00:05:26.960It's the weak, complicit mainstream media I'm revolted with.
00:05:30.660They used the CP story and didn't even bother to change the headline.
00:05:33.680It's cut-and-paste journalism, and it indicates two things.
00:05:36.220One is laziness on the part of the legacy media outlets and their efforts, their efforts to endear themselves to the Liberal Party of Canada.
00:05:45.660Only one or two reporters were tipped off to attend the event, of course.
00:05:48.720They were clearly liberal-friendly ones.
00:05:50.880They wanted to keep the news of the event tight.
00:05:53.260Where were the other legacy reporters anyway?
00:05:55.140Well, they came out to the Conservative Party barbecue in droves.
00:05:58.080The headlines were rather different, though.
00:05:59.820I mean, look at this gem from the CBC.
00:06:01.560how a conservative party barbecue became Pierre Polyev's red meat cookout.
00:06:07.040The piece then reported on pins being handed out,
00:06:09.620and one said, hands off my six-shooter,
00:06:11.540or another one said, more Alberta, less Ottawa.
00:06:13.800Of course, it was reported by Mr. Markosoff,
00:06:15.720and hushed tones on all hat, no cattle,
00:06:18.320or buck off Trudeau was even seen there.
00:06:20.860It was noted that Chiray got a few boos as well,
00:06:23.060and pretty much went on to imply it was a redneck gathering
00:12:50.280It's sort of when you're the perceived front runner, at least, you feel that you shouldn't get into those events because you won't gain anything, but you might get in trouble.
00:23:10.740And so basically, people from all around the country will be engaging in corporate welfare, subsidizing businesses in Toronto.
00:23:17.380And when you talk about prestige, you know, I don't know that Sochi is all that much more on the map from hosting the Olympics.
00:23:24.980I don't know that China got all that much out of it.
00:23:27.800I don't know that Vancouver got all that much out of it.
00:23:29.920And frankly, just for some kind of prestige around the world, I think there's a lot more that we could be known for than hosting number five games in a couple of cities.
00:23:39.220Well, when it comes to sporting and entertainment events and things, it gets frustrating, too, when they talk about how much that brings to local businesses.
00:23:47.600I mean, the people attending these events and paying ticket fees or going to them tend to predominantly be local people anyways.
00:24:58.180You know, these are events that people are willing to pay a lot of money for a ticket seat to attend.
00:25:03.780These are events that the advertisers would definitely like to spend a lot of money to get their branding out there and advertise during the games.
00:25:12.460There's just no reason these things shouldn't be profitable if they were just allowed to go that route.
00:25:17.760All the money that's being thrown around, whether it's to FIFA or whether it's to others,
00:25:23.620and then, you know, taxpayers in Toronto are shelling out over $90 billion,
00:25:28.120as I said, combined across the country, $600 million.
00:25:32.160And, you know, we really have to think about anyone who's not living in Toronto or Vancouver.
00:25:36.420And, you know, you were saying that it's mostly going to be local people supporting local businesses.
00:25:41.180You're right, but even the government's argument that this is going to be great for business,
00:25:45.500Why should anyone outside of the GTA or outside the Vancouver general area have to put their hard-earned tax dollars into trying to help businesses in these big cities, potentially thousands of kilometers away, do well?
00:25:59.140You know, I think people would rather have money in their pockets through fewer taxes so that they can go to their local restaurants and local bars all across the country and support local businesses that way instead of, you know, subsidizing money for the big cities.
00:26:15.500Yeah, and the two big cities, too, that already have the highest cost of living in the country and, you know, bringing in events like that actually are only going to crowd things more and bring those costs up.
00:26:26.460I mean, again, I wouldn't want to see tax funding go to any of these, but if you really want to have a benefit, upgrade and bring them out to Regina and then to the stadium out there or some of these other spots.
00:26:36.840I imagine, though, it's FIFA that makes those calls, not the government.
00:26:40.100It is FIFA, but here in Toronto, like elsewhere in the country,
00:26:44.560we don't have a stadium where you can play soccer that's big enough.
00:27:02.040just so we can add these seats for five games.
