The war on personal automobiles is a war on the individuals, and I m ranting about it. I m talking about Henry Ford's Model T, and why it s a war against the individual, and how it s changed the world.
00:12:58.500All right, that is my secret valentine, Dave Naylor.
00:13:01.680He's also known as our news editor in the Western Standard Newsroom.
00:13:04.780And as I said, it's a lot to keep up with.
00:13:06.600You know, these news check-ins with Dave, I mean, there's just so much always happening and so much going up there at the Standard all the time.
00:13:13.980some horrific ones like that sick, sick rapist of a child. And it sounds like a bad one with a
00:13:20.120animal abuse coming in there, but a lot of political stuff too, and things. And, you know,
00:13:23.500we, we cover every kind of news, good and bad. I mean, that's part of what wears some people out
00:13:28.120in newsrooms is some of the horrible stuff you got to write about at times too.
00:13:32.820So let's get back some of the comments here. I see Leanne. Well, I see Cheryl coming from Mexico.1.00
00:13:37.140Well, good for you. I don't want to hear about it. Actually, it's pretty nice here in Calgary,
00:13:41.020but it's not Mexico right now. And Leanne begs Leonard Singh, watching from Merrickville,
00:13:45.460Ontario, they'll never take my truck. I need it for work. And no, I'll be keeping my gas-powered
00:13:50.040truck, my diesel backhoe and diesel-powered quad and gas-powered sawmill. See, that is an
00:13:56.840independent person right there. This is what authoritarians despise. This is somebody who's
00:14:01.260not going to be easily controlled. And I tell you what, having your own backhoe is a great thing for
00:14:06.240your individual security, especially if you own firearms too, and you want to protect your
00:14:09.860property. Sometimes those things can work hand in hand in a great way to make sure you're a lot
00:14:14.060safer and your property is protected. But yes, the authoritarians don't want that. They want you
00:14:18.160dependent on the state. They want you to have to ask for whatever, whether it's to travel,
00:14:23.320to move, to work, whatever it's going to be. And guys, it's happening. You know, it's not a
00:14:27.100conspiracy. As Karen Mitchell saying, once again, the conspiracy theory is coming true. Yeah. I mean,
00:14:32.700these aren't conspiracies. It's just happening out there, guys. Rock Girl saying counties are
00:14:37.700fighting the stupid changes too. Yeah, I know, these municipal governments, you know, only four
00:14:41.260chickens, a rain barrel considered to be a pond. Yeah, you don't have the right to the water you're
00:14:45.500collecting in a rain barrel. That's how insane these guys are getting. Limits on outbuildings,
00:14:49.280a doghouse is considered one, no unapproved fencing. Yeah, this is in the rural areas.
00:14:54.020It's crazy. And, you know, it's our own fault to a degree. We've got to get up, got to vote out
00:15:00.660those municipal politicians, pay attention to them, see who they are, and vote. I mean,
00:15:05.400our apathy is biting us in the ass. This is why the extremists and they are extremists. This is
00:15:10.820how they're getting to lead large cities. This is how they're dominating councils because we0.99
00:15:15.680aren't paying attention. When you get a 20% voter turnout, these crackpots can get in there and stay
00:15:21.300in there. You've got to fire them now and then you've got to pay attention to what they're doing.
00:15:25.160You can't let them dismiss these things as conspiracy theories while they regulate and
00:15:29.820legislate our freedoms into oblivion. It's happening everywhere. People keep asking. I saw
00:15:34.860somebody tweeted at me the other day, you know, I don't get it with Calgary. You vote conservative
00:15:39.440provincially and federally, and he keeps sticking those liberals in the city council. Yeah, I know.
00:15:44.660It's maddening. You know, one of the areas, and I know people cringe when I talk about it,
00:15:48.540is maybe getting a party system. In Vancouver, they got a party system. They actually got a mayor
00:15:52.080who came in on a crackdown on crime stance. And I don't think he'd have been able to do that
00:15:57.260without a party. See, the reason these civic politicians, what they do is they campaign
00:16:00.920conservative. Ninchy did it. He pretended to be a friend of business, you know, so did to a lesser
00:16:06.020degree, though. So did Gondek. And then once they got in, of course, they went full socialist.
