Western Standard - August 11, 2021


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In this episode, we have a new guest on the show this week, and we talk about Canadian citizens being held hostage in China. We also talk about why we should be fighting for our rights to keep our guns and own them.

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00:06:53.240 So getting on to rights, China is in the news a lot these days.
00:06:59.320 The Canada-China thing, our Canadian citizens are essentially being held hostage in China.
00:07:06.440 You know, there's three that are making the news now.
00:07:08.740 I mean, we've had the two Michaels, and there's been updates on that.
00:07:11.920 And then Robert Schellenberg.
00:07:15.460 Schellenberg.
00:07:16.020 There we go.
00:07:16.580 Who has now gotten himself a death sentence,
00:07:19.700 which is pretty distressing for drug smuggling in China.
00:07:23.420 So maybe, Dave, can you explain a bit of the stories they're developing
00:07:25.660 over the Canadian-China relations right now?
00:07:28.080 Yeah, this news just came out of China this morning, Corey.
00:07:31.860 I can't remember when our relations with them have been this bad.
00:07:36.480 Calgary businessman Michael Spavor was sentenced today to 11 years
00:07:41.760 in a Chinese gulag, allegedly for spying.
00:07:46.440 Most of Canada seems to think it's a trumped-up charge.
00:07:50.180 Robert Schellenberg of Abbotsford, British Columbia,
00:07:54.920 on Tuesday had his death sentence upheld in a Chinese court.
00:08:00.820 And we know how the Chinese like to carry out executions, 1.00
00:08:04.400 a bullet to the back of the head,
00:08:06.360 and then they charge the family for the ammunition.
00:08:11.300 And there's still Michael Kovrig over there waiting,
00:08:15.380 languishing in a cell, waiting for his sentence.
00:08:18.660 So the prime minister came out today and wagged his finger,
00:08:22.260 as he usually does, and says it's unacceptable.
00:08:25.860 Former Tory foreign affairs minister came out, though, Peter McKay.
00:08:31.280 He said it's time for boycotts.
00:08:33.640 The time for nice words is over,
00:08:36.100 and we should start boycotting trade sanctions,
00:08:43.240 like the Chinese have placed against us, 0.99
00:08:45.260 and soya and pork.
00:08:49.140 And he wants a boycott of the Olympic Games.
00:08:52.080 They're coming up very quickly, actually,
00:08:54.140 in February in Beijing, the winter version.
00:08:58.080 He says Canada should not go.
00:09:00.860 And I know, Jackie, you did a story on
00:09:02.760 what the rest of Canada thinks about going to the Olympics.
00:09:06.200 It is very, very clear that none of Canada really, really wants this.
00:09:10.700 At the very least, the majority of Canadians have said
00:09:13.540 that they either completely or somewhat support boycotting the Chinese Games,
00:09:17.880 and frankly, I don't blame them.
00:09:19.500 I think it sounds like the two Michaels are being used as bargaining chips right now,
00:09:23.340 especially in that Meng Wanzhou case with Huawei.
00:09:25.520 And the Games are just another example for China 0.99
00:09:28.300 to put themselves on the global platform
00:09:30.560 and lie to everyone and say,
00:09:31.760 oh, look at what we're allowing the media to show you.
00:09:35.160 Look at how great everything is.
00:09:36.660 But I think that they're really using the Games for ulterior motives,
00:09:40.600 and I'm not sure Canada should let them do that.
00:09:42.460 No, I mean, keep in mind the Canadian Parliament criticized,
00:09:47.100 you know, in a historic ruling,
00:09:49.000 criticized the government of Japan for genocide
00:09:51.380 and their treatment of the Muslim Uyghur population.
00:09:56.600 You know, this is a...
00:09:57.740 China, you mean.
00:09:58.600 China, I'm sorry. What did I say?
00:10:00.140 You said Japan.
00:10:01.060 Oh, sorry, Japan. No, no. 1.00
00:10:04.160 I mean, this is a brutal regime.
00:10:06.780 I can't imagine what kind of COVID restrictions
00:10:09.920 they're going to bring in for the Olympics,
00:10:11.720 but they may lock up the entire country.
00:10:16.100 What do you think, Corey?
00:10:17.200 Something's...
00:10:17.760 How do we get those guys home?
00:10:20.280 I don't know.
00:10:20.820 There's so much wrapped up in this.
00:10:22.260 I mean, it is easier to say, you know,
00:10:24.580 stand up to China than to do something, too.
00:10:26.420 I mean, whether we like it or not,
00:10:27.260 we're very dependent on them.
00:10:28.400 We get a load of our cost-effective,
00:10:30.740 cheap consumer goods from China,
00:10:32.760 and people will complain,
00:10:34.280 even though they say,
00:10:34.920 oh, I'll buy Chinese goods.
00:10:36.060 When they see their consumer goods shit through the roof,
00:10:38.380 we'll see how long that lasts.
00:10:39.560 Like, they are a big trading partner for us,
00:10:41.920 and unfortunately, we don't buy enough
00:10:43.540 to necessarily hurt them.
00:10:46.520 You know, likewise, we're not a military power.
00:10:49.000 So things like, though, the Olympics.
00:10:50.760 I mean, that's a symbolic thing.
00:10:51.740 That's a big thing for China. 0.98
00:10:53.000 They want to look good on the world stage.
00:10:54.900 I mean, that's perhaps where we can
00:10:56.680 hit them where it counts and say,
00:10:58.500 all right, you know,
00:10:58.880 we're not taking part in your show
00:11:00.400 to the rest of the world.
00:11:01.300 You're dictators.
00:11:02.000 You're holding our citizens hostage.
00:11:04.180 We won't play ball,
00:11:05.260 and we're going to encourage other nations
00:11:06.460 not to as well.
00:11:07.580 If you want to hold this show,
00:11:09.540 you're going to do it without us
00:11:10.660 or get your act together with it.
00:11:12.660 But, I mean, otherwise,
00:11:13.620 it's a difficult situation.
00:11:15.020 And it's the only way to get China 0.99
00:11:17.240 to do anything is with a coalition
00:11:19.460 of other like-minded countries
00:11:22.260 like the United States and Great Britain.
00:11:26.260 You know, it's going to take a lot of guts
00:11:28.180 for Canada if they're the first to say,
00:11:30.580 no, we're not going.
