Western Standard - CMS： The Trudeau government is about to get much worse.

00:00:00.000 Thank you.

00:00:30.000 Good day. Welcome to the Corey Morgan Show.

00:00:44.160 We got another big busy one ahead.

00:00:46.360 As always, lots of news breaking, lots of craziness happening.

00:00:49.420 I guess, you know, it's what that curse and blessing about living in interesting times.

00:00:54.340 They're certainly interesting and there's certainly lots for me to go on about and I will.

00:00:58.960 So, yes, this is live, guys.

00:01:00.860 I see E-Sharp and Jordan already using comments.

00:01:03.280 Scroll right on.

00:01:04.240 I appreciate that.

00:01:05.100 Send your comments my way.

00:01:06.340 Send them towards my guests.

00:01:08.160 I don't necessarily read them all out on the air, but I do see them all there and I do appreciate them.

00:01:13.420 It lets me know you're listening and helps keep the conversation rolling.

00:01:17.160 So, I got a couple of guests on today.

00:01:19.000 So, it's going to be a pretty packed show.

00:01:20.380 So, Fergus Hodgson is going to be on.

00:01:22.260 He's going to discuss his new book, which is Financial Sovereignty for Canadians, which, yeah, offers a lot of, well, I guess, I read it, bleak outlook and such on, you know, where Canada's economy is sitting.

00:01:34.560 But then he offers a lot of advice, perhaps, of what you should be doing to protect your own finances to avoid going down the drain with the rest of Canadians as things move along.

00:01:42.860 So, we'll talk to him.

00:01:44.000 And Franco Terrezano from the Taxpayers Federation is going to pop in for a quick hit a little later in the show.

00:01:48.960 And he's going to talk about something related to what I'm just about to rant about.

00:01:53.080 So, let me get on with that.

00:01:55.880 So, let's talk about, yes, my favorite gang there, Trudeau's Liberals.

00:01:59.160 And they've moved the proposed general election date ahead by a week to ensure that 80 MPs who wouldn't previously have qualified will now be eligible for the gold-plated federal pension plan.

00:02:10.600 Now, the Liberals are claiming they move this date because it clashes with a religious holiday.

00:02:14.520 That's a load of crap, guys.

00:02:15.760 Come on, we've known the date of that religious holiday, what, for probably a few thousand years.

00:02:20.540 They suddenly realized, now, that was the date?

00:02:22.360 Of course not.

00:02:23.220 No, they realized something else has happened.

00:02:26.160 So, what's changed?

00:02:27.240 Well, the Liberals are facing the reality that they haven't a hope of winning the next election.

00:02:31.800 Their poll numbers have collapsed and they continue to migrate downwards.

00:02:35.080 Even if they unload their wildly unpopular leader, they likely can't keep the ship from sinking.

00:02:40.440 And many are quick to point out that most of the MPs who would qualify for the pensions due to this change of date for the election,

00:02:45.660 are conservative members of Parliament.

00:02:47.260 And that's true.

00:02:48.300 But it doesn't really matter because most of those members are looking at comfortably being re-elected.

00:02:52.560 The change was made for the Liberal MPs who are either going to be fleeing before the next election comes

00:02:57.020 or be kicked out on their asses in the next general election. 0.52

00:03:00.900 And while it's a good thing that the writing's on the wall for this terrible administration,

00:03:05.280 this also signals that the Liberals have entered lame-duck mode.

00:03:09.200 And that's going to be costly for all of us.

00:03:10.840 You see, the only thing worse than a Liberal government that's trying to win an election

00:03:14.300 is a Liberal government that isn't trying anymore.

00:03:17.900 I mean, let's face it, Justin Trudeau isn't a thoughtful or pragmatic Prime Minister.

00:03:21.500 He's a simple man, driven by ideology.

00:03:24.140 Trudeau's going to be pushing his obsessive agenda of trying to battle climate change through carbon taxes

00:03:28.980 and attempting to buy himself international love and respect through transferring Canadian tax dollars to other nations.

00:03:35.000 Now, his efforts are going to fail, but he's willing to spend Canadian citizens into penury trying.

00:03:40.780 With Trudeau convinced he won't win the next election, remember he said he doesn't care if he's popular anymore.

00:03:45.020 That's good, he should stop caring because he's not going to be popular again.

00:03:47.880 But he's going to focus on building a legacy for himself, and we're all going to suffer dearly for that.

00:03:52.140 Look back to Justin's father, Pierre, when he notoriously appointed over 70 of his pals

00:03:56.300 to plumb government positions during his last couple months in power.

00:03:59.180 It was a poison pill that crippled his successor, John Turner's chances of winning the next election.

00:04:05.720 But Pierre didn't care.

00:04:06.880 He just wanted to make sure his friends were well cared for on the taxpayer's dime as he went out the door.

00:04:11.500 Now, if Pierre Trudeau did that much damage in a couple of months, says a lame duck leader,

00:04:14.600 just think of what Justin's going to do with a year and a half to play with.

00:04:17.580 Cabinet ministers will be doing the same.

00:04:19.320 We're going to expect a flurry of sole-sourced contracts to well-connected Liberal companies.

00:04:24.000 Yeah, I know that's been happening for years, but now that the party has lost up a re-election,

00:04:27.200 they're going to become even more bold and blatant with their influence peddling and favours for friends.

00:04:32.640 Liberal cronies are going to be jammed into high-paying positions within crown corporations,

00:04:36.260 and if those positions run out, I won't be shocked to see if we have new crown corporations formed in the next year and a half.

00:04:41.940 We're going to see more judges, ambassadors, countless special envoys with high-paying roles

00:04:45.940 with indeterminate agendas or obligations.

00:04:48.360 They're going to get appointed to things all over.

00:04:50.280 Things are looking bad in Canada right now economically and socially, but prepare for them to get worse.

00:04:54.600 We got where we are today through the actions of a government that was trying, albeit poorly,

00:04:58.420 to implement policy while garnering favour among citizens.

00:05:02.040 Now we face a year and a half of governance from a government that no longer even ostensibly cares what we think.

00:05:06.740 We're about to acutely feel the pain of a system that gives people no means of imposing accountability upon governments between elections.

00:05:13.340 Even if Trudeau's support dropped to 5% nationally,

00:05:16.480 we'd be stuck with who either chooses to step down or calls an election.

00:05:21.060 I mean, clearly Jagmeet Singh's never going to bring him down.

00:05:23.840 Singh's as close to power as he's ever going to get, and he knows it.

00:05:25.960 He's not going to rock that boat.

00:05:27.600 And let's not forget, according to the Constitution, actually,

00:05:29.660 Trudeau could theoretically hang on until the fall of 2026 before having to call an election.

00:05:34.740 The election date can be adjusted at any time, and the Liberals just proved that.

00:05:37.920 Sunny ways are long gone.

00:05:39.440 Trudeau said as much in his clumsy and awkward way recently when he said it's not his job to be popular

00:05:43.540 as he tried to defend his failing carbon tax.

00:05:45.660 He's convincing himself that he's martyring his political career for the larger cause of battling climate change.

00:05:50.880 He thinks he's saving the world and that history will look on his actions kindly, even if the voters don't.

00:05:56.140 He's wrong, of course, but nothing's going to convince him otherwise now.

00:05:59.380 There's nothing more dangerous than a person who feels they have nothing to lose.

00:06:02.700 Canada's now facing an entire government that feels that way.

00:06:05.520 So I hate to tell you guys, but we're up that creek and in for some tough times.

00:06:09.060 Get ready to strap in.

00:06:10.540 All right.

00:06:11.880 That's what I got to bitch about today.

00:06:13.200 Let's see what else is happening in the news.

00:06:14.920 We've got a treat today.

00:06:15.960 Dave Naylor is in studio with me.

00:06:18.160 In studio. Look at this.

00:06:19.220 Face to face. I can't even take my shots at you, kind of, because I don't have that safety of a glass studio wall.

00:06:25.560 No, no, I know. So this is what it's like. This is where it all happens.

00:06:28.140 It's where the magic happens.

00:06:30.000 Yeah, we're having some internet trouble, so I figured I might as well.

00:06:33.540 What the hell did we ever do before Al Gore invented the internet?

00:06:37.680 True. That's true.

00:06:38.780 I mean, it is pretty sad, though, when, let's see, technically, I think from the studio to your desk is about 40 feet.

00:06:46.340 And we were, for a short time, crippled with what are we going to do if we can't stream you in until it occurred to you, you know, I could just kind of actually go in there and sit down with it.

00:06:54.080 There you go.

00:06:54.760 There you go.

00:06:55.620 So I hear congratulations are in order.

00:06:57.700 Oh, on which front?

00:06:58.760 Well, you've got a new addition to your family.

00:07:01.000 Oh, you're speaking about that horse, aren't you?

00:07:02.360 Yes, I think, hopefully, Nico's got a picture he can throw up there of your, oh, there it is.

00:07:09.720 I mean, what a cute, is it a boy or a girl?

00:07:12.240 It's a boy. It's a colt, a leopard pal.

00:07:16.120 That's so beautiful.

00:07:17.700 No, leopard appaloosa.

00:07:19.540 See, I am not a horse person.

00:07:22.240 Jane is the horse person. 0.92

00:07:23.400 That's her horse, and that's her horse's colt there. 0.97

00:07:26.760 So, yeah.

00:07:26.980 Nice.

00:07:27.720 Jane's pretty excited.

00:07:28.820 Does it have a name yet?

00:07:29.980 It does, but I don't know it off.

00:07:32.040 Corey.

00:07:32.700 I'm going to get it when I get home now.

00:07:33.860 You're supposed to be a father.

00:07:35.420 I'm not a father, but God, I just, I don't like horses.

00:07:40.640 They smell bad.

