Ezra Levant’s August 12, 2024 episode slams Justin Trudeau’s denial amid the Liberals’ 20-point deficit to Conservatives (43% vs. 23%) and NDP’s 18%, mocking his fundraising chaos—like pro-Hamas hecklers in Brampton refusing dialogue while chanting "Free Palestine" and "genocide." Toronto’s infrastructure collapse, safe injection sites, and police politicization under Myron Demkow (accused of favoring protesters over Jewish victims) fuel outrage. Municipal elections could shift if voters reject socialist policies like unchecked encampments or DEI-driven bank censorship, like Scotiabank firing a senior for suggesting age inclusion. Trudeau’s isolation and Toronto’s lawlessness signal deeper systemic failures. [Automatically generated summary]
Tonight, are there telltale signs that Justin Trudeau is way past his best before date?
Oh, you better believe it.
I've made a list and there's no need to check it twice.
It's Monday, August 12th, 2024.
I'm David Menzies and this is the Ezra Levant Show.
Shame on you, you sensorism bug.
Maybe Justin Trudeau has the sort of thick skin that would make a rhinoceros envious.
Or maybe he's deep in denial.
Or maybe he subscribes to a scorched earth policy.
You know, that he would prefer to go down in flames as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the next federal election, as opposed to simply being a spectator on the sidelines.
He's far too important for that, after all.
And besides, rumor has it that he's just taken shipment of some new whiz-bang rainbow-colored socks.
Sunny ways, my friends.
Sunny ways.
Would you believe cloudy with a chance of rancid meatballs?
Anyway, clearly there's no indication from Trudeau that he's willing to be put out to political pasture a la his American counterpart, sleepy Joe Biden.
And yet, deep down, Trudeau must realize that in the words of Colonel Troutman from the movie Rambo, It's over, Jenny.
It's over.
Yeah, it's over, Justin.
It's over.
Indeed, the Liberal Party may as well rebrand itself as the Titanic because October 2025 is kind of looking like one whopper of an iceberg on the horizon.
Polls are going from bad to worse.
Just yesterday, a new abacus poll shows the Conservatives now have a daunting 20-point lead over the Liberals, which is to say, if an election were held today, 43% of committed voters would vote for the peer Polyev Conservatives, while only 23% would vote for the Liberals.
Meanwhile, the NDP is languishing at just 18%.
How sad.
Wasn't the strategy of propping up the Liberals supposed to result in the NDP forming the next federal government?
I'm a member for Grinnaby South.
When I'm prime minister, I will keep my promises.
Maybe he meant to say when he becomes leader of the official opposition.
You know, I've seen MPs heckled into silence in the House of Commons, but I can't remember a parliamentarian being reduced to stunned silence thanks to hundreds of MPs LOLing their asses off due to a statement that was so unintentionally funny.
But let's get real.
The unspoken reason for the NDP Liberal Unholy Alliance was to ensure NDP leader Jugmeet Singh gets one more year in office under his Gucci branded belt.
He wants to qualify for that lifetime pension after all.
Hey, they don't call Jugmeet Sell Out Singh for nothing.
And you would think that the NDP would be outraged by this.
They used to stand up for the working men and women.
But nope, they've signed on.
Jagmeet Singh is delaying the election until next year when he qualifies for a pension.
$2.2 million paid for by these hardworking people.
Sell out Singh has betrayed these workers.
He gets his pension.
Trudeau gets power.
These workers get the bill.
Why do you continue to support the terrible news, man?
I would love to.
You're a very charming fellow, but I just, I don't know.
Why do you continue to support Justin Trudeau when you know Canadians want to know?
But I digress because aside from horrific polling numbers, I think there's another surefire indicator that the jig is up for Justin.
And that indicator is the reception the Prime Minister is receiving all across our great dominion when it comes to Trudeau trying to prop up fellow liberal MPs on the fundraising dinner circuit.
Because the du regueur occurrence at these fundraisers is demonstrators showing up to viciously heckle the prime minister.
The most recent occasion was in Brampton, Ontario on Saturday.
The prime minister is apparently done with his latest surfing safari in Tofino, BC.
So he swung by this lovely fiefdom lorded over by sneaky Patrick Brown.
As per usual, Trudeau arrived in a motorcade consisting of several eight-cylinder fossil fuel burning extra-large SUVs.
Oh, I know the PM says EVs are the way of the future, and he's backing that bet with billions of dollars in taxpayer handouts.
But pricey EVs, they're not for Justin or his security detail.
You see, Justin Trudeau wants you to save the planet by taking out a second mortgage in order to buy an electric vehicle.
You see, Justin Trudeau is just way too important to get stressed out over things like, oh, I don't know, range anxiety.
