Ezra Levant

I think so. It's 80-20, by the way. And I think people— I don't think a lot of grassroots people think about government grants for scholarship and academia, but they could see that you were being punished for it in a way that was designed to hurt you. So severely normal people said, well, we're going to – we did crowdfund sort of a replacement for that. Oh, yeah.

Rebel News has met some colorful characters over the years. That's for sure. You're one of them. That's for sure. Yeah. I mean, I think you've— You guys have roused a lot of rabble. But I think that's healthier than the alternative, which is a conformity. In these controversial days, air it out. Hear it out. Let the both sides clash. And that's what YouTube was like.

Rebel News has met some colorful characters over the years. That's for sure. You're one of them. That's for sure. Yeah. I mean, I think you've— You guys have roused a lot of rabble. But I think that's healthier than the alternative, which is a conformity. In these controversial days, air it out. Hear it out. Let the both sides clash. And that's what YouTube was like.

Rebel News has met some colorful characters over the years. That's for sure. You're one of them. That's for sure. Yeah. I mean, I think you've— You guys have roused a lot of rabble. But I think that's healthier than the alternative, which is a conformity. In these controversial days, air it out. Hear it out. Let the both sides clash. And that's what YouTube was like.

We got rolling with what we called citizen journalism. I remember we called it that now.

We got rolling with what we called citizen journalism. I remember we called it that now.

We got rolling with what we called citizen journalism. I remember we called it that now.

I used to be with a real TV station called Sun News Network. There were 200 folks. It had real studios across the country. My studio in Toronto was a million-dollar studio with five people working in the control room. It was a real operation. And a billionaire named Pierre-Carlo Pelladeau put a ton of dough into it. But it was sort of euthanized by Canada's TV regulator, the CRTC. How?

I used to be with a real TV station called Sun News Network. There were 200 folks. It had real studios across the country. My studio in Toronto was a million-dollar studio with five people working in the control room. It was a real operation. And a billionaire named Pierre-Carlo Pelladeau put a ton of dough into it. But it was sort of euthanized by Canada's TV regulator, the CRTC. How?

I used to be with a real TV station called Sun News Network. There were 200 folks. It had real studios across the country. My studio in Toronto was a million-dollar studio with five people working in the control room. It was a real operation. And a billionaire named Pierre-Carlo Pelladeau put a ton of dough into it. But it was sort of euthanized by Canada's TV regulator, the CRTC. How?

Well, in the end, the TV network had to do deals with different cable companies. Will you carry it? What channel will you carry it on? How much will you charge customers for it? How much will you pass on to Rebel News? And all of these things are regulated. And so the regulator basically euthanized it and said, we're going to give you a few... Regulators turn into censors at the drop of a hat.

Well, in the end, the TV network had to do deals with different cable companies. Will you carry it? What channel will you carry it on? How much will you charge customers for it? How much will you pass on to Rebel News? And all of these things are regulated. And so the regulator basically euthanized it and said, we're going to give you a few... Regulators turn into censors at the drop of a hat.

Well, in the end, the TV network had to do deals with different cable companies. Will you carry it? What channel will you carry it on? How much will you charge customers for it? How much will you pass on to Rebel News? And all of these things are regulated. And so the regulator basically euthanized it and said, we're going to give you a few... Regulators turn into censors at the drop of a hat.

They have a... Right, right, right. Especially with media, that's how you can kill it.

They have a... Right, right, right. Especially with media, that's how you can kill it.

They have a... Right, right, right. Especially with media, that's how you can kill it.

And they killed Sun News. And I resolved that I would never put myself in a position where a government regulator could do that to us again. So we went all internet. We didn't try and do anything in a real TV or real radio environment.

And they killed Sun News. And I resolved that I would never put myself in a position where a government regulator could do that to us again. So we went all internet. We didn't try and do anything in a real TV or real radio environment.

And they killed Sun News. And I resolved that I would never put myself in a position where a government regulator could do that to us again. So we went all internet. We didn't try and do anything in a real TV or real radio environment.

Well, yes, because I had a YouTube experience that I'm going to say saved my life maybe five years or almost 10 years earlier. Let me tell you the story really quick. I was the publisher of a print magazine called the Western Standard. You know, we would print it on paper and mail it out every two weeks. It's even hard to imagine such a thing existed now.