Western Standard - October 01, 2024


Trudeau Liberals are actively subverting free speech rights.


Episode Stats

Length

34 minutes

Words per Minute

139.34586

Word Count

4,800

Sentence Count

150

Misogynist Sentences

1

Hate Speech Sentences

6


Summary

In a desperate attempt to distract Canadians from their disastrous ministry of setting up funds to encourage Canadians to snitch on their neighbours, Canada's Liberal government has set up a $273 million fund to pay for people who complain about their neighbours if they think they're haters.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Good evening, Western Standard viewers. I'm Nigel Hannaford, and welcome to The Hannaford Show.
00:00:22.940 With me today is David Lees. David is a vice president at the Frontier Center for Public Policy.
00:00:32.560 They're based out of Winnipeg, a long-time organization doing quality research on issues relating to government and public policy.
00:00:42.500 In Western liberal democracies, we are so anxious to make sure that minorities are not victimized by majorities
00:00:49.520 that we have human rights commissions so that there is a place of redress for those who feel they've been unfairly discriminated against.
00:00:57.540 So you would think that respect and fair treatment for everybody went both ways, but maybe it doesn't.
00:01:03.940 Canada's liberal government has a desperate attempt to distract Canadians from their disastrous ministry of setting up funds
00:01:12.580 to encourage Canadians to snitch on their neighbors.
00:01:16.960 David, I know you have some thoughts on this. Welcome to the program.
00:01:21.740 It's great to see you, Nigel.
00:01:24.380 It's good to have you here.
00:01:27.620 David, a year before the election, they've just put up $273 million as a fund for people who complain about their neighbors
00:01:40.740 if they think they're haters.
00:01:42.260 I didn't think that there were that many haters left in Canada.
00:01:45.580 There may have been once, but we seem to be a pretty fair-minded group of people these days.
00:01:51.480 Are there cross-burnings in Winnipeg?
00:01:54.600 You know, not that I'm aware of.
00:01:56.300 I do know that there are hate-filled acts going on in this country,
00:02:00.900 but I dare to say not in the same way that this government wants to portray and announce the issues of hate across this country.
00:02:09.740 So it's a very dark day for our country, quite frankly, as they set up what I believe is a mechanism, a tool, even a weapon,
00:02:20.180 to basically hold up a particular narrative of hate, I would say, really through kind of a Marxist lens,
00:02:28.240 where it's about identity politics.
00:02:31.100 It's about identifying groups that are part of your constituency and mobilizing them
00:02:37.700 so that they can actually fine, penalize, and put in jail those that disagree with them.
00:02:46.160 Now, okay, can you give me some examples of the kind of people who are actually receiving this money
00:02:53.560 and what they do with it?
00:02:54.760 Well, I think you have to look at the whole spectrum here,
00:02:59.320 but you basically have a variety of groups that they are generously funding by the taxpayer
00:03:06.100 to basically create a coalition combined with other acts such as the so-called Online Harms Act, Bill C-6-3.
00:03:14.580 These are all very powerful ways to basically assault not only the rule of law, but freedom of speech.
00:03:22.100 And they're funding it through a number of groups, one of which is, of course, the Anti-Race Foundation,
00:03:32.000 the Race Relations Foundation of Canada.
00:03:33.980 They're bringing that together with two other interesting bodies,
00:03:39.140 and that would be police forces, particularly the RCMP, as well as Stats Canada,
00:03:45.280 as they, of course, redefine what hate means in this country
00:03:48.900 to ones where people feel victimized or somehow feel offended.
00:03:55.160 So I think these are huge red flags.
00:03:57.900 As this story unfolds, this is a dark day for this country
00:04:01.880 as we look at how this government is funding and facilitating, in my humble opinion,
00:04:08.400 a policy initiative that's really about upholding their narrative
00:04:11.980 and systematically narrowing down the sense of freedom of speech
00:04:18.580 and, of course, changing the rule and application of law.
00:04:24.720 So who are the people, like, can you name the kinds of people
00:04:30.200 who are actually running afoul of this new legislation
00:04:34.960 and the grants that support these little self-appointed militia groups?
00:04:40.400 I guess militia is not a particularly good word,
00:04:43.020 but, you know, little groups.
00:04:44.460 We can find the haters for you.
00:04:46.440 Just give us the money.
00:04:47.840 And they put in their application to Heritage Canada,
00:04:51.000 and they get $150,000 or more and start producing reports.
00:04:57.240 So who are they reporting on?
00:04:58.660 I don't know that there are that many Aryan nations,
00:05:02.380 compounds left to go report on.