Anyway, the PM was in the People's Democratic Republic of Brampton to prop up the electoral fortunes of Brampton North MP Rudy Sejoda.
Hard to imagine.
There were still some rubes out there who are willing to fork over $1,725 for a lunch with the PM, given that many observers would argue that tab is overpriced by $1,724.99.
But again, I digress because check out this footage of the merry members of the welcome wagon who greeted Trudeau on Saturday.
Ooh, it was ugly.
I wonder what Trudeau was thinking while ensconced in his armor-plated Chevy Suburban along with his Mounties packing heat.
Oh, by the way, that's another surefire sign of hypocrisy, isn't it?
Trudeau has declared war on gun owners.
Not gangbangers, mind you, but law-abiding sport shooters and hunters.
Yet Trudeau doesn't even cross the street these days without being accompanied by his Royal Canadian mounted pistol packers.
But I'm sure one of his thoughts last Saturday afternoon, as he was called all sorts of nasty names, was this.
What the hell do these people want?
I mean, Trudeau can't even make an order at the drive-thru without uttering diversity is our strength.
And when it comes to the dozens of pro-Hamas demonstrators last Saturday, it doesn't get more diverse than that, does it?
We saw the flags of Palestine being waved.
We even spotted a toddler waving the flag of Pakistan.
Hey, whether you're a Madison Avenue marketer or a card-carrying Marxist, as the saying goes, get them young, get them forever.
What you did not see on display that day was a Canadian flag.
Actually, that's not quite true.
There was one lonely maple leaf being waved, albeit was mounted upside down, which is to indicate that the country is in distress.
You know, I can't argue that point with the members of the New Age Hitler youth movement, but I will say that the country is not in distress due to what's going on in the Middle East, but rather for factors that are way too numerous to list here.
Speaking of foreign policy, the question arises: when it comes to the hobos for Hamas contingent, what exactly is their beef when it comes to the Justin Trudeau liberals?
No reasonable person would ever call this government pro-Israel.
Case in point, Israeli-Canadian Jewish MP, Yara Hong Kong Sachs, recently traveled to the Middle East earlier this year to shake hands with pay-for-slave terrorist Mahmoud Abbas.
Can you imagine?
So what more do the pro-Hamas folk in Canada want, pray tell?
I mean, when you have a Jew in cabinet that is of the self-hating variety and who lusts after photo ops with anti-Israel terrorists, what's not to love?
Alas, attempts to seek answers from this frothing mob prove to be an exercise in futility.
Sir, can I ask you about the message on your mask?
Cease fire.
Would that be on condition of Hamas freeing the hostages?
He's racist.
Don't talk to him about that.
Yeah, don't talk to him.
How am I racist?
how am i racist what a sight So the thing is, Canada and the US and Germany, if you guys stop going into the people's country and invade them.
Ma'am, who are these people censoring you?
If you guys stop sending weapons, people would call it a fire.
This is a genocide.
This is a genocide.
October 7th, you mean?
Journalists, don't talk to racists.
Why don't you talk before October 7th?
That doesn't start on October 7th.
Oh, when did it start?
Go educate yourself.
Educate.
So please educate me.
Free Palestine.
Oh, is that right?
Free from what?
Free from Israel.
Okay, then.
What do you think about the idea of having a ceasefire in exchange for freeing the remaining hostages?
IDF?
Terrorist state.
Terrorist.
The IDF are terrorists?
Yeah, absolutely.
What's your opinion of Hamas?
15,000.
Pardon me, sorry?
They murdered 15,000 kids.
What, you mean the IDF was responsible for October 7th?
No, I'm saying IDF is a terrorist state.
Okay, then, but wasn't it Hamas that attacked Israel on October 7th?
Shame on you!
asshole!
Gutte banjo terimaki!
Teri Maki, Kute!
Hey, watch your hands!
Don't come near me now!
Don't come near me!
Please respect Canadian law.
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
What do they have to be ashamed for, ma'am?
That's a common genocide!
Hey, sir.
Oh, what's this about, sir?
You're different pins to support Palestine.
Oh, okay, then.
Do you have anything in support of Israel?
I just have one that says this.
FCK Israel.
It doesn't say Israel.
Well, it's a now, sir.
Are you indeed a Jew for a free Palestine?
Here's a peace, Muslim peace pride for you.
You know what?
Sir, this is an interesting illustration.
It's the rainbow colors.
How well are the LGBT people treated in Gaza?
Three pins?
You know, that's quite fascinating.
I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
I don't think I'll be wearing this pin anytime soon.
As you can see, it's the flag of Palestine and the pride colors of the peace symbol.
How much peace does the LGBT community receive in a place like Gaza?
Do you recall several years ago I encountered a demonstrator at an al-Quds rally and I got him to weigh in on the issue of Islam and being gay and wow, it didn't live up to this narrative.
