Rebel News Podcast - SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ A lousy budget and a carbon tax hike, all in one week

00:00:00.000 The federal budget is in and it is the exact opposite of what we saw here in Alberta. It means

00:00:06.660 nothing good for you and your family. I'm Sheila Gunn-Reed and you're watching The Gunn Show.

00:00:11.380 April 1st Canadians woke up to being the butt of the federal government's joke when the carbon tax

00:00:36.460 jumped up to $65 a ton. It will hit you not only at the pumps but everywhere along the supply chain

00:00:44.620 because the carbon tax will be added to everything that is made, grown, or moved. So

00:00:51.640 well really literally everything and then the federal budget is out and it is a catastrophe.

00:00:59.380 Let me show you. Franco Teresano from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation compiled the numbers in an

00:01:04.740 article for Sun newspapers. Look at this. In 2022 spending was $470 billion in 2023. It will be

00:01:14.460 $491 billion. Spending will climb to $509 billion in 2024, $523 billion in 2025, $538 billion in 2026,

00:01:27.480 and $556 billion in 2027. Does that look like saving money to you? For politicians reading this

00:01:36.840 in Ottawa, here's a clue to answer that question. If you increase spending by $85 billion, you're saving

00:01:44.100 money wrong. Now joining me today is my friend Chris Sims, the Alberta Director of the Canadian

00:01:49.480 Taxpayers Federation to discuss not only what the hike in the carbon tax means for us here in Alberta

00:01:55.480 because we will be hit disproportionately hard by this bad federal government policy as we tend to be

00:02:02.120 with any bad federal government policy, but also what the budget means for you.

00:02:15.760 Joining me now is good friend of the show and my good friend Chris Sims from the Canadian Taxpayers

00:02:20.960 Federation. I wanted to have Chris on because, well, she's great and the time together just sort of

00:02:27.040 flies by, hardly feels like work, but federal budget just came out and it is a catastrophe and the carbon

00:02:35.380 tax just went up. I noticed it yesterday at the pumps. I mean, I'm paying a buck 40 a liter here in Alberta

00:02:45.440 where we make the fuel. It happened immediately. And yet the federal government, they've been telling

00:02:52.380 us all along in their Ponzi scheme speak that they charge us more for stuff, but we'll get more money

00:02:59.200 back. None of it makes any sense. Chris, break it down for us. It doesn't make sense because they're

00:03:04.940 not telling the truth. They're just straight up not telling you the truth. So number one, it defies common

00:03:10.900 sense to think that we could give the government money and have them give us more back without us

00:03:16.580 paying for it. The government does not have magical money trees or sources of income. Okay. We, this is

00:03:22.980 not an investment. They do not have a wealth generating machine under center block. Okay. That's not where

00:03:27.560 they're digging that big hole. So it's just on the surface of it. They think we're stupid. They think

00:03:33.280 that we'll just believe that number two, the parliamentary budget officer, okay, which is an

00:03:38.600 arm's length, uh, independent auditor, basically all they do is go through the books and go through

00:03:44.300 the numbers has said now in two reports, Sheila, that that's not true, that you pay more than you

00:03:51.040 get back even with the rebates. And the way they do that, of course, is they don't just look at the

00:03:56.220 pump price. Like you just mentioned, we were, I paid a buck 40 in Claire's home, which is typically some

00:04:01.020 of the cheapest in all of Alberta. So we already saw it. So it's not just that pump price. It's your

00:04:06.520 pump price. It's what the trucker's paying for the diesel. It's what the locomotive is being filled

00:04:11.420 with, with diesel, which is about $2,400 extra in the, in the carbon tax, by the way. Um, it's what

00:04:17.240 the grocery store is paying to keep the place cold and hot using natural gas all down the line. And it's

00:04:23.500 even the farmer who's using propane and natural gas to dry their product. So that's why we have this

00:04:28.940 massive layering effect. And then, so the PBO apparently took elements like that into consideration

