Rebel News Podcast - SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ EXCLUSIVE： CAHN whines that police won't take their frivolous hate complaints seriously

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00:00:39.500 back in the driver's seat. Tonight, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network is funded by Justin Trudeau to

00:00:44.680 file busybody complaints against his political adversaries. And I've got the results of those

00:00:50.280 complaints. And it is hilarious. Then Josh Andrus from Projects Confederation joins me to do a

00:00:56.260 post-mortem on the Alberta election. It is June 1st, 2023. I'm Sheila Gunn-Reed, but yes, you are

00:01:02.520 watching The Ezra Levant Show. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network is a bunch of failures, tattletales,

00:01:22.600 and tone policers. You probably already knew that if you pay close attention to Rebel News reporting,

00:01:26.760 but it wouldn't be so bad except you pay these people to troll the internet for fake Nazis

00:01:31.240 through government grants dished out by the Heritage Ministry. And I've got an update to what

00:01:37.140 they've been doing with that very specific grant money. And the supply of fake Nazi LARPers on the

00:01:46.280 internet never ever rises to meet the demand the left seems to have for fake Nazi LARPers on the

00:01:54.600 internet. But it is true. Justin Trudeau pays these insufferable social media social justice hall

00:02:00.720 monitors with taxpayer money to compile intel and dossiers on Trudeau's critics to then use the

00:02:08.340 intel and dossiers to label Trudeau's critics as hate organizations. Sometimes these people end up on

00:02:14.860 a terrorism watch list. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network will also find inconsequential people on

00:02:21.820 the fringes of any anti-Trudeau movement to use those inconsequential individuals as an example by

00:02:28.880 which to taint the whole group through press releases, media appearances, and reports. The

00:02:35.000 Anti-Hate Network, well, they're touted as experts on hate groups, apropos of almost nothing except

00:02:41.040 their own declarations of expertise. But I think the phone call about who and what is the hate group,

00:02:47.900 well, that might be coming from inside the house, as they say. Now, we reported on this story back in

00:02:53.320 2021 after we received evidence through access to information filings from the Heritage Ministry.

00:02:59.080 And let me just stop right here because I want to thank everybody who makes this important

00:03:02.600 accountability work possible through your donations to our investigations and filing fund

00:03:07.800 at rebelinvestigates.com. People who donate to that fund fund a lot of the work that I do here at

00:03:14.900 Rebel News. So this is me thanking you personally for that. But if you missed that reporting,

00:03:20.580 let's just breeze back through it really quick together so you can see why we kept filing for

00:03:27.320 more information. On page six of these 2021 Heritage Ministry documents, we can see the government

00:03:33.060 exempted the Canadian Anti-Hate Network from having to provide an annual financial statement because they

00:03:39.520 were just so, quote, new. However, they were founded in March 2018, so way past the normal one-year

00:03:45.540 rule for this kind of stuff. On page 17, we can see that the Canadian Anti-Hate Network got

00:03:50.320 $268,400 from the government. And we can see what they got that money for two pages later on page 19.

00:04:00.160 They used it to hire four new staff to spend their time filing police complaints against groups

00:04:04.820 they are monitoring. On page 38, we can see what they call their little dossiers. They call them

00:04:12.440 explanatory pieces. And quickly, we could see the Canadian Anti-Hate Network move to filing those

00:04:20.780 police complaints. Look at this. An anti-hate group said it had filed a complaint with the Law Society

00:04:27.960 of Ontario asking for an investigation into a criminal lawyer who appeared to pledge allegiance

00:04:32.560 to the far-right Proud Boys in a video. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network said it had filed the complaint

00:04:38.580 against Colin A. Brown on Thursday after Global News reported on the video showing him reciting

00:04:44.120 the Proud Boys oath. Based on all of the evidence above, we have enormous concerns about Mr. Brown's

00:04:50.020 actions and their damage to the legal profession and administration of justice in Ontario, the

00:04:55.400 complaint alleges. So that complaint, by the way, was filed in the middle of April 2021. And by May

00:05:02.660 2021, the Men's Drinking and Social Club, the Proud Boys, was listed as a terrorist group by the Canadian

00:05:11.060 government akin to Al-Qaeda. Ridiculous, right? But do you see how that pipeline works? They compile the 0.73

00:05:19.640 dossier. They file the complaint. Your life is ruined. You end up labeled as a terrorist. Wash, rinse,

00:05:27.100 repeat. And Trudeau is paying them to do this with your money. And when I call the Canadian Anti-Hate

00:05:36.620 Network failures, as I did off the top of this video, I can support that with evidence, unlike much

00:05:41.880 of what the Canadian Anti-Hate Network says about Trudeau's enemies. Just look at this from journalist

00:05:47.000 Jonathan Kay. In 2019, I was sued for libel by a director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. He claimed

00:05:56.160 Barbara Kay, so that's John's mom, and I linked the Anti-Hate Network to, quote, violent Antifa.

