a week
00:19:52.920 that's a long time a week.
00:19:56.620 I'll be honest.
00:19:57.300 To me,
00:19:57.700 everyone's standing
00:19:58.940 in front of their house.
00:19:59.800 They want to go to work
00:20:00.520 and they're not allowed to do it.
00:20:01.620 And the most important thing
00:20:02.720 is for people to be safe.
00:20:05.620 They're safe.
00:20:06.540 They're safe.
00:20:07.100 You know what?
00:20:07.420 They're not safe.
00:20:07.980 They're not safe now.
00:20:09.480 They're going to be much safer.
00:20:12.200 A week,
00:20:12.780 a week is actually
00:20:13.760 a long time
00:20:14.620 the way I look at it.
00:20:15.520 I watched
00:20:16.360 hundreds of people
00:20:18.100 standing in front of their lots
00:20:20.020 and they're not allowed
00:20:20.880 to go in.
00:20:21.760 It's all burned.
00:20:23.200 It's gone.
00:20:24.140 It's done.
00:20:24.700 Nothing's going to happen to it.
00:20:25.820 It's not going to burn anymore.
00:20:26.700 There's nothing to burn.
00:20:27.520 There's almost nothing to burn.
00:20:29.380 And they want to go in there.
00:20:30.740 The people are all over the place.
00:20:32.700 You know,
00:20:33.000 before Trump said,
00:20:34.020 let them back in,
00:20:34.600 and by the way,
00:20:35.040 they were let back in today,
00:20:36.400 you know what the city had planned?
00:20:39.660 An 18-month wait
00:20:42.440 for the government
00:20:43.840 to officially remove the debris.
00:20:47.760 18 months!
00:20:48.840 And no,
00:20:49.700 you were not allowed
00:20:50.240 to remove your own debris.
00:20:51.520 And we are 100% committed
00:20:54.060 to getting this neighborhood
00:20:56.120 rebuilt again.
00:20:57.860 You mentioned a couple of things
00:20:59.280 in terms of us expediting.
00:21:02.060 So I signed executive directives
00:21:04.380 right away
00:21:05.060 so that we could cut the red tape.
00:21:07.100 We could get people back
00:21:08.440 building as fast as possible.
00:21:11.060 And we're going to continue doing that.
00:21:13.300 The one thing is,
00:21:14.280 they are saying
00:21:15.080 they will not be allowed
00:21:16.540 to start for 18 months.
00:21:17.860 No, that will not be the case.
00:21:19.720 Okay, I just hope you're right.
00:21:21.220 You can hold me to it.
00:21:22.280 Four groups said that.
00:21:23.580 No.
00:21:24.200 That would be it.
00:21:24.820 They should be able to do it.
00:21:25.940 They should be able
00:21:26.520 to start tonight.
00:21:27.580 That will not be the case.
00:21:28.800 Trump knows he's got
00:21:29.900 four years as president,
00:21:31.340 and a precious week
00:21:32.160 has already gone by.
00:21:33.400 He is going to do,
00:21:34.840 do, do, do a million things.
00:21:37.000 Do more in a day
00:21:37.900 than previous presidents
00:21:38.920 did in a week
00:21:39.780 or even in a month.
00:21:41.300 And he will simply
00:21:42.600 get to, yes,
00:21:44.300 he's a doer.
00:21:45.320 He's a builder.
00:21:46.320 He's not a DEI hire.
00:21:48.560 I think we should study
00:21:50.080 what happened to Columbia.
00:21:52.900 And I don't think
00:21:54.540 that Trudeau and Melanie Jolie
00:21:55.920 are up to the task.
00:21:57.640 Do you?
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00:22:39.300 Hey, good news.
00:22:40.620 Take a look at this
00:22:41.340 from Ottawa
00:22:42.120 and the Canadian
00:22:42.920 Taxpayers Federation
00:22:43.980 earlier today.
00:22:45.320 I'm Franco Teresano,
00:22:46.660 the Federal Director
00:22:47.360 of the Canadian
00:22:48.080 Taxpayers Federation.
00:22:49.540 And today we're here
00:22:50.420 with a simple message
00:22:51.360 for the government.
00:22:52.780 No taxation
00:22:53.540 without representation.
00:22:55.640 The Canadian
00:22:56.060 Taxpayers Federation
00:22:56.960 is taking the Canada
00:22:58.040 Revenue Agency
00:22:58.980 to court
00:22:59.660 for enforcing
00:23:00.800 the undemocratic
00:23:01.680 and illegal
00:23:02.400 capital gains tax hike.
00:23:04.440 The capital gains tax hike
00:23:05.660 blows a hole
00:23:06.640 through a fundamental principle
00:23:07.840 of Canada's democracy
00:23:09.440 while also blowing a hole
00:23:10.840 in Canada's economy.
00:23:13.320 No taxation
00:23:14.080 without representation
00:23:15.120 isn't just
00:23:15.980 an important principle
00:23:16.940 or a catchy slogan.
00:23:18.720 It's enshrined
00:23:19.580 in the Constitution
00:23:20.340 of Canada.
00:23:21.700 It's Parliament's job
00:23:22.940 to approve tax increases.
00:23:24.780 But the government
00:23:25.380 failed to introduce
00:23:26.420 the legislation,
00:23:27.740 debate the legislation,
00:23:29.220 pass the legislation,
00:23:30.360 or proclaim the legislation
00:23:31.900 into law.
00:23:33.000 And with an election
00:23:34.020 right around the corner,
00:23:35.460 it likely never will.
00:23:37.560 Yet unelected bureaucrats
00:23:39.000 at the CRA
00:23:39.660 are taking billions
00:23:41.020 of dollars
00:23:41.560 from Canadians
00:23:42.660 with this undemocratic
00:23:43.920 tax hike.