00:05:05.060 Well, it's a very good question, Nigel.
00:05:07.760 I think what you have is kind of the usual suspects
00:05:11.880 in the sense that you have a coalition of groups
00:05:14.780 that do uphold the narrative that our country, Canada,
00:05:19.120 is a hopefully systematically racist nation,
00:05:22.120 that we need to identify people on their tribe
00:05:25.900 based on their skin colour or their sexual orientation.
00:05:31.580 And what is interesting is that they seem to be going about this in phases.
00:05:35.780 So they're identifying a variety of partners that,
00:05:39.840 or sorry, pardon me,
00:05:41.020 they're identifying a variety of parties
00:05:44.260 that offend their sensibilities around key narratives.
00:05:48.600 So, for example, you have the so-called residential school denialists.
00:05:54.440 You have parties that dare to disagree
00:05:58.300 that somehow residential schools were not simply akin to Nazi death camps
00:06:05.380 and there were a myriad of mass graves.
00:06:08.480 And as we know, there has not been evidence to suggest
00:06:11.160 that there are mass graves.
00:06:14.240 And so I think you have something more profound going on as well.
00:06:18.020 You have an effort really to take on anyone
00:06:21.960 that would question this so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion narrative.
00:06:27.840 And that, as you know, is very much based on a Marxist cultural ideology
00:06:34.220 where there's an endless drumbeat of oppressor versus the oppressed.
00:06:40.740 And in this case, anyone who would dare question that narrative then
00:06:44.820 is going to be positioned to be able to be sought after, complained about
00:06:50.700 through a very interesting process.
00:06:53.240 It's probably, my sense is that they're not going to be going after people
00:06:56.580 through the regular court system,
00:06:58.040 but rather through human rights tribunals.
00:07:02.460 And, of course, we know that the application of the law then
00:07:05.620 is not the same as our larger court system.
00:07:09.900 So it's really been, it's a kind of a typical playbook
00:07:14.340 that we see through human history of totalitarian regimes
00:07:18.060 demonizing their ideological opponents, separating them out,
00:07:23.300 and then eventually persecuting them in the form of legal action
00:07:27.280 or public humiliation, and basically weaponizing the law
00:07:33.420 against your ideological opponent.
00:07:36.080 Yeah, but David, what you're describing is the kind of thing
00:07:38.680 that happened in the French Revolution, or in the Russian Revolution,
00:07:42.980 or in Nazi Germany.
00:07:44.440 Surely you're not proposing that the government of Canada
00:07:48.840 is using the same kind of techniques
00:07:53.100 as these very admittedly authoritarian and cruel regimes.
00:07:59.760 Well, quite frankly, I am.
00:08:02.480 I believe that from a policy historical point of view,
00:08:05.620 it's the same playbook to basically demonize and villainize a party.
00:08:11.500 So when they talk about an anti-hate initiative,
00:08:15.220 the irony is that this is not about anti-hate.
00:08:18.920 It's actually about creating hate and resentment
00:08:22.460 towards those who are true seekers,
00:08:25.620 who one of the incredible strengths of our country
00:08:28.600 and our Anglo-Saxon tradition is one of true seeking.
00:08:33.920 Now, we're not the only parties in the world
00:08:36.640 that have that tradition, but we're one of the few.
00:08:39.340 And this ability to find truth is an extraordinary strength.
00:08:44.120 And in order to do that, we need freedom of speech.
00:08:46.500 We need to be able to have vigorous discussions and debates
00:08:49.780 about what really is the evidence regarding an issue.
00:08:53.320 But in that spirit, though,
00:08:55.200 these people are totally foreign to that assumption.
00:08:59.980 And I think if they were not,
00:09:03.080 they would actually be emphasizing in this recent announcement
00:09:06.660 a so-called anti-hate initiative great care and attention
00:09:10.880 to the importance of facts and evidence and rule of law
00:09:14.480 and healthy discussion.
00:09:15.980 They seek to undermine healthy discussion
00:09:18.440 that has allowed us to be a successful free and democratic society.
00:09:22.820 Now, we talk about hate.
00:09:27.600 And we have, I think most people, when they hear the word hate,
00:09:31.440 have a certain image in mind.
00:09:33.400 I mean, I've referred to Aryan nations, cross-burnings,
00:09:36.900 and things like that.
00:09:38.960 I actually went on to the website of one of these organizations
00:09:42.620 that's received more than $600,000 in federal funding
00:09:47.200 to report on hate in their community.
00:09:50.580 And I found that one of the things they were concerned about
00:09:53.900 was the recent American film Am I a Racist
00:09:57.640 had been playing in theaters near them.
00:10:00.760 They thought that was hateful.
00:10:02.600 They also drew to attention that there was a nice young couple