00:07:41.560 They step on my feet when I try to pick their hooves, and, you know, they bite me.

00:07:45.820 Yeah, I got trampled by one when I was a kid, knocked unconscious.

00:07:50.480 It sticks in the head, doesn't it?

00:07:51.100 I've always been a bit careful around them.

00:07:53.960 Never go behind them.

00:07:54.660 Jane is quite thrilled all the same.

00:07:56.040 All right, well, we'll have to let people know next week what the colt's name is.

00:08:00.140 So, yeah, despite all the internet hassles we're going through, holy cow, what a busy morning, politically wise.

00:08:07.560 Scott Moe was among all those premiers yesterday who tried to get a personal invitation to talk to the finance committee and was told, no, this is about the carbon tax.

00:08:17.460 But some other committee invited him today, so he was on there explaining his opposition, and apparently Alberta Premier Daniel Smith will be doing the same thing tomorrow.

00:08:28.640 Smith herself has just wrapped up a press conference in Edmonton, ostensibly about immigration.

00:08:34.260 She's written a letter to your friend Trudeau, demanding Alberta get more control over immigration, especially Ukrainian immigration.

00:08:43.940 We've got the second largest population of Ukrainian immigrants in the country, and Smith wants to bring in more.

00:08:51.300 But I think the big story of the day is what's happening in the city of Edmonton.

00:08:56.520 Post Media actually broke the story this morning that the province is looking at maybe intervening and going in and helping Edmonton,

00:09:06.060 auditing their books and seeing what's going on.

00:09:09.520 A Western Standard source this morning told me that Edmonton's economic situation is dire, extremely, extremely dire.

00:09:19.000 And the issue dominated Smith's press conference.

00:09:23.020 She said, you know what, we're here to help, but it's got to come from Edmonton and Mayor Sohi.

00:09:28.020 Basically, we're waiting for a letter.

00:09:30.060 We're waiting for a request for help.

00:09:31.460 Apparently, she said there is a letter coming to Municipal Affairs Minister Rick McIver this afternoon,

00:09:40.200 alleging all sorts of nasty stuff going on at City Council that may be enough to get them in a intervene.

00:09:46.620 But, you know, this is our capital city that's apparently, you know, could be, I'm not saying they're going to go broke,

00:09:53.140 but apparently their finances are in really, really rough shape.

00:09:56.800 A poll out today showing the UCP is leading the NDP by 15%.

00:10:01.600 A good, healthy lead, even with a head of Nenshi in power.

00:10:05.940 Daniel Smith would still kick his butt.

00:10:09.520 A big rally held in Duncan that we're reporting on.

00:10:12.080 There was an incident in the washroom where a transgender person allegedly assaulted some kids.

00:10:18.120 So there was a big rally out there today.

00:10:20.260 And I know you've commented on this on Twitter already, Corey.

00:10:22.960 I mean, Cadbury, the latest company to go woke, has changed the name of their Easter eggs to Jester eggs.

00:10:31.480 I guess I didn't want to offend any non-Christians.

00:10:35.960 What happens when you go woke?

00:10:37.820 You go broke.

00:10:38.540 You go broke.

00:10:39.340 They're going to figure it out.

00:10:40.340 Yeah, as I said, you know, they've done this with Budweiser.

00:10:42.580 They did it with Target.

00:10:43.300 Why do you guys not really?

00:10:44.040 You've built a market.

00:10:45.600 And those eggs are gross. 0.52

00:10:46.720 I mean, I don't.

00:10:48.020 They're just nasty in my view.

00:10:49.980 But because they made them such a special seasonal thing, they built a brand.

00:10:53.780 And now these foolish clowns are going to rebrand it. 0.71

00:10:56.540 And they'll just fall to every other dollar store chocolate that's out there.

00:11:01.120 So you don't like horses?

00:11:02.760 You don't like chocolate?

00:11:03.780 Oh, I like chocolate.

00:11:04.420 I just don't like those weird fake Easter cream egg things with that.

00:11:07.460 Oh, yeah.

00:11:07.860 The gooky stuff.

00:11:09.000 Yeah.

00:11:09.460 Agreed.

00:11:10.140 Agreed.

00:11:10.820 So that's what's going on, Corey.

00:11:13.080 Right on, Dave.

00:11:13.780 Well, thanks for coming to join me in the studio today.

00:11:16.240 Love it.

00:11:16.260 Love it.

00:11:16.760 Much appreciated.

00:11:17.720 And, well, now I'll drive you back out of here to into that newsroom to write up.

00:11:22.140 Yeah, we'll see you on the pipeline tonight, assuming the internet works.

00:11:25.200 Yeah, we'll see.

00:11:26.200 All right.

00:11:26.660 Thanks, sir.

00:11:27.060 Thanks, Dave.

00:11:28.100 That is our news editor, Dave Naylor, in studio.

00:11:31.220 A rare treat, guys.

00:11:32.640 And, yes, lots being covered, all sorts of stuff.

00:11:35.180 Isn't it?

00:11:35.740 You know, that's some serious business.

00:11:37.880 We're talking about the province stepping in and intervening on the capital city.

00:11:41.860 That's, boy, that's just starting to unfold.

00:11:44.120 So this is that time I like to remind everybody that the reason we can do this, the reason we're paying for Dave and somewhat paying for internet around here is because you guys have subscribed.

00:11:55.060 So thank you very much for your subscriptions if you've subscribed already.

00:11:58.300 And if you haven't yet, it's $9.99 a month, guys.

00:12:01.420 $100 a year.

00:12:02.800 Well worth it.

00:12:03.520 Just like a newspaper subscription.

00:12:04.820 You know, we're just changing with the times.

00:12:06.360 New outlets like ours aren't dependent on the government.

00:12:09.220 We're independent.

00:12:09.800 And the reason for that is because we're accountable to you and you guys buy subscriptions.

00:12:14.100 I mean, we've just got to get used to that.

00:12:16.380 You know, we never thought twice about paying to have the newspaper delivered to your door once a day.

00:12:20.460 You shouldn't think twice about paying for a couple or a few of your favorite news services so you can get past the paywall, support that, and get that good information, especially considering the mainstream.

00:12:28.620 You know we won't cover this sort of thing.

00:12:31.840 So, yeah, let's see what else is going on.

00:12:34.140 That Easter egg thing, you know, they just can't help themselves.

00:12:37.900 This is what happens.

00:12:38.600 The graduates, the woke, the lunatics, the ones we saw in the 90s going through post-secondary, now they've found their way into corporate positions.

00:12:46.900 These are the marketing gurus.

00:12:48.680 And guess what?

00:12:49.260 They're idiots.

00:12:50.360 I mean, the bottom line is, is your agenda to maximize the sales of your product?

00:12:56.440 Is your agenda to make sure that you brand it as well as you can and get it out to people?

00:13:02.060 Or is it to pacify the blue-haired lunatics who are offended by anything and everything that goes around out there?

00:13:09.100 Well, these nutcases that are getting into marketing think that their task is to pacify the woke. 0.95

00:13:13.640 And how's that working out for them?

00:13:14.820 Like I said, how'd that work out for Budweiser?

00:13:17.060 How'd that work out for Target?

00:13:18.480 It's not going to work out for Cabaret.

00:13:19.960 I mean, chocolate.

00:13:21.060 Think about it.

00:13:21.460 That's a competitive, competitive field.

00:13:23.460 I mean, the amount of, you know, junk food providers out there of all sorts.

00:13:28.900 If you want to stand out from the crowd, you need unique brands.

00:13:31.920 You need things to grab people and bring them loyally to your product.

00:13:36.180 And part of that was that Easter cream egg thing.

00:13:38.800 Like I said to Dave, I don't even like the things.

00:13:40.480 Not to my taste.

00:13:41.600 But it was something that every year people would see it come out.

00:13:45.160 It was specialized.

00:13:45.840 Think of it like the McRib.

00:13:46.740 You know, if you give a sense of anticipation, people will actually go out of their way to

00:13:51.500 get a product that's actually not all even all that good, but because you've made it

00:13:55.220 into something.

00:13:55.820 And now they just dynamited that decades and decades and decades of a brand that was built

00:14:00.500 and loyal followers.

00:14:01.980 And they threw it in the toilet because they listened to the advice of a woke imbecile.

00:14:07.440 We're going to see more of it.

00:14:08.480 We're going to see more of it.

00:14:09.920 These guys, as I said, they've unfortunately gotten into provincial or provincial corporate

00:14:15.480 positions of power.

00:14:16.240 And I guess, you know, shareholders are going to start speaking up.

00:14:18.880 They got to say, that's it.

00:14:19.980 You know, get ahold of your directors.

00:14:21.700 Like, what are you doing to get a return on my investment, not for you to make social

00:14:30.720 justice statements or any of that crap. 0.74

00:14:33.040 And that's the thing with the private market.

00:14:34.840 As long as the government stays out of it, they're welcome to dynamite their own brands

00:14:37.640 if they like, I guess.

00:14:38.600 But the shareholders should have something to say about that.

00:14:40.800 When we get into government, it's a little difficult.

00:14:42.600 The shareholders are voters and they don't necessarily listen to what we want or do what

00:14:46.220 we want, but they manage a whole lot of our money, unfortunately, in our future.

00:14:49.880 And that segues me into talking to my guest here, Fergus Hodgson.

00:14:54.100 I had him on the show before.

00:14:55.240 I believe it was a couple of years ago.

00:14:56.780 He was outside.

00:14:57.640 If I recall, there was a thunderstorm approaching.

00:14:59.940 We had to kind of be a little short.

00:15:02.580 But it was a good conversation for what we got out of it.

00:15:05.820 Hey, welcome back to the show, Fergus.

00:15:07.900 Corey, thank you so much.

00:15:09.380 I'm a big fan of the Western Standard.