00:06:03.160 The judgment released today, the claim was dismissed. The judge ruled that the Anti-Hate Network does

00:06:11.020 assist Antifa. And two, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network director has used courts to stifle detractors,

00:06:19.680 though failed in this case. So to clarify here, because this is really fascinating,

00:06:24.220 the Trudeau government gives tons of taxpayers' money to a group that a judge now confirms supports

00:06:32.280 Antifa, which does engage in violence. The truth, I guess, is the defense to libel here.

00:06:39.160 But now we know what came of most of those police complaints that Trudeau paid the Canadian Anti-Hate

00:06:45.540 Network to file. And it's nothing, which is amazing and hilarious and shout out to the police.

00:06:54.300 And I can show you all of this through another exclusive access to information filing by Rebel News

00:06:59.100 into the Anti-Hate Network's communications since with the Heritage Ministry. The Anti-Hate Network

00:07:06.020 in these communications, well, they are updating the ministry about what these tattletales have been

00:07:11.100 doing with the money they were given by the Trudeau government. They were, I guess, showing proof of

00:07:15.680 work. It reads, we continue to file professional and lawyer-reviewed criminal complaints that provide

00:07:22.320 evidence of criminal activity by members and supporters of hate-promoting groups. However,

00:07:28.260 since applying for the grant, we have been disappointed to find that engaging law enforcement

00:07:33.460 in this way is not particularly fruitful. Boo-hoo. Now, while we still file those complaints, we put

00:07:41.880 less of an emphasis there and pursue other legal avenues in cases of criminality too. For example, lawyer

00:07:48.920 drafted complaints to social media platforms. So again, let's stop and clarify here. The police won't do

00:07:56.440 anything about these busybody time-wasting complaints because being disagreeable or expressing clunky views

00:08:05.520 online, well, that's not a crime in Canada. Canada already has well-defined laws regarding hate speech, the

00:08:11.980 promotion of genocide or threats to do harm. Those are real crimes. Disagreeing with Justin Trudeau or being a bit of

00:08:20.220 a prickly jerk online, it's not illegal. So instead, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, they're forced to go 0.98

00:08:27.920 tattling to social media platforms to have critics censored. Let's keep going. I have no problem with

00:08:35.000 the language in the agreement in regards to law enforcement as it is in version one. However, if you

00:08:39.560 have no objections, I've omitted references to law enforcement in section one and section three in my

00:08:44.640 edits on the basis that we have found that they rarely, if ever, pursue those complaints and we

00:08:51.240 can't promise good results for that activity. We have far more successful outcomes with our public

00:08:57.120 reporting. Public reporting, of course, is a strange way to put whipping up an online mob to ruin your

00:09:02.960 life, but okay. And if you've been targeted by these people, like John Kay and his mom Barbara were,

00:09:09.840 just know you paid for it and you can thank Trudeau for all of it. Stay with us.

00:09:14.640 Josh Andrus from Project Confederation joins me after the break to do a post-mortem on the Alberta

00:09:21.280 election.

00:09:30.580 It's all over, but the crying, as they say, this time the tears are of the NDP, but things are not

00:09:35.520 completely finalized in the Alberta election. There are writings going to recount and I guess

00:09:41.760 people want to know what Daniel Smith should do next. Now joining me is someone who has been an

00:09:49.220 avid election watcher, a political activist, and someone we've had on my show, The Gun Show, to talk

00:09:55.040 about the election campaign and what Alberta needs to do to reassert ourselves within Confederation.

00:10:01.360 So I thought, let's have Josh on, let's digest the election results and talk about Daniel Smith's new

00:10:08.140 mandate to lead. So Josh from Project Confederation, Josh Andrus, thanks for joining me. I guess let's talk

00:10:15.500 about the election results. It's a lot closer than I think a lot of conservatives may have thought. For me, this is

00:10:24.220 about right. Just based on the polling data that I had seen in the lead up, what do you think? What's

00:10:31.040 your opinion of how things shook out?