00:10:06.120 who were concerned about educational policy,
00:10:09.980 and especially as regards to what was taught in the classroom
00:10:13.940 about trans ideology to quite young children.
00:10:17.900 And they were running for school board
00:10:19.220 in order to have their say on that in an appropriate forum.
00:10:24.160 And they were labeled as haters.
00:10:26.180 So, on the other hand, I have seen nothing about the hate
00:10:31.420 of, for example, a Jewish community in Toronto
00:10:35.840 being swarmed by a hostile pro-Gaza, anti-Israel crowd.
00:10:42.180 So, how do the, you know, where is the hate
00:10:46.900 and what is the distinction when it comes to funding these groups?
00:10:54.100 Does anybody care about what obviously is truly hateful?
00:11:00.460 You know, that's the irony, Nigel,
00:11:02.560 is what you see is an effort to define hate on their terms
00:11:07.440 that clearly supports their narrative.
00:11:10.200 So, if you see acts of anti-Semitism,
00:11:14.860 most likely they will turn a blind eye to that
00:11:17.700 because it does not fit within their narrative,
00:11:20.620 their political coalition, if you will.
00:11:23.020 So, what you have is the irony
00:11:24.760 that you have time and time again
00:11:26.640 all kinds of examples of hate.
00:11:30.860 Let's take, for instance, as well, Nigel,
00:11:32.940 the burning of some 100 Christian churches
00:11:36.220 right across this country.
00:11:37.460 And in almost all cases,
00:11:39.540 we still do not have a sense of
00:11:41.820 how the perpetrators are being prosecuted or investigated.
00:11:47.760 You have a kind of a double standard
00:11:50.400 of the application of the law.
00:11:53.320 And so, this is, again,
00:11:55.700 begs worrisome questions
00:11:57.280 about how this type of initiative
00:12:00.340 will actually be used to just simply go after
00:12:03.380 parties that do fit their narrative
00:12:07.420 based on reality or not.
00:12:10.500 But it's a way to weaponize
00:12:12.720 the rule of law against their political opponents.
00:12:15.520 So, on one hand, this is driven by ideology,
00:12:18.300 I would argue,
00:12:19.260 but it's also driven by cynical application
00:12:21.900 of identity politics.
00:12:23.200 Has any government of Canada
00:12:25.840 ever actively gone after
00:12:29.400 a section of its own population
00:12:32.060 in order to divert attention
00:12:34.700 from other things that they may be doing
00:12:37.300 that wouldn't be so popular?
00:12:39.680 You know, I can think of many examples,
00:12:42.620 as you full well know, Nigel,
00:12:44.480 where governments have sought to change the channel
00:12:47.400 to kind of draw attention
00:12:50.260 to something that is not working.
00:12:52.600 But not in this regard.
00:12:54.600 I think this is a very concerning
00:12:56.340 development in our society.
00:12:59.080 Canadians are drawn together in unity
00:13:01.660 based on the principle
00:13:02.800 that we are citizens of this great country,
00:13:05.380 not because of the color of our skin
00:13:07.580 or our sexual orientation,
00:13:10.500 but because of our shared commitment
00:13:13.020 to principles that allow
00:13:15.280 for the rights and freedoms of individuals
00:13:17.640 and our constitutional tradition.
00:13:21.440 And so this is a great deviation from that.
00:13:24.160 I mean, this is a very disturbing,
00:13:27.060 dark day for our country
00:13:28.300 when we make announcements
00:13:30.040 and fund hundreds of millions of dollars
00:13:33.040 towards this entirely alien tradition
00:13:36.260 of the rule of law and freedom of speech.
00:13:38.980 I don't want to belabor the point
00:13:40.740 because I think you've made it
00:13:42.520 very well several times already,
00:13:44.520 but we really are looking at something new,
00:13:48.380 that this is not the Liberal Party
00:13:51.580 that we used to know.
00:13:54.880 I mean, many of us had our differences
00:13:58.600 with the Liberal Party
00:13:59.920 as it operated under Paul Martin
00:14:03.140 and Jean Chrétien
00:14:03.940 and back to Pierre Trudeau.
00:14:06.360 But this kind of assault on free speech
00:14:10.540 that you are describing
00:14:13.220 in which the government funds
00:14:15.300 are actually given to people
00:14:17.900 to be snitches,
00:14:21.100 to actually go out
00:14:22.440 and to find what they think is hateful
00:14:26.780 and, of course,
00:14:27.940 to then discover that what they think is hateful
00:14:30.620 is to most people
00:14:32.280 probably a reasonable discussion
00:14:35.140 on a point of principle
00:14:36.280 and not actually hate at all
00:14:38.580 in the conventional system.
00:14:39.940 And yet, when you do confront,
00:14:42.900 when you do find real hate going on
00:14:45.700 and we're using the example
00:14:47.820 of the invasion of Jewish neighborhoods
00:14:51.460 in Toronto by hostile crowds,
00:14:54.360 good Lord, I mean,
00:14:55.200 if that was a group of skinheads
00:14:58.000 invading the same neighborhoods,
