Rebel News Podcast - Prosecuted for being rude： British Columbia's socialist government wants to ticket “hateful” behaviour

00:00:00.000 Hello, my Rebels. In today's podcast, I tell you about a B.C. politician who wants police to have

00:00:05.160 the power to give you a ticket if you say something rude or hateful or he's not even sure what. He

00:00:12.160 just knows he wants to ticket you. That's coming up in a moment. But before I give you that podcast,

00:00:17.900 let me invite you to become a premium member of The Rebel. Just go to premium.rebelnews.com

00:00:24.780 and it's eight bucks a month. You get the video version of this podcast. Okay, here's today's

00:00:31.720 podcast. Tonight, it's official. The government is going to prosecute you if you're rude. Can we do

00:00:52.820 the same to them? It's November 21st and this is The Ezra Levant Show. Why should others go to jail

00:01:00.700 when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know? There's 8,500 customers here and you won't give

00:01:05.980 them an answer. The only thing I have to say to the government about why I'm publishing it is because

00:01:11.200 it's my bloody right to do so. You know it's not against the law to be rude, right? And it's not

00:01:22.360 against the law to be wrong. I think that's really important even though we all want to be right,

00:01:27.840 not wrong. And we usually don't want to be rude unless there's a really good reason. Because

00:01:32.740 sometimes rudeness is appropriate. And even if it's not, it's still our right to express ourselves and

00:01:37.780 maybe being rude has its uses. Can I give you an example? In 1968, a 19-year-old California hippie

00:01:46.580 named Paul Cohen wore a shirt into a courthouse with the words, I'm going to swear here,

00:01:54.300 fuck the draft written on it. I've told you this story once before at Sun News. So this teenage hippie, 1.00

00:02:00.940 I mean 1968 was the peak hippie year of all time. I mean you had revolutions around the world,

00:02:07.440 protests everywhere, Vietnam, etc. So this teenage hippie wants to get in on it in Los Angeles.

00:02:14.660 So he wore this into a court and he was arrested for disturbing the peace, for wearing that shirt.

00:02:23.160 Now the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which finally ruled on the matter in 1971.

00:02:29.800 And the court said that t-shirt was protected speech and specifically the swear word itself.

00:02:39.240 One man's vulgarity is another's lyric, the court ruled.

00:02:46.200 It wasn't just the court's way of saying that everyone has a different standard of what's rude.

00:02:50.680 The court said that being rude actually had value.

00:02:56.600 Because had Cohen just worn a shirt that said something like,

00:03:00.060 excuse me, but I politely object to the draft, it would have had a different meaning.

00:03:06.420 It would have been less urgent, less desperate, less passionate, right?

00:03:10.580 Now you don't have to like it.

00:03:12.800 In fact, I think that's the point. I think you're supposed to be bothered by it.

00:03:18.080 But that's what free speech means.

00:03:19.500 You can have a rude shirt and not go to jail over it.

00:03:24.200 Now that was a long time ago when the left cared about free speech

00:03:29.260 because they were using free speech to bash the right, or what they considered the right.

00:03:35.160 American power, the American military, American wars, whatever.

00:03:38.820 Well, fast forward 50 years and the left has the power now.

00:03:42.560 They got it in part by using free speech so they don't really like free speech anymore.

00:03:47.200 At least they don't really need it anymore and they don't want their critics to use it.

00:03:51.160 Look at this story. Look at this story out of British Columbia.

00:03:53.220 B.C. government looking into fines for people who engage in racist behavior.

00:04:00.100 The B.C. government is looking into whether people who engage in racist behavior can be ticketed.

00:04:05.400 Delta North NDP MLA Ravi Kallon has sent a letter to Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth

00:04:11.040 formally requesting the province look into what powers the province has to crack down on racist and hateful behavior.

00:04:18.500 Can you believe that?

00:04:19.660 The Public Safety Minister, that's someone who's supposed to be in charge of counterterrorism,

00:04:25.680 counter-extremism, border security, that sort of thing.

00:04:29.020 Maybe even organized crime, of which British Columbia has quite a lot.

00:04:32.820 But mean words are what's important to the socialist government out there.

00:04:38.680 That's what the Public Security Minister is going to look into.

00:04:40.580 I understand that some jurisdictions have implemented new, non-criminal sanctions to deter this behavior,

00:04:48.680 such as ticketing, the letter reads.

00:04:51.160 I would be grateful if your ministry could determine what options might be available to better deter perpetrators.

00:04:55.580 What jurisdictions are those? Iran? North Korea? Get this.

00:05:02.220 Kallon has been traveling the province to meet with people about hate and racism in B.C.

00:05:09.020 Really? Is that what he's doing?

00:05:11.520 He's literally going around the province whipping up divisions.

00:05:15.240 Let's talk about hate, everybody.

00:05:16.540 B.C. is one of the most racially diverse provinces.

00:05:20.280 There are entire municipalities that are majority-minority, like the city of Richmond.

00:05:25.420 But he's claiming somehow there's some sort of systemic racism.

00:05:30.940 Kallon himself, that's him there, is proof of that.

00:05:35.240 He was born in B.C.

00:05:37.400 Absolutely no barriers to his meteoric rise.

00:05:40.460 He was a sports hero, you know.

00:05:42.660 He actually went to the Olympics.

00:05:43.760 Now he's an elected politician in high office.

