1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: Hello. Nope, that's not it. That's it, Garrison. The episode 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: has begun. It cannot be unbegun. A let's let's roll 3 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: right into it. Let's talk about so well welcome says 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: it could happen here. Um today, the today. The here 5 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: is is Canada, that is the that is where it 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: could happen. Um. This is gonna be part two of 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: my little deep dive into Canadian fascism and the far 8 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: right rumblings in general in the Great White North. And 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: oh god, that is a bad, bad nickname for Canada, 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: the Great White NORTHCCATE did not really think that went through, 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: oopsie doodle. Maybe the yeah, there's a good chance anyway. Um. 12 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: The last episode we left off with the Canadian yellow vests, um, 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: and you know, frightening increase in Islamophobia and anti human 14 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: grace and rhetoric around late after Trump selection. And we 15 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: started the last episode by talking about one of Canada's 16 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: first fascist political parties. And we're gonna start part two 17 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: but talking about Canada's new neo fascist political party that 18 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: also got started inside the province of Quebec just like 19 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: the National Unity Party did. Uh. This one is called 20 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 1: the People's Party of Canada. Um, before we get into 21 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: the People's Party, and first to give some background on 22 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: the founder of the party, Maxine Bernier. Um. And that's 23 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: how that's that's how I'm gonna say his name. Um, 24 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: no one at me, it's good enough. Um. Brenair was 25 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: born in Quebec in nineteen sixty three. On is the 26 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: son of a conservative talk radio host turned politician. Isn't 27 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: that funny? Isn't that funny? How that keeps happening? Uh? Yeah, 28 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: So Brenair entered politics into US in six um he 29 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: ran as the Conservative Party candidate for the House of 30 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: Commons in the same writing district that his father had 31 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: represented in the eighties and nineties. Stephen Harper, leader of 32 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: the new United Conservative Party, initially wanted Maxine's father to 33 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: re enter politics, but Bernair Senior was less keen on 34 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: that idea, and instead told Harper that he that perhaps 35 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: his son should run in his place. Radio and nepotism, 36 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: radio and nepotism, yep, and politicians, and yeah it is 37 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: it is starting great. Um. So at this point Bernair 38 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: was more like a free market libertarian, libertarian type guy, 39 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, still with some of the same like conservative 40 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: immigration stuff that's that's common in Quebec, but he was 41 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: more of just like a libertarian dude. Bernair easily won 42 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: the writing writings of what we call districts here in 43 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 1: the States, ranking at sixty seven percent of the popular vote, 44 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: which was the largest majority for a Conservative politician outside 45 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: of the province of Alberta. So he he did, he 46 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 1: did very well. Bernair, who had a background in business, 47 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: quickly rose through the ranks of the Conservative Party. Within 48 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: the same year he was appointed to be a cabinet 49 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: minister in the Harper government. Um and he worked as 50 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: a as an industry minister from to us in six 51 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: to us and seven before being promoted to a foreign 52 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: affairs minister. Then in two thousand eleven he was appointed 53 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: of He was appointed as Minister of the State. So 54 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: in in spring of sixteen, after the fifth after the 55 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: federal election, uh Bernaer put in his bid to be 56 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: the new elected Conservative Party leader. UM So, I'm gonna 57 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: briefly explain how Canadian elections work. You you don't vote 58 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: for a prime minister. You vote for a party within 59 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: your specific district if you if if your party wins, 60 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: they get a seat in Parliament. Whoever has the most 61 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: seats in parliament, that's whose prime minister gets elected. So 62 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: whoever is whoever is the leader of the party, they 63 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: will be prime minister if that party gets the most seats. 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: So two us. In sixteen, Burner put in his bid 65 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: to be the new Conservative Party leader. Uh. He got 66 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: remarkably close to securing the spot as leader of the Conservatives. 67 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: In the final round of voting, he received forty nine 68 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: point zero five percent of the vote, losing to Saskatchewan 69 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: Conservative politician Andrew Shear, who got fifty point nine percent, 70 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: so less less than two percent difference. He was so 71 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: close to the comic leader of the Conservative Party, like ridiculous. 72 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, after his extremely slight loss, he continued to 73 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: work in Shear's Conservative Party for a few years. Um. 74 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: If you remember from the last episode, Around this time 75 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: was when these homophobia and anti immigration talking points were 76 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: starting to gain a new popularity, and Bernaer followed along 77 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: with this trend. He would tweet out about the dangers 78 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: of extreme multiculturalism and he had like an increasingly racist 79 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: and divisive rhetoric and that kind of caused some drama 80 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: within the Conservative establishment. So in August of eighteen, around 81 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: the same time the yellow vest movement in Canada was 82 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: starting up, Berner resigned from the Conservative Party with the 83 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: stated intention of forming a new federal populist far right 84 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: political party. Um here here, here's a segment from his 85 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: resignation speech and he he does talk in a very 86 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: thick French accent. I'm not going to do that. Um yeah, 87 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: you're you're channel the energy. Um that was that was 88 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: just direct audio instead of leading as a principal Conservative 89 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: and defending the interests of Canada and Canadians. Andrew Sheer 90 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: is following the Trudeau Liberals. I was told that internal 91 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: polling is showing that the Liberals response to Trump is popular, 92 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: and that in six months, if the polls change, the 93 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: party's stand may change to the same thing happened in 94 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: reaction to my tweets on diversity and multiculturalism. This is 95 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: another crucial debate for the future of our country. Do 96 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: you want to emphasize the ethnic and religious differences or 97 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: exploit them to buy votes as the Liberals are doing, 98 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: or emphasize what unites us and the values that can 99 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: guarantee social cohesion. Just like other Western societies grappling with 100 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: this issue. A large number of Canadians, and certainly the 101 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: vast majority of Conservatives, are worried that we are heading 102 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: in the wrong direction. But it's not correct to raise 103 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: such questions. So yeah, and I think that I honestly 104 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: one of the main reasons why Brenaire hasn't been super successful, 105 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: