The Candice Malcolm Show - December 27, 2021


COUNTDOWN： Top 10 Stupidest Things Said by Canadian Politicians in 2021


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Candace Malan takes a look at the dumbest things politicians said this year, including some of the most outrageous ones from our own Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers. She also counts down the stupidest things our political class said throughout the year.

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00:00:00.420 Politicians say the stupidest things. We'll count down the dumbest quotes of the year from our political class.
00:00:05.740 I'm Candace Malcolm and this is The Candace Malcolm Show.
00:00:12.220 Hi everyone, thank you so much for tuning into the program.
00:00:14.800 I hope everyone out there had a wonderful Christmas with their families.
00:00:18.060 I hope you got to celebrate in a way that you wanted to, in a way that perhaps you couldn't last year.
00:00:22.480 Well, this entire week on The Candace Malcolm Show, we're going to be focused on end-of-the-year stories, countdowns,
00:00:27.120 just looking back at the year that was, we already did our fake news awards.
00:00:32.000 You should go check out that show. It was a lot of fun.
00:00:33.860 We nominated a bunch of narratives as the worst fake news narratives of the year,
00:00:37.420 and then you, the Turner North viewer and audience, got to vote on what you thought was the biggest fake news narrative of the year.
00:00:43.780 So go check out that episode. It was a lot of fun.
00:00:46.400 Like I said, this week we're focused on the countdown shows, focused on looking at the stories that the media got wrong,
00:00:51.200 the stories that the media ignored, and just the biggest stories of the year.
00:00:54.720 But today I want to focus specifically on our friends in politics, because politicians, they don't always think clearly.
00:01:00.860 They haven't always prepared what they're going to say in advance.
00:01:04.100 You know, you kind of assume, especially when you're younger, you kind of assume that grown-ups are in charge,
00:01:08.480 and that the people who run the country are serious and well-informed people.
00:01:12.220 And as you get older, or as you start to pay more and more attention to politics,
00:01:15.700 you look around at the people running the country, and you say,
00:01:18.560 really? These guys? This is the best we could come up with?
00:01:21.240 And so today's show is sort of a lighthearted way at looking inside the minds of some of our political leaders
00:01:27.400 to realize there's just really not a lot there.
00:01:30.100 There's not a lot going on for some of these politicians.
00:01:32.740 And you might know I have a book out called Stupid Things Trudeau Says.
00:01:36.220 It's a lot of fun. It's a bit of a gag book, where I recount the stupidest things our prime minister has said
00:01:40.960 throughout his career.
00:01:42.060 I will just note that the book came out, I think it was 2017.
00:01:44.920 So it's not up to date. I have to do an updated version with some of his top hits as a prime minister,
00:01:52.440 as a politician, because he said some really, really stupid things during his time as prime minister.
00:01:57.480 And so I would usually focus on him.
00:01:58.920 But this year, there's just so many other options, so many insane things that politicians said
00:02:03.260 that we thought we would expand the list, focus not just on Justin Trudeau,
00:02:06.560 but on him and all his colleagues, and count down the stupidest things that politicians said this year.
00:02:12.680 So let's get to that list.
00:02:14.860 So here we have Stephen Gilbeau, who accused the conservatives of catering to an alleged extremist element of the party
00:02:21.520 by opposing the liberals' internet regulation bill.
00:02:25.120 Yes, you got it.
00:02:26.000 According to the former heritage minister of this country, Justin Trudeau's minister in charge of what?
00:02:31.560 Regulating the internet.
00:02:32.780 He said that if you oppose internet regulation, it is because you're extremist.
00:02:36.480 Here's that clip.
00:02:37.620 I would ask for the date of that quote, because the Justice Department itself has said otherwise.
00:02:42.680 We are seeing this government mimic behavior that is consistent with a basic dictatorship.
00:02:47.240 It's wrong.
00:02:48.300 With their transformational edit that they just made to Bill C-10,
00:02:51.380 the liberals are trying to give themselves the power to control what Canadians can read online,
00:02:56.100 what they post on social media, and the videos that they watch on YouTube.
00:02:59.520 Again, it's wrong.
00:03:01.400 Why is the government doing this?
00:03:05.040 The Honourable Minister.
00:03:06.660 Well, Mr. Speaker, that press release was issued yesterday.
00:03:11.660 I think what we're seeing now is, you know, these are big, powerful, in fact,
00:03:15.860 some of the wealthiest corporations on the planet.
00:03:18.860 And clearly, the member opposite and her party are just afraid to stand up to them.
00:03:24.840 And again, it seems that the Conservative Party is listening to the most extremist element of their party,
00:03:29.880 as they have on very important issues, such as climate change or women's rights to choose, Mr. Speaker.