00:16:10.720And well, what happened once they're in with people that was too much work to fire them. So
00:16:14.500they don't fire them and they stay in. You got to fire them. You got to look into what they're
00:16:18.260actually talking about. But as long as we keep electing them, unfortunately, you know, people
00:16:22.700say when, you know, in a democracy, you get the government you deserve. Well, now I'm getting
00:16:26.560the government some other asshole deserves. They voted for these people, not me. But we need to
00:16:30.220engage each other. We need to get politically active. We need to do these things. Um, another
00:16:35.320point from Karen Mitchell, we're talking about that, that rail disaster, that mess and those
00:16:38.200chemicals out in East Palestine, the States and whatever's burning out there, it's awful. And
00:16:42.280then pointing out if we had pipelines, we wouldn't need rail. At least for some individual chemicals,
00:16:46.360it's still probably better to move by rail. But when we're looking at a crude oil products and
00:16:50.160some refined products, yeah, get those pipes. People, railways, I mean, they've served their
00:16:54.920purpose. They, they have served it and they'll continue, but they're not the best mode to move
00:16:59.580everything. And we're going to see more of these because the demand for oil and gas isn't going
00:17:03.920away. No matter what loopy people like Prime Minister Trudeau do to try and shut it down or
00:17:08.880Joe Biden does down in the States, it's not going away. The demand's going up. So we're just putting
00:17:13.500more and more on trains. I wouldn't be surprised if all these balloons we're seeing all over the
00:17:17.060place were actually clandestine ways of trying to find ways to ship oil by balloon, maybe,
00:17:22.480you know, because we can't do it through a pipeline. But you see people, as long as they
00:17:24.780want it, they're going to get it. And, uh, the, the oil and gas sector isn't going away. They're
00:17:30.840just making it more and more difficult on us all the time. And we're paying that price. Uh,
00:17:37.060never separate, uh, celebrate February 14th as a heart day. I don't know. Uh, Cheryl asking what
00:17:42.900happened to Mel Risdon. Mel still, I saw a call from her the other day, but there's a, she's moved
00:17:47.040on some other projects and things. I'm not totally sure, but she's still around. Uh, and here's,
00:17:51.860you know, a good point again from, from Carol saying, uh, your municipal governments affect
00:17:54.980you the most and they do. And they, we've really got to start watching these things guys.
00:18:00.220Uh, so let's see here. What else we got going? Uh, something else David mentioned, you know,
00:18:05.520and this is an interesting from, and we have been watching that on Twitter, the taxpayers
00:18:08.880federation and that, that, that picture that came up of, they did a freedom of information request
00:18:14.020on, um, uh, who stayed in that 6,000, a night hotel room in, in England and, uh, you know,
00:18:23.320for the queen's funeral. And they returned it. It was a very simple question. They put the request
00:18:27.500in just to let's ask a straightforward question, get a name. And they sent it back, said, here it
00:18:32.480is the name and stayed in the suite. But of course then they redacted it and, and, and inked it out.
00:18:36.980I mean, you know, it was true though in there. Actually, Nigel differs with me on the, in the,
00:18:42.720in the newsroom. He thinks maybe it was Sandra Oh. Because you've got to remember, Justin Trudeau
00:18:47.100brought in an entourage with him of people like Sandra Oh, who's an actress, had nothing to do
00:18:50.940with government or nothing to do with the Queen. I guess just Justin thought she was neat, so he
00:18:54.280wanted to spend our tax dollars to take her out on a vacation. But $6,000 for a room for a night.1.00
00:19:00.500Good Lord. Meanwhile, the room wasn't big enough, because as we said, Justin went down
00:19:06.120into the lobby of the hotel to do his little karaoke stunt, which again is pure Justin Trudeau.
00:19:12.720The reason he did that is because if he did it in his giant 6,000 a night suite, well, that's fine, but nobody would be able to see it.
00:19:19.800Nobody would be able to share the video and put it on TikTok and say, oh, look at Justin being so hip and interesting and different and trendy.
00:19:27.740This is a small scandal, but it's also big.
00:19:30.700People bring up the $16 orange juice of Bavota in the past.
00:19:33.880Yes, when it's our money, then it turns big.
00:19:37.980when we're having a hard time making the mortgage, when we're having a hard time making ends meet,
00:19:41.080we see government frittering away money on things like that. Yes, we get upset. And we should.