UM is because of his accent, like he is. It's 106 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: harder for Protestant white Canadians to support him because he 107 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: talks with a French Canadian accent. Um. If if if 108 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: he talked in like good English, I think he would 109 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: have he would have won Conservative leadership UM and his 110 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: populist party would be way more popular than than than 111 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: it is now. So critical support to other French racism 112 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: is preventing the racist from being racist enough. Yes, you 113 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: love to see you certainly see it. We do, we 114 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: do see it. So Brenner faced some pushback from his 115 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: conservative colleagues, including Stephen Harper, of trying to divide the 116 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: right and split the right of center vote. UM and 117 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: some of the less socially conservative members of the main 118 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: Conservative Party decried Berner's departure and subsequent New People's Party 119 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: as just a plain attempt to pander to xenophobia and 120 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: racist right wingers. But Brenner went right to work and 121 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: ran enough candidates under his new party to secure a 122 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: spot in the federal election debates that were like that, 123 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: you know that how we watch presidential debates, same thing, 124 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: but these have you know, multiple candidates because there are 125 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: multiple parties, the same thing. But basically he was able 126 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: to get in the televised debates. Um, the PPC, which 127 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: is the People's Party of canad I'm just gonna say 128 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: the PPC now because it sounds funny. Um. They started 129 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: going viral on the internet after pictures of massive billboards 130 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: with Berner's face and big text that said saying no 131 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: to mass immigration. This this this guy very is this 132 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: guy very Mimi around like these big, these big PPC billboards. Um, 133 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna read a bit from a write 134 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: up and it's going down by some local um Montreal 135 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: anti fascists. There have been suggestions that the PPC spokesperson 136 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: and architect of its public relations strategy, Martin Mass, has 137 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: been key to its embrace of the far right. Mass 138 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: was owner of the publisher of the Capucua Libre, which 139 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: is an online libertarian news outlet that shut down in 140 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: and that pp but that PPC's cozy relationship with racist 141 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: is primarily due to the influence of this one person 142 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: is highly doubtful, however, that the PPC is positioning itself 143 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: as the option of choice for those who find the 144 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: Conservative Party insufficiently right wing. Racism is clearly just one 145 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: of the most effective tools for such a strategy. Witnessing 146 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: PPC billboards and tweets against mass immigration, also tweets about 147 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: being against Antifa and Bernara's diet tribe about radical Islam 148 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: being the biggest threat to freedom and peace and security 149 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: in the world today, and how he complains about other 150 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: parties are are complacent and pandering to Islamists and promising 151 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: that the PPC will make no compromise with the tolitarian ideology. 152 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: A number of media articles have revealed the far right 153 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: connections to people active in the PPC as organizers and 154 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: members whose signatures were used for the PPC to gain 155 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: official party status. Um for instance, a Derek Horne, the 156 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: PPC volunteer and a security agent who accompanied Bernair at 157 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: a variety offense and media interviews. He has been revealed 158 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 1: to be a founding member of the neo fascist Canadian 159 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: Nationalist Party, which we we briefly mentioned in the last episode. UM. 160 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: Sean Walker is an American immigrant and organizer with the 161 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 1: PPC in St. Catharine's UM, as well as one of 162 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: the people who signed on for PPC to be an 163 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: official party. He was revealed to be the president of 164 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: the National Alliance US, based in the Nazi organization seven. 165 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: He was also he was also convicted of hate crimes 166 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: at the time for violence Stands People of Color UM. 167 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 1: Following these revelations, Walker was expelled from the PPC and 168 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: Bernard claimed that he'd slipped through the party's betting process. However, 169 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: was also revealed that Bernar follows him on Twitter UM. 170 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: Others who signed up for the for the PPC two 171 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: beneficial party include Janice Bulch, a founding member of the 172 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of Accent, and also Justin L. Smith, 173 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: leader of this of the Sudbury chapter of the Soldiers 174 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: of Odin. So a whole bunch of whole bunch of 175 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: fascist people are working work working for the party UM 176 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: and unsurprisingly a number of a number of candidates have 177 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 1: made headlines, but there as there. You know, social media 178 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: posts from the past and present have surfaced featuring like racism, islamophobia, 179 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: and a lot of spreading of far right conspiracy theories. 180 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: You know that was just kind of common. There's too many, 181 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: honestly to mention. Um. And it's it's not just that 182 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: the PPC has a few bad apples in it. It's 183 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: like the whole the whole party is rife with these 184 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: kind of one of these kind of sentiments. Um. One 185 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: gauge of this and the sign and a sign that 186 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: like this is intentional is that as looking at the 187 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: candidates who have left the party or have been kicked 188 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: out when it became clear that there would be no 189 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: condemnation of the far right from the upper ranks, there 190 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: was like and and justin like twenty nineteen alone, there 191 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: was like three candidates who were who left or were 192 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: either kicked out um because they you know, had objections 193 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: to the racism rampant within the party. They were like 194 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: complaining about, hey, these guys seem kind of racist, and 195 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: then they were kicked out of the party or or 196 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: or or they left. So yeah, that's that's a not 197 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: a good problem to have. UM. So in in uh 198 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: finishing up this this little quote here UM. Indeed, a cursory, 199 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: accursory look at the Facebook pages of PPC candidates reveals 200 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: what's been really noteworthy is how selective the news stories 201 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: about racist tweets or Facebook posts have been. Almost every 202 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: PPC candidate in Quebec has recently in repeated lye shared 203 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 1: articles from climate denialist sources, including many with a conspiratorial bent. 204 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: A Canada eight for pap and You even produced his 205 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: own YouTube expose revealing how George Sorrows it's behind an 206 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: international global conspiracy theory to crash economies and make money 207 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: spending a panic about climate change. Secondary to climate denial, 208 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: there's a lot of fears around free speech and mass immigration, 209 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: which are both recurring themes in the PPC candidates, and 210 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: roughly one in five have recently shared news articles from 211 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 1: what we would deem a national populist or full right sources, 212 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: including less manchetz dot com, which is the website of 213 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: the French language of the French language translator of the 214 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: Christ Church Um Manifesto UM, and that that the guy 215 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: who reads the website is also involved with organizing in 216 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: the Montreal In the Montreal chapter of the vests. Um. Yeah, 217 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: so he he both translated the manifesto and he's also 218 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: running the Montreal Yellow Best movement. So that's fun. Um, 219 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: it's not fun, it's bad, um, Andre Pytree pipe poo wow. 220 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: And it's so you remember, so I didn't learned French 221 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: in Canada because I was in a weird Christian private school. 