00:15:11.220 I promote it to many people.

00:15:13.060 And I appreciate just the limited, free or independent media that exists in Canada.

00:15:18.800 And yeah, it was a couple of years ago.

00:15:20.280 I think I was on the road in North Carolina.

00:15:23.400 Yeah.

00:15:23.580 Yeah, when we last got it.

00:15:27.300 Yeah, yeah.

00:15:27.660 I see, Ernie, it looks like a much more weather-stable environment for today, which is good.

00:15:31.880 I mean, it's a lot to pack into the short time I have you.

00:15:34.620 I downloaded your book.

00:15:36.180 I've read about two-thirds of it so far.

00:15:38.800 It was a lot packed in there and a lot to think about.

00:15:40.840 That financial sovereignty for Canadians.

00:15:43.780 I guess I'll kind of go in the order of how you wrote things.

00:15:46.360 You've been outspoken on financial issues and economic issues, precious metals and things like that for some years now on social media.

00:15:53.200 But now you've packed it all into one book, particularly for Canada.

00:15:58.380 And it starts out pointing out first,

00:16:03.580 before you're giving any advice on what you can do about it.

00:16:08.720 Yeah, exactly.

00:16:09.600 If you don't understand the gravity of the situation in Canada,

00:16:12.720 you're not going to make the necessary changes or responses.

00:16:16.900 And one of the problems, which we touched on briefly before,

00:16:20.460 is that Canadians live in a sea of government propaganda,

00:16:24.020 both the explicit CBC, which is a state outlet,

00:16:26.980 and then the bought-off media outlets,

00:16:28.680 in addition to, let's say, the control of information through government schools and universities.

00:16:34.420 And so then even when it comes to government reporting of official statistics,

00:16:38.560 they are misled,

00:16:39.640 especially when it comes to the likes of the Canada Pension Plan.

00:16:42.020 And so I want Canadians to understand that the trajectory is,

00:16:47.920 let's just say, unfavorable.

00:16:51.140 And Canada is going to become, in my opinion,

00:16:54.080 in the next 20 or 30 years,

00:16:55.500 more like a post-First World nation,

00:16:57.760 much like Argentina.

00:16:59.340 And if people want to understand what that is like,

00:17:00.980 just move to Atlantic Canada right now,

00:17:03.600 because they're further along this path.

00:17:05.560 Yeah, I mean, we've got ballooning debt.

00:17:10.200 We have a pension plan that, I mean, they did fix it a bit.

00:17:13.500 You know, it's, what, 33% funded,

00:17:15.280 but it's still a pay-as-you-go sort of system for a pension that really isn't all that good.

00:17:20.320 Absolutely.

00:17:20.660 And we've got, again, the numbers that are coming up often,

00:17:25.340 where people talk about is our GDP per capita,

00:17:27.940 and it is dropping dramatically and fast,

00:17:31.140 especially if we compare ourselves to our American neighbors.

00:17:33.640 I mean, that's a very accurate measure of the potential wealth we have,

00:17:36.880 and we should all be pretty concerned about this.

00:17:38.540 Yeah, so over time, this is,

00:17:41.620 even if the policy,

00:17:43.560 let's say policy differences between Canada and the United States are not huge,

00:17:48.440 that marginal difference over time causes greater and greater differences

00:17:52.000 in terms of the people who go there or who leave.

00:17:55.060 And so Canada has, unfortunately,

00:17:57.900 bled some of her best talent 0.66

00:17:59.540 and attracted less ambitious immigrants than would come to the United States.

00:18:04.120 And this breaks my heart,

00:18:06.780 because I care a lot about Canada's future.

00:18:09.460 And I see, you know,

00:18:11.300 I write a lot about this in the book,

00:18:12.560 about whether people should make that decision to leave or not,

00:18:15.920 because Canada still is one of the better countries in the world to live in.

00:18:20.100 And there's a great history there.

00:18:21.960 There's a lot of many wonderful people, beautiful nature.

00:18:24.720 I mean, there's a lot to value in Canada,

00:18:26.420 and it breaks my heart to see the communities there coming apart.

00:18:31.280 So one of the big, I guess, you know,

00:18:33.800 tenants and wealth in North America in particular has always been the dream of home ownership.

00:18:39.280 That's been a foundation.

00:18:41.940 You expected you work, you save your money,

00:18:45.760 down payment,

00:18:48.060 you can start in your own little home.

00:18:51.600 Two chapters calls it the fading dream of home ownership.

00:18:55.680 I mean, for you,

00:18:56.620 it's become very unachievable,

00:18:58.580 like that economic goal just within reach any longer.

00:19:01.480 And it doesn't look like it's going to get there anytime soon.

00:19:05.560 It's not going to change anytime soon.

00:19:07.280 The problem is that we,

00:19:09.500 in Canada,

00:19:09.900 we have a whole,

00:19:11.340 let's say,

00:19:11.860 layering of interventions,

00:19:13.740 right?

00:19:13.940 You've got zoning,

00:19:15.620 occupational licensing,

00:19:16.700 you've got all sorts of subsidies,

00:19:19.200 the,

00:19:19.840 that basically inflate the price.

00:19:22.100 And so,

00:19:22.760 yes,

00:19:23.100 everyone knows this or should know that Toronto and Vancouver have some of the most expensive housing on the planet.

00:19:29.640 And that's not just expensive,

00:19:30.780 but in absolute value terms,

00:19:33.000 that's expensive in terms of the incomes that people can bring in. 0.68

00:19:35.620 So people need about 10 years of their gross income to buy a house in Toronto and Vancouver.

00:19:42.140 And of course,

00:19:43.860 that has spread to all the surrounding areas because people have moved out trying to find cheaper places.

00:19:48.460 So Victoria,

00:19:49.360 or let's say even places like Hamilton,

00:19:51.580 Ontario,

00:19:52.100 whatever,

00:19:52.620 all the surrounding communities,

00:19:54.160 they're also inflated now.

00:19:56.260 And this,

00:19:56.680 these,

00:19:57.300 you know,

00:19:57.460 for better and for worse are the high population centers of Canada and often with the employment opportunities are too.

00:20:03.540 So there are more affordable places,

00:20:05.340 obviously Alberta or the prairies offer more cost-effective housing,

00:20:08.940 but you have to look further afield to find that.

00:20:13.100 And unfortunately people go where the,

00:20:16.740 like I said,

00:20:17.060 the employment options are and they tend to be in Vancouver and Toronto.

00:20:20.040 And that's why,

00:20:21.020 you know,

00:20:22.320 that's why the,

00:20:23.020 and Ottawa,

00:20:23.640 of course,

00:20:24.260 that's why the house pricing is ballooned there in particular.

00:20:28.140 Yeah.

00:20:28.640 So getting beyond that,

00:20:30.360 say if people were looking at investing in a home for the future,

00:20:33.140 if that's out one of the bigger social programs,

00:20:36.280 you know,

00:20:36.400 we already touched a little bit upon if a person's working and renting thinking,

00:20:39.460 well,

00:20:39.540 at least I have the safety net of a pension plan that I'm contributing towards throughout my whole life.

00:20:44.560 But the CPP,

00:20:45.980 as you basically put it,

00:20:47.260 it's a form of Ponzi scheme in a sense.

00:20:50.520 I mean,

00:20:50.680 when it's pay as you go,

00:20:51.460 you're constantly relying on new young people to keep filling up the bottom to fund the ones who got to the top.

00:20:57.200 It's not a sustainable long-term plan.

00:20:59.680 It is the very definition of a Ponzi scheme.

00:21:01.620 When you pay to people more than what they have earned with their savings and rely upon newcomers, 1.00

00:21:06.520 that is a Ponzi scheme.

00:21:08.200 And to sort of rub salt into the wound,

00:21:10.320 it is deceitful because the people who run the CPP,

00:21:14.840 they conceal the unfunded liabilities or debts of this program.

00:21:19.960 If you were to have a private pension plan that was 68% unfunded,

00:21:24.640 and that's by their numbers,

00:21:25.600 and I don't believe their numbers.

00:21:26.880 So it's worse than that in reality,

00:21:28.280 but 68% unfunded,

00:21:29.460 that would immediately generate regulatory scrutiny for being an irresponsible or fraudulent plan.

00:21:35.560 So getting out of that now,

00:21:39.780 as you said,

00:21:40.480 it just gets back to what we're talking about in sovereignty in a sense,

00:21:43.440 and getting away from these massive government programs.

00:21:46.160 I noticed one of the commenters there,

00:21:47.480 Wes Wayne,

00:21:48.180 it looks like says,

00:21:48.940 Canadian sovereignty is when we use cash instead of credit,

00:21:51.320 and this digital shift is definitely not sovereign.

00:21:54.040 I don't know if you've read your book or not,

00:21:55.700 because that's kind of what you get onto further,

00:21:57.540 though,

00:21:57.640 is the importance of cash,

00:21:58.740 because we've got a real push,

00:22:00.400 pushing people away from cash

00:22:02.040 and into digital forms of currency or trackable currency,

00:22:05.780 which may or may not work for people,

00:22:08.240 but it definitely puts you at risk as a sovereign individual,

00:22:10.920 doesn't it?

00:22:12.320 Yeah.

00:22:12.600 So, look,

00:22:14.000 nations that have better governance,

00:22:16.400 and you even mentioned this in your own book,

00:22:18.240 an admirable nation is Switzerland,

00:22:20.020 which has great decentralization.

00:22:22.480 Ironically,

00:22:22.980 even though they're extremely civilized in advance,

00:22:24.740 they use a lot of cash.

00:22:25.620 People have confidence in the currency, right?

00:22:28.140 And they're able to enjoy privacy and independence.

00:22:31.760 Look,

00:22:32.620 the prospect of central bank digital currencies

00:22:35.320 is one that is coming.