00:05:47.320 Sorry, you can't have that kind of a charmed life in a hateful, racist place.

00:05:53.540 It's just not true.

00:05:55.120 He's proof it's not true.

00:05:56.540 It's super gross to me that he's trying to whip that up where there is none.

00:06:00.880 It's like Hetty Fry, remember 20-odd years ago, 0.99

00:06:03.720 claiming there were literally crosses burning as we speak in Prince George,

00:06:07.540 which just was not true.

00:06:09.480 The letter, quotes the story,

00:06:14.760 comes as communities have noticed a rise in groups like the Soldiers of Odin

00:06:18.300 and the Yellow Vest Movement,

00:06:20.440 which drew criticism for attracting some members of the far right.

00:06:24.820 People are afraid in their communities.

00:06:27.040 They know that these hate groups are organizing in communities,

00:06:30.480 Kallon said in an interview.

00:06:31.660 My request to the Solicitor General was to do a scan of what other jurisdictions are doing

00:06:37.720 to address public hate speech.

00:06:39.740 Really?

00:06:41.880 The Yellow Vest Movement is scaring people?

00:06:45.600 The far right?

00:06:47.120 You know what the Yellow Vest Movement is about. 0.56

00:06:49.720 It started in France.

00:06:51.080 It's against the carbon tax there.

00:06:53.040 People who are against carbon tax, is that the far right and the hate group?

00:06:56.600 What does that even mean?

00:06:57.600 The Soldiers of Odin, I've heard of them.

00:06:59.540 That's what, 10 guys in leather jackets, half of whom are undercover cops?

00:07:04.680 Out of a province of 5 million people?

00:07:07.100 Yeah, sorry, that's not a thing.

00:07:10.320 They're making an issue here.

00:07:13.040 Several communities also expressed concern to Kallon

00:07:15.160 that new hate groups are establishing themselves in B.C.

00:07:17.720 and are seeking legitimacy by registering as societies under the Societies Act.

00:07:22.340 To address that, Kallon is asking the B.C. government

00:07:25.040 to speak to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service

00:07:28.060 about ensuring B.C. is doing everything possible

00:07:30.580 to prevent the growth of these groups.

00:07:34.360 What groups?

00:07:36.980 What is a hate group?

00:07:38.280 And should they be banned from incorporating as a society?

00:07:41.200 I know what a banned group is in Canada.

00:07:44.080 We have a list of them, actually.

00:07:46.360 Here's a list right here.

00:07:47.480 It's basically a list of terrorist groups.

00:07:51.620 Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram.

00:07:57.840 It's a list that the Department of Public Safety publishes.

00:08:00.520 You can see it.

00:08:01.520 Mainly Muslim terrorist groups. 0.97

00:08:03.180 It won't surprise you to learn.

00:08:05.080 But they're not hate groups.

00:08:06.600 Hate.

00:08:07.400 Yeah, they're hateful, but hate's not what put them on the list.

00:08:10.080 It's not illegal to hate.

00:08:12.560 Hate's a natural human emotion.

00:08:15.020 What gets you on the list is when you become criminal, violent,

00:08:18.260 terrorist violence, organized crime.

00:08:19.760 That's something different.

00:08:22.120 What on earth does it mean to want to ban people, for example,

00:08:25.320 who wear yellow vests from organizing?

00:08:29.560 That's not even an official thing.

00:08:32.180 It's just a symbol anyone could wear.

00:08:34.240 It's like wearing those pussy hats at a women's march. 1.00

00:08:37.500 Is that a hate symbol?

00:08:38.980 What are you going to do?

00:08:39.720 Ban pink hats?

00:08:41.320 I don't even understand what they're really trying to do,

00:08:44.780 but boy, are they trying to do something.

00:08:46.980 Ticketing people for hate, they say?

00:08:49.700 Does that include off-color jokes?

00:08:52.080 Does it include mean words?

00:08:54.620 Like the N word for blacks.

00:08:56.500 I would never say that word.

00:08:57.560 It's a terrible word.

00:08:59.120 But I actually hear that word every day

00:09:01.120 because I listen to the radio,

00:09:03.420 and there's rap music on the radio,

00:09:04.780 and I hear that word a lot.

00:09:06.060 Is there a special exemption for that word in rap songs,

00:09:11.000 or does it depend on who says it?

00:09:12.880 What words are banned, and what words aren't?

00:09:15.820 Are we going to give that power to politicians?

00:09:17.380 If you are of a certain race,

00:09:19.260 can you make fun of that race?

00:09:21.120 If you're of a certain religion,

00:09:22.480 can you criticize your own religion?

00:09:24.400 And is that the only people who can?

00:09:26.340 Why are we even talking about this,

00:09:28.900 other than some authoritarian extremist

00:09:31.580 wants more power over what you can do or say?

00:09:34.280 Look at this insanity.

00:09:36.740 It's not just that one MLA.

00:09:38.660 This is from the same B.C. New Democrat Party.

00:09:41.800 It's another MLA there.

00:09:45.360 Many people in my community are voicing their fear

00:09:48.560 that civilization is once again teetering

00:09:52.940 on the brink of violent upheaval.

00:09:56.180 Really? In B.C.? Is that what's going on?

00:09:59.960 It is unnerving how much of what is happening

00:10:02.760 around the world today resembles

00:10:04.020 what we now know is taking root in Germany and Italy

00:10:06.580 almost 100 years ago.