00:11:32.300 And it's cruel to your athletes.
00:11:33.800 I mean, these guys have been training
00:11:35.100 and women for their whole lives. 0.71
00:11:37.460 This is it.
00:11:37.960 This is the apex.
00:11:38.980 And, you know, you're telling them,
00:11:40.580 yeah, unfortunately,
00:11:41.320 due to the political climate,
00:11:42.680 you aren't going to be able
00:11:43.820 to get out there on that elite competition,
00:11:45.920 that once-in-a-lifetime thing.
00:11:48.120 It's asking a lot.
00:11:49.860 But, I mean, you're saying people
00:11:50.740 don't have much appetite
00:11:51.460 for the Olympics in general these days
00:11:52.680 is what you've been seeing as well, right?
00:11:54.180 Oh, I would completely agree with that.
00:11:55.900 I mean, IOC corruption
00:11:57.080 has been an issue,
00:11:58.340 I think, long since anyone can remember.
00:12:00.320 But especially lately with these China games,
00:12:02.880 like, we saw this exact same thing happen
00:12:04.820 with, what was it, 2008 in Beijing
00:12:06.920 when they last had the games there.
00:12:09.000 Once again, media was very upset
00:12:10.680 because there were specific areas
00:12:12.420 that they were allowed to film in,
00:12:13.980 absolutely nothing else.
00:12:15.480 Like, it was China's opportunity 1.00
00:12:17.700 to really project this fake,
00:12:20.000 fabulous, glossy image of themselves
00:12:21.960 to the world.
00:12:23.320 And, Corey, I think you raise
00:12:24.520 a really good point
00:12:25.300 because it's a fine line to toe
00:12:27.540 between do we want to support this,
00:12:29.420 do we want to support the Olympics
00:12:30.620 as an organization,
00:12:31.640 do we want to support China
00:12:33.020 using the Olympics for ulterior motives,
00:12:35.220 but then at the same time,
00:12:36.520 do we really want to say
00:12:37.420 to Canadian athletes
00:12:38.400 who have been working,
00:12:39.720 arguably, their entire lives
00:12:41.160 for this opportunity,
00:12:42.600 oh, no, you know,
00:12:43.400 exactly like what you said,
00:12:44.460 like something that you have
00:12:45.300 no part in and no control over
00:12:46.940 is going to ruin your chances
00:12:48.740 at ever, you know,
00:12:49.620 becoming a professional athlete.
00:12:51.060 Especially when we're still
00:12:52.260 in a post-Olympic high
00:12:53.460 from, you know, from Japan.
00:12:56.740 Got that right this time, right?
00:12:58.240 Yes, they did in the Olympics.
00:13:00.300 They weren't smart on the Ingers. 0.97
00:13:02.240 All right.
00:13:03.520 Canada did great in those Olympics.
00:13:07.000 And, you know,
00:13:07.620 there's nothing better
00:13:08.300 than a gold medal
00:13:09.120 to get the entire country excited.
00:13:12.880 And, you know,
00:13:14.440 if you get NHL players
00:13:16.060 going to Beijing,
00:13:17.560 that'll create even
00:13:18.940 a greater level of excitement.
00:13:20.960 But at some point,
00:13:22.260 you need to,
00:13:22.680 I mean,
00:13:22.840 the Western world
00:13:25.300 put a line in the sand
00:13:26.620 over Afghanistan
00:13:27.400 and boycotted
00:13:28.940 the Moscow Games
00:13:31.320 and then tit for tat
00:13:32.760 the Russians boycotted 0.97
00:13:35.140 Los Angeles.
00:13:36.680 But, you know,
00:13:37.840 it's going to be interesting
00:13:39.900 to see whether countries
00:13:41.340 have the inner fortitude
00:13:43.700 to make a boycott decision.
00:13:47.080 It's too bad
00:13:47.760 that the Olympics
00:13:48.220 are turning into
00:13:48.880 such a political tool.
00:13:49.980 I mean,
00:13:50.180 the ratings are going down
00:13:51.400 with it all the time too.
00:13:52.400 It's not what it used to be
00:13:53.460 by any means.
00:13:54.220 I mean,
00:13:54.720 IOC corruption,
00:13:55.760 other issues,
00:13:56.960 people have been getting tired of it.
00:13:58.260 Viewership ratings
00:13:59.220 have been going down.
00:13:59.920 Yet at the same time,
00:14:00.620 we saw this time around,
00:14:01.660 I mean,
00:14:02.080 a rotten COVID year.
00:14:03.640 We've all been miserable
00:14:04.180 and cranky
00:14:04.700 and a lot of people
00:14:06.260 rallied around,
00:14:07.100 you know,
00:14:07.280 some of those athletes
00:14:08.000 who did fantastic
00:14:08.880 and the women's soccer team
00:14:10.540 and all sorts of stuff.
00:14:11.560 So, I mean,
00:14:11.720 there's value,
00:14:12.320 but are we going to kill it
00:14:13.960 with our politics?
00:14:14.580 I guess time will tell.
00:14:15.920 I think you're also raising
00:14:17.200 an interesting point, Corey,
00:14:18.440 because when you Google
00:14:19.160 the Olympics now
00:14:20.180 versus, you know,
00:14:20.840 five, ten years ago,
00:14:22.100 the stories aren't coming up
00:14:23.380 of athletes as much.
00:14:24.740 It's corruption.
00:14:25.660 It's IOC corruption.
00:14:26.860 It's doping scandals.
00:14:28.180 It's, you know,
00:14:28.960 foreign entities,
00:14:29.900 like we said,
00:14:30.400 using these games
00:14:31.340 for ulterior motives
00:14:32.420 other than promoting athletes.
00:14:34.240 And I think,
00:14:35.420 as sad as it is to say,
00:14:36.940 the Olympics
00:14:37.380 have really gotten corrupt.
00:14:38.760 I read an article
00:14:39.360 not too long ago
00:14:40.260 that said something
00:14:40.860 to the extent of
00:14:41.680 one nation
00:14:42.560 will emerge victorious,
00:14:43.720 the other will be stuck
00:14:44.580 hosting the 2026 Olympic Games.
00:14:47.200 So it's obvious
00:14:48.600 that people are really
00:14:49.740 starting to see through the IOC.
