Ezra Levant
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So they were going to vote to kick him out on Wednesday, Charlie. This is Trudeau just buying himself three more months and leaving on his own terms. He was going to be fired on Wednesday.
It was the most important civil liberties moment in a generation in Canada. All of our federal political parties were think-alikes when it came to the lockdowns and forced vaccine mandates. There was a no-fly list in Canada. If you weren't jabbed, you could not fly. You could not get on a ship. In the second largest country in the world, you couldn't fly.
It was the most important civil liberties moment in a generation in Canada. All of our federal political parties were think-alikes when it came to the lockdowns and forced vaccine mandates. There was a no-fly list in Canada. If you weren't jabbed, you could not fly. You could not get on a ship. In the second largest country in the world, you couldn't fly.
It was very authoritarian, and we had a weak government.
It was very authoritarian, and we had a weak government.
conservative and name only conservative leader back then who was cool with all this so who was there to fight for our freedom no professors no media no political party independent truckers on their own started a convoy to ottawa because they had been hit with a vaccine mandate which is crazy truckers are the most solitary workers other than maybe a lighthearted
conservative and name only conservative leader back then who was cool with all this so who was there to fight for our freedom no professors no media no political party independent truckers on their own started a convoy to ottawa because they had been hit with a vaccine mandate which is crazy truckers are the most solitary workers other than maybe a lighthearted
lighthouse captain and to say that the truckers now had to get a jab to continue to work so all these truckers started this long convoy to ottawa and it just grew and grew and grew and soon it was 100 kilometers long and people came out just to view it with their own eyes It was the first real thing they saw in a year because of all the propaganda on TV.
lighthouse captain and to say that the truckers now had to get a jab to continue to work so all these truckers started this long convoy to ottawa and it just grew and grew and grew and soon it was 100 kilometers long and people came out just to view it with their own eyes It was the first real thing they saw in a year because of all the propaganda on TV.
And because it was sort of leaderless and it was self-funded and organic, people saw this as the first real thing. And it started to embarrass Trudeau because they went to Ottawa. Now, Trudeau thought, uh-huh. This is my January 6th moment. I'm going to play the Democrat message track from January 6th. These are violent insurrectionists, domestic extremists.
And because it was sort of leaderless and it was self-funded and organic, people saw this as the first real thing. And it started to embarrass Trudeau because they went to Ottawa. Now, Trudeau thought, uh-huh. This is my January 6th moment. I'm going to play the Democrat message track from January 6th. These are violent insurrectionists, domestic extremists.
He tried all that, but it didn't work because the truckers were completely peaceful. They didn't storm any building. They had bouncy castles and hot tubs. And their niceness, their Canadian-ness shifted.
He tried all that, but it didn't work because the truckers were completely peaceful. They didn't storm any building. They had bouncy castles and hot tubs. And their niceness, their Canadian-ness shifted.
shamed trudeau and he was starting to lose face so then he pulled the emergency ripcord justin trudeau brought in martial law he declared a national emergency we didn't even have that on 9 11 charlie this is the first time the law has ever been used and it put canada under a form of martial law
shamed trudeau and he was starting to lose face so then he pulled the emergency ripcord justin trudeau brought in martial law he declared a national emergency we didn't even have that on 9 11 charlie this is the first time the law has ever been used and it put canada under a form of martial law
And he and his deputy, without any legal process, started seizing and freezing private bank accounts of anyone who they could find at this protest. Hundreds and hundreds of families suddenly, when they went to the grocery store, their credit cards, their banks were frozen. It was an outrageous violation of civil liberties. And who knows how far he would have gone. That was our moment.
And he and his deputy, without any legal process, started seizing and freezing private bank accounts of anyone who they could find at this protest. Hundreds and hundreds of families suddenly, when they went to the grocery store, their credit cards, their banks were frozen. It was an outrageous violation of civil liberties. And who knows how far he would have gone. That was our moment.
And I think Canadians looked into the abyss and said, whoa, what has happened to us, the true North, strong and free? And Charlie, if you look at the polls, that was when Trudeau started to fall. And the two and a half, three years since then. Yeah, that's right.
And I think Canadians looked into the abyss and said, whoa, what has happened to us, the true North, strong and free? And Charlie, if you look at the polls, that was when Trudeau started to fall. And the two and a half, three years since then. Yeah, that's right.
And so that was the most terrible and wonderful moment in my lifetime in Canada when ordinary grassroots people stood up to Trudeau and stood up to the regime media. Charlie, all the media in Canada agreed with Trudeau on martial law. They agreed with demonizing these ordinary truckers. They wanted Trudeau to go further. They were happy to write the script the same way the Democrats did on Jan 6.