00:22:37.120 The Bank of Canada has already looked into this.

00:22:39.060 They did this,

00:22:39.620 I think it was maybe five years ago now.

00:22:41.440 They researched the opportunity.

00:22:43.580 When they feel threatened,

00:22:45.920 when they feel like the loony is under threat

00:22:47.860 from cryptocurrencies,

00:22:50.200 they will push back

00:22:51.920 with their own central bank digital currency,

00:22:53.720 which, yes,

00:22:54.620 it does enable a greater form of control of the population

00:22:58.200 because it can have negative interest rates.

00:22:59.800 It's much easier to cut people out of that system.

00:23:04.560 So, yes,

00:23:04.980 it is a concern.

00:23:05.960 And so,

00:23:06.580 I support both,

00:23:07.740 I promote in the book both cash,

00:23:10.180 you know,

00:23:11.280 cash transactions,

00:23:12.500 what I call the gray market

00:23:14.100 or informal market.

00:23:15.880 And there are various cryptocurrencies now

00:23:18.480 that are designed specifically to mimic cash

00:23:21.080 so that even the person receiving the transaction

00:23:24.540 or receiving the benefit

00:23:26.060 doesn't know who is sending it.

00:23:27.540 So, it's much like when you go into the church

00:23:29.280 and you make a voluntary donation,

00:23:31.360 no one knows how much you gave

00:23:33.200 or didn't give.

00:23:34.700 There are cryptocurrencies now

00:23:36.160 that are replicating that.

00:23:38.320 Okay.

00:23:38.500 So,

00:23:38.960 whatever currencies you may get,

00:23:40.560 if you've tried to distance yourself away

00:23:42.480 from digital government control currencies,

00:23:44.720 the next thing you still want

00:23:45.640 is some degree of something you can invest in.

00:23:47.420 And I mean,

00:23:47.900 it's like I said,

00:23:48.540 there's a whole lot.

00:23:49.160 I'm kind of rushing through with your book.

00:23:50.500 You talk about capital markets

00:23:52.420 and areas that you might want to invest,

00:23:55.680 but we've got a government

00:23:56.400 getting in and regulating

00:23:58.040 or centralizing regulation

00:23:59.700 and that puts your investments at risk there.

00:24:02.480 So,

00:24:02.680 I mean,

00:24:02.900 it's hard to find a safe haven anywhere.

00:24:04.900 Yeah.

00:24:05.160 So,

00:24:06.240 this is the challenge,

00:24:08.240 Corey.

00:24:08.940 Many of us can see the writing on the wall

00:24:10.520 in terms of Canada's struggling future.

00:24:12.440 And the question is,

00:24:13.240 are we just going to complain about it?

00:24:14.880 Are we going to do things?

00:24:15.680 And I want to promote your book,

00:24:16.940 actually.

00:24:17.500 Everyone should get this one.

00:24:19.020 It's one of my favorites,

00:24:19.880 The Sovereign Test Handbook.

00:24:21.800 And so,

00:24:22.200 that's one way of breaking out of the mold.

00:24:24.260 But so,

00:24:25.400 I seek to give as much as possible actions.

00:24:28.220 There's no magic cure

00:24:29.280 to Canada's ails.

00:24:32.480 But,

00:24:33.140 yes,

00:24:33.600 in terms of your own activities,

00:24:35.300 Canada does have relatively well-functioning capital markets.

00:24:38.540 And you can access

00:24:40.040 alternatives of what I call real assets,

00:24:42.920 which perform better in an inflationary environment.

00:24:45.600 And in particular,

00:24:46.320 yes,

00:24:46.580 I focus on precious metals and mining.

00:24:48.480 They are the go-to.

00:24:50.060 And that they're the most protected.

00:24:51.560 And they will have the most upside value

00:24:53.360 when inflation comes in or grows.

00:24:56.380 I go through different types of vehicles,

00:24:58.820 whether you want to go to streaming companies,

00:25:00.280 whether you want to go to junior minors,

00:25:01.760 seniors.

00:25:02.500 There's all,

00:25:03.000 you don't want to have physical possession.

00:25:04.840 So,

00:25:05.140 that's one thing you can do right away.

00:25:07.560 Divert some of your savings

00:25:08.760 or your discretionary income

00:25:09.960 to real assets.

00:25:12.780 And again,

00:25:13.200 some of those real assets,

00:25:14.460 Jordan,

00:25:14.960 one of my commenters I see mentioned,

00:25:16.380 you know,

00:25:16.560 gold,

00:25:16.860 like precious metals.

00:25:18.720 And they've been climbing,

00:25:19.940 you know,

00:25:20.600 slowly but steadily,

00:25:21.780 I think,

00:25:22.040 for decades.

00:25:23.220 Is it a good hedge for people in general

00:25:25.100 to get into silver's gold,

00:25:26.300 some of those metals?

00:25:27.820 Absolutely.

00:25:28.540 Right now,

00:25:29.240 and I'm not sure what it is

00:25:30.020 in terms of the Canadian dollar,

00:25:31.680 but in the U.S.,

00:25:32.800 it's climbed to record heights,

00:25:34.260 about 2,200.

00:25:35.800 And I feel confident

00:25:36.840 that it can get to 3,000

00:25:38.200 before year end,

00:25:39.400 that this is a great time to buy.

00:25:41.320 It was a great time to buy a year ago,

00:25:42.620 but,

00:25:42.980 you know,

00:25:43.140 still a good time to buy.

00:25:45.100 And there was a prominent article

00:25:47.500 with the CFA Institute,

00:25:49.000 with the Chatham Financial Analyst Institute,

00:25:50.540 that went through three reasons why,

00:25:52.580 this was three years ago,

00:25:53.780 gold should already have been at $3,000 U.S.

00:25:56.340 So,

00:25:57.000 the case is even stronger now.

00:25:59.700 Okay,

00:26:00.180 so you kind of go into,

00:26:01.720 I mean,

00:26:01.920 one of our challenges we have,

00:26:03.320 there's things we want to do

00:26:04.200 as sovereign individuals or individuals,

00:26:05.900 but we have a very constraining government.

00:26:09.040 And you kind of hit a hot button

00:26:10.400 in Chapter 10 with the,

00:26:11.820 you know,

00:26:12.000 why the Freedom Convoy?

00:26:13.120 You talked a bit about that,

00:26:14.200 but why it feigned to gain favor?

00:26:16.800 Because as you point out,

00:26:18.060 a lot of Canadians

00:26:18.780 were pretty supportive

00:26:20.000 of the War Measures Act,

00:26:21.680 or sorry,

00:26:22.080 the Emergencies Act,

00:26:23.180 you know,

00:26:23.640 being imposed upon citizens.

00:26:25.320 We've got a cultural thing

00:26:26.640 of some pretty compliant Canadians

00:26:28.200 you've got to get beyond.

00:26:29.640 Yeah,

00:26:30.160 this strikes right to the heart

00:26:31.520 of the problem.

00:26:32.460 And this is why

00:26:32.980 I wrote the book

00:26:33.560 because political solutions

00:26:35.780 in the current environment

00:26:37.280 that favor freedom,

00:26:39.760 good luck with that,

00:26:41.240 right?

00:26:41.680 Because unfortunately,

00:26:43.420 and we can go,

00:26:43.960 this is a long history,

00:26:45.280 but the Laurentian Canadians

00:26:46.740 seem to have

00:26:48.040 a much more interventionist

00:26:49.620 or busybody mentality.

00:26:51.460 They're quite happy

00:26:52.120 to control free speech

00:26:53.620 or impose harm upon those

00:26:55.600 who go against them,

00:26:56.680 right?

00:26:57.400 And so whether it's

00:26:58.560 kicking you out of your job

00:26:59.440 because you don't want

00:26:59.860 to take a vaccine

00:27:00.520 or ideological,

00:27:02.220 let's say,

00:27:03.140 retribution.

00:27:03.880 So Frances Whitteson 0.99

00:27:04.680 is a prominent case

00:27:05.520 in Alberta

00:27:06.340 where she was a professor

00:27:07.220 who lost her job

00:27:08.160 just because she spoke

00:27:09.280 what she believed

00:27:09.740 to be the truth

00:27:10.320 about Canadian history.

00:27:12.420 And so I,

00:27:14.320 my personal view,

00:27:15.880 and someone recently asked me,

00:27:17.200 it's not a secret,

00:27:18.160 I'm here in Colorado

00:27:19.180 and I'm a Canadian citizen,

00:27:21.000 but I live in the United States.

00:27:23.200 Someone asked me,

00:27:23.780 what would it take me

00:27:24.620 to get me back to Canada?

00:27:27.600 And the short answer

00:27:28.400 really is that

00:27:29.040 Western independence,

00:27:30.480 that there is a problem,

00:27:32.020 that there's an ideological problem

00:27:33.240 that about,

00:27:34.360 let's say,

00:27:34.700 20% of the country

00:27:35.740 or 25% of the country

00:27:36.920 is largely freedom-oriented

00:27:38.800 and the other 75% is not.

00:27:41.860 And the prairie provinces,

00:27:44.600 Alberta, Saskatchewan,

00:27:45.840 Manitoba,

00:27:46.780 maybe some of BC,

00:27:48.320 which is not a prairie province,

00:27:49.420 but some of the people

00:27:50.160 are on board,

00:27:52.000 they have much more,

00:27:52.800 let's say, ideologically

00:27:53.640 or culturally in common

00:27:54.720 with the likes of Wyoming,

00:27:56.000 Montana, Idaho,

00:27:57.320 than with the rest of Canada.

00:27:58.760 And they would form

00:27:59.440 a more cohesive

00:28:00.260 and, in my view,

00:28:01.960 a prosperous country

00:28:03.420 that would be attractive

00:28:04.460 for people like me

00:28:05.300 and other people

00:28:05.800 who are more freedom-minded.