00:10:07.800 The deliberate spread of misinformation,

00:10:09.960 the systemic degradation of political discourse,

00:10:12.960 rhetoric that portrayed life as a dog-eat-dog struggle

00:10:15.280 in which one could only gain at the expense of another,

00:10:17.720 and the fanning of the flames of regional

00:10:19.480 and national grievance,

00:10:21.340 all creating a sense of crisis

00:10:22.800 that encouraged citizens to voluntarily

00:10:24.740 hand over their freedoms to demagogues 0.54

00:10:26.380 in exchange for the promise of predictable order and safety.

00:10:29.060 Wow.

00:10:32.000 Did you know we're on the edge of another world war

00:10:36.120 in British Columbia, a dog-eat-dog struggle?

00:10:39.420 So did you catch that word?

00:10:41.660 She wants to crack down on disinformation. 0.99

00:10:44.680 That's what she said, which means censorship,

00:10:46.940 which is funny because she said,

00:10:48.060 oh, they gave up their liberties too easily

00:10:50.120 to some demagogic politicians,

00:10:52.320 but that's what she's doing here. 0.59

00:10:56.640 She's spreading disinformation. 1.00

00:10:58.240 Oh my God, we're on the brink of a civil war,

00:11:00.020 so let us control the disinformation.

00:11:02.640 I think she has,

00:11:04.560 I think she should look in the mirror.

00:11:06.820 It's so weird, but this is the new narrative.

00:11:08.620 And look at this.

00:11:09.340 Look at this from the state broadcaster.

00:11:12.660 In case you missed it,

00:11:14.220 we're launching a new series called

00:11:15.980 Civil Obedience.

00:11:19.200 We'll be highlighting politicians

00:11:21.680 who champion civility.

00:11:24.140 Does your MP beat back partisanship?

00:11:26.740 Do you have a story about politicians

00:11:28.240 working across the aisle?

00:11:29.720 Let us know who you think we should feature.

00:11:32.320 Love you.

00:11:34.980 Civil Obedience.

00:11:37.660 Now I know what civil disobedience means.

00:11:39.460 It means you're a critic of the government

00:11:41.020 and you make your protest peacefully.

00:11:42.940 Even if you break the rules,

00:11:44.700 you're peaceful, you're nonviolent,

00:11:46.120 you're like Gandhi. 0.54

00:11:46.940 Passive resistance is what he called it.

00:11:51.440 But then CBC's state broadcaster,

00:11:54.260 just weeks after Trudeau's re-election,

00:11:56.800 is counseling,

00:11:57.480 hey guys,

00:11:59.360 obedience.

00:12:01.220 Civil obedience.

00:12:02.580 Don't even use mean words

00:12:03.960 towards the government people.

00:12:05.400 We're going to celebrate an opposition

00:12:07.000 that doesn't really oppose.

00:12:08.680 The state broadcaster is telling

00:12:10.520 the people to be obedient.

00:12:13.900 And if you're not,

00:12:16.740 maybe you'll get a ticket for hate.

00:12:19.760 Especially if you're wearing a yellow vest.

00:12:22.080 They'll probably even give a ticket

00:12:23.980 to these guys.

00:12:25.140 This is just a stock photo.

00:12:26.800 But you know who wears yellow vests?

00:12:29.360 People doing something hateful.

00:12:32.900 Like building an oil pipeline.

00:12:36.220 Stay with us for more.

00:12:37.280 Welcome back.

00:12:50.080 Well, I see news from the United States

00:12:52.620 that for the first time ever,

00:12:55.760 the United States accepted zero refugees last month.

00:13:00.620 It's part of Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.

00:13:03.260 Well, in Canada,

00:13:04.520 the Trudeau government has been re-elected

00:13:06.480 in part on a pledge to increase immigration

00:13:10.340 to 340,000 people per year,

00:13:14.180 most of whom are not economic class immigrants.

00:13:17.660 They're either refugees 1.00

00:13:19.140 or grandpas and grandmas

00:13:21.140 coming to join their kids here.

00:13:23.900 What happens when these refugees 1.00

00:13:26.160 can't get a toehold in the economy,

00:13:28.580 don't speak English,

00:13:29.600 can't get a job?

00:13:30.920 Well, in Toronto,

00:13:32.880 it seems they're put up

00:13:34.020 in a million-dollar-a-month

00:13:37.500 makeshift refugee center.

00:13:41.080 And joining us now

00:13:41.980 is a reporter who has toured that center,

00:13:44.820 our good friend Sue Ann Levy

00:13:46.380 from the Toronto Sun.

00:13:47.280 Sue Ann Levy.

00:13:47.400 Hi.

00:13:47.580 It's such a great thing to see you again.

00:13:49.320 Welcome.

00:13:49.440 Nice to see you.

00:13:50.580 Well, I follow your stories

00:13:53.040 about homelessness,

00:13:54.980 some of the troubles in Toronto,

00:13:56.340 and refugees.

00:13:57.000 And you write about things

00:14:00.260 that every reporter knows,

00:14:02.860 but many are afraid to say.

00:14:05.200 It's tough covering refugees,

00:14:08.040 homelessness, and things like that

00:14:10.020 without being called names, isn't it?

