Western Standard - May 09, 2021


Exclusive interview with Chris Scott of the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror Alberta


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

148.7319

Word Count

346

Sentence Count

11


Summary

The Whistle Stop Cafe is a place where people can come together to speak out against legislation that they believe is unfair and unjust. In this episode, we speak with the founder of the whistle stop cafe, Chris Scott.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 This is Chris Scott and of course this is the Whistle Stop Cafe end of the day and there's
00:00:28.280 a number of police officers I guess there's been a number of fines tickets that have been sent out
00:00:32.480 and we just thought we would get a quick word from Chris as to how he felt the day went and if it was
00:00:39.680 worth it. The day went well it was absolutely peaceful we got our message out and I mean it's
00:00:47.580 a little wet and muddy and cold but other than that everything's great and of course it's worth
00:00:52.160 it standing up for what you believe in is always worth it. So what do you hope to accomplish today?
00:00:58.280 We need to bring attention to the fact that in Canada right now it is 100% legal and lawful
00:01:06.980 for an unelected official to enact law and impose it on us without any accountability. So that's a
00:01:13.060 problem for me. We should have due process before any of our rights are infringed and we don't have
00:01:18.520 that right now and I think we need to make people aware of that because if it's a cafe today or a
00:01:23.860 church tomorrow you know what's next. And so the message that you would send to all people right
00:01:31.300 now here in Alberta? All the people of Alberta? Thank you. The majority of Albertans are speaking
00:01:38.220 up and they're and they're they're standing up and they're saying this is this is enough this is
00:01:42.380 ridiculous and I'm getting that from both sides of the political spectrum not just the conservative
00:01:47.060 side I have liberal friends I have NDP voting friends who all think that this these restrictions
00:01:52.980 are irresponsible ambiguous ridiculous discriminatory they don't serve their purpose and they're harming
00:02:00.400 Albertans. And so the solution? Stand up that's it period. So thank you very much for taking the time
00:02:11.200 to speak with Western Standard and if you'd like to follow up with us please do so and we will be
00:02:17.400 following up with you. Sure. Thank you very much.