00:04:34.620 and they talked about job losses, all that stuff. And so in totality here in Alberta, we're getting

00:04:40.860 screwed the worst. So on average, an Alberta family is going to pay out about $710 extra this year,

00:04:48.760 even with the rebates factored in. Now why Trudeau and why Minister Guibo continue to say things like

00:04:56.600 you'll get more back? I don't know, because their own math is wrong. So I think this is just pure

00:05:03.880 politics and messaging. They're hoping that if they repeat this big fib enough, that people will just

00:05:09.800 go back to sleep and ignore him. Yeah. If you made this claim as somebody who was

00:05:14.760 starting a multi-level marketing company or, or an investment scheme, you would go to jail.

00:05:22.200 It's a Ponzi scheme as they lay it out, you know, give us more and I'll give you more back.

00:05:27.400 Yeah. It doesn't make any sense. And you, you just mentioned the farmers there and I see the feds

00:05:33.680 are patting themselves on the back saying, Oh, but we, we exempted the farmers from the carbon tax

00:05:38.680 on what our fuel, what about our inputs, but about our fertilizer inputs, everything along the way is

00:05:44.420 touched by this carbon tax. Exactly. Why? Because right now our modern world runs on oil and gas.

00:05:51.720 You cannot get away from it, even if you tried. So that is why we have abundant crops. That's why

00:05:57.660 we're able to do just in time delivery. That's why we're, most of us are able to heat or cool our

00:06:02.100 homes with the push of a button. You know, if that's why, and if you make that stuff more expensive

00:06:07.560 through taxation, surprise, surprise, you make everything cost more. Now I did want to give us

00:06:13.260 a little tiny bit of a win here, because I think it's important to take a look at the light.

00:06:17.040 Uh, it sounds like we're going to get this exemption that we've been pushing for the

00:06:21.780 taxpayers federation here, I think for about four years. And that is farmers, like I just mentioned,

00:06:27.380 use grain dryers, including propane and natural gas. Typically what I'm told, I don't need to tell

00:06:32.600 you about farming. Okay. Thank you. And so we were pushing for an exemption and it's past the house of

00:06:40.600 commons. It's in the Senate now. And so we're hoping that it gets rubber stamped. And so we know

00:06:45.900 this isn't a win in the sense of if I'm driving my pickup truck, or if you know, the trucker is

00:06:52.820 driving his big rig, or Sally is filling up her minivan, you're all still paying the carbon tax.

00:06:57.900 But this is one small win where we're going to get those farmers exempted for drying their grain from

00:07:03.280 the carbon tax. So we'll take a win where we can. So there will be some slight relief there,

00:07:07.700 but we want the entire thing scrapped because this is just a massive tax grab and it does not

00:07:14.120 help the environment. I have to pound this home because I was in British Columbia for much of my

00:07:19.160 adult life. They've had the highest carbon taxes there since 2008. And guess what? Emissions keep

00:07:25.320 on going up. Why? Because people need to keep their homes. They need to eat and they need to drive to

00:07:29.900 work. They don't have an affordable alternative abundant energy source they can switch to. And so it's not

00:07:35.700 helping the environment. All it is, is making us poorer. And they got to stress. So wonky, smart

00:07:41.740 people, I mean that truthfully, really smart people will say things like, the price on carbon is now

00:07:47.480 $65 per ton. Nobody knows what the hell that means. Like, honey, did you pick up a ton of carbon on the

00:07:53.060 way home? Like, nobody, nobody knows. But if you tell them that it's 14 cents a liter of gas and 17

00:08:00.360 cents a liter of diesel. And if you do the quick math, that's 15 bucks for your average pickup truck,

00:08:06.680 like a gas, like a 1500. If you're driving like a heavier duty one, like if you're hauling cattle or

00:08:12.160 something or towing something, and you've got one of those Ford super duty diesels, that's $30 extra,

00:08:18.320 Sheila. Every time you're filling up. Like, it's a mind boggling amount of money.