00:23:45.220 This is a tax hike
00:23:46.520 that will drag down
00:23:47.420 our economy.
00:23:48.880 This is a tax hike
00:23:49.940 that punishes Canadians
00:23:50.980 who work their entire lives
00:23:52.340 to save for their retirements.
00:23:54.580 This is a tax hike
00:23:55.680 that will push
00:23:56.500 young, smart Canadian graduates
00:23:58.120 who want to start
00:23:59.020 the next Google
00:23:59.700 to leave Canada
00:24:00.940 and set up businesses
00:24:02.200 in other countries.
00:24:04.040 To put it bluntly,
00:24:05.200 this tax hike
00:24:06.160 is a financial sucker punch
00:24:07.580 to many Canadians
00:24:08.760 who worked hard
00:24:09.580 to invest in properties,
00:24:11.440 create businesses,
00:24:12.540 or save for their retirement.
00:24:14.160 You know,
00:24:14.900 our democratic system
00:24:16.600 is broken,
00:24:17.840 our parliament, that is.
00:24:19.360 You have a lame duck
00:24:20.900 prime minister,
00:24:22.260 so low in the polls
00:24:23.660 in some demographics,
00:24:25.200 he's in single digits.
00:24:26.540 I'm not exaggerating.
00:24:28.180 Young men
00:24:29.260 in Saskatchewan
00:24:30.420 and Alberta,
00:24:31.540 it is single digit
00:24:33.160 support for Justin Trudeau.
00:24:34.940 He's dissolved parliament
00:24:36.220 to avoid a confidence vote.
00:24:38.060 He really is like
00:24:38.900 a cornered animal.
00:24:39.860 He's got a few weeks left.
00:24:41.680 He's going to go nuts.
00:24:43.260 Like Joe Biden.
00:24:44.720 As you know,
00:24:45.280 Joe Biden's final days,
00:24:46.460 he was pardoning everyone,
00:24:47.580 pardoning his friends,
00:24:48.800 pardoning his families.
00:24:51.160 I saw this story
00:24:52.800 in the CBC.
00:24:53.420 Did you see this one?
00:24:54.540 There are about
00:24:55.500 10 empty seats
00:24:57.320 in the Canadian Senate.
00:24:59.480 Trudeau is going to
00:25:00.500 go on an orgy
00:25:01.580 of patronage appointments.
00:25:03.600 Three seats from Ontario.
00:25:04.960 It'll be interesting
00:25:05.560 to watch the candidates
00:25:07.380 try and outdo each other.
00:25:09.320 Is Rosemary Barton
00:25:10.520 going to get it?
00:25:11.160 Is Andrew Coyne
00:25:12.020 going to get it?
00:25:12.820 All these journalists
00:25:13.880 are going to,
00:25:14.540 you're going to see
00:25:15.040 more sucking up
00:25:16.000 in the next month
00:25:16.880 than ever in Canadian history.
00:25:18.300 That's what happens
00:25:19.760 when you have a discredited
00:25:20.780 lame duck prime minister
00:25:21.820 who said he'll resign
00:25:23.680 sometime in the future
00:25:25.000 but refuses to go.
00:25:26.880 So how do you stop that?
00:25:28.900 How do you stop
00:25:29.580 an out of control train
00:25:31.580 when the engineer's laughing
00:25:33.720 because he's only got weeks left?
00:25:35.600 Maybe you go to court
00:25:37.580 and that's what
00:25:38.900 the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
00:25:40.500 are doing
00:25:41.200 about an illegal tax.
00:25:43.040 Joining us now
00:25:43.420 to talk about it
00:25:43.920 is our friend
00:25:44.260 Franco Terrizzano,
00:25:45.080 the boss
00:25:45.960 of the Taxpayers Federation.
00:25:48.220 Franco,
00:25:48.780 our parliament is broken.
00:25:50.060 Can we find relief
00:25:50.940 from the courts?
00:25:52.800 Well,
00:25:53.300 we're going to win
00:25:53.820 this challenge.
00:25:54.780 Okay?
00:25:55.160 Now, folks,
00:25:55.680 the Canadian Taxpayers Federation,
00:25:57.040 we're taking
00:25:57.580 the Canada Revenue Agency
00:25:59.240 to court
00:25:59.960 for enforcing
00:26:01.540 the undemocratic
00:26:02.640 and illegal
00:26:03.660 capital gains tax hike.
00:26:05.820 Now, Ezra,
00:26:06.480 you've heard me say this before,
00:26:08.020 no taxation
00:26:08.900 without representation.
00:26:10.920 Okay?
00:26:11.460 But it's not just
00:26:12.900 an important principle
00:26:13.960 or a catchy slogan.
00:26:16.420 It is enshrined
00:26:17.680 in the Constitution
00:26:18.700 of Canada.
00:26:20.540 Okay?
00:26:20.920 It's parliament's job
00:26:22.100 to approve tax increases.
00:26:24.200 Well,
00:26:24.520 the government
00:26:24.980 has failed
00:26:25.960 to introduce legislation,
00:26:28.080 debate legislation,
00:26:29.620 pass legislation,
00:26:30.520 or proclaim legislation
00:26:32.280 into law.
00:26:33.340 And with an election
00:26:34.860 likely right around the corner,
00:26:36.480 it likely never will.
00:26:37.920 And yet,
00:26:38.260 you still have
00:26:39.000 these unelected bureaucrats
00:26:40.280 at the CRA
00:26:41.020 that are going to be
00:26:41.740 taking billions of dollars
00:26:43.260 from Canadians
00:26:44.100 with this undemocratic
00:26:45.600 tax hike.