00:14:11.840 Oh, I've been called every name in the book,

00:14:13.800 racist and bigot,

00:14:14.740 the most recent ones,

00:14:16.280 particularly when I cover refugees.

00:14:18.680 And the other thing that people don't know

00:14:20.720 and your audience should know

00:14:21.860 is that the people at City Hall

00:14:25.880 and the shelter providers

00:14:27.720 have thrown me out,

00:14:29.660 have gone out of their way

00:14:30.920 not to answer my questions,

00:14:32.760 to avoid my questions,

00:14:34.500 and to not give me information.

00:14:36.140 In fact, going so far as to offer

00:14:38.540 tours and selective stories

00:14:43.000 or advanced stories to other media

00:14:45.720 to try and get back at me

00:14:47.880 for covering this sort of stuff.

00:14:49.120 Well, I recently saw

00:14:51.000 that you visited a shelter,

00:14:54.080 and this is just for foreign refugees,

00:14:56.460 am I right?

00:14:56.700 Right.

00:14:56.880 It's not for Canadian homeless.

00:14:58.000 Mostly from Nigeria.

00:14:59.700 And what's so strange

00:15:01.760 is it's in a former office building,

00:15:05.140 and we'll show some images of it here.

00:15:07.140 You brought a cameraman in,

00:15:08.560 and it seemed like

00:15:09.320 they were showing you around.

00:15:10.620 They wanted to show this place off.

00:15:12.200 It looks very much

00:15:14.660 almost like a museum,

00:15:15.820 like everything is so...

00:15:17.120 Tell us a little bit

00:15:19.360 about this former office

00:15:21.860 that is now being used

00:15:23.380 as a million-dollar-a-month refugee center.

00:15:26.860 Tell me a little bit about it.

00:15:27.920 So it's a former

00:15:28.820 North York Hydro Building.

00:15:30.680 It was bought by some condo developers

00:15:32.680 about a year ago

00:15:33.640 for $122 million.

00:15:36.420 The city,

00:15:37.460 I first discovered

00:15:39.320 the potential for it to be used

00:15:41.720 back in February of this year

00:15:44.240 when I saw a small line item

00:15:45.900 in the 2019 budget

00:15:47.480 that said $3 million contingency

00:15:50.040 had been set aside

00:15:51.140 for 5,800 Yonge Street

00:15:53.040 to house refugees.

00:15:55.580 They actually said that in the budget.

00:15:57.300 So my mind flipped,

00:15:58.560 and I went and looked at the address,

00:16:00.020 saw that it was the building.

00:16:01.560 Well, the building sat vacant

00:16:02.920 for the entire year.

00:16:04.600 I did find out

00:16:05.320 that they were looking at it

00:16:06.360 as a contingency space.

00:16:08.040 It sat vacant

00:16:09.080 until I heard rumors

00:16:10.260 a couple weeks ago

00:16:11.100 that they were actually

00:16:11.800 going to activate it

00:16:12.900 and make it into a shelter

00:16:14.500 for 200 people.

00:16:16.160 Well, that's what's so strange

00:16:17.500 is, I mean,

00:16:17.940 we've sent our own

00:16:19.400 David Menzies,

00:16:20.220 and I know you covered it too.

00:16:21.700 There's a Radisson Hotel

00:16:22.840 in eastern Toronto,

00:16:24.340 and the whole hotel

00:16:25.480 is full of refugees,

00:16:27.860 which, I mean,

00:16:28.920 that's not really a good way

00:16:30.080 to keep people

00:16:30.740 on a long-term basis.

00:16:31.880 A hotel,

00:16:32.920 there's no room

00:16:33.600 to stretch your legs.

00:16:34.520 It's not meant for kids.

00:16:35.820 It's meant, you know,

00:16:37.020 you're in town to do business,

00:16:38.320 you're there for a few days.

00:16:39.400 But at least a hotel

00:16:40.780 is meant for people

00:16:42.920 to sleep there.

00:16:43.640 The idea of putting people

00:16:45.200 in an office building

00:16:46.740 is so weird.

00:16:49.020 It's not a sensible use

00:16:51.280 of the place.

00:16:51.880 It's not built for it.

00:16:53.240 It's huge, too.

00:16:54.220 There's a lot of space,

00:16:56.220 and, I mean,

00:16:57.040 there's a lot of light,

00:16:57.900 so that's a good thing.

00:16:59.160 But, you know,

00:16:59.840 the interesting thing is

00:17:00.920 that these are not

00:17:01.940 the refugees

00:17:02.520 that are in the hotels.

00:17:03.660 At first, I thought

00:17:04.400 that they were going

00:17:05.000 to be offloaded

00:17:05.780 from the hotel system.

00:17:07.000 Well, no.

00:17:07.600 Forget about that.

00:17:08.380 These are single refugees, 1.00

00:17:11.060 male and female,

00:17:11.920 more female than male,

00:17:13.600 that have been

00:17:14.180 in the shelter system

00:17:15.460 that have occupied

00:17:16.620 40% of the space

00:17:17.980 in the shelter system.

00:17:18.760 So these were people

00:17:19.660 who were in

00:17:20.460 the homeless shelters.

00:17:21.580 Yes.

00:17:21.880 They've been taken

00:17:22.360 out of the homeless shelters

00:17:23.180 and put here.

00:17:24.220 Yes.