00:19:47.760These guys are going to start answering to us. Now, I think our guest was going to be a bit
00:19:51.860delayed, but perhaps he's made it into the lobby at this time. If he can give me a thumbs up. Oh,
00:19:55.680no, I've lost him. Okay. Oh, he was just checking in on stuff, I bet. That's what's going on there.
00:19:59.960So we will have that guest on in a little while, and that's fine. And I'll continue covering some
00:20:04.580some more of the issues going on out there. So yeah, this taxpayer federation thing, though,
00:20:07.900I mean, what's the point of a freedom of information request if, you know, you can't
00:20:14.700get the information back? It's our money. It's our information. It's what we should feel and be
00:20:21.980entitled to. And we are getting access to it. And it's a real problematic thing.
00:20:30.140Let's see. Yeah, this is another one that we need to get some information on. The Canadian
00:20:33.120Revenue Agency said it investigated claims made by a caller to a Toronto radio station. I guess
00:20:38.040somebody phoned a radio station in Toronto, and it boasted employees fraudulently claimed
00:20:42.560pandemic relief benefits. Now, okay, this is how anybody can pick up a phone and claim things and
00:20:48.680state it, so it might be a load of garbage. But, you know, they tried to follow up, and it sounds
00:20:54.060like they've kind of admitted, yeah, there's been some cases. The CRA investigates substantive
00:20:59.620leads to questionable conduct. And the revenue commissioner said, I don't have the numbers right
00:21:04.300in front of me. Not very many though. And no, none have gone to a criminal investigation. Again,
00:21:09.280getting back to our money and the entitlement. Now CRA union members have been pushing for
00:21:14.460a 30% raise. They're threatening to strike. And here they are doing that. And it sounds like a
00:21:22.860number of them actually got in there and managed to collect CERB whilst they were in CRA and could
00:21:28.840be the ones who could actually hide that collection man we've really got to get some
00:21:32.120investigations but we can't get answers uh once more i'll just kind of check if he's available
00:21:37.840if our guest is ready give me a thumbs up i will pop you in shortly if not we'll wait until uh
00:21:42.100okay so i'm gonna run a quick ad here from one of our sponsors and then we will get on to talking
00:21:47.140about energy in quebec it's really quite interesting he's coming from a much different
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00:22:17.420Okay, so I'm going to speak with, and I apologize in advance, I'm probably going to slaughter your0.94
00:22:22.420name, but I'm going to give it another crack. David Boudouille Lefebvre with Boudouille Public
00:22:28.320Affairs. And you speak on, well, Quebec Public Affairs. Yes, of course. Nice to meet you,
00:22:34.900Corey. Nice to be here with your audience today. Yes. I appreciate you coming on. And it's in
00:22:40.640regards to a recent piece you put out, was posted on your site there about Quebec potentially
00:22:47.280running out of energy. I mean, we've always seen Quebec as a powerhouse of hydroelectric
00:22:51.460electricity and it seemed like it was almost an unlimited resource but as you describe it
00:22:56.820sounds like in reality they could be quite vulnerable there right now yes definitely
00:23:01.540uh interesting that you bring that up because because part of our quebec now newsletter is
00:23:05.940to to to instruct and also educate people from across the country about you know the main issues
00:23:11.140about quebec and sometimes you know you you find some shifts in the issues in quebec that's that's
00:23:16.340interesting for other people and this is definitely one you know the news that hydro quebec is
00:23:20.820thinking about refusing some industrial project because they will lack the ability to supply them
00:23:26.820is something that actually was quite surprising to a lot of Quebecers and definitely of interest
00:23:32.420to English Canada, you know, as the province moves forward. And, you know, in fact, it's a
00:23:38.340little bit of a good news because you have a lot of industrial projects that want to develop in
00:23:42.420Quebec, but you would never have imagined that they could be short of power.
00:23:46.900Well, yeah, and in power, I mean, it's essential for, well, the cost of living for your citizenry or any expansion of a commercial base.
00:23:54.900I mean, if your businesses can't get a steady or affordable supply of power, they're not going to locate there.
00:24:00.320No, exactly. And, you know, Quebec has not always had and still does not have the most favorable, I would say, corporate tax system to bring some companies in.
