Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ What a week, and in so many ways...

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. What a busy, incredible week it was for Rebel News.

00:00:04.100 Starting on Labor Day, where we were putting together a legal case to bust into the leaders'

00:00:08.740 debate that happened. Tuesday was the trial. Wednesday was the court ruling. Wednesday night

00:00:13.120 was the first debate. Last night was the second one. I'm going to sum up a great week for us,

00:00:19.200 but a terrible week for Canadian democracy. And I'll explain why I think that way.

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00:00:49.180 Now, after the election, we're going to put the haywall back up. And my hope is

00:00:52.000 you'll like it enough to stick around. All right, here's today's podcast.

00:00:58.000 Tonight, what a week. But in so many ways, the voters were losers. It's September 10th and this 0.99

00:01:16.600 is the S. Real Vance Show. Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?

00:01:23.780 There's 8,500 customers here and you won't give them an answer. The only thing I have to say to the

00:01:29.360 government about why I publish it is because it's my bloody right to do so.

00:01:33.720 I can't even believe it's Friday already. Monday was Labor Day and we were laboring,

00:01:43.980 especially our lawyers who worked all along weekend. They didn't get a vacation at all

00:01:49.280 because they were working on our emergency challenge to the ban of 11 Rebel News reporters

00:01:55.480 who had applied to attend this year's leadership debates. Now, normally, why would you have to

00:02:00.860 apply to attend? And why would the government be able to say no to you? Well, it's because Justin

00:02:05.680 Trudeau nationalized the leaders debates in this country a few years ago. And it's something to keep

00:02:10.980 in mind. Why would you nationalize something like that? There was never any call for nationalizing it.

00:02:16.600 Who would want that? What kind of mindset would say, I must take that over and governmentize it? 0.98

00:02:22.000 And that'll become clear as I discuss what happened later in the week. So Monday, we actually, it was on

00:02:29.980 Sunday where we submitted our material to the judge. On Monday, the government submitted their material

00:02:38.420 to the judge. So the judge was working on the weekend too. And then Tuesday, we had the three-hour

00:02:44.520 Zoom trial. 2,000 people were watching the trial on Zoom. That's an enormous number. But oh, the judge

00:02:53.160 kept us on tinterhooks. She did not release her ruling until Wednesday morning, the day of the first

00:03:02.180 debate. And I couldn't believe it. Total victory. Absolutely accrediting our 11 journalists. Immediately

00:03:11.520 making us pretty much tied for the largest delegation. Now, she did say that some of our journalists had

00:03:17.620 to participate telephonically as opposed to in the room. But others had to also. The Toronto Star was

00:03:23.140 on the phone, for example. So I didn't get too huffy about that. We were there with one of the largest

00:03:30.060 delegations. I already showed you what happened the first night. Our journalists did a great job.

00:03:36.240 The second night, last night, I want to give you a little bit of an update on it. But I just want

00:03:41.680 to tell you what I make of it. Because now we've settled down on Friday. It's been a busy week.

00:03:46.760 I think it's been one of the most successful weeks that Rebel News has had since we were born. I told

00:03:50.540 our staff at a meeting that I've never been this proud in our six and a half years. I think we worked

00:03:55.820 the best as a team. We made the biggest difference. We fought for freedom. We actually won in court.

00:04:00.600 There were so many things we did right. But I have to say, other than the anecdotes of what our company

00:04:06.460 did and the little victories we had along the way, I think it was awful debates. And I think

00:04:12.220 that it was a failure for voters looking for information. It was a success only if you look

00:04:21.180 at it from the point of view of the government that nationalized the debates and why. It worked

00:04:28.240 for insiders. It worked for the establishment. It shed a light on nothing. There were no revelations.

00:04:36.740 There was no moment where the status quo was challenged. Who does that serve? It serves the

00:04:44.780 incumbents, serves the insiders and the establishment. It had the simulation of a debate. But it was fake

00:04:55.960 in that way. It was a real debate for Justin Trudeau and Aaron O'Toole and that those people should be

00:05:02.340 there leading parties. And they argued back and forth gently. The differences between them are

00:05:06.980 quite minor. They were trying to outdo each other about who was vaccinated the most or who would

00:05:12.080 embrace green energy the most. I think that besides that duopoly of the liberals and the conservatives,

00:05:20.880 and I say this as a former conservative, there's really not a lot of difference between the two

00:05:25.400 parties these days, whether it's carbon taxes or open borders, migration or on firearms. But there

00:05:33.200 were, of course, three other parties in the room, none of whom had any chance at breaking the duopoly,

00:05:41.420 the conservatives and liberals. But they gave, like I say, the simulation. It's like a placebo

00:05:46.580 medicine. It makes you feel like something's real. The NDP will never form government, thank God.