00:15:01.280 there probably would be instant action.
00:15:03.160 But because it's a pro-Gaza crowd,
00:15:06.060 not much happens.
00:15:07.140 I don't think anything happens.
00:15:09.400 So, as I said,
00:15:11.720 I'm belaboring the point
00:15:12.840 because I think there really is
00:15:14.340 something new and different
00:15:16.880 that has come up
00:15:18.300 in the nine years
00:15:20.080 of the tenure
00:15:22.560 by this government.
00:15:25.140 Do you think I'm putting it too strongly?
00:15:27.880 No, not at all.
00:15:28.820 In fact, I would say
00:15:30.100 it has a significant history
00:15:33.700 going back
00:15:34.440 and certainly the world of academe,
00:15:36.700 of so-called grievance studies
00:15:38.180 that all see the world
00:15:41.100 through this world of oppressor
00:15:43.060 versus the oppressed.
00:15:45.120 And now, finally,
00:15:45.900 this is coming
00:15:46.600 into public force
00:15:49.000 and visibility now.
00:15:50.660 And that's something new now.
00:15:52.740 I would frankly never believe
00:15:54.460 we would see the day, Nigel,
00:15:57.020 as someone who's observed this
00:15:59.000 and studied this for decades, really,
00:16:01.340 that we would see a day
00:16:02.900 where grievance studies like this
00:16:04.580 would somehow have
00:16:05.560 any credible following
00:16:06.880 as a public policy maker.
00:16:09.600 This is something new
00:16:10.880 and this is very disturbing.
00:16:13.120 But it is not new
00:16:14.460 in the context
00:16:15.340 of totalitarian regimes
00:16:16.660 in history,
00:16:17.500 whether it's Maoist China,
00:16:19.340 whether it's the Soviet Union.
00:16:22.180 These are very important lessons
00:16:23.940 to pay attention to.
00:16:25.240 And again,
00:16:25.840 it's the same type
00:16:27.020 of methodology
00:16:28.580 where there's a demonization
00:16:30.500 of different parties
00:16:32.600 who dare to disagree
00:16:33.720 with the narrative
00:16:35.060 that different persons
00:16:36.460 in power wish to uphold
00:16:37.720 and manipulate.
00:16:38.820 And then it's the separation
00:16:40.040 and ultimately the persecution
00:16:41.600 in its different forms.
00:16:44.240 Do they believe
00:16:45.840 their own rhetoric
00:16:46.880 or is this
00:16:48.580 an entirely cynical
00:16:50.020 use of the force
00:16:52.640 of government
00:16:53.220 in order to establish
00:16:54.840 the narrative
00:16:56.120 of a ruling party
00:16:57.520 in a hope
00:16:58.560 of just continuing
00:16:59.860 and extending its rule?
00:17:01.820 Do they really
00:17:02.520 actually believe this?
00:17:04.480 You know,
00:17:05.480 it's a brilliant question, Nigel.
00:17:06.960 I think we all wonder
00:17:07.980 this regularly,
00:17:09.220 but I think it's both.
00:17:10.600 I think you have
00:17:11.480 parties who really
00:17:13.320 do believe
00:17:14.060 that Canada
00:17:15.740 is irredeemably racist
00:17:17.720 systematically
00:17:18.680 and that it is
00:17:20.380 a country filled
00:17:21.940 with, quote,
00:17:22.780 white supremacists
00:17:23.880 and all the rest,
00:17:26.200 which, of course,
00:17:27.120 we all know it isn't.
00:17:28.140 Canada is filled
00:17:28.820 with people
00:17:29.340 who are unified
00:17:30.640 and proud of their history.
00:17:32.060 They don't believe
00:17:32.840 it's perfect,
00:17:33.620 but they do know
00:17:34.820 that racism
00:17:35.740 has no place
00:17:36.660 in our country.
00:17:37.920 But what we see
00:17:39.080 also is the application
00:17:40.500 of cynical power politics.
00:17:42.220 And I think that
00:17:44.080 this is a situation
00:17:45.600 where you have
00:17:46.400 announcements being made
00:17:48.020 that appears to be
00:17:49.440 credible public policy
00:17:50.660 when, in fact,
00:17:51.540 I would argue
00:17:52.280 that it isn't.
00:17:53.220 It's self-serving
00:17:54.340 and it's been
00:17:55.620 serving towards
00:17:57.200 a particular set
00:17:58.180 of special interests
00:17:59.180 who want to do
00:18:01.320 the proxy
00:18:02.500 or the bidding
00:18:03.680 as third parties
00:18:04.580 on behalf
00:18:05.260 of the government
00:18:06.340 who wishes to promote
00:18:07.360 this type of narrative.
00:18:08.640 Why?
00:18:09.400 I think all
00:18:10.220 in terms of a run-up
00:18:11.400 to an election
00:18:12.380 where a lot
00:18:13.720 of the policies
00:18:14.360 that they pursued,
00:18:15.360 and I think you've alluded
00:18:16.140 to this, Nigel,
00:18:17.220 are not sadly working.
00:18:19.260 I mean,
00:18:19.500 they are destroying
00:18:21.900 Canadian standard of living.
00:18:23.600 Our affordability
00:18:24.400 is worsening.
00:18:26.300 There's a sense
00:18:27.340 that our country
00:18:28.200 is indeed broken.
00:18:29.740 And why is that?
00:18:30.760 Because we pursued
00:18:31.640 policies that many,
00:18:33.760 including ourselves
00:18:34.840 at Frontier,
00:18:35.700 have cautioned
00:18:37.260 many, many times
00:18:37.980 have never worked.
00:18:38.900 So I think
00:18:40.180 this is the time
00:18:41.200 where they want