00:24:09.480Like you would have Florida and Texas, for example, that would have very favorable taxation system to bring people in.0.86
00:24:14.820And Quebec used to be quite flush with labor, you know, but now not so much so, you know, with an unemployment rate under 4%, you know, Ontario still has a lot of workers that they can offer at that reasonable price to businesses.
00:24:29.160But Quebec's advantage has really always been on the hydroelectricity side, that they were able to offer very good rates to foreign companies and to people that wanted to do business, including domestic companies from Quebec and companies from Canada.
00:24:42.180But right now, what's in jeopardy is, you know, as the supply dwindles compared to what the demand is, well, something we'll have to give.
00:24:50.640Either people will not be able to get the power or that electric power will be more expensive, which is what we think that Quebec will have, whether it really wants it or not, to turn towards other sources of energy to put in its mix.
00:25:06.680Because even if they want to build the hydroelectricity dam, that's going to take 8 to 15 years.
00:25:12.180Yeah, well, and something that's been a frustration for us who are more accustomed out here in Alberta with hydrocarbon-based energy sources is the knowledge.
00:25:20.620And it was some Alberta-based companies were kind of investing, looking at there's some significant natural gas fields in Quebec that could provide a ready amount of power in relatively short order, at least not the eight to ten years that it would take for a hydroelectric project.
00:25:33.880But Quebec has now banned any more further development of any of those resources in the province anymore.
00:25:38.280So it sort of frustrates when perhaps you're approaching an energy shortage, yet you're shutting down alternative forms of energy before they even get started.
00:25:46.640Definitely. And I completely understand your point.
00:25:49.440And you see Quebec has included in its mix of, you know, supply supply of energy over the last few years, you know, windmills, solar, biomass, biogas.
00:26:00.220But there will come a point where just the amount of megawatts or petajoules, whatever you want to call them, you will need at least some energy transition in the meantime while you build the dams and you try to bring more hydroelectricity to the grid.
00:26:14.980And definitely the natural gas reserves is someplace where I think Quebec would have an interest going to.
00:26:22.140We'll see what happens with the current government and where they want to move in.
00:26:24.880But definitely there's a need for Quebec to bring more kind of energy in the mix.
00:26:30.220a little bit like alberta has also done so alberta was very very heavy in hydrocarbon but now you
00:26:35.980start to have some windmill you start to have different projects we understand that the quebec
00:26:39.900culture regarding energy is much different than albertas or even atlantic canada or ontario but
00:26:45.820more and more jurisdiction are getting to the point where they need to have more safety of supply
00:26:51.340bring more kind of different different energy sources in the mix and we think quebec is something
00:26:55.900that they will be most probably willing to explore over the next few months or years,
00:27:00.460if only because, you know, they will want the jobs and they will want the economy growth that comes
00:27:05.260from companies that want to be established in Quebec and work.
00:27:08.700Yeah, well, I mean, a sense of pragmatism, you know, eventually comes in when you realize that
00:27:12.540your economy might be suffering for the lack of diversity. Something I didn't see mentioned was
00:27:17.900nuclear. Is that a consideration of expansion? There's the modular nuclear plants that are
00:27:22.300being developed or even conventional ones that can do reactors uh has there been any consideration
00:27:27.820of expanding any of that in quebec good question especially as as i think dog ford in ontario has
00:27:34.220has been adamant that you know he would like to bring you know to continue to bring uh nuclear
00:27:38.860power in the mix quebec basically only ever had i think one or two nuclear planet agent region
00:27:44.940they've been shut down a few years ago not multiple they've really been shut down
00:27:49.100so i i think i think in terms of nuclear energy the the the the curve to bring it back in the
00:27:54.460mix would be very very steep for quebec uh would require investment a lot a lot of people to work
00:28:00.860on the file and probably also you know quebec basically lost its expertise in nuclear when
00:28:06.060those when those plants shut down so i i would say and i would say the volume that you would
00:28:11.020need to bring to make a difference definitely not not as interesting as renewables and what
00:29:11.620I think probably some of those projects will have to be re-evaluated, especially as they would reduce supply and increase, you know, even more pressure on the grid.
00:29:22.120I think Quebec needs to accelerate development of other sources of energy.
00:29:26.960Not, I think, yes, as a transition toward building more dams, but also being able to, you know, to give a solution to people over the next three to five years.
