Rebel News Podcast - Whistle Stop Victory Lap, Quarantine Hotel Visit

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00:01:14.240 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,

00:01:32.460 in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite Rebels.

00:01:37.220 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:01:38.820 Victory on the Alberta Food Service front.

00:01:42.060 Yes, the little Whistle Stop Cafe in the wee hamlet of Mirror got into a staring contest

00:01:48.060 with the provincial government regarding an illegal reopening.

00:01:52.920 And guess who won?

00:01:54.300 Sheila Gunn-Reed has all the details.

00:01:56.780 Andrea Humphrey took a visit to a Vancouver-area quarantine hotel.

00:02:01.660 And it was downright creepy.

00:02:03.360 Well, we think it's a quarantine hotel.

00:02:07.120 Part of the problem is that there is so much secrecy surrounding this property.

00:02:12.660 But why?

00:02:13.940 Drea will weigh in with her thoughts.

00:02:16.220 And letters, we get your letters.

00:02:17.720 We get them every minute of every day.

00:02:19.760 And you had plenty to say about Alicia Herder, a single-mother entrepreneur 0.99

00:02:24.080 who is being bullied and harassed and defamed by pro-lockdown types

00:02:30.100 ranging from bylaw officers to the local media outlet, the St. Catherine's Standard.

00:02:36.140 And Alicia's crying? 0.98

00:02:37.800 Opening her hair salon in order to make a living and serve an appreciative clientele. 0.99

00:02:43.900 Absolutely incredible.

00:02:45.440 Those are your Rebels.

00:02:46.420 Now let's round them up.

00:02:47.580 We've got a major victory to report in the Alberta Restaurant Rebellion.

00:02:57.240 Now, the Restaurant Rebellion was first started when Mirror Alberta's Chris Scott

00:03:03.340 opened up his little whistle-stop cafe to the open arms of his community.

00:03:09.020 Alberta restaurants at the time had been closed to dine-in services since the middle of December.

00:03:14.760 But by January, with no end in sight to the closure of his restaurant,

00:03:20.560 Chris just reopened in complete defiance of the lockdown orders.

00:03:25.980 And customers came and filled up his small diner day after day after day.

00:03:30.580 And so did Alberta Health Services and the local RCMP.

00:03:34.800 Day after day, Chris was subject to constant surveillance and constant visits

00:03:40.580 from the local police and Alberta health inspectors.

00:03:44.760 Chris was given a closure order and then two summonses to appear in provincial court

00:03:50.780 for violating the public health order.

00:03:53.780 In the midst of all of this, a rebellion was inspired.

00:03:58.720 Restaurants from all across the province followed suit,

00:04:03.260 also breaking the lockdown to welcome customers back into their dining rooms again.

00:04:08.780 The rebellion grew.

00:04:10.560 It spread to Cold Lake and Bashaw, Sylvan Lake, Big Valley, Smith, Red Deer, Hannah.

00:04:17.460 And the rebellion grew so fast that the Alberta government was forced kicking and screaming

00:04:23.300 into announcing an official launch date for restaurants.

00:04:27.060 That date, February 8th.

00:04:29.220 Now, Alberta Health Services sought and won an emergency court injunction to close Chris's whistle-stop.

00:04:36.780 This was especially draconian and spiteful because then it meant a bench warrant could be issued for Chris's arrest

00:04:44.700 if he was found to be in breach of the judge's emergency order.

00:04:49.940 Now, that emergency injunction came just two business days before the official reopening launch date

00:04:57.020 for restaurants across the province.

00:04:58.860 But Chris wasn't worried because we had hired him a top-notch criminal lawyer at no cost to Chris

00:05:05.980 through fightthefines.com.

00:05:08.720 That lawyer is named Chad Williamson, and he worked diligently, aggressively, and passionately on Chris's case.

00:05:16.760 And now, Chris and Chad have scored a major victory against the entire health bureaucracy here in Alberta

00:05:25.780 and everything that bureaucracy could have thrown at Chris.

00:05:31.380 Just take a look at this.

00:05:33.380 Alberta Health Services has stopped pursuing legal action against a small-town cafe

00:05:39.740 for defying the province's public health orders

00:05:42.880 and has even covered the owner's legal fees.

00:05:48.260 So, who says you can't fight City Hall?

00:05:52.800 Just look at what happened at the Whistle Stop Cafe, folks.

00:05:56.160 Not only did owner Chris Scott defy the province in reopening,

00:05:59.940 but he's also getting compensation for his hefty legal fees.

00:06:05.880 Now the question arises, what does this restaurateur do for an encore?

00:06:11.380 Well, get this.

00:06:12.800 He's done with playing defense.

00:06:14.620 Now he's going on the offense.

00:06:16.440 In other words, Chris is going to pursue litigation against the province of Alberta

00:06:22.020 for causing him so much grief in the first place.

00:06:25.560 Can't wait to see how this case plays out in a court of law.

00:06:29.240 And with more on the victorious Great Alberta Restaurant Rebellion

00:06:33.680 is the reporter who covered it from start to finish,

00:06:37.560 and that would be the one and only Sheila, the she-devil gun-reed. 0.99

00:06:41.940 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Sheila.

00:06:43.900 Hey, David. Thanks for having me on the show.

00:06:45.840 Always a pleasure.

00:06:46.780 So, Sheila, talk about a tale of two restaurants and two provinces. 0.80

00:06:51.760 Here in Toronto, Mayor John the Tyrant Tory

00:06:54.700 literally sent in all the king's men and all the king's horses

00:06:57.580 to shut down Adam Skelly of Adamson Barbecue

00:07:00.540 and then sent Adam a bill for $187,000

00:07:06.060 to cover the costs of the law enforcement.

00:07:09.240 But quite a different story has played out in Little Mirror, Alberta, hasn't it?

00:07:13.780 Yeah, I mean, Chris Scott, he took on the entire government in a staring contest

00:07:21.960 several times now, and the government continues to blink.

00:07:27.500 And it is a much different tale than what unfolded in Toronto,

00:07:31.220 both in the reaction of the government, but also the reaction of the police

00:07:36.220 and the reaction of his peers in the restaurant industry.

00:07:41.980 So, Adam Skelly was basically left to fight this alone.

00:07:45.220 Chris Scott inspired other restaurants to do the same as him

00:07:49.060 and open up in defiance of the lockdown.

00:07:51.860 The local RCMP, a small detachment out of Bashaw, Alberta,

00:07:55.980 about 20 minutes away from Mirror,

00:07:58.000 they were as hands-off as they could possibly be,

00:08:00.480 given the situation with Chris Scott.

00:08:02.900 Never actually issuing him a ticket, rather two different summonses

00:08:06.980 to appear in Stetler Provincial Court.

00:08:08.720 Those summonses are still there.