00:26:46.580 So, you know,
00:26:47.260 at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation,
00:26:48.600 we knew we couldn't
00:26:49.700 let that stand.
00:26:50.880 That's why we launched
00:26:51.760 this legal challenge
00:26:52.920 against the undemocratic
00:26:54.420 and illegal capital gains tax hike.
00:26:56.360 And we're going to win this one
00:26:57.620 because what the government
00:26:58.960 is doing
00:26:59.840 is wrong.
00:27:01.540 You know,
00:27:02.120 I want to read
00:27:02.720 from your press release
00:27:03.740 because you and I
00:27:05.060 talk about politics
00:27:06.000 and ideas,
00:27:07.220 but really,
00:27:08.300 this is the stuff
00:27:09.100 of real life,
00:27:09.920 of ordinary people
00:27:11.580 who are making decisions
00:27:12.640 in their lives
00:27:13.360 and the government
00:27:14.480 is doing a sneak attack on them.
00:27:16.360 Could I read
00:27:16.760 just one paragraph
00:27:17.420 from your press release?
00:27:18.660 And folks,
00:27:19.000 you can find this
00:27:19.680 at the Taxpayers Federation website.
00:27:21.580 The headline is
00:27:22.220 Taxpayers Launching Court Fight
00:27:23.920 Against Undemocratic
00:27:25.260 Capital Gains Tax Hike.
00:27:27.180 Let me just read
00:27:27.700 two sentences, okay?
00:27:29.760 The CTF,
00:27:31.560 Canadian Taxpayers Federation,
00:27:32.760 is representing
00:27:33.580 Debbie Vorstveld,
00:27:35.500 a resident of
00:27:36.520 Mapleton, Ontario.
00:27:37.560 Last year,
00:27:39.120 she and her husband Willem
00:27:40.200 sold a property
00:27:41.600 that included
00:27:42.160 a secondary home.
00:27:43.620 They had rented
00:27:44.440 the secondary home
00:27:45.280 to their adult children
00:27:46.160 but had to sell it
00:27:46.880 when the kids
00:27:47.260 were ready to move on.
00:27:48.720 The CRA says
00:27:49.840 the Vorstvelds
00:27:50.660 must pay higher
00:27:52.040 capital gains
00:27:52.900 under the proposed
00:27:53.840 capital gains increase
00:27:55.400 or face
00:27:56.320 financial penalties.
00:27:58.160 So,
00:27:58.480 you can just imagine
00:28:00.140 literally millions
00:28:01.940 of Canadians
00:28:02.660 making life decisions
00:28:04.440 about something
00:28:05.220 they've worked on
00:28:06.000 building their whole lives
00:28:07.100 the secondary home
00:28:08.580 a business
00:28:09.200 these are regular folks
00:28:10.680 I don't know
00:28:11.340 the Vorstvelds
00:28:12.060 I'm guessing
00:28:12.640 they're not gazillionaires
00:28:14.040 and you've got
00:28:15.280 this illegitimate
00:28:17.100 unfounded tax hike
00:28:19.920 ,
00:28:19.940 that is surely
00:28:21.540 to be swatted down
00:28:22.500 in the next election
00:28:23.340 but it's being collected
00:28:24.680 against them
00:28:25.220 that is really infuriating.
00:28:27.260 I'm so glad
00:28:27.900 you're helping them
00:28:28.520 but they're emblematic
00:28:29.380 of millions
00:28:30.440 aren't they?
00:28:32.160 Well,
00:28:32.380 that's exactly right
00:28:33.440 and I'm glad
00:28:33.980 you brought up
00:28:34.860 this story,
00:28:35.600 right?
00:28:35.780 Because at the end
00:28:36.540 of the day
00:28:37.020 it's easy to throw
00:28:38.240 figures at people
00:28:39.280 like the fact
00:28:40.060 that the capital gains
00:28:41.040 will mean 400,000
00:28:42.240 fewer jobs
00:28:43.020 but at the end
00:28:43.880 of the day
00:28:44.320 it's these individual
00:28:45.620 stories like this family
00:28:47.100 who are being penalized
00:28:48.280 with an undemocratic
00:28:49.320 and illegal tax hike
00:28:50.580 and to your point
00:28:51.760 like not only
00:28:52.680 are we doing it
00:28:53.260 to stick up
00:28:53.760 for this family
00:28:54.500 but what we're trying
00:28:55.200 to do is set a precedent
00:28:56.260 that what the government
00:28:57.580 is doing is wrong here
00:28:59.100 it's undemocratic
00:29:00.160 and it's illegal
00:29:01.020 and we're trying
00:29:02.040 to protect
00:29:02.520 the thousands
00:29:03.400 of Canadians
00:29:04.560 who will be impacted
00:29:06.320 by this capital gains
00:29:08.220 tax hike
00:29:08.800 now many times
00:29:09.960 you've heard
00:29:10.300 the government spin
00:29:11.320 right?
00:29:11.940 Oh,
00:29:12.220 it's just gonna
00:29:12.720 we're just gonna be
00:29:13.460 going after the monopoly
00:29:14.480 man with this tax hike
00:29:15.720 no,
00:29:16.300 no,
00:29:16.420 no,
00:29:16.580 no,
00:29:16.720 no,
00:29:17.020 no,
00:29:17.440 okay?
00:29:17.740 This is going
00:29:18.440 to affect
00:29:19.140 more than a million
00:29:20.500 Canadians
00:29:21.240 half of whom
00:29:22.660 earn
00:29:23.320 $117,000
00:29:25.720 or less
00:29:27.020 okay?
