Rebel News Podcast - SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ Drea Humphrey shares update on 'Battle for the Birds' in Edgewood, B.C.

00:00:00.000 I'm Sheila Gunn-Reed and you're watching The Gun Show.

00:00:30.000 My friend and colleague Drea Humphrey just spent a week living out of a camper van on a farm in Edgewood, BC because that's what it takes when the government tries to quietly wipe out 400 healthy ostriches and no one else is asking the hard questions.

00:00:48.280 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency claims it's about H5N1 avian flu, but they haven't proven a single active case on site.

00:00:56.940 There are no clear outbreaks, no transparent science, just a kill order for every bird.

00:01:02.680 But these aren't sick animals.

00:01:05.060 They're valuable research birds for avian flu and COVID-19.

00:01:09.280 So while CBC retypes government press releases, Drea packed up her bags and her camera and she moved on to the farm in a van.

00:01:17.520 She filmed the police as they showed up to assess the protest.

00:01:20.500 She interviewed the owners as they fought to save the animals they considered family.

00:01:24.380 And yes, she told us the birds' names because they're not statistics.

00:01:29.460 They're living creatures caught in a bureaucratic nightmare.

00:01:32.560 Drea has been telling the story the government hoped would fly under the radar. 0.95

00:01:35.420 The farmers are resisting, the birds are watching, and thanks to Drea, the rest of the country and the world finally is too.

00:01:41.700 Watch her reports.

00:01:42.620 It's everything journalism should be, but almost never is.

00:01:46.100 And Drea joins us now to update us on the battle for the birds in British Columbia.

00:01:57.780 Joining me now is Drea Humphrey, fresh off the battle for the birds at the ostrich farm in British Columbia.

00:02:05.420 In Edgewood.

00:02:06.640 Drea, I wanted to have you on because there's a lot of moving pieces.

00:02:10.520 A lot of things have even changed or presented themselves, I guess, since you came home from your, I guess, almost a week-long stay this time with the ostriches.

00:02:23.720 Yeah, this time.

00:02:24.400 This time.

00:02:26.580 But before we get into that, take us all the way back to the very beginning.

00:02:31.800 Why do we care about these ostriches? 1.00

00:02:33.600 Why do I suddenly care about ostriches after spending a lifetime of disliking them?

00:02:39.200 You and others, you know, across the board are caring about the ostriches for, number one, the very basic reason is that it is not humane to kill healthy animals.

00:02:50.620 So that is really unifying people from all political backgrounds.

00:02:55.360 However, this is a serious threat if this call goes through and even the fact that despite the farmers pushback, it's gotten this far to farming and food sovereignty, to freedom in science and to even property rights.

00:03:13.440 I mean, the sky is the limit when the state can come in by an anonymous tip, which, by the way, they don't even need an anonymous tip.

00:03:22.960 It can be the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's suspicions for some reasons that you may have avian flu.

00:03:29.860 But in this case, it was an anonymous tip that occurred late last year.

00:03:35.840 They came on.

00:03:36.900 The farmer said, yep, you're welcome to do whatever you need to do.

00:03:39.900 There's a sickness here.

00:03:41.140 We went to the vet like we're supposed to.

00:03:44.060 The assumption is that it's similar to a sickness they had earlier, a couple of years ago, except for the younger ones, because they were newer ostriches and they were treating them the same way.

00:03:55.760 Now, for those of you who have been watching our coverage for years, you know that the PCR test has a lot of issues, including the inventor, the late Kerry Mullis, saying that it should not and cannot be used to diagnose anything.

00:04:10.400 And so what do they do?

00:04:11.320 They asked to see some of the dead carcasses and they only test two, which is very fascinating.

00:04:19.100 Out of hundreds, including living ostriches, they choose to only test two with the PCR test that were deceased.

00:04:28.940 And from that, they say that there was avian flu present.

00:04:33.300 So a little bit of time passed and the the farmers who, by the way, are not farming these ostriches anymore for food since 2020.

00:04:45.820 They have been part of research, groundbreaking research that, according to them, has neutralized COVID-19, not just one strain, multiple strains, meaning according to them, what they have doesn't require you to get a booster every three months if you get it.

00:05:04.460 Um, and they're very close, according to them, to doing that to the avian flu.

00:05:09.520 Um, so you have the CFIA calling millions upon millions of birds.

