Rebel News Podcast - SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ We took our documentary about religious persecution on tour across the country

00:00:00.000 I just got home from a nine-day cross-country tour, screening our latest documentary.

00:00:04.780 My filmmaking partner, Kian Simone, joins me tonight to talk about it.

00:00:07.940 I'm Sheila Gunn-Reed, and you're watching The Gunn Show.

00:00:30.000 In a vast land of untamed beauty, hidden within its borders lie stories of unwavering faith and resilience.

00:00:38.680 When the world was engulfed in fear,

00:00:41.520 COVID-19, which is causing all of the concern right now,

00:00:44.700 pastors faced an unimaginable trial.

00:00:47.740 They were wrongfully persecuted during the COVID-19 pandemic,

00:00:51.640 their voices silenced by oppressive measures.

00:00:54.460 And we realized something doesn't match up.

00:00:58.060 There's an agenda under the surface here.

00:01:00.460 I cannot abide under their wishes.

00:01:04.960 I cannot just abide this new norm, if you will.

00:01:08.740 In the face of adversity, they held on to their beliefs,

00:01:12.000 defending the sacred right to worship.

00:01:13.980 Out of this property, you Nazis! Out! 0.96

00:01:17.400 Join us on an extraordinary voyage across Canada

00:01:20.200 as we shine a light on the untold stories of these pastors

00:01:23.960 who were wrongfully persecuted during COVID-19.

00:01:27.100 Witness their courage, their unwavering faith,

00:01:30.580 and their determination to reclaim their voices in the face of adversity.

00:01:34.420 I'm not going to let those who are in Ottawa determine my peace, my joy.

00:01:39.600 You're disobedient to the government or disobedient to God, and take your pick.

00:01:43.240 This summer, embark on an unforgettable exploration through Church Under Fire,

00:01:51.000 Canada's War on Christianity, 0.60

00:01:53.220 a documentary that will inspire and challenge your perceptions.

00:01:57.080 Experience their remarkable stories,

00:01:59.620 a testament to the indomitable human spirit and the power of faith.

00:02:03.220 I just got home Monday morning so that I could finish the cross-country tour

00:02:31.660 of our latest documentary here in Edmonton with a very successful sold-out screening

00:02:37.660 at Church in the Vine in Edmonton.

00:02:41.300 You see, we've been touring our documentary,

00:02:43.900 Church Under Fire, Canada's War on Christianity,

00:02:46.760 and we've been taking it to the congregations that survived this very dark time.

00:02:53.920 And I say survived, but as it turns out, they thrived.

00:02:57.540 Our documentary details the persecution of Christian churches

00:03:03.800 in the name of public health.

00:03:06.920 And we set it up so that you can understand that the persecution of churches

00:03:13.020 and the pastors who went to jail for not turning away their congregations,

00:03:16.700 it didn't happen in a bubble.

00:03:18.060 There was a lead up wherein Justin Trudeau picked away at religious freedom

00:03:24.700 and stigmatized Christians until it became socially acceptable

00:03:29.600 to haul pastors away in handcuffs because they were singing or giving communion

00:03:35.500 or not turning away congregants to meet an arbitrary government gathering restriction.

00:03:42.780 And we've been warmly received.

00:03:45.120 We've had sold-out showings all across the country.

00:03:48.240 Regina, Winnipeg, Calgary, Calgary, Edmonton, St. John, Ottawa, Toronto,

00:03:54.700 Aylmer, Ontario.

00:03:56.840 So it's just been incredible.

00:03:58.920 It's been heartwarming, but it is still hard to watch this documentary over and over again.

00:04:05.280 And I've seen it dozens of times.

00:04:06.800 Heck, I'm in it.

00:04:08.260 But it's an important story that needs to be told.

00:04:11.520 And we're not done touring the documentary.

00:04:14.620 But I thought I would bring Kian on with me today

00:04:19.160 to discuss the reception of the documentary,

00:04:22.780 what it's like touring this thing,

00:04:24.580 how you can get your own copy going forward,

00:04:29.620 how you can get some of the exclusive merch,

00:04:33.900 and how perhaps you might want to bring this documentary

00:04:39.280 to your own community and host your own screening.

00:04:42.560 So joining me now in an interview we recorded just moments ago

00:04:46.360 is my friend, colleague, and filmmaking partner, Kian Simone.

00:04:50.420 Take a listen.

00:04:50.860 So joining me now is my friend and colleague,

00:05:00.280 Rebel News Head of Documentaries,

00:05:01.980 and my documentary filmmaking partner, Kian Simone.

00:05:05.100 We both just came back from an incredibly grueling,

00:05:09.340 I would even call it oppressive,

00:05:10.960 documentary tour schedule

00:05:13.440 where we brought our documentary,

00:05:15.480 Church Under Fire, Canada's War on Christianity,

00:05:17.580 to venues all across the country,

00:05:19.080 including to the congregations,

00:05:22.100 many of them who are featured in the documentary

00:05:25.300 and who lived through it.

00:05:26.840 So I thought I would have Kian come back on the show 1.00

00:05:29.320 so we can talk about the reception of the documentary

00:05:31.920 and the most asked question at our screenings,

00:05:36.420 how do we get our hands on this documentary

00:05:38.840 to show our friends.

00:05:40.360 So, Kian, thanks for coming on the show.

00:05:42.900 I am still not recovered.

00:05:44.620 I still feel car sick.

00:05:46.680 I feel car sick.

00:05:48.080 I don't know if I'm jet-lagged or hungry.

00:05:51.820 I'm having difficulty sleeping

00:05:53.520 because we were never in a time zone long enough to adjust

00:05:56.420 and we were taking really early morning flights

00:05:58.880 to make sure that we got to the venues on time

00:06:00.720 and to also save money, to be quite honest.

00:06:05.180 But it was exciting, right?

00:06:06.540 Like, it was long.

00:06:08.140 It was like nine days on the road

00:06:09.940 and it started even before that

00:06:12.660 because we did two showings in Calgary where you are,

00:06:15.160 but I had to travel for those

00:06:16.320 before we started our cross, cross, cross, cross,

00:06:19.720 cross-country tour.

00:06:21.760 What did you think?

00:06:23.420 You know, that was probably one of the coolest things

00:06:26.320 I've ever done in my life.

00:06:28.440 There was times, I think, every single day

00:06:31.900 where in the morning we'd get up at 5 a.m. Eastern time,

00:06:35.060 so 3 a.m. our time,

00:06:36.500 after like a wild night before.

00:06:40.220 And I was just like, it really hurt 0.93

00:06:42.380 and it really sucked. 0.57

00:06:43.460 And then the instant gratification, I guess I would say, 0.86

00:06:48.180 of that night seeing 300, 400 people's faces

00:06:51.540 and seeing all of our supporters,

00:06:54.360 it really made it all worth it.

00:06:56.120 It was, again, I think that was one of the best

00:06:59.120 and the coolest things I've ever done in my life.

00:07:01.940 Me too.

00:07:02.800 It was hard, but I was kind of sad to see it over.

00:07:05.500 Yeah.

00:07:06.780 You know, just weird feeling.

00:07:08.940 We wrapped up the first leg of the documentary showings

00:07:12.080 in Edmonton on Monday night

00:07:14.360 to just an absolutely phenomenal reception

00:07:17.220 from Church in the Vine.

00:07:18.320 The biggest Rebel News history in documentary showings.

00:07:22.480 Was it?

00:07:22.960 Yeah.

00:07:23.440 Yes, yes, it was.