00:10:33.160 It did feel a little bit closer than anticipated. A lot of these, so how Alberta's kind of structured is

00:10:40.500 the bulk of the ridings in the province are outside of the two major cities, which are Calgary and

00:10:46.440 Edmonton. Those are solidly conservative. And in some cases, pulling in 80% of the vote. But then you get

00:10:54.160 into the city. Edmonton, there might as well be a wall around it. It is orange. It is NDP orange. It has

00:11:00.940 been for eight years now. The NDP, when they were in government, really enhanced the public sector in

00:11:08.200 Edmonton, which really gave them kind of a buffer zone there. Calgary was very interesting. The UCP

00:11:15.920 managed to hold South Calgary, which was very important to their electoral chances. I mean, they needed 44

00:11:22.620 seats to win. They as of today have 49. There is a recount going on in at least one riding I know of, and that

00:11:28.620 would be Tyler Shandro in Calgary, Acadia. But the south side of Calgary did hold, you saw some of the inner city

00:11:36.080 ridings. I think Calgary Glenmore went NDP as well. So there were a couple that were on like the borderline edge of the

00:11:43.580 south side. The north, well, that was effectively orange, right? With the exception of I think

00:11:50.560 Muhammad Yassine won in Calgary North. So yeah, there are changing demographics. This was an election

00:11:55.780 campaign where there was a lot of noise. There was a lot of controversy that the mainstream media was

00:12:01.820 digging up. Old statements by Danielle, some affiliated groups that were saying some controversial

00:12:08.160 things, at least according to the mainstream media that may have driven some of the results in some

00:12:13.780 of these closer ridings in Calgary. But yeah, 49, if the recount overturns Shandro's results in Acadia,

00:12:21.560 we'll see what if it goes to 50. That is a big if. 49 is a majority government though. So Danielle

00:12:27.300 Smith does have a mandate, a four year mandate to move forward with her agenda. And it will be very

00:12:33.620 interesting to see exactly how she approaches this. Does she need, does she feel the need to

00:12:38.880 moderate or does she move fast at the beginning with some more of her premier policy pieces that

00:12:45.280 are controversial to the left and the mainstream media? If I had my like Danielle Smith fantasy

00:12:52.700 football, what would she do next? I would tell her to move fast because she, I think she needs 1.00

00:12:57.920 a lot of time to convince those on the cusp Calgary voters that the sky will not fall if she moves

00:13:06.920 forward her agenda. Because right now the, the mainstream media and the NDP, but I might be

00:13:12.540 repeating myself there. They are really continuing to fear monger about Danielle Smith, what she's going

00:13:19.140 to do to healthcare. They're still talking about, she's going to make you pay for healthcare. She's 1.00

00:13:24.240 literally never said that. She mused about that in a radio show when she was somebody who commented

00:13:30.500 on things and floated thought bubbles. That's what you do as a political commentator. What do you

00:13:37.940 think she should do? Should she move slowly? Should she do the whole like slow and steady Stephen Harper

00:13:42.840 thing where we're still looking for his hidden agenda? Or does she move quickly like Ron DeSantis? 0.92

00:13:48.240 I think I'm, I'm in the like move quickly, like Ron DeSantis. And I think that really helped his

00:13:54.620 electoral results last time around, you know, Florida usually ends up in a recount statistical

00:14:00.080 rounding error determines things there, but he pushed his conservative agenda and people realize,

00:14:05.540 you know what? It's, it's not bad. It's good. It's not scary. Nobody died. The apocalypse didn't come

00:14:11.840 and people lose faith in the media that way. But what do you think she should do?

00:14:15.700 Well, I'm just going to read a quote from her, her victory speech here. She says,

00:14:22.040 hopefully the prime minister and his caucus are watching tonight. Let me be clear. And she's

00:14:26.960 talking about a lot of these more radical environmental ideas that are coming out of

00:14:32.360 Ottawa. This is not a road we can afford to go down. She says, if he persists, he will be hurting

00:14:38.180 Canadians from coast to coast, and he will strain the patience and goodwill of Albertans in an

00:14:43.060 unprecedented fashion. And as premier, I cannot under any circumstance allow these contemplated

00:14:51.080 federal policies to be inflicted upon Albertans. I simply can't, and I won't. And I think that's

00:14:57.280 the message that she's bringing to the table. I mean, those are very strong words.

00:15:00.960 And finally, my fellow Albertans, we need to come together no matter how we have voted

00:15:05.140 to stand shoulder to shoulder against soon to be announced Ottawa policies that would significantly

00:15:11.220 harm our provincial economy.