00:08:10.860 So while he has this one application withdrawn by Alberta Health Services,

00:08:15.700 those two summonses for breaching the public health order,

00:08:18.360 those still exist, those are still out there,

00:08:20.440 and we still have to fight those.

00:08:23.500 And, you know, in Toronto, Adam Skelly, like you say,

00:08:28.180 all the King's horses and all the King's men,

00:08:29.920 the right squad was brought in to stop a barbecue place

00:08:33.840 from being open and serving barbecue.

00:08:36.640 And it was, I mean, things could not have been more different

00:08:41.740 than what unfolded in Mirror and what unfolded in Toronto.

00:08:47.000 But Chris Scott, he fought the government and he won.

00:08:52.800 He had Alberta Health Services withdraw their application against him.

00:08:55.780 And instead of what has happened to Adam Skelly in Toronto,

00:09:00.500 the government is paying Chris Scott now for his troubles.

00:09:05.000 You know, what do you think was going on behind the scenes,

00:09:08.200 Sheila, in Alberta not to go in en masse,

00:09:11.740 in force to shut down those restaurants? 0.53

00:09:13.560 You know, it kind of reminds me, I'm thinking,

00:09:16.040 I believe it was 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall.

00:09:18.860 But, you know, when the stories emerged after the fact,

00:09:21.880 it was a minute-by-minute decision whether the East German authorities

00:09:25.780 were going to send in the tanks and quell that little rebellion with force.

00:09:30.760 They decided, no, the gig is up.

00:09:32.680 We're going to just let it go through.

00:09:34.040 So I'm not comparing a restaurant rebellion to the fall of the Berlin Wall, of course.

00:09:38.120 But what I'm getting at is the authorities in charge

00:09:41.520 who can dispatch lethal force,

00:09:43.920 why did they come down so hard on Adam Skelly?

00:09:47.560 Whereas, Chris, well, the government blinked.

00:09:50.860 I think these are cultural issues.

00:09:54.180 It speaks to the fact that there are truly two Canadas,

00:09:57.220 and you live in one and I live in the other.

00:10:00.440 For Chris Scott, he's in rural Alberta.

00:10:03.060 So this is a place where we don't like anybody telling us what to do.

00:10:05.580 And mostly we just want to be left alone.

00:10:07.240 Yeah.

00:10:08.500 Versus very progressive Toronto with their very progressive mayor

00:10:11.960 and their, I guess, progressive premier.

00:10:16.580 And in Alberta, Jason Kenney's base is rural Alberta.

00:10:22.540 To win the premiership in Alberta,

00:10:24.680 you need to get either Edmonton or Calgary and all of rural Alberta.

00:10:30.120 Well, Edmonton's generally a write-off most of the time

00:10:32.860 because it's the government city.

00:10:34.120 So if he wants to maintain his grasp on power,

00:10:39.340 he has to not annoy rural Alberta, and he has been lately.

00:10:45.120 And so, you know, the fact that this restaurant rebellion

00:10:48.460 came from Jason Kenney's base,

00:10:50.780 small business owners in rural Alberta,

00:10:53.760 supported by the farming communities around them

00:10:56.560 and the farmers, producers were dropping off food

00:10:59.360 to keep these restaurants going.

00:11:01.260 The Beef Angels at Nielsen Beef, for example.

00:11:05.260 That's why things, I think, worked out differently.

00:11:08.680 It really is.

00:11:10.020 It comes down to the fact that Western Canada,

00:11:14.660 and in particular Alberta,

00:11:16.200 we are a much different place than Toronto.

00:11:19.580 And you know, Sheila, you said something there

00:11:21.600 that I find so perversely amusing.

00:11:24.320 You called the mayor of Toronto progressive.

00:11:26.720 You called the premier of Ontario progressive.

00:11:29.020 If you talk to these two gentlemen,

00:11:30.380 they'll tell you they're conservative.

00:11:32.700 Oh, sure.

00:11:32.920 I don't know if that's a statement on

00:11:35.260 the death of conservatism in Central Canada or not,

00:11:39.960 but don't you find that so weird?

00:11:43.940 It's funny because, as in Alberta,

00:11:46.860 we get mad at our politicians

00:11:48.880 because they're not conservative enough.

00:11:50.740 And then every few years, every decade or so,

00:11:53.000 we burn an entire party to the ground

00:11:55.140 and start again fresh

00:11:56.500 because we find it's not conservative enough.

00:11:59.440 That's why we get mad at our conservative politicians.

00:12:02.260 In the rest of the country,

00:12:04.180 you guys seem to get mad at your conservative politicians

00:12:06.700 if they don't move to the centre enough.

00:12:08.820 And then they move to the centre

00:12:09.980 and then people say,

00:12:10.880 well, why would I even vote for that guy?

00:12:12.920 If he's so liberal,

00:12:13.840 why don't I just vote for the Liberals?

00:12:15.480 And they can't make that connection in their minds.

00:12:18.240 It is very strange as a conservative

00:12:22.280 on the outside of Toronto and Ontario,

00:12:25.280 looking at what you call conservatives

00:12:28.360 versus what we are.

00:12:30.060 And we see this unfolding in the federal party, right?

00:12:33.340 Like we see Aaron O'Toole

00:12:35.160 acting like one of those like centrists

00:12:37.980 and out here, we're the conservative base

00:12:41.040 and we're saying,

00:12:41.560 well, that's not exactly what we asked for

00:12:43.220 and that's not what you promised us you'd be.

00:12:45.040 And we see that with all the conservative politicians.

00:12:47.940 Doug Ford, clearly not as advertised, right?

00:12:51.000 Oh, 100%.

00:12:52.480 And as for the federal conservative leader,

00:12:54.980 I just now call him Aaron O'Shear.

00:12:58.260 But you know, Sheila,

00:12:59.380 the other thing from right to left,

00:13:02.700 let's talk about that perspective

00:13:04.140 when it comes to illegal restaurant

00:13:06.320 or gym or retail openings.

00:13:09.360 I can't even believe I said that,

00:13:10.660 an illegal restaurant opening,

00:13:12.260 like it's a speakeasy serving liquor in the 1920s.

00:13:16.040 But you know, we've always heard from the left

00:13:18.060 such chestnuts as my body, my choice

00:13:22.680 and reasonable accommodation.

00:13:25.920 And that seems to have evaporated,

00:13:28.300 hasn't it, in 2020 and 2021?

00:13:31.060 It's you do what you're told by big government

00:13:33.600 or else you're going to jail.

00:13:35.280 What happened there, Sheila?

00:13:36.620 You know, it's this push to control

00:13:44.260 everything that we do in our lives

00:13:46.860 and a nameless, faceless bureaucrat

00:13:49.120 that I wish I never knew their names.

00:13:52.220 Now they're controlling every aspect of our lives.