00:05:15.840 In British Columbia, it's been almost nine million in the name of the avian flu in the last three years, saying these birds must die after the farmers say, wait, our older birds, which is 85% of our flock, they were asymptomatic.

00:05:30.580 And that's consistent with what they had before.

00:05:33.880 But not only that, as months pass, right? 0.97

00:05:36.720 Why are you killing them?

00:05:38.180 It's five months now because they had a legal battle in between, but they've been asymptomatic and healthy.

00:05:43.140 85% of the flock, which means it's not, um, when 80, when less than 85% of your flock die, it's not supposed to be what they call a high pathogen.

00:05:55.160 So, all signs point to, let's test these birds for antibodies and immunity and leave them alone.

00:06:02.160 But the state of Canada is hell-bent on doing the opposite.

00:06:06.260 And that's what the stand's all about.

00:06:08.200 Now, I'm going to ask you to speculate because I've done nothing but wildly speculate about this story and all the little side quests that I go on with this story.

00:06:18.660 But why do you think the Canadian government, the CFIA, is so hell-bent on euthanizing these birds?

00:06:27.280 You know, I'm working on a piece where I'm going to put it all together.

00:06:31.980 We might call it a conspiracy theory piece.

00:06:34.940 But as we know, sometimes conspiracy theories are accurate.

00:06:38.160 The thing that I'm noticing, again, from people across different political backgrounds, is that they themselves come to the conclusion of the research.

00:06:51.840 I have seen people in my own family come to that conclusion.

00:06:55.820 They're saying, do they, they're at least questioning, do they want to end this research?

00:07:00.160 Especially when you see the United States pleading for the opposite approach.

00:07:07.520 Our largest trading partner is saying, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

00:07:11.000 Don't kill these research birds.

00:07:14.140 Let's collaborate and see where this is going to go.

00:07:17.100 Let's work together for a solution.

00:07:19.820 So you start to think they're healthy.

00:07:23.160 The CFIA is refusing to retest them to prove the farmers wrong or prove themselves right.

00:07:30.160 And they're getting immense pushback politically, now internationally, and they're still saying they're moving forward.

00:07:36.060 So you tell me what's left other than to take a close look at, hey, if these farmers are right,

00:07:41.580 if they really have found this way to, with non-mRNA, because, you know, $600 million just went to Moderna to find an mRNA vaccine for the avian flu,

00:07:54.060 maybe it's bad for someone's business for them to move forward with their ostriches that are alive and originated from Africa.

00:08:03.680 They've been through a lot.

00:08:05.000 They've, they've had, I'm assuming, a lot of viruses.

00:08:07.900 And this farm has been farming them for 30 years, but many of them were alive before that.

00:08:12.560 And I think there's also just the, besides the money, I think, that someone stands to make if these birds are not part of finding a solution to these pathogens in another way that doesn't involve the mRNA.

00:08:30.500 I think the government has long thrown out the idea of something that we just accepted as reality for a very long time, herd immunity, natural immunity.

00:08:42.420 Like we, all of a sudden during COVID, we weren't allowed to talk about those things.

00:08:45.800 We had to pretend like they didn't exist and herd immunity and natural immunity were just things that conspiracy theorists talked about instead of like the basis for the majority of our vaccination programs prior to 2020.

00:08:58.480 And, you know, like, even if you don't care about ostriches and I didn't care about ostriches, actually, I, I, I'll say something even harsher.

00:09:06.760 Not only did I not care about ostriches, I, I really didn't like them and I'm not sure I like them, but I really didn't like ostriches.

00:09:15.180 But the point of this all is, if they can do this with these healthy research birds, they can do it with anything.

00:09:22.300 We, again, if people want to think that that's a conspiracy theory, can I point you to Bill C-293?

00:09:30.060 That was the private members bill that thankfully died when parliament was prorogued.

00:09:37.600 And that was what they called the pandemic bill or more likely the vegan bill because it gave the government the power to cull animals or close meat production facilities if somebody in the government decided that these places were a disease vector for the next pandemic.

00:09:56.460 And that's exactly what they're trying to do to these birds right now.

00:10:00.000 Well, you mentioned the herd immunity.

00:10:03.440 I want to read a quote.

00:10:04.660 It's a direct quote from inside one of the legal proceedings of what the CFIA's lawyer said, you know, in response to the farmers' law and say, let's just test them for natural immunity.