00:08:23.820 Yeah. And for a lot of guys, you know, my husband's in the oil patch. He does drive the

00:08:29.120 big one ton. He has to. And, you know, sometimes he's got a five, six hour commute to work. And this

00:08:36.780 is, this just eats up a family's bottom line. And, you know, I'm so glad that the CTF pushed really

00:08:43.440 hard to get that exemption for grain drying because cereal crop farmers are price takers. They're not

00:08:50.040 price setters. So this is not even something that you could pass along to the consumer the way you

00:08:55.220 could at a greenhouse level or some of the other produces, which actually increases food inflation.

00:09:01.600 If you're worried about that sort of thing, I am, I'm not so sure the liberals are, but yeah, I mean,

00:09:06.760 there's no possible way for a grain farmer, cereal crop farmer to pass that along to the consumer.

00:09:11.960 They just have to take the global market price on their product. And if their inputs are higher,

00:09:16.060 that's just tough on them. See, again, this is, this goes back to the term punishment.

00:09:22.280 And I use that correctly because the very liberals who crafted the mandatory minimum federal carbon tax,

00:09:30.560 the Trudeau carbon tax, describe the carbon tax as a punishment for the poor behavior of using fossil

00:09:36.460 fuels in their language. And so this is how they see it. It's an ideological thing. This is not about

00:09:43.660 saving the environment. This is just about punishing people for using oil and gas. And what really

00:09:49.340 bothers me is that this is a severe punishment because people can't switch. There isn't anywhere

00:09:55.120 for them to go. These basically in a fair fight, if you've challenged someone to a fight, a physical

00:10:01.180 confrontation, and they have agreed and consented, if you've got them in the corner and their hands are

00:10:05.980 up like this, it's unethical to continue hitting them. But that's exactly what the federal government

00:10:11.780 is doing here. Because the average person, average person cannot find that alternative,

00:10:17.840 affordable, abundant energy source. And so, yeah, this is just a punishment.

00:10:21.860 Yeah, it is a punishment, particularly on the poor. If you have a family minivan that's 10 years old,

00:10:28.620 you need that vehicle to get to work, to get your kids wherever they need to be. You just can't walk

00:10:33.480 into the dealership and buy a Tesla. No, Justin Trudeau wants you to go electric.

00:10:38.280 No, no, they just don't have the money for that. You know, I think it boils down to, Sheila,

00:10:43.860 in many cases, a lot of these folks making these decisions are multi-generational privileged people.

00:10:50.520 And I don't like using that term because it's used as a wedge quite often. But I think it is an honest

00:10:54.880 lack of understanding. They don't understand what it is to be working class. They don't know what it's 0.99

00:10:59.440 like to live rurally. They don't know it's like, you know, for like your husband having that major

00:11:03.000 commute. For them, they've perhaps lived just this kind of enclosed urban environment that's

00:11:08.280 typically very highly paying and very job secure. They don't understand what it's like to have that

00:11:14.240 older minivan or to have like that Dodge Ram pickup where it costs you 15 bucks extra to fill up now

00:11:20.280 just in the carbon tax. For $15, I can get a roast chicken and a jug of milk.

00:11:25.660 Yeah. Like that's food off of my family table every single week. And then if you add that and

00:11:31.820 add that and add that to things like trucking, so that big rig truck driver filling up two of those 0.99

00:11:37.900 average size cylinders, not even the big ones, that's almost $160 extra just in the diesel carbon

00:11:43.980 tax. And then the locomotives, I sat there and nerded out and figured out what the capacity was on

00:11:48.780 those fuel tanks on the locomotives in Canada. And on average, it's about $2,400 extra. And there's no

00:11:54.900 exemption. And so this is, I think we've got a big disconnect between the folks who are making these

00:11:59.960 laws, creating these punishments and the rest of us who are paying for them. Yeah. There's a,

00:12:05.040 an underlying sense of classism in the middle of all of this, that, um, you know, these things do hit

00:12:12.380 the people who make and grow things and build things a lot harder than it does the people whose

00:12:18.980 commute involves coming down out of their high rise and stepping onto, uh, you know, a C train.

