The Chinese government has been spying on the family of Conservative MP Michael Chong, and the government knew about it for two years, but did nothing about it. Now the government is under fire for not doing anything about it, and we're here to tell you why.
00:06:11.120And he has been coddling the Chinese government for years.
00:06:15.120He's got a guy who started his political career, essentially, before he became prime minister, by saying that the Communist China was the basic dictatorship he most admired because it could turn its economy around on a dime.
00:06:34.120This is what Justin Trudeau believes in.
00:06:38.120And he has been true and faithful to those remarks as prime minister.
00:07:05.120Because he doesn't want to offend China.
00:07:07.120At the same conference, he was taken aside, although the cameras were running, by Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, and he was given a dressing down because Trudeau had publicly talked about their discussions.
00:07:21.120Trudeau looked extremely embarrassed and downtrodden, so much so he had to retreat, no, run to the men's room after that.
00:07:30.120I don't know if he relieved himself or threw up, but it was enough to make all Canadians throw up.
00:07:37.120And, of course, we are also continuing to deal with the issue of China's interference in Canadian elections.
00:07:46.120And there are two committees looking at this now.
00:07:49.120But here's Michael Cooper, member of parliament for Edmonton St. Albert, conservative, who's taking a former CEO of the Trudeau Foundation, Morris Rosenberg, to task.
00:08:09.120Mr. Rosenberg, you claim that the source of the donation was the Millennium Golden Eagle International Canada, Inc.
00:08:17.120Yet, on July 14, 2016, when you sent international bank transfer instructions, nowhere mentioned in that letter is Millennium Golden Eagle International Canada, Inc.
00:08:32.120The only names on that letter were Ben and New. Why?
00:08:37.120I don't have the document and I can't answer the question because I don't recall right now.
00:08:43.120You claim, you claim, you claim, you signed it.
00:08:47.120Highly suspicious that on a document sent to transfer the money, that nowhere is that entity mentioned, just the names of those donors.
00:09:01.120You claim that the receipt was sent to the registered office of this company, but yet in the September 26, 2016 correspondence with the Trudeau Foundation,
00:09:24.120the address that the receipt was requested to be sent is the same address as the China Cultural Industry Association.
00:10:12.120You know, even people who are running businesses ultimately are answerable to the Communist Chinese government.
00:10:19.120I think Michael did an excellent job here of showing how the Trudeau Foundation obviously really doesn't know what's going on half the time.
00:10:31.120I want to move to the next story here, which was Trudeau was recently in New York City.
00:10:39.120And exactly what he was there for, except to do a lot of selfies with some so-called celebrities, not exactly clear, except he was there to deliver one of the most incredibly awful speeches to the Council on Foreign Relations.
00:11:00.120Now, when I say CFR or Council on Foreign Relations, a lot of people's ears are going to go up because, of course, that has been the subject of conspiracy theories for decades.
00:11:11.120You know, some people think that's who really controls American foreign policy.
00:11:17.120These are the decision makers behind the scenes who make those decisions about American policy in general.
00:11:25.120But Trudeau was there to lecture them as he always does.
00:11:29.120Trudeau has never failed to disappoint in that regard.
00:11:32.120He just loves to lecture and preach about how wonderful he is and how wonderful Canada has become under his leadership.
00:11:43.120In fact, in one point in the speech, he talks about how Canada, after 2015, when he was elected, was signing free trade deals with everybody.
00:11:52.120Actually, Mr. Trudeau, that occurred under the former government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a conservative who was actually, yes, signing free trade deals with a lot of countries.
00:12:05.120So don't take credit for things you didn't even do.
00:12:08.120Take credit for the things you have done, which have which has been an absolute disaster.
00:12:13.120Well, we got a clip here of that speech, and it really is incredible because bear in mind, he's he's lecturing the Americans and the world in this speech about how we have to resist authoritarianism and embrace democracy.
00:12:31.120We have to restore faith in democracy and democratic ideals.
00:12:35.120This is the same guy the very same day he's making this speech.
00:12:38.120The House is passing his censorship, his Internet censorship bill.
00:12:42.120So we can't say what we want to say on the Internet.
00:12:45.120And it's going to put a lot of independent media out of business if this thing continues.