00:29:27.880 this is a financial
00:29:29.360 sucker punch
00:29:30.340 to people
00:29:31.160 who worked hard
00:29:32.060 their entire lives
00:29:33.240 to invest in properties
00:29:34.760 to create businesses
00:29:36.200 and put their neighbors
00:29:37.120 to work
00:29:37.700 and to save
00:29:38.720 for their own retirement
00:29:39.900 but not only that
00:29:41.160 this is also a tax hike
00:29:42.620 that will push
00:29:43.460 that young smart
00:29:44.460 Canadian graduate
00:29:45.500 who wants to start
00:29:46.780 the next Google
00:29:48.080 here
00:29:48.900 to leave Canada
00:29:50.280 and set up shop
00:29:51.140 in another country
00:29:51.980 yeah
00:29:52.500 okay?
00:29:53.300 you know it's funny
00:29:53.720 you mention that
00:29:54.300 because Trump
00:29:55.080 is really
00:29:56.120 jabbing at Trudeau
00:29:57.580 over the 51st state
00:29:58.680 and all that
00:29:59.160 and some people
00:29:59.900 laugh that off
00:30:00.500 but there was a poll
00:30:01.480 by Ipsos
00:30:02.280 last week
00:30:03.560 which is a very
00:30:04.040 reputable pollster
00:30:04.880 and it showed
00:30:06.100 young people
00:30:07.460 again young men
00:30:08.360 in particular
00:30:08.940 they're open to it
00:30:11.000 and I think it's
00:30:11.720 about prosperity
00:30:12.580 so when you say
00:30:14.500 young people
00:30:15.100 would consider leaving
00:30:16.120 I mean Trump
00:30:17.180 is saying hey
00:30:17.740 just join us
00:30:18.440 but no
00:30:18.860 we're talking
00:30:19.640 about a brain drain
00:30:20.500 again
00:30:20.820 I mean if you
00:30:21.560 watch America
00:30:22.280 and I know we all do
00:30:23.100 is we're all riveted
00:30:24.000 he is cutting taxes
00:30:25.860 cutting spending
00:30:26.660 cutting regulations
00:30:27.600 that whole doge idea
00:30:29.360 department of government
00:30:30.520 efficiency
00:30:31.020 if you're a young person
00:30:32.760 and you're ready
00:30:33.920 to start something
00:30:34.740 are you going to start it
00:30:35.800 under a country
00:30:36.480 that's going to ratchet up
00:30:37.580 carbon tax every year
00:30:38.740 or are you going to say
00:30:39.760 you know what
00:30:40.320 I can live in
00:30:42.760 California
00:30:43.520 Florida
00:30:44.180 Texas
00:30:44.900 better weather
00:30:46.760 maybe in the winter
00:30:48.060 and I'll be able
00:30:49.040 I mean I really think
00:30:50.300 that this is a
00:30:51.480 competitive
00:30:52.840 moment for Canada
00:30:54.620 your lawsuit
00:30:55.700 is not just going
00:30:56.860 to save individual
00:30:57.640 families
00:30:58.180 it'll change
00:30:59.280 the whole temperament
00:31:00.160 of taxes
00:31:00.660 in this country
00:31:01.300 well we hope so
00:31:03.380 and Ezra
00:31:03.920 I'm glad you keep
00:31:04.780 bringing it back
00:31:05.240 to the person level
00:31:05.960 right
00:31:06.220 I mean people
00:31:07.220 can't afford
00:31:07.820 groceries
00:31:08.420 right
00:31:09.360 the idea of
00:31:10.020 owning a home
00:31:10.700 is loss
00:31:12.040 for so many people
00:31:13.200 who are in their
00:31:13.880 20s or 30s
00:31:15.560 right
00:31:16.200 like think about it
00:31:17.160 if you can barely
00:31:18.120 afford to pay rent
00:31:19.160 you can't save
00:31:19.980 to buy that home
00:31:20.920 to start the family
00:31:22.240 right
00:31:22.800 I mean look
00:31:23.320 things are very
00:31:24.360 tough right now
00:31:25.240 and one of the
00:31:26.160 biggest reasons
00:31:26.860 for this
00:31:27.520 was all the
00:31:28.560 massive money
00:31:29.280 printing we saw
00:31:30.160 in Ottawa
00:31:30.740 the massive tax
00:31:32.140 increases
00:31:32.760 the runaway
00:31:33.800 deficits
00:31:34.300 the crazy amount
00:31:35.400 of money
00:31:35.740 that the government
00:31:36.400 is borrowing
00:31:37.300 now to circle
00:31:38.520 back
00:31:39.080 to this
00:31:39.800 outrageously
00:31:40.740 undemocratic
00:31:41.500 and illegal
00:31:41.960 capital gains
00:31:42.640 tax hike
00:31:43.240 like
00:31:43.780 the liberals
00:31:45.000 in the 2021
00:31:45.880 election
00:31:46.480 never even ran
00:31:47.840 on a capital
00:31:48.860 gains tax hike
00:31:49.740 okay
00:31:50.420 and this mess
00:31:52.040 is the Trudeau
00:31:53.180 government's
00:31:53.640 own creation
00:31:54.320 okay
00:31:55.120 they chose
00:31:56.080 to not pass
00:31:57.500 the capital gains
00:31:58.180 tax hike
00:31:58.600 with the budget
00:31:59.160 they were going
00:31:59.740 to use it
00:32:00.120 as a partisan
00:32:00.680 wedge issue
00:32:01.340 they chose
00:32:02.440 to prorogue
00:32:03.540 parliament
00:32:04.260 okay
00:32:05.180 so think about this
00:32:06.420 they first announced
00:32:07.680 the capital gains
00:32:08.780 tax hike
00:32:09.300 in their budget
