00:00:30.000Oh, I thought we were going to run the video.
00:00:39.440Good morning. It's February 18th, 2022. Welcome to Triggered. I'm Corey Morgan. What a crazy day.
00:00:48.000Well, we saw it coming. Ottawa, you know, the protesters there, they are, the police are moving
00:00:53.680in on them and getting ready to, or starting to arrest them and move them out of there. We've
00:00:58.260got some footage of that as it began, which we'll play momentarily here and frame the show up.
00:01:28.260so yeah that frames up what we'll be covering today we'll be cutting in we're talking to some
00:01:39.740people on the ground hopefully get some live updates from right out there we're watching
00:01:43.300the streams we'll be bringing in information as it happens it's a pretty crazy scene though
00:01:48.500thankfully so far remarkably peaceful all things considered when you've got a police action against
00:01:53.900this many people out there right now so as a reminder this show is going to be live 11 30 a.m
00:01:59.140mountain standard time monday to friday except for this monday unless news gets really big uh
00:02:04.380it is family day so we won't be going uh comments are welcome keep them civil and keep them polite
00:02:09.620though please especially in heated times like right now you know we want to be interactive but
00:02:13.860we gotta we're in crazy times we've got to be good to each other i'm going to be talking later
00:02:18.980with the interim leader of the maverick party jay hill as they've come right out and said it's time
00:02:23.560for Western Independence. They've kind of walked back and forth on that line a little bit, so it'll
00:02:27.380be interesting to see where they're landing on it. And the leader of the Canadian Independence
00:02:31.800Party, Jacques Boudreaux, you don't hear a lot about him, or I mean the Libertarian Party of
00:02:36.380Canada, but they are there. They've been there a long time. They're actually one of Canada's older
00:02:40.660parties, and they've been around. And talk about a time when liberty has been challenged. There's
00:02:45.880a gentleman named Cameron James. I'm hoping we'll pull in. He's in Ottawa on the ground, and if he
00:02:49.780comes in. We'll pull him into the interview while we can. I'm just going to start with my thoughts
00:02:55.960for the day. They're going to be short and we'll get to Dave because there's just so much news to
00:02:59.080cover right now and it's so important at a time like this. So I mean what I want to go on about
00:03:04.500is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost control of the nation and as I'm speaking hundreds of
00:03:09.940police members are marching upon peaceful demonstrators in Ottawa. We're seeing video
00:03:14.360of heavy-duty tow trucks heading towards Parliament Hill with police escorts bringing them in.
00:03:20.020I'm wondering if they were commandeered through force with Trudeau's invocation of the rebranded War Measures Act.
00:03:25.620Meanwhile, though, we've had eco-terrorists in B.C. and they've chosen to violently attack a work site on the coastal gas link pipeline project.
00:03:33.660Millions of dollars in damage were done as up to 20 eco-terrorists wielding axes threatened security in order to take over and damage heavy equipment on the site.
00:03:42.660They dropped trees on the roads, lit fires and set traps in order to hinder any response from the police forces.
00:03:48.180When the police did try to respond, they were attacked with smoke bombs, and one member was injured.
00:03:52.600We're lucky that this eco-terrorist attack didn't actually kill somebody.
00:03:56.720Legacy media has reported on it, but it's hardly made the headlines with them.
00:04:00.760An eco-terrorism act like this should be making waves across the country, and it's hardly made a ripple.
00:04:07.080What emboldened these terrorists to act so violently, and right now?
00:04:10.720Is it the complete breakdown and lack of respect for the government? I say it is.
00:04:15.720In drawing police resources from across the country to try and evict peaceful protesters in Ottawa,
00:04:20.260Trudeau's left the other regions underserved by police, and they're vulnerable to extremists.
00:04:25.900And in ignoring the escalating actions of extremists at that site for years,
00:04:29.380or at least treating the extremists with kid gloves,
00:04:31.860the government has invited these activists to up the ante and increase violence.
00:04:35.220They have no respect for authorities or Canada as a whole.
00:04:38.400We look forward to further extreme actions across the nation as extremists realize just how weak the leadership of this country is.
00:04:44.500Trudeau is paralyzed with a mix of panic and vanity.
00:04:47.580He won't back down or even negotiate with citizens while support for his government crumbles across the nation.
00:04:53.480Parliament has been shut down despite being able to operate remotely for years due to the pandemic.
00:04:58.060The real reason Parliament's been shut down is the Trudeau regime doesn't want to have to try and answer questions on their actions.
00:05:04.560They're too weak to defend their move to invoke a form of martial law upon Canadians.
00:05:09.220Rather than trying to lead, they have suspended civil rights and then tossed the job onto the
00:05:13.540police and fled. They're cowering and hoping the problem resolves itself. Trudeau tweeted three
00:05:17.980times since the police action began in Ottawa. You know what he tweeted about? The Olympics.