00:10:15.480 Someone's made a meme out of it, but on the left, it's that quote.

00:10:18.640 They said, there is a small subset of the population that holds certain beliefs about herd immunity.

00:10:25.440 Again, there's your small fringe minority sort of slap back.

00:10:30.440 It's very anti-science.

00:10:32.120 The other theory is legalities.

00:10:34.640 I mean, how many other farmers, I think it's over 238 just in British Columbia alone that have been culled in the last three years in the name of avian flu.

00:10:43.940 So we don't know how many said, well, wait, wait, wait, wait.

00:10:46.560 They're not, look at them.

00:10:47.620 They're fine.

00:10:48.300 Then you go ahead and you don't do your stamp out policy, which is, well, we killed them all as soon as we take this PCR test, which, by the way, that policy comes from the World Health Organization. 0.86

00:11:00.280 So what would that, what Pandora's box opens if you allow these birds to live, but perhaps you've had similar quiet battles with other farms beforehand?

00:11:10.320 Right.

00:11:11.140 Right.

00:11:12.140 Yeah.

00:11:12.820 I mean, a chicken farm, you know, a turkey farm, this may have happened to them.

00:11:19.280 It's a little less interesting and odd because it's not a bunch of weird looking space alien looking ostriches.

00:11:25.340 But yeah, this has happened to farms before.

00:11:27.940 And this seems to be where everyone is coalescing around the idea that the government is overreaching here.

00:11:37.100 Even David Eby, like, since when do we find David Eby on the same side of an issue as me, you, RFK, Dr. Oz, and just general normal people?

00:11:53.060 Since when do we find the mainstream media, for lack of better words, reporting pretty fair on the situation?

00:12:00.540 And to be honest, I think that has a lot to do with the people, the everyday people who aren't overly into politics, being able to come to the conclusion that there's overreach because they're not being distracted.

00:12:13.000 You know, when, when RFK Jr. put out his statement, they're not being distracted with, oh, he's aligned with Trump or, you know, those narratives are not going out.

00:12:20.820 Except that Taiyi did a horrible piece and one CBC journalist, you know, both of those pieces trying to sort of frame the protesters as potentially being violent, which nothing of the sorts is happening there.

00:12:34.740 So, yeah, it is definitely a unifying issue.

00:12:39.320 So what is going on with the CFIA?

00:12:41.500 Yeah, it's, it's very, very weird.

00:12:44.800 You know, and you just touched on it lately, but let's talk about it a little bit.

00:12:48.180 You spent about a week at the farm this time.

00:12:51.880 You were in the Rebel News camper van.

00:12:55.420 Tell us what it's like at the farm because, you know, you had the police visit, I think, to take the temperature of the ostrich-a-palooza that is happening there.

00:13:06.900 But what's happening there?

00:13:09.120 Like, I'm on the outside looking in.

00:13:10.960 I'm a little jealous that I'm not there.

00:13:12.660 I have a serious fear of missing out.

00:13:15.000 Me too, now that I'm home.

00:13:16.460 Oh, my gosh.

00:13:17.660 What is it like there?

00:13:20.780 It's hard to leave there.

00:13:22.540 Everybody says the same thing.

00:13:23.980 And I think that's because, you know, we're all fighting in a different way.

00:13:29.140 Most of us are trying to take our stand, even if it's sharing this show that you're watching, you're taking a little stand.

00:13:34.380 But it's not every day that you're surrounded with like-minded people that are like, no, we're drawing the line here.

00:13:40.060 We're going to do it peacefully.

00:13:41.540 We're going to stand our ground.

00:13:42.700 And I'm amazed by how organized what's happening there at the farm is.

00:13:47.660 I mean, I guess it makes sense.

00:13:49.400 Farmers are up early in the morning, as I'm also seeing, and they're feeding animals for hours.

00:13:53.840 And then they're, you know, the Katie Pisidny, the daughter of the co-owner, and Karen.

00:14:00.320 Well, Katie's father is a paraplegic.

00:14:02.460 So they're also, you know, caring for a paraplegic.

00:14:05.680 So I guess they have that grit.

00:14:07.760 And then there's the support of the people.

00:14:10.020 So they have a kitchen.

00:14:11.280 Everything is run by volunteer for whoever shows up there.

00:14:14.180 If you want food, you help.