00:27:04.300And then there are seats that we didn't happen to need before
00:27:06.580because we don't have the kind of turnout for other games
00:27:09.360that are played there when it's not the world cup so this is just it's a colossal waste of
00:27:14.280taxpayer dollars again it's great to host the world cup um you know it could be great to have
00:27:19.580it here in canada there's no reason it should cost taxpayers across the country so much money
00:27:24.340over half a billion dollars to do this it's a boondoggle and you know we got to pull the plug
00:27:29.960well as you said a couple of times we don't know who's actually going to be playing so i mean if
00:27:35.380you've got a couple of dogs playing and it's not really a popular match you might end up with a
00:27:40.200stadium that's only a quarter full and you're really going to take a bath on this well that's
00:27:44.260the thing you know how many people are going to want to fly all the way to toronto to see some
00:27:48.320games of you know countries playing that they're not that interested in so you know if the major
00:27:52.700the major countries that people want to see at the world cup if they're not playing here in canada
00:27:57.200and probably they won't be because we're only hosting a small fraction of the games then you
00:28:02.760know, the odds that you're going to fill the stands are actually quite low. And so, again,
00:28:08.720we're literally going to be renovating BMO fields, spending tens of millions of dollars
00:28:13.060to expand it. And we may very well not even need to be expanding it. So it's yet another
00:28:17.360waste of taxpayers' dollars. And all it means is higher taxes. You know, cities cannot run
00:28:22.480deficits. The city of Toronto has to balance its budget. So it's going to raise property
00:28:27.500taxes to pay for its share. And the feds and the province are going to throw money in.0.98
00:28:32.140But again, $200 million from the federal government, so taxpayers all across the country can support this blue dog in Toronto and Vancouver.
00:28:58.360you know these cities have been nominated but the city of toronto for example city council
00:29:03.160hasn't yet voted on whether to approve the money they've agreed to it in principle but they haven't
00:29:07.640voted and so what's going to be absolutely essential is for canadians to reach out
00:29:12.120and be very clear to our governments particularly in toronto and vancouver but i would encourage
00:29:17.560people from all around the country to reach out to councillors and mayors in toronto and vancouver
00:29:22.440and to forget about this we don't want to waste our tax dollars on it and you should say no thank
00:29:27.480if you take a pass and let's let Mexico and the United States host all the games.
00:29:33.020Great. Well, it's quite something. I'm glad you're bringing it to the forefront, though. I mean,
00:29:37.100being such a big event with so much money, surprisingly, I haven't heard a heck of a lot
00:29:40.660about it, actually. So we're having some sound issues coming from your end. It's a buzzing or
00:29:45.800a feedback or something. So I think we've kind of covered it, though. I'll let you go. But where
00:29:50.700else can we find more information on the Taxpayers Federation and what you're doing, Jay?
00:29:54.820Yeah, you can go to taxpayer.com. You can find everything there, including our news release and the newspaper article that was on this.
00:30:05.480Excellent. Yes. And it was a good release. So just to remind everybody, go to taxpayer.com. And again, if you guys, you know, I'll be pat on the back. If you weren't bringing it up, I wouldn't even have heard about it. I don't pay attention to World Cup stuff. But we got to know what we're getting stuck paying for. So I appreciate that. And appreciate you coming on to talk to us about it today, Jay.
00:45:52.720It depends on the rules of the house and things like that,0.86
00:45:54.600or commercial bakeries and that, they'll wear hairnets.
00:45:56.920some will just wear hats. It depends on the rules of each place, whether there's problems. Again,
00:46:01.240I just feel more like leaving it to businesses. So I'm going to talk about one of our sponsors
00:46:05.160quickly, and then we'll get to the Pierre Polyev interview we'll run. And that is the Canadian
00:46:09.640Shooting Sports Association. Speaking of capitalism, speaking of laying businesses do their
00:46:14.000things, aside from you guys who have been subscribing, which I greatly appreciate,
00:46:18.320we also run on advertising. And hey, if you've got a product or service, send me an email.