00:29:36.960And in terms of energy, three to five years is literally tomorrow morning.
00:29:40.020And the other thing that the government will need to do is continue to put forward and promote programs into energy efficiency.
00:29:48.020But these are a double edged sword because usually those programs, you put energy efficiency on the same level of decarbonation.
00:29:55.680Yes, but if you're more efficient, whether you use diesel or heavy fuels, well, then you will use the electricity.
00:30:01.860So in a way, it is a quagmire and you need to reduce your energy dependency only on hydro.
00:30:09.120And at the same time, you need to make sure that new projects are more efficient.
00:30:12.860So definitely Quebec has quite a challenge on its hands that even just a few years ago, there's not many people that start coming.
00:30:20.400Well, yeah, and as you said, Quebec has made perhaps commitments to New England area or New York for providing electrical services.
00:30:28.680But if they reevaluate or back out on those deals, that could come with some serious repercussions as well.
00:30:34.300I mean, those states have been dependent and expecting that power source to be coming on stream, right?
00:30:39.120Yeah, I think the one with the state of New York, honestly, it's something that you cannot really get out with for the reason that you that you say that, that, you know, there will be some very, very heavy penalties.
00:30:49.360But, you know, should they reconsider the one that they plan to do with Massachusetts?
00:30:54.040Should they try to renegotiate the race with other smaller export programs and projects that they have with the US?
00:31:00.000uh definitely i think this should be this should be on the table because otherwise politically
00:31:05.700there will be a price to pay if if uh hydroquebec needs to i would say increase or jack up the prices
00:31:11.840especially for residential customers so that that's going to be an interesting topic and and
00:31:16.900it is something that from an energy perspective i think that should be that should be monitored
00:31:21.620because it could it could redefine some some of the uh you know energy boundaries in the country
00:31:27.760And it definitely, you know, Quebec has felt very safe with IDRO for decades.
00:31:33.140You know, they felt, well, we don't really need to engage into those big and large energy affordability and supply discussions.
00:31:40.760Well, I think it's about time that we have the debate here also.
00:31:43.700And I think this situation will bring the debate whether people want to have it or not.
00:31:49.200Well, the debates will always come no matter how long you put them off.
00:31:52.740It's just a matter of whether they're going to be on your terms by the time they get to you.
00:31:55.960So I guess you're sort of started sounding the alarm early on this.
00:31:59.060I mean, there's still time to start perhaps changing some attitudes and direction before it potentially becomes a crisis.
00:32:07.360And also, you know, both from a Quebec standpoint and also from a Canada standpoint,
00:32:12.600there's also the question that you always want to maintain your good reputation in front of foreign investors, financial markets.
00:32:20.260And, you know, usually investors and markets don't like uncertainty.
00:32:24.120And you certainly want to make sure that Quebec addresses this problem before it becomes a crisis, also in order to be able to reassure those investors and people that honestly want to do open and transparent business in the province.
00:32:36.720Well, I appreciate you bringing it up and laying it out. I hope it's been getting some appreciation in Quebec as well.
00:32:42.260Can you tell us a little more about your public affairs company and other issues, perhaps, that you're following right now?
00:32:48.500Yes, so I'm welcoming the opportunity. Basically, we set up shop at the end of 2020, because we found that there were some inefficiencies in the market that some companies, associations, especially from English Canada, didn't have the right conduit for Quebec, were not willing to go into the market, because they didn't speak the language, didn't know the Quebec culture.
00:33:10.320And honestly, I will say bluntly, it pissed me off a little bit to see a lot of very good people and very good project missing opportunities because of that.
00:33:18.360So we said, let's build a firm that can help those English Canadian associations and companies do business in Quebec and do it the right way.
00:33:26.440Because a lot of people tell us, Quebec is different. It's not another province. It's like being in another country, like doing business in Germany or Italy.
00:33:33.560And I say, you're exactly right. But it's not a reason that it's not a reason good enough not to do business in Quebec.
00:33:39.920And, you know, I would say our business is basically 80 percent clients from English Canada and 20 percent for Quebec.
00:33:45.460But really the clients that we work with, whether it's on natural resource, financial sector, health care, definitely to help and provide them the services that they require to work with the government of Quebec, which is, by the way, very open to do so.