00:14:15.540 So you help with the kitchen.

00:14:18.180 There is security surrounding the property 24 hours.

00:14:22.680 And they had to up that after a mysterious, the second mysterious murder of one of the ostriches was quite bizarre to be there while it was happening.

00:14:33.600 And then you have the small town sort of RCMP popping by.

00:14:37.460 So you mentioned them popping by, which obviously was to case the joint.

00:14:42.100 They said it was for a wellness check.

00:14:43.600 Like, everybody was doing fine.

00:14:45.880 But then you had them investigating this ostrich murder.

00:14:49.080 And I'm like, you know, this is turning into this weird sci-fi novel or something.

00:14:53.880 Because, you know, they are surrounding the property.

00:14:56.460 So where did this come from?

00:14:58.340 Witnesses, I'm not sure that I believe that's what happened.

00:15:00.640 But there's a lot of belief there that a drone came down because people saw a drone.

00:15:04.640 And that it shot them because they think it's from above.

00:15:08.240 However, it's a little weird what's going on.

00:15:13.000 But it is remarkable to see the people coming together, taking a stand.

00:15:16.180 And people coming from all over.

00:15:17.480 I've heard people say a lot from Alberta.

00:15:19.520 I've heard people say they're from Ontario.

00:15:21.520 And they're really concerned about this issue.

00:15:24.660 And you hit it on the nail when you said, if our liberal government isn't going to simply just say, hey, let's have another look at our policy.

00:15:33.140 Or, hey, let's test them.

00:15:34.760 That's their out.

00:15:35.660 They could just test them for immunity.

00:15:37.440 If they're not going to do that when the farmers are part of research claiming to be able to take down COVID and avian flu, then no animal is safe.

00:15:50.040 No farmer is safe.

00:15:50.960 No pet is safe.

00:15:52.540 Right.

00:15:53.500 Yeah.

00:15:54.460 Yeah, that is, you know, that's another thing.

00:15:57.720 Like, say you're not a farmer, you don't care.

00:15:59.460 You don't eat meat because you don't care.

00:16:00.820 Um, but do you love your pets?

00:16:04.000 Because, uh, the way that they say that some of these farms are contracting avian flu is through migratory birds and migratory birds are everywhere.

00:16:17.220 And if your cat, your dog, uh, your bunny rabbit is outside and is exposed to migratory birds, uh, you could have the CFIA beating down your door, um, and exterminating your pets.

00:16:29.280 Global News has already put a piece out telling us experts are concerned because it's passing into cats.

00:16:37.100 Um, now they put the stat on there of, you know, across, I can't remember, but across many countries, there's only been very few cases and they say the cats are asymptomatic as well.

00:16:49.420 Um, so that's a whole other thing, but you know, you're already warming up to that.

00:16:54.000 And actually pets have been called, um, in the name of the avian flu before, because if you have a dog and you have a farm and that dog goes near the animals, sometimes they've been called for that.

00:17:07.520 So definitely it's not out of the reach.

00:17:10.400 Now, I just touched on it briefly that David Eby is on the same side of an issue as RFK and Dr. Oz.

00:17:16.760 So the Americans are watching this with great interest.

00:17:19.880 What's happening there?

00:17:21.760 Yes, you're right.

00:17:22.640 The Americans, and again, I don't know if they're in it for the, the business or just, just to fight, but they see something in these birds in this fight that apparently our liberal government does not.

00:17:32.420 And so you have RFK Jr. who wrote a very sensible science based, uh, letter saying, you know, basically these animals are worth far more alive than dead.

00:17:43.540 Um, and then you have a, uh, super market, uh, billionaire, John, I'm going to put it, put his name here.

00:17:51.600 Cause I have a hard time saying his long last name.

00:17:53.780 Um, he's really been, you know, promoting it on his radio show.

00:17:58.020 And then you have Dr. Oz.

00:18:00.420 Um, so Dr. Oz is now at the top of their Medicare system in the U S and he said, Hey, you know what?

00:18:08.120 We got to basically get these, save these birds, let them refugee over to my ranch, my 900 acre ranch in Florida. 1.00

00:18:18.340 Um, you know, Canada's got to get its head out of the sand. 0.95

00:18:21.520 That's what he said, you know, with a little pun towards ostriches.