00:46:22.680let's see, you know, we can, we've got a good audience out here, good conservatives. We can
00:46:26.840spread your message. Let's talk. Aside from that, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association,
00:46:31.300not only have they been a great sponsor, they are a great group. It's easy to talk about them and
00:46:34.980plug them because they are doing work that needs to be done. We also, with this government, this
00:46:39.880authoritarian government, they're coming for your firearms. They're coming for your property
00:46:43.260and you got to push back. If we don't push back, you don't stand up for yourself. You're going to
00:46:48.320lose. This is how you do it. Safety in numbers, guys. You got to join the association. You got
00:46:53.280to get together. Plus there's resources, all sorts of things for safe, fun firearm use. I mean,
00:46:57.800it's a great pastime for a lot of people. Check them out. The Canadian Shooting Sports Association,
00:47:03.980they're standing up for you. They've got court challenges on your behalf. And a membership is
00:47:09.220really not terribly expensive. It's a, let's use the government terms. It's an investment
00:47:13.060but in yourself. Their website is cssa-cila.org. All right. So as I said, Peter Polyev, it was
00:47:23.620about, well, maybe almost two hours ago now. He came into the studio here in the Western Standard
00:47:27.600and we had time for a quick 10 minute chat. So we covered a number of the issues and such.
00:47:31.740I'm going to run that interview and we'll talk a little more after that's through.
00:47:35.960well mr paulia welcome to the western standard studio and thank you very much for making some
00:47:44.060time to come down here from your stampede rounds i know you've been running hard and popping up
00:47:48.180all over so uh i appreciate it welcome great to be with you so we'll get straight to it uh this
00:47:53.720is the western standard you're in the west you're at the stampede uh i'm stuck by a dress code i
00:47:57.900have to wear this thing but you can wear the stampede where i see uh i want to start with
00:48:02.240that the western issues i'm sure you've been hearing that the last few days the the alienation
00:48:06.160alberta bc saskatchewan you know secessionism is at all-time highs and uh that would be i i like to
00:48:13.320think one of your prime tasks as a prime minister how do you unify this country well uh we have to
00:48:19.860put an end to the pay up and shut up uh attitude ottawa has had to western canada for far too long
00:48:27.220We need to treat Alberta and the West as full partners and give Albertans the same rights and freedoms within confederation as every other province has.
00:48:41.240And that includes allowing the development of our clean and responsible energy sector here.
00:48:48.420As you know, we have the most ethical energy production on planet Earth.
00:48:54.520The International Energy Agency says that for the next 20 years,
00:48:59.000the world will be consuming 60 million barrels of oil at least every single day.
00:49:05.380And I think it's best for that oil or largest part of it to come from democracies
00:49:11.380that protect their environments and their people.
00:49:15.200And there's no one that does that better than Albertans and Saskatchewanians.
00:49:18.840So I'll be repealing C-69, C-48, and removing the carbon tax to allow for our sector to succeed, and while incentivizing continued environmental advances that the sector has been making over the last decades.
00:49:37.860So I think if you give Albertans the freedom to produce incomes for themselves and for the country, get the gatekeepers in Ottawa out of the way, then we will be able to produce not only bigger, more powerful paychecks, inflation-proof paychecks for Western Canadians, but it will unify the country.
00:50:00.980So getting product east, of course, would really make a great deal in energy security for us right
00:50:06.160now. We just don't have a decent pipeline getting out there. And energy east died on the vine. It
00:50:10.620was regulated to death. But another hindrance there was, I mean, Quebec was making very strong0.93
00:50:14.900signals that we're just not going to let that thing cross our territory. You'd have a tough
00:50:18.160juggling act. I mean, do you respect provincial autonomy or do you enforce that it is federal
00:50:22.640authority saying an internet, you know, interprovincial pipeline has to go? Where would
00:50:26.600Well, first of all, I've stated in Quebec, as I state everywhere, that I believe that Energy East was good for Canada, for all of Canada, including for Quebec.
00:50:36.720Energy East would have gone right through my riding, and I supported the project in my riding just as much as I do out here.
00:50:44.420Now, I can't promise you that industry is going to come forward with another proposal to run an east-west pipeline,
00:50:52.680But I do think it would be good for the country if we could clear a corridor that is environmentally responsible, that respects First Nations, that delivers a million or so barrels from Western Canada to our East Coast refineries, both for export to the world but also to break Atlantic Canadian dependence on overseas oil imports and the tankers.