00:18:41.700 to change the channel
00:18:42.700 but do in a way
00:18:44.500 that reinvigorates
00:18:45.720 their activist base
00:18:46.920 and creates
00:18:48.440 a renewed network
00:18:49.480 to go after
00:18:50.820 their political opponents.
00:18:53.300 I mean,
00:18:54.460 here at the
00:18:54.820 Western Standard,
00:18:55.600 we have actually
00:18:56.460 been talking about
00:18:57.480 this for a couple
00:18:58.620 of years,
00:18:59.340 but how is the rest
00:19:01.340 of the media
00:19:02.080 handling this story
00:19:03.440 to your observation?
00:19:05.420 Well,
00:19:05.940 I think
00:19:06.260 generally poorly.
00:19:07.520 I think
00:19:07.800 this is the
00:19:08.740 other story
00:19:09.620 is that,
00:19:10.180 I mean,
00:19:10.360 it's a bit like
00:19:10.960 the analogy
00:19:11.440 of going into a room
00:19:12.380 and seeing a large elephant
00:19:13.500 and only seeing
00:19:14.740 one part of it
00:19:15.540 like its tail.
00:19:16.620 You have to look
00:19:17.740 at the larger picture here.
00:19:19.120 So it's not just
00:19:19.800 this initiative,
00:19:20.660 the so-called
00:19:21.200 anti-racist initiative,
00:19:23.580 but it's also
00:19:24.780 combined with
00:19:25.580 Bill C-6-3,
00:19:26.820 the so-called
00:19:27.320 online harms
00:19:28.140 bill,
00:19:29.260 which will create
00:19:30.140 enormous power
00:19:31.260 to edit
00:19:31.960 and block,
00:19:33.200 again,
00:19:33.680 any narrative
00:19:34.280 that they disagree with.
00:19:35.780 But thirdly,
00:19:36.580 it's in line
00:19:37.220 with the initiative
00:19:37.980 of funding
00:19:38.880 the legacy media.
00:19:40.620 We have some
00:19:41.280 2,000 outlets
00:19:42.360 in this country
00:19:43.220 that are given
00:19:44.440 an extraordinary
00:19:45.620 set of funds.
00:19:46.640 You have many outlets
00:19:47.660 like the Winnipeg Free Press
00:19:49.720 where approximately
00:19:51.620 half their budget
00:19:52.640 is received
00:19:53.160 from the government.
00:19:54.560 And they all have
00:19:55.340 to basically
00:19:56.500 climb on board
00:19:57.620 with the government's
00:19:59.280 narrative of diversity,
00:20:00.840 equity,
00:20:01.120 inclusion.
00:20:01.820 And those are
00:20:02.200 the fancy words
00:20:03.100 that basically describe
00:20:04.840 they're going to
00:20:05.920 report on things
00:20:07.080 the way we see it
00:20:08.300 as a government.
00:20:09.020 So they've lost
00:20:09.740 their independence.
00:20:11.180 And again,
00:20:11.740 this is part of
00:20:12.400 the lesson of history.
00:20:13.340 We need good
00:20:14.820 independent media
00:20:16.120 like the Western Standard
00:20:18.060 and a number of others
00:20:19.340 to call out this,
00:20:20.500 to try to pursue
00:20:22.860 the truth,
00:20:23.560 all for a free
00:20:24.600 and democratic society.
00:20:25.860 I want to repeat
00:20:27.040 your words back to you
00:20:28.340 because I think
00:20:29.080 the casual listener
00:20:30.700 may wonder
00:20:31.780 whether he just
00:20:32.520 heard what he thought
00:20:33.360 he heard.
00:20:34.260 You said a moment
00:20:35.260 ago that a Winnipeg
00:20:38.280 newspaper,
00:20:38.680 I think you cited
00:20:40.200 the Tribune,
00:20:42.320 had...
00:20:42.620 Actually,
00:20:42.840 the Free Press.
00:20:43.620 Ironically,
00:20:44.180 the Free Press.
00:20:45.120 Right.
00:20:45.560 The Winnipeg Free Press.
00:20:47.300 What was the percentage
00:20:48.720 of their budget
00:20:51.180 that was met
00:20:52.380 by government funds?
00:20:54.420 My understanding
00:20:55.780 is it's almost 50%.
00:20:57.460 50% of their bills
00:20:59.720 are paid by
00:21:00.340 the federal government,
00:21:01.220 not 50% of payroll,
00:21:02.760 50% of their bills?
00:21:06.000 Yeah.
00:21:06.680 So what happens
00:21:07.380 is you don't have
00:21:08.520 a Free Press.
00:21:09.720 You have essentially,
00:21:11.760 and I apply this
00:21:12.760 across all the media,
00:21:14.560 the 2,000 outlets
00:21:15.920 that received this funding,
00:21:18.100 it is akin to
00:21:19.420 a Pravda,
00:21:20.620 the Soviet mouthpiece
00:21:22.660 that constantly came out
00:21:24.040 every day,
00:21:25.100 carrying the message
00:21:26.080 of the government.
00:21:27.700 So when we see efforts
00:21:29.300 to...
00:21:31.000 I mean,
00:21:31.420 we've always had
00:21:32.520 the inclination
00:21:33.680 of journalistic schools
00:21:35.780 to be very much
00:21:36.760 tilted towards
00:21:37.860 a leftist perspective,
00:21:39.160 the idea that socialism
00:21:40.140 is the answer
00:21:40.940 to all that ills us.
00:21:43.280 But now we're seeing
00:21:44.680 something different.
00:21:45.700 We're seeing the introduction
00:21:46.840 again of a kind
00:21:48.220 of a cultural Marxist narrative
00:21:49.700 that is really
00:21:51.300 being spelled out here
00:21:53.580 and put into operation.
00:21:55.240 That's what they're doing.
00:21:56.720 Is there an explicit
00:21:57.520 understanding
00:21:58.440 between the federal government
00:22:00.660 that issues these funds
00:22:02.820 and the newspapers