00:17:24.500 I didn't know that we,

00:17:25.680 I thought that Trudeau

00:17:26.760 had said we weren't

00:17:27.560 taking single refugees.

00:17:28.980 I guess he was referring

00:17:29.720 to Syria.

00:17:30.400 So these are single guys,

00:17:31.940 and you say they're

00:17:32.500 from Nigeria?

00:17:33.720 Mostly Nigeria.

00:17:34.660 I didn't know

00:17:35.080 there weren't refugees

00:17:35.760 from Nigeria.

00:17:36.640 Well, mostly Nigeria. 0.51

00:17:37.700 I think they're

00:17:38.700 asylum seekers,

00:17:39.780 most of them.

00:17:40.760 There's 120 women

00:17:42.120 going into the shelter

00:17:43.060 and 80 men.

00:17:44.420 So...

00:17:44.720 I mean, Nigeria,

00:17:45.800 I mean, I wouldn't

00:17:46.560 choose to live there,

00:17:47.280 but it's one of the world's

00:17:48.280 most populous countries.

00:17:50.420 If we're saying

00:17:51.100 that Nigeria is now 0.78

00:17:52.400 a source of refugees,

00:17:53.720 first of all,

00:17:54.120 that's strange to me,

00:17:54.920 and second of all,

00:17:55.640 there's far more people

00:17:57.940 in Nigeria than Canada.

00:17:59.220 This is very unusual,

00:18:00.360 it seems.

00:18:01.100 But the crazy thing

00:18:02.040 about this,

00:18:02.480 and I can't get over it,

00:18:03.900 is, and you can see

00:18:04.740 this in your video,

00:18:06.440 it really is an office.

00:18:07.860 It's not...

00:18:08.740 Like, they've just

00:18:09.760 cleared out some debt.

00:18:11.000 I mean, it seems

00:18:11.680 so inefficient,

00:18:12.880 and what I can't believe

00:18:14.080 is, and you did

00:18:15.680 the reporting here,

00:18:17.600 they're spending,

00:18:18.620 you know,

00:18:20.080 $45,000 a month

00:18:22.060 just for heat

00:18:23.340 and light.

00:18:24.800 Yeah.

00:18:25.020 The total bill,

00:18:26.520 I can't even believe this,

00:18:28.260 a million dollars a month,

00:18:30.500 and I did the math.

00:18:31.520 You see,

00:18:32.020 there's 120 women

00:18:33.320 and 80 men in there,

00:18:34.220 so that's 200 people.

00:18:35.380 Right.

00:18:36.520 A million a month,

00:18:37.820 that's $5,000 a month

00:18:40.260 per person.

00:18:42.040 Yeah.

00:18:42.220 That is a luxury condo.

00:18:44.740 That is a big house,

00:18:46.200 $5,000 rent.

00:18:47.840 Yeah.

00:18:48.180 That is a nice,

00:18:49.640 and Toronto's expensive,

00:18:50.940 but you can get a nice house

00:18:52.260 for $5,000 a month.

00:18:54.060 Well, you know what

00:18:54.640 the expensive thing is,

00:18:55.680 the per diem.

00:18:56.640 So, it costs $140 a night,

00:18:59.260 or the city is paying $140 a night

00:19:01.560 to house these people,

00:19:03.280 over and above the rent

00:19:05.820 and the heat and light.

00:19:08.040 So, $140 would go towards

00:19:10.220 their beds,

00:19:11.520 their three meals a day,

00:19:12.880 which are being catered

00:19:13.960 and brought in,

00:19:15.020 snacks,

00:19:16.320 and the support services

00:19:17.540 and the security services.

00:19:19.140 There's a heck of a lot of staff.

00:19:20.440 So, that's,

00:19:21.400 so you're saying

00:19:22.400 there's the rent.

00:19:23.540 Yes.

00:19:23.820 But then there's

00:19:25.020 all the services.

00:19:26.300 It's like,

00:19:26.860 I mean,

00:19:27.340 you know,

00:19:27.660 I live next to

00:19:29.900 a senior's residence.

00:19:31.420 Right.

00:19:31.840 Where they get the room

00:19:33.540 and they get their food

00:19:34.480 and the snacks.

00:19:35.500 I bet there's a lot

00:19:36.300 of Canadians that,

00:19:37.860 seniors,

00:19:39.480 disabled folks,

00:19:40.820 who would say,

00:19:41.520 hey,

00:19:42.220 excuse me,

00:19:43.220 can I get a bed,

00:19:45.200 three meals a day,

00:19:46.280 snacks,

00:19:46.820 and security?

00:19:47.700 Well,

00:19:47.840 you should see the shelter.

00:19:48.820 They've got computer rooms.

00:19:50.860 They've set aside rooms

00:19:51.940 for prayer

00:19:52.540 if these people need to pray.

00:19:54.500 And they've got

00:19:55.420 a common area

00:19:56.840 with a huge

00:19:58.140 widescreen TV.

00:19:59.660 I mean,

00:20:00.040 it was actually

00:20:01.060 pretty inviting.

00:20:02.480 Well,

00:20:02.720 I mean,

00:20:03.100 considering it was

00:20:03.320 an office building.

00:20:04.500 Well,

00:20:05.080 it's just weird

00:20:05.960 that it's in an office building

00:20:07.160 and a million dollars

00:20:08.340 a month.