00:13:55.180 They used to, as Corey Morgan

00:13:56.840 from the Western Standard points out,

00:13:58.900 these people used to simply count

00:14:01.740 chlamydia and gonorrhea outbreaks.

00:14:04.620 That used to be the extent of their job.

00:14:06.520 Now they're deciding who gets to go to church,

00:14:09.500 who gets to open their business.

00:14:11.840 And the left, I mean, I don't,

00:14:14.560 when I look at them, I think,

00:14:15.780 well, is this, like they're so prone

00:14:19.780 to centralized control.

00:14:21.900 And they really are pro-nationalizing

00:14:24.660 all the businesses.

00:14:25.760 But if you can't nationalize them on paper,

00:14:28.120 isn't it a lot easier to just have every aspect

00:14:31.320 of how you do business and live your life

00:14:33.740 controlled by the government

00:14:35.660 without the government actually having

00:14:37.240 to expropriate your church or your business?

00:14:40.360 I mean, so for the left,

00:14:41.960 this is all just a, like a,

00:14:44.040 it's a means to their end of controlling your life

00:14:47.000 and nationalizing everything.

00:14:48.260 They're just using these new health regulations to do it. 0.95

00:14:52.340 And Sheila, we have to wrap,

00:14:53.620 but I think you touched upon something

00:14:55.340 very important here.

00:14:56.340 And that is before this pandemic,

00:14:59.220 I think the average Joe and the average Jane 0.77

00:15:01.960 didn't know the name Teresa Tam

00:15:04.740 or Eileen Davila, Cruella Davila, 0.96

00:15:08.000 as I like to call her.

00:15:09.120 But now these public health officials,

00:15:12.240 they've almost become household words and celebrities.

00:15:15.600 And I think they're feeding on that.

00:15:18.220 And this is only further making our lives miserable.

00:15:21.500 Anyways, I want to thank you

00:15:22.560 for all the great reporting at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

00:15:25.280 You ate so many zombie burgers.

00:15:27.400 I don't know how you maintained your slimness.

00:15:31.400 If that was me on that beat, Sheila,

00:15:33.100 I'm the next subject for my 600 pound life.

00:15:36.420 So please keep us informed in the months ahead

00:15:40.040 in terms of how Chris does

00:15:42.240 when he switches from defense to offense

00:15:44.760 and goes after the government

00:15:46.260 for what they did to him.

00:15:48.620 Yes, and if people at home would like to help Chris

00:15:51.640 as he holds the government accountable

00:15:53.220 for what they've done to him,

00:15:54.840 and he still has those two pending summonses

00:15:57.520 to appear in provincial court in April.

00:15:59.260 If you'd like to help,

00:16:00.100 if you feel compelled to help,

00:16:01.560 please do so at fightthefines.com.

00:16:05.460 There you go.

00:16:06.840 Thank you so much, Sheila.

00:16:07.900 And that was Sheila Gunn-Reed

00:16:09.620 somewhere in the northern hinterland of Alberta.

00:16:13.340 Keep it here, folks.

00:16:14.220 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:16:16.360 Andrea Humphrey here with Rebel News.

00:16:23.580 We've been bringing you the other side of the story

00:16:25.360 of life with COVID-19 since as early as January 2020,

00:16:28.960 and that includes the discussion

00:16:30.880 of mandatory quarantine facilities.

00:16:33.940 Now, my colleague Keen Bextie,

00:16:36.300 he showed you what happened to Nikki Mathis.

00:16:39.060 She was terrified.

00:16:40.640 She was taken against her will

00:16:43.560 and stuck in a COVID jail

00:16:45.660 without her family even knowing where she was going.

00:16:48.300 We, with your help,

00:16:50.060 by the people who donate at nocovidjails.com,

00:16:53.920 had a free fighter lawyer on that case

00:16:58.040 who was there giving her free legal counsel.

00:17:00.340 We had that done as fast as you could say

00:17:02.720 there's a new COVID-19 variant.

00:17:05.640 But in Vancouver, B.C.,

00:17:07.160 we haven't heard a lot of the stories.

00:17:09.260 David Menzies, as well,

00:17:10.380 has brought us tons from Toronto,

00:17:12.560 at the Radisson in particular,

00:17:14.420 so much to the point that the police

00:17:16.340 ended up at his house.

00:17:18.620 Hello, sir. How are you doing?

00:17:19.760 I have a summons here for you for court.

00:17:23.240 Okay.

00:17:23.740 It's for entry premises when entry prohibited.

00:17:26.000 But in Vancouver, B.C.,

00:17:27.180 overall, it's been pretty quiet,

00:17:28.600 but a tipster did reach out to us

00:17:31.280 and say that he was forced to stay here

00:17:34.440 for quite some time

00:17:36.040 and he didn't want to come forward with his name.

00:17:38.260 So we're going to investigate to see

00:17:40.100 if, in fact, this is a quarantine hotel.

00:17:43.200 And why not start with giving them a call?

00:17:46.380 Hi, Anna.

00:17:58.920 What's the best price for two rooms there?

00:18:03.860 Sorry, is this for tonight?

00:18:05.560 Yes, please.

00:18:07.260 Oh, unfortunately, we are closed until May 15th.

00:18:10.740 You're closed until May?

00:18:12.960 Yeah.

00:18:13.240 Oh, how come?

00:18:15.420 We've been closed since March, actually.

00:18:17.860 Oh, my goodness.

00:18:18.460 That's a long time.

00:18:19.920 How are you guys staying in business?

00:18:23.400 Um, well, not much staff

00:18:25.900 are currently working right now, so.

00:18:28.860 Okay, so you're open.

00:18:30.400 Yeah.

00:18:30.660 You're answering the phone,

00:18:31.780 but you guys are closed till May.

00:18:34.960 Yeah.

00:18:35.300 Oh.

00:18:35.520 I know there's also a few other hotels

00:18:37.220 around the area, too, that are closed.

00:18:38.640 River Rock and Hilton, I believe.

00:18:41.340 Okay.

00:18:42.460 All right.

00:18:43.160 Thanks so much.

00:18:44.360 Okay, no worries.

00:18:45.080 Bye.

00:18:46.080 Bye.

00:18:48.260 Well, they said they're closed till May 15th,

00:18:50.740 but there's a lot of vehicles in the parking lot.

00:18:52.960 Let's take a look

00:18:53.680 and see if they're closed,

00:18:56.140 why there's so many people here.

00:18:57.640 We've got some open doors over here.

00:19:09.800 Looks like a white tarp inside.

00:19:21.920 All right.

00:19:23.100 All right, so we've got the kitchen and bar

00:19:38.180 will remain closed until further notice

00:19:40.680 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:19:43.680 So in B.C., restaurants are allowed to be open,

00:19:47.980 so it's not like they were ordered to shut there.

00:19:50.180 So let's see.