00:14:51.260 They're starting to see through,
00:14:52.540 like I said,
00:14:53.060 these other entities
00:14:53.840 that are forcing their athletes
00:14:55.160 to dope
00:14:55.720 or trying to use the games
00:14:56.980 for their own motives.
00:14:58.240 I think people are tired of it.
00:14:59.720 And I'm not,
00:15:00.380 I'm not totally confident
00:15:01.800 that the Olympics
00:15:02.480 has that strong of a future,
00:15:03.960 as depressing as that is to say.
00:15:05.940 We will see.
00:15:07.040 I mean,
00:15:07.240 and we'll use that
00:15:07.980 to pivot in.
00:15:08.820 One strong supporter
00:15:09.720 in Calgary
00:15:10.340 of the 2026 Olympic bid
00:15:12.840 was councillor,
00:15:14.460 now mayoral candidate,
00:15:15.680 Jeff Davison.
00:15:16.700 He was quite the pusher for it.
00:15:18.420 And speaking of crowds
00:15:19.720 of people in red,
00:15:20.740 as you see in China,
00:15:22.200 Jeff Davison
00:15:22.940 was in a crowd
00:15:23.600 of red t-shirts
00:15:24.440 on the weekend
00:15:25.140 at a rally,
00:15:25.940 which was pretty interesting.
00:15:27.060 I mean,
00:15:27.260 you can expand on that, Dave.
00:15:28.600 Sure.
00:15:29.080 And that involved
00:15:29.820 another Olympic booster,
00:15:32.300 Mirna Hadnenshi.
00:15:33.380 Yes.
00:15:34.160 This was a kickoff rally
00:15:36.060 for councillor George Shahal,
00:15:38.180 who was running
00:15:38.720 in the northeast Calgary
00:15:40.100 riding of Calgary Skyview
00:15:43.260 in the election,
00:15:45.440 whenever it's called.
00:15:47.360 He kicked off his campaign
00:15:48.500 on Sunday
00:15:49.080 with a fairly large
00:15:50.680 and boisterous rally
00:15:53.140 of liberals,
00:15:53.920 I guess,
00:15:54.260 in terms of size for Calgary.
00:15:55.920 It was a good liberal turnout.
00:15:58.240 Amongst the attendees
00:15:59.300 was Mayor Nenshi,
00:16:00.760 who unsteadily climbed up
00:16:03.220 and down the back
00:16:04.100 of a pickup truck
00:16:05.480 to deliver his speech.
00:16:07.700 And watching on,
00:16:09.140 interestingly,
00:16:09.820 were mayoral candidates
00:16:11.060 Jeff Davison
00:16:12.140 and Jyoti Gondek.
00:16:15.600 Now, as you said,
00:16:17.400 Davison has always portrayed
00:16:19.100 himself as a bit
00:16:20.420 of a fiscal conservative.
00:16:23.800 Gondek, on the other hand,
00:16:25.160 has always been
00:16:25.860 a left-wing,
00:16:27.560 leaning person on council.
00:16:28.980 And somebody,
00:16:32.140 Mayor Nenshi, I think,
00:16:33.060 would like to see
00:16:34.660 take over from him.
00:16:36.940 So, you know,
00:16:37.520 the question is,
00:16:38.600 has Davison changed
00:16:40.080 his political stripes?
00:16:43.060 The Western Standard
00:16:44.180 reached out to him
00:16:45.140 and he basically commented,
00:16:47.200 said he was just there
00:16:48.620 visiting a friend,
00:16:50.040 supporting a friend.
00:16:51.720 And that's really all he said.
00:16:53.940 But it certainly leaves,
00:16:56.620 you know,
00:16:58.400 the voter with
00:17:00.920 what seems to be
00:17:02.200 a clear options now.
00:17:03.960 You've got Jeremy Farkas
00:17:05.340 who is definitely
00:17:06.780 a fiscal conservative.
00:17:08.320 And then on the other side,
00:17:09.720 you've got
00:17:10.500 Liberal rally
00:17:12.100 attending
00:17:12.780 Jeff Davison
00:17:14.400 and
00:17:14.980 bring back COVID masks
00:17:16.840 Gondek.
00:17:17.700 So it's,
00:17:19.560 you know,
00:17:19.940 the
00:17:20.280 political lines
00:17:22.280 are certainly being drawn.
00:17:24.000 I mean,
00:17:24.380 you read into this,
00:17:25.440 do you feel perhaps
00:17:26.240 Mr. Davison was always
00:17:27.320 a secret Liberal
00:17:27.980 or is he changing
00:17:28.920 as he goes?
00:17:29.860 I think it'll be interesting
00:17:30.920 because I remember
00:17:31.680 his initial
00:17:32.560 run for mayor
00:17:33.680 like against Nenshi
00:17:34.760 the other year
00:17:35.620 and he came out
00:17:37.100 as one of the only
00:17:38.020 fiscally conservative candidates.
00:17:40.020 And so I feel like
00:17:41.340 the wool was kind of
00:17:42.100 pulled over my eyes
00:17:43.020 because I have been
00:17:43.800 keeping up a little bit
00:17:44.820 with his latest
00:17:45.800 ventures and everything.
00:17:47.740 Just to be clear,
00:17:48.880 he didn't run
00:17:49.400 against Nenshi
00:17:50.100 in the last election.
00:17:51.920 But in his
00:17:53.480 Ward 6 election bid,
00:17:56.040 you know,
00:17:56.420 he was a first-time
00:17:57.180 councillor.
00:17:57.940 He voted on a,
00:17:59.100 or he campaigned
00:18:00.140 on a pro-business
00:18:01.540 fiscally conservative.
00:18:03.160 And we do see that
00:18:04.580 so typically.
00:18:06.000 They campaign
00:18:06.660 conservatively
00:18:07.560 because they know
00:18:07.940 that's what the electorate
00:18:08.700 wants.
00:18:09.840 And they lie.
00:18:10.500 I'm going to be blunt
00:18:11.040 about it.
00:18:11.240 They lie.
00:18:11.600 I'm sick and tired of it.
00:18:12.680 I mean,
00:18:12.880 Nenshi did it.
00:18:13.560 He painted himself
00:18:14.280 as pro-business,
00:18:15.720 you know,
00:18:16.660 fiscally conservative.
00:18:17.420 He was nothing
00:18:18.000 even close.