00:28:06.920 And you would attract people

00:28:07.920 from all across Canada

00:28:09.120 who share that view.

00:28:11.400 Yeah, so, I mean,

00:28:12.360 your solution chapters,

00:28:14.000 and there's quite a few of them

00:28:14.900 on how to opt out

00:28:15.600 of the cashless society,

00:28:16.780 setting up LLPs,

00:28:18.020 all sorts of things,

00:28:19.220 and, you know,

00:28:20.640 there's just more

00:28:21.360 that we can get into

00:28:22.180 in this show,

00:28:22.800 but, I mean,

00:28:23.180 I like how you laid out.

00:28:24.360 You laid out the problem,

00:28:25.260 which is what we talk about,

00:28:26.280 unfortunately,

00:28:26.780 on this show a lot.

00:28:27.440 Yeah, yeah.

00:28:27.960 And you laid out

00:28:28.840 a lot of the solutions,

00:28:29.780 which is really important.

00:28:30.740 I mean, it's easy

00:28:31.140 to point out the problems.

00:28:32.680 It's harder to point out

00:28:33.640 the solutions

00:28:34.300 and how people can at least

00:28:35.300 protect themselves from that.

00:28:37.240 So, before I let you go then,

00:28:39.300 you know,

00:28:39.460 how are people going to find your book

00:28:40.780 and get a copy for themselves?

00:28:42.200 I'd hold one up like you did,

00:28:43.300 but I...

00:28:43.880 Yes, yeah, yeah.

00:28:44.400 So, this is the book,

00:28:45.640 although I guess

00:28:46.300 the green screen

00:28:47.400 is not liking it,

00:28:48.200 but Financial Sovereignty

00:28:49.440 for Canadians

00:28:49.960 is the one

00:28:50.780 and you can get on Amazon.

00:28:53.040 Thank you, mate.

00:28:54.580 Amazon.com

00:28:55.540 or Amazon.ca

00:28:56.460 if you're in Canada.

00:28:57.900 It is the way to go.

00:28:59.580 I'd love to have feedback

00:29:00.720 and reviews

00:29:01.360 and if the response

00:29:03.880 is positive enough,

00:29:04.820 I will make an updated

00:29:06.680 or expanded edition

00:29:07.740 with feedback.

00:29:09.860 Great.

00:29:10.400 Yeah, just a heads up to people.

00:29:11.720 Yeah, you are on CA and .com

00:29:13.320 and for technological Luddites

00:29:15.360 like myself,

00:29:16.460 I went to .com at first

00:29:17.820 and had a whole bunch of grief

00:29:18.680 trying to get the darn book

00:29:19.540 and then realized

00:29:20.060 I'm in Canada.

00:29:21.140 Go to .ca

00:29:21.800 and it worked as smooth

00:29:23.920 as you can get after that.

00:29:25.720 So, just a heads up

00:29:26.600 to other people

00:29:27.140 going out to grab it.

00:29:28.660 Aside from the book,

00:29:29.900 you've got a social media presence.

00:29:31.380 Where can people find you?

00:29:32.100 Because you speak quite,

00:29:33.160 you know, vocally elsewhere as well.

00:29:36.060 In terms of the political stuff,

00:29:37.900 I do mostly on Twitter.

00:29:39.520 If you want more finance,

00:29:40.420 it's LinkedIn.

00:29:40.960 So, I'm easy to find.

00:29:41.720 Fergus Hodgson.

00:29:42.720 My name is rare enough

00:29:43.620 that I'm pretty much

00:29:44.500 the first one who will come up.

00:29:46.100 And you can also go

00:29:47.360 to econamericas.com,

00:29:48.440 my website for business

00:29:49.800 or for consulting.

00:29:51.500 But really,

00:29:52.460 my hope is that this book

00:29:54.300 will introduce people

00:29:55.240 to my ideas

00:29:56.200 and then they'll see

00:29:57.220 whether they want to work

00:29:57.940 with me or not.

00:29:59.080 And Corey,

00:29:59.820 also I want to say,

00:30:00.660 as you know,

00:30:01.040 I really admire your work

00:30:02.340 and I'm a big fan.

00:30:04.200 Your own book

00:30:05.160 influenced my chapter

00:30:06.220 on the Wexit idea.

00:30:08.280 Particularly promoting,

00:30:09.180 let's say,

00:30:09.920 let's be less negative about it

00:30:11.420 and more positive

00:30:12.040 about the opportunity

00:30:12.820 which I think

00:30:13.860 really did shape

00:30:15.880 my own view on the topic.

00:30:17.640 I appreciate that.

00:30:18.580 Yeah,

00:30:18.740 we got to look forward

00:30:19.760 rather than all on the negative

00:30:21.380 and, you know,

00:30:22.100 look at things like that.

00:30:23.420 Separation and things like that

00:30:24.260 doesn't have to be

00:30:25.020 a negative at all.

00:30:26.400 Well,

00:30:26.580 thank you very much

00:30:27.260 for joining us

00:30:27.840 and thank you for putting

00:30:28.560 this all together

00:30:29.220 in a book for us,

00:30:30.060 Fergus.

00:30:30.360 And I hope we get

00:30:32.100 to talk again soon.

00:30:33.980 You're welcome, Corey.

00:30:34.740 Thanks for having me.

00:30:35.720 All right.

00:30:36.000 Thanks.

00:30:36.740 So, yes,

00:30:37.020 that was Fergus Hodgson.

00:30:40.460 Boy,

00:30:40.760 I'm just tongue-tied today.

00:30:42.140 But yes,

00:30:42.540 Financial Sovereignty for Canadians.

00:30:44.080 This is Untether Yourself.

00:30:45.420 Look it up, guys.

00:30:46.460 It's on Amazon

00:30:47.200 and, you know,

00:30:48.720 Amazon's great.

00:30:49.540 I mean,

00:30:50.020 you know,

00:30:50.520 people might not like the company

00:30:51.520 and some things

00:30:52.060 and this and that,

00:30:52.620 but hey,

00:30:53.040 they're good for authors.

00:30:54.260 You can get something up there

00:30:55.360 and really get it out there.

00:30:56.420 Distribute fast.

00:30:57.200 The price is good

00:30:58.060 and he has lots

00:30:59.380 of great advice

00:31:00.360 to offer for us.

00:31:02.640 So, yeah,

00:31:03.900 we got a lot of craziness.

00:31:05.040 You know,

00:31:05.180 I'm going to hit on one thing

00:31:06.180 before I get to Franco there

00:31:07.880 who I see getting ready on deck.

00:31:09.460 And I don't know

00:31:11.100 if you've been watching

00:31:11.540 in Argentina,

00:31:12.440 you know,

00:31:12.720 that president there,

00:31:15.000 Javier Maile,

00:31:16.380 I could be mispronouncing it,

00:31:17.580 but you know,

00:31:17.820 but the dude

00:31:18.140 with the crazy hair going on.

00:31:19.660 It seems that some

00:31:20.380 of our best libertarian leaders

00:31:21.580 always get the wild hair.

00:31:22.880 There's something about that.

00:31:24.040 I think mostly

00:31:24.540 it's just they're focused

00:31:25.260 on their politics

00:31:25.940 and, you know,

00:31:26.480 somewhere way down the lines

00:31:27.780 worrying about their hair

00:31:28.560 is not a top priority for them.

00:31:30.860 But he's just been

00:31:31.940 in Argentina

00:31:32.740 just going through that country

00:31:34.280 with a chainsaw

00:31:35.100 and it needs it.

00:31:36.040 So does ours.

00:31:37.040 But I mean,

00:31:37.440 it sounds like he's planning

00:31:38.640 on firing 70,000

00:31:40.400 government workers.

00:31:41.580 And I'm really looking forward

00:31:42.680 to seeing what happens.

00:31:43.380 I'm not looking forward to,

00:31:44.120 I know,

00:31:44.520 70,000 people.

00:31:45.480 Some are going to really suffer

00:31:46.460 because of that.

00:31:47.020 They'll have lost jobs

00:31:47.880 and things like that.

00:31:48.480 But you know,

00:31:49.100 everybody's always dire

00:31:50.460 doom and gloom

00:31:51.800 if we cut government workers.

00:31:53.000 Oh, the services we'd lose.

00:31:54.080 Well, you know what?

00:31:54.500 I got a feeling

00:31:55.100 he's going to cut 70,000.

00:31:56.320 People aren't going to see

00:31:57.260 service really decline that much.

00:31:59.780 I mean,

00:32:00.100 in Canada,

00:32:00.500 we've been adding

00:32:01.240 and adding and adding

00:32:02.540 government workers

00:32:03.180 year after year after year.

00:32:04.860 One of the things I see

00:32:05.640 in the city of Calgary,

00:32:06.320 every time I drive by

00:32:07.060 a federal office,

00:32:08.140 a service,

00:32:08.900 the irony of the name of it,

00:32:10.280 Service Canada office

00:32:11.880 is a big lineup of people

00:32:13.360 standing out there

00:32:14.160 shivering in the cold

00:32:15.200 out on the sidewalk

00:32:16.040 because our government

00:32:17.380 somehow is incapable

00:32:18.960 of doing something

00:32:19.680 as simple as a passport renewal

00:32:21.380 without having a mountain

00:32:22.680 of bureaucrats

00:32:23.540 and weeks of time

00:32:24.520 and this service is terrible.

00:32:26.600 So if adding more people

00:32:28.160 to the civil service

00:32:29.660 doesn't make the service better,

00:32:31.300 I contend that cutting

00:32:32.720 a bunch out of there

00:32:33.400 isn't going to make it any worse.

00:32:35.220 But it'll save us some money.