00:18:24.520 Um, now the farmers have, you know, been in contact with Dr. Oz and I don't know exactly what, I know it's crazy that this grassroots fight has led all the way to the secretary of health of the United States and, and beyond.

00:18:41.400 And they're having conversations with these people.

00:18:44.320 Um, I don't know the ins and outs of the conversation.

00:18:46.800 I do know that they declined the offer, um, for, I don't even know how that would have worked out logistically, but for the ostriches to make it there while they're in quarantine, or maybe not physically make it there.

00:18:57.460 Maybe, I don't know how that would work, but they did decline.

00:18:59.860 They say they want this fight to be in Canada and they want Canada to change on this issue.

00:19:07.180 Yeah, I guess that's, at the beginning, I was like, they could have pulled the old Tiger King disappearing act and start plunking these ostriches everywhere. 1.00

00:19:15.060 Just let them loose.

00:19:16.220 To hide them from the CFIA, but that doesn't change anything.

00:19:19.160 That doesn't fix it for the next farmer.

00:19:22.000 And it might not be ostriches.

00:19:23.680 It could be turkeys next time.

00:19:25.200 Um, tell me real quick about the young lady who is an avian flu survivor, who is frequently put forward as the reason this call is necessary.

00:19:38.940 Right.

00:19:39.340 Yeah.

00:19:39.720 We've talked about the public pushback, the political pushback, and I'm sure, sure the very last person, perhaps the CFIA expected to be getting pushback is from the, the infamous 13 year old girl.

00:19:53.600 Who's been deemed Canada's first avian flu human case.

00:19:58.520 She had enough.

00:20:00.180 It was her idea.

00:20:01.640 She could barely talk because of damage.

00:20:03.640 They believe she got from the ventilator.

00:20:05.580 They came from the Fraser Valley area, closer out to where I live.

00:20:09.700 They drove seven or eight hours to get there to stand with the farmers and the birds against the CFIA.

00:20:17.960 In particular, they are sick and tired of their daughter's story being used to excuse, in this case, especially killing healthy animals.

00:20:29.560 They wanted to put a face to the name for the first time and give the first name, which is Jocelyn.

00:20:34.940 She had never been named before.

00:20:36.460 It was always just a 13 year old BC girl. 0.97

00:20:38.740 Well, now she's like, this is ridiculous. 0.99

00:20:40.360 Don't kill these birds. 0.63

00:20:41.200 And, um, a couple of interesting things that I noticed the mainstream media has ignored over that story, despite them continuously, oh, the 13 year old girl.

00:20:51.720 They never let the public know that she, according to the family, has no recollection of being around any birds.

00:21:00.060 However, she was exposed to a very ill dog that had, didn't have avian flu, had some sort of other illness.

00:21:08.960 Um, so I don't know if that's related, but you'd think as a journalist, you would want to know some more about that.

00:21:14.180 And the dog, they were caring.

00:21:16.180 They were sort of volunteering to help care for the dog.

00:21:18.540 The child, uh, the 13 year old teen got sick shortly after that.

00:21:22.460 She was hospitalized, uh, beginning of November.

00:21:25.780 And the dog was put down just a couple of days later.

00:21:28.660 So you'd think the public would know about that, especially since, um, they're being told that the strain they have is from ducks in Alberta.

00:21:38.220 They're out here in BC, not around ducks.

00:21:40.260 Very interesting.

00:21:41.320 The other thing is, again, the farmers are saying, please test for antibodies.

00:21:45.160 It's a real thing.

00:21:46.100 Herd immunity is literally about the herd getting immunity.

00:21:49.600 Yeah.

00:21:49.920 Um, so this child, this teen's antibodies are being tested for research based out of, uh, Toronto.

00:21:57.380 Oh, but yet we're going to kill these ostriches who we know have antibodies because it's been months.

00:22:05.020 We're going to destroy all that and do nothing with, um, their antibodies for this avian flu that they're saying is, you know, so important for us to handle in such a way. 0.68

00:22:15.300 Nobody in their family, despite being, you know, around their daughter got avian flu.

00:22:20.780 So again, this is supposed to be about contagion.

00:22:24.180 Um, that's not what we're seeing here and they don't know.

00:22:27.220 They're scratching their heads on how they, she even got it in the first place.

00:22:31.680 Yeah.