00:18:19.340 Davison,
00:18:20.260 once he got in,
00:18:20.940 he voted for just
00:18:21.920 about every spending
00:18:23.280 increase that came along.
00:18:24.860 I mean,
00:18:25.100 if there's anything
00:18:25.920 city council hated,
00:18:26.640 it was when the
00:18:27.000 Manning Institute
00:18:27.540 started actually tracking
00:18:28.940 voting and showing
00:18:29.740 how these guys vote
00:18:30.440 because they could get
00:18:30.980 by under the radar
00:18:32.180 if people weren't
00:18:32.760 paying attention.
00:18:33.840 But if you could see
00:18:34.320 how they voted,
00:18:34.840 like,
00:18:35.020 holy cow, 0.51
00:18:35.540 this person isn't
00:18:36.460 conservative whatsoever.
00:18:37.780 But usually they keep
00:18:38.580 it hidden.
00:18:38.900 This was unusual
00:18:39.540 to see Davison.
00:18:41.160 I mean,
00:18:41.280 you can make your
00:18:41.740 excuse, 0.89
00:18:42.100 so I'm just
00:18:42.400 helping out a friend.
00:18:43.120 Look,
00:18:43.500 in politics,
00:18:44.440 optics are everything.
00:18:45.760 Helping out a friend,
00:18:46.680 if you're at his house,
00:18:47.740 if you're at a party,
00:18:48.700 but you were at
00:18:49.520 a liberal campaign kickoff
00:18:51.640 and you were a person
00:18:52.380 running for office.
00:18:54.460 There's no other way
00:18:55.180 to interpret that
00:18:55.960 than to say
00:18:56.320 you're supporting
00:18:56.900 the liberals
00:18:57.380 in Calgary.
00:18:58.280 I mean,
00:18:58.860 you can't paint
00:19:00.160 that both ways.
00:19:00.700 So that means
00:19:01.040 he must be targeting
00:19:02.300 support in that segment.
00:19:04.600 Another one of
00:19:05.540 Shahal's friends
00:19:06.320 was Jeremy Farkas.
00:19:08.160 He was invited
00:19:08.900 to the rally
00:19:09.540 and he says,
00:19:10.840 oh,
00:19:11.080 sorry,
00:19:11.400 not with a 10-foot pole.
00:19:13.020 He instead went
00:19:14.180 to talk to voters
00:19:15.240 in Bowness Park
00:19:16.800 on a lovely Sunday
00:19:17.660 afternoon.
00:19:18.840 So,
00:19:19.120 yeah,
00:19:19.420 I mean,
00:19:19.860 optics are everything.
00:19:21.720 Mayor Nenshi
00:19:22.320 told the crowd
00:19:23.180 that Calgary
00:19:24.380 is not very well served
00:19:25.640 by its federal voting.
00:19:27.080 intentions
00:19:29.120 that are passed
00:19:30.340 saying,
00:19:31.720 you know,
00:19:32.000 the fact that
00:19:32.800 people like Kent Hare
00:19:34.760 were voted out
00:19:37.360 and replaced
00:19:38.820 by conservatives
00:19:39.700 does not serve
00:19:40.900 Calgary at all
00:19:41.680 because in a minority
00:19:43.460 government,
00:19:43.960 they have no voice.
00:19:45.060 Well,
00:19:45.520 that's the usual
00:19:46.000 liberal threat
00:19:46.680 and I find that,
00:19:47.600 you know,
00:19:47.900 so offensive
00:19:48.460 when they pull that stunt
00:19:49.540 and it's true.
00:19:50.860 I mean,
00:19:51.100 we saw that
00:19:51.520 going farther back
00:19:52.780 in past federal elections.
00:19:53.760 Every time Calgary
00:19:54.200 wouldn't vote liberal,
00:19:54.860 they'd pull something else out.
00:19:55.800 CFB Calgary is gone.
00:19:57.460 CBC headquarters
00:19:58.300 are gone
00:19:58.940 and their candidates
00:20:00.420 would keep saying,
00:20:01.040 hey,
00:20:01.120 if you want stuff
00:20:02.000 from Ottawa,
00:20:03.100 you've got to vote liberal
00:20:03.620 or we're going to punish you
00:20:04.460 and that was then
00:20:05.160 she's underlying threat
00:20:06.400 basically saying,
00:20:07.120 hey,
00:20:07.400 Ottawa's going to keep
00:20:08.000 screwing you 1.00
00:20:08.380 if you don't vote liberal.
00:20:09.660 There's a weird
00:20:10.700 dynamic developing Calgary.
00:20:13.740 This is going off
00:20:14.660 on a bit of a tangent,
00:20:15.740 Corey,
00:20:15.960 and I apologize,
00:20:17.300 but Derek's not here,
00:20:18.220 so he can't,
00:20:19.740 he can't pull me back in.
00:20:21.480 Derek's the way
00:20:21.500 the mice will play.
00:20:22.420 Exactly.
00:20:23.440 I mean,
00:20:23.960 you've got interesting
00:20:25.580 divisions in Calgary
00:20:27.660 where normally
00:20:29.260 pro-business
00:20:30.760 conservative organizations
00:20:32.680 like the Chamber of Commerce
00:20:34.080 have all of a sudden
00:20:35.360 decided
00:20:36.000 they're going to lobby
00:20:37.380 to bring back
00:20:38.260 vaccine,
00:20:39.340 or to bring in
00:20:39.980 vaccine passports.
00:20:41.860 It really is
00:20:42.760 an interesting dynamic
00:20:44.620 happening all over the place.
00:20:46.060 and will Calgary
00:20:48.980 vote differently
00:20:50.980 this time
00:20:51.500 in the federal election?
00:20:53.040 Are they happy
00:20:54.120 with Trudeau's
00:20:56.600 COVID handouts
00:20:57.540 more than they're
00:20:58.900 unhappy
00:20:59.840 with Bill C-69
00:21:02.060 and 48?
00:21:04.780 We'll see.
00:21:05.740 I mean,
00:21:05.980 we've got quite
00:21:07.140 a political fall
00:21:08.020 coming ahead of us
00:21:08.820 for political dorks
00:21:09.740 like ourselves.
00:21:10.660 We've got the
00:21:11.360 municipal election,
00:21:12.260 we've got the
00:21:12.960 federal election,
00:21:13.860 we've got a couple
00:21:14.680 of referendum questions
00:21:15.820 coming up on it.