222 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: Otherwise I could be a lot better at this job. 223 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: But anyway, there's there's a there's a there's a there's 224 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: just like a far right YouTube channel. But this guy 225 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: called Studio who a lot of his stuff was shared. Um. 226 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: And there's a more like eccentric and sporadic mix of 227 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: of of other news sources including Unite the Right attendee 228 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: Faith Goldie who also ran from Mayor of Toronto and 229 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: got third place, UM, Quebec based q and on figure 230 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: Alexus trudell Um, and the al right YouTuber Black Pigeon Speaks. 231 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: Of course, the main Yellow Vest page was shared a lot, 232 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: and also sources from the highly racist The Voice of Europe. 233 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: So yeah, a lot of a lot of a lot 234 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: of not not great news sources being being shared by 235 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: the PBC. UM. So that is the gist of the 236 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: People's Party as of twenty nineteen UM. Overall, their performance 237 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: in the twenty nineteen election was it is kind of 238 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: a flop. Bernair lost his own seat in Quebec. No 239 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: PTC candidates got into office, and the party only managed 240 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: to get one uh in the party only managed to 241 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: get one point six percent of the total national popular vote, 242 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: so that's good. It only got one point six percent 243 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: of all of the votes in Canada. So we're gonna 244 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: take a break from the People's Party for now and 245 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: we will circle back towards it um at the end. 246 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: But after after an ad break, we will we will 247 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: talk about the with the main Conservative party was up 248 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: to during this time and uh a little bit after 249 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: the nineteen election. So yep, and now the cats just 250 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: blocking the whole thing. All right, we're back. The cat 251 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: is in the bathroom. I moved from my cat blocked 252 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: from the camera. Hello, um, People's Party not doing great 253 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: in the first election. That's fun. Let's see what the 254 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: regular Conservatives are up to. I'm sure it was things 255 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: that are just good and cool. If I know anything 256 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: about Conservatives, it's that they're not not hashtag problematic. Yeah, 257 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: just let's just got okay, so I'll just be sad 258 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: over here, and the audience can know that I'm sad 259 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: the whole time you're talking. I would rather as episode 260 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: not such a not such a downer, but it's it's 261 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: hard to make it these kind of an upper I'll 262 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: make a bargain with the audience that if they listen, 263 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: I will I will do my French accent at least 264 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: one more time. We'll see doing the French accent. This 265 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: is the happiest I have seen Robert all day. Like 266 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: he does look very tired. You did say earlier, Garrison, 267 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: and this was very funny that you'd be better at 268 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: your job if you could speak French. But given what 269 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: we are here, it cools owed media. You would actually 270 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: be much worse at your job. Um And in act, 271 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: if you if you were to speak French, I would 272 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: I would fire you immediate. It's actually requirement that you 273 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: can't pronounce things to certainly not French. There's other languages 274 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: you're allowed to know how to pronounce, but not French. 275 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: No ob lo francaie. So let's pick up right after 276 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: Maxine Bernair lost the Conservative leadership to Andrew Sheer in 277 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: um Sheer won the leadership on a on on like 278 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: a platform of classical financial conservatism and a slightly more 279 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: socially moderate platform um. When Sheer got into office, though, 280 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: one of the things he faced criticism for, even among 281 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: the Conservative caucus was his association with a little media 282 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: with was his association with a little media outlet called 283 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: Rebel Media. Yeah so, most most listeners may not know 284 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: what rebel media is, but you've certainly seen their stuff 285 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: or felt their effect. Yeah, it's like the rough draft 286 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: of bright Bart. And also Canadian and Canadian, yes so Canadian. 287 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: Uh so. Rebel Media is a Canadian far right neo 288 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: fascist propaganda outlet's start that has a lot of a 289 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: lot of bright Bardi vibes. Umbel Media, Yeah, bright bartesque. 290 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: Rebel Media hosts and contributors have included a white nationalist 291 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: and white genocide proponent, Laurence Southern UM and Proud Boy 292 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: founder Gavin McGinnis UM. McGinnis produced a quote satirical video 293 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: for Rebel called ten Things I Hate about the Jews. Yeah, 294 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: yeah so, and and it's and it is worth noting 295 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 1: that both Southern and McGinnis are Canadian. Um. They're actually 296 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: a lot of alt right figures that are Canadian. Of 297 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: course we have we have Lauren Southern, Gavin McGinnis, Um, 298 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: we have Stephen Crowder, uh Stefan malin you and of 299 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: course Jordan Peterson. All of those people are are Canadian 300 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: and most of them, most of them still live in Canada. Yes, 301 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: he's still alive. Made it. He made insane tweet the 302 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: other day. God, he made the most tweet. That tweet 303 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: made it all worthwhile. Baby, he got everyone to go 304 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: check his Twitter feed. It is amazing. You can you 305 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,479 Speaker 1: can hear his brain shorting out when you read that tweet, 306 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: like you need to find the tweet it is. It 307 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: is just it is the most beautiful piece of poetry 308 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: I ever. It's like somebody taught a stroke out of type. 309 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 1: It makes no sense. God, it's so good. Um. I'm 310 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 1: going to quote an article by a Global News dot 311 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 1: c a on Andrew Sheer and Rebel media. Quote. Despite 312 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: a string of controversies faced by Canadian right wing media 313 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: outlet to the Rebel, including allegations of downplaying the Holocaust 314 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: movie minted, Conservative Party leader Andrew Shear has so far 315 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: continued to make himself available to the company that other 316 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: prominent conservative politicians have criticized for its controversial reporting and activism. 