00:32:36.660 All right,

00:32:36.900 let's speak of some

00:32:37.600 overpaid civil servants

00:32:38.980 we have though

00:32:39.720 and those are the ones

00:32:40.400 that we elect

00:32:41.000 as members of parliament

00:32:42.240 and it looks like

00:32:43.240 a bunch more

00:32:44.140 are going to be able

00:32:44.680 to pop up to the trough now

00:32:46.120 thanks to a little change

00:32:47.080 in the election date.

00:32:48.480 Franco Tarazano

00:32:49.260 for the Canadian

00:32:49.660 Taxpayers Federation.

00:32:50.600 Hey Franco,

00:32:51.040 thanks for joining us today.

00:32:52.660 Hey Corey,

00:32:53.180 happy to be on.

00:32:54.880 So yeah,

00:32:56.220 you know,

00:32:56.540 it was kind of last minute

00:32:57.340 but this is a good one.

00:32:58.560 Wow,

00:32:58.980 you know,

00:32:59.340 suddenly this religious holiday

00:33:01.700 became so important

00:33:03.080 that the Trudeau government

00:33:04.840 had to reschedule the election.

00:33:06.140 That was the reason

00:33:06.560 they did it,

00:33:06.940 right?

00:33:07.900 Well,

00:33:08.360 no,

00:33:09.100 I mean,

00:33:09.480 let's just say the obvious.

00:33:10.820 If you're going to change

00:33:11.860 the election,

00:33:13.040 why don't you just move it

00:33:14.060 a week early,

00:33:15.100 not a week late?

00:33:17.080 Well,

00:33:17.400 the obvious answer

00:33:18.160 is because it looks like

00:33:19.180 the government

00:33:19.620 wants to make sure

00:33:20.520 that 80 additional MPs

00:33:23.040 can get that sweet,

00:33:24.080 sweet,

00:33:24.360 sweet taxpayer funded pension.

00:33:26.520 So folks,

00:33:27.220 if you're not aware,

00:33:28.200 here's what's going on.

00:33:29.580 So any MP elected

00:33:31.260 in the 2019 federal election,

00:33:33.180 well,

00:33:33.360 they're not eligible

00:33:34.160 for their pension

00:33:35.200 until October 21,

00:33:37.660 2025.

00:33:38.940 Now the scheduled election

00:33:40.320 is for October 20th,

00:33:42.360 2025.

00:33:43.240 So what do the feds do? 0.92

00:33:44.580 Well,

00:33:44.940 they're now going to try

00:33:45.780 to bump the election back

00:33:47.040 to October the 27th

00:33:48.620 of 2025.

00:33:50.300 And that would mean

00:33:51.100 that 80 additional MPs

00:33:52.580 would be eligible

00:33:53.200 for that pension.

00:33:54.520 And the total cost

00:33:56.000 could be up to $120 million.

00:33:59.080 But Corey,

00:33:59.620 look,

00:33:59.900 I'm not naive.

00:34:00.900 I guess it's probably unlikely

00:34:02.160 that all 80 of those MPs

00:34:04.660 were to lose their seat.

00:34:05.720 But if even half

00:34:07.500 of those MPs lose their seat,

00:34:09.980 then moving the week

00:34:11.100 or moving the election

00:34:12.420 one week back

00:34:13.340 would cost taxpayers

00:34:14.720 tens of millions

00:34:16.220 of dollars.

00:34:17.960 And it just shows

00:34:19.340 how lucrative

00:34:20.200 that gross federal pension plan is.

00:34:22.940 I mean,

00:34:23.300 you only have to actually

00:34:24.340 serve six years

00:34:25.420 before you gain

00:34:27.080 that entitlement

00:34:27.900 to a pension.

00:34:30.080 I mean,

00:34:30.260 even if you only put

00:34:31.120 six years in,

00:34:31.860 you're going to blow away

00:34:32.740 the return

00:34:33.300 on a whole lifetime

00:34:34.220 of paying into the CPP

00:34:35.340 with what you're going

00:34:36.200 to get back

00:34:36.840 out of this thing.

00:34:38.160 You can see why

00:34:39.080 it's so important to them,

00:34:40.000 I guess,

00:34:40.280 to make sure

00:34:40.900 that their outgoing members

00:34:42.440 can get their noses

00:34:43.460 into the trough

00:34:44.060 before they leave.

00:34:45.540 You want to hear

00:34:46.760 how lucrative it is,

00:34:47.880 Corey?

00:34:48.240 So some MPs,

00:34:49.960 for some MPs,

00:34:51.580 just working six years

00:34:52.980 could get a lifetime pension

00:34:55.380 of more than $2 million.

00:34:58.640 Okay?

00:34:59.600 Just six years

00:35:00.500 of being an MP

00:35:01.320 and a lifetime pension

00:35:03.240 of more than $2 million

00:35:04.600 for some of these MPs.

00:35:06.300 Now,

00:35:06.620 the starting annual pension,

00:35:08.800 just the starting annual,

00:35:10.400 will be anywhere

00:35:11.020 from about $32,000

00:35:12.520 for like the backbencher

00:35:13.940 all the way up

00:35:14.980 to $49,000

00:35:16.600 and that would be

00:35:17.680 for like Minister Anita Anand,

00:35:19.880 Minister Steve-Ange Bo,

00:35:21.840 his starting annual pension

00:35:23.760 will be around $48,000.

00:35:25.720 But yeah,

00:35:26.300 just to tie a bow on it,

00:35:27.900 I mean,

00:35:28.460 come on,

00:35:29.200 some MPs serving six years

00:35:31.000 and could get

00:35:31.980 a lifetime pension

00:35:33.440 of $2 million plus?

00:35:35.000 It's crazy.

00:35:36.760 Well,

00:35:37.020 and the Maximum Canada

00:35:38.100 pension plan,

00:35:38.760 I think if you receive

00:35:40.600 the maximum,

00:35:41.240 you're going to get

00:35:41.640 about, what,

00:35:42.040 $18,000 a year,

00:35:43.260 I think,

00:35:43.620 something like that.

00:35:44.280 So we don't even get

00:35:46.180 half of what these guys

00:35:47.780 get after six years.

00:35:49.880 It's just absurd

00:35:51.140 and obscene,

00:35:52.060 but it's not all that,

00:35:54.240 you know,

00:35:54.620 surprising out of these guys too.

00:35:56.320 So, I mean,

00:35:56.820 you know,

00:35:57.580 I'll leave you with that,

00:35:58.200 but what on earth

00:35:58.980 can we do about it?

00:36:00.680 Well, look,

00:36:01.300 this hasn't passed yet,

00:36:03.660 right?

00:36:03.860 This is just a legislation

00:36:05.060 with proposed amendments.

00:36:06.340 So it hasn't passed yet.

00:36:08.060 And, you know,

00:36:08.520 I'll just give some credit

00:36:09.540 where credit's due.

00:36:10.740 I did hear

00:36:11.560 Mr. Pierre Polyev,

00:36:12.680 the leader of the official

00:36:13.480 opposition on a radio show,

00:36:15.460 say that he's opposed

00:36:16.800 to moving it

00:36:18.200 a week back

00:36:19.240 so that all these extra MPs

00:36:20.860 could get a pension.

00:36:21.940 So it looks like

00:36:22.800 Mr. Polyev

00:36:23.820 and the Conservative Party

00:36:24.600 are at least going to fight

00:36:25.580 that change.

00:36:26.920 And so are we.

00:36:27.740 It hasn't become law yet.

00:36:29.160 There's still time

00:36:30.260 to raise a stink about it,

00:36:31.960 to pressure this government.

00:36:33.560 And because, look,

00:36:34.140 like here's the obvious thing.

00:36:35.280 If the government

00:36:35.960 is going to move the election

00:36:37.440 because of a religious holiday,

00:36:39.060 okay, that's one thing,

00:36:41.080 but make it a week early.

00:36:42.420 Make it a week early, right?

00:36:43.920 And my message

00:36:44.620 to politicians is this.

00:36:46.320 If you don't want

00:36:47.080 to look shady,

00:36:48.200 stop doing shady stuff

00:36:49.540 like this.

00:36:51.280 I don't think they're

00:36:52.120 worried about it anymore.

00:36:53.160 That's the sad part.

00:36:54.040 That was kind of what I said

00:36:54.740 at the start of the show.

00:36:55.820 You know, now that they're,

00:36:56.920 this is a government

00:36:57.480 that's kind of on the way

00:36:58.400 to the exit.

00:36:59.700 And a lot of them

00:37:00.680 are just seeing

00:37:01.140 how can I fill my pockets

00:37:02.520 before I get out the door

00:37:03.780 or my friends.

00:37:04.880 And, you know,

00:37:05.660 so you guys are going

00:37:06.300 to be pretty busy.

00:37:06.940 I got a feeling

00:37:07.540 in this next year and a half,

00:37:09.060 as you're watching

00:37:10.420 for the patronage appointments

00:37:11.640 and the, you know,

00:37:13.260 grants to companies

00:37:14.460 and things like that

00:37:15.000 that seem to happen

00:37:15.660 every time liberals

00:37:16.340 are on their way out.

00:37:18.180 So I appreciate your work

00:37:19.460 and, you know,

00:37:20.580 I'm certain we'll be hearing

00:37:21.540 a lot more from you guys

00:37:22.500 as these things surface

00:37:23.320 in the next little while.

00:37:24.960 Oh, you sure will, Corey.

00:37:26.080 And hey, folks,

00:37:26.700 don't forget,

00:37:27.380 the same day they raise

00:37:28.380 your carbon and alcohol tax,

00:37:29.820 April 1,

00:37:30.620 they're also giving themselves

00:37:31.820 another pay raise.

00:37:33.500 Yes, and a massive one.