00:33:59.600But they just need the right people to knock on the door and they need to write to me and they need the right projects to get in.
00:34:05.400Great. So before I let you go, where can people find your site and where your services are?
00:34:10.920So they can find us mainly on our website at www.boudwell.com. Just send us a line,
00:34:19.840send us a contact and it will be our pleasure to discuss with you. I always say we're like
00:34:24.240a lawyer office or an accountant office. First call is always free.
00:34:28.020Great. Okay. Well, I appreciate you coming on to talk to us today. And I really do appreciate
00:34:32.100getting a different perspective on things from that part of the country we we don't communicate
00:34:35.780with or understand as clearly as we should sometimes so uh thank you i i hope things go
00:34:40.500well and we can talk to you again soon much appreciated cory say hi to everybody thanks
00:34:45.300i will do thank you so that was uh david uh and uh yes that's a goodwill.com again i'm
00:34:53.060probably terribly pronouncing it but if you can spell it and find it and get there and he can
00:34:56.260certainly correct you and it's interesting so it's it's a an intermediary i guess you know of
00:35:01.300a service because we are different between quebec and alberta and quebec and bc and quebec and
00:35:06.020newfoundland but alberta is different from newfoundland as well and and yes i guess we're
00:35:09.860seeing lost business opportunities because people are dismissing the potential uh because they don't
00:35:14.740necessarily understand each other so having somebody in the middle to help us facilitate
00:35:18.660those discussions it can only be good for investors on both sides and again uh he's certainly willing
00:35:24.820to poke into some of the issues i think that some people would rather not talk about like
00:35:28.260the almost sacred status of Quebec's hydroelectric system, you need some blunt looks at it and see
00:35:36.100what's going on before you lead to a potential crisis down the road. And energy, I mean, it's
00:35:40.440a big issue all the way around the world and in every province. So it was good to see a different
00:35:44.820discussion coming up there. All right, I'll get back to the comments. Speaking of some of the
00:35:49.760national things going on, I see Carrie Lynn Oldford asked earlier talking about Smith accepting the
00:35:54.300the health care deal from Ottawa. Yeah. Now you see, we're seeing some ugly politics going on
00:35:59.300there. And, you know, we had the big health summit and the handshake and all that. But meanwhile,
00:36:03.840there was an increase offered that really, when you spread it over 10 years, isn't a heck of a
00:36:08.580lot, but it would be an increase. The politics of it is where Premier Smith or any other premier
00:36:14.860for that matter is over a barrel because they have the task. Every premier has the task of
00:36:20.640delivering health care. That's their job. That's constitutionally the way it is. Funding it,
00:36:25.760you know, provincially is most of the funding still comes from the provinces, but a good chunk
00:36:29.720comes in the federal health transfer. And what happens is you go to these things with Turto or
00:36:34.920any prime minister and they say, we're going to offer this much, but we need you guys all to agree
00:36:38.540to it. If any premier doesn't agree to it, then suddenly you'll see Rachel Notley jumping up and0.99
00:36:45.960down and Jagmeet saying, everybody else lighting their hair on fire. So look at this, look at this,
00:36:48.840This Premier Smith in Alberta is just refusing to take the money,
00:36:52.500and their health care is going to suffer,
00:36:53.980and they will use it as a hammer to keep hitting the Premier with.
00:36:56.560Every time there's a shortcoming, they'd say,
00:36:58.140well, you know what, we would have more ambulances
00:36:59.400if Smith had accepted that health transfer,
00:37:02.980or if Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, they'd say,
00:37:05.360oh, that hospital wouldn't be overwhelmed
00:37:06.920if he had taken that money from Trudeau.
00:37:09.040So it puts them between a rock and a hard place.
00:37:11.200Personally, I'd like to see the government,
00:37:12.720the federal government, rate the hell out of it then.
00:37:15.460Just cut, you know, stay out of health care.