00:20:08.860 I mean,

00:20:09.400 Well,

00:20:09.600 this is,

00:20:09.960 the city is so desperate

00:20:10.760 for space.

00:20:11.780 They don't know

00:20:12.180 where to put these people.

00:20:13.740 They've got shelter space

00:20:14.920 that's being occupied

00:20:15.860 by refugees.

00:20:17.380 The flow of refugees

00:20:19.580 has continued unabated.

00:20:21.120 I found that out.

00:20:21.860 Well,

00:20:22.080 I mean,

00:20:22.320 at the border crossing,

00:20:23.560 they just walk right in.

00:20:24.740 I mean,

00:20:24.940 there's a big sign

00:20:25.580 that says the word

00:20:26.220 illegal on it.

00:20:27.660 Like,

00:20:28.000 the sign says illegal.

00:20:29.700 Yeah.

00:20:30.100 But,

00:20:31.260 there's officers

00:20:33.220 that are ready

00:20:33.780 to literally

00:20:34.440 carry the luggage across.

00:20:36.440 Exactly.

00:20:37.020 So it,

00:20:37.640 And their space,

00:20:38.460 they even told me

00:20:39.380 that there's space

00:20:40.080 under the beds

00:20:40.900 for their little suitcases

00:20:42.020 that we see

00:20:42.600 or their big suitcases

00:20:43.540 that we see

00:20:44.060 when they cross the border.

00:20:45.580 So these are people,

00:20:47.100 you know.

00:20:47.480 So is that where

00:20:47.960 these folks are coming from?

00:20:48.880 They weren't brought in

00:20:49.720 officially.

00:20:50.500 A lot of them perhaps

00:20:51.280 came across that border

00:20:52.260 in Quebec?

00:20:52.800 Well,

00:20:52.980 they'll never tell you that.

00:20:53.720 They'll never tell you.

00:20:54.400 They will never tell you that.

00:20:55.880 But the thing is

00:20:56.920 that they're all singles.

00:20:57.860 I do know that.

00:20:58.820 And I know that

00:20:59.480 they have been

00:20:59.900 in the shelter system

00:21:00.780 for however long.

00:21:02.060 Some for three months,

00:21:03.300 some for longer.

00:21:04.720 But,

00:21:05.300 you know,

00:21:05.680 I did find out

00:21:06.440 that a lot of them

00:21:07.060 speak English

00:21:07.620 and they are going to

00:21:08.540 try and find them jobs

00:21:09.620 and rehouse them.

00:21:11.040 But,

00:21:11.360 you know,

00:21:11.600 it's hard to get

00:21:12.300 the actual figures

00:21:13.360 as to the turnaround.

00:21:15.520 Well,

00:21:15.740 I tell you,

00:21:16.200 and it certainly

00:21:17.140 sounds like,

00:21:18.920 I mean,

00:21:19.600 if you hadn't spotted

00:21:20.800 that line item

00:21:21.700 in the budget,

00:21:22.920 we wouldn't even know

00:21:23.840 about this.

00:21:24.480 And maybe that's one

00:21:25.360 of the reasons

00:21:25.740 they have it here

00:21:26.620 is low-key,

00:21:27.980 no one even knows about it.

00:21:28.480 Well,

00:21:28.520 the neighborhood

00:21:28.920 was caught

00:21:29.640 pleating by surprise

00:21:30.700 and I might add

00:21:31.360 that they're having

00:21:33.140 an open house

00:21:34.060 tonight,

00:21:34.580 Thursday night,

00:21:35.300 November 21st.

00:21:37.120 But,

00:21:37.920 it was supposed

00:21:38.880 to be a consultation

00:21:39.740 but it's not a consultation.

00:21:40.980 Because it's done,

00:21:41.620 it's made a complete.

00:21:42.080 So basically people

00:21:43.340 can come and find out

00:21:44.380 how good this place

00:21:46.060 is for the neighborhood.

00:21:47.280 That's what's going

00:21:47.920 to happen.

00:21:48.160 Well,

00:21:48.300 that's the thing.

00:21:48.920 I mean,

00:21:50.480 120 single gals,

00:21:52.900 80 single guys.

00:21:54.160 Yeah.

00:21:54.520 I mean,

00:21:55.020 who knows,

00:21:55.420 maybe they'll have

00:21:55.920 a love match.

00:21:57.340 Dances.

00:21:57.900 Yeah,

00:21:58.040 maybe they'll have

00:21:58.860 like a romance

00:22:00.500 under the sea

00:22:01.360 dance night

00:22:02.080 with them

00:22:02.620 and DJs.

00:22:03.280 I'm joking around.

00:22:04.000 I know,

00:22:04.340 it's like a cruise ship

00:22:05.320 in some ways.

00:22:06.200 It sort of is.

00:22:06.880 Who knows,

00:22:07.260 maybe they'll make

00:22:07.920 I don't mean to make

00:22:09.480 light of it.

00:22:10.220 Maybe people will find love.

00:22:11.560 It's stranger things

00:22:13.540 have happened

00:22:14.000 but obviously

00:22:14.700 they're not going to sit

00:22:15.760 around in this office

00:22:17.040 all day.

00:22:18.200 So,

00:22:18.460 I mean,

00:22:18.680 I don't know

00:22:19.260 off the top of my hand

00:22:20.240 5800 Yonge Street

00:22:21.660 sounds like it's

00:22:22.260 fairly far north.