00:32:10.180 what was it
00:32:10.620 last April
00:32:11.280 well parliament
00:32:12.260 is shut down
00:32:13.200 until March 24th
00:32:15.080 so it will have
00:32:16.440 been almost
00:32:17.280 a full year
00:32:18.320 since the capital
00:32:19.040 gains tax hike
00:32:19.900 was announced
00:32:20.560 and the legislation
00:32:22.040 forget not even
00:32:23.260 being passed
00:32:24.020 it hasn't even
00:32:25.460 been introduced
00:32:26.260 yeah
00:32:27.000 I don't know
00:32:27.560 how they can do that
00:32:28.460 hey you know
00:32:29.120 I want to throw
00:32:29.740 a stat at you
00:32:30.560 that I didn't know
00:32:31.260 I heard it the other day
00:32:32.280 and I didn't believe it
00:32:33.180 and I just checked it
00:32:34.500 the IRS
00:32:36.080 the Internal Revenue Service
00:32:37.660 that's what they call
00:32:38.300 the tax department
00:32:39.340 in the United States
00:32:40.360 a country of almost
00:32:42.180 350 million people
00:32:44.120 I don't know
00:32:44.400 the exact number
00:32:44.980 it's about
00:32:45.360 about nine times
00:32:46.640 bigger than Canada
00:32:47.500 they have about
00:32:48.800 90,000
00:32:50.220 approximately
00:32:50.840 90,000
00:32:52.080 full-time equivalent
00:32:53.560 staff working
00:32:54.340 at the IRS
00:32:54.880 let me say that
00:32:55.740 number one more time
00:32:56.420 90,000
00:32:57.540 in Canada
00:32:59.160 our CRA
00:33:00.180 Canada Revenue Agency
00:33:01.380 our version of the IRS
00:33:02.840 has 62,000
00:33:05.960 so they have
00:33:07.640 America is
00:33:09.040 900%
00:33:10.900 bigger than Canada
00:33:12.160 but they only have
00:33:13.580 50% more
00:33:14.620 tax collectors
00:33:16.300 how can Canada
00:33:17.500 have really
00:33:18.660 almost as many
00:33:19.600 tax collectors
00:33:20.340 as all of America
00:33:21.240 like that's so insane
00:33:22.620 we have more people
00:33:23.500 in the CRA
00:33:24.880 than we have
00:33:25.540 in the Canadian Armed Forces
00:33:26.680 how?
00:33:28.440 well let me just
00:33:29.300 put those stats
00:33:30.020 into another context
00:33:31.420 here
00:33:31.700 in Canada
00:33:32.620 there is one tax
00:33:33.900 bureaucrat
00:33:34.380 for every 700 citizens
00:33:35.720 in the US
00:33:36.940 there's one tax
00:33:37.980 bureaucrat
00:33:38.440 for every 4,000 citizens
00:33:39.840 right
00:33:40.700 like look
00:33:41.140 like the bureaucracy
00:33:42.260 is so out of control
00:33:43.460 Trudeau has added
00:33:44.900 108,000 extra bureaucrats
00:33:46.560 in less than a decade
00:33:47.380 okay
00:33:48.120 the cost of the bureaucracy
00:33:49.400 has gone up 73%
00:33:51.560 nobody
00:33:53.080 unless you're getting
00:33:54.120 a taxpayer funded paycheck
00:33:55.440 is getting anywhere close
00:33:57.060 to 70% better services
00:33:58.440 from the federal government
00:33:59.420 and then
00:34:00.520 the government
00:34:01.520 goes after
00:34:02.440 doctors
00:34:03.340 entrepreneurs
00:34:04.240 people saving for the retirement
00:34:05.760 with this capital gains tax hike
00:34:07.440 illegal
00:34:07.920 capital gains tax hike
00:34:09.520 and you have any wonder
00:34:11.220 why people are feeling
00:34:13.020 like there is
00:34:14.140 two distinct
00:34:15.480 Canadas here
00:34:16.380 the taxpayers
00:34:17.580 versus the tax consumers
00:34:19.520 the makers
00:34:20.560 versus the takers
00:34:21.880 and the government
00:34:22.840 and the political elite
00:34:23.900 are running around
00:34:24.920 wondering why everyone
00:34:25.920 is so frustrated
00:34:26.940 and fed up
00:34:27.600 well Canadians
00:34:28.360 should be fed up
00:34:29.360 you know
00:34:30.500 you made me think
00:34:31.080 of an old interview
00:34:32.040 early in Justin Trudeau's
00:34:34.400 political career
00:34:35.280 when he sat down
00:34:36.420 with Peter Mansbridge
00:34:37.240 and he talked
00:34:38.260 with great disdain
00:34:39.560 about people
00:34:40.640 who set up
00:34:41.140 little companies
00:34:41.760 and claimed
00:34:42.300 that they want
00:34:42.760 to do that
00:34:43.240 to dodge taxes
00:34:44.560 I don't know
00:34:44.900 if you remember this
00:34:45.500 here's a clip
00:34:46.460 of that interview
00:34:47.400 showing that
00:34:48.420 Justin Trudeau
00:34:49.080 has never
00:34:49.820 really done anything
00:34:51.820 never taken a risk
00:34:52.860 never suffered
00:34:54.060 never put his
00:34:55.500 blood sweat
00:34:56.300 and tears
00:34:56.720 into anything
00:34:57.440 and that's fine
00:34:59.320 I mean he was born
00:35:00.100 with a silver spoon
00:35:01.600 in his mouth
00:35:02.100 he was born into
00:35:03.000 riches and power
00:35:03.760 and fame
00:35:04.180 fine
00:35:04.540 but he never learned
00:35:06.660 compassion for those