00:05:21.920Remember, yeah, there's Olympics happening somewhere. Otherwise, he's nowhere to be seen.
00:05:26.220Not only has Trudeau failed to manage this crisis well, he's directly responsible for causing it.
00:05:31.440His provocative speech, his insults, his disrespect for a protest that, supported by hundreds of
00:05:36.680thousands if not millions of Canadians has inflamed a situation beyond control and it never had to
00:05:40.840happen. Whatever may happen this weekend, there's only one thing we can safely conclude. Justin
00:05:45.280Trudeau has lost control of the country. He's done irreparable damage to national unity and he will
00:05:50.160go down in history as one of, if not, the most inept and destructive prime minister in Canadian0.82
00:05:55.800history. And it all could have been avoided with good leadership. We're going to see none of that
00:05:59.940though, until we have new leadership. Until then, Canada is broken. Now, let's bring our news
00:06:06.940editor, Dave Naylor, who is just listening to 100 feeds and typing and phoning and doing everything
00:06:11.080he can to watch this madness as it unfolds in Ottawa. How are you doing, Dave? I'm doing okay,
00:06:17.120Corey. I'm glad the Prime Minister is enjoying the Olympics. Yeah, yeah, you know, it's important to,
00:06:23.740you can tell that's what the nation really wants to hear about right now. They're not concerned
00:06:26.760about the uh you know massive uh tiananmen square like undertaking in ottawa right now
00:06:31.480no the stunning really stunning scenes from ottawa this morning corey which i would suggest are
00:06:37.640unprecedented in canadian history it started with uh hundreds of police marching two by two uh
00:06:45.560towards the uh towards the demonstrators the the police line went on as far as the eye could see
00:06:51.480They finally came face to face and basically pushing and shoving emerged.
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00:18:41.880let's bring Jacques in here. And it's been a while. I talked to Jacques back in the election
00:18:46.600there a while back and well, we're into some times where liberty is more challenging than ever. So
00:18:51.840thanks for joining me today, Jacques. Thank you. Glad to be back.
00:18:55.840Yeah. So, I mean, the Libertarian Party of Canada, and I mentioned that a bit in the earlier part of the show, like it's one of the oldest federal parties in Canada. It actually has a very long history. You know, it's never been a big contender at any point in the House of Commons, but they've always been there. They've always run campaigns. They've always kept liberty as their main focus. And people often kind of forget that you're there sometimes, which at a time like right now, liberty, again, is more threatened than we've ever seen.
00:19:21.740Well, I hate to, in a way, play politics with all this, but the silver lining is that people are coming to us.
00:19:33.780I got an email the other day from someone telling me that, like many Canadians, he was jumping back and forth between the liberals and the conservatives in terms of support.
00:19:43.380And he said, I'm done. I am now a libertarian.
00:42:01.640We've gotten a lot of support, people sending us over videos
00:42:05.140and footage that they were able to get.
00:42:08.140And some people are a little hesitant to jump on camera
00:42:10.620for some of the interviews, but I'd say 80% to 90% of them
00:42:13.500really want to speak and be heard and also to have a channel
00:42:17.760where that's not going to be perverted.
00:42:19.480So we were able to get into one of the conferences, one of the branches with Vince and some of the ex-police officers and veterans were running.
00:42:30.480And they saw that it was us and they said, oh, we know you guys, you're going to report it well, come on in.
00:42:34.600And New York Times was there and they didn't answer any questions, but we got an interview with Vince that we're going to post up as well.
00:42:41.280Great. Well, we're in some great times where we can bypass those gatekeepers of information with the mainstream
00:42:45.840and just get unfettered straight coverage to them as you've been doing.
00:42:51.280And as somebody else, just a commenter mentioning, you know,
00:42:53.700watch out that apparently cops are not thrilled with all the streamers out there,
00:45:33.160How do you stop it? Some people might want to leave. Some might want to stay. They're doing what they can, but it doesn't seem to be working out very well. And my thoughts, I wasn't sure. I thought maybe they're going to come in and try and clear it all out by the weekend. But as we can see online, as we can see from others and we're seeing from the streams, this is just infuriating people. I mean, I suspect there's a whole lot of people who are making plans to spend their weekend now in Ottawa. And they're probably heading out that way right now. And again, not saying they're getting violent or anything, but they're going to pad the numbers.
00:46:02.900And the more people that are there, the less the police can do about it.
00:46:08.500As Cameron also pointed out, I mean, a lot of these officers, you know, I know if people get upset with police, they see some of the stuff they're doing.
00:46:14.780Some people think they shouldn't be working at all.
00:46:17.540But for the most part, and I've seen that in other protests, protests that have gone off the rails, I've gone to them.