00:19:57.040 So it says caution, construction and progress,

00:20:00.440 but we know if you've watched

00:20:01.940 some of David Menzies' reports,

00:20:04.040 he was told that the hotel was closed,

00:20:06.980 the one out there,

00:20:08.580 because it was under construction,

00:20:10.200 and that was a lie.

00:20:11.380 How are you doing there?

00:20:12.400 We're just with Rebel News.

00:20:13.740 My name's David Menzies,

00:20:14.900 and I'm just going to see

00:20:16.220 if we could get a room for the night.

00:20:17.860 No, sorry.

00:20:19.100 No?

00:20:19.640 No, the whole place is closed.

00:20:21.000 Who are you, by the way?

00:20:21.960 I'm the security manager here, Jamie.

00:20:23.460 Oh, okay.

00:20:24.880 Jamie, so why is it closed?

00:20:27.400 It's closed for construction.

00:20:29.180 Why the secrecy?

00:20:30.540 I think we would all feel more comfortable

00:20:32.520 with how our taxpayer dollars are being spent

00:20:35.680 if we weren't lied to

00:20:37.400 about where these facilities are.

00:20:39.660 Yes, why all the secrecy indeed?

00:20:44.100 It is, after all, our money

00:20:45.920 funding these internment camps

00:20:47.800 or quarantine facilities

00:20:49.460 or quasi-prisons

00:20:51.040 or whatever you want to call them.

00:20:52.660 And come on, it's not as though

00:20:54.460 one can hide a multi-story

00:20:57.120 quarantining facility in the first place.

00:21:00.740 Well, joining us now for the latest chapter

00:21:02.960 regarding yet another lotel quarantine

00:21:05.820 is Drea Humphrey.

00:21:07.700 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Drea.

00:21:09.660 Hi, David.

00:21:10.960 Hi, everyone.

00:21:11.900 Great to have you.

00:21:12.940 You know, Drea, I have to say

00:21:14.020 some of the footage you presented,

00:21:16.520 it looked like something straight out

00:21:18.380 of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead.

00:21:20.580 But before we get into the nitty-gritty

00:21:23.000 at this property,

00:21:24.540 why do you think it is

00:21:25.680 that the Justin Trudeau Liberals

00:21:27.260 are being so darn secretive

00:21:29.800 regarding these facilities?

00:21:32.580 Well, I think it's a tactic

00:21:33.860 that they always use.

00:21:34.980 They always avoid answering

00:21:37.160 any important questions.

00:21:38.700 And now we're seeing it

00:21:40.100 in something so significant

00:21:42.560 as detaining people

00:21:44.660 in hotels, COVID jails, if you will.

00:21:48.420 So I think it's, you know,

00:21:50.540 just how they rule.

00:21:52.760 Yeah, really.

00:21:53.440 And talk about not coming as advertised.

00:21:55.640 I remember on election night

00:21:56.820 back in 2015,

00:21:58.100 Justin Trudeau promising

00:21:59.660 to make this the most honest

00:22:01.740 and transparent government

00:22:03.460 in Canadian history.

00:22:04.860 gee, what happened along the way?

00:22:07.820 But Drea, you know,

00:22:09.560 you're walking through this hotel.

00:22:12.880 I thought the footage

00:22:14.020 that you and your photographer shot

00:22:16.360 was just outstanding.

00:22:18.440 And it just seemed surreal to me,

00:22:21.460 like very, you know,

00:22:23.220 horror movie-like.

00:22:24.720 And everybody you came up to

00:22:26.980 to get any kind of clarification,

00:22:28.640 they wouldn't talk to you.

00:22:30.360 But you can't hide a hotel,

00:22:32.340 can you?

00:22:34.040 Well, what is the point?

00:22:35.800 I mean, if there's something

00:22:37.080 that they really don't want us to know,

00:22:39.840 why are we hiding this?

00:22:41.740 I mean, it's like hiding

00:22:42.620 a hospital or something

00:22:44.780 for sick people.

00:22:46.460 Like, just say yes.

00:22:47.600 That's all they have to do

00:22:48.440 is just say yes.

00:22:49.180 You know what?

00:22:49.900 This, we're all aware

00:22:51.360 of life with COVID-19,

00:22:52.860 so stop making it so terrifying

00:22:56.700 by not answering questions,

00:22:59.760 immediately going to your phone.

00:23:01.500 I'm pretty sure he was calling the police,

00:23:03.460 not a manager.

00:23:04.640 You know, it's just like,

00:23:06.060 it's ridiculous.

00:23:08.260 Oh, 100%.

00:23:08.940 Well, you only got the Sergeant Schultz

00:23:11.820 I know nothing,

00:23:13.140 I saw nothing routine,

00:23:14.800 but I got at the Radisson, of course,

00:23:17.120 as you mentioned in your report, Drea,

00:23:19.000 a security person,

00:23:20.940 and Jamie outright lying,

00:23:23.300 saying that the property

00:23:24.860 was under construction

00:23:26.040 when you see all these little faces

00:23:27.660 pressed up against the window.

00:23:29.780 If that's the case,

00:23:31.080 I really got to look into

00:23:32.360 where the construction permits are

00:23:34.500 because by law,

00:23:35.380 you have to have them posted.

00:23:37.600 So again, at least they didn't go that far

00:23:41.680 in the deception with you.

00:23:44.240 But again, it speaks to

00:23:46.140 the ostensible policy reason

00:23:48.500 as to why they don't want

00:23:51.080 to give this information.

00:23:52.760 And I go back to a few months ago, Drea,

00:23:55.120 as you know,

00:23:56.120 when Randy Hillier raised this

00:23:57.940 in the Ontario legislature,

00:23:59.960 he was mocked.

00:24:01.480 He was laughed at.

00:24:02.660 His mic got cut off.

00:24:04.780 Wow, those cows are coming home 0.99

00:24:06.740 to roost, aren't they?

00:24:08.260 You know, it's so important

00:24:09.600 we bring it up.

00:24:10.420 I know all of us have brought it up,

00:24:12.260 but I mean,

00:24:12.780 that is just the prime example

00:24:14.660 of, you know,

00:24:15.840 the bullies in Parliament,

00:24:17.280 for one,

00:24:17.720 who laughs at people

00:24:19.260 for asking a question?

00:24:21.440 I mean,

00:24:21.820 didn't we learn in grade school

00:24:23.060 that's inappropriate?

00:24:24.400 And then number two,

00:24:25.640 it was a valid question.

00:24:27.260 It was ahead of its time.

00:24:28.740 And we see that narrative

00:24:30.160 happen all the time.

00:24:31.580 If you ask things too soon

00:24:33.540 about how COVID

00:24:34.520 is going to be handled,

00:24:35.560 you're automatically

00:24:36.160 some sort of crazy

00:24:37.460 conspiracy theorist.