Check it out.
What would happen to a gay couple in Gaza?
Executed according to Islamic law.
Islam doesn't endorse gayism.
Islam doesn't endorse homosexuality.
Okay, so would you like to see Sharia law in Canada replace Canadian law?
At some point it will.
You know, because we have families, we are making babies.
You are not.
Your population is going down the slump.
Right?
By 2016, Muslims will be the biggest religious group the world over.
What are you going to do then?
Actually, go apostharia even then.
What's problematic is many of these people aren't even Canadian citizens.
The governments are turning a blind eye to genocide.
What do you mean what happened on October 7th?
I'm talking about before October 7th for 76 years and what's happening now in Gaza.
Over 100 people were massacred.
Over 100 civilians were massacred yesterday, this morning.
They woke up, they sleep to massacres and they wake up to massacres.
Report the news correctly.
Report the news correctly.
Trudeau, you're a coward.
Blood is on your hands.
I'm not worth it.
He's a fucking Zionist.
He is not worth it.
Do not talk to him.
What's your opinion of Zionists, ma'am?
I don't talk to Zionists.
How much money does right?
Articulating Against Trudeau00:04:03
I can't hear you with your face diaper on, ma'am.
Oh, with my face diaper on.
Who funds you?
By the way, why are you wearing a disguise?
What would that be?
Who funds you?
I work for Rebel News, ma'am.
Who funds you?
Do you actually work or are you on welfare?
Who funds you?
You'll take money wherever you can get.
We're crowdfunded.
Who funds rebels?
Crowdfunded.
Who internationally in Israel funds rebel?
Oh, I wouldn't know that, but I can tell you.
Who funds rebel?
Our average donation is $58.
Who funds you?
Don't engage with racism.
We do crowdfunding.
Don't engage with racism.
What do you think about Hamas?
I think it's a terrorist organization.
What's your opinion?
So if Hamas called six kids, IDF called 16,000 kids.
If Hamas took 250 hostages, IDF took 25,000 hostages.
So which one is more terrorist?
Sir, where are you getting these numbers?
I can see every day hundreds, tens of and hundreds of photos and videos, and we see how it's going on.
Right, sir, but what is the source of these numbers that you're quoting?
Isn't it Hamas themselves?
Can you tell me why you're demonstrating?
You know exactly why.
No, I don't.
Please educate me.
Shame on you.
How about you, ma'am?
Can you explain why you're demonstrating?
That's not very ladylike.
Shame on you.
You are ladies, right?
I didn't misgender you or anything like that, did I?
How many more Palestinian children have to be massacred?
You're a liar.
You're fake news.
Oh, is that right?
Can you articulate, sir, why you're here today?
None of your damn business.
Well, it is a public demonstration, isn't it?
You don't need to know.
Well, you have the microphone.
You can put your own words on camera.
Talk to you.
Well, you approached me, sir.
Oh, you're a liar.
I know that.
I'm a liar.
You didn't approach me.
I was just doing my stand-up and you came to me.
Are you the pharmacist, sir?
That's none of your damn business.
What makes me a racist, ma'am?
Walk away.
We don't engage with racism.
Oh, please don't go.
Can you give me an example of anything racist I've said?
Lead the people free the land.
Lead the people free the land.
Go back to the rat hole that you came from.
Go back to your rat hole.
I was born here, ma'am.
But what does it matter what I believe in?
I'm just trying to understand what point you're getting.
Are you Jewish?
I am not Jewish, no, sir.
Okay, thank you so much.
Okay.
I hope I answer.
Would you talk to me if I said I was Jewish?
No, I'm just asking you.
You ask me, I ask you.
Is that fair or not fair?
Can I ask you or not?
Or just you have to ask me.
Sir, no one cares about my opinion, but here you are at a pro-Hamas rally with a Palestinian flag.
I find you very...
Oh, okay.
I support resistance.
Resistance is justified when the people are occupied, right?
Or not?
50,000 people.
Well, we're in a public place, ma'am.
You know, if you can't articulate your position, I don't think you really have much of a position.
Once again, folks, as what often happens when we come to the pro-Hamas people, I end up interviewing a sign.
Sir, why are you guys wearing disguises?
Don't talk to him.
Don't talk to us.
It looks like I've stumbled across a Mexican wrestling show or something.
Sir, can you articulate why you're demonstrating against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
Turn around, turn around, stop looking at him and don't talk to me.
Don't talk to him.
Sir, what do you think of that cameraman's trans mask?
Oh, he didn't like that question.
Marching Against Trudeau00:03:12
Interestingly, the rank and file members of the Fakestinians had vowed on social media they were going to shut down the event.
And hey, one never knows.
