Western Standard - April 19, 2022


Jean Charest and the WEF


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The World Economic Forum is a place where the fancy people in private jets go and talk about things and have a great time on the ski slopes. It s a place to meet people and get things done. But it s also a place that can be used to advance the agenda of elitist ideologues like Klaus Schwab and Jean Charest.

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00:00:00.000 Economic Forum, World Economic Forum, I know, I know, it's been driven into the ground, but it just keeps coming up.
00:00:05.940 And it seems as if no politician, prominent business person, or media personality can't say anything without a chorus of voices saying that person is a WEF plant or something.
00:00:13.860 It's really kind of actually gotten out of control.
00:00:16.140 Unfortunately, after a couple of years, a bad government policy, a massive increase in authoritarianism, and some conspiracy theories actually proving to be true, though, the WEF thing really grows some legs.
00:00:26.900 The thing with the WEF is that it isn't a conspiracy. It's right there in front of us.
00:00:31.420 It's a group of elitists headed by Klaus Schwab who meet annually and discuss plans and means to bring about world socialism.
00:00:38.060 They openly speak of using what they call the Great Reset as a means to expand government and reset the economic systems of the world into some sort of form of centralized collectivism.
00:00:48.160 Now, while the wish list of the WEF is bold and odious, it doesn't mean they're actually getting anywhere with it.
00:00:53.780 While they like to brag about how many decision makers they have on board, they don't exert nearly the amount of control that many attribute to them.
00:01:00.920 I mean, just because a person's attended one of their events doesn't mean that they embrace the ideology of the group.
00:01:05.160 Or just because the group's endorsed or referenced somebody, it doesn't mean that person's controlled or even approves of that group.
00:01:10.480 If you label everybody as a WEF adherent, nobody is a WEF adherent.
00:01:14.940 Now, some people really are adherents to the WEF ideology.
00:01:17.480 Some people really think the organization's plans are a great idea and the government should be implementing them.
00:01:22.920 You don't need to do some sort of deep dive to find these folks like the World Economic Forum itself.
00:01:30.380 It's right in the open.
00:01:31.560 So I'm going to play a two-minute clip of Conservative Party of Canada leadership contender Jean Charest as he spoke to Terry Malusky back in 2018 with the CBC about the World Economic Forum.
00:01:43.140 And let's hear what Jean Charest has to say about that organization.
00:01:46.040 Premier of Quebec and the former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Charest.
00:01:50.600 I'm very glad you were able to join us, Mr. Charest, and I appreciate your time very much.
00:01:54.400 I want you to know, first of all, if I can ask you, how can this trip to Davos serve Trudeau's purpose?
00:02:01.080 I mean, how important is it really in promoting Canadian business?
00:02:04.320 Does it make a difference?
00:02:05.980 Well, Davos is an interesting opportunity.
00:02:08.120 I went nine times as Premier of Quebec, and the advantage, Terry, is that there are a lot of decision makers concentrated in the same place, same time,
00:02:16.900 and you can meet a lot of people and get a lot of work done.
00:02:20.080 You've been there so many times.
00:02:22.080 Give me an example.
00:02:23.160 I mean, what happens that actually, I'm thinking of the CETA example.
00:02:28.380 Yes.
00:02:28.760 It grew out of, I think, you tell me if this is right or wrong, out of some backroom meeting you had at Davos, right?
00:02:34.740 In 2007, and there were a number of people in Europe at the time that I consulted.
00:02:41.240 One of them was the ex-president of Mexico who had done that.
00:02:43.860 A gentleman named Dio.
00:02:45.620 So the point is, that's where you can meet these people and get things done.
00:02:49.980 So it is a place where you can advance your cause, but it's also a place where typically countries like India or China will go to present themselves.