00:15:17.000 Now, we have been made aware that in the coming weeks, Justin Trudeau is planning on bringing

00:15:22.280 forward new restrictions on electricity generation from natural gas that will not only massively

00:15:27.720 increase your power bills, but will also endanger the integrity and reliability of our entire

00:15:33.160 power grid, which we rely on during our cold and dark Alberta winters. In addition, the prime minister

00:15:39.080 is already ready to introduce a de facto production cap on our oil and gas sector that, if implemented,

00:15:46.580 will result in tens of thousands of jobs lost, tens of billions in lost investment, damage our

00:15:56.480 province's fiscal position, and bring economic hardship to Albertans. Now, I've made myself clear

00:16:01.780 on this matter to the prime minister in person and in public. But I feel we need to do it again.

00:16:07.280 Well, hopefully the prime minister and his caucus are watching tonight.

00:16:29.560 But let me be clear, this is not a road we can afford to go down. If he persists, he will be

00:16:39.940 hurting Canadians from coast to coast, and he will strain the patience and goodwill of Albertans in an

00:16:46.060 unprecedented fashion.

00:16:47.380 We've seen in Saskatchewan Scott Moe taking a very similar stance on the net zero electricity grid, on the

00:16:54.380 emissions cap, which is effectively a de facto production cap, because we don't have the technology

00:16:58.980 to cap emissions without capping production, as well as the carbon tax and some of these other

00:17:04.100 policies that are coming out of Ottawa. I think that is a winning message. I think that is a winning

00:17:08.040 strategy. I did notice during the campaign that the media seemed to downplay a lot of the federal

00:17:13.660 policies. And I did notice that I think if it wasn't an election year in Alberta during the

00:17:19.180 wildfire, Stephen Guibo would have been out talking about the dangers of climate change and why we need

00:17:25.620 to move forward with net zero. I do think that what we're seeing from Danielle is that she is going to

00:17:31.540 push back hard on Ottawa. It's something that Kenny said he was going to do in 2019. I also think that

00:17:37.920 because it wasn't really a fixture during the campaign, it kind of faded from the fight between

00:17:42.980 Trudeau and Alberta kind of shifted to the backdrop in people's minds when they went to the ballot box.

00:17:48.900 I think if she brings that up and she makes it a centerpiece of her platform of her government over 0.81

00:17:54.180 the next four years, she's going to be really well positioned to repeat in 2027 or whenever we go

00:18:01.540 back to the polls. Now, I think you're absolutely right. I mean, her speech was, okay, we won,

00:18:08.540 let's unite. Now let's rumble Ottawa. And I think it's great. That's exactly what conservatives want

00:18:14.800 to hear. That's the red meat for conservatives who may be skeptical of her. She was previously a

00:18:26.340 political commentator. So you get to say whatever you want when you do those sorts of things, not so

00:18:30.840 much when you're a politician. Now, I want to ask...

00:18:32.540 You're feeling, oh, sorry. Yeah. You're feeling time as well, right? Like you're sitting there and

00:18:36.280 you have to, like, you have like these 15 minute segments where you sit there and talk and sometimes

00:18:40.520 you're going to muse about things. And I do think that you're right about that. Things did get taken

00:18:45.560 out of context, as you said. Yeah.

00:18:47.180 Yeah, for sure. Now, I want to ask you about Rachel Notley. I am shocked, actually, that she didn't

00:18:53.880 resign after that loss. I listened with bated breath to her entire concessionary

00:19:02.540 speech because I was so excited because I thought, I'm going to hear her resign live

00:19:09.440 on air. And I get to react with all my friends, all the thousands of people watching are going

00:19:13.200 to get to see just how happy I am about this. And then she just snatched it from me. And

00:19:17.640 one final insult, I was sort of surprised that she didn't resign, but she did say she's staying 0.92

00:19:24.960 on as leader.

00:19:25.640 I love you all so much. Now, although we did not achieve the outcome that we wanted,

00:19:33.180 we did take a major step towards it. The unprecedented growth of our party through this campaign is

00:19:39.940 a warm light, one that gives me a lot of optimism for the work to come. My friends, let me be clear,

00:19:47.580 now is not the time to let up. Now is the time to step up.

00:19:53.480 Now is the time for us to do the work that has been asked of us. It is my honor to serve as your

00:20:22.640 leader, and it is my privilege to continue to serve as leader of the official opposition.

00:20:33.640 Our values will be represented in the legislature. We will have a say in the future of this great

00:20:41.580 province. We will continue to speak up on behalf of Albertans who struggle to have their voice heard.