317 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: She Hear's campaign organization also has a direct connection to 318 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,479 Speaker 1: The Rebel. His campaign manager, Hamish Marshall, is listed as 319 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: a director of the company's federal incorporation records, which show 320 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 1: its most recent annual gathering meeting was in February this year. 321 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 1: Following the leadership election in Toronto on Saturday, Sheer granted 322 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: one on one interviews with a handful of major media organizations, 323 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: including a face to face interview with The Rebels Ottawa 324 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: correspondent Brian Lily. Prior to his convention interview, Sheer appeared 325 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: on The Rebel in February in a studio interview with 326 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: host Faith Goldie on her show on the Hunt. At 327 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: the end of the discussion, Goldie asked Sheer if if 328 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: he would agree to go on a duck hunting trip 329 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: with her after after he wins the leadership on Canada Day, 330 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: which he agreed to. UM We briefly mentioned Faith Goldie 331 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: earlier in her connection to the People's Party UM and 332 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: her brief campaign for the Toronto mayor, but here's some 333 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: more background on her UM and her coverage and her 334 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: coverage of the Unite the Right rally for Rebel Media. 335 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: Quoting from Winnipeg Free Press. In the course of her dispatches, 336 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: Goldie argued the events in the Charlottesville were evidence of 337 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: a rising white racial consciousness that was going to change 338 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: the political landscape in America. She also wanted to she's 339 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: actually not wrong there. That was, Yeah, she's not wrong, 340 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: but I think she's she's on the other side of 341 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: the island. And whether this is a good or bad thing. Yeah. 342 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: She went to great lengths to laud the twenty point 343 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: Meta political Manifesto composed by White National's leader Richard Spencer, 344 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: a document that includes calls to organize U states along 345 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: ethnic and racial divides and celebrates the superiority of white 346 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: America faith. Goldie described Spencer's manifesto as robust and well 347 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: thought out. Goldie was fired by Rebel in mid August 348 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: and seventeen, but not due to her participation in Unite 349 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: the Right. She was fired for appearing on a Daily 350 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: Stormer podcast to discuss Unite the Right. So yeah, yeah, 351 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: that's that's fine, So yeah, fine, nice to have her. 352 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: Interviewing Conservative leader Andrew Sheer asked for his reaction to 353 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: Unite the Right and Rebel Media UM. After what happened 354 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: in Charlotte'sville in seventeen, Sheer, who had previously been interviewed 355 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: by Rebel multiple times, h finally disavowed the outlets, saying, look, 356 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: I believe there's a fine line between covering events and 357 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: giving a platform to groups who are promoting a violent, 358 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: disgusting point of view. I won't be granting interviews going forward. 359 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 1: So that's nice that it took someone dying in Charlotte's 360 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: Bill to realize that you probably shouldn't talk to the 361 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: fascist media source. UM. So in the aftermath of Unite 362 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: the Right, the mainstream conservatives kind of had to tread 363 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: carefully around social issues because it's like, oh, yeah, they're 364 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: they're still not sias. We probably shouldn't be pandering to them. Um. 365 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: But as more time and distance let the air cool, 366 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: some conservatives went back to the same old rhetoric around 367 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: the twenty nine election. UM. For instance, in his twenty 368 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: nineteen election campaign, uh Tom Chemick, of the parliamentary representative 369 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: of one of the parliamentary representatives for Calgary, Alberta, wrote 370 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: out and spread flyers with the all claps with the 371 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: all caps header of crisis at the Border UH with 372 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,919 Speaker 1: text treating deer constituent. The Independent Autor General of Canada 373 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: has published a scathing report confirming that the Ottawa Liberals 374 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: have failed to safely and responsibly manage Canada's borders. Since 375 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: Justin Trudeau you responsibly tweeted out that Canada would open 376 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: sports to anyone seeking entry, the number of people illegally 377 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: crossing the board into Canada from the United States has 378 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: surged past one thousand a month, with almost twenty thou 379 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: people illegally enteringen alone, and while speaking to voters of 380 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: COMAC repeatedly insisted that all the problems of people illegally 381 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: crossing the Canadian border isn't a symptom of a failure 382 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 1: of systems to respond to a growing crisis, but merely 383 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: a failure for border patrol to with to assert control 384 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: over people. Um quotes and flyer courtesy of about This 385 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: Tom chemic Guy a courtesy of a. Dan Olson of 386 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: Folding Ideas. He's a great Canadian documentarian who released a 387 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: magnificent piece on Q and on and conspiracy theories last 388 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: year on his YouTube channel of Folding Ideas. Overall, I really, 389 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: really like Dan, he makes very good stuff. Um, so 390 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: thank thank you to him for sending me those those 391 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: those flyers. Um. Anyway, during the election, Sheer led the 392 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: Conservatives to gain a total of twenty six seats in 393 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: the inside Parliament, going from ninety five up to one 394 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty one. But they did finish thirty six 395 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: seats behind the Liberals despite beating the Liberals in the 396 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 1: popular vote by one point three percent. So that was 397 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: a thirty four point four percent for Conservatives and thirty 398 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,719 Speaker 1: three point one percent of the popular vote for Liberals. 399 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: The margin was just over like two hundred and forty 400 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: thousand votes. Um. The Liberals lost twenty seats in the 401 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: election and the NDP lost fifteen seats. And this was 402 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: the first time since to UH since nineteen seventy nine 403 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: at a party won the most seats without also winning 404 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: the popular vote. Um. What what pushed the Conservatives over 405 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: on the popular vote was due to you know, extremely 406 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: high conservative turnout in UH in in in various in 407 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: various writings. So basically more conservatives voted in certain running 408 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: than they usually do. So even if the Liberals still 409 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: win the district, there was still more conservative votes to 410 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: be counted UM. And also they basically swept the Prairie 411 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, where they won seventy percent 412 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: of the vote in sixties five percent of the vote, respectively. 