00:12:51.120Canada has worked to demonstrate that when we strengthen the middle class, we strengthen social cohesion, we reinforce faith in our democratic institutions at home and engage with the world in consequential and positively impactful ways.
00:13:11.120And major global investors are looking around the world to where they can be part of that.
00:13:24.120Canada will always be a reliable partner because the key is simple.
00:13:31.120Make sure you're putting people first.
00:13:34.120As your president says, grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.
00:13:40.120Put people's dignity, their rights, their environment and their future at the center of what we do as policy makers, as business people, as commentators, as champions of democracy and rules-based trade.
00:13:55.120That's how we deliver on the promise of progress.
00:14:29.120It's it's it's mind boggling that he continues to exist in his own little universe, his own little microcosm, the Trudeau microcosm, where nobody else matters except Justin Trudeau.
00:14:41.120And I predict he's not going to last much longer because the walls are closing in on Justin Trudeau.
00:15:20.120They're going to be able to work from home because it's going to be decided on a case by case basis.
00:15:25.120And just who do you which manager in the public in the public service is going to say, no, you can't work from home because the first time they say that there's going to be a human rights tribunal investigating it.
00:15:36.120So you can bet they're going to be able to work from home.
00:17:12.120But there's also a lot of them freeloading.
00:17:15.120And I call this the freeloading convoy because here they are in the street, but blocking Wellington Street, the same street that the Freedom Convoy demonstrators were on.
00:17:24.120And they're singing and dancing on the street, just like the Freedom Convoy, except this was the union that condemned the Freedom Convoy protest as some because they're all a bunch of racist and misogynist, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:17:37.120The same nonsense that they were repeating from the prime minister's talking points.
00:17:43.120That was unacceptable to have a peaceful protest on Wellington Street.
00:17:46.120But it's OK for these guys to block Wellington Street, have their little party, block ports, cut off the power and the water to a Canadian forces base, at least one in Petawawa.
00:17:58.120And basically to engage in civil disobedience during strike action.
00:18:08.120Of course, they get away with it because Justin Trudeau is on their side and they're on Justin Trudeau's side.
00:18:13.120And this is all a big charade as usual.
00:18:16.120And I tell you, I don't think this is going to end anytime soon.
00:18:22.120I want to get to our last subject here because I'm very excited.
00:18:27.120We're going to be talking to Tamara Leach, the author of Hold the Line.
00:18:32.120And it's an autobiography, but it talks a lot about her involvement in the Freedom Convoy, which we just mentioned back in February 2022.
00:18:41.120I was there almost every day freezing, but very much in solidarity with these people who are demanding free speech and the right to refuse vaccinations.
00:22:37.120We did a soft launch on a Thursday afternoon, and it was the number one bestseller the next day in Canadian biographies, I think, in one column anyways.
00:22:47.120I mean, I know that there's people out there that are really interested in the story, but I had no idea that it would do that well.
00:24:10.120Well, that's I'm so glad to hear my old my old friend Ezra, who I've known for decades now is has been helping him out this way.
00:24:20.120And it's it's fantastic because it's a new media, you know, like all of us who are supporting you in this and who supported the Freedom Convoy.
00:24:29.120And we're out there sometimes getting ourselves kicked in by covering this news.
00:24:35.120So everybody, I think we're all united behind you here.
00:24:42.120I'm sure while you're writing the book, you reflected on, you know, what the Freedom Convoy was, what it meant for people, not only yourself, but for many Canadians, including myself.
00:24:53.120I was I was I was certainly affected by covering it and I was covering it for two media organizations at the time.
00:25:00.120But the effect of it was was just, I think, phenomenal for a lot of people.
00:25:05.120But what kept you focused and motivated when you were in sitting in jail with no bail?
00:25:54.120I mean, I feel like we were all guided and protected.
00:25:57.120You know, Chris Barber led that convoy all the way across Canada in January without a single accident, not a single accident or injury, which is in itself a miracle.
00:26:08.120And how we stayed there and and everything stayed peaceful.
00:26:12.120You know, we had crowds there in the tens of thousands sometimes, you know.
00:26:17.120So, yeah, it was just such a beautiful, beautiful experience for me.
00:26:22.120And and even jail can't take that away from me.