00:20:49.460 We will fight for better health care, better education, better jobs.

00:20:56.920 And my friends, we will be unequivocal in our demand for respect for the rule of law and an

00:21:03.620 unqualified belief in the human rights and basic dignity of all Albertans.

00:21:15.220 The challenges we face, the challenges facing Alberta, economic, environmental, social,

00:21:27.720 they all require dedication and determination. And we will bring that to Alberta's legislature

00:21:34.960 tirelessly. We will never stop working to rebuild our public health care, to support the well-being

00:21:45.960 of our communities, to protect our mountains, our pensions, and our kids' education, all while ensuring

00:21:52.960 we have an economy that works for absolutely all Albertans.

00:22:04.960 So to all Albertans, we will be your voice when this government refuses to listen. And one small message to Danielle Smith and to the members of her new caucus, I say this. If we had won, because you know, it's an inside piece of information here, but it's an inside piece of information here.

00:22:10.960 I actually had two speeches drafted for tonight. If we had won, our commitment was to have been to do everything that we could to move past division and to govern for the vast majority of Albertans. To be practical and pragmatic and to do everything that we could to move past division.

00:22:33.960 And to govern for the vast majority of Albertans. To be practical and pragmatic and to listen to all voices.

00:22:40.960 Whatever.

00:22:42.960 So I am asking you to remember the majority of Albertans tonight and admit to a government that prioritizes the need and aspirations of all Albertans.

00:22:56.960 So in conclusion tonight, my friends, I just want to say I am so proud of the work that every single solitary member of our movement, of this NDP, has done over the last four weeks.

00:23:17.960 Together we fought passionately for a better future. And I am so very, very proud to be the leader of this party.

00:23:27.960 Thank you all very much. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

00:23:36.960 You people like, who buys this? It's like a cult.

00:23:40.960 She tricked me. She tricked me into listening to her because I thought she was going to resign. 1.00

00:23:45.960 So I paid intense attention. I choked down a pickled egg.

00:23:49.960 That was the first time I had a chance to eat. She comes on, ruins my pickled egg. 0.99

00:23:54.960 I listened to the whole thing thinking she's going to resign. And then she doesn't resign. 0.99

00:23:58.960 And then she feeds us a line of BS about how she's going to be the premier for all Albertans and move past divisions. 0.99

00:24:04.960 She's the one being divisive and not speaking to all Albertans. 0.99

00:24:09.960 What a load of baloney. And then to not even resign. 0.56

00:24:13.960 You lost two back to back elections, sister. Move along.

00:24:18.960 Let some new blood get in there. Let Shannon Phillips get in there, act crazy and remind people why they don't like the NDP. 1.00

00:24:25.960 But no, apparently not. Do you think the party's happy with that?

00:24:30.960 Well, I mean, given that a lot of these ridings were close, I think both sides are kind of taking victory laps right now.

00:24:37.960 The NDP shouldn't be like, I mean, I'm looking at the numbers.

00:24:40.960 I'm not happy with the fact that the NDP have such a large opposition like that is it makes things more difficult.

00:24:48.960 So in some ways, I think both sides can claim a bit of a victory here.

00:24:51.960 Like this is a strong conservative province.

00:24:54.960 Jason Kenney united two conservative parties and 163 seats.

00:24:58.960 I mean, we've had conservative governments here for a long time.

00:25:01.960 And I also think even if she were to go to her team and say, look, I should step down tonight.

00:25:07.960 They're probably going to beg her not to because I don't think they have much of a party without Rachel Notley.

00:25:12.960 No offense to a lot of their more outspoken individuals that I disagree with in most, actually, if not all cases.

00:25:22.960 But we end up in this situation where, yeah, the party would be kind of it would be a quagmire without Notley at the helm.

00:25:29.960 I mean, she was she managed to not she didn't sell very well, but she she went around the province wearing a blue suit and blue jeans and trying to convince everybody that she was a conservative. 1.00

00:25:40.960 Now, how that sits with the party grassroots, it's a different question.

00:25:44.960 I mean, on election night, you're not really hearing from the grassroots, you're hearing from the people that were on the campaign, the more the higher ups when you're making these decisions.

00:25:53.960 And I think in her case, it's going to be interesting to see their their first AGM back, whether or not she does get a resounding vote of confidence from her membership if they have a leadership vote.

00:26:04.960 So it'll be very interesting to see how this plays out over the next four years.