00:24:39.100 And I don't think

00:24:40.840 the question should end there.

00:24:42.880 In August,

00:24:43.480 I did a report as well

00:24:44.940 that said,

00:24:45.920 will we have mandatory quarantine

00:24:49.420 or isolation centers?

00:24:51.960 And if you look

00:24:52.700 at our Emergency Act laws,

00:24:55.080 the COVID Measures Act,

00:24:56.960 there's really nothing

00:24:58.320 stopping these people

00:24:59.940 from saying,

00:25:00.740 you know what,

00:25:01.300 everybody who tests positive

00:25:02.920 from COVID

00:25:03.540 now has to quarantine

00:25:05.540 in some sort of facility.

00:25:07.360 So these are questions

00:25:08.660 that definitely should be

00:25:10.660 getting asked by politicians.

00:25:12.440 And it's quite shameful

00:25:14.220 that I think it's only been

00:25:15.600 Randy Hillier

00:25:17.020 and Derek Sloan

00:25:18.460 to this point

00:25:19.100 who have really addressed them,

00:25:20.480 if I'm not mistaken.

00:25:22.380 Yeah, both of them

00:25:23.320 get kicked out of their parties.

00:25:26.420 So much for speaking

00:25:28.180 truth to power.

00:25:29.420 And by the way,

00:25:30.000 on the issue of Randy Hillier,

00:25:31.840 the thing is, Drea,

00:25:32.940 it wasn't like he was embracing

00:25:34.500 a conspiracy theory

00:25:35.820 and he lucked out

00:25:36.700 by it becoming true.

00:25:37.740 He was referring

00:25:39.520 to a request

00:25:40.560 for proposals

00:25:41.480 to build these facilities

00:25:43.260 in the first place.

00:25:44.220 So that was just remarkable.

00:25:46.140 I also get the feeling,

00:25:47.420 Drea,

00:25:47.660 I don't know if you've had

00:25:48.500 the chance to do this yourself,

00:25:50.560 but I phoned

00:25:51.340 the 1-800 quarantine hotel

00:25:53.720 federal government toll-free line.

00:25:56.040 Did so on Monday

00:25:57.080 when I went to the airport.

00:25:58.400 Got disconnected

00:25:59.400 two out of two times.

00:26:01.280 Spoke to the husband

00:26:02.400 of a woman

00:26:04.180 that was flying in.

00:26:05.700 He phoned the line

00:26:06.760 15 times,

00:26:08.260 I think in the space

00:26:09.180 of 90 minutes.

00:26:10.660 Got disconnected 15 times

00:26:12.640 before ever speaking

00:26:13.740 to a human.

00:26:15.060 We also have a report,

00:26:16.440 it's allegations right now,

00:26:17.860 of a security personnel

00:26:20.880 sexually assaulting

00:26:22.600 a woman at one

00:26:23.440 of these hotels.

00:26:25.620 What does,

00:26:26.280 and again,

00:26:27.020 those allegations

00:26:27.940 have to be proven

00:26:28.720 in a court of law,

00:26:29.440 but what it all suggests

00:26:30.640 to me, Drea,

00:26:31.220 is that this program

00:26:33.780 has been rushed forward

00:26:35.380 and it's a fiasco.

00:26:38.860 You know,

00:26:39.300 it's a knee-jerk reaction.

00:26:41.340 We see this all the time

00:26:42.340 with the COVID-19 restrictions

00:26:43.840 and let's address the fact

00:26:46.100 that, you know,

00:26:47.320 that the doorknobs

00:26:48.300 apparently were removed

00:26:49.840 and leaving this woman

00:26:52.000 so vulnerable.

00:26:53.660 So how is this for safety

00:26:55.640 and the fact

00:26:56.600 that healthy people

00:26:58.040 are being forced

00:26:59.900 to quarantine

00:27:01.180 or being detained

00:27:02.520 in these facilities

00:27:03.340 alongside people

00:27:04.860 who are more likely

00:27:05.840 to have the virus?

00:27:07.100 I mean,

00:27:07.280 it reminds me of

00:27:08.420 when Cuomo in the U.S.,

00:27:11.500 you know,

00:27:12.120 mixed and mingled

00:27:13.740 COVID-19 people

00:27:14.980 with others

00:27:15.700 and, you know,

00:27:17.260 since then,

00:27:17.900 people have said

00:27:18.520 thousands have died

00:27:19.380 because of that, right?

00:27:20.420 Or hundreds,

00:27:21.260 I think it's thousands.

00:27:22.140 Yep, 100%.

00:27:23.180 So, yeah,

00:27:24.460 so it's like

00:27:25.360 how is this smart

00:27:27.060 for health purposes

00:27:28.120 when these people

00:27:28.800 can go home

00:27:29.800 and quarantine at home?

00:27:32.500 Yeah, 100%.

00:27:33.320 We have to wrap it here, Drea.

00:27:34.340 I think Cuomo

00:27:34.960 should be imprisoned

00:27:35.840 for that egregious decision.

00:27:38.920 And, folks,

00:27:39.760 if you haven't seen

00:27:40.360 Drea's full report,

00:27:41.500 please do.

00:27:42.000 As Count Floyd used to say,

00:27:43.520 whatever you do, kids,

00:27:44.500 don't forget your 3D glasses

00:27:46.300 because it's that spooky

00:27:48.380 and creepy.

00:27:49.520 And, Drea,

00:27:50.280 I'm sure you'll stay

00:27:51.280 on the Vancouver front

00:27:52.460 of these hotels

00:27:53.680 and the airport

00:27:55.220 because Vancouver

00:27:56.000 is one of four cities

00:27:57.000 still accepting

00:27:57.740 international travelers.

00:27:59.260 I think there's

00:28:00.040 a heck of a lot more

00:28:01.640 stories to come

00:28:02.700 in your neck of the woods

00:28:04.180 as well.

00:28:05.380 All right.

00:28:05.840 Thank you, David.

00:28:06.620 Bye, everyone.

00:28:07.320 You got it.

00:28:07.780 Have a great weekend.

00:28:08.460 And that was Drea Humphrey

00:28:10.320 in Vancouver.

00:28:11.780 Keep it here, folks.

00:28:12.840 More of Rebel Roundup

00:28:13.640 to come right after this.

00:28:19.020 You may recall

00:28:21.260 how the story

00:28:22.120 originally began

00:28:22.960 last month, folks.

00:28:24.460 Alicia found a loophole,

00:28:27.440 if you want to call it that,

00:28:28.400 to allow her

00:28:29.240 to remain in business.

00:28:30.360 She reimagined

00:28:31.420 Chrome Artistic Barbering

00:28:32.900 as a film production company.

00:28:36.200 And as you know,

00:28:36.960 right across Canada,

00:28:38.320 film production companies,

00:28:39.660 they're working

00:28:40.580 all through this pandemic.