00:35:07.860 who suffer
00:35:08.340 here's that clip
00:35:09.320 of him
00:35:09.560 and Peter Mansbridge
00:35:10.320 a few years back
00:35:11.220 I think small businesses
00:35:12.620 should be paying
00:35:13.300 less taxes
00:35:13.940 we just have to make sure
00:35:14.820 that it's done
00:35:15.300 the right way
00:35:15.860 so there could be
00:35:16.940 a cut for small business
00:35:17.960 we have
00:35:19.180 we'll probably have
00:35:20.300 things to say about it
00:35:21.120 but we have to know
00:35:21.820 that a large percentage
00:35:23.520 of small businesses
00:35:25.160 are actually just
00:35:26.540 ways for wealthier Canadians
00:35:29.220 to save on their taxes
00:35:31.020 and we want to reward
00:35:32.020 the people who are
00:35:32.500 actually creating jobs
00:35:33.940 and contributing
00:35:34.580 in concrete ways
00:35:35.960 so there's
00:35:36.440 there's a little tweaking
00:35:37.360 to do around that
00:35:38.100 I don't know
00:35:38.620 I just feel like
00:35:39.780 and I got to be
00:35:40.560 candid with you
00:35:41.120 I feel like we're
00:35:42.160 whoever the next leader is
00:35:43.360 whether it's Mark Carney
00:35:44.420 you know oligarch
00:35:46.040 master of the universe
00:35:47.140 or Christia Freeland
00:35:49.580 who herself is more
00:35:50.860 middle class
00:35:52.000 but her whole life
00:35:52.860 has been fawning
00:35:54.120 before power
00:35:55.120 she was George Soros'
00:35:56.720 official biographer
00:35:57.620 she was on the board
00:35:58.800 of the World Economic Forum
00:35:59.760 I feel like neither
00:36:01.100 of those leading candidates
00:36:02.280 actually knows
00:36:03.620 what it's like
00:36:04.180 to be an ordinary taxpayer
00:36:05.760 I just feel like
00:36:06.940 they're so out of touch
00:36:07.840 last word to you
00:36:08.540 I know you're non-partisan
00:36:09.460 I just wanted to tell you
00:36:10.520 my thoughts on it
00:36:11.200 last word to you Franco
00:36:12.080 no our leaders
00:36:13.460 have become
00:36:14.160 financially divorced
00:36:15.120 from the people
00:36:15.660 they're supposed to represent
00:36:16.700 right
00:36:17.560 it's called the
00:36:18.540 House of Commons
00:36:19.600 yeah
00:36:20.220 for a reason
00:36:21.100 yeah
00:36:21.520 right
00:36:21.940 but look like
00:36:22.800 they are so
00:36:23.740 financially divorced
00:36:24.820 from the realities
00:36:25.580 facing their constituents
00:36:27.220 right
00:36:27.780 it truly is a bubble
00:36:28.960 in Ottawa
00:36:29.360 when I moved here
00:36:30.160 from Calgary
00:36:30.820 I've heard the
00:36:31.800 Ottawa bubble terminology
00:36:32.960 I couldn't believe
00:36:34.320 just how real it is
00:36:35.660 and a lot of it
00:36:36.700 is like look
00:36:37.540 the capital
00:36:38.720 Ottawa
00:36:39.400 is really
00:36:40.740 like the bureaucrats
00:36:41.820 the politicians
00:36:42.380 they're living off
00:36:43.520 the hard work
00:36:44.160 from the people
00:36:44.760 who actually make things
00:36:46.060 in society
00:36:47.000 right
00:36:47.340 the taxpayers
00:36:48.120 how can we help you
00:36:49.960 with the lawsuit
00:36:51.040 are you crowdfunding it
00:36:52.320 oh yeah
00:36:53.960 well I mean
00:36:54.440 all of our funding
00:36:55.340 is from voluntary
00:36:56.640 donations from Canadians
00:36:58.040 so there's really
00:36:58.600 two things that you can do
00:36:59.600 I mean
00:36:59.860 if you're able to donate
00:37:01.160 of course
00:37:01.600 we would really appreciate it
00:37:02.800 but if you're not able
00:37:04.020 to donate
00:37:04.500 I understand
00:37:05.160 times are really tough
00:37:06.080 please share this video
00:37:07.360 share what we're putting
00:37:08.560 on social media
00:37:09.480 go to taxpayer.com
00:37:11.100 follow us on social media
00:37:12.480 all of that stuff
00:37:13.520 really really helps
00:37:14.360 taxpayer.com
00:37:15.880 there you have it
00:37:16.420 one of the reasons
00:37:16.920 I like Franco
00:37:17.660 and the taxpayers so much
00:37:18.620 is they don't take
00:37:19.720 government money
00:37:20.280 so that means
00:37:21.320 it's up to you and me
00:37:22.280 to chip in
00:37:23.080 I'm sure even 10 bucks
00:37:24.380 would add up
00:37:25.720 I know
00:37:26.020 you have a thousand people
00:37:27.380 chipping in 10 bucks
00:37:28.260 that's going to move
00:37:29.120 the ball down the field
00:37:30.380 keep us posted
00:37:31.760 I know the JCCF
00:37:34.320 the Justice Center
00:37:35.100 they're taking the liberals
00:37:36.120 to court over
00:37:36.940 the dissolution of parliament
00:37:39.120 the prorogation
00:37:40.140 and I didn't think
00:37:41.300 that had a strong chance
00:37:42.520 until I learned
00:37:43.600 that in the United Kingdom
00:37:45.020 they took prorogation