00:21:18.040 And don't forget
00:21:19.060 the Senate election.
00:21:20.380 Yes.
00:21:20.780 Speaking of which,
00:21:21.760 Calgary...
00:21:22.480 Forgettable, but...
00:21:23.320 Calgary Senator-elect
00:21:25.980 Doug Black
00:21:28.560 resigned today.
00:21:30.020 He won the Senate election
00:21:31.880 in 2012
00:21:33.520 and was appointed
00:21:34.680 the next year
00:21:35.380 in 2013.
00:21:37.500 So,
00:21:38.020 all may not be lost
00:21:39.220 in Senator-in-waiting elections.
00:21:41.400 We'll see.
00:21:41.700 Do you think
00:21:42.100 Justin Trudeau
00:21:42.820 might appoint
00:21:44.020 one of our chosen Senators
00:21:45.320 given the chance?
00:21:46.020 Well,
00:21:46.220 I was just going to say,
00:21:47.040 do we even get an election?
00:21:48.320 I thought Trudeau
00:21:49.100 just came in
00:21:49.700 and decided for us.
00:21:50.960 I didn't know
00:21:51.620 that we still have
00:21:52.420 the benefit
00:21:53.020 of an election anymore.
00:21:53.580 We go through the motions.
00:21:56.720 Okay,
00:21:57.220 well,
00:21:57.420 we'll close up
00:21:58.660 and move on
00:21:59.120 to something a little,
00:21:59.920 you know,
00:22:00.600 getting under
00:22:01.000 the provincial matters.
00:22:01.940 And there was a lot
00:22:02.520 in the news
00:22:02.860 in the last week
00:22:03.500 with the rural crime
00:22:04.700 and crime
00:22:05.740 in general self-defense.
00:22:07.660 That interesting case
00:22:09.000 in Red Deer,
00:22:09.700 the gentleman
00:22:10.200 didn't get charged.
00:22:11.040 But now we've gotten
00:22:11.740 more details
00:22:12.660 on exactly
00:22:13.220 what kind of happened
00:22:14.240 up there last week
00:22:15.680 and let us know
00:22:16.720 a little more
00:22:17.140 of what we've learned.
00:22:18.000 Yeah,
00:22:18.280 when we were talking
00:22:19.220 about this last week,
00:22:20.240 it was just breaking news.
00:22:22.580 RCMP had released
00:22:23.720 the fact
00:22:24.420 a homeowner
00:22:25.400 shot an intruder
00:22:26.280 to death
00:22:26.780 and that's really
00:22:28.240 all we know.
00:22:29.400 I mean,
00:22:29.820 nobody's written
00:22:30.320 about a rural crime
00:22:31.740 more than you,
00:22:32.440 Corey,
00:22:32.740 and you know
00:22:33.600 it's a huge problem
00:22:34.620 out there,
00:22:35.380 a continuing problem.
00:22:36.580 We now have
00:22:38.080 some more details
00:22:39.000 in the case.
00:22:40.060 And this was a,
00:22:41.600 I would think
00:22:43.160 a disturbed individual
00:22:44.680 who had gone back
00:22:46.280 to the same house
00:22:47.080 three times
00:22:47.880 over the August long weekend.
00:22:52.140 He had been taken away
00:22:53.460 by the RCMP
00:22:54.860 on two other occasions.
00:22:57.340 One time he was
00:22:58.900 just released,
00:23:00.400 another time he was
00:23:01.500 charged with mischief
00:23:03.180 and released.
00:23:04.840 And then he went back,
00:23:06.260 kicked in the door
00:23:07.160 and the poor
00:23:09.220 homeowner arrived
00:23:10.700 to find the door open
00:23:12.080 and this guy
00:23:13.460 sleeping in his bed.
00:23:15.880 The guy was,
00:23:17.480 was,
00:23:17.940 was woken up,
00:23:19.340 grabbed a baseball bat
00:23:21.600 and started to beat
00:23:22.320 the hell out of the, 0.75
00:23:23.220 the homeowner.
00:23:24.520 Shots to the head
00:23:25.700 and,
00:23:26.080 and body.
00:23:27.380 The homeowner
00:23:27.880 was able to grab
00:23:28.620 a shotgun
00:23:29.160 and,
00:23:30.120 and shoot the guy 0.61
00:23:32.900 right in the torso
00:23:33.540 and killed him instantly.
00:23:35.260 Now we all,
00:23:36.260 worried much like
00:23:37.120 the Maurice situation
00:23:38.340 that the RCMP
00:23:39.940 may decide to charge
00:23:41.320 the homeowner.
00:23:43.040 And,
00:23:43.680 I think everybody
00:23:45.140 breathed a sigh of relief
00:23:46.360 when they decided
00:23:47.880 not to,
00:23:48.820 that there was
00:23:49.600 an obvious case
00:23:50.460 of,
00:23:50.780 of self-defense.
00:23:52.580 So,
00:23:53.020 I wonder why,
00:23:54.220 Corey,
00:23:54.520 I mean,
00:23:54.780 you covered the Maurice case
00:23:56.660 extensively.
00:23:57.640 Why would they make
00:23:58.660 a different,
00:23:59.380 you know,
00:24:00.960 conclusion
00:24:01.460 than,
00:24:01.980 than this one?
00:24:02.760 I think there's a couple
00:24:03.460 of reasons.
00:24:03.820 And I guess I'll do
00:24:04.540 the self-serving plug.
00:24:05.520 I interviewed Eddie
00:24:06.240 yesterday on video
00:24:07.880 and that'll come out
00:24:08.480 in the next few days
00:24:09.340 and talk to them
00:24:10.420 for a while on this
00:24:11.120 because of course
00:24:11.500 this is certainly
00:24:12.640 a case near and dear
00:24:13.680 to him.
00:24:14.000 And those who don't
00:24:14.420 remember,
00:24:14.940 Eddie Maurice
00:24:15.400 was charged
00:24:16.080 with injuring
00:24:17.480 an intruder
00:24:18.060 with a firearm
00:24:18.940 when the intruder
00:24:19.720 was trying to break
00:24:20.320 into his home.
00:24:21.400 And he had to go
00:24:21.940 through six months
00:24:22.460 to hell
00:24:22.800 through the court system
00:24:24.340 before they finally
00:24:24.920 dropped charges.