00:12:26.460 LRT. Yeah, exactly. It's a big disconnect. And I must say, this is where I really want to hammer

00:12:30.920 this home because this isn't even just you and I talking about it or the Taxpayers Federation or a

00:12:35.660 rebel, you know, taking a really good stand on something. This is the parliamentary budget officer's

00:12:40.520 own language as well, because they did more of a deep dive into the second carbon tax, which is

00:12:45.540 supposed to be hitting us sometime this summer. We're guessing it's going to be around 10 cents

00:12:49.960 or so per litre of gasoline and diesel. It's extra. It's a government fuel regulation. And even their

00:12:55.340 own language to paraphrase said that this will disproportionately affect the, the poor, the single

00:13:02.800 mothers, those who are working paycheck to paycheck. Now to you and I, that's probably obvious. Uh, but I

00:13:08.600 think it's important to point out that the parliamentary budget officer's own report to parliament.

00:13:13.740 So he's talking to Trudeau. That office is talking to the PMO. They know, they know, and they're not

00:13:21.380 scrapping it. So this is where I think we're now at a bit of an impasse where we're telling them this

00:13:26.760 is how much it's costing. We're telling them it's not helping the environment. We're telling them to

00:13:30.400 scrap it. And they've really kind of dug their heels in on this. I am taking a bit of hope at the

00:13:34.420 grain dryer thing. I think that's a bit of a gap in the fence. And if we all push it once, we might have

00:13:39.860 a chance of getting rid of this thing. You know, we need the greenhouse guys to step up

00:13:44.240 and fight. Um, it's, uh, it's just fascinating to see how disconnected the federal government is

00:13:53.000 from real people and actually can see that in the budget, uh, the, the latest federal budget. Why

00:13:58.340 don't you give us the Coles notes version of, I guess, just how bad this is going to be for regular

00:14:02.620 Canadians? It's awful. Um, my friend, Franco Terrazzano, our federal director, he was in the 1.00

00:14:08.560 lockup. Uh, you can go to our website, taxpayer.com for free, um, and take a look at all of our news

00:14:13.680 releases and our articles there. Top line, uh, they're spending an extra $85 billion between 2022

00:14:21.840 and 2027. That's increased spending. Uh, a stat I saw, I think this is accurate. The Trudeau government

00:14:29.860 itself as an administration has added something like 30,000 people to the ranks of the federal

00:14:35.860 bureaucrats. And so again, $85 billion increase in spending over the next five years. It's just

00:14:42.700 mind blowing. We, we don't have the money for this. They need to be balancing the budget and they don't

00:14:50.200 even seem to understand that they need to balance the budget. It's not like they're like, okay, in two

00:14:55.500 years time, we're going to be able to come out of COVID and blah, blah, blah. And we'll eventually

00:14:59.780 get there. No, that's not even on the horizon anymore. They're not talking about balancing

00:15:04.540 the budget anymore. And the reason why this is so alarming, it isn't just because it defies common

00:15:09.920 sense because, you know, most households, a lot of them are failing right now because they're

00:15:14.380 underwater, but most of them try to balance their budget or they know that it's something they ought

00:15:19.580 to try to do if they can. Um, this isn't even connecting on this level anymore at the federal

00:15:24.360 government level. And the reason why that's important is one, it increases the debt. Okay.

00:15:29.380 So we're more than a trillion dollars in debt right now. That means that our interest payments,

00:15:34.580 I think right now as a line item, I think the interest payments are either about or a little

00:15:41.000 bit more than our spending at the department of national defense. Like it's crazy amount of money.