00:22:23.600 It's north of Finch.

00:22:24.420 So is there anything

00:22:25.080 around there?

00:22:26.400 Well,

00:22:26.680 they said that

00:22:27.240 they've scoped out,

00:22:28.200 they call it

00:22:28.560 the assets

00:22:29.160 of the neighborhood.

00:22:30.240 So they know

00:22:31.240 where the coffee shops

00:22:32.280 are and they know

00:22:33.500 where all the services

00:22:35.020 are,

00:22:35.560 dentists and doctors.

00:22:36.800 But I have to tell you,

00:22:37.780 having gone up there,

00:22:39.340 it's kind of situated

00:22:40.820 in a bit of a wasteland.

00:22:42.140 So they have to walk

00:22:42.940 down to the Finch

00:22:43.580 subway station

00:22:44.260 which is fine

00:22:45.040 but there are no,

00:22:47.260 in the immediate area,

00:22:48.520 there are no coffee shops

00:22:50.120 or restaurants.

00:22:50.900 Everything about it

00:22:51.180 is strange.

00:22:52.380 Everything's about it

00:22:53.060 is strange.

00:22:53.460 But the thing

00:22:53.760 I just can't get over

00:22:55.320 is it is 80,000 square feet

00:22:58.840 of office space.

00:23:00.260 I mean,

00:23:00.800 look,

00:23:01.100 I don't know

00:23:01.400 the real estate scene

00:23:02.200 in Toronto

00:23:02.620 but it seems fairly firm

00:23:03.800 to me.

00:23:04.260 Like,

00:23:04.880 they're building things

00:23:06.020 downtown all the time.

00:23:07.300 80,000 square feet

00:23:08.780 and the best use

00:23:10.220 at a million bucks

00:23:11.160 a month

00:23:11.480 is to put 200

00:23:12.480 foreign migrants

00:23:13.960 in there.

00:23:14.500 I just don't even get it.

00:23:16.440 I tell you one thing,

00:23:17.520 I wish I was getting

00:23:18.400 five grand a month

00:23:19.280 worth of,

00:23:20.020 per person.

00:23:21.040 Yeah.

00:23:21.300 So if there was

00:23:21.920 theoretically a family of four

00:23:23.120 they're getting the equivalent

00:23:23.860 of 20 grand a month.

00:23:25.240 Yeah.

00:23:25.460 Must be nice.

00:23:26.420 It is.

00:23:27.140 Yeah.

00:23:27.420 It is.

00:23:27.900 Only in Canada,

00:23:28.780 you say.

00:23:29.140 Yeah, only in Canada.

00:23:29.300 And in Toronto.

00:23:30.300 Well,

00:23:30.700 excellent reporting

00:23:31.580 and I'm glad

00:23:32.680 you got access to it

00:23:33.760 and...

00:23:34.700 I had to insist

00:23:35.800 but I did get.

00:23:36.800 Well,

00:23:37.020 I'm very pleased

00:23:37.680 and credit to you

00:23:39.060 and I suppose

00:23:41.560 credit to them

00:23:42.200 for letting your camera in

00:23:43.360 because they could have

00:23:44.260 blocked you.

00:23:45.060 I'm glad they didn't

00:23:45.780 so we could take a look

00:23:46.600 at what was in there.

00:23:47.480 So,

00:23:47.620 and keep up the good work.

00:23:48.760 Thank you.

00:23:49.020 I know you get a lot of flack

00:23:50.220 for reporting these things

00:23:51.720 but you know what they say,

00:23:52.880 you don't get flack

00:23:53.700 unless you're over the target

00:23:54.880 so you're doing good work.

00:23:55.920 Well,

00:23:56.100 it's hard to give me flack

00:23:57.140 when I actually go out there

00:23:58.140 and do it.

00:23:58.820 Yeah.

00:23:59.300 Good for you.

00:23:59.960 Thank you,

00:24:00.300 my friend.

00:24:00.360 Thank you.

00:24:00.640 There you have it.

00:24:01.540 One of our favorite people,

00:24:02.600 Sue Ann Levy,

00:24:04.120 telling us about this

00:24:05.460 homemade refugee center

00:24:07.540 in an old office building.

00:24:10.080 Isn't that strange?

00:24:10.840 I recommend to you

00:24:11.740 the story

00:24:12.440 which you can find

00:24:13.260 in the Toronto Sun.

00:24:14.360 The headline is

00:24:15.120 Refugee Shelter

00:24:16.240 to Cost Taxpayers

00:24:17.360 Nearly $1 Million

00:24:19.020 Per Month

00:24:19.780 and you can find that

00:24:20.620 at torontosun.com.

00:24:22.880 Stay with us.

00:24:23.480 More ahead.

00:24:30.640 On my monologue yesterday

00:24:34.320 about Hong Kong

00:24:35.080 and our real refugees petition,

00:24:37.240 Monica writes,

00:24:38.460 I totally agree

00:24:39.360 the Hong Kong people

00:24:40.360 are true refugees.

00:24:42.460 Well,

00:24:42.840 they're not refugees yet.

00:24:45.100 Hong Kong is still

00:24:46.460 a refuge itself

00:24:48.320 from Communist China.