After all, these hooligans successfully forced the cancellation of a dinner Trudeau wanted to host with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Milani, at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario back in March.
But on Saturday, likely due to the huge police presence, it was all bark, no bite, as the assorted scholars confined their disruption of the event to, well, calling for genocide against the Jewish people.
That's despicable, of course, but after 10 months of this rubbish, it's getting a little boring now, wouldn't you say?
As for Ruby Sejoda, the MP Trudeau was propping up, it should be noted that she is all about accelerating the process of international students receiving permanent residency and stopping any more deportations.
Indeed, she is the Liberal who last March introduced petition E4454 in the House of Commons seeking to support this agenda.
On behalf of 24,349 signatories, this petition addresses, requests, an extension of the postgraduate work permit.
The rationale given is that public policies recently have given 18-month extensions and based off of that this petitioner requests that the three-year postgraduate work permit time be turned into five years and the one-year postgraduate work permit time be extended to two years.
The reasoning for that is that many students find themselves that it takes some time to find a job in their sector and making sure that they get the skills they need.
We have shortages of workers.
Little wonder that immigration lawyers and agents are big fans of Rudy Sejoda.
Check out this ex-posting by Canwar Sierra directed to the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister Trudeau.
Quote, consider appointing Ruby Sejoda as the next Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
This would mark a historic moment as the first time someone from the Indian community holds this esteemed position.
Additionally, this move could rejuvenate the Ontario Liberal Party and strengthen ties with a growing and influential community in Canada.
⁇ End quote.
Staggering, isn't it?
We are already dealing with a record number of immigrants coming to Canada.
There is already considerable strain on housing and the healthcare system is completely overwhelmed and yet the likes of Sejoda and Sierra want to further amp up the number of newcomers.
Patriots and Political Polarization00:10:52
What madness is this?
Why are they doing this?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I almost forgot.
Diversity is our strength.
I should note that I have no idea how well attended the fundraiser was.
You see, only state-funded and state-approved media, such as the CBC, were actually allowed into the venue.
But judging from the parking lot, it seemed that this event was far from a sellout.
Sad, really.
Oh, and this hostile reception, this isn't a one-off, folks.
Check out this footage from last month, again, at a Brampton event.
Well, folks, given the GTA is the GTA in this day and age of post-October 7th, it didn't take long for the pro-Hamas people to show up.
How do I know that they're pro-Hamas?
Well, they are wearing the Kafifa, and four out of six of the gaggle are wearing masks.
So I wonder why that is, too.
I thought COVID was in the rearview mirror.
I know the masking mandates were toast almost two and a half years ago.
So maybe they are anticipating virus X.
So, sir, what brings you out to demonstrate in front of the DREAMS Convention Center?
Well, what brings me out is that there's over 500,000 Canadians living with autism.
One in 36 are born every day.
We have a prime minister who just clearly doesn't understand or want to help the families with autism.
That's what Mr. Trudeau is about.
You know, he's just very cold.
He's very cold-hearted.
He doesn't care about Canadians and their actual needs.
You know, like I said, I mean, you know, to see on how families are struggling with autism, you know, we have families that are remortgaging their houses, they're getting second and third jobs that pay for treatment, dealing with all kinds of mental health issues.
But yeah, he just does not get what we've been wanting to ask for.
And we've been asking for help since 2000 when our own courts had said that autism treatment is medically necessary.
So, folks, it's kind of amusing in a perverse way, the dueling demonstrations here.
You've got the pro-Hamas hooligans chanting free, free Palestine, and you've got the Freedom Patriots here chanting free, free Canada.
I guess the implication being that under the Trudeau Liberals, Canada isn't as free a dominion as it once was.
Hey, ladies, what brings you out to this?
How come you don't have a Canadian flag?
None of your colleagues have a Canadian flag either.
So, as you can see, folks, there's no sense trying to get comment from the pro-Hamas people.
But you know what?
It's very interesting.
Dueling demonstrations, I guess they're both united in their contempt for Prime Minister Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada.
But there's very noticeable differences, aren't there?
First and foremost, you do not see a single Canadian flag with this group.
Meanwhile, it's a sea of maple leafs with the Patriots.
The other thing you'll notice is that when you see the Patriots here on this side of the ledger, nobody is wearing a mask.
Nobody is wearing a disguise.
And I would say maybe over 50% of the people here are masked up.
So I don't know.
Well, folks, I'm with Derek Neumann.
He is a fixture whenever there's a Trudeau invent.
In fact, if you see Derek on a street corner, you know the Prime Minister isn't that far away.
And Derek, I'll tell you what's different about this little demonstration.
I see you've got your usual patriots out here with their signage and their flags.
But a little further yonder, there's a gaggle of pro-Hamas demonstrators.