00:15:47.600 A trillion dollars is what we are in debt. If you started counting right now, Sheila,

00:15:53.240 it would take you 30,000 years to count to 1 trillion. That's how much debt we're in. And so

00:15:59.980 it causes this interest payment that we all need to pay for as taxpayers. And what it also does is it

00:16:06.080 also encourages the central bank, Bank of Canada to print up more money, right? Which is then used to

00:16:14.000 buy government bonds. This is the connection between deficit spending and money printing

00:16:19.900 and interest rates. And so this was all very carefully explained by very smart economists

00:16:25.700 to Trudeau and his team years ago. And he wants to be forgiven for not thinking about monetary policy.

00:16:33.220 But unfortunately, we're the ones, taxpayers, average working people, people on fixed income,

00:16:37.900 we're the ones are going to bear the brunt of this. This is totally fiscally irresponsible.

00:16:42.260 We don't care what party it is. If the conservatives are pulling this nonsense,

00:16:46.440 we would be chewing their leg off too. This is completely irresponsible and we're going to all

00:16:51.300 have to pay for it. Our main concern overarching is that there just isn't even the awareness.

00:16:57.560 Like if they were saying things like we're going to balance it or we're working hard or something

00:17:01.660 like that, we're going to reduce it, then we could at least take some hope that they're going to

00:17:05.620 wise up and sober up and like put the keg down. That's not even in the language, unfortunately.

00:17:10.720 So I was looking at Franco's Twitter account, and he notes that taxpayers paid 31% more for bureaucracy

00:17:18.400 over two years. So this is not over like a 10 year time span where you would expect that sort of

00:17:23.400 rapid rise, but just two years. The average compensation for a government bureaucrat is $125,300

00:17:31.700 all in. So that includes their out of control benefits. And then we've got a government union

00:17:40.660 that demands even more, could cost the taxpayer up to $16 billion over the course of just two years,

00:17:50.340 while the people who pay these salaries are just struggling to get by.

00:17:54.420 Yeah, this is really the tale of two pandemics, as Franco has put it many times and very well.

00:17:59.280 I can't stand it when politicians and bureaucrats will say something to the effect of, well, we're all

00:18:05.380 in the same boat. No, no, we're not. We're all in the same storm. But those folks in the bureaucracy

00:18:12.560 and in government jobs are typically in big taxpayer funded yachts. And the rest of us are kind of

00:18:18.320 treading water. You know, we're hanging on to the garbage in the ocean that they're throwing overboard.

00:18:24.280 She won't even scooch over so we can float on the door with her. Yeah, it's a problem. And so this is

00:18:32.240 where it gets really frustrating, because we're paying their salaries, and they just keep on

00:18:36.960 demanding more. And the reason why those costs went up is because apparently over the last six years or

00:18:41.780 so, Prime Minister Trudeau has added about 30,000 people to the payroll. Like, it's an astonishing number.

00:18:49.140 That's the population of Courtney in Vancouver Island. Imagine all of those people now being

00:18:54.040 added to the ranks of the so-called public service. And we're all paying for it. And unfortunately,

00:18:58.600 it's going to get worse. A lot of the government employee unions are demanding crazy high salary

00:19:05.080 and wage increases. In some cases, 14% per year for three years. Like, we had to check that six times

00:19:13.480 because we thought it was a typo. No, no. There are, in some cases, some government unions demanding

00:19:19.460 a more than 40% pay increase over the next three years, or they're threatening to strike. So it's

00:19:25.440 going to get worse before it gets better. I think my best recommendation would be to keep hammering

00:19:30.980 your MP. Keep emailing your MP. Send your MP your heating bill, your grocery bill, what your truck

00:19:36.080 payment costs, and say that you expect them to rein in this spending. And that also starts with their

00:19:41.040 pay raises, by the way. Members of Parliament took their fourth pay raise during this last four years

00:19:47.340 while the rest of us are getting pay cuts or losing our businesses. And it's an outrageous amount of

00:19:52.520 money. They were already making, Sheila, $189,000 per year as a backbencher. That's just backbencher.