00:26:26.120Did you you certainly were a political prisoner?
00:26:30.120Did you feel like a political prisoner while you were in jail?
00:26:33.120Well, I've never been in that position before, so I don't really know what that would feel like.
00:26:40.120I certainly do. I certainly do get the impression that there's a bit of a vendetta and maybe some personal hard feelings, you know, in this because the prosecution has just been unbelievably malicious and and unprecedented.
00:26:59.120Yeah. You know, I guess I guess I guess what I meant was, I mean, you were treated worse than most murderers and rapists are in this country who are sometimes routinely released on bail.
00:27:12.120And they and they and there seemed to be a political motivation to keep you in jail without any at one point, any hope of bail.
00:27:20.120And they were they were certainly trying to make a an example out of you in the judicial system, the government, the police, all of the the establishment forces seem to be making an example out of you.
00:27:35.120And I'm certainly at some point, you must have felt that the weight of that of the power on your shoulders.
00:27:43.120Well, honestly, I kind of wear that as a badge of honor, because I'm only five feet tall, one inch, I'm about 125 pounds.
00:27:54.120And for them to treat me that way, they must be awfully frightened.
00:28:01.120Something you know, something about me has scared them to the point where they're willing to take these desperate measures and unprecedented steps.
00:28:11.120So I'm pretty tough. I'm a pretty tough girl, I think.
00:28:16.120And yeah, I just again, I kind of wear it as a badge of honor. Obviously, they feel very threatened by me.
00:28:23.120I think they certainly did. What was your reaction to the Emergencies Act inquiry report?
00:28:30.120And we I I think we last met in the in the midst of that when the inquiry was meeting in Ottawa.
00:28:36.120What was your reaction to the report that basically vindicated Justin Trudeau and his decision to invoke the Emergencies Act?
00:28:47.120Well, it was disappointing. I think we all knew or expected that that was going to be the outcome, but there was still a little bit of a sliver of hope that he would rule in a different way.
00:29:00.120So I it was a gut punch to us for sure and extremely disappointing.
00:29:07.120Basically, the fine print is that government incompetence is now the benchmark for invoking the Emergencies Act.
00:29:15.120The criteria that needed to be to be met legislatively were never met.
00:29:20.120So, yeah, it was definitely the wrong call, in my opinion.
00:29:26.120Yes. And certainly a lot of us felt that way so that you the gag order obviously has been lifted from you.
00:29:34.120You're you're free to speak or you wouldn't be here right now or writing a book.
00:29:38.120Or are there any other legal ramifications yet to come?
00:30:43.120I mean, we've had we've certainly had a lot of support any time that we've had to show up in Ottawa.
00:30:49.120So I don't expect this will be any different.
00:30:52.120And, you know, the the Canadian people and have just been amazing, amazingly supportive and, you know, praying for us and sending lots of love.
00:31:01.120So, yeah, it'll it'll be good to be back.
00:31:04.120You know, I have a soft spot for Ottawa.
00:31:06.120People might find that funny, but there's really great people there.
00:31:09.120Well, I always seem to find myself coming back here for one reason or another, because I've I always want to go back to the West Coast and to BC.
00:31:33.120I don't know if you saw the pictures of the Public Service Alliance of Canada employees dancing and singing in the street on Wellington Street, no less in the midst of their strike where they basically got everything they wanted.
00:31:46.120Yet this was the same union that criticized the Freedom Convoy as being a bunch of misogynist, racist and a danger to society.
00:31:56.120Did you did you find that a bit ironic?
00:31:58.120Oh, I found many ironies and double standards in that whole situation.
00:32:05.120I was watching it with great, great interest.
00:32:08.120And yeah, I and I think that's probably one of the reasons why they had to wrap that up so quickly, because the comparisons were were getting more and more vocal in the media.
00:32:21.120You know, so I think they needed to shut that down as fast as they could because they were starting to look really bad.
00:32:26.120It almost looked like a parody at times.
00:32:29.120It was just I just found it absolutely astounding that they didn't see how how hypocritical they look.
00:32:36.120But then again, that's that's that's like our government here.
00:32:41.120So, yeah, I was just going to say it's like how we've all lived since 2015.