And my take on this, Derek, is that from what I hear from the Jewish community, they are just incensed with how the Trudeau Liberals have handled what's going on in the Middle East.
And clearly, we have people on the pro-Hamas side that are very angry too.
I think it takes a special kind of dubious skill to, well, piss off both far ends of the political spectrum.
What's your take?
Well, absolutely.
You used the word handled very loosely.
In fact, he didn't do anything with it.
The fact is, he's gutless and he's not a leader.
And this is why we have the chaos that we're having on the streets right now.
Yes.
Yeah, absolutely.
Now, that was really interesting, wouldn't you say?
Not only were the pro-Hamas people in attendance, but so too were the Patriots who comprise the freedom movement.
And what's really fascinating is that these two groups have precious little in common, except, of course, for their mutual contempt for Justin Trudeau.
But as they say in the Middle East, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
And you know, come October 2025, it will be most fascinating indeed to find out at the ballot box how many Canadians from coast to coast to coast also subscribe to this idiom.
can't wait you know folks i can recall a time when toronto's nickname was toronto the good The city was clean.
It was safe.
Traffic moved.
But today, Hogtown is in the midst of its worst crime wave ever.
Homeless encampments are everywhere.
The city has the worst traffic congestion in all of North America, third worst in the world.
It's unbelievable.
Pro-Hamas protesters shut down streets on a continual basis while chanting for the genocide of the Jewish people.
And the mayor's response, well, Olivia Chow likes to bury her head in the sand.
Well, that is when she's not dressing up in costumes and shaking her booty.
Unbelievable.
And joining me now to discuss the rapid downward descent of People City is Sue Ann Levy of True North.
How you doing there, Sue Anne?
I'm great.
Thank you.
Well, thank you so much for joining me.
You know, Sue Ann, I think we're both old enough to remember when Peter Ustinoff, way back in 1987, described Toronto as New York as run by the Swiss.
I would say, Sue Anne, those days are long gone.
Your thoughts?
It's a third world city now.
It's not run by the Swiss at all.
It's, you know, the massive influx of immigrants, mostly Jew haters, many Jew haters, I should say.
I could see its downward descent way, way back in 2017.
And you can't blame Olivia Chow entirely for this because it really started under her predecessor, John Tory, when they started allowing safe ejection sites in the city and encampments, illegal encampments, and just didn't take care of the infrastructure.
And I remember doing a story back in 2017 about Seattle and that Toronto wasn't far from the demise of Seattle, which I think maybe is in a turnaround situation now, but Toronto has definitely become another Seattle.
You know, you raise a good point, Sue Ann.
We know where Olivia Chow's politics are, but she's only been the mayor for about one year.
Meanwhile, John Tory, he claims he's a conservative.
You think he would bring common sense values to Toronto, but I don't know, maybe he was too busy chasing his mistress around the cottage when he was in office.
But you're right.
He supported things like Toronto being a sanctuary city, Toronto having safe injection sites.
And we know just last summer, a beautiful mother of two out in Leslieville paid for her life simply walking by the Leslieville or the South Riverdale Community Center when two gangbangers got into a gunfight in broad daylight.
Why did John Tory go down these horrible policy routes that we've seen take root in places traditionally like Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco?
Well, he governed from the left, and he let the left wing of council decide what policies should be put in place.
And he didn't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for many things that were right.
And I guess in his mind, he thought that's how he's going to win on certain policies.
But he didn't really win on anything.
He just Sort of cascaded Toronto into this huge dissent by going along with all these crazy policies.
And the, I mean, when he was mayor, I can't even remember everything that I wrote about that was just crazy, like the drug and safe injection sites, which they brought into play during his time, illegal encampments, which were cleared out post-pandemic, but then came back.
And I mean, I think he was, he felt he was very much beholden to special interests.
And you cannot be beholden to special interests in this city because they just take over and they just want more, more, more.
Now, Olivia Chow came in, and I knew she was going to be a train wreck.
I absolutely knew it.
But I guess she had enough of progressives, and I hate that word because they're not really progressive, but she had enough progressives backing her along with Progress Toronto.
Bike Lanes Controversy00:15:35
And, you know, I predicted that she would just continue the descent into this absolute, I can't say it on air, I guess, SHIT hole that Toronto has become.
I mean, layer on top of that, the 10-month, going on 11-month conflict, Israeli-Palestinian, Israeli-Hamas conflict, and you've got all these would-be Hamasniks, would-be terrorists taking over the streets of Toronto.
And as I've learned many, many years ago, covering anti-Semitism, if you give them an inch, they will take a mile.
And it just gets worse and worse.
And it has gotten worse.
And, you know, I want to do delve into that, what's happening on the streets of my beloved hometown, Sue An.
And it's heartbreaking.
And sometimes I look at the mobs and what they're saying and what they're doing.