00:03:36.200 And in a similar vein, number nine is Bill Blair, the former public safety minister for Justin Trudeau.
00:03:42.460 So he was talking about a gun ban that the Liberals had introduced.
00:03:45.620 He's talking at the Liberal Party convention in this clip.
00:03:48.700 And he's talking about how the Trudeau government announced that they were banning 1,500 firearms that were previously legal.
00:03:53.820 So there are 1,500 different types of firearms out there that law-abiding Canadians use respectfully,
00:03:59.740 have jumped through all the hoops, follow the rules, follow the laws, do everything they're supposed to.
00:04:03.660 Well, suddenly, those people are acting legally by holding these same weapons.
00:04:07.740 And Bill Blair justified this ban, justified this decision by telling the Liberal convention
00:04:12.980 that people who opposed him were also extremists.
00:04:15.860 This is sort of like a liberal theme.
00:04:17.340 If you oppose us, it is because you are extreme.
00:04:19.780 Here's that clip.
00:04:20.360 You know, we're seeing ideologically motivated violent extremists who are using online platforms
00:04:25.640 to propagate and advocate for hatred and violence against women, against religious minorities,
00:04:31.520 anti-Semitic and Islamophobic and hateful speech and advocating violence.
00:04:36.420 And we can use these red flag laws because I will tell you many of those extremists,
00:04:40.700 not every person who's in the gun lobby is an extremist, but everybody in the extremist is in the gun lobby.
00:04:45.740 And I'll give honorable mention to Aaron O'Toole, who had previously been opposed to this gun grab.
00:04:51.800 He had used the pro-gun voters in the Conservative Party to win the leadership that was part of his coalition
00:04:57.240 that enabled him to be the Conservative Party leader.
00:05:00.080 He was a strong proponent of law and order and legal gun owners.
00:05:03.760 And then suddenly, in the middle of the election campaign,
00:05:06.400 the Liberals released an attack ad against Aaron O'Toole saying he was pro-gun.
00:05:09.300 And just like that, Aaron O'Toole flip-flopped, changed his decision and said that he will maintain the Liberal gun ban.
00:05:15.820 Here is that clip.
00:05:17.240 Before I take your questions, I'd like to respond to Justin Trudeau's latest attempt to divide Canadians.
00:05:24.540 So I want to make my position on firearms perfectly clear.
00:05:29.820 First, the ban on assault weapons will remain in place.
00:05:33.880 Second, the present ban on a number of other firearms that were reclassified in 2020 will remain in place.
00:05:42.900 Third, we will conduct a transparent review of the firearms classification process
00:05:49.240 to take the politics out of this process and engage the public in decisions with respect to public safety.
00:05:58.400 Justin Trudeau has been importing American-style politics throughout this election campaign
00:06:03.480 and it is disappointing to see that continue.
00:06:06.620 Okay, moving on, number eight, we have the leader of the NDP party, Jagmeet Singh,
00:06:10.540 who jumped right on the bandwagon when we heard the news that the media just blew completely out of proportion
00:06:15.660 about unmarked graves discovered at residential schools.
00:06:18.380 As you'll know from my reporting and some of the countdowns that we've done at True North,
00:06:22.440 the biggest fake news narratives of the year,
00:06:24.540 while the media were reporting sort of mass graves and evidence of genocide,
00:06:29.240 the reality on the ground was something more like graveyards that had fallen in disrepair.
00:06:35.340 And, of course, we don't know who was buried in these graveyards.
00:06:38.440 It could have been First Nations children.
00:06:40.120 It could have been just old Canadians, early Canadians that were there for other reasons.
00:06:44.600 There's not really evidence one way or another.
00:06:46.940 Regardless, Jagmeet Singh used the opportunity to echo the worst accusations possible about Canada.
00:06:53.160 And he really, really leaned into this idea that Canada was a genocidal state.
00:06:58.420 So here is Jagmeet Singh telling us what he really thinks about Canada.
00:07:02.100 I'll be calling for an emergency debate today.
00:07:04.940 And in this emergency debate, I want us to take measure of what this means.
00:07:09.920 This mass grave is a painful reminder of the genocide.
00:07:14.700 And what we have to commit to is that in face, in light of this genocide,
00:07:20.660 Canada has to make some real tough decisions about our commitment to remedying this injustice.
00:07:27.940 It's not enough to just reflect on the pain of this injustice.
00:07:31.300 For the federal government, it has to be a responsibility to do something about it.
00:07:35.560 We've got calls for action.
00:07:39.160 The Truth and Reconciliation have laid out very clearly
00:07:41.540 that these are some actions that need to be taken.