00:37:34.920 We had to talk about that before.

00:37:36.740 So where can people find out

00:37:38.660 about what you guys

00:37:39.320 are up to, Franco?

00:37:40.300 And, you know,

00:37:41.180 keep right up to date

00:37:42.060 with you guys tracking

00:37:43.140 the outrageous spending.

00:37:45.560 Well, head over

00:37:46.240 to taxpayer.com

00:37:47.300 and if you want to know

00:37:47.940 more about those pay raises

00:37:49.060 ranging from an extra

00:37:50.120 8,000 bucks

00:37:51.360 to an extra 16,000 bucks,

00:37:53.160 well, it's all there

00:37:53.700 at taxpayer.com

00:37:54.780 and you can check out

00:37:55.720 our newsroom.

00:37:56.900 Well, that's awesome, Franco.

00:37:58.320 Thanks for taking the time

00:37:59.480 to quickly check in

00:38:00.320 with us today.

00:38:01.040 I'll let you get back

00:38:02.180 to digging through

00:38:02.740 all those exciting

00:38:03.720 government documents

00:38:04.740 and I look forward

00:38:05.840 to what you guys

00:38:06.580 expose next.

00:38:08.680 Awesome.

00:38:09.100 Thanks, Corey.

00:38:10.040 Great, thanks.

00:38:11.160 This is Franco Teresano

00:38:12.220 of the Canadian

00:38:12.960 Taxpayers Federation.

00:38:14.080 Yeah, he's always got,

00:38:15.100 they give him lots

00:38:15.900 to work with,

00:38:16.600 that's for sure.

00:38:17.380 I mean, just one thing

00:38:18.700 after another.

00:38:19.260 As he said,

00:38:19.640 we had him on

00:38:20.120 a couple weeks ago.

00:38:20.840 We talked about April 1st,

00:38:22.200 a bunch of taxes growing up

00:38:23.420 and yeah, a bunch of MPs

00:38:24.620 are getting raises.

00:38:25.420 They're getting rewarded

00:38:26.520 for taking more money

00:38:28.100 from you.

00:38:28.660 It's a pretty ugly cycle

00:38:29.840 and, you know,

00:38:31.380 a perfect response

00:38:32.760 because yeah,

00:38:33.440 hey, there's no way

00:38:34.720 you could have held

00:38:35.140 the election on that day.

00:38:36.040 Why not go a week earlier?

00:38:37.380 Come on, what's a week?

00:38:38.720 But we know

00:38:39.240 because it's going to get them

00:38:40.740 those extra pension qualifications

00:38:43.760 and some people

00:38:45.060 have been saying,

00:38:45.500 oh, but most of those

00:38:46.460 who are going to qualify

00:38:47.620 for that are Conservative MPs

00:38:49.180 and that's true.

00:38:50.560 But the truth of it is too,

00:38:51.820 if things don't change

00:38:52.860 and I know a year and a half

00:38:53.620 is a long time in politics,

00:38:54.440 most of those Conservative MPs

00:38:56.360 are actually going to probably

00:38:57.380 retain their seats

00:38:58.480 in the next election.

00:38:59.380 This move is most

00:39:00.840 going to benefit

00:39:02.320 those who are either

00:39:03.380 not going to run

00:39:04.080 in the next election

00:39:04.760 or don't win their seats

00:39:06.980 back in the next election

00:39:08.440 and there's no,

00:39:10.840 what was I about to say?

00:39:14.120 Yeah,

00:39:14.340 there's just

00:39:15.280 no other way

00:39:16.700 to make that out.

00:39:18.300 Now, yeah,

00:39:18.820 okay,

00:39:19.340 I'll address a comment

00:39:20.560 or this gets back

00:39:21.540 to one of the things

00:39:22.080 and I appreciate

00:39:22.540 that you're watching the show

00:39:23.640 but you're going on

00:39:26.380 about some of that

00:39:26.900 de-tax crap

00:39:27.840 and it's garbage

00:39:28.500 and we've heard it

00:39:28.980 a long time

00:39:29.460 and they always say,

00:39:29.960 Corey will never tell people

00:39:30.840 to refuse to file taxes.

00:39:32.400 Yes, you're right.

00:39:33.300 I won't tell people that.

00:39:35.100 There's always been

00:39:36.300 those things going on.

00:39:37.300 I remember since the 90s,

00:39:38.660 it was the de-tax movement

00:39:40.060 back then

00:39:40.600 and things like that

00:39:41.480 and now it's

00:39:41.920 the sovereign individuals

00:39:42.960 and things like that

00:39:44.740 that's saying,

00:39:45.100 if you refuse

00:39:45.840 to take part in it,

00:39:46.980 you can distance yourself.

00:39:48.460 If you can legally

00:39:49.120 break yourself away

00:39:50.640 from the Canadian tax system

00:39:52.320 and so on,

00:39:52.820 guys,

00:39:53.180 it doesn't work.

00:39:54.200 It never works.

00:39:54.920 A lot of people

00:39:55.440 have gone broke

00:39:56.080 trying those things.

00:39:57.260 Look,

00:39:57.400 we need to fix our taxes up.

00:39:58.680 We need to do

00:39:59.200 a lot of different things

00:40:00.420 but I am not.

00:40:01.880 No, you're right.

00:40:02.480 I am not going to counsel people

00:40:03.940 not defile their taxes.

00:40:06.320 I want to see our taxes cut.

00:40:07.640 I want to see people

00:40:08.780 use every possible way

00:40:12.580 to distance themselves

00:40:13.560 from paying more taxes

00:40:15.000 than they have to

00:40:15.640 but I won't go into

00:40:16.400 the conspiracy garbage

00:40:17.460 that Wes Wayne

00:40:18.280 is putting out

00:40:19.020 and telling people

00:40:20.060 not to file their taxes

00:40:22.060 and yes,

00:40:22.680 now he's responding

00:40:23.360 Corey's an indoctrinated dumbass.

00:40:24.960 Yes, actually, Wayne,

00:40:26.320 I'm controlled by the aliens

00:40:28.320 and the Illuminati

00:40:29.660 and all the rest of those things

00:40:31.920 they're the ones

00:40:32.380 telling me what to do

00:40:33.180 and they're telling people

00:40:34.200 to file their taxes.

00:40:35.540 No,

00:40:35.800 I'm just not going to give

00:40:36.720 bad advice on here

00:40:38.200 and you can give

00:40:39.960 bad advice

00:40:41.680 if you like

00:40:43.240 to people

00:40:46.080 and there's a lot

00:40:46.920 of good, wise

00:40:47.520 fiscal management

00:40:48.100 you can do.

00:40:48.600 That's the stuff

00:40:49.040 that Fergus is putting

00:40:49.820 in there,

00:40:50.140 ways that you can

00:40:50.860 set up LLPs,

00:40:52.800 do things to

00:40:53.420 distance yourself

00:40:54.580 from taxation

00:40:56.380 as much as reasonably possible.

00:40:57.860 Let's change some government

00:40:58.540 so we aren't getting taxed

00:40:59.920 as badly

00:41:00.700 as we have been

00:41:01.620 but don't go down

00:41:02.600 those rabbit holes

00:41:03.400 of thinking

00:41:03.840 there's some sort of loophole

00:41:04.800 that can get you out of that.

00:41:06.100 You're just going to find

00:41:06.820 your property getting seized

00:41:07.940 and get yourself

00:41:09.480 into a whole lot of trouble

00:41:10.880 so no,

00:41:11.860 I won't tell people

00:41:12.640 to do that on this show.

00:41:14.280 Don't hold your breath for it.