00:07:24.380 I think they had over 500 people in their venue.

00:07:28.780 Pastor Tracy and Rodney Fortin,

00:07:30.760 they're featured in the documentary

00:07:31.960 because Pastor Tracy and Church in the Vine

00:07:35.500 received an $80,000 regulatory offense penalty

00:07:39.720 for not allowing occupational health

00:07:43.260 and safety inspectors into the church

00:07:46.060 because Alberta Health Services couldn't weasel their way in.

00:07:49.600 So they started wanting to inspect the church

00:07:51.920 as though it were a work site.

00:07:53.120 But, I mean, that was, I was sad, tired for sure

00:07:58.040 because we had just flown back from Winnipeg in the morning

00:08:00.200 but kind of sad to see it end

00:08:02.340 but it really ended on a high note

00:08:03.860 because the reception was so warm

00:08:05.760 and the people were so,

00:08:08.000 I think they were touched

00:08:09.600 by the care that you took in telling their story.

00:08:14.080 Yeah, I think that definitely really clicked in.

00:08:17.080 You know, in Manitoba, I think it clicked in too

00:08:19.500 but it was really Edmonton seeing, you know,

00:08:22.600 it wasn't just a few people from the congregation.

00:08:25.200 There was probably literally all 350

00:08:28.240 or however many people that they have

00:08:29.940 at the church who were all there.

00:08:32.640 And we kind of, it's funny when we were on tour,

00:08:34.760 we kind of judged reception by

00:08:36.760 if people clapped between the chapters

00:08:39.200 or if they clapped at certain things

00:08:40.700 or if they laughed at certain things.

00:08:42.020 and we've both now watched this documentary many times

00:08:44.860 so we know what's coming

00:08:45.760 and I just kind of see like which city

00:08:48.380 kind of liked which part

00:08:49.500 and Edmonton liked everything.

00:08:52.100 Like they, it was like,

00:08:53.300 it really was just universal

00:08:56.180 of all the shows into one of just everybody

00:09:00.280 and not enjoying but enjoying?

00:09:04.000 Does that make sense?

00:09:05.140 Maybe it doesn't make sense to people watching

00:09:06.660 but it might make sense to you.

00:09:08.300 You always say you're not going to enjoy this documentary

00:09:10.620 at the start of every show.

00:09:12.840 So just watch it.

00:09:13.980 But I think everybody there watched it.

00:09:17.660 Yeah.

00:09:18.240 Yeah, I agree.

00:09:19.120 And that's it.

00:09:19.980 That is true.

00:09:20.540 I do say,

00:09:21.760 normally I say please enjoy our documentary

00:09:24.140 before we start rolling

00:09:26.040 but frankly people don't enjoy this documentary

00:09:29.360 because it is so dark

00:09:30.700 and it is so painful to watch.

00:09:33.900 I had a lifelong friend who was at the show.

00:09:36.480 Hi Tara, if you're watching.

00:09:38.480 And she was crying

00:09:40.320 before we got through the introduction

00:09:41.700 of the documentary.

00:09:45.540 And, you know,

00:09:47.240 there are times that where I sort of feel

00:09:48.820 a little bit tight in my chest

00:09:50.280 as you see these pastors

00:09:52.360 ripped away from their families.

00:09:54.440 And so people,

00:09:55.440 they don't enjoy the documentary

00:09:57.060 but it's important that people see it.

00:10:01.120 And Ezra always says

00:10:02.620 that he is left viscerally angry

00:10:05.280 every time he sees it.

00:10:07.400 And, you know,

00:10:09.480 I think that anger is not a bad thing.

00:10:11.800 It's a useful thing

00:10:12.620 if you use it

00:10:13.560 to make sure this never happens again.

00:10:16.980 Yeah, I don't know if you noticed

00:10:17.780 but I never stayed inside the venue

00:10:20.700 when Pastor Phil was up.

00:10:22.800 Yeah.

00:10:23.400 I always either.

00:10:24.360 And if I was,

00:10:25.100 I had my back turned.

00:10:26.360 I can't watch that one. 1.00

00:10:28.380 I made the damn thing 0.99

00:10:29.400 and I can't watch it. 1.00

00:10:31.120 Yeah.

00:10:32.280 It's Phil's kids at the door.

00:10:36.360 And, you know,

00:10:37.360 I was talking to Phil's family.

00:10:38.440 I don't think I'm talking at a turn

00:10:39.460 but his youngest was pretty little

00:10:41.680 when he was arrested

00:10:45.460 and held in solitary confinement

00:10:47.300 for seven days

00:10:48.200 for the crime of

00:10:49.020 not turning away his congregants.

00:10:51.840 And because she was so little,

00:10:54.880 she didn't remember all of it.

00:10:57.160 And it was,

00:10:58.380 she was really seeing it

00:10:59.880 with her family

00:11:00.940 for the first time

00:11:02.800 and sort of understanding

00:11:04.100 what had happened

00:11:05.000 to her dad

00:11:06.020 during that week.

00:11:07.960 I guess it was almost

00:11:08.740 two years ago now

00:11:09.740 where he was,

00:11:11.120 you know,

00:11:11.600 held like a prisoner

00:11:12.820 in St. John Prison.

00:11:17.680 That's

00:11:18.160 moving on.

00:11:19.760 I can't do it.

00:11:21.320 I know.

00:11:21.760 I know.

00:11:22.540 It's tough.

00:11:23.640 And yeah,

00:11:23.960 like you say,

00:11:24.480 we've seen it

00:11:25.080 dozens and dozens of times.

00:11:27.500 Now,

00:11:28.260 I want to talk to you

00:11:30.040 about one of the things

00:11:31.220 that people

00:11:31.860 constantly ask us about.

00:11:34.060 They even ask us

00:11:34.760 before they've even seen the movie,

00:11:36.120 which is kind of weird

00:11:37.400 because I'm like,

00:11:38.100 I don't know

00:11:39.140 if you're going to want to share it,

00:11:40.780 but thank you

00:11:41.680 for your confidence in us.

00:11:43.020 But people want to know

00:11:44.720 how they can see

00:11:45.640 this documentary

00:11:46.300 in the future

00:11:47.960 because they sort of leave

00:11:49.760 wanting to evangelize

00:11:52.580 this documentary

00:11:53.580 to their friends

00:11:54.280 and family

00:11:54.740 who may be on

00:11:56.540 just a little bit

00:11:57.160 too much CBC

00:11:57.960 or maybe heard about

00:12:01.000 Pastor Art

00:12:01.800 because how he was,

00:12:03.760 you know,

00:12:04.260 frequently featured

00:12:05.120 on Fox News

00:12:05.820 but didn't really know

00:12:06.860 the story of Pastor Phil

00:12:08.860 and the heartbreak

00:12:09.680 that befell his family

00:12:10.880 or Pastor Tobias

00:12:11.760 or some of the other congregations

00:12:13.700 and they're kind of shocked

00:12:15.520 and they want to tell other people.

00:12:17.400 So what are the ways

00:12:18.260 that people can do that?

00:12:19.520 Yeah.

00:12:19.800 Well, I mean,

00:12:20.360 we definitely made it,

00:12:21.620 as you say,

00:12:22.160 for a space alien.

00:12:23.780 You don't have to know

00:12:24.960 anything about anything

00:12:26.100 to be able to watch this.

00:12:27.840 So that's good for the viewers

00:12:30.520 now to listen about

00:12:31.560 sharing it to their friends

00:12:32.680 and family.