00:05:53.580 Jagmeet Singh is a deeply unserious man. The Green Party was there, again, as a simulation of, well,

00:06:00.620 if you're really protesting things, you can go green. And the Bloc Québécois, by definition,

00:06:07.500 cannot change things. They're not running to be government. The leader of the Bloc himself joked

00:06:13.580 that for him, the difference between the liberals and the conservatives is like the difference between

00:06:17.720 sugar pie or apple pie. He'll have them both because from his point of view, he just wants to

00:06:22.740 see what he can extract. So besides the Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Lumma, the liberals and the conservatives,

00:06:28.100 you had three other contestants in this debate, but they were just there as misdirection, as a fakery

00:06:36.640 that anything was actually contested. Because all five of the candidates on the key issues of the day

00:06:43.940 were in violent agreement with each other. None of them opposed the lockdowns in principle. None of them

00:06:51.280 would say they're against the looming vaccine mandates. None of them would say, well, maybe we're

00:06:56.820 overdoing things. None of them said we've led to, you know, the way we're treating children and injecting

00:07:02.080 them and masking them is inappropriate and actually more dangerous. None of them said that. And so when

00:07:07.280 you have those fringe parties, those dissident protest parties, the Greens and the Bloc and the

00:07:12.500 NDP, it was fake. They're all in harmony. And let me show you a video that they recorded last night

00:07:19.560 when they were all together, the five candidates. They actually made a joint video. Take a look at this.

00:07:27.900 We're all in this together. We've come so far in the fight against COVID. It's time to finish this

00:07:33.680 pandemic for good. So get vaccinated. If you know someone who hasn't, talk to them. For our kids,

00:07:39.840 for our communities, for our economy. It's how we get forward together. Vaccines are safe and effective

00:07:46.640 for use. Vaccines are the best way for you to protect yourself, your family and your community.

00:07:52.180 So get vaccinated. Let's fight COVID-19 together.

00:07:55.500 We all agree getting vaccinated is the way forward. We're all in agreement. This is not a partisan issue. So please get vaccinated.

00:08:02.500 We're united and it's time to get the shot. Vaccines save lives. They're how we're going to beat COVID and it's time for everyone to do it. Get the shot.

00:08:12.500 Get the shot. Now I have no problem with people taking the vaccine. In fact, there might be some people for whom they should take the vaccine. Who am I to judge? Judge for yourself.

00:08:22.500 Ask your doctor. Get advice. Think about it from your point of view. Your own risk. Are you in your 70s or 80s? Do you have underlying conditions? Are you fat? That's one of them. Do you have other problems? Maybe the vaccine's right for you. How would I know?

00:08:38.500 It's your body. But what they claim in that video that I found a lie is that they were all in this together. But no, we're not. We don't all agree on it.

00:08:50.500 And of course, not everyone is being forced to vaccinate. For example, I see the Toronto Police Union, the Toronto Transit Union are saying we're not going to be vaccinated, but others will be and they'll be punished. Students banned from schools.

00:09:05.500 People fired from Air Canada. People fired from Air Canada. People fired from Alberta Health Services. So we're not in it together. There's the ruling class and then there's a class being punished. That was one lie in that video.

00:09:20.500 Another lie is that the, as if the issue is get vaxxed. 80% of adults are already vaxxed. That's far more than is necessary for herd immunity. If the vaccine actually worked. Now we're hearing that you need to get the unvaccinated vaxxed to protect the vaccinated.

00:09:38.500 And that's why we're hearing that you need to get the unvaccinated vaxxed to protect the vaccinated.

00:09:49.500 But how does that make any sense? Doesn't being vaccinated protect you? And if it doesn't, how does getting this guy vaccinated protect you if it didn't protect you? It just doesn't make any sense.

00:10:03.500 I thought it was particularly odious that they included the Bloc Hebecois leader in not just the French language debate two nights ago, but in last night's English language debate. Again, it was a simulation of disagreement. It was in a way controlled opposition.

00:10:18.500 Having the Bloc Hebecois there was simply a way to bash Western Canada, bash the oil sands, bash Alberta. And if you look at the goals of the Green Party, the NDP and the Bloc, all of them can be summed up with bigger governments in an establishment approved way.

00:10:40.500 The Greens would say spend more money on the global warming crisis. The Bloc would say spend more money in Quebec. And the NDP would simply say spend more money.

00:10:52.500 So, as you can see, if you look at the debate through the lens of the establishment, those three alleged protest parties, opposition parties, are actually just auxiliaries of the establishment saying spend more, more government.

00:11:05.500 There wasn't actually any true differences of opinion. It was especially the chutzpah of having a Bloc Quebecois leader in the English language debate targeting English candidates where he's running no candidates, where he has contempt for the English.

00:11:21.500 It was incredible. And you would think, imagine having the Maverick Party. That's that Western rights party. Would you have the Maverick Party in the French language debate to talk to Quebecers, even though they're not running there? No, it would be absurd.