00:37:47.180 to court
00:37:47.520 and won
00:37:48.100 when it was involved
00:37:49.000 with Boris Johnson
00:37:49.800 I thought wow
00:37:50.660 that really is
00:37:52.520 a strong precedent
00:37:53.460 so I now believe
00:37:55.640 these things are possible
00:37:57.160 I was a skeptic
00:37:58.260 wouldn't that be amazing
00:37:59.440 if the Taxpayers Federation
00:38:00.500 in a court ruling
00:38:02.180 saved millions of people
00:38:03.980 from taxes
00:38:04.580 I'm really rooting
00:38:05.420 for you guys
00:38:06.000 come back when you have
00:38:07.100 more news on the lawsuit
00:38:08.100 how it's going okay
00:38:09.060 I will Ezra
00:38:10.540 thank you so much
00:38:11.280 and I just want to say
00:38:12.020 we're going to win this one
00:38:13.000 right on
00:38:14.060 well we're all rooting for you
00:38:15.540 and we'll follow along
00:38:17.280 at taxpayer.com
00:38:18.960 take care my friend
00:38:19.660 hey thank you
00:38:21.200 all right there you have it
00:38:22.360 Franco is our
00:38:23.580 freedom fighter
00:38:24.560 he's our tax fighter
00:38:25.460 stay with us
00:38:26.280 more ahead
00:38:26.740 hey welcome back to you
00:38:39.380 and I guess I'm going to
00:38:40.220 welcome myself back
00:38:41.080 to Canada too
00:38:41.780 I had a very interesting
00:38:42.980 time last week
00:38:43.800 I spent Sunday
00:38:44.960 in Washington DC
00:38:46.200 including with Premier
00:38:47.720 Danielle Smith
00:38:48.820 very interesting
00:38:49.900 Monday
00:38:50.300 was the inauguration
00:38:51.940 I am exhilarated
00:38:54.180 by it
00:38:54.520 I have to say
00:38:55.540 Tuesday
00:38:56.240 I went to Davos
00:38:58.160 it took me actually
00:38:59.180 a full day to get there
00:39:00.080 I had to take three planes
00:39:01.320 and then three trains
00:39:03.340 but Wednesday
00:39:04.420 Thursday and Friday
00:39:05.540 I was there
00:39:06.420 for the World Economic Forum
00:39:07.640 with our great team
00:39:09.420 I thought it was very exciting
00:39:10.360 and I hope you've watched
00:39:11.240 all those videos
00:39:12.000 we put a lot of them
00:39:13.100 on the show
00:39:13.660 but if you haven't
00:39:14.720 gone to
00:39:15.100 wefreports.com
00:39:17.300 please do
00:39:18.100 I don't know
00:39:19.520 there was a lot
00:39:20.140 of very interesting things
00:39:21.320 and I got a lot of letters
00:39:22.440 from you guys
00:39:23.140 let me go through
00:39:23.720 some of them now
00:39:24.440 the first is from
00:39:25.940 Fred Hink
00:39:26.500 who is talking about
00:39:27.500 the bugs
00:39:28.260 that guy
00:39:29.140 handing out
00:39:30.120 energy bars
00:39:31.520 made from bugs
00:39:32.720 Fred says
00:39:33.980 don't see the billionaires
00:39:35.300 lined up to feast
00:39:36.400 should check to see
00:39:37.620 a bug's on the menu
00:39:38.520 anywhere
00:39:39.000 in Davos
00:39:39.780 well
00:39:40.780 we didn't eat
00:39:42.060 in Davos
00:39:42.540 other than
00:39:42.900 at a cafeteria
00:39:43.720 attached to a grocery store
00:39:45.320 and I can assure you
00:39:46.420 there were no bugs there
00:39:47.860 no these are more
00:39:48.840 five star
00:39:49.640 Michelin
00:39:50.320 reviewed
00:39:51.100 kind of people
00:39:51.920 you know what
00:39:53.100 I hated how deceptive
00:39:54.520 these bugs were
00:39:55.620 I mean I was thinking about
00:39:56.640 if someone wants to eat bugs
00:39:58.060 I suppose
00:39:59.380 who am I to say
00:40:00.280 don't
00:40:00.820 I mean
00:40:01.160 we live in a society
00:40:02.540 where there's a lot
00:40:03.300 of awful things
00:40:04.560 that people can choose
00:40:05.420 to do
00:40:05.880 but are you really
00:40:07.280 choosing to eat the bugs
00:40:08.520 if it's kept hidden
00:40:09.920 from you
00:40:10.360 because it's not labeled
00:40:11.460 Diane Mallon says
00:40:13.880 how people queue
00:40:14.840 for compliance
00:40:15.640 will never cease
00:40:16.380 to amaze me
00:40:17.160 well while I was
00:40:18.300 talking to the bug guy
00:40:19.500 who
00:40:20.000 you have to admit
00:40:20.820 he was pretty friendly
00:40:21.680 and he
00:40:22.380 he really did answer
00:40:23.960 all of my questions
00:40:24.900 to the best of his ability
00:40:26.000 I didn't count
00:40:28.000 but I think there was
00:40:28.920 now that I think about
00:40:30.620 about seven or eight people
00:40:31.680 who came by
00:40:32.400 for those
00:40:32.980 energy bars
00:40:34.420 the Sikh guy
00:40:35.560 didn't hear it
00:40:36.940 when I said
00:40:37.720 that's an insect
00:40:38.700 bar
00:40:39.720 he said
00:40:40.140 I don't want to do it
00:40:41.020 but there was this group
00:40:42.040 of young people
00:40:42.660 and I didn't know
00:40:43.460 if they understood it
00:40:44.740 so I