00:07:44.280 And so far, only 12 out of 94 have been taken.
00:07:47.660 This is a painful moment.
00:07:50.160 And while we are all grieving, while we're all reflecting on the pain of this loss,
00:07:54.880 the pain of what this means to think about little kids that are in graves,
00:07:59.540 it can't end at that grieving for the federal government.
00:08:02.320 It has to be a motivation to finally do something concrete.
00:08:06.760 And we've laid out a path of things that can be done right now.
00:08:09.720 And moving on, number seven, this is Alia.
00:08:11.540 Hesse, who is a liberal MP.
00:08:13.560 So keep in mind that both liberal and NDP politicians are more than happy to call Canada a genocidal state.
00:08:19.060 They repeated over and over again.
00:08:20.500 Justin Trudeau, interestingly, said that Canada is still committing genocide.
00:08:23.920 In 2017, there was a report that was released by his government saying that Canada currently is committing genocide.
00:08:29.440 Not that we did commit genocide in the past, but that we are committing genocide today.
00:08:33.820 Trudeau said that he agreed with that report.
00:08:35.980 So we have a liberal government that believes that Canada is currently committing genocide today.
00:08:43.200 And yet when it came to a vote in parliament as to whether or not China was committing genocide against the Uyghurs,
00:08:49.000 well, the liberal cabinet ministers abstained from voting.
00:08:52.100 They didn't want to get involved.
00:08:52.880 And here is a liberal MP defending China's record.
00:08:56.700 Why did the prime minister not show up?
00:08:59.760 And why did all of cabinet not show up for this important vote on genocide in China today?
00:09:07.640 Well, Evan, first of all, I think it's important to point out that the government will obviously be very much guided by the debate that took place today.
00:09:17.540 It was a robust debate.
00:09:18.860 And I can only speak for myself.
00:09:21.560 The reason why I abstained is, as someone who has practiced international law, has done international litigation,
00:09:28.920 it was quite obvious to me that the facts that have emerged are unconscionable, they're egregious,
00:09:38.020 but they do not fit the precise definition of genocide.
00:09:43.080 Had the Conservatives decided to say that these were crimes against humanity,
00:09:48.000 absolutely would have voted for them.
00:09:50.880 But in good conscience, understanding the definitions, understanding the case law,
00:09:56.620 I could not bring myself to do so.
00:09:58.800 Strange worldview our politicians hold.
00:10:01.060 Moving on, let's look at number six.
00:10:03.100 Calgary's new mayor, Jody Gondek, was elected in 2021.
00:10:07.060 And in her first act in office, the very first interview that she gave after becoming mayor
00:10:10.720 was a show called Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen.
00:10:13.340 Ryan Jespersen is a left-wing activist.
00:10:14.940 And he asked her what her first priority upon becoming mayor of Calgary would be.
00:10:19.440 And she said this.
00:10:20.940 I asked mayor-elect Sohi the same thing.
00:10:23.040 Not like a, you know, sort of a nice phone call or something.
00:10:26.320 I'm talking about something you're going to sink your teeth into,
00:10:29.440 something that is mayor-elect Gondek's top priority.
00:10:33.980 What's going to be the first thing across your desk?
00:10:35.680 We have had the opportunity to declare a climate emergency for years.
00:10:42.980 We have had various documents presented to us as a council.
00:10:46.800 And I think we've had more than enough time to review them.
00:10:49.160 So let's get serious.
00:10:50.260 Let's declare this.
00:10:51.620 And let's start going after some of the capital that we will see flow in once we make a bold move like that.
00:10:56.640 Okay, moving on.
00:10:57.320 We have Ontario Premier Doug Ford at number five.
00:11:00.380 So in July, Premier Doug Ford told a reporter at a press conference that he isn't concerned about the trend of counterfeit COVID proofs
00:11:08.580 because he did not want to implement a COVID vaccine.
00:11:11.820 I think he makes a pretty good case right here, a pretty good point as to why a society ought not to introduce a COVID passport.
00:11:19.880 Well, as we know, Ontario reversed this decision a few weeks later and we still have a vaccine passport.
00:11:25.180 We still have a split society.
00:11:26.260 But regardless, here is Doug Ford making the case as to why we should not have vaccine passports in our society.
00:11:31.520 Will your government provide an actual card or proof of vaccination?
00:11:35.920 And if not, why not?
00:11:37.240 Well, I've never believed in proof.
00:11:39.560 Everyone gets their proof when they get the vaccination.
00:11:41.960 You're right.
00:11:42.320 Anything can be fraudulent.
00:11:43.500 Right down from money to certifications.