00:46:23.260And they've got to be pushed pretty hard usually before they get straight to the violence.
00:46:28.080As much as it sounds like the federal leadership wants to come in with tear gas and truncheons and horses and running down protesters and dragging them out by their hair, these officers themselves don't want to do that.
00:46:42.480In fact, a lot of police officers, and we've seen videos of that in Alberta, B.C., they've been outspoken and they're getting disciplined for it, unfortunately.
00:46:53.200But they don't want any part of cracking down on Canadians.
00:46:57.240That's not what they got into it for. And, you know, they're not in a hurry to make this into a violent confrontation. And it's good. So, so far, so good. They're holding the line. Now, I don't want to counsel people whether they should hold the line or not. But obviously, a lot are staying. So this is going to be unfolding for days. Like, in Ottawa now, it's two o'clock, you know, the sun's going to be going down in five hours.
00:47:21.960if the police haven't moved them out now in daylight while things are all together I don't
00:47:26.700see how they're going to be able to maybe the siege is going to continue a little more where
00:47:31.280we're talking about them you know blocking more fuel blocking food siege wise trying to bring
00:47:39.460them out slowly but surely but again these officers I mean they've got hundreds and hundreds
00:47:44.700and that's that's the max of what they got you know I was talking to Spike Cohen from the United
00:47:49.780States. He was the libertarian vice presidential candidate down there. He brought up some interesting
00:47:54.620things. Like in Canada, we're not as much of a military type state as the United States. We're
00:47:59.400not, we don't have the nearly number of police officers per citizen that the Americans have.
00:48:04.940And this is stretching the resources of the police to the max. I mean, we, we have a story
00:48:09.360on westernstandardonline.com of the Vancouver police were donating or dedicating some police
00:48:17.120to come out to Ottawa to try and keep up with this. So if they keep, if people keep pouring
00:48:22.480in there all weekend, the police, I mean, they can only work 12, 14 hours at a time maximum when
00:48:28.060you're standing up in this kind of shift, this kind of work, those resources are going to be
00:48:31.440depleted. This isn't done. This isn't even close to done. And, uh, you know, as others have said,
00:48:37.760yeah, there's been some shoving. Apparently some people might've been hit with the butts of guns
00:48:41.400like this is still a tense tense situation but I mean if you look at if Nico could pull up the
00:48:47.820CBC line something that's interesting here too when you see the police all lined up right now
00:48:52.880they're not carrying the the shields they don't have the helmets on like I've been to protests
00:48:59.440I've attended them again usually they're the ones that that they're usually left-wing things they're
00:49:04.200usually progressive things and and they can go off the rails they're a lot more angry and police move
00:49:08.900in a line and it's all about intimidation. You've probably seen it on TV and it is intimidating when
00:49:12.760you're on the ground. They'll have those shields. They'll have those helmets. They'll bang their
00:49:16.780truncheons on those shields. They'll march towards the protesters. They push you back.0.58
00:49:22.040And right now, these police aren't even dressed for that kind of action right now. These aren't
00:49:26.500riot police squads. This is just a lot of police. And I don't think they're going to clean them out
00:49:32.180today. So now what, what do you do? Where do you go with this? Uh, time's going to tell at this
00:49:39.160point. Uh, my guest Jay Hill should be in, in a moment, but he's not quite there yet.
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00:51:40.360and get the view from the Maverick party because they've been putting releases out on a number of
00:51:45.180things. Hey, Jay, how you doing? Oh, I think you might be muted there, Jay.
00:51:58.720I'm afraid I'm not quite hearing you there, Jay.
00:52:04.440No. Okay. Let's just see here. There's a, you know, one of those challenges of doing a live
00:52:10.120stream. All it takes is one button and you can't hear what's going on.