00:22:03.880 that receive them
00:22:04.940 that they'll tread carefully
00:22:07.500 on certain issues?
00:22:09.500 I think it's both
00:22:11.020 explicit and implicit.
00:22:12.580 I think it's implicit
00:22:13.560 in the sense that
00:22:14.400 whoever gives you money,
00:22:15.980 you're going to be
00:22:16.740 very much aware
00:22:18.180 of why they invested
00:22:19.940 that money with you.
00:22:21.600 So you will,
00:22:22.700 quote,
00:22:22.900 self-censor.
00:22:23.700 I mean,
00:22:23.880 I think that's a dangerous
00:22:24.820 part of our society,
00:22:25.960 quite frankly,
00:22:26.520 where you have a lot
00:22:27.320 of efforts
00:22:29.200 and tactics
00:22:30.200 being employed
00:22:31.000 to basically essentially
00:22:32.080 get people
00:22:32.660 to self-censor themselves.
00:22:34.500 And the media,
00:22:35.220 the legacy media,
00:22:36.100 receiving these funds
00:22:36.920 is no different.
00:22:39.280 Explicitly,
00:22:39.880 we know that there
00:22:40.760 is an agreement signed.
00:22:42.340 I have yet to see
00:22:43.740 a full agreement
00:22:44.920 other than
00:22:45.940 a principled statement
00:22:47.120 that somehow
00:22:47.860 the federal government
00:22:48.980 is promoting
00:22:50.340 the media
00:22:51.680 in a way
00:22:52.420 that supports
00:22:53.360 their principles,
00:22:54.520 whether it's to cover,
00:22:56.120 quote,
00:22:56.380 diversity, equity, inclusion,
00:22:58.220 secondly,
00:22:58.960 a climate crisis,
00:23:00.460 and thirdly,
00:23:01.540 the whole issue
00:23:02.240 of their terms
00:23:03.440 of reconciliation
00:23:04.160 when it comes
00:23:04.820 to indigenous policy.
00:23:06.620 So then,
00:23:08.400 David,
00:23:08.760 if the viewer
00:23:09.960 who has just been
00:23:11.620 tuning in now
00:23:13.320 finds it incredible
00:23:15.280 that we're here
00:23:16.700 talking about
00:23:17.500 a federal government
00:23:18.660 program
00:23:19.580 that seeks
00:23:21.480 to make
00:23:22.460 snitches
00:23:24.760 out of citizens
00:23:25.840 to turn in people
00:23:28.400 who are doing
00:23:28.900 perfectly normal things
00:23:30.400 like running
00:23:31.440 for school board
00:23:32.280 who happen to have
00:23:34.580 an anti-trans narrative
00:23:37.520 or some concerns
00:23:38.520 about what is being
00:23:39.360 taught about that
00:23:40.520 in the classroom,
00:23:41.320 or who enjoy
00:23:43.700 a film
00:23:45.060 such as
00:23:46.020 Am I a Racist?
00:23:47.720 or who
00:23:48.740 perhaps
00:23:50.020 even
00:23:51.140 just
00:23:53.540 don't like
00:23:55.500 the way
00:23:55.960 things are done,
00:23:57.440 but these people
00:23:59.060 will be turned in
00:24:00.140 to the government
00:24:01.180 and
00:24:03.220 classified as
00:24:04.660 haters,
00:24:05.220 and it's not
00:24:06.700 a surprise
00:24:07.120 that you haven't
00:24:07.640 read about it
00:24:08.240 in the newspapers
00:24:08.880 because the newspapers,
00:24:11.020 the mainstream media
00:24:12.320 are silent about it
00:24:14.080 and it's only
00:24:15.240 through
00:24:16.100 organizations
00:24:17.240 such as our own
00:24:18.620 and there are
00:24:19.180 a number of other
00:24:19.820 worthy warriors
00:24:21.680 in those calls
00:24:22.500 through how
00:24:23.420 any of this
00:24:24.280 comes out,
00:24:24.940 but anybody
00:24:25.420 who wanted to
00:24:26.080 could go onto
00:24:26.600 the Heritage Canada
00:24:27.460 website
00:24:27.940 and they would
00:24:29.080 find a list
00:24:30.240 of organizations
00:24:31.560 that are very open
00:24:32.380 about it
00:24:32.820 who have received
00:24:33.960 money from the
00:24:34.720 government
00:24:35.060 under this
00:24:36.260 program
00:24:36.780 and the amounts
00:24:38.600 of money
00:24:39.160 that they received
00:24:40.580 and now
00:24:41.640 there is
00:24:42.080 an extra
00:24:42.780 top-up
00:24:43.420 of $273
00:24:45.760 million
00:24:46.220 to generate
00:24:48.580 this
00:24:49.560 enormous
00:24:50.840 impression
00:24:54.180 that
00:24:54.860 Canada
00:24:55.460 is full
00:24:55.940 of hateful
00:24:56.420 people
00:24:56.820 and only
00:24:58.360 the liberal
00:24:58.780 government
00:24:59.260 can save
00:25:00.280 the citizens
00:25:00.960 from the
00:25:02.240 haters.
00:25:03.520 That's
00:25:03.960 kind of
00:25:05.000 where we
00:25:05.360 have reached
00:25:05.860 in this
00:25:06.220 country
00:25:06.540 and this
00:25:06.900 is an
00:25:07.180 entirely
00:25:07.560 new
00:25:07.840 thing.
00:25:09.160 I believe
00:25:09.940 it is
00:25:10.360 and I
00:25:11.320 think we
00:25:11.620 should keep
00:25:12.140 a larger
00:25:13.340 strategic
00:25:13.920 perspective
00:25:14.560 if I may
00:25:15.240 and that
00:25:16.220 is that
00:25:16.740 this type
00:25:17.440 of initiative
00:25:17.960 will do
00:25:18.420 great harm
00:25:19.140 to our
00:25:19.980 society
00:25:20.820 instead of
00:25:22.140 building bridges
00:25:22.800 and it's
00:25:23.200 interesting
00:25:23.540 they're going
00:25:23.940 to be holding
00:25:24.440 a series
00:25:24.900 of national