00:11:47.080 I just, no, we aren't doing it.
00:11:48.460 Simple as that.
00:11:50.460 And we're just going to move forward.
00:11:52.360 Now, if it's federal, getting across the border, that's up to the federal government.
00:11:57.560 We'll see what they decide to do.
00:11:59.280 I'll be talking to the prime minister tonight.
00:12:01.440 But the answer is no.
00:12:02.940 We aren't going to do it.
00:12:03.720 We aren't going to have a split society.
00:12:05.600 Right.
00:12:05.860 Moving on.
00:12:06.300 Number four, Sylvia Jones, who is Doug Ford's attorney general, made perhaps one of the most insane announcements ever to be made in Canada. 0.97
00:12:14.180 So on April 15th, the Ontario government announced an extension of the stay-at-home order on Ontarians and gave themselves more emergency powers.
00:12:22.020 As part of this announcement, the Ontario government gave police the authority to stop people, to stop Ontarians, if they were outside of their homes, to question them as to where they were going.
00:12:33.420 Yes, implementation of a complete police state.
00:12:35.900 I know we see this kind of stuff in Australia.
00:12:37.680 And it is absolutely mind-blowing.
00:12:39.320 Well, Ontario tried to do it here.
00:12:40.800 And so here is the solicitor general of Ontario, Sylvia Jones, saying exactly that.
00:12:46.940 That is why, after consulting with public health experts, we have made the deliberate decision to temporarily enhance police officers' authority for the duration of the stay-at-home order.
00:12:58.640 Moving forward, police will have the authority to require any individual who is not in a place of residence to first provide their purpose for not being at home
00:13:08.940 and provide their home address.
00:13:11.980 Police will also have the authority to stop a vehicle, to inquire about an individual's reason for leaving their residence.
00:13:19.900 Police will stop you in the street.
00:13:21.640 Police will stop you in the street.
00:13:22.740 This is the kind of world that is being created by our political class due to their huge overreaction to COVID.
00:13:27.780 Thankfully, what I think was perhaps the biggest good news story of the year is that in response to these insane comments that have no place in a free society,
00:13:37.180 well, several large police departments around Ontario, including Toronto Police and Hamilton Police, publicly said that they would not follow these rules.
00:13:45.200 They publicly said, no, we don't do these kind of things.
00:13:48.340 Not in Canada.
00:13:49.120 Not going to happen.
00:13:49.880 A few days later, the government came to their senses and rescinded the order and apologized.
00:13:54.720 Like I said, that's probably the best sign of a good news story that we saw this year.
00:13:59.360 Okay, moving on.
00:14:00.060 I know I say that I usually focus his whole list on Justin Trudeau.
00:14:03.020 Today, he is only going to make two appearances, but they're good ones.
00:14:06.100 They're good ones.
00:14:06.640 So here is number three on our list.
00:14:08.940 Justin Trudeau telling us, telling the world what goes on in that head of his and specifically telling us the things that he just doesn't think about.
00:14:17.820 You mentioned the Bank of Canada's mandate.
00:14:20.060 That mandate is actually expiring at the end of this year.
00:14:23.200 If re-elected, it's probably the review or the extension of the mandate is probably the first big economic policy decision you'd make after the election.
00:14:33.440 There's some talk of allowing the Bank of Canada to make some tweaks to the mandate to give it a little bit more flexibility to tolerate higher inflation so it could help stimulate the economy a little bit more in this very difficult time.
00:14:47.600 Do you have a position on the mandate?
00:14:50.080 Would you support a slightly higher tolerance for inflation?
00:14:54.000 I don't know.
00:14:54.340 When I think about the biggest, most important economic policy this government, if re-elected, would move forward, you'll forgive me if I don't think about monetary policy?
00:15:03.540 Well, of course, with runaway inflation, with the cost of groceries, gasoline, everything going up, up, up, up, up.
00:15:10.120 You know, what we really want is a prime minister who does think about money, who does think about inflation, who does think about monetary policies.
00:15:15.940 That's sort of the job of a prime minister.
00:15:18.160 But Justin Trudeau, you know, he pays people to think for him.
00:15:21.900 He doesn't he doesn't think himself.
00:15:23.760 Moving on.
00:15:24.100 Number two, this is just such a Justin Trudeau-ism.
00:15:27.160 He loves to make up words.
00:15:28.400 He loves to say really ridiculous things to prove to us that he is a feminist. 0.97
00:15:32.520 He doesn't act like a feminist, but he says he's a feminist.
00:15:36.060 And so I guess that makes him a feminist.
00:15:37.540 Well, during the 2021 federal election in July, Justin Trudeau talked to reporters about the need for conservatives to be more focused on feminist policies like daycare.