00:12:33.800 You don't need to have

00:12:34.900 that precursor

00:12:35.700 or that sit down with them

00:12:36.660 and kind of explain things.

00:12:37.800 You can really just put it

00:12:38.800 in their hands

00:12:39.260 and let them watch.

00:12:41.080 I think it's,

00:12:42.340 at the end of next week,

00:12:43.260 we'll have DVDs ready to go

00:12:44.520 so we can buy those

00:12:45.760 on Rebel News Store.

00:12:47.620 I'd say those are probably

00:12:48.580 more of a gift

00:12:49.320 than something to give

00:12:51.180 your grandson

00:12:51.820 or something to watch

00:12:52.680 because you won't know

00:12:53.320 how to watch it.

00:12:54.620 But we're also at the,

00:12:56.640 hopefully at the end

00:12:57.220 of this week,

00:12:57.920 if not the start of next week,

00:12:59.360 we'll have it up

00:13:00.700 on Rebel News

00:13:02.860 so that it can be purchased

00:13:04.060 individually

00:13:04.580 and as well

00:13:06.080 on Rebel News Plus.

00:13:07.820 I think the purchase

00:13:09.140 individually

00:13:09.660 is really important

00:13:10.500 because that

00:13:11.360 can be shared

00:13:12.500 or that can be bought

00:13:13.720 for other people

00:13:14.500 and so that they can

00:13:16.420 really just press play

00:13:17.320 and watch it.

00:13:20.120 Am I missing anything?

00:13:21.640 We'll be licensing it 0.96

00:13:22.760 to churches

00:13:23.240 and stuff like that,

00:13:25.240 like giving it

00:13:26.340 to mega churches

00:13:27.100 and letting them

00:13:28.320 kind of play it

00:13:29.940 for their congregations

00:13:30.980 and stuff like that,

00:13:31.720 which I think

00:13:32.120 is really important.

00:13:36.460 Oh,

00:13:37.080 in distribution,

00:13:39.020 I'll tell the story

00:13:39.760 that I tell everybody

00:13:40.420 in the crowd is,

00:13:41.200 I knew that this was,

00:13:44.160 I don't want to say good,

00:13:45.540 but it's good.

00:13:46.980 It's great.

00:13:47.660 It's a good documentary.

00:13:48.360 It's great.

00:13:49.080 I'm really proud of it.

00:13:50.300 It's a bad,

00:13:51.040 it's bad,

00:13:51.600 but it's good.

00:13:52.640 Bad in the sense

00:13:53.520 of the context

00:13:54.380 of what's in it.

00:13:56.080 So I knew that America,

00:13:56.980 we knew,

00:13:58.100 the whole Rebel News

00:13:59.220 knew that this was something

00:14:00.300 that America needed to see.

00:14:03.780 So I started calling

00:14:04.940 or Googling

00:14:06.000 how to play your movie

00:14:07.320 in America.

00:14:08.520 Nothing really came up.

00:14:09.720 But after that,

00:14:11.360 I found a way

00:14:12.140 to basically get it up

00:14:14.480 on things like Amazon Prime

00:14:15.820 and Hulu and HBO.

00:14:17.100 Like I was wondering

00:14:17.680 how you kind of do that

00:14:18.740 and you need a,

00:14:20.420 what's called an aggravator.

00:14:21.840 So it's a distributor,

00:14:23.000 it's a distributor in America.

00:14:25.600 So I called for

00:14:26.820 and I got answers

00:14:28.760 from all of them.

00:14:29.800 And before they even let me

00:14:31.600 give the context

00:14:32.460 of the documentary,

00:14:33.620 they said no,

00:14:34.980 just because I'm Canadian.

00:14:37.000 But, you know,

00:14:37.860 I want to be mad,

00:14:38.900 but I kind of understand.

00:14:40.580 It's America, right?

00:14:41.840 That's where all the movies

00:14:42.780 come from.

00:14:44.560 And then I called the fifth

00:14:45.480 and you have 15 seconds

00:14:47.340 to pitch your movie.

00:14:48.740 And I've never done that before.

00:14:49.920 So maybe the first four

00:14:50.760 were just,

00:14:51.240 maybe it was bad.

00:14:52.560 But on the fifth one,

00:14:53.600 I kind of got

00:14:54.180 just really frustrated.

00:14:55.340 So I didn't even pitch

00:14:56.360 the documentary.

00:14:57.020 I said,

00:14:57.420 I know you're American

00:14:58.580 and I know America

00:14:59.680 likes to hear about

00:15:00.460 other people's problems

00:15:01.300 more than they like

00:15:01.980 to hear about their own.

00:15:02.920 And he laughed.

00:15:03.720 And then he said,

00:15:05.460 okay,

00:15:05.740 tell me about your movie.

00:15:08.040 So I told him

00:15:08.800 about the Canadian Pastors

00:15:10.120 and I just kind of went

00:15:11.020 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

00:15:12.220 probably 20 seconds

00:15:13.820 of just spewing it out.

00:15:16.500 And he stopped me

00:15:17.500 and he said,

00:15:18.060 you're Kean, right?

00:15:19.020 And I said,

00:15:19.780 yes.

00:15:20.360 I never gave him my name.

00:15:22.220 And he said,

00:15:22.720 you made an amazing documentary.

00:15:24.220 I've already seen your trailer.

00:15:25.900 And he said,

00:15:26.820 yes,

00:15:27.080 I would like to

00:15:28.040 take this on.

00:15:29.700 And so that was great

00:15:30.860 because he saw Rebel News

00:15:32.340 on Fox News.

00:15:34.540 And he said,

00:15:35.240 I would have never known

00:15:36.020 if it was for you guys.

00:15:36.900 So he's already a fan.

00:15:38.180 He's already been on our website

00:15:39.460 looking at our trailer

00:15:41.140 and stuff like that.

00:15:42.020 So it was just so cool.

00:15:43.880 It was so cool.

00:15:44.600 I'd like to take credit,

00:15:45.900 but really all I did

00:15:46.640 was call him

00:15:47.280 and he answered.

00:15:50.100 So it was really awesome.

00:15:51.440 So I think with that,

00:15:53.920 hopefully that,

00:15:55.360 maybe it doesn't mean

00:15:56.220 theaters in the States

00:15:57.140 because we are competing

00:15:58.920 with some really big,

00:16:01.100 like at that point,

00:16:02.280 we literally are competing

00:16:03.760 with Oppenheimer and Barbie.

00:16:06.420 Right.

00:16:07.060 And Mission Impossible.

00:16:08.240 Like that,

00:16:09.080 that's big.

00:16:11.360 And I wouldn't expect

00:16:12.660 the theaters who,

00:16:14.160 as the distributor says,

00:16:15.360 the theaters are

00:16:16.360 in the business

00:16:16.980 of business in America.

00:16:18.660 They're not going to take down

00:16:19.760 an Oppenheimer screen

00:16:20.540 to put this up.

00:16:21.480 But that does not

00:16:23.000 leave us with no hope

00:16:24.380 because my mission

00:16:26.660 or job with this

00:16:27.440 is to make sure

00:16:28.040 it gets into the house

00:16:28.900 of every American.

00:16:30.800 I'm not too worried

00:16:32.460 about bringing people

00:16:33.420 out of their house

00:16:34.020 to the theater for this.

00:16:36.760 So we'll get it.

00:16:40.060 Now,

00:16:41.040 one of the other questions

00:16:42.500 we get is

00:16:43.380 perk fulfillment

00:16:44.240 because we

00:16:45.100 found,

00:16:46.440 we funded this movie

00:16:47.480 in a different way

00:16:48.560 than we funded

00:16:49.240 our other documentary projects.