00:11:34.500 Well, no more absurd than having the Bloc in the English debate, except for the Bloc only represents one party in the Maverick Party is running in four provinces.

00:11:44.500 I think that last night Jagmeet Singh showed that he is a deeply empty man. If you can be deep and empty at the same time, there's nothing there.

00:11:52.500 He's a bit of a clothes horse who smiles and is hip with the kids on TikTok. He records little TikTok videos, which is not something most grown men would do.

00:12:01.500 But that's about his level, the low information voter. That's what he's after. He's competing with Trudeau for that.

00:12:08.500 Annemie Paul, who is the hapless Green Party leader, hapless is the word that comes to mind. 1.00

00:12:14.500 She's fighting a civil war within her own party. She's unlikely to win her own seat. 1.00

00:12:19.500 And failing to do so, she'll likely be thrown out the window by her own party. 0.99

00:12:23.500 And she was such low energy and didn't have things to say on many subjects. 1.00

00:12:28.500 Some of the questions, for example, the questions about foreign policy, she simply said, we don't have a policy on certain issues.

00:12:35.500 We don't, she said. It was sort of pitiful to have her there and not to have Maxime Bernier,

00:12:43.500 who everything I said about the narrative and spend more money and agreeing that vaccines and vaccine passports are the way and pandering to Quebec.

00:12:54.500 Every one of those establishment narratives are broken by Maxime Bernier, which is precisely why they had to keep him out, even though he has higher polling polling results than the Bloc or the Greens.

00:13:10.500 And he's coming up on the MVP. As we showed last night on the live stream, if you watched it, the People's Party is now at 11 percent.

00:13:17.500 Now, that's nowhere near enough to win. And it's doubtful that they will actually break into first place in any given riding.

00:13:25.500 But it's more than the Bloc and the Greens combined. And he's running nationwide.

00:13:32.500 And yet they didn't allow him in. That tells you everything you need to know about the debate.

00:13:37.500 But there were some signs of strain in this violent agreement, as I call it.

00:13:43.500 At the last minute, they changed the agenda. They had said they weren't going to talk about foreign policy at all, the Government Debate Commission.

00:13:50.500 But they were so roundly mocked about that, given the thousand day anniversary of the kidnapping of the two Michaels and given the disaster in Afghanistan that they jammed some questions in about that.

00:14:00.500 I think they were ashamed of themselves. I think Trudeau himself was agitated all night and he was a little bit angry, certainly angry at us.

00:14:08.500 He was agitated and angry in a way that is very off brand for him.

00:14:13.500 Remember when he first ran in 2015? It was all sunny ways.

00:14:17.500 He would talk like this and smile and shake his head a bit and talk about how sunny he was compared to that angry man, Stephen Harper.

00:14:25.500 Well, Justin Trudeau was the angry man last night, wasn't he? I don't think it looked good on him.

00:14:31.500 But I think what shone through like a bright light.

00:14:34.500 They didn't mention the name Maxime Bernier all night.

00:14:37.500 They didn't mention the People's Party all night.

00:14:39.500 They did not acknowledge that there's any other way to look at the world other than through the establishment way.

00:14:43.500 They didn't. They just didn't. They pretended like it never existed.

00:14:47.500 They are in their own bubble.

00:14:49.500 But what broke this cartel?

00:14:52.500 Maxime Bernier was not in there.

00:14:55.500 But we were. We had to sue our way in. That's how we started the week.

00:15:00.500 And so our mere presence broke the perfect hologram of a simulated world that's a utopia.

00:15:08.500 Our very presence irritated them.

00:15:10.500 And for example, we mentioned Maxime Bernier and we asked Annamie Paul, why are you here?

00:15:18.500 But not someone with triple your support.

00:15:21.500 And what have you had to say about it?

00:15:23.500 That question was put by our David Menzies. Take a look.

00:15:25.500 Good evening, Miss Paul. Hope you're doing well.

00:15:28.500 Miss Paul, clearly this debate is an insider's club for the political establishment.

00:15:34.500 It banned Maxime Bernier of the People's Party of Canada, even though he was a head of the Bloc Quebec law and Jerome Party, the Green Party, in the polls.

00:15:45.500 It banned me and Rebel News from even reporting until the federal court said that was illegal.

00:15:54.500 Why have you not spoken out against this?

00:15:58.500 Don't you think all voices should be heard in Canada?

00:16:03.500 Thank you for the question. We did have an opportunity to provide recommendations to the Commission establishing the rules for the debates.

00:16:15.500 And certainly from our perspective, having more debates is incredibly important.

00:16:21.500 It is incredibly disappointing that we only had two hours to discuss so many important issues.

00:16:28.500 We spent, I think, 10 minutes or 20 minutes talking about Indigenous peoples, for instance.