00:26:09.960 It may be possible that the federal NDP job comes open and she makes a run for it, or maybe even if there's an opening in the Liberal Party of Canada that she does throw her hat in that ring as well. 0.58

00:26:21.960 I mean, the parties are kind of two diametrically opposite on policy, so she could probably fit one or the other.

00:26:27.960 So the next four years, how they play out is really going to shape 2027 election.

00:26:32.960 I mean, it'll be it'll be very interesting to see whether or not she sticks it out for four years or she or she's forced out by her party or she decides to take a step up to the federal arena. 0.78

00:26:45.960 Yeah, you know, when I heard that, I thought, you know, who's just as disappointed as I am that Rachel Notley is staying on probably Shannon Phillips, probably Rod Loyola, probably Sarah Hoffman, because I think if you had a leadership race, it would be those three.

00:26:59.960 One is, you know, the big government side of the NDP party.

00:27:05.960 One is the radical environmentalist side of the NDP party, and one is the just abhorrent social justice side of the NDP party.

00:27:13.960 So it was like the trifecta of what makes the NDP just completely unpalatable for people like me.

00:27:18.960 All three of them were sort of waiting with bated breath to be disappointed like me.

00:27:23.960 It was the one time that we agreed on something.

00:27:26.960 And for me, as as a conservative or a member of the conservative movement that is nonpartisan conservative, I would love to see Rachel Notley run to lead the federal NDP.

00:27:41.960 She checks a lot of identity boxes and they tell me they care about those things.

00:27:45.960 She's Western. She's female. She as far as the NDP are concerned, she's probably the most successful NDP politician in the last 10 years. 0.91

00:27:53.960 She cracked fortress Alberta. And so as a conservative, I'd love to see her go that way because it would cause an intense fracture on the progressive side federally. 0.96

00:28:06.960 And much the way Thomas small care did, it would allow the conservatives to run up the middle and we would see, I think, if Rachel Notley moved to the NDP federally, we would see a poly up government next.

00:28:18.960 I think that's the case, but I also want to point out, like, I don't want to sound like I'm tooting her horn too much, but she does have Jack Layton vibes.

00:28:25.960 She's very charismatic. She's good in front of a camera. She's not, she's good at moderating her, her edges. Um, maybe I'm just boosting her cause I'm trying to, you know, maybe she'll listen and go. Yeah. Um, but no, she, she like the NDP.

00:28:43.960 And they lost, but they, they didn't lose by a lot. And I think that's something that we all have to keep in mind as we head into the next four years, that this was not the resounding majority that we were hoping to see.

00:28:56.220 That being said in 1993, Ralph Klein had his miracle on the prairies. I think he got 45% of the vote. Daniel got 52. So we're in this interesting part piece of history in the province where we really only have two mainstream parties and, and, and without Notley, I don't see the NDP.

00:29:13.960 being anywhere near where they are. And that that's, that's even with like Shannon Phillips or let's even throw Naheed Nenshi, Naheed Nenshi's name in there. Right. Like, I mean, he was the mayor of Calgary for, I want to say 10 years, maybe more. Was it 20? A long time. Right. And he was, he somehow managed to keep getting reelected. He claims he's purple. I don't see it, but it's one of those things where without Notley, I think the party starts to

00:29:43.680 fracture. So I do understand why she didn't resign from that point of view is, yeah, there's a lot of people waiting in the wings, but do they have the ability to keep the party together? Do they, is the infighting going to, to flare up? Does Rod Loyola run for leader in his communist ties get exposed in the mainstream media? I don't know.

00:30:01.680 I mean, there's a lot of this going on, but yeah, no, I think, I understand why Notley stuck around. I do hope she goes federal. I do think that would be great for conservatism because she would 100% fracture the vote. She's a very capable politician. And, and yeah, I, I wish her the best of luck if she takes that.

00:30:22.420 Me too. Me too. Now I saw a release from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation this morning, Chris Sims, my friend wrote it, and they are suggesting that it is time for the Alberta government to shrink the size of cabinet, not against it. What do you think?

00:30:39.720 I think cabinet's massive. I mean, I understood why Smith kept cabinet as, because can he just, it seemed like he was just handing out favors to stop opposition within his own caucus. So, so cabinet kept expanding and kept expanding. And by the time the election was, or by the time he was out of office, I think there were more cabinet ministers than he had MLAs and caucus, like, or like, like backbenchers.