00:16:50.880 Usually we just say,

00:16:51.900 hey,

00:16:52.140 we're making this documentary.

00:16:53.780 Wouldn't you mind

00:16:54.520 helping us

00:16:55.220 because this is a story

00:16:57.060 that nobody else

00:16:57.800 is going to tell?

00:16:58.940 And we made that same ask,

00:17:01.660 but we did it

00:17:02.480 a little differently

00:17:03.120 because we wanted people

00:17:04.140 to feel invested in this

00:17:06.360 because a lot of people

00:17:07.320 did also live through this

00:17:09.160 simultaneously

00:17:10.620 with their pastors.

00:17:12.700 And so we wanted

00:17:14.020 to give Canadians

00:17:16.140 kind of ownership

00:17:17.320 over the documentary

00:17:18.520 the same way we did.

00:17:19.500 So when we asked

00:17:21.520 for money

00:17:21.960 or when people

00:17:22.500 made donations,

00:17:23.280 we offered them perks

00:17:24.500 at different levels

00:17:25.700 depending on how much

00:17:26.600 they donated.

00:17:27.860 So one of the questions

00:17:29.660 we get is

00:17:30.220 when am I getting my stuff?

00:17:32.740 So give us an update

00:17:34.320 on that.

00:17:34.960 So the most universal

00:17:36.240 no matter how much

00:17:37.120 you gave

00:17:38.220 is you get a copy

00:17:39.040 of the movie.

00:17:40.140 So when we start,

00:17:41.260 when we put it up

00:17:41.980 for people to buy,

00:17:43.200 you'll get your free version

00:17:44.120 or the version

00:17:44.880 that you already paid for.

00:17:46.740 T-shirts,

00:17:47.420 we,

00:17:47.560 most people probably know

00:17:49.560 that we already have

00:17:50.660 T-shirts up on the site

00:17:51.700 for the official

00:17:52.840 documentary T-shirt

00:17:53.920 and sweaters

00:17:55.620 and stuff like that.

00:17:56.340 But we're making

00:17:57.160 a special one

00:17:57.800 for the people

00:17:58.540 who donated.

00:17:59.580 So that should

00:18:00.660 actually be done

00:18:01.380 tomorrow.

00:18:03.640 I'll make sure

00:18:04.420 that we get one,

00:18:05.180 Sheila,

00:18:05.440 because they're

00:18:05.760 pretty darn cool.

00:18:07.760 So we'll get that

00:18:09.780 bundled with the DVD

00:18:11.540 for the people

00:18:12.140 who got the DVD package.

00:18:14.080 If not,

00:18:14.660 then the T-shirt

00:18:15.180 will go out

00:18:15.740 probably next week

00:18:16.760 when everything

00:18:17.300 starts getting shipped out

00:18:18.420 because we need

00:18:18.680 to wait for the DVDs.

00:18:20.300 The idea was

00:18:21.300 to not

00:18:22.020 just send

00:18:23.480 certain people

00:18:24.300 certain things

00:18:25.060 when we get it.

00:18:26.040 I think I just

00:18:27.300 made the call

00:18:27.780 to when we get

00:18:28.500 everything,

00:18:29.160 let's just ship it

00:18:29.900 out to everybody

00:18:30.520 at that time.

00:18:31.260 Great.

00:18:31.940 So just so people

00:18:32.760 aren't upset

00:18:34.120 that the T-shirt's

00:18:35.080 not ready

00:18:35.420 but they got the DVD.

00:18:36.700 I think

00:18:37.440 if I donated

00:18:38.920 money to a documentary,

00:18:40.160 I would want to

00:18:40.640 open up a big box

00:18:41.500 with all my goodies.

00:18:42.580 Yeah.

00:18:42.860 So I figured

00:18:43.680 that people would

00:18:44.720 appreciate that more.

00:18:45.500 So hopefully

00:18:46.660 by the end of July

00:18:47.600 it would be shipped

00:18:48.480 to you.

00:18:49.520 I don't want to

00:18:50.160 make any promises

00:18:51.180 for Canada Post

00:18:52.860 but it's coming.

00:18:56.380 We're almost finished.

00:18:58.520 That's great.

00:18:59.420 And you know,

00:19:00.060 you touched on the merch

00:19:00.880 there and I'm wearing

00:19:02.200 one of the shirts,

00:19:04.440 hoodies,

00:19:05.640 and it has

00:19:06.440 John 832

00:19:08.140 on the sleeve.

00:19:09.220 This is some

00:19:10.820 of the best merch

00:19:11.540 that I think

00:19:12.080 we've ever created

00:19:12.880 here at Rebel News.

00:19:14.620 I think it is on par

00:19:16.160 with the ungovernable merch

00:19:17.820 which you appear

00:19:20.100 to live in.

00:19:22.640 It's my favorite.

00:19:24.460 Yeah, me too.

00:19:25.660 It's universal,

00:19:26.880 the ungovernable merch.

00:19:28.100 But this is some

00:19:28.940 great stuff.

00:19:29.940 It looks a little

00:19:31.000 bit different

00:19:31.780 aesthetically

00:19:32.680 than some of the

00:19:34.320 other merch

00:19:34.800 that you'll find

00:19:35.300 in rebelnewsstore.com.

00:19:38.480 It's beautiful.

00:19:40.100 And you know,

00:19:41.140 if you are

00:19:41.740 able to see us,

00:19:43.180 friends at home,

00:19:44.660 at one of the screenings,

00:19:46.540 we do generally

00:19:47.440 try to have merch 0.97

00:19:48.240 with us

00:19:48.880 and once you see it,

00:19:49.920 I mean,

00:19:50.240 it's just flying

00:19:51.060 off the tables

00:19:51.800 because it's

00:19:52.740 beautiful.

00:19:54.100 Why,

00:19:54.740 I'll ask you

00:19:55.620 because your hands

00:19:56.400 are sort of

00:19:56.940 intrinsically involved

00:19:58.100 in everything,

00:19:58.880 why is this merch

00:19:59.500 just a little bit

00:20:00.020 different than the

00:20:00.540 other stuff

00:20:00.900 that we've done?

00:20:01.680 Yeah, you know,

00:20:02.720 we have

00:20:03.360 one of our

00:20:04.920 executive producers

00:20:05.840 of the movie

00:20:06.580 donated a lot

00:20:08.280 of money.

00:20:08.760 He's a great,

00:20:09.280 they're a great couple.

00:20:11.080 Yeah.