00:16:34.500 I don't think we spent even 10 minutes speaking about Afghanistan.

00:16:37.500 So we can see what this new system has created.

00:16:41.500 It's created less opportunities for people in Canada to get to know the parties, to get to know the leaders of those parties, to get to know our positions.

00:16:50.500 That's not a good thing for democracy.

00:16:52.500 In the case of those parties who are not included, I think we do need to find a way for small parties who are trying to establish themselves to have a way of participating and getting known.

00:17:05.500 Otherwise, we do have the same old parties constantly monopolizing the discussion.

00:17:11.500 I give Annamie Paul credit for actually answering that question and for saying, yeah, the more the better.

00:17:18.500 You can tell she's not actually from the establishment like Elizabeth May would be.

00:17:23.500 Elizabeth May for sure would say, keep Maxine Bernier out. 1.00

00:17:26.500 But Annamie Paul has not yet been fully inculcated in the ways of the cartel.

00:17:31.500 But she was actually the only one to truly answer our questions all night.

00:17:36.500 The Bloc Québécois leader has made it clear that he won't talk to us at all.

00:17:41.500 Here's our Lincoln Jay putting a question to him saying, is this how you're going to treat outsiders?

00:17:47.500 Yes, Lincoln Jay, Rebel News.

00:17:49.500 Mr. Blanchet, Trudeau calls people who disagree with him those people and threatens them with consequences.

00:17:56.500 Are you the same way? Do you think there are millions of Canadians who simply don't deserve to participate in politics, journalism or even in the economic life of Canada if they disagree with you on issues like vaccine passports?

00:18:11.500 Je ne réponds pas aux questions de Rebel News.

00:18:13.500 Now, of course, he didn't answer Lincoln Jay. Why should he? He's not looking for votes last night.

00:18:18.500 He was just looking to be like a court jester, an entertainer.

00:18:21.500 I mean, he he was a tourist last night.

00:18:24.500 He has no no candidates running an English candidate.

00:18:27.500 He was just there to pretend that there was a debate going on.

00:18:30.500 He was controlled opposition in a way.

00:18:32.500 You know, you could count on him to say give more money to Quebec and punish the oil sands more in the name of global warming.

00:18:39.500 So mission accomplished. He didn't care about answering Lincoln Jay's question.

00:18:45.500 Jagmeet Singh, on the first debate, refused to answer questions from Rebel News.

00:18:52.500 He refused a great question from Alexa LaVoie.

00:18:55.500 Then our own Catherine Krasnowski was right afterwards and said, why are you treating us like that? 1.00

00:19:02.500 So we had two questions to Jagmeet Singh on the first night he refused to answer.

00:19:08.500 So last night, Sheila Gunn-Reed had a question that Jagmeet Singh and she focused in on him like a laser on it.

00:19:16.500 I thought this was a great question from Sheila. Take a look.

00:19:19.500 You're saying the polls show that your party is between 15 and 20 percent.

00:19:24.500 No party here on the stage tonight is even close to representing a majority of Canadians.

00:19:29.500 This is an absolute divided country.

00:19:31.500 Yet, when conservative journalists like me ask you fair questions on behalf of Canadians,

00:19:37.500 you insult us and refuse to answer a single word.

00:19:41.500 You are like a child putting your hands over your ears.

00:19:44.500 Do you really think you can become prime minister by trying to freeze out any Canadian who disagrees with you?

00:19:52.500 In your own writing, you only got 38 percent of the vote.

00:19:56.500 Is this how you treat the other 62 percent of people who disagree with you?

00:20:01.500 No. Thanks so much.

00:20:03.500 He's just a giggly child. I think Sheila's spot on when he says not answering us.

00:20:08.500 It's like putting your hands over your ears, which is what a child would do.

00:20:11.500 I can't see you. I can't hear you.

00:20:13.500 He's a deeply unserious man.

00:20:15.500 But the most serious question, the most thoughtful, the most substantive question of the evening,

00:20:20.500 not just from our rebel reporters, but any reporter was put by Alexa Lavoie.

00:20:25.500 She was there in person.

00:20:26.500 She's been our most active reporter during the campaign.

00:20:29.500 Now, she asked it in French.

00:20:31.500 So we put English subtitles on him.

00:20:33.500 She asked it of Trudeau.

00:20:34.500 And I got to say this about Alexa Lavoie.

00:20:36.500 I generally don't talk about the appearance of our staff.

00:20:39.500 It's not important. It's not relevant.

00:20:41.500 What's what counts is what's in their brain.

00:20:45.500 But let me put this to you from Trudeau's point of view.

00:20:47.500 Here's a lovely young woman, charming, fashionable, glamorous even from Quebec.

00:20:54.500 And she goes up to the mic and Trudeau eyes her like a lion might eye red meat.

00:21:00.500 I mean, we know that Trudeau is, you know, sexually harasses people, including Rose Knight.