413 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,959 Speaker 1: But their victories in those states and their higher turnout 414 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: did not convert into many seats because the less population 415 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: dense areas have fewer federal writings and fewer available seats UM, 416 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: and the Liberals had to rely heavily for seats in 417 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: Ontario though, you know, the most populous province that include 418 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: cities like Toronto, UM and you know other a few 419 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: other big cities. So you know, Canada doesn't have the 420 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: most democratic system like so the same way you know 421 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 1: in the States were familiar with, you know, p losing 422 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: popular votes um but still getting elected president and stuff. 423 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: You know, in Canadas it's it's it's a little bit 424 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: different because of how you vote for parties in your 425 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: own little district. UM. But you know, it's still not perfect, 426 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: right because like it is. It it does feel weird 427 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: for the leader of the leader of the country to 428 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: not have his party to not have also won the 429 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: popular vote because of how you know, districts work out 430 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 1: and how higher turn out in some areas doesn't mean 431 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: that it's going to have more seats, um you know. 432 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: But the other side of things here is that like 433 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: Canada also doesn't have ranked choice, so like, still the 434 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: majority of people voted for left of center candidates if 435 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: you include you know, the Green Party, the n DP, 436 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: and the Liberals. So even the Liberals lost the popular vote, 437 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: there's still like a majority left of center voting. So 438 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: if they if they had ranked choice, maybe the results 439 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: would have been different. So Canada's system it definitely isn't 440 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: perfect for how they do elections. UM. I would I 441 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: would prefer ranks choice, as you know, basically basically I 442 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: would prefer that for like every country if they're gonna 443 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: have elections. Um So yeah, just kind of explaining why 444 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: they can lose the popular boat but still you know, 445 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: still win a majority controlling government. Um So. After the election, 446 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 1: Sheer announced he was resigning as head of the Conservatives 447 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: in December of twenty nineteen. Uh. This was after it 448 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: was revealed that he had used party funds for his 449 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: children's own private schooling. So good for him. Um A 450 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: new bid for Conservative leadership went into effect. We're gonna 451 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: mainly focus on two candidates here Uh there was an 452 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: erin O'Toole and Derek solan Um. O'Toole fancies himself as 453 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: another kind of like classic financial conservative and the social moderate. 454 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: He feels more like the old progressive conservative candidates from 455 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: back before the two of US and three Unite the 456 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: Right merger. Um we got some like John McCain vibes 457 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: here um, but Derek solan is more similar to the 458 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: farther right parts of the U s IS current Republican Party, 459 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: like anti abortion, anti LGBT, racist tweets, etcetera. UM, but 460 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: as a whole, Solon's extremism was rejected by the Canadian Conservatives. 461 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: Um he got only he got like on the fourth 462 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 1: He got fourth placed with fifteen of the vote during 463 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 1: the first round of voting, UM and ultimately o'tool one 464 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: leadership after three rounds of votes. UM and o'tool now 465 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: has the has the new challenge of trying to appeal 466 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: to the Canadian conservatives more moderate wing, as well as 467 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: the more Trumpian wing that's developed the past few years. 468 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: He's been relatively successful in crafting like a boring, polite 469 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: Canadian version of Trump's nationalism. With slogans like Canada First 470 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: and take Canada Back, um, you know, despite supporting trade 471 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: deals outsourcing Canadian jobs to cheaper overseas markets because they 472 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: never actually mean what they say, um and the and. 473 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: As the Liberals have grown more aware of Canada's bloody 474 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: history and have like toned down the red and white 475 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: maple leaf patriotism, the Conservative Party under o'tool has seized 476 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: on this opportunity to make Canadian patriotism more of a 477 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: right leaning staple, just like patriotism is, you know, it's 478 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: more of like a right wing thing in the States. 479 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: So basically, after we were like, oh yeah, central schools 480 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: were bad, Canada's kind of sucked up, Liberals are like, Okay, 481 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: we maybe shouldn't be so we shouldn't be waving our 482 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: maple leaf legs everywhere. Maybe we're not a perfect country. 483 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 1: The Conservatives like, no, you have to be proud to 484 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: be Canadian. So they've kind of taken patriotism to be 485 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: their new thing. Well, previously it was much more of 486 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: like a liberal thing. The Islamophobia and overt religious bigotry 487 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: under a tool has been slightly trimmed down. Um and 488 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: climate change has at least been mentioned as existing UM, 489 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: but there has also been increased discussion on trying to 490 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: hack down Canada's healthcare and privatize more aspects of it, which, yeah, 491 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: good job, guys, take away the only good part of Canada. UM. 492 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: Like the province of Alberta under Jason Kenny has done 493 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: this to a disastrous effect UM, raising the cost of 494 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: medical care for lower class people, many of whom voted 495 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: Conservative UM. I have family in Alberta and just the 496 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 1: past five years the changes to the healthcare system there 497 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: has been horrible. UM, it's not it's not great. So 498 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: basically what what what o'tool wants is he wants he 499 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: wants to base just privatize more elements of it. He 500 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: has a specific term he uses like he wants like a. 501 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: He wants to like split the FED like the like, 502 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: the taxpayer healthcare and privatized health care into two sections 503 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: and you can choose which one to join in anyway, 504 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: it's silly. UM. O'tewal did take a wee little stance 505 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: to distance himself from the more extreme wings of his 506 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: party when he decided to remove MP Derek Solan from 507 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: the caucus. Oh Too announced that Solan will not be 508 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: allowed to run as a candidate for the for the 509 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: Conservative Party in the next election either, saying racism is 510 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: a disease of the soul, repugnant to our core values. 