00:37:18.640altogether, let the provinces raise their own funds and distribute them how they will. And then
00:37:23.720just leave us alone. But either way, yeah, it's the only thing I was watching for was making sure
00:37:30.220there weren't too many conditions laid on. And surprisingly, there weren't too many. I was happy
00:37:33.980to see it. You know, he just said stay within the Health Act, which is actually a lot broader than
00:37:37.480some people make it out to be. So he didn't try to put too much of a hindrance on premiers with
00:37:44.960what was going out though. It's still, it's, I don't like watching them go back and forth. I
00:37:48.800prefer more provincial independence whenever possible, particularly with healthcare and
00:37:52.400things like that. Uh, let's see. Um, Cliff saying hydro is not nature friendly. Nuclear is a better
00:37:58.200option. Yeah. You know, every, every energy source. And that's where some of the energy
00:38:01.620discussions come to is there's no zero impact energy source. None. I mean, some have more and
00:38:08.160some have less. Uh, nuclear, uh, is very cost prohibitive to get into. And of course people
00:38:13.720are fearful of the the possibilities that will happen with an accident though I mean again take
00:38:17.640if you look at statistically nuclear is very very safe but all the same it's got its downsides it's
00:38:23.060got its upsides low on emissions hydro low on emissions but again you're going to dam and block
00:38:27.660up and flood very large tracts of land that isn't necessarily all that friendly you know coal of
00:38:34.940course well we know what coal is about we're getting better and better and there's not enough
00:38:37.800discussion of that too that we can we've got clean burning coal technology we're getting better and
00:38:42.540better. And we get carbon sequestration and all sorts of things. But there's a number of them.
00:38:47.300And it's not either or, you know, that's, that's part of it. I don't have a problem with wind
00:38:52.100developments going on. Just don't say that you have to shut down the oil and gas in order to
00:38:57.020have it. If you want to have it there as a supplemental thing and investors think it's
00:38:59.940worthwhile getting into. That's the big one though. Go for it. You know, if you can find the
00:39:04.060land and people want to do it, but they forced it and they make it, you see, the problem is people
00:39:07.700aren't embracing these, these harebrained alternative energy, uh, sources. So that's
00:39:12.560where they're thinking. It's similar to the cars. They think if we could just shut down the oil and
00:39:15.940gas, people will switch. Well, no, you have to come up with the alternative before you can shut
00:39:20.960down the last one. But these ideologues don't listen to reason. They don't understand that.
00:39:26.400And, uh, we all pay a terrible price for it. Uh, let's see what else is happening in the news
00:39:31.420today. Yes. ERA making a mess. This is something interesting. Actually, I didn't even know they
00:39:36.280still going on i haven't had to in a while but cabinet has actually formally dropped the last
00:39:40.920of their mask mandates there were still actually some mask mandates going on it was in the the
00:39:45.480service canada offices i guess if you had to go in you know for passport um renewals and so on
00:39:51.080it's funny because i drove by uh in northeast calgary one of those service canada offices
00:39:54.680the other day and it's still lined up way out into the parking lot these these guys are so backed up
00:39:59.240so inefficient so terrible that they can't even renew passports and do basic things but they've
00:40:03.080been forcing people to wear masks actually until recently and i guess even some of them the office
00:40:08.600managers and so on are still getting on people's cases and turning them away uh conservative mp
00:40:13.480rosemary falk was uh saying she's getting phone calls saying the services are limited and somebody
00:40:18.520was turned away for not having a mask even though she had a medical exemption this fanaticism they
00:40:23.480got ingrained into us uh over the course well not all of us but they know they really pushed into a
00:40:27.640lot of people particularly pointy-headed busybody bureaucrats who just love control they love to
00:40:32.920get their thumb on somebody and force them to move which way they will. And of course, masks are
00:40:38.240one of those ways to do it. They're finally starting to drop it. So if, well, you know,
00:40:46.760here's one of the hard things. I would almost say, you know, if you go to a Service Canada office and
00:40:50.460they tell you to put on a mask, you tell them to go to hell. But you see, the problem is, and this
00:40:53.380is where they get you by the short and curlies, they'll turn you out. They'll have security kick
00:40:57.020out and say you're being belligerent and you won't be able to get the service done. Or they will do
00:41:02.040things, you know, you'll fill out your form and it'll get filed, you know, in the circular file
00:41:06.400in the back. And you will wonder why when you're trying to take your trip that your passport still
00:41:10.240hasn't arrived. Unfortunately, fighting with them can turn out to be a bad tactic. And I hate that
00:41:19.280because I believe in, in fighting back. Okay. It looks like just a quick update that
00:47:55.680They're going to work or they're trying to.