00:31:07.840 Right. So do I want to see cabinet reduced? Absolutely. I mean, I don't see anything wrong with having a small capable team overseeing the direction of the government. I think when you get too many cooks in the kitchen, it leads to more chaos and less decisions. So I think streamlining government is an absolute necessity. And I would like, I 100% agree with Chris that we should, I would love to see a streamlined cabinet.

00:31:35.120 Yeah. Like you, I understand why she sort of kept cabinet large. She was dealing with now Kenny's, not like, not just her people, but she was trying to sort of heal a party that had been divided and, and, you know, Kenny's people didn't like her and maybe her people didn't like Kenny's people. So it was like a healing cabinet, I guess.

00:31:54.420 I just, I just don't want to pay for their therapy session. You know what I mean? Now I want to ask you, what's the one thing, one thing besides fighting with the feds that Smith should do now that she has a mandate to lead?

00:32:07.300 I'd like to see some changes to healthcare. And, and I'm open to suggestions. I don't have anything off the top of my head. Obviously, we don't want to see funding cuts, but there's something going on with the model in the sense that we are spending more per capita on healthcare than everybody except for, I think it's Prince Edward Island, or it's one of the maritime provinces does spend more per capita on healthcare.

00:32:32.380 But our system has been in, in the verge of collapse, if not collapsing for as long as I can remember. And I've been paying attention to politics for the better part of my adult life. Right. I mean, that's all you ever hear about. And whether, whether we see the bureaucracy kind of maybe cut a little bit so that we can get more money to the front lines, something like that, uh, just, uh, it's at the point where, yeah, it's noticeable when you, when you're dealing with the system. My grandfather died in the fall. I understand things have improved since then, but

00:33:02.360 dealing with the healthcare system has been a huge issue. And I would also just, since I'm going here, um, I'd like to see this, not just the size of cabinet cut, but the size of government cut. Yeah. I mean, like the oil prices are relatively stable, but we're, we're always at risk of another price drop here.

00:33:24.200 I mean, it's just something that's a reality and yeah, it's nice to get a hundred dollar oil or where we're sitting at around $70 for a West Texas, but I would like to see the size of government cut and bigger surpluses.

00:33:37.200 So that we're not as reliant on oil and gas for, to keep the lights on here. And we don't, we're not running massive deficits. If we get a surprise shock out of OPEC where they decide they're going to, you know, pump a whole bunch to drive prices down. And that's really the, the concern I have. So those are the two big areas that I would probably point out. Um, also fiscal policy, it does weigh on inflation, right? Like, so if governments are spending too much money, it puts too much pressure on the central bank.

00:34:06.200 Bank to raise interest rates faster. That puts pressure on the financial system at large. Alberta here, we've been, you know, relative to the rest of the country stable in terms of affordability. But if we're, if we're cutting spending, it takes money out of the system and it does help keep prices even more stable. And we don't have to rely as much on the central banks to bail us out when, you know, that could lead to challenges within the financial system.

00:34:32.800 Now, Josh, how do people find out about the work that you're doing at Project Confederation?

00:34:38.900 Just go to www.projectconfederation.ca. We've got a pretty easy to navigate website. I usually send people to the news section so you can follow what we're doing. We post, we try to post once a week.

00:34:51.140 Um, and we'll see how we do in the summer, but, uh, we've been pretty good at, uh, getting, getting something out there once a week, just commentary on, uh, a really inter, on the relationship between not just Alberta and the federal government, but the entire, but the provinces and the federal government.

00:35:07.140 We want to see a more decentralized federation because we think that we are a country of unique, um, regions that need, that all need to be treated like they're unique and that their needs are addressed in that manner.

00:35:20.880 And, and, and, and a centralized power structure as, as the federal government under this administration has, has sought out, has diminished national unity and, and created and fractured us.

00:35:32.140 So we were trying to bring us back to trying to bring the country back together. And we think we do that through decentralization.

00:35:36.640 So that's just a quick pitch. There's more to it, but, uh, check us out www.projectconfederation.ca.

00:35:42.660 Awesome. Uh, Josh, thanks so much for coming on the show. It's always a pleasure to talk to you. You're quickly becoming a fan favorite and I will have you back on again very soon.

00:35:51.760 Well, thanks for having me. I, I always enjoy these.

00:35:54.860 Thanks. Stay with us. Your letters to Ezra read by me up after the break.

00:36:06.640 Well, friends, we've come to the portion of the show where we invite your viewer feedback.

00:36:12.100 Unlike the mainstream media, we actually care about what you think about the work that we do here at Rebel News.