00:28:43.000 And Alicia's making

00:28:44.540 a documentary,

00:28:45.440 and she originally 0.96

00:28:46.300 had the blessing

00:28:47.360 by a bylaw officer

00:28:48.840 here at the city

00:28:49.860 of St. Catharines.

00:28:50.820 Hello, Steve Speck

00:28:51.880 from the City Hall

00:28:52.820 and everybody else

00:28:53.760 considered with the

00:28:56.040 filming industry

00:28:58.380 part of it is good.

00:29:00.600 Have a nice day.

00:29:01.680 Well, publicity led

00:29:03.720 to bylaw from both

00:29:05.060 the city and the region

00:29:06.240 clamping down.

00:29:07.700 Alicia closed down 0.96

00:29:08.620 for a little while.

00:29:09.520 Another salon,

00:29:10.740 Evolution Salon

00:29:11.960 and Spa,

00:29:12.420 were doing the same

00:29:13.340 business model.

00:29:15.220 They'd closed down,

00:29:16.240 and then they decided

00:29:17.660 enough is enough,

00:29:18.460 we're going to go back

00:29:19.360 into the film

00:29:20.580 production business.

00:29:22.260 But then,

00:29:23.580 things really took

00:29:25.480 a sinister twist.

00:29:27.360 And Alicia,

00:29:27.820 we go back

00:29:28.400 just a few days ago,

00:29:29.980 and somehow,

00:29:32.140 you are being accused

00:29:34.240 of advocating

00:29:36.040 for the death

00:29:38.380 of the medical health officer

00:29:40.860 in Niagara,

00:29:42.060 Mustafa Herji.

00:29:44.100 What's happened here?

00:29:45.400 I went online.

00:29:47.080 I participated

00:29:47.760 in other email campaigns

00:29:49.280 to make moves

00:29:51.740 in St. Catharines,

00:29:52.480 and there was another one

00:29:53.200 that was advertised.

00:29:54.380 It was hashtag

00:29:55.060 fire Herji. 1.00

00:29:56.460 The instructions were

00:29:57.400 to write an email

00:29:58.240 to Dr. Herji,

00:29:59.380 let him know

00:29:59.940 how disappointed

00:30:00.620 we were in the 20,000

00:30:01.740 jobs lost in St. Catharines,

00:30:03.980 and are continuing

00:30:04.880 to be in the gray phase.

00:30:06.480 And after that,

00:30:07.460 I decided to make a meme

00:30:09.080 that said hashtag

00:30:10.740 fire Herji, 1.00

00:30:11.680 like everybody else

00:30:12.620 had done,

00:30:13.640 and I posted it,

00:30:15.440 and it went from there.

00:30:16.760 And at no point

00:30:17.920 in this meme,

00:30:19.160 and I think I've seen it,

00:30:20.020 that's Herji's picture

00:30:21.700 with two little devils

00:30:23.700 on his shoulders.

00:30:24.860 At any point,

00:30:26.220 did you ever call

00:30:27.200 for violence

00:30:27.980 or death

00:30:28.860 to Dr. Herji?

00:30:30.500 No, not at all.

00:30:31.560 I simply repeated

00:30:32.980 hashtag fire Herji.

00:30:35.260 We have a right.

00:30:35.980 He's a public constituent.

00:30:37.680 We weren't happy

00:30:38.340 with what he was doing,

00:30:39.280 hence the campaign.

00:30:40.340 So I simply recreated

00:30:41.680 a little bit

00:30:43.060 of a better meme,

00:30:43.840 a more effective meme

00:30:44.780 than just a hashtag.

00:30:46.420 And of course,

00:30:47.220 the fallout

00:30:47.980 has just been

00:30:48.880 stunning, folks.

00:30:50.340 Both Premier Doug Ford

00:30:51.980 and Prime Minister

00:30:52.780 Justin Trudeau

00:30:53.640 have weighed in

00:30:54.520 on this,

00:30:55.740 saying that this

00:30:56.420 is completely unacceptable.

00:30:57.640 And by the way,

00:30:58.120 it is unacceptable.

00:30:58.880 You don't call

00:30:59.960 for the death

00:31:01.140 of a public official

00:31:02.340 or anybody.

00:31:03.400 I mean,

00:31:03.920 that's my line

00:31:04.980 when it comes to,

00:31:06.440 my line in the sand,

00:31:07.500 that is,

00:31:07.740 when it comes to free speech,

00:31:08.820 you don't advocate

00:31:09.720 harm or death

00:31:10.980 to a person

00:31:11.680 or an identifiable group.

00:31:13.340 But the thing is,

00:31:15.440 it was not

00:31:16.480 Alicia Herder

00:31:17.720 calling for this.

00:31:18.900 It was other people online,

00:31:20.860 and yet they're claiming

00:31:22.460 that you incited them

00:31:24.520 somehow

00:31:24.880 by a silly little meme?

00:31:26.780 Yes,

00:31:27.100 because there was

00:31:27.800 an underline

00:31:28.560 under Dr. Herjie's name.

00:31:30.200 It's a,

00:31:30.620 actually,

00:31:31.240 it's a graphics app

00:31:32.220 that I used,

00:31:32.880 and when you search

00:31:33.540 underline,

00:31:34.220 it was the underline

00:31:35.340 that came up.

00:31:36.300 It was red,

00:31:37.120 and it's been told

00:31:38.220 to me that

00:31:38.980 it looks like

00:31:39.860 it's a blood smear.

00:31:41.060 That wasn't the intention.

00:31:42.120 It was to match the,

00:31:43.340 that wasn't my intention

00:31:44.340 at all.

00:31:44.820 You can blatantly see

00:31:45.760 by the meme.

00:31:46.320 Other people shared it,

00:31:47.480 but I'm the one,

00:31:48.860 apparently,

00:31:49.460 that shared it

00:31:49.920 in a different way

00:31:50.560 to incite violence

00:31:51.600 and a beheading.

00:31:52.480 That wasn't the case

00:31:53.220 at all.

00:31:54.000 And of course,

00:31:54.760 folks,

00:31:55.040 the media party

00:31:55.920 has piled on.

00:31:56.780 You showed me a story

00:31:58.340 that was written

00:31:58.980 by Grant LaFleche

00:32:00.280 of the St. Catherine Standard.

00:32:02.120 Can you read the lead,

00:32:03.760 Alicia,

00:32:04.340 in terms of what he said?

00:32:06.740 And folks,

00:32:08.060 you can see

00:32:08.680 how this could be

00:32:09.800 very badly

00:32:11.420 misconstrued

00:32:12.520 in terms of blaming

00:32:14.100 Alicia

00:32:14.880 for these ongoing

00:32:16.520 death threats

00:32:17.880 that have popped up

00:32:18.960 for this doctor.