00:24:26.000 But I think
00:24:26.380 and a couple of friends
00:24:27.120 that were different.
00:24:28.520 Well,
00:24:28.900 for one,
00:24:29.180 there's been a lot
00:24:29.700 of examples.
00:24:30.180 They just can't get
00:24:30.920 convictions on these.
00:24:31.700 They keep trying
00:24:32.360 but they can't get convictions.
00:24:33.880 When it goes to jury,
00:24:34.740 they really don't have a chance.
00:24:36.260 It gets tossed out
00:24:37.360 so they understand that.
00:24:38.440 I think they're figuring that out.
00:24:40.080 The other part was
00:24:40.820 in this particular case
00:24:42.000 it was kind of clear cut.
00:24:43.900 You know,
00:24:44.160 this man was fighting
00:24:45.040 for his life.
00:24:45.600 He was being beaten
00:24:46.220 by a weapon.
00:24:47.020 He was in his own household.
00:24:48.900 It was a known offender
00:24:51.400 who was doing it.
00:24:52.540 Like they just realized
00:24:53.360 what a morass
00:24:54.700 they're going to get
00:24:55.220 themselves into
00:24:55.840 if they tried charging
00:24:57.140 this man for defending
00:24:58.040 himself in this case.
00:24:59.180 So it was hard to compare.
00:25:00.460 But it was a good outcome
00:25:01.280 as far as a tragedy
00:25:02.660 can go.
00:25:05.140 Perhaps though,
00:25:05.740 I mean,
00:25:05.900 you feel we're starting
00:25:07.220 to get an atmosphere
00:25:08.000 where self-defense
00:25:08.700 is a little more acceptable?
00:25:10.020 I was just going to say
00:25:10.900 this particular case
00:25:12.060 was very reassuring to me
00:25:13.620 because I do believe
00:25:14.840 that the culture
00:25:16.280 is starting to shift
00:25:17.400 more towards
00:25:18.400 not blaming people
00:25:19.660 for defending themselves.
00:25:21.220 I think it was very,
00:25:22.200 very cool
00:25:22.700 that the charges
00:25:24.340 wouldn't have been upheld
00:25:25.280 because like I said,
00:25:26.280 I think strongly,
00:25:27.800 especially within,
00:25:28.620 you know,
00:25:28.940 RCMP,
00:25:29.580 everything like that,
00:25:30.180 the culture has been
00:25:31.160 wait for us.
00:25:32.340 You know,
00:25:32.680 don't you dare do anything.
00:25:34.120 Don't you dare try
00:25:34.700 to fight back
00:25:35.260 because if you do,
00:25:36.000 it could potentially
00:25:36.880 be swung onto your fault.
00:25:38.460 You know,
00:25:38.620 just wait for us
00:25:39.380 to do everything.
00:25:40.100 And as you've said
00:25:40.720 many times,
00:25:41.300 Corey,
00:25:41.580 in rural areas,
00:25:42.820 40 minutes is a really,
00:25:44.100 really long time
00:25:44.720 to wait with someone
00:25:45.620 threatening your life
00:25:46.760 in your house.
00:25:48.120 Beating you
00:25:48.720 with a baseball bat.
00:25:49.740 Exactly.
00:25:50.760 Do you think this means
00:25:51.560 it'll be open season,
00:25:52.600 Corey?
00:25:54.120 On bad guys?
00:25:55.100 I don't think
00:25:55.940 in rural Alberta
00:25:56.800 necessarily.
00:25:57.680 You know,
00:25:57.880 I think those
00:25:58.960 who were inclined
00:25:59.840 to defend themselves
00:26:00.960 are still going to.
00:26:01.900 I mean,
00:26:02.140 the law wasn't going
00:26:03.100 to stop somebody
00:26:03.780 if they're afraid
00:26:04.540 for their lives,
00:26:05.540 but at least
00:26:06.400 they might feel
00:26:08.000 a little more,
00:26:08.680 you know,
00:26:09.440 less fear
00:26:10.080 and what ifs.
00:26:11.380 I mean,
00:26:11.540 you talk about those things.
00:26:12.440 There are contingencies
00:26:13.100 at home.
00:26:13.720 Jane and I talk about that.
00:26:14.620 We live rural.
00:26:15.140 We have a lot
00:26:15.700 of crime in our area.
00:26:16.420 My bar got robbed repeatedly.
00:26:17.900 We were worried
00:26:18.360 at that point.
00:26:19.300 What would we do
00:26:20.320 if somebody came in?
00:26:21.340 You know,
00:26:21.440 it's like a fire drill.
00:26:22.220 What are you going to do?
00:26:22.840 What are you going to go?
00:26:23.280 Well,
00:26:24.160 we'll try and warn somebody
00:26:25.340 and if worse came to worse,
00:26:26.240 we'll do whatever
00:26:26.840 we have to.
00:26:29.440 But you're still
00:26:30.140 not allowed
00:26:30.520 to carry pepper spray,
00:26:31.460 Jackie.
00:26:31.760 Oh, no.
00:26:32.520 Couldn't possibly.
00:26:33.840 You know,
00:26:34.180 a tiny little thing
00:26:35.420 that gives no lasting damage.
00:26:37.620 Couldn't possibly.
00:26:38.460 Couldn't possibly.
00:26:39.080 It would be better
00:26:39.600 for me to get beat up
00:26:40.600 than possibly
00:26:41.300 spray someone
00:26:42.080 with pepper spray.
00:26:42.740 Well,
00:26:43.180 one thing I would
00:26:43.720 throw out there,
00:26:44.600 I mean,
00:26:44.780 you can get pepper spray
00:26:45.840 if you're going hiking
00:26:46.540 and you want to go in
00:26:47.620 and you can pick that up
00:26:48.620 for bears.
00:26:49.520 And you know what?
00:26:50.200 If it comes to a case
00:26:51.280 that somehow
00:26:52.060 you utilized it
00:26:53.200 in self-defense,
00:26:53.840 we can see that
00:26:54.360 even a firearm
00:26:54.960 is considered
00:26:55.720 legitimate
00:26:57.440 in the right circumstance.
00:26:58.900 It's not frivolously used.