00:53:33.860and you're addressing that eco-terrorist act
00:53:36.080up in Northern British Columbia. Well, exactly. And I'd like to talk about that just for a few
00:53:41.260minutes, Corey, in the sense of the juxtaposition between what is truly an act of terrorism where
00:53:47.900citizens' lives were in danger and, of course, this ridiculousness of imposing or invoking the
00:53:53.980Emergencies Act by our Prime Minister because of bouncy castles and peaceful protests that
00:54:01.040inconvenience people in ottawa this situation up in northern british columbia has been allowed to
00:54:06.800go on for months and months uh and it's very clear that these individuals you know they're encamped
00:54:13.760at different places along the pipeline that enables them uh to take a part in these acts of
00:54:20.560terrorism where people's lives are in danger i have it on good authority for example that when
00:54:26.480they attacked from three different uh directions on that site the other night that um that it was
00:54:34.240well coordinated it was tactical it was uh if that wasn't a terrorist act cory i don't know what is
00:54:41.440the prime minister has the powers to come down hard on these people i'm told that they retreat
00:54:47.280to these basically no-go zones these artificial temporary encampments that they have at that
00:54:53.280places along the the pipeline where they protest um and that's how they can get away from the the
00:54:59.920authorities from the security people and the rcmp so quickly and they go back to these so-called
00:55:05.840no-go zones i mean my god is this like you know the demilitarized zone in in korea or vietnam this
00:55:12.240is in northern british columbia in canada and we can't seem to get these people under control i was
00:55:18.320also told recently that they set off flares get this they broke the windows of security vehicles
00:55:25.280and set off flares inside the vehicles while the security people died this is unbelievable that we
00:55:33.600have this act of terrorism in northern british columbia but because i would allege because it
00:55:39.840involves the construction of a pipeline the federal government and our prime minister justin
00:55:44.960Trudeau is silent on this while he's focused on arresting people in Ottawa for a peaceful protest
00:55:52.640yeah what a contrast we've got going on is Wayne McCracken said apparently yeah there's footage
00:55:57.740it sounds like that somebody was hitting a protester with the butt of his rifle and some
00:56:01.240were being arrested we were getting uh some live updates from from uh Indy News Now with Cameron
00:56:07.320James out there he's on the ground and it's been remarkably peaceful and people have been
00:56:11.520calm and so far, but this is the group. This is the group that the prime ministers keep saying
00:56:17.180are extremists. They're dangerous. They're terrible. And we've got whatever it may be,
00:56:22.140thousands of them there and very, very little violence or anything. And then we've had this
00:56:26.880ongoing in BC for two years, getting increasingly violent, constantly blocking roads, knocking
00:56:33.620trees down, intimidating workers. And now it's come to this with actually attacking security.
00:56:38.540The prime minister should be doing a special release right now, but he's hiding, sucking his thumb, watching the Olympics or something.
00:56:44.440Well, exactly, Corey. And I think that all Canadians should be deeply concerned about this juxtaposition between imposing an unnecessary emergencies act on peaceful protesters in Ottawa.
00:56:58.600And I might add people that he has refused to meet with, to even negotiate or to even try and understand what their issues are.
00:57:07.100These are Canadian citizens that are raising concerns about how this whole COVID restrictions, how they've unfolded over the last couple of years and in particular the last month or so.
00:57:20.540He's never, ever done anything except denigrate them, attack them, demean them with vile comments.
00:57:28.020And this from our Prime Minister, Corey. And at the same time, as you're saying, the juxtaposition that this terrorist act, once it's escalated to the point of attempted murder. Let's be very clear about this. If you break the window of a vehicle when someone's inside it and you shoot a flare in there that you're trying to set that vehicle on fire with the individuals inside, what do you call that?
00:58:26.960I mean, Prime Minister traditionally tried to head off something like this, nip it in the bud, so to speak, Corey, by meeting with the people.
00:58:36.100You know, this Prime Minister did it with everybody imaginable that has protested as long as it's from, shall we say, the left side of the spectrum.
00:58:45.660him. He has no problem even marching in some protest parades. And yet when these people travel
00:58:53.160all across the country to meet with him and to make him aware of an issue, a serious issue that
00:59:00.020they don't feel is being properly addressed, he won't even sit down with them to hear their
00:59:04.640concerns. And instead he lets this unfold, lets it escalate to the point that weeks later he
00:59:11.300actually invokes the Emergencies Act to give him 100% power. And let's be clear on this, Corey.
00:59:19.100This is a prime minister that was elected by 20% of the electorate last fall. He got roughly one
00:59:27.380third of the people that showed up at the polls. That's one third of 60% by my addition and my
00:59:34.300math. That's about 20% support from the Canadian electorate. And now he has seized 100% of the
00:59:40.940power with the enactment of the the Emergencies Act. So this is scary business and this is all
00:59:50.580on him. He had a chance to address this early and he has failed to do so on every front and that
00:59:57.780this is allowed to be carried on and that the mainstream media is not reporting this accurately
01:00:03.620is of deep deep concern to all Canadians I believe. Yeah the media coverage has just been
01:00:10.660abhorrent uh it's been great for alternative outlets like us with the western standard our
01:00:15.140subscribers are going up in our viewership but it's only because that people have seen the media
01:00:19.320now the establishment media for what they've turned into and what they are and they're just
01:00:23.100repulsed uh so hopefully in the long run we can we can do better and inform people more and another
01:00:29.260disappointment out of this on the hill is is the ndp i mean the ndp of old there's no way jack
01:00:34.460layton what if for example if we're going to bring up one of their icons you know what have
01:00:38.760supported the Emergency Measures Act against protesters. I just can't see it. Even Svend
01:00:44.020Robinson, I believe you shared some time on the Hill with him, perhaps. I mean, he was a hardcore
01:00:48.440left-wing NDPer, and he's come out and said this is a disgrace. The NDP should not be supporting
01:00:53.900this imposition of what's a version of martial law in Canada, yet Jagmeet Singh is marching in
01:01:00.440lockstep with Justin Trudeau on what I see as a tyranny. Well, and you'd be right. I mean,
01:01:07.160as i just said this is a prime minister with very small support the the weakest mandate ever in the
01:01:14.440history of the country seizing 100 of the power with the help of the ndp to do that i mean he
01:01:21.880cannot pass anything through parliament without the support of at least one of the other parties
01:01:28.120as you know cory uh i was there during three minorities one of paul martin and two by stephen
01:01:34.520And I know the difficulty that we had in negotiating with the other parties on an hour-by-hour basis to get Mr. Harper's agenda through the House of Commons.