00:22:31.740 I saw in the press conference, they said that they had the disease confirmed independently, um, beyond, uh, just the hospital testing, which I think was important, but they still don't know how she caught it.

00:22:43.780 Um, and yeah, uh, big irony there that her antibodies now that she's recovered from the avian flu can be used in research, but ostriches who have experienced the same, um, though they're going to be called, I guess we should be grateful that they're not calling this young lady.

00:22:58.640 Uh, Drea, tell us, yeah.

00:23:01.080 Tell us about the state of the birds right now, because now like me, so many people are bizarrely emotionally invested in them.

00:23:09.280 Um, well, the farmers are continuously pleading for the public to come out there, whether it's a day trip, you want to stay a week, you want to stay a couple of days, get to look the birds in the eye.

00:23:19.340 And I could see why they're saying that because when you get there, whether you like them or not, I mean, it is something special.

00:23:26.400 I had never looked an ostrich in the eye and their eyes are huge.

00:23:29.140 And, um, you know, they're just so inquisitive.

00:23:32.620 Like when you go and you talk by them, you can see my videos, they come up and they stand behind.

00:23:36.960 It's like, almost like they know they're famous now and they show off and they, they play with balls and they fight with each other.

00:23:44.680 They're mating. 0.80

00:23:45.460 I mean, it's just so ridiculous when you go out there and you look at them and how healthy and thriving they are to think that the CFIA is, is continuing on this route.

00:23:55.180 So if you can go out there yourself, experience it, um, there's that little bit of convoyish aspect to it where, where, you know, it's more like the prairies or whatever, but people have come together.

00:24:07.780 There's bouncy castles, there's campfires.

00:24:10.320 And, um, it, it's, it is really amazing to look at those birds and it's quite disheartening to know that even now, even though there's a temporary pause on the call by agreement between councils, simply to allow the farmers, lawyers to get a stay application in, um, if that stay is granted, then I would assume there's going to be a pause for longer while they get to the next stage of appeal.

00:24:38.300 If it's not granted, the CFIA has made it very clear.

00:24:42.020 They will be calling these birds, despite everything we've discussed in this show.

00:24:46.460 It's crazy.

00:24:47.620 It's crazy.

00:24:48.320 And again, five months, none of them are sick.

00:24:50.460 What is the pressing urgency to public health right now, except for the fact that, uh, that they don't have an off ramp, right?

00:25:00.180 Who the heck is, who the heck is the WHO to tell us this is how we should handle such a thing. 0.99

00:25:05.220 We should just kill them all because they tested positive back in December after an anonymous tip. 1.00

00:25:11.760 Anonymous tip. 0.99

00:25:13.700 Uh, Drea, how do people find the work that you have done on these ostriches and support your missions, missions to the farm?

00:25:23.100 And I suspect you're going to have another one very, very soon.

00:25:25.580 I know.

00:25:25.820 I know.

00:25:26.620 Oh my goodness.

00:25:27.460 Um, so we have a website, so we've been covering this for months.

00:25:32.580 I've been covering it ever since I heard the farmers say they have natural immunity and the government was going to kill it everywhere.

00:25:38.620 So if you really want to go back, because it's been hard to put all of the loose ends into one thing, go to savetheostriches.com.

00:25:45.880 All of the information is there, um, including how to help the farmers.

00:25:49.800 They have a give, send, go of obviously for the legal fees, but, um, every information is there.

00:25:55.780 The science stuff is there.

00:25:57.000 There's more to come.

00:25:57.880 There's still another report coming out from me physically at the farm.

00:26:01.580 And I'm really trying to stay on top of this, even though I'm here at home.

00:26:06.600 Um, and so even since I've been home, I think there's been like four or five articles that have come out.

00:26:12.140 It's nonstop.

00:26:12.780 Yeah, it's nonstop.

00:26:13.720 So savetheostriches.com and please, if you can, um, because I think this is the first time I've done this for this long, where basically the whole BC Bureau is focused on this, this story, an imminent threat to our food security and more.

00:26:31.080 Um, so what happens is it's not just the travel expenses.

00:26:34.520 It's not just the expense to, you know, rent the van and be there or whatever.

00:26:38.720 It's the expense of not reporting on other, you know, other important issues that maybe bring in an income for Rebel News.

00:26:46.240 So if you can donate at savetheostriches.com to keep, you know, it helps me know you want me to keep focusing on this important issue, which I believe is super important.