00:15:47.600 Well, here is what Justin Trudeau said, again, to prove his bona fide feminist chops.
00:15:52.680 It is exactly the example of the kinds of things you need to do to counter the she-session and turn it into a she-covery. 0.99
00:16:04.440 Fact is, the conservatives don't talk about that in their lengthy platform.
00:16:10.180 It's funny because he didn't even deliver the line properly.
00:16:12.700 I mean, if you're going to make up words like she-covery and she-session, then you should at least try to get them right.
00:16:18.220 I know they're hard words to say because they're completely made up and completely nonsensical, but still, you think he would just try to get that delivery a little more smoothly.
00:16:26.080 But alas, it's Justin Trudeau, so we don't have high expectations.
00:16:28.500 And I know you might be surprised because Justin Trudeau came in number three and number two, which means that there's a politician out there who said something even stupider than Justin Trudeau.
00:16:36.560 And this award this year, the top stupid thing a politician says, goes to the former minister of the Trudeau government.
00:16:43.260 She was the minister of gender equity.
00:16:45.920 And before that, she was the minister of democratic reform.
00:16:48.200 I'm talking about Maryam Monsef, who lost her seat in this election.
00:16:51.940 I'm not sure it had anything to do with this comment, but this was one of the most egregious things I've ever heard a politician say in my entire life.
00:16:59.760 So Maryam Monsef is giving a plea after Afghanistan fell in brutal fashion to the Taliban, Maryam Monsef, in her role as a government official, in her official capacity as a government official.
00:17:12.180 Forget about her own background, where she's from, her own ethnicity, her own religious beliefs.
00:17:16.820 She's speaking as an official for the Canadian government, and she refers to the Taliban as our brothers, our brothers.
00:17:24.720 Let me tell you, Maryam Monsef, the Taliban are not our brothers. 0.71
00:17:27.380 You are a Canadian.
00:17:28.540 You speak for Canada.
00:17:29.980 And so calling the Taliban our brothers, well, it is the stupidest thing that a politician said in 2021.
00:17:34.880 So here is what that looks like.
00:17:36.880 I want to take this opportunity to speak to our brothers, the Taliban. 0.95
00:17:44.500 We call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the country.
00:17:54.020 Well, there you have it, folks, the stupidest things that politicians in our country say.
00:17:58.080 And I have one extra here, honorable mention goes to, I know the show is focused on Canadians and all of our winners there were Canadian.
00:18:04.800 But I have an honorable mention to the U.S. president, Joe Biden, for completely misleading what will happen after people get vaccinated.
00:18:12.580 So Joe Biden assured people that, you know, once you get vaccinated, everything will go back to normal.
00:18:18.120 We heard that in Canada as well.
00:18:19.700 We heard a lot of politicians say that.
00:18:21.540 Well, Joe Biden went even further and he said this.
00:18:24.200 Now, I want to be clear about what the CDC is saying and what the CDC is not saying.
00:18:32.860 The CDC is saying they have concluded that fully vaccinated people are at a very, very low risk of getting COVID-19.
00:18:45.000 Therefore, if you've been fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask.
00:18:51.660 Let me repeat, if you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask.
00:18:59.520 But if you've not been vaccinated or if you're getting a two shot routine vaccine and you've not gotten your, you only had your first shot, but not your second,
00:19:10.260 or you haven't waited the full two weeks after your second shot, you still need to wear a mask.
00:19:15.900 Look, we've gotten this far.
00:19:19.380 Please protect yourself until you get to the finish line, because as great as this announcement is today, we don't want to let up.
00:19:29.960 We all know how tough this virus has been.
00:19:33.160 The safest thing for the country is for everyone to get vaccinated and getting vaccinated is easier than ever.
00:19:41.600 So there's Joe Biden, who wears a mask at almost every single public appearance.
00:19:47.940 And yet he's out there saying that once you're vaccinated, you don't have to wear a mask.
00:19:50.560 That, of course, is complete nonsense.
00:19:52.040 I know there are some states where you don't have to wear a mask, but by and large, you still have to mask.
00:19:55.980 You have to mask when you go to an airport.
00:19:57.400 You have to mask pretty much anywhere you go.
00:19:59.500 So Joe Biden out there just speaking complete nonsense, which is what he does best.
00:20:03.500 I guess that's what him and Justin Trudeau have in common.
00:20:06.720 All right, folks, thanks so much for tuning in.
00:20:08.160 I'm Candace Malcolm, and this is The Candace Malcolm Show.
00:20:11.600 I'm Candace Malcolm, and this is The Candace Malcolm Show.