511 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: It has no place in our country and has no 512 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: place in the Conservative Party of Canada. I won't tolerate it. Um. 513 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: Also last year, O'Toole refused to say whether he thinks 514 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: systemic racism exists um. But the decision to remove Soland 515 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: was made after it was revealed that he accepted a 516 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: donation from the Canadian Nazi Paul from during uh during 517 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: Soland's bid for a Conservative leadership back in the nineties 518 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: of From was a figurehead of the Canadian far right movement, 519 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: appearing at Heritage Front rallies and also caught on video 520 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: at a party celebrating Hitler's birthday, which he lost his 521 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: high school teaching job over. Well, look, it's just polite 522 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: to celebrate a guy's birthday, you know, whether or not 523 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: he's Hitler, under no circumstances to you got us this, 524 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: This is a hot tike. Um. So there has been 525 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: a bit of the There has been a bit of 526 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: a rift in the Conservative Party over how much Trumpian 527 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: rhetoric should be allowed in the Canadian Conservative Party UM 528 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,479 Speaker 1: and this kind of rift has definitely increased after January six. UM. 529 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: The problem for Conservative politicians is that to win elections 530 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: they need to appeal to the largest swath of voters 531 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: UM and that includes more socially conservative and increasingly far 532 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: right rule folks. But if they go too far, they'll 533 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: lose the moderates to the Liberal Party. So you have 534 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: it's like this delicate balance. But to kind of give 535 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: you like an over you of what the current state 536 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: of the Conservative of Like votership is UM for intent 537 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: of the Conservative Party of Canada members. So you know, 538 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: people signed up to vote in the party. You know, 539 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: regular people UM, four in ten would say that they 540 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 1: would have voted for Trump for intents say that they 541 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: think Democrats told the presential election. And for intents say 542 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: that the Conservative and four intent believe that the January 543 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: six riot was staged or was done by the Democrats, 544 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: were done by Antiva. So that's kind of the state 545 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: of the Conservative Party in Canada for like the for 546 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: the voters. So you know, politicians have to kind of 547 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: in order to win, they need they need still they 548 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: still still need to appeal to those people, but they 549 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: don't want to do that thing usually like they usually 550 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: don't like usually there the like a big talking point 551 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: is like rejecting the divisive politics of the of of 552 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: the of the United States. Like that's a big thing 553 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,239 Speaker 1: people say in Canada. Is that Like they don't want 554 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: it to become like, you know, like a fighting match, 555 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: because like the other main difference between Canada's elections in 556 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: America's elections is like America is like always an election season, 557 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: right like every you know, even after each election, it's 558 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: like you feel like campaigns start right up again. Um, 559 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: Canada's campaigns only run like a few months before the election, 560 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: like like it is not like those things you guys 561 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: do objectively better than us, and a lot of the 562 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: world does. It's not just Canada the idea that like, oh, 563 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 1: elections are terrible, we should spend a little time. It's 564 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: like to like two or three months of campaigning. That's it, Like, 565 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: it's not it's not like a two year, four year thing. No, 566 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: that is a thing that we should Absolutely the election 567 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: should be about eleven minutes from from the start of 568 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: the campaign to the vote. Everybody gets a minute to 569 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: explain their their politics and then we vote and then 570 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: we throw them into the sea. Yeah, so trying to 571 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: trying to craft marketing to the divided right wing. It's 572 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: been interesting to watch. You know. There's like videos about 573 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: Tool walking through you know, downtowns with Pride flags in 574 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,719 Speaker 1: the background and you know, featuring visible like minority Canadians intermingling. 575 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: But then you also have a tool like Ralely against 576 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: cancel culture feeling suggestions that that the liberal government's pandemic 577 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: response is part of a socialist great reset and pulling 578 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: out the dog whistle on like China and the coronavirus, 579 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: you know, as often as you can. UM Tools in 580 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 1: the past also downplayed Canadians residential schools program UM and 581 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: described the efforts of activists pushing to removal of statues 582 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: of the of the residential of school architects as stupid. UM. So, 583 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: I I do think O'tool prefers a conservative party resistant 584 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: too far right branding, but he knows he needs to 585 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 1: appeal to thiss voters in order to win elections. So 586 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's just it's the thing that's not great, 587 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: But it's interesting to watch. UM in August one, Justin 588 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: Trudeau noted black face appreciator uh called a snap election 589 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: in an effort to gain more parliamentary seats in hopes 590 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 1: of getting a majority Liberal government, something a prime minister 591 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: should not be allowed to do, by the way, like 592 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: a priva minister should not be able to decide when 593 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: to do elections. That is, like should totally not be 594 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: a thing. Like what, no, you shouldn't do that, but anyway. Um. 595 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,359 Speaker 1: As snap election ramped up, the Conservative Party under a tool, 596 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: made some extremely questionable choices for their marketings and their slogans. Um, 597 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: what does the phrase secure the future bring to mind? Yeah? 598 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: So that became the new tagline for the entire Conservative 599 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: Party under a tool. Right, sure, we got, we got, 600 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: we got, we got Secure the Future, billboards, we got, 601 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: we got, we got websites Conservative dot c a slash 602 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 1: secure the future. We got mailer's magazine covers all emblazoned 603 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,320 Speaker 1: with secure the future or secure our future. Um, and 604 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: you know what will secure our future? Garrison the chevron 605 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: ads that keep popping up. We keep out. Yeah, great, 606 00:34:53,440 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: you're welcome. It's a great time Chevron appreciators for everyone. Ah, 607 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: we're back. It's just appreciating Chevron just like Justin Trudeau 608 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: appreciate just like Yeah, so secure the future great slogan, 609 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 1: not a good slogan. Bad. Um. I'm going to read 610 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: a bit from a mailer that went out to Conservative 611 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,360 Speaker 1: Party members after a Tool one leadership quote. I firmly 612 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: believe Canada has everything. It has everything it takes to 613 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,200 Speaker 1: recover from COVID nineteen and enjoy a prosperous future if 614 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,720 Speaker 1: we have a government that knows how to secure the future. 615 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,359 Speaker 1: If the truth, if the Trudeau Liberals stay in power, 616 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: they'll continue spending taxpayer money at pandemic era levels long before, 617 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: long after the virus is behind us. The result, all 618 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: the things we love about Canada will be in serious jeopardy. 