00:32:46.120Well, I was watching the testimony yesterday of Justin Trudeau's brother, Alexander Trudeau, in front of the ethics committee.
00:32:57.120And I was just astounded that there was actually another Trudeau who's more annoying, more arrogant than Justin Trudeau.
00:33:07.120So it was just just incredible how he he was calling out a media organization that criticized him, saying you can't take that those people seriously.
00:33:21.120That's just not credible journalism because they don't meet his standard.
00:33:25.120And I thought that's Justin Trudeau all over again because it's totally because they don't print what they want them to print.
00:33:31.120I mean, thank goodness for independent media throughout this whole thing and citizen journalists.
00:33:37.120You know, if it wouldn't have been for, you know, you guys and Rupa and Andrew Lawton and Rebel News, of course, and so many other people that got out there and on the ground and actually showed what was really happening.
00:33:51.120So, yeah, for him to even say that is still astonishing.
00:33:56.120They're like they're still trying to make us believe that stuff.
00:33:59.120Yeah, I mean, CBC and CTV rarely left their their cloistered offices during the convoy demonstration.
00:34:48.120And that's, you know, that that continues.
00:34:51.120And that's what happens with a media that's subsidized by the federal government.
00:34:55.120And and, of course, one branch of the media that's completely owned by the federal government.
00:35:00.120And it certainly does have have a very toxic effect.
00:35:05.120And we saw that so vividly during the Freedom Convoy where the every mainstream media outlet was using the same script, the same talking points and talking to the same people who all and they all agreed.
00:35:19.120And that to me is indicative of a one party state and authoritarian regime.
00:35:25.120And as you say, thank God there are independent media.
00:35:29.120And Giudo is doing his best, of course, to destroy that independent media.
00:35:34.120But I don't think he's going to be successful because there's there's a thirst amongst so many Canadians for the truth, for for alternate news, for objectivity, for something other than CBC slash CTV slash the mainstream media.
00:36:12.120And it it just showed fundamentally who Canadians are, the donations, you know, whether it was monetary or food or clothing.
00:36:22.120I mean, what we or I at least feel so blessed to have witnessed and been a part of was the greatest show of.
00:36:30.120Pride in our country that I've seen in my lifetime.
00:36:35.120And it's unfortunate that the government chose to stomp all over it because they could have turned that into a beautiful, beautiful moment.
00:36:48.120And I think a lot of a lot of us who watched that event unfold throughout that month of February and a few days in January were amazed that there was a political unification in this country around what really matters.
00:37:07.120And I think that's for me, that was the defining moment is that it was no longer about party labels so much or even liberal conservative is about Canadians fighting for free speech and fighting for the basic freedoms that this government really wants to take away from us.
00:37:27.120And I would would you say that was relevant as well?
00:37:35.120And again, to to draw parallels to the strike that was just happening with the peace act workers.
00:37:40.120I mean, we all just wanted to go back to work and have get our lives back and our freedoms back.
00:37:46.120And these guys are out there stomping their feet and crying because they want to get paid more money and they don't want to have to go into an office.
00:37:55.120They already make 8% more than people doing similar work in the private sector, like crazy.
00:38:04.120Yeah, it was one of those great ironic moments in Canadian history.
00:38:09.120And it and to me, you know, it was it was a charade that they knew they were going to get what they wanted from the Trudeau government all along.
00:38:55.120You should do one at Parliament Hill because I can I can tell you that there's an audience here not only for your book, but to see you again.
00:39:02.120And to come out and see you and to hear how you're doing and people want to read your book to find out what all of this meant to you and what you really meant to the convoy.
00:39:15.120I think you were instrumental, your key, your integral to the success of the convoy.
00:39:20.120And it didn't end with the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
00:39:32.120COVID-19 mandates stalled and eventually reversed.
00:39:37.120You had success despite being stomped on, as you say, by Trudeau's police judicial system and everything else that lined up behind this prime minister.
00:39:49.120So I think you can take pride in the fact you had a political success here, a social success.
00:39:56.120And I hope your book has the same kind of success.
00:41:11.120Once again, I want to remind you, I want to ask you, please support this independent broadcast because we're doing what the mainstream media is not doing.
00:41:24.120Look at this as your opportunity to have your say.