00:20:11.540 A great couple

00:20:12.200 and I had a Zoom

00:20:13.280 call with them

00:20:13.900 and they both

00:20:15.300 had their,

00:20:16.900 it really,

00:20:17.840 you have your T-shirt

00:20:18.840 and then you have

00:20:19.340 like a square

00:20:19.860 just like this

00:20:20.560 and it's just

00:20:20.960 something super

00:20:21.500 controversial

00:20:22.040 and funny

00:20:22.640 and kind of get

00:20:23.380 like double looks

00:20:24.180 from people

00:20:24.820 or maybe it's

00:20:25.920 just a rebel

00:20:26.380 but they had

00:20:26.840 theirs on

00:20:27.300 and it just clicked

00:20:30.300 and I was like,

00:20:31.640 you know,

00:20:32.080 they would wear

00:20:32.600 that shirt

00:20:33.080 because they're,

00:20:33.760 you know,

00:20:33.920 super mega fans

00:20:34.860 they want to be

00:20:35.660 a part of this

00:20:36.320 and they just,

00:20:36.880 they definitely

00:20:37.460 put the shirt on

00:20:38.080 just to show support

00:20:39.140 because they were

00:20:39.580 getting on a Zoom

00:20:40.120 call with me

00:20:40.700 and I just thought,

00:20:42.960 I was like,

00:20:44.240 what about the people

00:20:44.940 who do support rebel

00:20:46.060 and don't want to

00:20:46.780 wear controversial shirts

00:20:47.820 or don't want to

00:20:49.760 wear something

00:20:50.220 that just,

00:20:50.940 that says rebel

00:20:51.780 just because they

00:20:53.360 don't want that,

00:20:54.200 you know,

00:20:55.060 altercation in the Costco

00:20:56.240 and I was thinking

00:20:58.080 and I spoke to our

00:20:59.220 person who kind of

00:21:00.620 does the,

00:21:01.820 like,

00:21:02.180 I kind of give the ideas

00:21:03.160 and then Danny

00:21:03.760 who is our graphic

00:21:04.460 designer kind of

00:21:05.160 does the designs

00:21:05.900 and I told her,

00:21:06.940 I was like,

00:21:07.280 let's do something

00:21:08.140 really different.

00:21:09.720 Like,

00:21:09.860 let's do something

00:21:10.440 that my aunt

00:21:11.960 who's not a rebel

00:21:13.160 supporter would wear,

00:21:14.140 who would buy,

00:21:14.820 who I could give her

00:21:15.820 a t-shirt and she

00:21:16.440 would wear it

00:21:17.000 and so we just

00:21:19.420 kind of came up

00:21:20.040 with this,

00:21:20.620 you know,

00:21:20.780 let's at least

00:21:21.160 keep it a little

00:21:21.700 bit freedom oriented

00:21:22.560 so that there is

00:21:23.740 a little bit

00:21:24.160 of a hint

00:21:24.560 so I think

00:21:25.120 John 8.32,

00:21:27.040 I think that's the,

00:21:28.240 is that truth?

00:21:29.440 You shall know

00:21:29.840 the truth and truth

00:21:30.400 shall set you free?

00:21:31.020 Yes.

00:21:31.940 See,

00:21:32.240 I'm learning.

00:21:33.900 So,

00:21:34.440 so it does have

00:21:35.540 that freedom

00:21:37.700 oriented symbol

00:21:39.760 to it

00:21:40.220 and at the same time

00:21:41.500 anybody can wear it

00:21:42.560 and it's cool,

00:21:43.380 it's really cool,

00:21:44.240 it's hip

00:21:44.900 but at the same time

00:21:46.140 it's so simple

00:21:47.000 so it's

00:21:48.520 old people,

00:21:49.820 young people

00:21:50.420 and I'm not even

00:21:51.480 Christian and I wear it,

00:21:52.580 it's like,

00:21:53.200 it's cool.

00:21:54.940 Yeah,

00:21:55.540 yeah,

00:21:55.820 I love it.

00:21:56.980 Now you touched on,

00:21:58.640 you used the word

00:21:59.400 executive producer

00:22:00.760 and that's one of the things

00:22:03.160 I'm really proud of

00:22:03.960 about this documentary

00:22:04.820 is at the end

00:22:05.600 of the documentary

00:22:06.580 there's just

00:22:08.920 hundreds of names

00:22:11.260 of people

00:22:12.280 who are listed

00:22:13.600 at the end

00:22:14.660 of the documentary

00:22:15.440 and you know,

00:22:16.440 you might think

00:22:16.900 maybe those are congregants

00:22:17.960 or maybe those people

00:22:18.740 those are people

00:22:19.380 who did physical work

00:22:21.700 on the documentary

00:22:22.520 but that's not

00:22:23.680 who those people are.

00:22:24.640 Why don't you tell us

00:22:25.160 about them?

00:22:25.980 Yeah,

00:22:26.200 so those hundreds

00:22:27.220 and hundreds

00:22:27.700 and hundreds

00:22:28.280 I'd say almost a thousand

00:22:29.560 I don't have the number

00:22:30.560 but I kind of want

00:22:31.200 to know the number now.

00:22:31.960 It's a lot.

00:22:33.220 Are all the people

00:22:34.020 who donated

00:22:34.780 for perks

00:22:35.960 whether it was

00:22:36.680 $5,

00:22:37.800 $25

00:22:38.200 or executive producers

00:22:39.780 $10,000.

00:22:40.480 You know,

00:22:43.720 it's an amazing feeling

00:22:44.820 when you watch

00:22:46.040 the credits roll

00:22:46.840 at the end.

00:22:47.960 I still look up

00:22:48.860 I have my phone

00:22:49.780 filming the people

00:22:50.840 like they're clapping

00:22:52.520 I have my phone

00:22:53.180 in one hand

00:22:53.640 and then I'm looking up

00:22:54.480 at the screen

00:22:55.220 with the

00:22:55.980 like just watching

00:22:57.320 the list

00:22:58.040 and it's

00:22:58.480 it's such a great

00:22:59.920 feeling

00:23:00.740 that there's

00:23:02.020 that many people

00:23:02.580 who donated

00:23:03.480 before the movie

00:23:04.360 before we even

00:23:05.920 really started filming

00:23:06.920 they had that much

00:23:07.820 faith in us

00:23:08.420 to know that

00:23:09.900 we would tell

00:23:10.400 the story properly

00:23:11.300 and I don't know

00:23:13.380 how many people

00:23:13.880 on that list

00:23:14.300 have seen it yet

00:23:15.000 but I do think

00:23:19.040 that we

00:23:19.620 would make them proud

00:23:21.420 I do think

00:23:21.960 that they

00:23:22.400 I do know

00:23:24.020 that one person

00:23:24.840 who came

00:23:25.240 said that

00:23:25.800 who donated

00:23:27.080 a large amount

00:23:27.620 of money

00:23:27.920 who said that

00:23:28.440 it was more

00:23:29.120 than worth it

00:23:29.780 so I think

00:23:32.380 I think it's

00:23:33.340 I think they'll be happy

00:23:35.040 and I'm happy

00:23:36.260 yeah

00:23:36.620 yeah I'm happy too

00:23:38.360 I

00:23:38.840 it's

00:23:40.740 when you walk

00:23:41.480 out on stage

00:23:42.080 because you know

00:23:42.620 after the documentary

00:23:43.560 shows I do my

00:23:44.640 little blah blah

00:23:45.200 you do all the hard

00:23:46.220 work and I do

00:23:46.740 all the talking

00:23:47.260 and I just sort of

00:23:49.040 turn and stand

00:23:50.040 there and it's

00:23:50.640 just names

00:23:51.840 just rolling by

00:23:53.140 and it's one of

00:23:54.780 those things that

00:23:55.500 you know like

00:23:56.820 if you were up

00:23:57.940 at 3 a.m.

00:23:58.620 to catch a 5 a.m.