00:51:18.520And it's funny, the liberals are banning tankers, so-called banning tankers off the West Coast, but welcoming them in the East Coast because the oil in those tankers is foreign.
00:51:30.540And so when I go to Quebec, I say, listen, we appreciate that Quebecers want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the debate is really about where our energy comes from.
00:51:44.660And when you ask Quebecers would they rather buy Western Canadian energy or American and overseas energy, they prefer Western energy.
00:52:13.720Yeah, well, a lot of signaling, as you said, you know, private industry.
00:52:16.280Well, if they felt a secure environment to invest in, there'd be a better chance they would step up.
00:52:19.900But right now, I mean, you'd be crazy to invest, to be honest, because you'd shut down any time.
00:52:24.780The Trans Mountain Pipeline has been dragging its way for years through B.C.
00:52:29.460But I want to tie it in also to showing government signals of priorities.
00:52:33.240The Coastal Gas Link Pipeline, I mean, it's been a victim of eco-terrorism, constant blockades, constant people arrested, re-arrested, re-arrested.0.85
00:52:40.220We can't even seem to keep the multi-offenders in jail there yet. Tamara Leach is incarcerated on what I say is a minor bail violation out east. It's just that the priorities of this government seem to be skewed. How can you adjust for that, I guess?0.99
00:52:54.960Well, listen, we need the Trans Mountain Pipeline. The problem is that we live in a country now where nothing can get done, nothing can get built, whether it's just a building permit to build a normal detached house or a major mining enterprise.
00:53:15.460you can't get a permit. I think OECD ranks us 35 out of 36 nations for the time it takes to get a
00:53:22.940building permit to do anything, a warehouse, a pipeline, a mine, a house. And so what we need
00:53:30.640to do is become the fastest place in the developed world to approve pipe, excuse me, to approve
00:53:36.480building permits for projects of all sizes. You can protect the environment and health and safety
00:53:43.300while giving fast and predictable decisions.
00:53:50.360And you see countries like Singapore and Switzerland and others
00:53:55.140that they can manage to protect their people and their ecosystem
00:53:58.700without keeping entrepreneurs waiting for a decade to get a decision.
00:54:04.740And so we need to remove the regulatory gatekeepers,
00:54:07.460speed up approvals for responsible projects,
00:54:10.240and actually get things done in this country.
00:54:12.840Likewise, there's a proposal, you know, we're getting a lot of pressure with carbon taxes.
00:54:16.480We covered that in a past interview with where you stand on that.
00:54:44.720The second point is I don't know how these governments think
00:54:48.540that we're going to feed ourselves without fertilizer.
00:54:51.680We're going to drastically reduce the output per acre.
00:54:55.700One, the irony of that is you'd need a far more farmland
00:54:59.740and a far bigger footprint for agriculture if you didn't have fertilizer.
00:55:05.320The second thing is you'd have much more expensive food.
00:55:08.740And the third thing is you'd have much lower incomes for our farmers.
00:55:12.420So fertilizers give us the chance to eat more abundant, nutritious food at more affordable prices.
00:55:17.940And the alternative is a brutal poverty, particularly for the vulnerable who can't afford price increases.
00:55:25.480I think people around the world are speaking out against this gatekeeper agenda that attacks energy and food supply chains and countless other essentials that we need to survive and thrive as a species.
00:55:44.240And so I'm going to defend the ability of farmers to use environmentally responsible fertilizers that feed our people and make food affordable for every Canadian.
00:55:55.240That's great. It's just such a frustrating irony. We're in a country with such abundant resources,
00:56:00.520and we're paying some of the highest prices on earth for it and seem to be punishing ourselves
00:56:03.640for having developed them. Well, food prices are up 10% according to the most recent CPI data.