00:21:05.500 We know he excuses sexual harassment in his caucus.

00:21:08.500 Rad Saini, who was accused of sexual harassment by several Liberal Party staffers.

00:21:13.500 They told those staffers to shut up and not rock the boat.

00:21:16.500 So you can almost see Trudeau looking at this glamorous young Quebecois woman,

00:21:22.500 eyeing her up like a piece of meat until he realizes that she has a critical question.

00:21:29.500 Then look at his face.

00:21:30.500 It turns from affection and interest to rage.

00:21:35.500 And you can just see how he has treated other women in his circles before,

00:21:40.500 whether it's Jodi Wilson-Raybould, who he sacked for opposing her,

00:21:44.500 or Jane Philbot, or Celina Seger-Chervin, or anyone who crosses him.

00:21:50.500 He has a special viciousness when it comes to women.

00:21:53.500 So look at how he treats Alexa Lavoie. 0.95

00:21:57.500 But listen to her question.

00:21:59.500 Her question is put in such good faith.

00:22:02.500 And it's the smartest question of the night.

00:22:04.500 And listen to him. Take a look.

00:22:06.500 Take a look.

00:22:07.500 Bonjour, M. Trudeau, Alexandre, pour Rebelle News.

00:22:09.500 Donc, M. Trudeau, je vais revenir rapidement sur ce qui s'est passé hier.

00:22:13.500 Vous avez déabolisé l'un des rares médias qui ne reçoit pas d'argent du gouvernement.

00:22:19.500 Vous avez exprimé votre opinion en disant que nous propageons la désinformation.

00:22:24.500 Si c'était vrai et si c'était le cas, la Cour fédérale ne nous aurait pas permis d'être ici aujourd'hui.

00:22:31.500 Je suis moi-même scientifique et je me base sur les faits.

00:22:35.500 Ma question est la suivante.

00:22:37.500 L'Israël est l'un des pays les plus vaccinés au monde.

00:22:42.500 Ils sont rendus maintenant à leur quatrième rappel de vaccin.

00:22:45.500 Ils ne considèrent plus que ceux qui ont reçu deux doses de vaccin sont pleinement vaccinés.

00:22:51.500 Ma question est…

00:22:54.500 Plusieurs Canadiens ne désirent pas avoir un rappel de vaccin.

00:23:00.500 Allez-vous leur enlever leurs privilèges reliés au passeport vaccinal?

00:23:08.500 Et…

00:23:10.500 Aurez-vous l'obligence de répondre à ma question en tant que premier ministre?

00:23:14.500 Ou allez-vous encore déaboliser mon média?

00:23:17.500 J'ai partagé ma perspective sur ton organisation hier soir.

00:23:22.500 Je n'ai plus rien à dire.

00:23:24.500 Ça demande bien qui vous êtes. Merci.

00:23:26.500 J'ai partagé de France, pour faire beaucoup de奨omie de France,

00:23:29.500 et il va montrer que c'est �T Brisel それ par

00:23:49.320 Well, hang on. We actually pay you to be the prime minister. And this was a government-run circus that you put together, the only English language debate, and you are refusing to answer a question of interest to millions of Canadians? For what?

00:24:04.100 I mean, whatever sins you accuse me or Rebel News of, Alexa is surely not guilty herself. She's fairly new to our team, and she's outstanding. But it showed you the contempt Trudeau has for anyone or anything or any ideas outside the pre-screened bubble of this fake debate.

00:24:24.580 This is what they would have done to Maxime Bernier had he been in there, the contempt and the hatred for him. Now, he didn't sue his way in like we did. The contempt that they have for Bernier and the contempt that they have for Alexa Lavois is actually not the contempt that they have for me or Rebel News. It's the contempt they have for you, for daring not to submit to the way they say the world ought to be.

00:24:50.880 Well, there's low interest in the debate. It was so boring. It was so poorly run. Even in the question-and-answer scrums, they took away the supplementary question for reporters so they couldn't follow up on the rudeness of the candidates.

00:25:05.580 Compare the low interest in the debates with the high interest. Look at these crowds here, pictures of Maxime Bernier's rallies across the country, easily the largest of any party.

00:25:16.500 I don't know. I don't know. Can you call it the purple wave? Maybe the polls are just a blip, but maybe people are waking up to the fact that you've got the five-party cartel and you've got the one outsider. I don't know.

00:25:28.500 I want to show you some real news, though, because in these official leaders' debates, they had a lot of fake news. In the Quebec language debate two nights ago, they actually brought in a child actor to read some questions about global warming.

00:25:41.080 And all the politicians, one after the other, pandered to this child, saying how much they agree with him. He said, I have to. This is a child. This is a setup, a stunt. This is not the real news of the day.

00:25:51.100 Let me show you something that a child should actually be asking about. But a child doesn't read the Telegraph of London, so maybe what the parents of a child should be asking about.