00:25:26.040 workshops
00:25:26.560 across
00:25:27.000 Canada
00:25:27.520 as a way
00:25:30.740 to train
00:25:31.260 them up
00:25:31.620 on so-called
00:25:32.180 best practices
00:25:33.020 to identify
00:25:33.820 what they
00:25:34.920 believe or
00:25:35.440 hate
00:25:35.700 and then
00:25:36.780 learn how
00:25:37.360 to report
00:25:38.100 them
00:25:38.440 so that
00:25:40.000 they can
00:25:40.380 in turn
00:25:40.800 be prosecuted
00:25:41.720 and I
00:25:43.460 would say
00:25:43.860 it's not
00:25:44.240 about
00:25:44.460 prosecution
00:25:45.160 then
00:25:45.520 it's really
00:25:46.460 going to
00:25:46.840 be about
00:25:47.380 persecution
00:25:48.020 and I
00:25:48.420 hope I'm
00:25:49.140 sincerely
00:25:49.600 wrong on
00:25:50.160 this
00:25:50.340 but I
00:25:50.980 doubt it
00:25:52.560 so in
00:25:53.600 this context
00:25:54.360 this will
00:25:54.900 do enormous
00:25:55.680 damage
00:25:56.340 Nigel
00:25:56.880 to the
00:25:57.560 fabric
00:25:57.940 of our
00:25:58.380 society
00:25:58.880 so instead
00:25:59.460 of building
00:26:01.060 those so-called
00:26:01.760 bridges
00:26:02.220 it will
00:26:03.860 actually rip
00:26:04.640 apart
00:26:05.100 communities
00:26:06.220 as we
00:26:06.820 dare to
00:26:07.400 have
00:26:07.820 honest
00:26:08.780 debate
00:26:09.240 and discussion
00:26:10.040 about very
00:26:10.740 important
00:26:11.180 issues
00:26:11.680 not just
00:26:13.400 about science
00:26:14.280 but about
00:26:15.500 all kinds
00:26:16.120 of issues
00:26:16.660 where there
00:26:17.300 are different
00:26:17.880 perspectives
00:26:18.460 and one
00:26:19.680 of the
00:26:19.920 strengths
00:26:20.220 of our
00:26:20.580 Canadian
00:26:20.880 society
00:26:21.380 has been
00:26:21.680 a tradition
00:26:22.240 where we
00:26:22.760 have a
00:26:23.160 tolerance
00:26:23.580 for each
00:26:24.600 other
00:26:24.880 even though
00:26:25.920 we have
00:26:26.300 different
00:26:26.600 perspectives
00:26:27.160 that we
00:26:27.600 can agree
00:26:29.080 and disagree
00:26:29.940 to build
00:26:30.920 this country
00:26:31.560 and in
00:26:32.680 unity we
00:26:33.280 do that
00:26:33.880 effort
00:26:34.560 we have
00:26:35.500 been able
00:26:35.980 to build
00:26:36.580 an incredibly
00:26:37.220 prosperous
00:26:37.820 and successful
00:26:39.160 nation
00:26:39.660 and all
00:26:40.660 people come
00:26:41.540 from all
00:26:42.060 over the
00:26:42.500 world
00:26:42.820 so that
00:26:43.480 they can
00:26:43.880 take in
00:26:44.580 the so-called
00:26:45.460 Canadian
00:26:45.940 dream
00:26:46.360 so this
00:26:48.140 initiative
00:26:48.600 is very
00:26:49.300 disconcerting
00:26:50.060 and I
00:26:51.000 believe that
00:26:51.740 it is
00:26:52.140 very important
00:26:52.800 that citizens
00:26:53.460 become
00:26:54.020 informed
00:26:54.600 about this
00:26:55.280 initiative
00:26:55.700 and so
00:26:56.620 I congratulate
00:26:57.260 you Nigel
00:26:58.020 and certainly
00:26:58.560 the whole
00:26:58.920 team there
00:26:59.420 at the
00:26:59.640 Western Standard
00:27:00.320 because citizens
00:27:01.920 need to speak
00:27:02.800 up now
00:27:03.540 to their
00:27:04.120 MPs
00:27:04.880 their
00:27:05.520 representatives
00:27:06.080 and say
00:27:06.600 this is not
00:27:07.340 the Canada
00:27:07.940 that we have
00:27:08.540 signed on
00:27:09.200 as citizens
00:27:10.080 our tradition
00:27:11.220 is one
00:27:11.940 of tolerance
00:27:12.660 and working
00:27:13.140 together
00:27:13.580 this will
00:27:14.780 very much
00:27:15.760 radically
00:27:16.340 undermine
00:27:16.980 that
00:27:17.300 all in
00:27:18.260 the name
00:27:18.780 of diversity
00:27:20.500 equity
00:27:20.860 inclusion
00:27:21.380 and their
00:27:22.060 perspective
00:27:23.040 this is not
00:27:23.760 about inclusion
00:27:24.620 this is about
00:27:25.460 excluding
00:27:26.120 ironically
00:27:27.320 our tradition
00:27:28.080 of a free
00:27:28.700 and democratic
00:27:29.300 society
00:27:29.980 you know
00:27:30.900 unfortunately
00:27:31.480 our experience
00:27:33.620 during the
00:27:34.540 COVID-19
00:27:35.380 crisis
00:27:36.080 suggests that
00:27:37.220 there are
00:27:37.900 all too
00:27:38.420 many people
00:27:39.200 who are quite
00:27:39.800 prepared to
00:27:40.440 rat out
00:27:40.980 their neighbours
00:27:41.720 without
00:27:43.320 being paid
00:27:44.500 add
00:27:45.240 the
00:27:45.840 accelerant
00:27:47.500 of
00:27:47.880 government
00:27:48.420 funding
00:27:49.000 and this
00:27:49.700 could be
00:27:50.060 extremely
00:27:50.560 serious
00:27:51.380 talk to
00:27:52.340 us
00:27:52.620 about
00:27:53.260 Bill
00:27:53.740 C-63
00:27:54.680 the
00:27:55.040 Online
00:27:55.600 Harms
00:27:56.080 Act
00:27:56.360 and how
00:27:57.040 that
00:27:57.280 dovetails
00:27:57.960 with what
00:27:58.400 we've been
00:27:58.720 talking about
00:27:59.360 so far
00:27:59.940 well
00:28:00.980 Bill
00:28:01.360 C-63
00:28:02.880 perfectly
00:28:04.660 is
00:28:05.460 a
00:28:06.500 compliment
00:28:06.960 is
00:28:07.780 pardon me
00:28:08.300 is complimentary