00:32:20.400 Opponents of Niagara's

00:32:22.140 upcoming COVID-19

00:32:23.360 gray area lockdown,

00:32:24.620 including a salon owner

00:32:25.720 who has opened

00:32:26.340 in defiance

00:32:26.880 of pandemic regulations,

00:32:28.300 have taken to social media

00:32:29.620 calling for the firing,

00:32:30.920 arrest,

00:32:31.380 and assault,

00:32:32.080 and even beheading

00:32:33.280 of Niagara's acting

00:32:34.300 medical officer of health.

00:32:36.300 And of course,

00:32:37.840 you are the salon owner. 0.96

00:32:40.280 So,

00:32:41.520 to me,

00:32:42.600 Alicia,

00:32:43.520 and we spoke

00:32:44.560 off camera about this,

00:32:45.980 you're so upset

00:32:47.040 about this

00:32:47.800 that you're reaching out

00:32:49.400 to legal counsel

00:32:50.200 right now

00:32:50.740 in terms of

00:32:51.460 a defamation claim

00:32:52.980 against the St. Catherine Standard.

00:32:54.980 Well,

00:32:55.240 right now,

00:32:55.720 I've got to do something.

00:32:56.860 I mean,

00:32:57.340 this article has

00:32:58.640 changed everything.

00:33:00.480 Sorry,

00:33:00.720 I have to do something.

00:33:03.160 So, yeah,

00:33:03.460 I'm looking into something

00:33:04.460 because my life

00:33:05.100 has changed

00:33:05.620 in a crazy way

00:33:06.480 because he incited

00:33:07.800 violence against me.

00:33:08.940 It wasn't me

00:33:10.080 inciting violence

00:33:10.740 against anybody.

00:33:11.920 He's done that at me now.

00:33:13.100 So,

00:33:13.400 I've got to make a move

00:33:14.220 for sure.

00:33:15.240 And if you need a moment,

00:33:16.540 I understand,

00:33:17.260 Alicia,

00:33:17.520 and folks,

00:33:19.280 Alicia's telling the truth

00:33:20.620 because here's the other part

00:33:22.960 of the story

00:33:23.420 that isn't getting reported

00:33:24.720 and a part of the story

00:33:26.720 that not even the police,

00:33:28.560 if you can imagine,

00:33:29.240 are responding to.

00:33:30.680 Alicia has been getting

00:33:32.080 hate messages

00:33:33.560 and death threats herself.

00:33:35.980 Let's play this message.

00:33:38.580 You should be the one

00:33:39.720 we have it

00:33:40.420 because you're damn stupid 0.98

00:33:41.880 not to understand

00:33:42.840 that we're going

00:33:43.440 through a pandemic.

00:33:44.800 And this is bloody ridiculous

00:33:46.220 that people like you

00:33:47.240 were the ones

00:33:47.760 that are causing

00:33:48.460 the problem.

00:33:50.620 Get a life.

00:33:52.120 Stay home.

00:33:53.020 Wear a mask.

00:33:54.560 Be social distance.

00:33:57.260 Stop being a jackass.

00:33:59.380 Folks,

00:33:59.800 do you get the idea

00:34:00.540 that the vulgar nut bar

00:34:02.480 doesn't see the irony

00:34:03.720 in stating

00:34:04.600 get a life

00:34:05.660 but then advocates

00:34:07.060 that Alicia Herder

00:34:08.100 should stay home?

00:34:10.340 Incredible.

00:34:10.900 And how disgusting

00:34:12.740 is it

00:34:13.300 that this single

00:34:14.360 mother entrepreneur

00:34:15.200 is actually receiving

00:34:17.200 death threats

00:34:18.240 and intimidation

00:34:19.620 from the authorities

00:34:20.440 all because she found

00:34:22.080 a valid way

00:34:22.840 to operate

00:34:23.520 her hair salon

00:34:25.040 as a film

00:34:26.120 production studio.

00:34:27.640 Again,

00:34:28.340 despicable

00:34:28.900 is the word.

00:34:29.600 In any event,

00:34:30.880 here's what you

00:34:31.600 had to say

00:34:32.280 about the grotesque

00:34:33.640 pylon

00:34:34.260 Alicia Herder

00:34:35.080 is going under

00:34:36.720 for the egregious

00:34:38.120 sin

00:34:38.480 of just trying

00:34:39.880 to make a living

00:34:40.600 and servicing

00:34:41.680 her clients.

00:34:43.380 Eva Thessian writes,

00:34:44.500 I am appalled

00:34:45.800 at where the lies

00:34:46.960 of our media

00:34:47.620 and governments

00:34:48.300 have led us.

00:34:49.460 I am so sorry

00:34:50.360 to hear

00:34:50.840 what you're going through.

00:34:52.360 It breaks my heart.

00:34:53.520 Thank you,

00:34:54.000 Rebel News,

00:34:54.520 for covering truth

00:34:55.840 as to what is happening

00:34:57.360 to this country.

00:34:58.660 Well,

00:34:58.920 thank you for the kind words,

00:35:00.100 Eva.

00:35:00.720 Part of the pylon

00:35:01.640 Alicia is enduring

00:35:02.820 is from the local media outlet,

00:35:04.500 the St. Catherine Standard.

00:35:06.420 That rag implied

00:35:07.640 Alicia was uttering

00:35:08.840 death threats.

00:35:10.080 But since we reached out

00:35:11.520 to them,

00:35:11.900 guess what, folks?

00:35:13.140 They have altered

00:35:13.800 their online story

00:35:14.960 to correct that implication.

00:35:17.060 What a bunch of rats.

00:35:19.140 Anita Dooley writes,

00:35:20.720 when you post media,

00:35:22.460 you invite media.

00:35:24.080 Do not dish it

00:35:25.060 if you cannot take it.

00:35:26.820 Anita, sorry,

00:35:28.060 but you are a clueless idiot here. 0.99

00:35:30.420 Yes,

00:35:30.780 Alicia reached out 0.98

00:35:31.900 to media outlets.

00:35:33.260 And yes,

00:35:34.140 she can take criticism.

00:35:36.100 But it is completely offside

00:35:37.940 for anybody

00:35:38.680 or any media outlet

00:35:40.000 to defame

00:35:41.100 and libel her 0.98

00:35:42.240 simply because

00:35:43.540 they disagree

00:35:44.560 with her.

00:35:46.100 You're welcome.

00:35:47.660 Jonathan Geek

00:35:48.820 writes,

00:35:49.960 are any of these people

00:35:51.360 aware of how strict

00:35:52.740 sanitation is

00:35:53.780 in barbershops

00:35:54.660 and hair salons? 0.99

00:35:56.100 Even before COVID,

00:35:57.420 they were subject

00:35:58.100 to strict standards

00:35:59.320 in cleanliness

00:36:00.120 and hygiene.