00:26:03.280 This is a real story in the Telegraph of London, one of the most prestigious newspapers in the entire United Kingdom.

00:26:10.080 It shows that for teenage boys, they are six times as likely to be admitted to hospital for heart inflammations as they are to be admitted to hospital for the coronavirus itself.

00:26:25.800 The so-called cure is six times riskier to teenage boys than the virus the vaccine is meant to cure.

00:26:34.280 And yet, in the UK, they are dead set on injecting it into teens, just like we already do here in Canada.

00:26:43.680 That was the kind of question Alexa was talking about. And that question was never put in two nights worth of government debates. Do you see what I mean?

00:26:54.860 They had enormous conversations on wokeness, on should there be aboriginal official languages, on should flags be at full mast or half mast, and what Paris global warming targets should we meet and how fast.

00:27:11.820 All these fake debates to give the simulation of disagreement and the simulation of engagement with the issues of the day,

00:27:20.140 and yet something that millions of Canadian moms are worried about, well, the vaccine hurt my kids, never was raised.

00:27:28.620 Like I say, it was a fake debate. And all the media there were fake media because they were all on the payroll except for us.

00:27:35.380 That's why they were all raging against us.

00:27:38.280 That's why I don't agree with that video I showed you earlier of the five politicians saying, we're all in this together.

00:27:45.680 No, we're not, mate. Your little club is all in it together, just for you.

00:27:51.860 But you've pushed everyone else outside, and he won't even give us the courtesy of talking to us.

00:27:57.660 I think that it was a disastrous week for our democracy.

00:28:01.600 But it was a great week for us at Rebel News, who showed that if you fight, sometimes you can win.

00:28:08.240 And just because Trudeau and his cartels say freedom doesn't matter, and independent press doesn't matter,

00:28:14.460 well, tell that to the federal court.

00:28:16.900 I think we have a lot of battles ahead, but it was a great week for rebels.

00:28:20.600 And just because Justin Trudeau won't answer Alexa Lavoie, doesn't mean she's going to stop and doesn't mean we will either.

00:28:28.100 Now, instead of showing you a guest interview, I want to show you a couple more things that we did yesterday

00:28:33.100 when our whole team was in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.

00:28:36.220 There were lots of protesters on the street, and even a washed-up old CBC comedian called Mary Walsh. 0.71

00:28:43.120 You might remember her as Marg Delahunty.

00:28:46.260 Our friend David Menzies caught up with her.

00:28:48.860 And again, I'll give her more credit than I give to Trudeau or Jagmeet Singh.

00:28:51.860 She actually talks to us, unlike they did.

00:28:54.540 I'm going to show you that video in another, and I'll bid you adieu.

00:28:57.540 What a great week. Thank you for your support.

00:28:59.360 We don't take a dime from Justin Trudeau, which is why we are able to be as independent as we are.

00:29:04.740 We will never join the cartel, unlike the other guys.

00:29:09.340 That's it for me. I'll say goodbye now, but enjoy these videos.

00:29:12.640 Film this week.

00:29:13.480 Film this week.

00:29:34.100 We PC!

00:29:34.940 We PC!

00:29:35.380 Well, folks, I'm with Jean-Jacques De Granet.

00:29:47.880 He is the People's Party of Canada candidate for Ottawa venue.

00:29:53.580 And Jean-Jacques, I mean, we're outside the venue that is hosting the leaders debate.

00:29:59.100 And I was here two years ago, and there was a leader there that time who isn't here this time, namely Maxime Bernier.

00:30:07.900 What do you feel about the fact that even though the People's Party of Canada is trending pretty nicely in the polls these days,

00:30:16.260 your leader doesn't have a space at the debate table?

00:30:19.700 I think it's really too bad.

00:30:21.080 I think what it does is that it stops Canadians from hearing that one dissenting voice that is needed for Canadians to be able to make a choice,

00:30:31.760 a good choice based on information.

00:30:34.260 And it's just not happening.

00:30:35.860 Therefore, you know, Canadians, unless, of course, they've been looking to Rebel News or to other of our media,

00:30:45.040 well, they won't have any idea what to vote for.

00:30:47.420 So that's why it's too bad.

00:30:49.480 Yeah, it's a shame in Canada.

00:30:51.400 We're supposed to be a democratic state.

00:30:53.860 We have more candidates than the last time.

00:30:56.520 So we have candidates from Vancouver to Halifax to in Quebec.

00:31:01.220 So almost everywhere.

00:31:02.840 So we represent many, many people through the Canada.

00:31:05.980 And Maxime has a speech to tell some things to say to the people.

00:31:12.520 The liberty is one of them.

00:31:14.380 And we lack of liberty right now.

00:31:16.820 We see it.

00:31:17.720 And it's a big issue.