00:19:58.580 Ministers make more than $200,000. I think it's $237,000. And keep in mind, for folks who haven't worked

00:20:05.120 on the Hill, it's easy to forget where their expenses go. Their housing's paid for. Their

00:20:12.280 hydro bill's paid for. Their food is paid for. They have hot meals three times a day right there

00:20:17.720 in the lobby of the House of Commons. Like, they want for really nothing when you're a Member of

00:20:21.960 Parliament and they're taking their fourth pay raise. It's just gross.

00:20:25.760 It's outrageous. Now, you know, it's, it is, it's outrageous when you put it that way,

00:20:33.960 that they're taking their fourth pay raise. Yeah. Well, people are cutting back to get by

00:20:38.160 because these same people keep hammering them with taxes. Now, you are part of the Alberta Proud

00:20:45.560 touring panel, which I will be a part of, on April 20th. Tell us a little bit about that.

00:20:51.200 I'm super stoked for this. It's Can't Stop Alberta. The great people behind Alberta Proud

00:20:56.860 and the Alberta Institute are putting this on. I've already done two shows or chats in Calgary.

00:21:02.540 It was amazing. They packed the house. There was around 100 people there, full house. And we talk

00:21:08.200 about things like, well, from the taxpayer's perspective, like lower taxes, less waste,

00:21:12.160 accountable government, the carbon tax. I can break down for you what just transition will cost you.

00:21:16.840 And what I love about it is how to get out there and fight. Because if we have 100 people

00:21:20.980 coming to watch us, we know they're already in the tent, right? We know that they're ready to fight.

00:21:25.260 And what I tell them is think of 10 people in your social circle who didn't come with you here tonight

00:21:30.100 and just like red pill them. Tell them how much they're spending. And so I think it's really

00:21:36.180 important to get all of these issues understood before the May election.

00:21:40.820 Yeah. And we have to arm our army of pro-freedom evangelists with really good, concise arguments

00:21:48.260 to take out with them into the world. Because the other side likes to confuse things with

00:21:53.340 unnecessary jargon, right? Like they say, a price on carbon. I'm like, I mean, a tax on life.

00:22:00.600 You know, you have to sort of cut down through the jargon and break it down into real tangible

00:22:06.240 things. And I hope that, well, I know you're doing that. And I hope I can do a little bit of that while

00:22:10.620 I'm on the panel.

00:22:11.220 We're going to be on stage together. I think we need to point this out.

00:22:14.360 Yeah. We're going to be on stage together so people won't confuse us for being the same person

00:22:18.600 all the time.

00:22:20.380 It happens at least like once or twice a month, which is a great compliment. 0.96

00:22:24.720 But it's like, no, different person. But no, this is going to be great. I'm not sure what your

00:22:28.540 focus is on. Mine is usually carbon tax and just transition. And this is the one in Red Deer,

00:22:32.460 right?

00:22:32.860 Yes.

00:22:33.500 Oh, we're going to have a hoot.

00:22:34.960 Yes.

00:22:35.180 So come to Red Deer and you can watch us talk about freedom and low taxes.

00:22:39.480 Exactly. Now, before I let you go, Chris, I want you to let people know how they can get

00:22:45.420 involved with the Taxpayers Federation in the fight for smaller, more accountable government.

00:22:50.640 Thank you. So if you go to taxpayer.com, click on the petitions tab, we've got something for

00:22:56.780 everybody there. That's what I love about the petitions that we have. You know, if you want

00:23:00.820 to get rid of the PST on used items at thrift shops in BC, we've got a petition for that.