00:23:59.620 flight and you're

00:24:00.380 tired

00:24:00.780 you see that

00:24:02.060 and it just

00:24:02.580 fills up

00:24:03.620 your

00:24:04.520 tank

00:24:05.900 to fight on

00:24:06.760 the next

00:24:07.160 day

00:24:07.320 to fight

00:24:07.700 through

00:24:07.860 the next

00:24:08.260 day

00:24:08.580 because

00:24:09.420 like what a

00:24:11.620 what a gift

00:24:12.440 of of those

00:24:14.080 people to have

00:24:14.700 that kind of

00:24:15.380 faith and

00:24:15.840 confidence in

00:24:16.560 us to tell

00:24:17.620 these stories

00:24:18.240 accurately and

00:24:19.140 those are just

00:24:19.980 hundreds if not

00:24:21.120 over a thousand

00:24:21.800 names of people

00:24:22.520 who are just

00:24:23.020 cheering for us

00:24:23.820 to continue on

00:24:25.100 and tell these

00:24:25.980 stories because

00:24:26.640 nobody else will

00:24:27.360 and I'm just

00:24:28.460 so grateful for

00:24:29.180 every last one

00:24:29.800 of them

00:24:30.040 and you know

00:24:31.580 as we always say

00:24:32.200 at the end of

00:24:32.600 the documentary

00:24:33.200 what you won't

00:24:34.340 see here is

00:24:35.620 made in partnership

00:24:36.720 with the government

00:24:37.560 of Canada or

00:24:38.680 with funds from

00:24:39.960 Telefilm Canada or

00:24:41.180 the National Film

00:24:41.900 Board or anything

00:24:42.520 like that and

00:24:43.700 I think you're

00:24:45.040 hard-pressed to

00:24:45.620 find a documentary

00:24:46.200 in this country

00:24:47.060 with the exception

00:24:48.020 of a few that

00:24:49.320 don't have that

00:24:50.300 government stamp

00:24:51.340 of approval at

00:24:52.260 the bottom and

00:24:52.740 we don't and I'm

00:24:53.700 very proud of it

00:24:54.780 it's because

00:24:55.280 independent movies

00:24:56.800 get significant

00:24:58.000 tax credits and

00:24:59.540 that's one of the

00:25:00.260 things that they

00:25:00.740 need to put at the

00:25:01.440 end of the movie

00:25:02.080 isn't that

00:25:06.240 interesting

00:25:06.740 government just

00:25:08.880 made sure that

00:25:09.760 they want that

00:25:10.400 they'll give you

00:25:10.940 the three to

00:25:12.220 two thousand

00:25:12.860 three thousand

00:25:13.340 dollars and

00:25:14.860 just they pretty

00:25:15.580 much it's almost

00:25:16.380 like the government

00:25:16.960 pays them to make

00:25:18.120 sure that that's

00:25:18.700 on there

00:25:19.060 it's like a

00:25:21.320 stick in their 0.96

00:25:22.340 advertisement on it

00:25:23.840 like a NASCAR

00:25:24.560 right stick their

00:25:26.060 sticker on the

00:25:26.800 side

00:25:27.140 we still are not

00:25:30.000 done our

00:25:30.780 documentary screening

00:25:31.940 um we've got a

00:25:34.300 few more scheduled

00:25:35.000 out uh if you

00:25:36.680 want to talk about

00:25:37.240 those that's great

00:25:38.020 and also if people

00:25:40.000 want a screening

00:25:41.400 because I think

00:25:42.740 we're still you

00:25:44.500 know like we'll

00:25:44.980 still take a few

00:25:45.720 more um let us

00:25:47.180 know how people

00:25:47.680 can uh see the

00:25:49.240 next screenings

00:25:49.880 find out about

00:25:50.580 them or contact

00:25:51.960 us to book one

00:25:52.740 so if you go to

00:25:53.960 churchunderfiremovie.com

00:25:55.980 it's our new url

00:25:57.120 um that's where you

00:25:58.880 can find our next

00:25:59.940 screenings I think

00:26:00.600 we have one in

00:26:01.160 northern Ontario or

00:26:02.280 I guess people laugh

00:26:03.360 at me when I say

00:26:03.900 northern Ontario

00:26:04.700 Huntsville um

00:26:06.600 and uh so we

00:26:09.540 outside of the GTA

00:26:10.540 may as well be

00:26:11.400 northern Ontario

00:26:12.060 outside of the

00:26:13.060 middle of the

00:26:13.520 universe GTA

00:26:14.420 um we have a

00:26:16.820 screening in

00:26:17.260 Huntsville and

00:26:17.900 then we start our

00:26:18.760 BC uh tour leg

00:26:20.440 um we are

00:26:22.920 Vancouver

00:26:24.200 Whistler

00:26:25.420 Powell River

00:26:26.200 I know Powell

00:26:26.800 River and Whistler

00:26:27.540 are launched

00:26:28.060 already um

00:26:29.400 we're still working

00:26:30.180 on just finding

00:26:31.200 out some details

00:26:31.780 with the others

00:26:32.420 um which I'm

00:26:33.680 really excited for

00:26:34.500 I got so many

00:26:36.500 emails I got more

00:26:37.440 emails from people

00:26:38.740 um who were like

00:26:40.760 let's say happy

00:26:41.320 with it or just

00:26:42.080 wanted to ask me

00:26:42.620 questions I got

00:26:43.260 more people

00:26:43.980 emailing me angry

00:26:45.400 that we didn't go

00:26:46.660 to BC um but

00:26:48.860 uh really quick

00:26:50.340 BC is like the 1.00

00:26:51.400 the home of film

00:26:53.020 in Canada so

00:26:54.380 everybody's super

00:26:55.520 woke there when it

00:26:56.240 comes to movies

00:26:56.920 and like normally

00:26:58.900 when you have a

00:26:59.660 venue where you

00:27:00.200 could play a movie

00:27:00.900 there is no way

00:27:02.020 that they would

00:27:02.400 take a Rebel

00:27:02.840 News documentary

00:27:03.720 like no way

00:27:05.500 um trust me

00:27:06.720 I tried

00:27:07.100 um and if you

00:27:08.980 want to host

00:27:09.320 your own

00:27:09.800 screening

00:27:10.360 I believe

00:27:11.560 same link

00:27:12.420 churchunderfiremovie.com

00:27:14.460 um there's a

00:27:16.520 media inquiry

00:27:17.180 uh spot there

00:27:18.300 where uh you

00:27:19.480 can kind of put

00:27:20.040 in what it is

00:27:21.020 you're looking

00:27:21.320 for what kind

00:27:22.000 of venue

00:27:22.580 you're hosting

00:27:23.080 um if you

00:27:24.640 want Sheila 0.99

00:27:25.100 and I to

00:27:25.480 come kind

00:27:26.120 of thing

00:27:26.440 um then

00:27:28.380 that'll be

00:27:28.980 really fun

00:27:29.520 because uh

00:27:30.600 there have

00:27:31.240 already been

00:27:32.360 people who

00:27:32.880 have emailed

00:27:33.300 who have

00:27:33.760 cooler ideas

00:27:34.420 than I had

00:27:34.960 about screening

00:27:35.480 so um

00:27:37.100 hopefully yeah

00:27:38.620 if you have

00:27:39.140 any ideas

00:27:39.680 send it there

00:27:40.600 or just email

00:27:41.440 me at

00:27:41.900 kian simoni

00:27:42.460 at rebelnews.com

00:27:43.400 and we can

00:27:44.260 go from there

00:27:44.920 cool

00:27:46.080 kian I know