00:24:50.020 But if things

00:24:51.460 go from bad to worse,

00:24:53.660 if it becomes

00:24:54.480 the new Tiananmen Square,

00:24:55.940 I fear there will be

00:24:57.260 genuine refugees

00:24:58.260 but they will have qualities

00:24:59.660 that we like.

00:25:00.840 They speak English,

00:25:01.800 they're entrepreneurial,

00:25:02.760 they're well educated,

00:25:03.760 they love Western values

00:25:05.340 of liberty and democracy

00:25:06.660 and independent courts.

00:25:08.400 I think they would make

00:25:09.620 fine Canadians

00:25:11.700 and I think they would

00:25:13.120 love our values

00:25:14.320 and frankly,

00:25:15.040 they would teach us

00:25:15.700 a thing or two

00:25:16.220 about freedom.

00:25:18.660 Diane writes,

00:25:20.340 having lived in Vancouver,

00:25:21.300 I know many people

00:25:21.900 from Hong Kong.

00:25:22.960 They're often Christian,

00:25:24.320 awesome people.

00:25:25.940 Well,

00:25:26.160 that's a point

00:25:26.640 I made yesterday.

00:25:28.260 I showed you recently

00:25:29.380 that there are

00:25:30.740 mainland Chinese

00:25:33.100 in Canada

00:25:33.760 who are bringing

00:25:34.680 some of that

00:25:35.960 communist culture

00:25:36.820 with them.

00:25:37.560 The People's Liberation

00:25:38.900 Army Legion,

00:25:40.840 Memorial,

00:25:41.280 like that.

00:25:41.980 I'm worried about that.

00:25:43.780 I think bringing in

00:25:44.700 Hong Kong Chinese

00:25:46.160 freedom lovers

00:25:47.380 could be an antidote

00:25:48.880 to the PLA's

00:25:50.420 fingers in our country.

00:25:52.000 I think it would be good.

00:25:54.480 Mark Andre writes,

00:25:55.580 how about they keep

00:25:56.880 fighting for freedom

00:25:57.560 in their own country

00:25:58.600 instead of giving up

00:25:59.580 and coming here?

00:26:00.900 Well,

00:26:01.220 you're right

00:26:01.640 and that's my point

00:26:02.960 is that they're not

00:26:03.720 refugees yet.

00:26:05.140 They're fighting

00:26:06.040 but what I saw

00:26:07.600 at that

00:26:08.240 Polytechnic University,

00:26:10.360 they're fighting

00:26:11.360 literally with

00:26:12.180 bows and arrows.

00:26:13.840 They were using

00:26:14.460 bows and arrows

00:26:15.600 to shoot against

00:26:17.300 heavily armored

00:26:18.420 police,

00:26:20.520 including some

00:26:21.460 mainland

00:26:22.060 Chinese

00:26:23.420 paramilitaries.

00:26:25.720 You're not going

00:26:26.440 to stop a tank

00:26:27.180 with a bow and arrow.

00:26:28.000 It makes me think

00:26:28.600 of that scene

00:26:29.060 from Avatar

00:26:29.720 when the armored

00:26:31.320 helicopters were being

00:26:32.460 plink, plink, plink,

00:26:33.640 plink, plink, plink,

00:26:34.260 all the little

00:26:34.960 bows and arrows

00:26:35.780 from down below.

00:26:36.680 I'm worried

00:26:37.260 there's going to be

00:26:37.780 a massacre.

00:26:38.980 You know,

00:26:39.240 we hear so many calls

00:26:40.400 for Syrian refugees

00:26:42.260 and now the

00:26:42.920 Rohingya refugees.

00:26:44.960 By the way,

00:26:45.780 the Syrian refugees

00:26:46.640 that Justin Trudeau

00:26:47.320 brought over,

00:26:47.760 as you know,

00:26:48.300 they didn't actually

00:26:48.920 come from Syria.

00:26:49.640 They were already safe

00:26:50.640 in a third country

00:26:51.760 whether it was

00:26:52.240 Jordan, Turkey,

00:26:52.900 or Lebanon.

00:26:53.940 They were not

00:26:54.740 in jeopardy.

00:26:55.460 Trudeau just wanted

00:26:56.200 them because he

00:26:56.760 wanted more

00:26:57.700 liberal voters.

00:26:59.700 I think if China 0.60

00:27:01.160 goes full Tiananmen

00:27:02.140 Square in Hong Kong,

00:27:03.660 there will be

00:27:04.140 genuine refugees

00:27:05.220 in genuine jeopardy

00:27:07.020 and their bows and arrows

00:27:08.240 won't stop the tanks.

00:27:09.740 I don't know.

00:27:10.600 I just know one thing,

00:27:12.300 that if they were

00:27:13.220 leftist liberal voters

00:27:14.960 who hated freedom,

00:27:16.440 Justin Trudeau

00:27:17.020 would already have them

00:27:17.760 on a plane to Canada.

00:27:19.540 Well, that's our show

00:27:20.460 for today.

00:27:21.060 Until tomorrow,

00:27:21.920 on behalf of all of us

00:27:22.940 here at Rebel World

00:27:23.680 Headquarters to you

00:27:24.420 at home,

00:27:25.160 good night and keep

00:27:26.680 fighting for freedom.

00:27:27.380 We'll be right back.

Rebel News Podcast - November 22, 2019

Prosecuted for being rude： British Columbia's socialist government wants to ticket “hateful” behaviour

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