00:47:57.460I saw somebody relating that on social media the other day saying they were on a train and all of the commuters, the workers, the taxpayers were all huddled on one end together for like safety in numbers.
00:48:08.640Whereas on the other end, of course, were all the reprobates and rough sorts were all on the other side, you know, bashing around, making a racket, being aggressive and doing what they do.
00:49:22.540The taxpayers are the ones who are vulnerable.
00:49:23.860and uh it's funny how the cities go out of their way to to deny and hide from the crime that these
00:49:31.260vulnerable people do if you remember and it's been sitting there since uh the uh gpr anomalies
00:49:39.740were discovered in kamloops i'm bouncing a little here but you know we remember in kamloops by the
00:49:43.640site of an old residential school there's a bunch of gpr anomalies they still haven't actually found
00:49:46.820a body yet not one they haven't tried either so uh whether there's bodies there or not who knows
00:49:52.420but it set, of course, the world on fire. Things went crazy. Well, they set up a big,
00:49:57.240I don't know what you call it, memorial on the steps of City Hall in Calgary. And people threw
00:50:01.540hundreds and hundreds of teddy bears there and shoes and all sorts of stuff. And then
00:50:05.980it looks like crap now. It's all going moldy and mildewy and everything. And it's just turning
00:50:11.040into, you know, weather's taking over, but the city's got it fenced in because nobody has the
00:50:14.420courage to take it away and say, maybe now we can have our steps back. And somebody went and lit it
00:50:20.340on fire. Yeah, they went and lit the teddy bears on fire. And everybody went nuts. This is white1.00
00:50:24.340supremacists. This is, oh, this is a sign of those evil Albertans, those Calgarians. And they're0.68
00:50:29.160trying to kill a memorial for kids. And the second time it was lit on fire. And then they said,
00:50:33.220oh, it was a vulnerable person. In fact, it turned out it was probably a First Nations person.0.62
00:50:37.360Then we never heard about it again. Likewise, somebody went into City Hall, lit a bunch of
00:50:42.120fires, caused millions in damage, set off the sprinklers, alarms, and everything.
00:50:45.540vulnerable person. Yes, it turned out it was a vulnerable person. Somebody went to the peace
00:50:51.120bridge and smashed a bunch of the windows out on it, causing again, hundreds and hundreds of
00:50:55.100thousands of dollars of damage. Right now it's just got chain link on it. This bridge that cost
00:50:58.960us $25 million. Vulnerable person. Well, for a vulnerable person, they're pretty damaging guys.
00:51:07.340Maybe a little reality there should be popping in. Speaking of reality, if you want the crazy
00:51:13.000side of politics? Or is it that crazy? Is it unusual? John Tory, you know, he couldn't keep
00:51:18.140his pecker in his pants, I guess, and decided to have his way with one of the staffers. I don't
00:51:24.660know some of the details. It's like they came out and admitted to it and he implied he was going to
00:51:28.280resign. So I guess he was expecting more information or something. And then now they're
00:51:32.500kind of packing off and people are trying to encourage him to stay on as mayor. I don't know.
00:51:37.440that's what a mess. What a mess. First rule is just don't screw your staff. You know, this
00:51:44.320shouldn't be that complicated. I mean, the other part is you're married. You shouldn't be screwing
00:51:49.080anybody other than your wife. But I mean, just levels and levels of wrong going on here. I mean,
00:51:55.740I guess it makes me feel better when we've had our mayors like Gondek and Nenshi, whereas Toronto
00:52:00.680has had, you know, a crackhead and a cocksmith. I can't wait to see what they come up next. But1.00
00:52:06.860But, you know, again, getting back to people, we've got to pay better attention to our municipal politicians.
00:52:13.040Though, again, John Tory is first, you know, far from the first politician who's gotten himself in trouble with meddling around with staff or just otherwise with his weenie.
00:52:28.160You know, just, hey, if you're feeling stressed out in office and everything else, don't go into the sex.
00:58:26.100Great show, guys. Check it out on streaming if you watch that sort of thing.
00:58:30.780And just that reminder again, yeah, we got that new columnist, Rahim Mohamed.
00:58:34.120He's really been ripping it up great so far on the NDP and really laying out what the future is going to look like with more NDP members going into cabinet and perhaps being, you know, if they get into power again in this province, boy, we are in a lot of trouble.