00:27:47.720 you have work

00:27:48.220 to do today

00:27:48.780 and so do I

00:27:50.020 and uh

00:27:52.080 you know we're

00:27:52.560 both home for

00:27:53.100 about a week

00:27:53.560 before we go

00:27:54.500 back out on

00:27:55.140 the road

00:27:55.440 uh showing

00:27:57.000 the documentary

00:27:57.940 and um

00:27:58.800 you know it's

00:27:59.520 exhausting

00:27:59.900 but but I'm

00:28:01.780 I'm happy to

00:28:02.640 do and I'm

00:28:02.980 happy to meet

00:28:03.420 with the people

00:28:03.900 and I'm happy

00:28:04.840 to hear their

00:28:05.300 feedback because

00:28:06.260 um I think

00:28:08.100 so far it's

00:28:08.780 been universally

00:28:10.060 the feedback

00:28:11.020 is good

00:28:11.760 about a very

00:28:12.800 bad time

00:28:13.900 in Canadian

00:28:14.360 history

00:28:14.780 I agree

00:28:17.120 I'm uh

00:28:17.900 I'm really

00:28:18.240 excited

00:28:18.640 I know I was

00:28:19.660 really happy

00:28:20.120 to get home

00:28:20.640 and hit my

00:28:21.500 pillow but

00:28:22.180 I'm really

00:28:22.660 excited to go

00:28:23.220 back out

00:28:23.640 even if it's

00:28:24.320 I think that's

00:28:24.820 just for the

00:28:25.240 one Huntsville

00:28:25.780 show

00:28:26.080 um yeah

00:28:27.340 I'm really

00:28:27.980 really excited

00:28:28.680 thank you for

00:28:30.220 having me on

00:28:30.900 too um

00:28:31.800 yeah it's just

00:28:32.620 so nice to

00:28:33.380 talk about it

00:28:34.000 and yeah

00:28:35.140 go over

00:28:35.560 everything

00:28:35.840 it's great

00:28:36.280 I'm not used

00:28:38.060 to sleeping

00:28:38.660 laying down

00:28:39.360 I've been

00:28:41.440 sleeping on

00:28:42.160 airplanes for

00:28:43.480 10 days

00:28:44.100 like this

00:28:44.560 so

00:28:44.960 uh Kian 1.00

00:28:49.340 thanks so

00:28:49.900 much uh

00:28:50.520 we'll talk

00:28:50.940 very very

00:28:51.340 soon uh

00:28:51.920 probably in

00:28:52.320 the next uh

00:28:52.920 15 minutes

00:28:53.540 yeah

00:28:53.840 as we work

00:28:54.260 together

00:28:54.560 thanks buddy

00:28:56.920 thank you

00:28:57.900 well friends

00:29:05.460 we've come to

00:29:05.900 the portion of

00:29:06.360 the show where

00:29:06.980 I invite your

00:29:08.160 viewer feedback

00:29:08.780 unlike the

00:29:09.340 mainstream media

00:29:09.900 I actually care

00:29:10.620 about what you

00:29:11.120 think about the

00:29:11.620 work that we're

00:29:12.000 doing here at

00:29:12.540 rebel news and

00:29:13.040 that's why I

00:29:13.460 give up my

00:29:13.860 email address

00:29:14.520 right now

00:29:15.480 it's Sheila

00:29:16.260 at rebel news

00:29:17.080 dot com put

00:29:17.720 gun show letters

00:29:18.840 in the subject

00:29:19.480 line two ends

00:29:20.260 please so that

00:29:21.420 it's easy for me

00:29:22.220 to find your

00:29:22.980 letter and I

00:29:23.560 know exactly

00:29:24.340 what you're

00:29:24.740 talking about

00:29:25.360 when you

00:29:26.240 email me

00:29:26.760 because I

00:29:27.160 do get

00:29:27.460 dozens if

00:29:27.940 not hundreds

00:29:28.400 sometimes depending

00:29:29.540 on what I've

00:29:30.060 done that day

00:29:30.760 and what sort

00:29:31.620 of controversial

00:29:32.680 nonsense I've

00:29:33.480 been up to

00:29:34.000 um so

00:29:35.660 gun show

00:29:36.740 letters in the

00:29:37.380 subject line just

00:29:37.980 so it's easier

00:29:38.720 for me to find

00:29:39.420 uh today's

00:29:40.600 letter comes to

00:29:41.360 us from a

00:29:41.960 regular viewer I

00:29:42.740 read his emails

00:29:43.660 frequently on the

00:29:44.420 show and that

00:29:44.860 could be you

00:29:45.400 too if you

00:29:46.400 email me a

00:29:47.080 lot uh

00:29:48.400 it's Bruce

00:29:49.060 Atchison he

00:29:49.900 lives in

00:29:50.260 Radway Alberta

00:29:50.880 and he often

00:29:51.640 signs off um

00:29:52.840 with a tagline

00:29:55.260 from his cat

00:29:56.400 and he emails

00:29:57.200 me on last

00:29:58.340 week's show

00:29:58.940 that I filmed

00:29:59.760 in the brand

00:30:00.380 new studio in

00:30:01.180 Toronto with my

00:30:01.820 friend David

00:30:02.240 Menzies as I

00:30:04.380 was in Toronto

00:30:04.920 on the documentary

00:30:06.520 tour I still

00:30:07.720 have other work

00:30:08.360 to do so I

00:30:08.900 thought why not

00:30:09.380 use the new

00:30:09.860 studio to film

00:30:10.560 the gun show

00:30:11.080 I brought in

00:30:11.940 David and we

00:30:12.540 talked about the

00:30:14.240 election of

00:30:15.240 Olivia Chow to

00:30:16.120 be the mayor of

00:30:16.880 Toronto and what

00:30:18.040 that means for the

00:30:18.740 rest of Canada

00:30:19.360 because so many

00:30:20.360 of these bad

00:30:21.360 ideas are

00:30:23.160 percolated in

00:30:23.920 the petri dish

00:30:24.720 of Toronto

00:30:25.840 for example

00:30:26.680 Toronto has

00:30:27.860 out of control

00:30:28.660 gang violence

00:30:29.480 and the liberals

00:30:30.120 say oh you

00:30:31.400 know what we

00:30:31.760 got to do

00:30:32.320 go to grab the

00:30:33.340 guns of the

00:30:33.960 Albertans and

00:30:34.760 the Westerners

00:30:35.800 because the

00:30:37.680 government has

00:30:38.900 left the

00:30:40.160 borders completely

00:30:41.420 wide open

00:30:42.000 and they are

00:30:45.300 soft on crime

00:30:46.160 and the bail

00:30:47.340 laws need

00:30:47.900 reform but

00:30:48.660 instead of

00:30:49.040 doing those

00:30:49.760 things the

00:30:51.680 liberals have

00:30:52.360 decided to

00:30:53.140 take the path

00:30:53.700 of least

00:30:54.000 resistance and

00:30:54.600 go after the 1.00

00:30:55.020 most law

00:30:55.400 abiding people

00:30:55.960 in the country

00:30:56.520 because for

00:30:58.380 the liberals

00:30:58.940 all guns are

00:31:00.040 bad whereas

00:31:01.520 for normal

00:31:02.140 people we

00:31:02.680 realize that

00:31:03.380 guns in the

00:31:04.380 hands of bad

00:31:05.100 people are bad

00:31:05.940 and guns in

00:31:06.520 the hands of

00:31:06.940 me mean fewer

00:31:08.660 coyotes bothering

00:31:10.040 livestock anyway

00:31:11.220 Bruce writes

00:31:12.760 hi Sheila I

00:31:14.160 love it when you

00:31:14.760 and David host

00:31:15.600 any show well

00:31:16.240 David and I

00:31:16.960 frequently host

00:31:18.100 the rebel

00:31:19.080 news daily

00:31:19.880 live stream

00:31:20.500 together so