And I can't even believe sometimes I'm in the Dominion of Canada.
But, you know, you touched upon special interest groups calling the shots.
And, you know, with all the problems facing Toronto that I went through in the preamble, you would think that the most pressing issue, according to Olivia Chow and the lefties on council, is renaming Young Dundas Square, Sankofa Square.
You know, Sue Ann, nobody wants this.
The vast majority of Torontonians do not want this.
We're supposed to be broke.
That's the city that is.
Yet this rebranding exercise, just for the square alone, it's going to be in the millions of dollars and the streets and whatnot.
And yet, if you have an issue with that, you're a racist.
But let's make no mistake, the Dundas part, which is problematic for the people pushing the rebranding, that refers to Henry Dundas.
He was an abolitionist.
It seems that his sin, Sue Ann, was that he wasn't fast enough in being an abolitionist.
What do you make of this fiasco going on right now?
Well, and St. Cova Square, it was named after this tribe that, or a group of people who were slave traders.
So it makes absolutely no sense.
Absolutely no sense.
I mean, between St. Cova Square and the deluge of bike lanes across the city.
And of course, if you elect a bike biking mayor, though I would venture to say she doesn't do much biking these days because she's discovered the luxury of travel by, you know, probably electric vehicle or, you know, hybrid vehicle with a driver.
So why bike anywhere with her flowered bike?
But, you know, the deluge of bike lanes, and I can talk about my own community.
They're putting bike lanes on Eglinton and nobody's going to use them except food delivery people.
I've used the ones on Young Street.
All I see when I use the ones on Young Street are food delivery carriers, various food delivery services.
They come by me and I don't see the average commuter using them.
You know, Sue Ann, it is insane.
I think.
And by the way, I think there was more than 120 kilometers of new bike lanes put in under the leadership, so-called John Torrey.
And I want to tell you, I mean, I'm not anti-bike.
Biking is my number one form of exercise.
I like to say, right now I'm fat.
Without my cycling, I'm circus fat.
But I've always cycled in traffic and with very few exceptions, never had a problem.
But we have a city that is growing and growing and growing every year in population.
And the infrastructure is not stagnant.
It is shrinking.
We're taking lanes of traffic out that would accommodate motor vehicles for bikes.
And I think used to do stories back in your Toronto Sundays.
They would do the city do a census of how many people are using the bike lanes.
And I recall, correct me if I'm wrong, Sue Anne, the census would take part between April and October.
So in other words, they would avoid half the year that is bad weather when nobody, virtually nobody is using these lanes.
If I had my way, Sue Ann, if I was mayor, I'd rip out every one of these bike lanes tomorrow.
What say you?
Well, you know, in fact, you, I mean, I pleaded and cajoled and did get numbers for the winter from Bloor and Danforth area.
And I think it was some ludicrous figure, like 660 people over the entire winter.
It was crazy.
And, you know, they're always the first to get the snow shoveling.
I don't know who the heck uses them.
If they're not being used in the summer, who's using them in the winter?
But this is the ideology of these special interests.
They have a very loud voice at City Hall.
They always have.
And yes, I see, I use some of these bike lanes, but I would be very judicious about where I put them.
And I certainly wouldn't be putting them on University Avenue.
And I wouldn't be putting them on Eglinton when we have a very nice bike lane trail just south of Eglinton called the Belt Line.
And you can get from point A to point B very easily.
But like I said, it's like the protesters.
You give an inch and they want more.
And they want more and they want more.
And they keep talking about people getting hurt and cyclists getting hurt.
Well, I'll tell you, some of those cyclists who ride in the lanes, like I'm mosing along and my electric bike, and they'll come up from behind me, won't even give me any warning.
They grease by me.
They think they're on the, you know, they're on the Tour de France.
I don't know what.
And also, the food delivery people often have motorized bikes, which shouldn't be allowed.
I mean, scooters.
I mean, it's like a nightmare out there.
It's a nightmare for drivers because I also drive.
I try not to drive downtown.
But what a mess between Torrey and Chow.
What a mess they've made at this city.
And you know, Sue Ann, I'm so happy you mentioned University Avenue.
I think that's the most egregious place in the city.
They place these bike lanes.
For those who aren't familiar with Toronto, University Avenue is hospital row.
There are so many major hospitals.
And it was always argued we can't put the bike lanes there because we need to have university moving for emergency vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, and so on.
And suddenly, during COVID, those bike lanes were snuck in and they're not going anywhere.
And as a result, university is, to use your words, Sue Anne, a shite show in terms of traffic moving when once upon a time it was a major artery.
But you know, the other thing we alluded to earlier, what we see on the streets of Toronto virtually every weekend, Sue Ann, we have mobs of people who are chanting genocide against the Jewish people.