01:01:46.800It called for huge compromise and working constantly with the other parties and their House leaders to accomplish that.
01:01:55.240And yet, Mr. Trudeau, with the weakest mandate, seems to be able to just whistle and Jagmeet saying comes running.
01:02:03.240Only too happy to do his bidding and support the Liberal agenda in the House of Commons, including invoking the Emergencies Act.
01:02:14.420It's absolutely unbelievable that every Canadian isn't up in arms.
01:02:20.200I was talking to a family member that has been following all the rules, doing everything over the last two years, and he is incensed.
01:02:29.220This latest thing has finally tipped the balance, I believe, for him and many others that have been trying to do their best.
01:02:43.440And I hope that this is the turning point.
01:02:46.600I hope this is the breaking point for many Canadians.
01:02:49.260And that's why Maverick has been calling upon the Western premiers not to just talk about it, not to just oppose the imposition of the Emergencies Act.
01:02:59.220But to do something, they have to actually take action with their legislatures while they still have the power to do so.
01:03:07.860Yeah, well, we're seeing essentially, I mean, that our system is broken.
01:03:10.680It's just not functioning the way it's supposed to.
01:03:14.980And it sounds like the Maverick Party, if I interpret this right, you guys, it's always been kind of, well, are you fully in support of independence or no?
01:03:22.240I've definitely sort of come to the line of saying, you know what, it's time to head for independence.
01:03:27.160Well, we've always been in favour of independence.
01:03:29.800It depends on where that lands, Corey, as you know.
01:03:32.660And we see a range of it, but you have to start somewhere.
01:03:36.220The old saying that every great journey begins with one step.
01:03:51.340And so whether it's incremental steps like the Fair Deal panel here in Alberta,
01:03:55.620put forward, like our own pension plan to emulate Quebec on so many different fronts,
01:04:01.240control of our immigration. You run down the list and eventually arrive at a nation within a nation.
01:04:06.900If it's that, or if we even decide that that can no longer work, that no longer is tenable
01:04:12.800in the best interests of Westerners, then you have to go full out independence, absolutely.
01:04:18.260And I'm suggesting, Corey, that the time has to be now for people to rise up and say, we are not going to put up with this anymore.
01:04:29.060Well, and ironically, unity can be gained if provinces will stand up and assert their autonomy, as you for conservatives is kind of saying.
01:04:37.820I mean, premiers are referred to as first ministers.
01:04:39.840When it's a first minister's conference, they're supposed to be a part of the whole government.
01:04:43.260They're supposed to be the representatives of their regions.
01:04:45.920And right now, seven out of 10 premiers oppose the imposition of the Emergencies Act right now.
01:04:53.040And Trudeau hasn't even talked to them.
01:06:41.100but they're kind of wishy-washy, I think, somewhat.
01:06:44.460They're always looking for the big brass ring.
01:06:46.680So where can we find more information on you and the Maverick Party
01:06:49.000and what you guys are up to because you've been pretty active lately?
01:06:51.940Well, of course, we're on social media on virtually every platform,
01:06:55.540Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, you name it.
01:06:58.020We have our own website that we post our positions on at maverickparty.ca.
01:07:04.180And I would just say that the problems you just mentioned
01:07:07.280with the Conservative Party are because they are a national party
01:07:10.980And they always have to stop short of being representative of the concerns of Western Canadians because they always have to bear in mind the majority of votes are in Central and Eastern Canada.
01:07:27.440Great. Well, thank you very much for joining me again, Jay. It's always good talking with you and keep up the good fight out there.
01:07:46.520I'll probably check in with Cameron again in a moment or two,
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01:08:36.920because our rights are terribly under threat right now, as we're seeing in Ottawa as we speak. So
01:08:41.780let's bring Cameron in there. He seems to be right in the middle of the mix of everything in Ottawa,
01:08:48.500out in the cold. There we go. Hey, Cameron, how's it going now?