00:31:19.080 We have a COVID issue right now.

00:31:21.080 But they try to silence him.

00:31:24.860 But he won't be silenced.

00:31:26.200 You saw what he go when he go to the West.

00:31:30.000 So he had many people willing to listen to him because he has something to tell.

00:31:34.580 And he should be.

00:31:36.000 You are Lucila Miranda.

00:31:37.700 What writing are you running in, Lucila?

00:31:39.620 Yes.

00:31:40.200 Me, I was a liberal for my life.

00:31:43.000 Then I became conservative, yes, all my life.

00:31:45.180 And I worked for them for the election all the time.

00:31:48.840 And then I became, once I saw Trudeau, I was so happy.

00:31:52.280 Then I said, do we vote because we were liberal?

00:31:56.740 Then I heard Mr. Trudeau and I said to myself, that little man, it's a detector.

00:32:02.640 Well, you know, this is a fascinating story.

00:32:05.340 So you were a liberal supporter and originally a Trudeau supporter.

00:32:08.360 What was it that the Trudeau liberals did to make you go all the way over to the other

00:32:14.280 end of the political spectrum?

00:32:15.760 Because I have a feeling that Mr. Trudeau and the liberals are doing something here very

00:32:20.180 bad.

00:32:20.660 They want to control us.

00:32:22.180 OK, I believe in the COVID, but I think it's the way to control people.

00:32:26.800 And why Mr. Bernier cannot talk?

00:32:29.180 Why?

00:32:29.560 Why?

00:32:30.040 It's because they want to control people.

00:32:31.620 What is the unspoken reason why Mr. Bernier is not here today?

00:32:39.200 I suppose because he's the voice of dissent.

00:32:41.900 I also suppose it's because he wants to sort of bring us back to real conservative values

00:32:49.660 where people are free and responsible.

00:32:53.300 And I suppose that the present politicians that we have right now do not seem to accord

00:32:57.840 very well with that.

00:32:58.860 They would rather people just do what they are told by this government.

00:33:03.280 Mr. Maxime Bernier does not belong to that class of politicians.

00:33:06.240 He believes that Canadians are intelligent.

00:33:10.160 They have the capacity to take decisions, to make decisions that are good for themselves

00:33:15.200 and by extension for their family and for their community.

00:33:18.500 It must be in the debate.

00:33:19.600 So, then the people will have to choose properly what they want in the vote for the leader.

00:33:26.020 We're here for the Prime Minister of Canada.

00:33:29.320 It's important to hear all candidates as much as possible and much more if they're serious

00:33:36.120 with many candidates from coast to coast.

00:33:38.060 I think most of you do have people behind them and they must have something in the back,

00:33:43.440 something they want to control the Canadians. 0.94

00:33:45.900 And he's a man that we cannot trust and we cannot trust liberals.

00:33:49.280 We cannot trust conservative others.

00:33:52.240 We want freedom like we used to have.

00:33:54.840 And you know what?

00:33:55.860 They talk only about COVID.

00:33:57.660 What about people are dying from cancer and all those?

00:34:01.560 They don't deserve anything.

00:34:03.420 You must get this all the time, especially from conservatives.

00:34:07.500 And of course, Maxime Bernier used to be with the Conservative Party of Canada,

00:34:10.740 was a hair away from being its leader in 2019.

00:34:15.160 People will say there are so many ridings that are very close

00:34:19.420 with PPC candidates in the same riding as conservatives.

00:34:24.720 There might be, and we saw that in the last election,

00:34:27.180 some ridings that go to the Liberal candidate by default.

00:34:30.580 You are splitting the right-of-centre vote.

00:34:33.460 How do you react to that response?

00:34:35.980 Well, from a personal point of view,

00:34:38.640 I think there's some value to that in certain areas of the country.

00:34:43.880 However, there's many areas where that is probably not true.

00:34:48.740 In fact, it's not just probably not true, it's not true at all.

00:34:51.480 I think that in many places, people will vote from their values,

00:34:55.760 from what they truly believe is the correct thing.

00:34:58.160 And therefore, they cannot vote for the CPC,

00:35:01.820 whose values have changed over the last 20 years to a large extent.

00:35:06.300 And so, therefore, this is what's going to carry that.

00:35:08.680 As I said, in certain ridings, you have certain candidates that are probably,

00:35:15.260 well, for example, in Ottawa, Vanier,

00:35:18.080 which has been a Liberal riding for a very long time,

00:35:22.120 it's probably time to put someone who can speak loud,

00:35:27.280 who can give the proper message across,

00:35:30.880 get the proper message across,

00:35:32.920 and then so that we actually get someone with those values,

00:35:37.000 the Conservative values in Parliament,

00:35:39.400 in order to ensure that those voices are heard in the House of Commons.

00:35:43.260 Well, fair enough.

00:35:43.940 We'll see what happens on September 20th.