00:36:15.980 They so often are so happy to take your money filtered through the hands of the federal government as a bailout,

00:36:23.920 but they never want to hear what you actually think about them.

00:36:28.180 They'll block you. They close comments. Well, not us here at Rebel News.

00:36:31.260 Not only do we welcome your comments, sometimes we read them on air.

00:36:34.480 And, uh, today's comments come to us on David's interview with the incredible Sue Ann Levy on the culture of fear and silence in the Toronto District School Board.

00:36:48.100 COVID is a hoax. That's the username.

00:36:51.460 Says, homeschool your children, people. 0.99

00:36:53.760 One of the greatest ways you can show your children you truly love them is by teaching them and protecting them.

00:36:58.800 What better way to do both than by homeschooling them?

00:37:01.560 Once people start doing that more often, then we won't need to see these articles about corrupt school boards anymore.

00:37:10.520 You know, that's, um, that's a very salient point here.

00:37:16.180 And it's also why the left attacks the diversity of the Alberta school system.

00:37:23.960 And, uh, I'm reliably informed that the left cares about diversity, but they really don't.

00:37:30.380 They only care about diversity of color. 0.99

00:37:31.980 They don't actually care about diversity of choices or diversity of thought.

00:37:36.540 That's for sure.

00:37:37.100 But here in Alberta, the funding model is that the funding follows the child,

00:37:40.720 which is great because then you have all these schools that aren't cookie cutter schools

00:37:46.300 pop up and offer accessible, tailored education to your child's needs.

00:37:53.860 So maybe it's a hockey academy or a rugby academy or a military academy or an arts school.

00:38:03.080 But we have private religious schools.

00:38:05.980 We have public religious schools, I guess, like the separate Catholic system.

00:38:10.780 But by having the funding follow the child, what that means is middle-income families

00:38:19.040 and even lower-income families can now have access to high-quality private education

00:38:25.460 that in other provinces only rich people can afford.

00:38:31.060 And, um, the left seems to think that all children must languish in the same cookie cutter school system.

00:38:40.160 And that parents should never, ever, ever get a say.

00:38:44.880 You know, when I hear somebody say it takes a village to raise a child, no.

00:38:48.800 No.

00:38:49.480 It takes parents to raise a child.

00:38:52.220 And, uh, those parents live in a village.

00:38:56.240 Nobody else gets to raise my child but me.

00:38:59.300 On David's monologue of an Ontario Catholic school board voting against raising the pride flag

00:39:05.280 and, I suppose, doing the Catholic thing at a Catholic school board,

00:39:08.460 I know we shouldn't be shocked by it, but I think it's kind of shocking because there's just so,

00:39:13.640 particularly in Ontario, so much ideological conformity on this issue and bullying.

00:39:21.180 Um, even though the Archbishop Tom Collins has given a directive that the cross 0.71

00:39:27.020 is the most inclusive symbol, uh, for us Catholics and of the Catholic Church,

00:39:35.080 these woke school boards infected by activists are doing things that are completely anti-Catholic.

00:39:42.000 And, frankly, it's been shocking to see this school board actually do the right thing.

00:39:47.920 Uh, Mike Orioles writes,

00:39:50.940 Yes, weak people need to shove their stuff down people's throat. 0.99

00:39:55.620 That's the thing.

00:39:57.180 If you think that your view is the right view,

00:40:00.980 you should have no problem convincing other people

00:40:04.700 through proper arguments and the free and liberal exchange of ideas

00:40:09.640 that your viewpoint is the better viewpoint.

00:40:13.980 The one that anybody, given all the facts, would come to.

00:40:19.180 But if you don't have confidence in your view

00:40:21.840 or in your ability to argue on behalf of your view,

00:40:25.220 then you just use force and cancel culture.

00:40:28.620 And that's what the left does

00:40:29.660 because they know their arguments do not stand up to scrutiny.

00:40:33.400 Well, everybody, that's the show for tonight.

00:40:35.220 Thank you so much for tuning in.

00:40:36.720 Thank you to the boss for trusting me with his show.

00:40:38.940 And thanks to everybody in the office in Toronto

00:40:42.180 and across the country who works hard to put the show together

00:40:44.700 to bring to you so that it's there whenever you want to watch it.

00:40:48.640 They work very hard behind the scenes.

00:40:50.760 They're the unsung heroes of the company.

00:40:53.440 Well, everybody, as Ezra Levant always says,

00:40:56.760 keep fighting for freedom.

00:41:08.940 Thank you.

Rebel News Podcast - June 01, 2023

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