00:23:06.160 If you want to stop funding the media, we've got a petition for that. If you want to scrap

00:23:11.480 the gun grab, same thing. So just sign up for one of those petitions. And that does two things. One,

00:23:17.420 it puts pressure on politicians. So we actually make change. And two, you're signed up to our

00:23:21.880 standing army. And that way, when it's time to do a critical mass blast of email on one person's

00:23:28.240 email address and make it crash for the day, which is exactly what happens, you'll be the one

00:23:32.860 helping. So just go to taxpayer.com and sign up on petitions that tickle your fancy. And then you'll

00:23:37.920 be joining our army. That's wonderful. Chris, thanks so much for the interview today. You're

00:23:43.840 a fan favorite. And you're just a personal favorite too. So we'll have you back on again very soon. And

00:23:48.520 I can't wait to see you on the 20th. Yeah, I'll see you there. I'm bringing you this shirt.

00:23:51.960 Love it. Okay, see you later, buddy.

00:24:02.680 Well, friends, we've come to the portion of the show where we invite your viewer feedback on like

00:24:06.360 the mainstream media. And I know I say this every single week, but I actually care about what you

00:24:10.020 think about the work that we're doing here at Rebel News. And so this is why I give out my email

00:24:14.340 address right now. It's Sheila at rebelnews.com. If you have a question, a comment, a criticism,

00:24:20.240 send it to me, it might just get read on air. And today's viewer feedback is indeed a criticism.

00:24:28.000 But I, like I said, I welcome it. I want to know what you think. This comes from Ken,

00:24:33.420 who writes to me. Hello, Sheila, I want to begin by saying that you are great. And I appreciate you

00:24:38.320 as a journalist so much. I feel like this is a criticism being stuffed into a compliment sandwich.

00:24:44.860 It's good management style, by the way. Anyways, let's keep going. I especially love that you are open

00:24:49.380 about your faith in our great God. I am a born again evangelical missionary pastor in

00:24:55.360 Nippawon, Saskatchewan. That's so fun to say. My wife and I have been in ministry for over 35 years,

00:25:01.420 and I have had to learn a lot the hard way. Here is why I'm getting in touch with you. I hope that

00:25:07.320 you can take some constructive criticism as a believer. I see that at times you correct others,

00:25:12.560 and that is needed. I'm not trying to come across as above anyone. In fact, humility is the only way

00:25:17.840 to succeed in his kingdom. At times, even while giving glory to God, you let cuss words fly.

00:25:22.680 It's true, I do. It's true. I struggle with it. I do my best. I try not to use the Lord's name in

00:25:29.980 vain. That was something that was very offensive to my mom. But like all of us, I'm a deeply flawed

00:25:38.100 individual, and I am not always the best at times. Ken goes on. There, I said it. This subtracts so much

00:25:47.060 credibility to us who believe and stand for the Lord. As I have said, I appreciate so much when I

00:25:52.460 hear your faith come out, even with tears at times that you are unashamed of him. Please hear me

00:25:59.140 because so many who need him hear you too. They say that free advice is worth what you pay for it.

00:26:04.620 The ball is in your court. It is wonderful care. Sincerely, Ken Matthews. Ken, I appreciate you and

00:26:11.260 your concern about my credibility and me swearing. And I realize I do. I do sometimes. And I don't mean

00:26:21.820 to. I try really hard to be careful about the language that I use on air and be calculated in

00:26:29.600 the words that I use. But it is a character flaw that I will admit to. And I struggle with it every

00:26:37.760 day. And I'm doing my best to rein in the mouth. So yeah, I don't mean to offend anybody. And I'm

00:26:46.500 sorry if I did. And I appreciate your care and concern for me. And I wish you and your wife the

00:26:51.880 very best in your ministry, literally doing the Lord's work. Well, everybody, that's the show for

00:26:58.620 tonight. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'll see everybody back here in the same time in the

00:27:02.620 same place next weekend. Remember, don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to

00:27:06.700 think.

00:27:28.620 Bye.

00:27:29.620 Bye.

Rebel News Podcast - April 05, 2023

SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ A lousy budget and a carbon tax hike, all in one week

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