00:31:21.180 we have what

00:31:22.580 some might call

00:31:23.240 chemistry

00:31:24.040 you and him

00:31:25.660 are well matched

00:31:26.260 and keep the

00:31:26.640 show interesting

00:31:27.140 there are some

00:31:27.680 hosts who are

00:31:28.700 as exciting

00:31:30.340 as watching

00:31:31.380 laundry dry on

00:31:32.820 the line

00:31:33.140 have you been

00:31:33.540 watching CBC

00:31:34.180 Bruce I don't

00:31:34.880 feel like you're

00:31:35.320 a CBC watcher

00:31:36.120 but it is true

00:31:37.440 David is

00:31:38.800 he's funny

00:31:40.100 and sometimes

00:31:41.400 I'm the break

00:31:42.220 to his gas

00:31:42.780 pedal but that's

00:31:43.460 why I think

00:31:44.020 we're well

00:31:44.780 matched

00:31:45.160 I understand

00:31:45.920 how you feel

00:31:46.460 about Olivia

00:31:46.960 Chow she's a 1.00

00:31:47.740 tool for the

00:31:48.240 Chinese Communist 0.72

00:31:48.860 Party

00:31:49.160 yeah isn't that

00:31:49.800 interesting

00:31:50.180 there have been

00:31:52.100 reports about

00:31:52.720 that it's time

00:31:53.900 all politicians

00:31:54.700 and all levels

00:31:55.340 of government

00:31:55.800 were examined

00:31:56.420 for influence

00:31:57.380 by Beijing

00:31:58.160 I think

00:31:58.780 influenced by

00:31:59.400 anybody

00:31:59.760 I would also

00:32:01.160 be concerned

00:32:02.100 about foreign

00:32:02.660 influence with

00:32:03.520 regard to

00:32:04.740 environmentalist

00:32:06.240 mega charities

00:32:06.840 out of San

00:32:07.420 Francisco

00:32:07.780 like Tides

00:32:09.840 or whatever

00:32:10.240 they call

00:32:10.620 themselves now

00:32:11.140 Make Way

00:32:11.820 their name

00:32:13.400 was so

00:32:13.760 stigmatized

00:32:14.540 by anti-oil 0.99

00:32:15.860 sands garbage

00:32:16.620 that they had 0.99

00:32:17.240 to change

00:32:17.620 their name

00:32:17.940 to Make Way

00:32:18.580 here in

00:32:19.400 Canada

00:32:19.740 so you

00:32:23.160 know I

00:32:24.760 think there

00:32:25.400 are we

00:32:26.880 shouldn't just

00:32:27.280 be concerned

00:32:27.840 about Beijing

00:32:28.640 ruling Canadian

00:32:30.080 politics I'm

00:32:31.600 concerned about

00:32:32.600 all kinds of

00:32:33.500 foreign meddling 0.61

00:32:34.580 and interloping

00:32:35.540 did you know

00:32:37.340 that Thorhill

00:32:37.920 County blew

00:32:38.500 56,000 on

00:32:40.180 airplane photos

00:32:40.960 that seems

00:32:41.760 about right

00:32:42.220 although I

00:32:42.640 bet drone

00:32:43.200 photography would

00:32:44.040 be a heck

00:32:44.500 of a lot

00:32:44.840 cheaper but

00:32:45.420 leave it to

00:32:46.120 government to

00:32:46.640 do the most

00:32:47.080 expensive thing

00:32:47.820 a plane was

00:32:49.060 buzzing around

00:32:49.540 Radway last

00:32:50.220 Thursday July 6

00:32:51.080 for a few

00:32:51.600 hours after

00:32:52.140 supper

00:32:52.460 why didn't

00:32:53.320 they use

00:32:53.680 Google Earth

00:32:54.200 great question

00:32:55.300 because government

00:32:56.740 doesn't think

00:32:58.240 about saving

00:32:58.940 money generally

00:33:00.280 speaking they

00:33:01.940 could have

00:33:02.180 learned all

00:33:02.660 they needed

00:33:02.980 to know for

00:33:03.540 free meanwhile

00:33:04.160 they sold

00:33:04.680 the second

00:33:05.100 seniors excursion

00:33:06.200 bus to various

00:33:06.840 clubs have to

00:33:07.460 fight over who 0.51

00:33:08.140 gets to ride

00:33:08.820 the bus on which

00:33:09.500 days I bet

00:33:10.400 that $56,000

00:33:11.380 could have

00:33:11.820 went a long

00:33:12.340 way to

00:33:12.740 maintaining

00:33:13.300 the seniors

00:33:14.320 bus but

00:33:15.140 again government

00:33:16.260 doesn't think

00:33:16.800 that way

00:33:17.240 this makes me

00:33:18.360 wish Radway

00:33:19.200 was back with

00:33:19.800 Sturgeon County

00:33:20.460 we split with

00:33:21.340 them in 1977

00:33:22.060 because they

00:33:22.660 couldn't fix up

00:33:23.340 Highway 2A

00:33:24.180 and besides

00:33:24.740 that residents

00:33:25.720 like shopping

00:33:26.340 in Redwater

00:33:27.040 then pokey

00:33:29.140 little Thorhild

00:33:29.820 your loyal

00:33:30.640 viewer Bruce

00:33:32.760 with Delta

00:33:33.620 the cat

00:33:34.380 sleeping on the

00:33:35.440 couch Bruce

00:33:36.040 you know

00:33:37.080 people might not

00:33:38.120 know anything

00:33:38.580 think about

00:33:38.880 Thorhild or

00:33:39.640 Radway or

00:33:40.300 Sturgeon County

00:33:40.900 or the

00:33:41.340 problems with

00:33:41.880 Highway 28A

00:33:43.440 however I think

00:33:45.740 it is universal

00:33:46.620 across this

00:33:47.260 country that

00:33:48.000 government

00:33:48.480 wastes your

00:33:50.020 money and

00:33:50.620 they don't

00:33:50.980 stop and

00:33:51.540 think about

00:33:52.100 the most

00:33:53.020 responsible ways

00:33:53.940 to spend

00:33:54.660 your money

00:33:55.180 and the most

00:33:56.020 common sense

00:33:56.740 practical solutions

00:33:58.420 and that is

00:34:00.760 a problem that

00:34:01.520 happens in big

00:34:02.480 cities and

00:34:03.640 small towns

00:34:04.360 like sleepy

00:34:05.000 little Radway

00:34:05.620 it's universal

00:34:08.040 rule of all

00:34:10.260 government from

00:34:11.040 international levels

00:34:12.980 of government

00:34:13.440 all the way down

00:34:14.360 to the tiniest

00:34:15.380 municipality like

00:34:17.220 your county which

00:34:18.500 I think has

00:34:19.380 about 3,000

00:34:20.900 people spread

00:34:22.960 across a place

00:34:24.360 the size of a

00:34:25.220 small European

00:34:25.820 country so it

00:34:27.880 doesn't matter

00:34:28.300 where you live

00:34:28.780 it's all the

00:34:29.200 same well

00:34:30.060 everybody that's

00:34:30.660 the show for

00:34:31.040 tonight thank you

00:34:31.500 so much for

00:34:31.980 tuning in I'll

00:34:32.680 see everybody

00:34:33.060 back here in

00:34:33.800 the same time

00:34:34.420 in the same

00:34:34.840 place next week

00:34:35.480 and as always

00:34:36.540 don't let the

00:34:37.460 government tell

00:34:37.960 you that you've

00:34:38.400 had too much

00:34:38.940 to think

00:35:05.480 you know

00:35:07.540 you

Rebel News Podcast - July 19, 2023

SHEILA GUNN REID ｜ We took our documentary about religious persecution on tour across the country

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