00:28:08.900 to this
00:28:09.820 initiative
00:28:10.300 why
00:28:11.360 because
00:28:11.920 Bill
00:28:12.680 C-63
00:28:13.360 provides
00:28:14.180 yet again
00:28:14.960 the
00:28:15.800 larger
00:28:16.440 legal
00:28:16.860 basis
00:28:17.280 to
00:28:18.000 pursue
00:28:18.700 the
00:28:20.040 silencing
00:28:20.640 and the
00:28:21.800 blocking
00:28:22.300 of
00:28:22.960 any
00:28:23.420 narrative
00:28:23.840 that
00:28:24.180 the
00:28:24.360 government
00:28:24.620 disagrees
00:28:25.240 with
00:28:25.560 so
00:28:26.420 Bill
00:28:26.720 C-63
00:28:27.360 is
00:28:27.740 very much
00:28:28.480 tied
00:28:28.820 into
00:28:29.120 this
00:28:29.360 they
00:28:29.560 want
00:28:29.880 to
00:28:30.280 limit
00:28:31.720 the
00:28:32.340 discussion
00:28:33.420 within
00:28:33.800 the
00:28:34.060 public
00:28:34.360 square
00:28:34.740 so
00:28:35.000 Bill
00:28:35.280 C-63
00:28:36.120 is
00:28:37.100 obviously
00:28:37.760 very much
00:28:38.380 connected
00:28:38.860 to this
00:28:39.320 initiative
00:28:39.740 and
00:28:40.680 will
00:28:41.140 be
00:28:41.560 again
00:28:43.400 it
00:28:43.640 needs
00:28:44.000 to
00:28:44.180 be
00:28:44.380 seen
00:28:44.760 as
00:28:44.920 part
00:28:45.200 of
00:28:45.300 this
00:28:45.500 initiative
00:28:45.900 I
00:28:46.140 believe
00:28:46.460 I
00:28:47.180 see
00:28:47.540 these
00:28:49.040 I
00:28:49.620 think
00:28:49.840 you
00:28:50.020 used
00:28:50.400 the
00:28:50.580 phrase
00:28:50.940 dark
00:28:51.400 times
00:28:51.920 a couple
00:28:52.480 of
00:28:52.680 times
00:28:53.060 earlier
00:28:53.580 my
00:28:54.320 understanding
00:28:54.980 of
00:28:55.240 Bill
00:28:55.440 C-63
00:28:56.200 is
00:28:57.180 that
00:28:57.760 the
00:28:58.840 government
00:28:59.120 will
00:28:59.440 provide
00:28:59.940 funds
00:29:00.640 for
00:29:01.840 professional
00:29:02.700 snitches
00:29:03.480 and
00:29:03.720 that
00:29:03.960 those
00:29:05.080 people
00:29:05.580 who
00:29:05.940 have
00:29:06.580 put
00:29:07.680 things
00:29:08.120 on
00:29:08.400 Facebook
00:29:08.820 or
00:29:09.160 on
00:29:09.380 Twitter
00:29:09.800 and
00:29:10.880 are
00:29:11.200 years
00:29:12.380 ago
00:29:12.840 can
00:29:13.640 be
00:29:13.900 prosecuted
00:29:14.740 for
00:29:15.060 that
00:29:15.440 in
00:29:15.840 the
00:29:16.000 future
00:29:16.340 if
00:29:17.400 they
00:29:17.520 don't
00:29:18.120 remove
00:29:18.620 them
00:29:18.940 if
00:29:20.340 they
00:29:20.460 have
00:29:20.640 the
00:29:20.780 power
00:29:20.980 to
00:29:21.160 do
00:29:21.320 that
00:29:21.640 and
00:29:22.700 that
00:29:22.900 it
00:29:23.080 requires
00:29:23.740 only
00:29:25.020 an
00:29:25.320 allegation
00:29:25.980 from
00:29:26.440 an
00:29:26.700 anonymous
00:29:27.080 source
00:29:27.700 and
00:29:28.460 these
00:29:28.700 anonymous
00:29:29.120 sources
00:29:29.620 will
00:29:29.960 be
00:29:30.160 paid
00:29:30.600 to
00:29:31.980 actually
00:29:32.480 go to
00:29:32.960 war
00:29:33.200 with
00:29:33.440 people
00:29:34.280 with
00:29:34.920 whose
00:29:35.220 opinions
00:29:35.700 you
00:29:35.960 don't
00:29:36.200 agree
00:29:36.460 that's
00:29:37.260 my
00:29:37.460 understanding
00:29:38.060 that's
00:29:38.720 not the
00:29:39.020 whole
00:29:39.260 of
00:29:39.460 Bill
00:29:39.620 C-63
00:29:40.260 but I
00:29:40.800 believe
00:29:41.160 that
00:29:41.360 that's
00:29:42.040 within
00:29:42.500 the
00:29:42.920 legislation
00:29:44.760 is that
00:29:45.420 your
00:29:45.600 understanding
00:29:46.120 David
00:29:46.440 yes
00:29:47.440 so
00:29:47.920 essentially
00:29:48.760 you can
00:29:49.760 you can
00:29:50.160 connect
00:29:50.580 the dots
00:29:51.120 here
00:29:51.400 this
00:29:52.400 initiative
00:29:52.840 should
00:29:53.160 not be
00:29:53.620 seen
00:29:54.000 unto
00:29:54.380 itself
00:29:54.960 but
00:29:55.700 rather
00:29:56.000 connected
00:29:56.540 to
00:29:56.820 Bill
00:29:57.020 C-63
00:29:57.700 where
00:29:58.620 parties
00:29:59.300 can
00:29:59.600 anonymously
00:30:00.300 complain
00:30:00.980 be able
00:30:02.100 to
00:30:02.580 initiate
00:30:03.860 all kinds
00:30:04.600 of legal
00:30:05.000 actions
00:30:05.440 against
00:30:05.800 parties
00:30:06.200 that
00:30:06.420 they
00:30:06.620 may
00:30:06.800 not
00:30:06.960 even
00:30:07.160 know
00:30:07.520 but
00:30:07.940 are
00:30:08.100 offended
00:30:08.480 by
00:30:08.860 because
00:30:10.280 their
00:30:10.880 opinions
00:30:11.960 that are
00:30:12.300 being
00:30:12.520 pursued
00:30:12.980 do not
00:30:13.560 fit
00:30:13.860 their
00:30:14.080 own
00:30:14.380 narrative
00:30:14.840 and
00:30:15.580 so
00:30:15.760 that
00:30:15.960 is
00:30:16.120 redefined
00:30:16.760 as
00:30:16.980 hate
00:30:17.260 speech
00:30:17.640 this
00:30:18.880 is
00:30:19.060 entirely
00:30:19.620 foreign
00:30:20.300 to
00:30:21.220 our
00:30:21.720 rule
00:30:22.200 of law
00:30:22.700 and
00:30:22.920 precedence
00:30:23.420 that already
00:30:23.920 exists
00:30:24.340 in this
00:30:24.700 country
00:30:25.020 about
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