00:26:55.600 Um, please do so at savetheostriches.com.

00:26:59.100 Drea, thanks so much.

00:27:00.620 Thank you so much for fighting for, uh, I, at the end of the day, even if you don't care about any of this stuff, it's property rights and due process.

00:27:09.080 You know, if you, if you're not guilty of the thing that they say you're guilty of, i.e. being sick with avian flu, shouldn't you be entitled to treatment as though you're not sick with avian flu, but it's property rights for farmers, it's food security, it's, uh, it's everything.

00:27:24.740 And I'm just so glad that you've dedicated your time to this and made me feel something for ostriches I didn't know that I was capable of.

00:27:34.240 Don't we all?

00:27:36.720 Thanks, Drea.

00:27:37.600 Thanks for having me.

00:27:39.080 Well, friends, as always, the last portion of the show is yours because without you, there's no rebel news.

00:27:51.920 So I got to listen to what you think about the work that we do here.

00:27:55.200 I give you my email address right now.

00:27:57.760 It's sheila at rebelnews.com.

00:27:59.740 If you have something to say about Drea and the ostriches, send it to me there.

00:28:04.080 And you might just have your comment, question, story idea read on the show next week in the third section, which is yours.

00:28:14.640 But don't let that be the bar for entry.

00:28:16.280 Either, for example, if you are watching a free clip of the show or if your friends are watching free clips of the show because you're trying to encourage your friends to become subscribers to Rebel News Plus,

00:28:25.740 leave a comment over there because I do go looking over there to see what everybody's saying, not just subscribers.

00:28:33.480 I mean, you guys are very important, but I do want to hear what everybody has to say, too.

00:28:38.660 So also those comments help us get higher up in the YouTube algorithm, which makes them serve us up to more eyeballs, which I think is really important because I think the message of freedom and fighting against government overreach is something that I think everybody needs to hear.

00:28:56.560 So today's email comes to us by way of Bruce in Radway, Alberta, long time supporter of Rebel News, long time viewer of my show.

00:29:09.420 We couldn't do Rebel News without people like Bruce and his lovely little cat, Delta.

00:29:15.080 Bruce says, Hi, Sheila.

00:29:17.400 What practical help has Ottawa given us Albertans?

00:29:20.760 I can't think of a thing.

00:29:21.940 This election of a fourth liberal term shows that we can't reform Ottawa.

00:29:26.840 We tried with Stephen Harper and Preston Manning.

00:29:29.240 Nothing was changed by those good leaders.

00:29:31.800 Even with French names first and last, Pierre Polyev was looked down on as just another backwoods politician. 0.95

00:29:39.260 I'm done getting screwed.

00:29:40.780 We could be so much richer without that ball and chain called Confederation. 0.95

00:29:44.880 Sincerely, Bruce.

00:29:45.620 That was on my show last week with Corey Morgan of the Western Standard, who also wrote a book called The Sovereignist Handbook, available on Amazon.

00:29:56.720 We are doing a series of town halls.

00:29:59.760 Our next one is coming up in Regina on June 2nd.

00:30:04.740 So if you're in, I was going to call you Ratland, but that's just an Albertan being snarky.

00:30:10.800 If you are in Saskatchewan, please go to donegettingscrewed.com to get your tickets.

00:30:17.720 They're only five bucks.

00:30:19.220 We're at the Turn V Center, which is a large venue.

00:30:22.500 But I think the venue is going to fill up as these things tend to do.

00:30:27.760 If you are considering coming, don't wait.

00:30:29.620 Get your ticket.

00:30:30.180 And I hope to see you there.

00:30:33.740 Again, that's donegettingscrewed.com.

00:30:36.820 Well, everybody, that's the show for today.

00:30:38.280 Thank you so much for tuning in.

00:30:39.540 I'll see everybody back here in the same time, in the same place next week.

00:30:43.880 Am I in the same place next week?

00:30:45.040 I think I'm on the road, actually, next week coming back from Regina.

00:30:51.060 So who knows where we're going to shoot the show.

00:30:52.900 But anyway, as I always tell you, don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to think.

00:31:00.180 We'll see you next week.

00:31:30.180 We'll see you next week.

Rebel News Podcast - May 29, 2025

SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ Drea Humphrey shares update on 'Battle for the Birds' in Edgewood, B.C.

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