00:56:09.000One year, 10% increase. And some of the most nutritious foods are up the most. So this drives
00:56:16.200our poorest people forced to be making bad nutritional decisions for their kids. I think
00:56:23.640i saw a poll about six or seven months ago saying that four and five families have either cut the
00:56:28.360quality or quantity of their diet to adjust for food prices um this is bad for our health it's
00:56:36.040bad for our for um for our poorest people and we need to put an end to it that we should have
00:56:42.680affordable food we have among the most abundant supply of arable land on earth let's use it to
00:56:48.040feed our people well yeah and it's ridiculous and we're going to see more instability obviously with
00:56:51.720events in Europe, unfortunately, that's ongoing and that's the breadbasket of Europe. We should
00:56:55.960be planning at least to keep the cost of living reasonable around here. I'll finish going with
00:57:01.240some self-interest topic though. We've got an authoritarian government that just seems bent
00:57:05.720on controlling the media, controlling the internet, controlling expression and speech. We've got C18,
00:57:10.520we've got C11. What could you do to protect independent outlets so that if and when you
00:57:16.120became prime minister, I could be unfettered in criticizing you and ripping into your government
00:57:20.200go the wrong way. Thanks for the warning. Yeah, no problem. No, listen, I believe in free speech
00:57:26.580and I will repeal C11. In fact, in the previous parliament, C11 was called C10 and it was the
00:57:33.860same censorship concept. CRTC would have the ability to manipulate social media algorithms
00:57:40.000to promote content favorable to the government and demote content the government doesn't want
00:57:45.880people to see, which is a form of censorship. That's why I fought hard in the last parliament
00:57:51.480to delay the passage of C-10, so it never actually made it through the Senate before Trudeau called
00:57:56.680the election. And it's why I'm fighting against C-11 now. And if, God forbid, it does become law
00:58:02.760when I'm prime minister, I will repeal it. Okay, well, that's about all I've got for you today.
00:58:08.280I know you just had time for a quick visit. Is there more you'd like to add before we let you
00:58:11.600go here? Well, I feel like people have lost control of their lives. Big bossy government
00:58:16.380is taking people's money and telling them what to do. And that's why I'm running for0.72
00:58:21.880prime minister to put you back in charge of your life, make Canada the freest nation on
00:58:25.520earth, let people make their own decisions with their bodies, with their money, with
00:58:29.500their businesses, with their families, and get the state out of the way. Government should0.99
00:58:35.220only do what people can't do for themselves, and leave the rest to communities, to families,
00:58:43.020entrepreneurs, so that they can fulfill their potential with as little interference as possible.
00:58:50.260I appreciate that. I'll let you get back to your stampede campaigning, and we'll
00:58:55.000watch the leadership as it unfolds in the coming months.
00:58:57.640Happy stampeding to you, my friend. All the very best.
00:58:59.480I hope we can talk again down the road.
00:59:05.220There you go. That was Pierre Polyev. And yes, it was recorded. So I wasn't able to bring viewer questions in. It's tough to get these guys pinned down for live interviews. They're always running around like chickens with their heads cut off when they're campaigning.
01:10:40.840I mean, the Mexicans aren't exactly flushed to fly to Canada.
01:10:44.120We were at a Canada-Mexico game 10 years ago at BC Place, and the place was packed.
01:10:50.700There was, like, dancing in the streets, the Mexican sombreros waving.
01:10:55.020I mean, it's the most popular sport in the world.
01:10:58.420More kids play soccer in Canada than they do hockey.
01:11:01.740And with the Canadian soccer team making the World Cup since the first time in almost 40 years, the excitement in November in Qatar is going to be unbelievable.
01:11:18.000And having that in their own country where the Canadian team automatically gets qualified and will be playing, it's just going to be absolutely bananas.
01:11:28.760Well, I don't deny that it's a monstrous sport.
01:11:31.260I mean, there's no getting around that. It's huge. Just because I don't watch it doesn't mean it's not important to millions and millions of people. Fair enough. 600 million clams, though. That's a lot of tax dollars for a sport. Is it really impossible to get them here for anything less than that?
01:11:45.820Well, keep in mind, we're dealing with one of the most corrupt organizations in the world in history, FIFA, who along with the IOC is nothing but private kingdoms.
01:11:58.780But look what the Olympics did in 1988 for Calgary.
01:12:03.840That put Calgary on the map, without a doubt.
01:12:08.080So yeah, sometimes you have to spend a little bit of money.