00:27:00.160 I'm certain
00:27:00.580 that if a young lady 1.00
00:27:01.400 happened to pepper spray
00:27:02.260 or would-be rapist,
00:27:03.300 she probably wouldn't
00:27:04.200 be charged.
00:27:04.840 There was actually
00:27:06.200 video out of California
00:27:07.980 this week
00:27:08.560 of a bear
00:27:10.120 that got into
00:27:11.080 a grocery store
00:27:12.620 and was wandering
00:27:13.560 around a grocery store.
00:27:14.940 So, you know,
00:27:16.000 if those people
00:27:17.000 had bear spray
00:27:17.760 in their purses,
00:27:18.540 they'd have been okay.
00:27:20.280 Yeah.
00:27:21.060 I mean,
00:27:21.820 again,
00:27:22.220 it's less lethal.
00:27:23.320 The world's not full
00:27:24.200 of psychopathic citizens
00:27:25.880 who want to go out
00:27:27.040 and harm people
00:27:27.620 in self-defense.
00:27:28.300 I mean,
00:27:28.460 there's a number of them,
00:27:29.480 but we aren't overloaded
00:27:30.920 with them.
00:27:31.280 And empowering us
00:27:32.120 to be able to take care
00:27:32.960 of ourselves
00:27:33.560 I don't think
00:27:34.500 is as big a gamble
00:27:35.360 as the authorities
00:27:36.140 seem to feel.
00:27:36.920 But I think
00:27:37.440 it's a police mentality.
00:27:38.500 And that's added to,
00:27:40.000 you know,
00:27:40.420 talk now about
00:27:41.300 a provincial police force.
00:27:42.520 Yes.
00:27:43.900 Whether or not
00:27:44.560 that would change,
00:27:45.220 though,
00:27:45.360 or are we going to have
00:27:45.920 a smaller version
00:27:46.560 of the same thing?
00:27:47.300 I guess that depends
00:27:47.860 on what our government
00:27:49.300 puts together
00:27:49.860 if we ever do it.
00:27:50.800 The Todd Lowe
00:27:51.760 and the independent
00:27:53.060 former UCP
00:27:56.060 MLA
00:27:58.120 for Central Peace
00:28:00.720 Notley,
00:28:01.900 that always confuses
00:28:02.860 me.
00:28:03.260 Came out
00:28:03.620 with an interesting
00:28:04.220 idea today.
00:28:05.120 I mean,
00:28:05.440 the premier has said
00:28:06.640 any decision
00:28:08.720 on the provincial
00:28:09.680 police force
00:28:10.400 will come from 0.99
00:28:12.640 Albertans
00:28:13.180 in a referendum.
00:28:15.320 Todd Lowe
00:28:16.120 and said,
00:28:17.100 well,
00:28:17.300 you know what?
00:28:17.780 Let's just give
00:28:19.920 the referendum vote
00:28:20.960 to people
00:28:21.720 in rural Alberta.
00:28:23.340 Those that don't
00:28:24.180 have municipal
00:28:25.080 police forces
00:28:26.440 like in Calgary
00:28:28.400 and Edmonton
00:28:29.300 and medicine hat.
00:28:32.080 I think that would
00:28:33.320 be a very different
00:28:34.880 vote because
00:28:35.500 if you're
00:28:36.320 a citizen of Calgary,
00:28:39.400 you may not have
00:28:40.740 ever dealt with
00:28:41.500 the RCMP
00:28:42.020 other than a
00:28:42.660 speeding ticket
00:28:43.280 and don't know
00:28:45.340 what it is like
00:28:47.460 to wait for
00:28:48.080 a 40-minute response
00:28:49.240 time.
00:28:49.520 Well,
00:28:50.780 absolutely.
00:28:51.400 There would be a
00:28:51.940 different perspective
00:28:52.600 without doubt.
00:28:55.200 Again,
00:28:55.800 it'd have to be done
00:28:56.460 right,
00:28:56.920 so that's a big
00:28:57.680 if,
00:28:57.980 but you know.
00:28:59.260 I think you're
00:28:59.800 hitting the nail
00:29:00.360 on the head,
00:29:00.920 though.
00:29:01.120 Anything done
00:29:01.800 through government
00:29:02.420 is full of red tape,
00:29:03.780 inconsistencies,
00:29:05.040 like not putting budgets
00:29:06.380 where they really
00:29:06.900 need to go.
00:29:07.440 I think the idea
00:29:08.440 of saying,
00:29:09.980 okay,
00:29:10.260 so we have this
00:29:11.100 issue that was
00:29:11.760 caused by government,
00:29:12.860 let's use more
00:29:13.600 government and try
00:29:14.380 to fix it,
00:29:15.460 seems slightly
00:29:16.200 counterintuitive.
00:29:17.680 My old colleague
00:29:18.780 Licia Corbella
00:29:19.660 wrote a great
00:29:20.280 column this week
00:29:21.200 after the Red Deer
00:29:22.840 area incident
00:29:23.880 basically saying
00:29:24.920 the RCMP
00:29:25.540 doesn't answer
00:29:26.220 to anybody
00:29:26.760 in Alberta,
00:29:28.640 they answer
00:29:29.100 to Ottawa.
00:29:30.480 And,
00:29:30.740 you know,
00:29:31.100 this was when
00:29:32.160 the RCMP
00:29:32.780 threw their
00:29:33.440 usual cloak
00:29:34.480 of secrecy
00:29:35.200 over what
00:29:36.140 exactly had
00:29:36.840 happened in
00:29:37.600 Red Deer
00:29:38.560 and why
00:29:39.340 this guy
00:29:39.720 was allowed
00:29:40.120 to go back
00:29:40.820 three times
00:29:41.780 to the same
00:29:42.620 property.
00:29:43.680 You know,
00:29:44.140 maybe a
00:29:44.920 provincial police
00:29:45.700 force would
00:29:46.160 have to answer
00:29:49.960 for themselves
00:29:50.460 more than
00:29:51.140 the RCMP.
00:29:52.560 I know
00:29:53.320 one of the
00:29:53.640 challenges
00:29:54.000 with RCMP
00:29:54.840 too is that
00:29:55.720 they get trained
00:29:57.580 and they get
00:29:57.940 transferred.