00:35:47.120 Oh, hey, March Warrior Princess, right?

00:35:49.360 How you doing?

00:35:49.840 David Menzies with Rebel News.

00:35:51.220 How you doing there?

00:35:51.900 Oh, the Rebel News.

00:35:53.120 That's so nice.

00:35:53.700 You've been in the need of the princess.

00:35:54.380 Yes, well, now I've gone Warrior Queen now.

00:35:57.120 Oh, it's Warrior Queen.

00:35:57.960 You can be a princess forever, you know,

00:35:59.660 because then you'll be rolling around drunk in the Island of Mystique

00:36:02.580 like Princess Margaret or something.

00:36:03.840 Sounds like an option.

00:36:04.820 You've got to, you know, move on.

00:36:06.560 You know, I've got to ask you, Marge,

00:36:07.620 you're right in front of the People's Party of Canada people here,

00:36:11.820 a lot of the candidates here,

00:36:12.820 and Maxime Bernier, the leader,

00:36:15.360 his official position is he wants to defund the CBC.

00:36:20.180 What do you think about that?

00:36:21.100 Well, that's such a new idea, isn't it?

00:36:22.980 I have never heard that before.

00:36:24.600 Isn't that interesting? 0.99

00:36:25.900 Every single goddamn conservative through the history, 0.99

00:36:29.120 since I've been alive, has wanted to do that. 0.99

00:36:31.740 So maybe Mr. Bernier could come up with something new.

00:36:34.460 But you know what?

00:36:35.720 Isn't there merit to that?

00:36:37.040 Maybe defund the rebel media.

00:36:38.600 Well, you know what?

00:36:39.100 Nobody ever threatens to defund you guys, do they?

00:36:41.440 Well, they can't because we ask for donations,

00:36:43.840 we sell subscriptions.

00:36:45.400 Why is it that Canadian taxpayers are forced into funding the CBC

00:36:49.940 to more than a billion a year?

00:36:51.780 Why are the British taxpayers forced into supporting the BBC,

00:36:55.160 one of the greatest public broadcasters in the world?

00:36:58.160 The CBC is right up there with that.

00:37:00.100 And it's Canadians.

00:37:01.380 Nobody's forced.

00:37:02.380 Canadians is Canadian's choice. 0.98

00:37:04.000 They can vote for Mr. Bernier,

00:37:05.460 and he can defund the CBC.

00:37:07.020 I mean, that's what democracy is all about.

00:37:09.960 But Marge, I'm sorry.

00:37:13.180 I apologize.

00:37:14.640 We've never had the option to opt out.

00:37:17.520 It's kind of like Roger's negative option billy.

00:37:19.600 Mr. Harper said he was going to do it.

00:37:21.280 He just didn't do it.

00:37:21.980 He didn't.

00:37:22.780 But that's, you know,

00:37:24.600 sometimes they don't keep their promises, do they?

00:37:26.640 But now Mr. O'Toole is promising to do it too.

00:37:30.440 So there you go.

00:37:31.240 Vote for Mr. O'Toole.

00:37:32.400 And CBC is gone.

00:37:33.600 But Marge, why the entitlement?

00:37:35.680 Why the entitlement that you are so, you know,

00:37:38.700 entitled to taxpayer dollars?

00:37:40.300 It's not an entitlement.

00:37:43.020 It's simply democracy.

00:37:44.500 If you don't,

00:37:45.520 if the Canadian people no longer want the CBC,

00:37:47.760 they've just voted in Mr. O'Toole or Mr. Bernier,

00:37:50.600 and they ax the CBC and it's gone.

00:37:53.040 That's the beauty of democracy,

00:37:56.000 as opposed to like rebel media.

00:37:58.000 But anyway, I have to go.

00:37:59.600 Well, I think our fundraising is the most honest there is.

00:38:02.140 I've said it a million times now,

00:38:03.840 so I can't say it anymore.

00:38:05.000 But if people want to get rid of the CBC,

00:38:06.640 then that is their absolute right.

00:38:08.560 That is the right as Canadians to not have it, 0.99

00:38:10.920 to vote for the people who have promised to cut it.

00:38:13.220 Why not just sell advertising or do the PBS model?

00:38:15.720 Wow.

00:38:16.720 Wow.

00:38:17.900 Wow.

00:38:18.720 Wow.

00:38:18.860 Wow.

00:38:19.360 Wow.

00:38:19.860 Wow.

00:38:20.360 Wow.

00:38:20.860 Wow.

00:38:20.920 Wow.

00:38:21.360 Wow.

00:38:21.860 Wow.

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00:38:22.920 Wow.

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00:38:24.920 Wow.

00:38:25.920 Wow.

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00:38:32.700 Wow.

Rebel News Podcast - September 11, 2021

EZRA LEVANT ｜ What a week, and in so many ways...

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