00:02:59.720 Okay, final word now on the big picture, I guess.
00:03:03.160 For most people watching this, they know that Davos is a place where the fancy people in private jets go and talk about things
00:03:10.180 and have a great time and maybe hit the ski slopes.
00:03:13.500 What can you point to to tell the average folks that it makes a difference, that economic results actually do emerge from Davos?
00:03:21.940 You mentioned CETA.
00:03:22.820 Well, that was a long time.
00:03:23.640 That was 2007.
00:03:24.760 What have you done for us lately?
00:03:26.180 Well, Terry, it's very simple.
00:03:27.900 First of all, I don't know if a single politician went to Davos who actually skied.
00:03:32.080 Look at it as a shopping centre for politicians in the sense that it's an opportunity where you can meet a lot of political investors,
00:03:40.300 that there are companies that will or have or are interested in investing in your country in a very short period of time.
00:03:46.420 And it's a very efficient way of doing business if you look at it that way.
00:03:49.700 So even, yes, it is elitist.
00:03:51.880 It is.
00:03:52.480 There's no doubt about that.
00:03:53.880 Movie stars and people.
00:03:55.560 But at the end of the day, a prime minister can get a lot of good work done in Davos when they're well organized to meet a lot of decision makers.
00:04:04.080 Jean Charest, always a pleasure to have you on, sir.
00:04:05.940 Thanks for this.
00:04:06.740 Thank you.
00:04:07.420 Jean Charest, former premier of Quebec.
00:04:09.020 So, yeah, I mean, as can be seen and heard, there's no nefarious hidden agenda.
00:04:14.980 It's all right there in front of us.
00:04:17.060 Sheree is being candid, if nothing else.
00:04:18.860 And I don't fault Sheree for admitting the event is elitist.
00:04:22.120 Any gathering of world leaders will indeed be so by nature.
00:04:25.680 I agree meetings need to be held between politicians and business leaders in order to get things done.
00:04:30.660 What I don't agree with, though, is that these meetings need to be done with a group that carries an open mandate to take advantage of world misery due to a pandemic
00:04:37.340 in order to impose what they call a reset.
00:04:40.860 This is disturbing.
00:04:42.220 Conferences and gatherings are essential, and they need themes.
00:04:45.260 They need to be held with a more neutral platform, though, than what the World Economic Forum offers.
00:04:50.040 World leaders can gather without tying themselves into what that group does.
00:04:54.060 I mean, those celebrating the World Economic Forum do at least expose themselves to us for what they are.
00:04:59.060 They're the people who want to expand the state.
00:05:01.080 These are the folks that want to bring about world socialism.
00:05:04.040 These are the people who don't feel they should be guided by citizens.
00:05:06.920 They feel they should be directing them.
00:05:08.940 If we want to empower citizens, if we want to protect and expand personal freedoms,
00:05:13.080 if we want to reduce the reach of government, we need to avoid WEF-linked leadership at all costs.
00:05:19.400 When deciding who to support in elections and leadership races, it's worth seeing if the contenders support the WEF.
00:05:24.520 Don't worry, it won't be hard to see them if they do.
00:05:26.540 As with Trudeau and Sheree, they tend to wear it right on their sleeves.
00:05:29.720 But again, quit trying to paint anybody and everybody as being WEF-controlled as well, though.
00:05:34.180 If they say they don't support the group, they likely don't.
00:05:36.920 Those who support it make no secret about it.
00:05:39.680 So watch these things.
00:05:41.620 Keep track, guys.
00:05:43.180 It's for real.
00:05:44.040 But again, it's not as widespread as some other people might think.
00:05:47.540 Now, you know, somebody else saying, yeah, where was that?
00:05:51.320 Somebody saying Sheree is a liberal plant.
00:05:53.000 He's not a plant.
00:05:53.660 Again, it's not a conspiracy.
00:05:54.500 He is a liberal.
00:05:55.100 He was a liberal premier of Quebec for years there.
00:05:58.300 Nothing hidden, nothing secret.
00:05:59.880 And he's still a liberal.
00:06:01.200 He's just running for a party that happens to have conservative in the name.