01:08:51.680Pretty well. It looks like the police here, the Quebec police are the ones in the riot gear, the SQP, and they are sort of inching up forward. They take sort of a foot every couple of minutes or so, and it seems like they're trying to sort of get around one vehicle at a time to make sure that they have sort of control over them is kind of what I'm seeing, although, of course, I don't know what they're thinking.
01:09:21.680And there's police from a number of jurisdictions.
01:09:25.060Again, the Quebec police are the ones they bussed in last night.
01:09:28.520They brought big buses of the Quebec police in last night.
01:09:32.980And they're the ones on the right here on the front lines.
01:09:35.840They just inched another foot and got around this truck here.
01:09:40.880As you can see, they're forming a line around it.
01:09:44.620Okay, so I guess they're taking it vehicle by vehicle, as you said.
01:09:48.960as the protesters get backed up then by these these riot police is there somewhere for them
01:09:53.940to go or is this going to press them against a wall here well um down the other way wellington
01:10:00.240is pretty clear so um you know there's about 500 meters before you get to the main area on the hill
01:10:07.640and then streets that are going south away from the hill are all open the police are not letting
01:10:15.360vehicles in but they are letting people walk in and the corralling doesn't seem to be a
01:10:21.980cornering process at all yet. Okay because that's just a concern you know I mean that's when a
01:10:27.420protest can get dangerous I mean if police are pushing and pushing and there's nowhere else for
01:10:30.760people to consider backing up well that's when you're going to get a conflict eventually so
01:10:35.340no indications of any violence yet or anything like that. No it looks pretty good so far they're
01:10:43.060just inching forward. They've got a couple guys with their fingers on the triggers of some tear
01:10:48.460gas guns, but I really don't foresee them using those for any reason. It's pretty calm. The cops
01:10:55.880are pretty calm. They're pushing against some people as they inch forward, but there isn't
01:11:02.640much in the way of tussling or anything like that. That's good to hear. And I don't know if
01:11:08.300you heard much in my other interview. I was talking to Jay Hill, and he was a member of
01:11:11.300parliament for a long time and you know he saw a lot of protests come and go and again nobody's
01:11:15.580ever seen anything quite like this yeah um this is unprecedented i guess as you guys were saying
01:11:24.020in a number of different ways um especially of course the media coverage were in there
01:11:29.080saying that there's all sorts of violence here and uh aggressive acts and it's all bigots of
01:11:35.480course they had those two most people believe they were plants because they weren't part of
01:11:39.520protest at all with some uh hateful flags but everyone here has been really respectful and
01:11:45.520beautiful and actually have had more violence against them slash tires and um a couple people
01:11:52.000taking things and people and tussling with people so i don't see it escalating uh really although
01:11:59.040they're just doing another a push of the line it looks like advanced advanced here here um as you
01:12:06.000you can see behind me yeah and i mean this is good to see it undercuts you know that that push
01:12:12.160by the prime minister saying that he needed the emergencies act that he needed to move in
01:12:15.640i hate to say it and i hope they aren't that cold but i'm sure a few strategists would almost hope
01:12:20.480there'd be some uh outbursts so they can justify what they've done so far and they're not getting
01:12:25.280it yeah we we kind of ran into a couple situations like that and a lot of the guys who are involved
01:12:32.580heavily with the protests are sort of equipped to dismantle those situations and I think we were
01:12:38.160able to sort of de-escalate some situations too so a lot of the protesters are working really hard
01:12:43.380to make sure that those kind of agitators and situations don't come up. So I'm glad you
01:12:49.800mentioned that like we had video as you said there was some repugnant flags that had gone around
01:12:53.720one video showed protesters themselves got up and said hey you get out of here you're not part of
01:12:57.920us we want no part of that you leave and and uh so right now the protesters are sort of self-governing
01:13:03.120against people who want to get uh perhaps too physical or too aggressive in in this case right
01:13:07.600now a hundred percent and um it's there's also a lot of messages going around through what is a
01:13:15.120a really powerful grapevine and people saying listen don't engage them if you do want to talk
01:13:20.000to someone who's a counter protester have a nice conversation just listen to them hear what they
01:13:24.880have to say um i went down and talked to some of the counter protesters originally complaining
01:13:30.560about the horns and listened respectfully and um i think the truckers actually listened and
01:13:36.440chilled out on the horns and then the cops tried to play it off as if it was their strong arming
01:13:41.240that did it but i think it was a real respect for the citizens of the city you know well and
01:13:45.940something else that had happened was uh the mayor had approached protesters in a way the mayor wasn't
01:13:50.280very supportive of them but it sounds like they reasoned out a deal at least to say can you at
01:13:54.200least you know ease off on the residential neighborhoods and it takes pressure off and