619 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,680 Speaker 1: Our debt will become out of control, and they'll never 620 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 1: be able to get back the Canada you and I 621 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: grew up in the kind of Canada our children and 622 00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: grandchildren deserve. So either on in the page, oh, Tool 623 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: says we need to stand up to the Chinese Communist 624 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 1: Party and hold Beijing accountable for sabotaging our economy and 625 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:10,440 Speaker 1: taking jobs from Canadian workers. Um. And On August sixteen, 626 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 1: the Canadian Conservative Party Twitter account tweeted out and I 627 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: quote Canada's recovery program will secure the future for you, 628 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: your children, and your grand and your grandchildren. So that's fun. Also, also, 629 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,800 Speaker 1: guess how many guess guess how many words is in 630 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: that last sentence. It's fourteen of them. Yeah. Yeah, we're 631 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 1: going back to calling Canada Clanada again. It's like a 632 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: dog whistle, but except for you know, a dog whistle 633 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: only dogs can hear. It's except everyone. It's just a whistle. 634 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,799 Speaker 1: It's just it's just a regular whistle. It's it's it's 635 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: that he just tweeted it tweet. Yeah. So as anyway, 636 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,520 Speaker 1: um as O'Toole was getting all secure the future piled um. 637 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: Canada's actual far right populist party, the People's Party, was 638 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,840 Speaker 1: gaining much more popularity um amid the pandemic and the 639 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: anti mask, anti lockdown, anti vax protests. The COVID nineteen 640 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: pandemic was a gift to the far right in general, 641 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: as it allowed the injection and proliferation of conspiracy theories 642 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,760 Speaker 1: to accelerate at levels almost never before seen and provided 643 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,320 Speaker 1: fair recruiting ground to gain new followers. The PPC latched 644 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: onto this and was extremely successful. They were. You know, 645 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 1: they sponsored protests, They did a whole bunch of campaigns 646 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: that are around like anti mask stuff, anti vaccine, you know, 647 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,919 Speaker 1: all all of it. Um. So the PPC was able 648 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: to be not just a safe harbor for anti immigration, 649 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: white nationalists and neo Nazis and other far right groups, 650 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,800 Speaker 1: but also now more mainstream anti lockdown, anti vacs and 651 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: anti government protesters as well as you know, gun rights 652 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 1: activists and some general rule workers feeling left behind from 653 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: even the Conservative Party. So the PPC has changed from 654 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 1: a niche white nationalist party to a full blown far 655 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: right populist force. What bern Air in the and the 656 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: PPC have done so effectively since the pandemic is to 657 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: use the broad concerns around COVID and freedom and the 658 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,960 Speaker 1: more you know, mainstream concerns about economic anxieties, job loss, 659 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,360 Speaker 1: lots of businesses, immigration and changing culture and manage and 660 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,319 Speaker 1: managed to rule all of these things up into one 661 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: tight package, which is really appealing to a lot of 662 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,760 Speaker 1: Canadians who are very anxious about the state of their country, 663 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: especially amid the COVID nineteen pandemic. So the results of 664 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,799 Speaker 1: the September snap election, which was you know last month, Uh, 665 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 1: we're basically the same as the election, UM, except the 666 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,640 Speaker 1: PPC went from one point six percent of the vote 667 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,799 Speaker 1: to five percent of the vote, a big, big change, uh. 668 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,760 Speaker 1: They that means they were ranking above the Green Party 669 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: and nearly tying the block kebu Qua. So they made like, 670 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,080 Speaker 1: I know, like one percent of five percent doesn't seem 671 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: like tons, but like this is a really big jump 672 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:43,319 Speaker 1: for a brand new party, UM, especially especially if they're 673 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,879 Speaker 1: ahead of the Green Party and tying the Block Party. 674 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: That is like a notable shift. UM. The University of 675 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: Ghulaf Professor of of Political Science Tamra Small said that 676 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,240 Speaker 1: said this after the results of the last snap election. Quote, 677 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: I think the only leader who's the static about last 678 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 1: night's results is or Air. I don't think they're going anywhere. 679 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: I think it seems that he's taken the populism and 680 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 1: attached to far right politics. The idea that Canada was 681 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: immune to this sort of far right populism, the idea 682 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 1: that Canada was going to be free from the populism 683 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 1: that we saw in Europe, like what Nigel Farage is 684 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 1: in the UK. But I think lots of people are 685 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,279 Speaker 1: wondering if Bernard is just gonna say I'm not here 686 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,560 Speaker 1: to form an actual government. I'm just here to challenge 687 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,800 Speaker 1: the system and use that as a way of gaining 688 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: massive support. Um. After us CTV News emailed the PPC 689 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: for comment for their post election story, uh, the party 690 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,200 Speaker 1: spokesperson sent back a one line email response, I don't 691 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,760 Speaker 1: respond to requests from leftists. Activists masquerading as journalists get lost, 692 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: so that's fun. Also, in late September, Bernard's Twitter account 693 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:49,879 Speaker 1: was temporarily suspended for encouraging his supporters to attack journalists. Yeah. 694 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: Just not like I'm okay with criticizing journalist and stuff, 695 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 1: because most journalists are like not great. But when you're 696 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: using your political Twitter account to just like tell people 697 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,640 Speaker 1: to just go attack the US, usually it's a bad 698 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: sign of of like a political party. Usually it's just like, yeah, 699 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,400 Speaker 1: political parties when they do that usually leads to bad things. Um, 700 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: we are gonna talk about one kind of wrapping up here. 701 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 1: We wanna talk about one Ontario People's Party candidate named 702 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,279 Speaker 1: Mario Greco, who was a another another high school teacher 703 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,920 Speaker 1: UM and self proclaimed game developer UM of a few 704 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,160 Speaker 1: years ago. I I see Chriss Vincent, because like you know, 705 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: this can't lead to good things the gamers, it can't 706 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,800 Speaker 1: be good. So a few years ago, Greco made a 707 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:39,240 Speaker 1: video game called Happy Culture Shootout UM. Quoting an article 708 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,560 Speaker 1: from Press Progress dot c A Happy Culture Shootout is 709 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 1: a Space Invaders style game that allows players to control 710 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 1: spaceship that shoots laser beams at caricatures of various identity groups. 711 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: Quote this game, it's about an alien order to invade 712 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,479 Speaker 1: Earth and transport all humans to happy Land, Greco says 713 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: on his personal website, which includes other games that he authored, 714 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: like Die Mare, which is about a young, misunderstood heuro 715 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:05,400 Speaker 1: who sees to liberate post war Germany. Um in as 716 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,080 Speaker 1: in a since telated video of obtained by Press Progress, 717 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 1: the People's Party candidate delivered a presentation to university students 718 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,440 Speaker 1: several years ago, offering his post mortem on the game UM. 719 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 1: Reco expressed surprise that his students and faculty reacted negatively 720 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: to the game, with one calling it the most racist 721 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,000 Speaker 1: game I've ever played. Greco says his game is not 722 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,320 Speaker 1: racist in the slightest, noting that he made fun of 723 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 1: his own Italian heritage. He also claimed that some students 724 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:36,720 Speaker 1: thought his Gay Pride parade level was hilarious. My friends 725 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,839 Speaker 1: and I love people of all cultures, and we also 726 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,080 Speaker 1: love humor of all types that includes harmless racist jokes. 