00:41:15.300 Speaking of taxes

00:41:16.980 and speaking to the problems

00:41:18.200 we got going on

00:41:19.180 and this is things

00:41:19.880 so the conference board

00:41:20.960 came out

00:41:21.340 this is an interesting one

00:41:22.420 it says the oil emissions cap

00:41:23.800 you see this is another thing

00:41:24.620 coming out of Trudeau

00:41:25.220 this is part of his

00:41:26.280 obsessive climate change battles

00:41:28.720 and part of it too

00:41:30.080 I think is

00:41:30.560 he wants to

00:41:31.700 on his way out

00:41:33.320 try to succeed

00:41:34.760 where his dad-dad failed

00:41:35.940 in fully crushing Alberta

00:41:37.620 and I tell you

00:41:38.120 Pierre crushed Alberta

00:41:39.020 pretty badly

00:41:39.620 but Alberta came back 1.00

00:41:40.520 but Alberta was the province

00:41:41.820 that dared to stand up

00:41:42.800 to old Pierre

00:41:43.380 and Justin doesn't like that

00:41:44.840 and of course Alberta

00:41:45.320 is still standing up

00:41:46.040 to the Liberals

00:41:46.480 and still standing up

00:41:47.260 to the latest incarnation

00:41:48.540 of a Trudeau prime minister

00:41:49.860 so he's got this

00:41:50.960 oil emissions cap

00:41:52.060 this you know

00:41:52.480 none of people

00:41:52.980 are talking about that

00:41:53.980 and the conference board

00:41:55.480 figures that's going

00:41:56.080 to cost Alberta

00:41:56.900 four and a half billion

00:41:58.520 a year by 2030

00:41:59.760 that's an estimate

00:42:00.920 that's just

00:42:01.700 this emissions cap

00:42:03.100 basically they're working

00:42:04.200 on illegalizing

00:42:05.540 our ability

00:42:06.440 to produce oil

00:42:07.460 and gas

00:42:08.120 you know

00:42:09.480 we've got

00:42:09.900 renewable energy

00:42:11.920 isn't working guys

00:42:12.840 it's not building

00:42:14.180 fast enough

00:42:15.080 and it's not

00:42:15.920 effective enough

00:42:16.760 it doesn't work

00:42:17.520 when the sun doesn't shine

00:42:18.360 it doesn't work

00:42:18.880 when the rain doesn't

00:42:19.900 or when the wind

00:42:20.820 doesn't blow

00:42:21.360 there's a project

00:42:23.080 down in Okotoks

00:42:25.280 that just came out

00:42:26.180 that was from back

00:42:27.060 a little less than

00:42:28.340 20 years ago

00:42:29.100 and the governments

00:42:30.020 I think it was

00:42:30.480 the provincial

00:42:30.960 and the federal governments

00:42:31.700 both pitched in

00:42:32.460 over 3.2 million dollars

00:42:34.140 for 50 some houses

00:42:35.980 to have full solar panel

00:42:37.660 they put power

00:42:38.480 they put panels on them

00:42:39.980 and they got their

00:42:40.740 water heat from solar

00:42:41.860 and power supplemented

00:42:43.320 by solar

00:42:43.680 a whole bunch of it

00:42:44.420 and it was supposed

00:42:45.380 to last for 25 to 30 years

00:42:47.060 well it's been less than 20 years

00:42:48.180 turns out all those houses

00:42:49.340 now are going to have

00:42:49.840 to spend the money

00:42:50.500 to go back to

00:42:51.680 natural gas heat

00:42:53.080 and regular conventional

00:42:55.020 electricity

00:42:55.580 because the solar stuff

00:42:57.080 wore out

00:42:57.660 it didn't last as long

00:42:58.680 as they were told it would

00:42:59.520 we spent millions of dollars

00:43:01.240 to prove with only 50 houses

00:43:03.260 that it's just not

00:43:05.080 economically feasible

00:43:06.060 now I know the technology

00:43:07.100 is getting better and better

00:43:08.160 but the way it's going to work

00:43:10.500 because if it gets good enough

00:43:11.640 that it's worthwhile

00:43:12.260 for us to do it

00:43:12.920 we'll do it

00:43:13.460 we will do it

00:43:15.000 if electric vehicles

00:43:16.840 of course is the big one

00:43:17.700 you know and I keep

00:43:19.060 hearing people talking about

00:43:19.940 oh they're great for this

00:43:20.860 they're great for that

00:43:21.420 guys if they were that great

00:43:22.540 we wouldn't need to subsidize

00:43:23.640 the hell out of them

00:43:24.120 to get people to buy them

00:43:24.840 and even then

00:43:25.200 people aren't buying them

00:43:26.220 car companies are backing off

00:43:28.120 they're saying

00:43:28.440 we can't make more of these

00:43:29.940 people aren't buying them

00:43:31.700 even with massive

00:43:34.500 massive subsidies

00:43:35.580 and maybe the day will come

00:43:37.560 if an electric vehicle

00:43:38.620 comes along

00:43:39.240 that's you know

00:43:39.700 in the $30,000 range

00:43:41.560 of price

00:43:42.120 and it takes

00:43:43.000 20 minutes to charge

00:43:45.000 maximum

00:43:45.660 and has a range

00:43:47.180 of 800-900 kilometers

00:43:48.500 in cold weather

00:43:49.780 I might consider it

00:43:52.100 but we aren't even

00:43:53.140 vaguely close

00:43:54.240 to any of those things

00:43:55.160 with electric vehicles

00:43:56.180 yet

00:43:56.700 they're a novelty

00:43:57.960 and that this novelty

00:43:59.580 is costing us

00:44:01.000 a fortune

00:44:01.840 you know

00:44:02.940 we gotta

00:44:03.260 let the market

00:44:04.660 deal with it

00:44:05.440 again if it works

00:44:06.680 we will use it

00:44:07.460 on my fifth wheel trailer

00:44:08.820 I have a solar panel

00:44:09.780 and I have battery sets

00:44:11.020 because it's very practical

00:44:13.060 and handy for me

00:44:13.800 I can go out boondocking

00:44:14.640 I can charge my batteries

00:44:16.240 when I'm not connected

00:44:16.960 to anything else

00:44:17.700 but that's what it is

00:44:18.800 it's a novelty

00:44:19.560 and it's a side thing

00:44:20.400 if we're talking about

00:44:21.040 powering the nation

00:44:22.440 on this stuff

00:44:23.120 it's not working

00:44:24.060 I saw some other stuff

00:44:25.240 apparently

00:44:25.780 I haven't verified that

00:44:27.440 but a hail storm

00:44:28.700 sounds like

00:44:29.060 did wreak havoc

00:44:30.360 on a Texas solar farm

00:44:31.840 because that's another thing

00:44:32.720 that can happen

00:44:33.320 is of course

00:44:33.900 weather knocks down

00:44:35.440 those solar projects

00:44:36.260 and hey guess what

00:44:36.960 you've got no juice

00:44:37.880 going on anymore

00:44:38.680 we still need fossil fuels

00:44:40.100 or nuclear

00:44:40.780 hydroelectric

00:44:42.400 in the areas that have it

00:44:43.640 you see what are we

00:44:44.080 supposed to do

00:44:44.460 we only have so many

00:44:45.160 rivers and creeks

00:44:45.800 in Alberta

00:44:46.080 we can't go hydro

00:44:46.960 like some of the areas

00:44:47.780 that's part of the problem too

00:44:49.180 is it's Quebec

00:44:49.740 it's Newfoundland

00:44:50.420 it's Ontario

00:44:50.980 with the massive river systems

00:44:52.600 and hydroelectric generation

00:44:53.720 capability

00:44:54.300 telling us out here

00:44:55.420 while we're sitting

00:44:55.960 on massive resources

00:44:57.260 for natural gas

00:44:58.880 and things for energy

00:44:59.480 but we shouldn't use it

00:45:00.640 we should switch

00:45:01.140 to something else

00:45:01.660 well we don't have

00:45:02.520 that luxury nearby

00:45:03.940 of a big river

00:45:04.760 to dam like that

00:45:05.640 so we use what we've got

00:45:07.100 and it's a very good source

00:45:08.460 just to add one final thing

00:45:11.640 here's a beauty 0.99

00:45:12.220 and that's on the

00:45:12.680 Western Standard site

00:45:13.740 too

00:45:14.040 you know

00:45:14.400 look at the joys

00:45:15.060 986 gazans

00:45:19.260 you know

00:45:19.540 the people

00:45:19.840 Justin said

00:45:20.620 bring them on over

00:45:21.800 because we need

00:45:22.480 to bring more people

00:45:23.980 from the heart

00:45:24.440 land

00:45:25.720 for raping terrorism 0.51

00:45:30.120 in the world

00:45:30.580 and bring them here

00:45:31.380 to Canada

00:45:31.780 because we really need that

00:45:32.800 and lo and behold

00:45:33.580 with this thousand of them

00:45:34.820 they brought in

00:45:35.280 guess what

00:45:35.920 most of them are men

00:45:37.100 yes

00:45:37.620 that's the nature

00:45:38.840 of the gazans

00:45:39.900 because they like

00:45:41.620 supporting the groups

00:45:43.420 that use their women 0.99

00:45:44.260 and children

00:45:44.700 as human shields

00:45:45.540 they can't come over here

00:45:47.020 Hamas won't have 1.00

00:45:48.400 any shields anymore

00:45:49.600 the men come scurrying

00:45:51.060 over here

00:45:51.580 how many of those 986 gazans

00:45:53.840 who are coming to Canada

00:45:54.880 were ones who took part in

00:45:56.660 and supported

00:45:57.280 and helped build up

00:45:57.940 the terrorist attacks

00:45:58.820 of October 7th

00:45:59.980 I don't know

00:46:00.520 but now they're our problem

00:46:01.820 so they poke the hornet's nest

00:46:03.900 Israel of course 0.78

00:46:05.120 predictably

00:46:05.800 retaliates

00:46:07.720 and defends itself

00:46:09.000 and it gets nasty

00:46:10.120 and where do the men go

00:46:11.400 they run for it

00:46:12.840 and they leave their women

00:46:13.820 and children behind 0.80

00:46:14.620 pathetic

00:46:15.240 we need immigration guys

00:46:16.960 we need to have more people

00:46:18.560 but we need to have

00:46:19.280 the right people

00:46:19.980 we need good

00:46:21.560 working

00:46:22.560 law-abiding people

00:46:23.660 and when you dip

00:46:24.180 into the pool of gazans

00:46:25.320 we're willing to leave

00:46:26.260 their women and children

00:46:26.980 behind to come here

00:46:27.640 I don't think we're getting

00:46:28.740 better quality Canadians

00:46:29.920 out of this

00:46:30.460 but

00:46:31.380 welcome to Canada

00:46:33.160 and virtue signaling right

00:46:34.380 just one more way

00:46:35.480 that Trudeau could give

00:46:36.140 the middle finger to Israel 0.82

00:46:37.020 he seems to have

00:46:37.760 quite an obsession

00:46:38.880 with doing that as well

00:46:39.920 all right guys

00:46:41.420 so that's the time

00:46:42.240 I have for today

00:46:43.180 thank you very much

00:46:44.220 for tuning in

00:46:45.340 I appreciate it

00:46:46.760 be sure to

00:46:47.660 you know

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00:46:59.560 so hey

00:47:00.940 check in for the pipeline

00:47:02.500 later on tonight

00:47:03.400 we'll have a panel

00:47:04.060 we'll talk about

00:47:04.560 a bunch more issues

00:47:05.520 and I'll see you all again

00:47:06.780 next week at this time

00:47:08.100 with a whole new guest

00:47:08.940 and a whole new bunch

00:47:09.900 of issues to rant about

00:47:11.060 thanks again

00:47:11.540 I'll see you then

00:47:19.560 we'll see you then

00:47:37.440 Thank you.

Western Standard - March 28, 2024

CMS： The Trudeau government is about to get much worse.

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