01:13:57.880it showed again hey they could be reasoned with they moved there wasn't a problem the only one
01:14:02.880who seems intractable unfortunately is our prime minister yeah and he's been stoking tensions here
01:14:08.320totally unnecessary and it's like some people are saying what what is he doing is he trying
01:14:12.880to start a civil war is he trying to just disrupt the country and it's it's it's just shameful
01:14:17.200really but um you know the um represent yeah there's the uh the representation here shows
01:14:27.040that all they're all types of canadians are all standing with this and want unity without needing
01:14:33.200to have any with harmony without needing to sort of follow anyone's particular dictate right
01:14:39.280yeah it's i mean it's not ideologically driven you know i mean they've tried to paint it that
01:14:45.880way they try to say oh it's this particular group or that but i saw that in in demonstrations in
01:14:50.840calgary too there's people from all over the political spectrum or most impressively people
01:14:54.840who aren't political whatsoever they've just had enough and they feel they got to do something
01:14:58.700families and that's we're doing a lot of interviews and the different messages um for why
01:15:05.520why people want to be here are very diverse but they all surround a sense of freedom and a sense
01:15:11.680respecting every every canadian's right there's plenty of people here who are vaccinated who say
01:15:16.400you know i respect the vaccines but i i want people to be able to choose their own choices
01:15:21.200and not force things upon people and i think more and more of those people are joining the protests
01:15:25.760and seeing that there is just love and compassion here and it's not a thing and thing and it's and
01:15:32.240then they go and they tell their friends look the narrative in the media is is lying right and that
01:15:37.840should concern us all yeah absolutely i mean people are seeing through it and i appreciate
01:15:43.460you being on the ground again the narrative has just been so bad so if something happens
01:15:46.840it's documented we've got people there saying no that that's not what you're framing that's not
01:15:51.460what happened it's so important i do want to ask though it's a sensitive subject but have you seen
01:15:56.140much for children around there like that is a concern some people have i mean yeah every day
01:16:01.260there's usually families out bringing their children they they want their children to be
01:16:06.000part of it. Their children want to be part of it because they do believe that there is something
01:16:09.580at the essence of being a Canadian and being a free human being in the world that they would
01:16:15.480like to show their kids and share the joy and the hope that everybody here is really just
01:16:21.460passing out. It's just positive mess. None of the kids have ever been in danger. There's not
01:16:27.540very many here now, which is, I think, maybe a better thing. A lot of people were complaining
01:16:33.800about that and now that they have some of the weapons out um um i'm kind of glad that there
01:16:39.180are less children around yeah that's kind of what i was saying just like not so much the children in
01:16:43.500general but just at this moment because unfortunately things could change quickly
01:16:47.920and a child could get trampled or tear gas i don't know if you've ever been tear gassed but i have
01:16:52.260it's horrible i mean it sucks the breath out of your lungs and for a small child it could be
01:16:56.140very dangerous so uh you know we just want to make sure nobody gets hurt
01:16:59.780Yeah, I don't know exactly what the orders are down here.
01:17:04.860It just seems like they're advancing and they're not really, you know,
01:17:07.600have the arsenal at the ready, but I don't get the feeling they're looking to use it, really.
01:17:13.640Have you seen, you said they're taking kind of vehicle by vehicle.
01:17:16.360Have you seen any signs of heavy-duty tow trucks?
01:17:18.680Some footage had gone out earlier from Andrew Lawton showing police escorting tow trucks out to the area,
01:17:23.980and it takes a specialized truck to move those trucks.
01:17:26.180Any indication they're trying to move any vehicles yet?
01:17:29.060Yeah, we saw those vehicles as well earlier.
01:17:31.780They had police logos over the company logos.
01:17:35.780I mean, there are still hundreds of trucks here, so they might be able to move one or two.
01:17:41.760The snow is still kind of on the ground.
01:24:35.740According to the A4 Conservatives, the cost of building has nearly doubled.
01:24:38.680The timeline for completing it has expanded.
01:24:41.000In a release Friday afternoon, they said the estimated cost has gone from, climbed to $21 billion from the previous estimate of $12.6 billion.
01:24:51.080Yeah, we knew about all that, but cancelling it?
01:24:54.860Guys, as others are saying, if that's what's going on, and with this mess in Ottawa and everything else, it's time for the West to go.
01:25:03.220I've been saying that for quite some time.
01:25:05.360And if they've actually shut that thing down.
01:25:47.120I mean, so far I'm doing pretty well. I cannot hear you properly, but...
01:25:53.120Yeah, no, it's difficult with the live stream.
01:25:57.120So are you camped out there or are you just there for the day or have you been there for a while now?
01:26:03.120Well, I've actually had my truck parked here for, I think it was two weeks and four days to be exact, so I've been here for a while, yeah.