They are vandalizing Jewish-owned businesses, arson attacks.
They're shooting up Jewish schools.
People have been violently assaulted.
And what do I observe?
Well, I can tell you, I have some skin in the game.
I've seen peaceful counter-demonstrators being arrested.
I have been arrested twice by the Toronto police, once for obstructing police, once for trespass, literally covering a demonstration on Nathan Phillips Square, in effect, the town square.
What are your thoughts here, Sue Anne?
What is going on?
I don't think the individual cops are making this call.
I think there is some politicization of the police.
I don't know if it's Olivia Chow.
We know several months ago, Prime Minister Trudeau met with Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkew.
Why?
The prime minister does not take his orders from the prime minister.
So what is going on that they're turning a blind eye to both hate crime and real crime by the pro-Hamas people, and meanwhile, throwing the book at law-abiding citizens?
Well, that is out of control, Dave.
And I have to admire you.
You're like, you know, one of those bobbleheads that go up and down.
And, you know, you fall over and you bow, you know, you're right back up.
I'm very, very, I respect you tremendously for, I mean, you've been through a lot.
I think there's been tremendous political pressure.
I mean, I was at City Hall long enough to know that mayors are not supposed to be involved with the police force, but they very much are.
And they take their cues from whatever mayor is in office.
I mean, John Torrey even sat on the police services board.
You couldn't get any closer than that.
Olivia Chow has been known not to like police, not to be a fan of police, you know, way back going to 2000 when she interrupted the police when they were trying to police a protest, a very violent one at Queen's Park by OCAP.
So I think they've gotten the message that they're to stand down to just keep the peace.
But, you know, they haven't kept the peace.
I know.
I know that they probably many of them are very frustrated by what's going on.
But I mean, we've seen scenes over the course of the winter where they delivered coffee to the protesters on Avenue Road.
And then the latest, which makes me absolutely insane, is, I guess, the pro-Palestinian people bending down on a major artery and praying and blocking traffic.
Now, I'm about to do a story on the fact that the police spokesperson said they have a right to do that.
No, they don't.
So obviously, these police spokespersons don't even know a municipal law because no, they're not, it's illegal to bend down and block a roadway, a major roadway, without a permit.
And they certainly didn't have a permit to do what they did.
These are what I call pop-up prayer sessions and pop-up protests.
I'm so disillusioned with the alleged leadership.
I'm disillusioned with Mayor Chow, of course.
She parties every weekend in various costumes, has no control over the city.
And the police chief, he's a wimp.
Myron Demkow is a wimp.
Okay.
I've said it.
Yeah.
You know what?
I'll go further.
I think Myron Demcu might be the worst police chief in the history of Toronto.
And given that Bill Blair was once the chief, that saying something.
But you know, to that.
That's not saying much.
But you know, to that point you made about the pro-Hamas people on the streets of Young and Dundas, shutting down traffic.
Cops are going, they've got every right to do so.
And I remember less than 10 years ago, there was a Christian group that was fighting to be allowed to sing hymns on Young Dundas Square.
Do you remember that, Suann?
And that was blocking nobody.
No pedestrians, no traffic.
And they were going through some incredible battle for ideological reasons, but we could go on.
So Anne, we've outlined all the problems.
I think the big question is, how do we fix this?
How do we make Toronto great again?
Well, unless there's recall legislation to get rid of plutoist Olivia Chow and her costumes, I think we're stuck with her.
I think part of the problem is the media.
Like we're sitting here, we're talking about it.
Every other legacy media, as they do with many liberal and socialist politicians, give her a free pass.
They don't question her.
They don't ask hard questions.
How many of them criticize Sankova Square?
How many of them talk about what's happening to the streets of Toronto?
Are they blind?
They not see what's going on.
How many of them ignore the fact that homeless have taken over many of our parks?
And I've been to a couple of them.
And shelters are being rammed into neighborhoods without people even being advised beforehand.
I mean, it's mayhem.
It's absolute mayhem.
And it's not being reported.
So these politicians think they can get away with it.
They think, and the police think they can get away with it.
And what do we do?
Well, the average person has to keep applying pressure.
I think that's all we can do because we can't rely on the media.
Doesn't that sound like a story south of the border now?
It sure does.
I'm having deja vu, Sue Ann.
And you know, I guess, well, we have to look at, I guess, the big date in terms of Toronto municipal politics would be 2026.
That's the next election.
And, you know, I thought it was a bit of a tragedy what happened in the last election, the snap election, in which we had over 100 candidates run.
But when it came to the serious candidates, your former colleague at the Toronto Sun, Anthony Fury, I thought he was saying all the right things.
It was such great common sense.
And I personally think for those on the right or the center, Anthony Fury and Mark Saunders pretty much split the vote.