00:29:58.660 Like most
00:29:59.120 officers in
00:29:59.820 rural areas
00:30:00.440 came from
00:30:00.900 often another
00:30:01.560 part of the
00:30:01.960 country
00:30:02.280 and they don't
00:30:02.800 know what
00:30:03.140 the local
00:30:03.540 challenges are,
00:30:04.500 the local
00:30:04.840 issues are,
00:30:05.580 the local
00:30:06.000 troublemakers,
00:30:07.780 community
00:30:08.160 policing,
00:30:08.900 you know,
00:30:09.180 I mean,
00:30:09.460 I understand
00:30:10.200 there's a
00:30:10.560 reasonable bit
00:30:11.000 for it.
00:30:11.340 I mean,
00:30:11.480 corruption,
00:30:12.040 if you grew
00:30:12.640 up and it's
00:30:13.560 a schoolmate
00:30:14.120 and you might
00:30:14.600 be more
00:30:15.740 inclined,
00:30:16.180 I mean,
00:30:16.380 there's
00:30:16.860 challenges,
00:30:17.720 but take
00:30:18.660 somebody from
00:30:19.160 urban Montreal
00:30:19.860 and throw
00:30:20.680 them into
00:30:21.260 northern Saskatchewan
00:30:22.540 and tell them
00:30:22.960 to serve,
00:30:23.420 it's going to
00:30:24.160 take them a
00:30:24.560 year before
00:30:24.900 they even
00:30:25.180 realize what
00:30:26.080 they're working
00:30:26.640 within.
00:30:27.200 So,
00:30:27.340 I mean,
00:30:27.880 localizing police
00:30:28.880 service,
00:30:29.240 I think,
00:30:29.560 can only help
00:30:30.240 in the long
00:30:30.920 run.
00:30:31.920 But I guess
00:30:32.760 we will see.
00:30:33.560 I do agree
00:30:34.660 it would
00:30:34.900 probably increase
00:30:35.580 accountability.
00:30:37.540 I would think.
00:30:38.280 I mean,
00:30:38.400 people,
00:30:38.780 you know,
00:30:39.080 some of the
00:30:39.600 differences,
00:30:40.360 the fear,
00:30:40.860 the dislike of
00:30:41.560 police by some,
00:30:42.420 I mean,
00:30:42.740 we certainly see
00:30:43.280 with our Black
00:30:43.880 Lives Matters
00:30:44.720 activists and
00:30:46.340 calling for
00:30:46.780 defunding.
00:30:47.560 And there's
00:30:47.940 some of the
00:30:48.240 irony I see,
00:30:48.900 though.
00:30:49.080 I mean,
00:30:49.340 defunding is
00:30:50.180 ridiculous.
00:30:50.660 I mean,
00:30:50.760 to the ones
00:30:51.060 about,
00:30:51.300 they want
00:30:51.540 abolition.
00:30:52.120 I mean,
00:30:52.380 they're very
00:30:53.120 extreme.
00:30:53.980 But there are
00:30:55.380 some cultural
00:30:55.960 issues with
00:30:56.500 police.
00:30:56.880 You'd think
00:30:57.160 they'd be
00:30:57.440 embracing,
00:30:57.880 this is an
00:30:58.260 opportunity,
00:30:58.760 then.
00:30:58.820 This is where
00:30:59.060 we can build
00:30:59.480 a force from
00:31:00.000 scratch and
00:31:00.660 try and fix
00:31:01.080 some of the
00:31:01.360 problems we
00:31:01.800 saw inherently
00:31:02.380 in the last
00:31:03.640 one.
00:31:04.440 And just
00:31:05.040 look how
00:31:05.420 defunding has
00:31:06.120 worked in
00:31:07.180 some of the
00:31:07.560 major American
00:31:08.220 cities where
00:31:08.840 they've seen
00:31:09.520 triple-digit
00:31:10.720 increases in
00:31:11.740 crimes like
00:31:13.160 homicides and
00:31:13.980 stuff like
00:31:14.500 that.
00:31:14.980 Portland,
00:31:15.420 Minnesota,
00:31:15.940 it failed
00:31:16.660 dismally.
00:31:17.640 It's just not
00:31:18.420 reasonable.
00:31:19.100 Again,
00:31:19.280 there's stuff to
00:31:19.860 fix, but
00:31:20.300 cutting their
00:31:20.740 money off.
00:31:21.520 I still like
00:31:22.080 that one to
00:31:22.440 respond.
00:31:22.840 If people
00:31:23.080 think we
00:31:23.360 should defund
00:31:23.680 the police
00:31:23.980 to make it
00:31:24.280 better,
00:31:24.760 I feel the
00:31:25.200 same way
00:31:25.460 about nurses
00:31:25.840 and teachers.
00:31:26.600 If we just
00:31:26.980 cut them by
00:31:27.420 10%,
00:31:29.480 better,
00:31:29.920 teachers are
00:31:30.300 going to be
00:31:30.600 better,
00:31:30.860 so let's
00:31:31.140 get on
00:31:31.500 that.
00:31:32.620 Now,
00:31:33.040 before the
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00:31:33.680 all floods
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00:31:34.800 maybe I'll
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00:31:36.320 today.
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00:33:23.980 Throw out our
00:33:24.520 little bits of
00:33:25.240 bugs and
00:33:25.720 everything.
00:33:26.700 Perhaps Mr.
00:33:27.580 Phil DeBrand
00:33:28.020 will be back
00:33:28.520 next week.
00:33:29.380 Unless he
00:33:29.940 stubs his
00:33:30.440 toy again.
00:33:31.280 Yeah,
00:33:31.540 or whatever.
00:33:32.340 Whatever
00:33:32.680 ailment he's
00:33:33.760 got.
00:33:33.960 Piles.
00:33:35.340 Hemorrhoids?
00:33:36.080 I can
00:33:37.020 speculate.
00:33:38.580 It was Taco
00:33:39.340 Tuesday yesterday.
00:33:41.600 But I'll close
00:33:42.820 at that.
00:33:43.320 I've got to end
00:33:43.840 with some
00:33:44.160 degree of
00:33:44.740 distaste.
00:33:45.280 That's for
00:33:45.540 those who
00:33:45.960 managed to
00:33:46.900 stay with
00:33:47.280 us right to
00:33:47.760 the very end
00:33:48.380 today.
00:33:48.680 Thanks.
00:33:49.560 And we'll
00:33:50.060 see you next
00:33:50.520 week.