00:36:01.480 You are a trillion

00:36:02.560 times more likely

00:36:03.700 to get COVID

00:36:04.480 at Walmart

00:36:05.220 than a hair salon.

00:36:06.200 Well,

00:36:06.900 I don't know

00:36:07.660 about a trillion

00:36:08.640 times more likely,

00:36:09.880 Jonathan,

00:36:10.360 but I get your point.

00:36:11.820 A small business

00:36:12.720 with limited numbers

00:36:13.740 of clients

00:36:14.420 is way better

00:36:15.980 situated

00:36:16.640 to maintain

00:36:17.380 hygiene

00:36:18.020 best practices

00:36:19.260 than a jam-packed

00:36:20.880 big box store.

00:36:21.940 Absolutely.

00:36:23.180 The doctor writes,

00:36:24.400 an old lady 0.96

00:36:25.220 saying how a woman 0.99

00:36:26.240 should be beheaded.

00:36:27.620 Wow.

00:36:28.300 Not only are some people

00:36:29.820 brainwashed,

00:36:30.720 but they are psychotic.

00:36:32.480 Indeed.

00:36:32.800 And by the way,

00:36:33.780 folks,

00:36:34.580 if anyone knows

00:36:35.700 who that vulgar 0.94

00:36:36.860 old lady is 1.00

00:36:37.780 or that creepy guy

00:36:39.060 on the phone,

00:36:40.400 please pass along

00:36:41.440 the info to us.

00:36:42.760 I would love

00:36:43.780 to interview them.

00:36:45.220 And what do you want

00:36:45.960 to bet?

00:36:46.480 They won't be so full

00:36:47.800 of bravado

00:36:48.440 when they aren't

00:36:49.680 anonymous trolls.

00:36:52.020 Plum Fun writes,

00:36:53.740 P.S.

00:36:54.180 The media is pro-shutdown

00:36:55.860 because it gives them

00:36:57.040 news to sell

00:36:57.960 as entertainment.

00:36:59.220 The city officials

00:37:00.080 are pro-shutdown

00:37:01.120 because it gives them

00:37:02.080 a reason

00:37:02.620 to keep expressing

00:37:03.820 their power.

00:37:04.960 The police are pro-shutdown

00:37:06.440 because they get

00:37:07.180 to hand out tickets

00:37:08.500 that pay for their paychecks.

00:37:10.760 It's simply money.

00:37:12.140 I said it before.

00:37:13.520 Want to end

00:37:14.020 all this COVID stuff?

00:37:15.580 Wait until the people

00:37:16.660 in power start

00:37:17.520 to see their bank accounts

00:37:19.280 and paychecks

00:37:20.480 dwindling.

00:37:21.600 Well, you know Plum Fun?

00:37:23.100 Couldn't have said

00:37:23.700 it any better myself.

00:37:25.580 Stephen McIntyre writes,

00:37:27.220 you may want to add

00:37:28.260 the police to your list

00:37:29.340 of lawsuits as well.

00:37:30.600 They are flat out lying

00:37:32.080 and neglecting

00:37:32.880 to do their duty

00:37:33.780 and they are

00:37:34.720 intimidating you. 0.53

00:37:36.400 They can and have

00:37:37.480 gone after people

00:37:38.360 for online bullying

00:37:39.960 and harassment.

00:37:40.960 Well put, Stephen,

00:37:42.160 but apparently

00:37:42.700 it is politically correct

00:37:45.600 for them to threaten

00:37:46.540 a salon owner

00:37:47.520 for opening

00:37:48.240 during a lockdown.

00:37:50.360 Talk about a dereliction

00:37:52.360 of duty indeed.

00:37:54.060 Spees Spees writes,

00:37:55.260 Don't the police

00:37:56.520 have a cyber unit?

00:37:57.780 The police aren't

00:37:58.660 doing their job.

00:37:59.680 Wow.

00:38:00.320 And those people

00:38:01.300 threatening and bullying her?

00:38:03.540 It's all just so sad.

00:38:05.320 She has to go to the ombudsman

00:38:07.020 about the police.

00:38:07.980 Well, maybe the cops

00:38:09.480 are busy with other things.

00:38:10.740 In other words,

00:38:11.320 I once heard that

00:38:12.260 St. Catharines

00:38:13.120 has the greatest number

00:38:14.380 of Tim Horton donut stores

00:38:16.020 per kappa

00:38:16.880 than any other

00:38:18.060 Canadian municipality.

00:38:19.960 Hmm.

00:38:21.180 Jimmy Zhao writes,

00:38:23.180 Grant LaFleche

00:38:24.060 seems like a weakling.

00:38:25.900 Well folks,

00:38:26.500 Grant LaFleche

00:38:27.100 is the journalist

00:38:28.220 who penned

00:38:29.100 a grotesque hit piece

00:38:30.400 on Alicia

00:38:30.920 for the St. Catharines

00:38:32.440 Standard.

00:38:33.500 I don't know

00:38:34.080 if he's a weakling,

00:38:35.340 Jimmy,

00:38:36.080 but he's definitely

00:38:36.760 a coward

00:38:37.340 and a bully

00:38:38.420 and a poor excuse

00:38:39.840 for a journalist.

00:38:40.760 I reached out

00:38:41.360 to him for comment,

00:38:42.760 but he said

00:38:43.160 he was too busy

00:38:44.200 to talk

00:38:44.940 and then hung up

00:38:46.120 the phone.

00:38:47.160 And then after

00:38:47.820 our piece aired,

00:38:48.740 guess what?

00:38:49.300 Like I said,

00:38:49.820 the St. Catharines

00:38:50.860 Standard altered

00:38:52.140 their online story

00:38:53.280 regarding Alicia,

00:38:54.700 no doubt fearful

00:38:55.920 of a defamation lawsuit.

00:38:58.520 Gee,

00:38:58.860 what does it say

00:38:59.580 about the mainstream media

00:39:00.800 that it attracts

00:39:02.240 so many gutless weasels

00:39:04.280 to their ranks

00:39:05.020 in the first place?

00:39:06.460 I'd like to ask

00:39:07.320 that question

00:39:08.000 of Mr. LaFleche,

00:39:09.240 but he'd probably

00:39:10.480 just hang up

00:39:11.120 on me again.

00:39:12.380 Well,

00:39:12.960 that wraps up

00:39:13.580 another edition

00:39:14.200 of Rebel Roundup.

00:39:15.120 Thanks so much

00:39:15.660 for joining us.

00:39:16.380 See you next week.

00:39:17.080 And hey folks,

00:39:17.760 never forget,

00:39:18.800 without risk,

00:39:19.520 there can be no glory.

00:39:21.060 Good night.

00:39:21.520 Good night.

00:39:21.540 We'll be right back.

Rebel News Podcast - February 27, 2021

Whistle Stop Victory Lap, Quarantine Hotel Visit

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