00:40:45.140 because they had
00:40:46.180 a different language
00:40:46.880 I kept saying
00:40:47.440 insects
00:40:47.940 insects
00:40:48.300 I don't know
00:40:49.500 if they all
00:40:50.200 understood it
00:40:51.000 but some certainly did
00:40:52.180 maybe they think
00:40:53.220 of it as some sort
00:40:53.920 of a novelty
00:40:54.580 but I was surprised
00:40:56.260 by how many people
00:40:57.580 if they understood it
00:40:59.700 were happy to eat
00:41:01.440 the bugs
00:41:01.860 maybe young people
00:41:02.660 would just eat
00:41:03.100 free anything
00:41:03.740 I don't know
00:41:05.320 Tilly Sanders
00:41:06.820 said
00:41:07.240 16 grams of sugar
00:41:08.460 would mask any taste
00:41:09.600 and cancel any
00:41:10.380 potential goodness
00:41:11.280 guaranteed
00:41:12.880 none of those
00:41:13.440 bigwigs are eating
00:41:14.180 worms at Davos
00:41:15.000 great interview
00:41:15.940 Ezra
00:41:16.340 you know
00:41:18.080 I'm
00:41:18.520 I am very
00:41:19.740 aggressively
00:41:20.500 against bugs
00:41:21.520 but I wasn't
00:41:22.560 going to take it out
00:41:23.600 so to speak
00:41:24.260 on some guy
00:41:25.540 who was obviously
00:41:26.280 a true believer
00:41:27.040 but he was a really
00:41:28.000 nice guy
00:41:28.460 he wasn't running
00:41:29.040 away from me
00:41:29.660 he wasn't doing
00:41:30.860 a Larry Fink
00:41:31.700 you saw that
00:41:32.320 where Larry Fink
00:41:33.220 has his bodyguard
00:41:33.960 shove us
00:41:34.540 and take photos
00:41:35.160 of us
00:41:35.480 the guy was a nice
00:41:36.840 guy
00:41:37.220 I just don't think
00:41:38.680 his arguments
00:41:39.180 are compelling
00:41:39.780 I want to learn
00:41:40.420 a little bit more
00:41:40.960 about who's behind
00:41:41.700 this Pumbaa
00:41:42.840 I thought it was
00:41:43.960 deceptive
00:41:44.660 that the insect
00:41:45.700 nature of this
00:41:46.540 bar was
00:41:47.140 really
00:41:47.880 inconspicuous
00:41:49.940 no one
00:41:50.880 no one knows
00:41:52.160 that Latin
00:41:52.800 phrase for
00:41:53.700 for bugs
00:41:54.980 I can't even
00:41:56.740 remember it
00:41:57.180 and I said it
00:41:57.660 like 10 times
00:41:58.520 they really
00:42:00.140 are hiding it
00:42:01.320 it was a very
00:42:02.460 interesting trip
00:42:03.100 but I think we
00:42:03.640 might even still
00:42:04.140 be putting up
00:42:04.620 more WEF
00:42:06.480 report videos
00:42:07.140 even today
00:42:07.660 there was so
00:42:08.120 much stuff
00:42:08.740 in fact I know
00:42:09.820 we just put up
00:42:10.320 a new one today
00:42:10.820 about McKinsey
00:42:11.640 so be sure
00:42:12.540 to go back
00:42:12.920 to WEF
00:42:13.760 reports.com
00:42:15.320 and yeah
00:42:15.900 I'd like your
00:42:16.720 opinion on that
00:42:18.260 I mean it's a
00:42:18.780 very expensive
00:42:19.380 project to take
00:42:20.220 six people
00:42:20.800 three journalists
00:42:21.920 Avi, Sheila
00:42:22.720 and me
00:42:23.120 and each of us
00:42:24.060 has a videographer
00:42:24.840 that is a
00:42:25.360 cameraman who's
00:42:25.980 also an editor
00:42:26.720 Benji, Ed
00:42:28.280 and Lincoln
00:42:29.100 so six of us
00:42:30.280 have to fly to
00:42:31.160 Zurich and then
00:42:31.840 take the train
00:42:32.540 up to
00:42:33.020 not to Davos
00:42:34.180 because it's all
00:42:34.760 sold out
00:42:35.220 but to Closters
00:42:36.000 and to go back
00:42:36.660 you know what
00:42:37.940 I hate to say
00:42:38.740 it's close to
00:42:39.420 $50,000
00:42:40.240 on any other
00:42:42.320 week of the year
00:42:43.060 it would be
00:42:43.640 a quarter of
00:42:44.900 that price
00:42:45.440 but that week
00:42:46.820 it's astonishing
00:42:48.940 they quadruple
00:42:50.080 the price
00:42:50.500 or multiply
00:42:51.520 by 10
00:42:52.080 the price
00:42:52.980 of what they
00:42:53.440 can get
00:42:53.780 because everyone
00:42:54.360 wants to be
00:42:54.960 there
00:42:55.220 anyhow
00:42:56.320 I think it's
00:42:57.240 important that
00:42:57.720 we're there
00:42:58.000 and the fact
00:42:58.360 that really
00:42:58.700 no other
00:42:59.160 journalists
00:42:59.620 are
00:43:00.080 other than
00:43:00.600 the regime
00:43:01.080 journalists
00:43:01.500 I think
00:43:02.000 it's important
00:43:02.560 well that's
00:43:03.600 our show
00:43:03.860 for today
00:43:04.400 until tomorrow
00:43:05.720 on behalf
00:43:06.260 of all of us
00:43:06.780 here at
00:43:07.360 Rebel World
00:43:07.780 Headquarters
00:43:08.260 to you at home
00:43:08.860 good night
00:43:09.600 and keep
00:43:10.480 fighting for
00:43:10.940 freedom
00:43:11.320 hey there
00:43:16.080 Rebel News
00:43:16.660 listeners
00:43:17.040 do you have
00:43:18.120 a business
00:43:18.680 or cause
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