727 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 1: Greco said in the video. The game was intended to 728 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: make a joke about how ridiculous cultural stereotypes are, so 729 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:48,800 Speaker 1: we can laugh about it together and move on with 730 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 1: our lives. Um. During the presentation, the People's Party candidate 731 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,120 Speaker 1: offered a interesting side note about the games Israel level. 732 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: According according to Greco, a faculty member at the University Stroug, 733 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 1: they recommended that he removed Jewish stereotypes from the game. 734 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,680 Speaker 1: He was like, no, get rid of it immediately. Don't 735 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 1: have any religious content whatsoever. I know that subject is 736 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:12,879 Speaker 1: very very touchy. So yeah, this is just a game 737 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,800 Speaker 1: where you race shoe to minority people. Um. Anyway. In 738 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:20,040 Speaker 1: twenty six Greco posted a photo on Facebook of an 739 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 1: illustration of Peppe the Frog, which he said was drawn 740 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,279 Speaker 1: by one of his students in in the white board 741 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:29,360 Speaker 1: of his York Region high school. Um Pepe had a 742 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:35,360 Speaker 1: little speech bubble that said free Kakistan. Great yea. So 743 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,960 Speaker 1: now the gamers or Nazis. So currently Greco is spending 744 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,759 Speaker 1: his time tweeting about critical race theory and trying to 745 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 1: get into office under the People's Party banner UM. In 746 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:49,680 Speaker 1: his Twitter bio, he calls himself an egalitarian, libertarian nationalist 747 00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: and he still also teaches computer science at Ontario. Call 748 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: themselves fascists. I know it's it's not fun. These people 749 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:04,600 Speaker 1: are all all for the worst most scum. UM. And 750 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,520 Speaker 1: one one more thing before we sign off. UM. Last month, 751 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:12,200 Speaker 1: right before the September election, I was forwarded some pictures 752 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:17,120 Speaker 1: of some People's Party of Canada posters and flyers put 753 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 1: up linking to their campaign website that someone came across 754 00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:24,680 Speaker 1: UM around town, not not Portland's, like somewhere in Canada. 755 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:29,120 Speaker 1: UM under the PPC logo there was you know, pictures 756 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,479 Speaker 1: of people's faces and big black text that said it's 757 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:39,280 Speaker 1: okay to be white. Right, So that's the liberal utopia 758 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,759 Speaker 1: of Canada. Everybody UM. And basically like the reason why 759 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,320 Speaker 1: I wanted to put these episodes together because like, we 760 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 1: we have lots of like, you know, we make a 761 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 1: lot of jokes about you know, escaping to Canada as 762 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,440 Speaker 1: the States gets too fascist, and I just want to 763 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: like say, like I'm not saying Canada's getting at the 764 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:56,200 Speaker 1: same rate, but Canada is not immune to the same thing. 765 00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,239 Speaker 1: Like it's it's it's, it's it's you can't escape, can't 766 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:05,239 Speaker 1: run away from the authoritarianism by moving, yeah to a 767 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,480 Speaker 1: country with no history of authoritarianism, like I don't know Germany, 768 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,000 Speaker 1: uh huh yeah. And I think everything's important with with 769 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:15,239 Speaker 1: Canada particularly is that like Canada is like affected by 770 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,239 Speaker 1: American political trends. And you see this absolutely like like 771 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,279 Speaker 1: one of one of the things that I remember looking 772 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,920 Speaker 1: at when I was when I was looking into sort 773 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,200 Speaker 1: of uh if you look at the history of like 774 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,719 Speaker 1: anti Asian riots for example, So there's a huge wave 775 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: and nine no seven that goes like it goes all 776 00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:29,719 Speaker 1: the way up the West coast because a lot of them, 777 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,600 Speaker 1: and it ends in Toronto, Yeah, a lot of you know, yeah, 778 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:35,200 Speaker 1: and you see you see that like and you see 779 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,400 Speaker 1: that like today to where it's like, yeah, the Toronto 780 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,400 Speaker 1: I think has the highest rate of anti Asian attacks 781 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,120 Speaker 1: like in North America. That's not pretty impressive considering like 782 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,319 Speaker 1: the absolute ship show going on in like New York, 783 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,320 Speaker 1: in la and Seattle, and it's like, no, Toronto's worse, No, 784 00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:56,880 Speaker 1: it's real bad. I talk a lot about how the 785 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,280 Speaker 1: far right's getting a lot, a lot, a lot stronger 786 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,120 Speaker 1: of an luce in Alberta, and it is spreading into 787 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,120 Speaker 1: other eastern eastern provinces, not just inside Quebec. You know, 788 00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,359 Speaker 1: there was the inside attack in Toronto a few years 789 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,279 Speaker 1: ago that killed like I think like a dozen people. 790 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,600 Speaker 1: Of course, there was the Quebec mosque shooting. There's been 791 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,800 Speaker 1: a lot of these kind of things popping off, and 792 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,359 Speaker 1: you know there's there's even more starting in like, uh, 793 00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:20,200 Speaker 1: British Columbia as well, which is which has a decent 794 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,880 Speaker 1: far right kind of influence at least on the eastern 795 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:28,200 Speaker 1: side of BC, um away from like Victoria and from Vancouver. UM. 796 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:30,719 Speaker 1: So yeah, I just wanted to place together and be like, hey, 797 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's worth looking at these countries that 798 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,719 Speaker 1: we usually view as you know, generally doing better and 799 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,439 Speaker 1: be like no, like, it's the same thing is happening there, 800 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,080 Speaker 1: and it's all it's all part of the same overarching 801 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: slide right word that we've seen in both in the 802 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,000 Speaker 1: UK we were even seeing it now in Germany we're 803 00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,279 Speaker 1: seeing it, you know in this obviously the States under 804 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,160 Speaker 1: Trump and in Canada, even though the Liberals have won 805 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:56,239 Speaker 1: the past few elections, it's still scooting right word. So yeah, 806 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,400 Speaker 1: I just wanted to put this thing together. If you 807 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,239 Speaker 1: want to keep up to date on Canadian stuff, you 808 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,359 Speaker 1: can check out the Canadian Antihit network, which does work 809 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: tracking extremism in Canada. And yeah, that is ah, that 810 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:14,080 Speaker 1: is what I put together exparison. Yeah, you're welcoming, You're welcome. Well, 811 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,400 Speaker 1: that's the episode that's gonna do it for us here 812 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,400 Speaker 1: and it could happen here today, come back tomorrow or 813 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,360 Speaker 1: you know whatever, and we'll talk about another part of 814 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:27,239 Speaker 1: the world. Maybe I don't know Portugal. 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