If one of them had bowed out, my preference would be for Mark to have bowed out.
I think we would have had a different kettle of fish.
But you know what, Sue Ann?
If I'm to ask you to crystal ball gaze, who do you think has the best shot at becoming the mayor of Toronto in the years to come?
And even with strong mayor powers, is that enough to right this sinking ship in the first place?
Well, I know I've covered election after election after election.
So you've got to get a council in there, at least half of the council who's got some common sense, who votes with their heads.
Not even, I mean, I don't even think I was going to say heart, but it's not even heart with the nonsense with their ideology.
So power, I guess, constituent groups have to be a little stronger.
Look what happened in St. Paul's, my own riding, how Jon Stewart beat out the liberal.
And I think it can be done, but people have to be more aware of the issues.
They have to be angry enough to vote out the socialists in council and not vote based on name recognition.
So there's so many things that happen repeatedly, and it's really disillusioning to see.
I think that if some strong constituent groups coalesced and put forward a real good slate of candidates, there might be a hope for this city.
You know what, Suann, we're going to have to leave it there, but I think you're right.
Hope abounds, doesn't it?
You know, Toronto, St. Paul's, liberal since 1993, considered a stronghold.
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And wow, what an upset that was a couple of months ago when the liberal candidate lost.
So if she can lose in Toronto, St. Paul's, maybe there can be regime change.
And maybe, Sue Ann, it's just a matter of as the misery continues, the crime, the congestion, the tense cities, even the city itself.
You know, Sue Ann, it looks filthy to me.
It looks like the whole city needs to be sandblasted.
Dave, I'm going to give you a very quick anecdote.
My street is just near where they're putting in the bike lanes on Eglinton.
So two front-end loaders are sitting parked at the top of the street, blocking entry, egress, and entry to the street.
And there's a big pile of pebbles on the street.
And no one can park in those spots.
Or, I mean, it's hard to even access the street.
No one is working.
No one has been seen all of today.
I called City Hall.
I called 311.
I was passed from department, department.
They just don't give a crap at City Hall.
Someone really needs to go and shake it up.
You know, Sue Ann, I don't have to fact check that anecdote.
Just last week, I was on O'Connor in the east end of the city.
That street is being dug up completely.
And I wish I wasn't driving.
I wish I could get a picture of this.
There was about 12 workers, and every single one, hand up to God, they were on their phones text messaging people.
Nobody was working and it wasn't even five o'clock yet.
So, Sue Ann.
Dude, these guys didn't even show today.
So they've taken a holiday, obviously.
Unbelievable.
Listen, Sue Ann, you are doing fantastic work at True North.
I was always a big fan of your tenacious reporting out of City Hall when you were with the Toronto Sun.
Thank you so much for joining me.
And please enjoy what's left of summer if you're able to in this city.
Thank you.
Well, folks, tons, and I mean tons of response to my report last week about a Toronto senior citizen who was debanked by Scotiabank.
Her crime, she merely suggested that seniors should be added to the diversity, equity, and inclusion policy.
And that didn't go over with the heim manager at the West End Toronto Bank.
And she was fired as a customer.
least we think that's the reason the bank or even the bank's public relations staff won't give the real reason just that she violated terms of an agreement you know that multi-page document that nobody reads but in any event a lot of you had plenty to say on this disturbing issue Rotty X writes, I was a Scotiabank employee for 42 years.
This is absolutely disgraceful to treat any customer in this manner.
Whoever made this boneheaded decision should be de-employed.
You know, I couldn't agree with you more.
And it's not a one-off, my friend.
I reported a while back that a fellow in Grand Prairie, Alberta, he was also debanked by Scotiabank.
What was his sin?
He was merely inquiring when the rainbow icon Scotiabank logo will be removed from his phone and replaced with the normal one.
Well, evidently that was anti-woke rhetoric and off with his head in a banking sense as well.
Unbelievable.
Yankee Jade writes, this lady isn't racist against the gay community.
She just asked if they could add the senior citizens to the same list.
How is that a verbal crime?
Indeed, how is that a crime?
It's diversity, equity, and inclusion.
And Scotiabank is fulfilling inclusion by excluding somebody who had a harmless suggestion?
Give me a break.
Captain of the Heart writes, she has two strikes against her.
She's female and a senior.
That demographic is being erased.
Thank you, David.
Well, you know something?
I would argue this.
Undeniably, there are a lot of seniors in our country, unfortunately, that are on hard times.
But by the same token, there are a lot of seniors who are very well off indeed.
And you know what?
When you have excess money as a financial institution, aren't those the type of people you want as, oh, I don't know, customers?
Absolutely baffling.
Anyways, that wraps up tonight's edition of the Ezra Levant Show, the big boss man himself, Ezra.