01:26:10.820Okay, and I imagine you're still determined to stay no matter what the government is doing at this time, eh?
01:26:17.680Well, so far I'm not too sure. I think if they clear the snow in front of me, I might drive my truck and go relocate somewhere to avoid getting towed and arrested.
01:26:25.920But we'll have to see what's going to happen in the next few hours.
01:26:29.300and yeah okay well that's interesting i guess you must be getting fairly tired after this long i
01:26:35.700mean what would it take to make you want to leave though what do you want to see happen
01:26:40.180to bring this to an end if they can lift all the mandates all across canada and give us our freedom
01:26:46.180back then i'll be i'll be happy but for now i'm willing to stay i don't know what's going to
01:26:50.580happen in the next few hours but we'll have to see these these are crazy times i hope you guys
01:26:58.420managed to stay safe and keep peaceful as you have so far. I appreciate that you guys have
01:27:03.860protested so effectively so far. Thank you. I really appreciate that.
01:27:08.100All right. Thanks for bringing that in, Cameron. It's good to hear the voice of somebody. Again,
01:27:18.100it's not a crazy person. It's not an extremist. It's just a dedicated soul who just wants these
01:27:22.500mandates gone and that's really that's really it everyone we've talked to here is is got these
01:27:40.820yeah i think your mic has got a little loose there i couldn't quite hear that last little bit
01:27:45.140um yeah no everyone we've talked to has kind of been of a similar similar sentiment where they're
01:27:49.620willing to start and they want it to be peaceful. Great. Well, thank you very much for keeping us
01:27:56.660up to date and for those interviews. And we'll be watching you very closely and perhaps checking in
01:28:00.180with you again if you've got something coming. Excellent. All right. Stay warm, stay safe,
01:28:05.620and keep up doing that good work, Cameron James. That's some indie news now. Look him up, guys.
01:28:11.220He's reporting. He's on the ground. I'm certain he's going to be there for a while and have more
01:28:14.900stuff going on to their site on YouTube and other areas. So we're getting near the end of the show.
01:28:19.220and I really want to get out there and follow up and see what the heck's going on with the Trans
01:28:22.460Mountain Pipeline. Of course, I could see that, you know, when the government wants to do something,
01:28:26.420by the way, if you're familiar with politics, they will drop their worst releases just before
01:28:32.220a long weekend because they're hoping people forget it. And I mean, this is a gift for them
01:28:35.960to drop the release on the Friday when we're in the midst of protests and police actions and things
01:28:40.860going on across the country and hope people don't realize that they just pulled the rug out from
01:28:44.720under us on this Trans Mountain Pipeline, if that's the case. Calvin Goulet-Jones is saying
01:28:48.700it's not canceled. So see, there's some of the problems when we get live stuff and social media
01:28:52.260stuff. So I won't say anything's been canceled until we've got some confirmation on things.
01:28:57.360The prices are escalating. I know I saw some, of course, you know, environmental groups demanding
01:29:01.660it be canceled because the prices are going up, but they're not exactly business minded souls.
01:29:05.480So for now, we'll stick to the coverage of everything else. We'll check into the rest
01:29:10.080of the things. Go to the westernstandardonline.com. If it is canceled, we'll certainly have news on
01:29:15.160that right away and if it isn't well there won't be anything on it it's just another rumor but
01:29:18.780there'll probably be some reporting on the uh uh cost and expenses that have been shot up in the
01:29:23.020reports that are coming out because you know what just get the bloody thing in the ground0.92
01:29:26.400it should have been done years ago you fools uh meanwhile the world's in an energy crisis so next0.94
01:29:32.320week on tuesday and i mean who knows we might be breaking in with some live things so if you0.89
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01:29:41.400get an alert if we break in on anything breaking it'll pop up and you'll see they are live and
01:29:45.900covering it just like when we the coots when everything was opening up down there and james
01:29:48.820was on the ground people got the alert and they could see it live uh so otherwise next week on
01:29:55.040tuesday i'll be back at 11 30 as uh with every other day and uh we're gonna have the tea party
01:30:00.160one of the tea party founders michael johns on to talk and you'll talk about political organizing
01:30:04.220and he was a speech writer for uh donald trump i believe he's an interesting gentleman if nothing
01:30:08.740else to speak with and we're going to have a chat with him and we're going to talk with western
01:30:12.400standard columnist andrew allison who has been uh he's a philosophy major in in calgary a phd
01:30:19.260candidate and he's had some serious concerns and he's written on the emergencies act and the
01:30:24.820implications of it so he'll be coming in studio to talk and we'll have of course a number of great
01:30:28.800guests and coverage throughout the week and updated news stories all weekend thank you all
01:30:33.420for tuning in today guys have a good one and i'll see you all on tuesday if not before