Ezra Levant exposes Canada’s climate minister, Stéphane Guilbeault, over the Jasper wildfire disaster—where 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters were blocked by incompatible fire hydrants—and his $200M subsidy-linked ties to Circle Capital, despite denials. At a private Quebec event, he dodged questions in French, deflecting blame while facing accusations of hypocrisy for using a non-plug-in hybrid. Levant connects this to broader Liberal scandals, like CBC CEO Catherine Tate’s $1,000-per-night Paris hotel stay, and contrasts forced CBC funding with Rebel News’ transparency. The episode underscores systemic failures in accountability, from climate policy to media ethics, questioning whether Trudeau’s government can survive its own contradictions. [Automatically generated summary]
Tonight, is it possible that Kamala Harris could become the next U.S. president?
And if so, is it possible that the 1979 being there actually predicted the future?
It's Friday, October 25th, 2024.
I'm David Menzies, and this is the Ezra Levant Show.
Shame on you, you censorious bug.
The US presidential election is but 10 days away.
There's a plethora of pundits who are stating this is the most important American election since the Civil War.
And I don't think this is an exaggeration.
I also don't think the stakes could be any higher.
Former President Donald Trump wants to restore America to what it was just four years ago.
That would be prosperity on the home front via energy independence, record low unemployment, and low interest rates.
As for the southern border under President Trump, this particular zip code did not resemble a slab of Swiss cheese.
Meanwhile, in terms of foreign policy, well, peace was breaking out all over the place.
As for Vice President Kamala Harris, she says she's campaigning for change when she stages a press conference, which is rare, and when she agrees to an interview with a journalist who isn't moonlighting as a cheerleader for the Democratic Party, which is even more rare, she can't open her mouth without A, denouncing Donald Trump and B,
positioning herself as a catalyst for change.
Well, that's one hell of a sales pitch, wouldn't you say?
I mean, how does one campaign for change against oneself?
For those who are calendar challenged, Harris has been the vice president these past four years.
She's been the number two person in the Biden administration.
How do you possibly claim that you're an agent for change when really you represent more of the same old, same old?
I highly doubt this laughing leopard has changed her spots.
Oh, sure, out on the hustings, she now says things like she's going to toughen up border security, but she was the self-proclaimed border czar these past four years.
Remember that?
And the numbers don't lie.
It is estimated that at least 8 million illegal aliens have made their way onto U.S. soil in the past four years.
This invasion has economic implications, security implications, crime implications.
It's also a grotesque dereliction of duty by Tsarina Kamala Harris.
Unless, of course, the goal was to flood the United States with illegals in order to alter the demographics in an attempt to transform red states into blue states.
In this regard, the Biden-Harris administration gets a five-star rating.
And will wonders ever cease?
Kamala is suddenly pro-fracking.
Is anyone buying that, given that U.S. fracking licenses have remained frozen these past four years?
Or just maybe it is strategically prudent for Harris to be pro-fracking during an election campaign, given that fracking makes for a huge economic shot in the arm for, say, Pennsylvania, which of course is a crucially important swing state.
My advice to Pennsylvanians, should Kamala Harris actually become president, don't expect what she's promising on the campaign trail will translate into actual policy once she's ensconced in the White House.
In the retail world, this is what's known as bait and switch.
Indeed, a vote for Kamala is a vote for the status quo, i.e. runaway inflation, yet more millions of illegal aliens, no energy independence, turning a blind eye to Iranian-funded terrorism,
embracing the radical transgender agenda, weaponizing the FBI and the Department of Justice against a wide range of targets ranging from concerned parents attending school board meetings to even the former and perhaps future President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, in the Department of Foreign Affairs, I could care less if you're a Republican, Democrat, independent, or simply don't give a rodent's rectum when it comes to politics.
The fact of the matter is the world is a hellaciously more dangerous place today than when Donald Trump was president.
Wars are ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine, while China and North Korea continue to rattle their sabers.
And the Democrats believe that the answer for peace in our time is a nuclearized Iran?
Talk about a death wish, given that the crazed mullahs in Tehran see Israel as the little Satan, whereas the U.S., which is currently Iran's enabler, is the big Satan.
And should Iran get nuclear weapons, expect this regime to use those weapons of mass destruction?
Again, talk about a death wish.
As well, a key Democratic Party plank in this election is all about protecting and preserving democracy.
Really?
How?
Especially given the Biden administration has proven itself to be the biggest threat to democracy.
And the Dems are just getting started, folks.
Should Harris become president, expect the U.S. Supreme Court to get stacked with Democratic-friendly judges, expect the elimination of the filibuster?
These people don't love democracy.
They despise it.
And yet, if the polls are accurate, it would appear that this election might end up being a proverbial photo finish, especially when it comes to the crucial swing states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and of course, the aforementioned Pennsylvania.
But that's the big question, isn't it?
Are the polls indeed accurate?
For what it's worth, my gut feeling is that if there are no shenanigans when it comes to counting the ballots on Election Day, and that's a big if when it comes to certain electoral districts, then the 2024 election might very well be a replay of what happened in 1980.
Just prior to Election Day in 1980, major polls suggested that the Democrats under President Jimmy Carter had a slight edge over Republican challenger Ronald Reagan.
Alas, 1980 turned out to be a landslide for Reagan.
Reagan captured 489 electoral votes to Carter's 49 electoral votes.
Could we see the same outcome come November 5th?
Have the pollsters got it completely wrong again?
Well, stay tuned.
In hindsight, Jimmy Carter was both ineffectual and woefully weak as president.
But even the former peanut farmer stands as a presidential colossus in comparison to Kamala Harris.
Seriously, is Kamala Harris really the best the Democrats have to offer?
When she ran to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 2020, her campaign was an unmitigated disaster and she quickly dropped out.
And yet today, Camilla, with the passage of time, has somehow emerged as the gold standard, so much so that the primary process was replaced by a coronation.
Hey, who needs all that messy voting stuff, eh?
Unburdened By Time00:04:03
It's really overrated.
And yeah, so much for that protecting and preserving democracy shtick.
But in late June, it had become abundantly clear after the debate debacle that Joe Biden was mentally unfit for the job.
Even for him to run a presidential campaign from his basement, just as he did in 2020, well, that would be tantamount to elder abuse.
And yet, the more Ms. Harris speaks, the more it becomes clear why she was a 2020 write-off.
This woman is an empty pantsuit.
This is someone so vacuous and so vapid that it is impossible for her to make coherent points or give direct answers to direct questions.
And unlike Biden, dementia is not a factor when it comes to Camilla's incoherence.
Well, I'm guessing here, of course.
And yet, to borrow a Hollywood term, Camilla Harris has been reimagined as presidential material.
Again, why?
How?
By the way, don't take my word for it when it comes to the VP's incoherence and cluelessness.
Check out Camilla in her own words.
We are college students.
And let me just say, I love Gen Z.
I don't know if some people, you know, I love Gen Z.
So, okay, for the older adults, this is going to be a humbling thing I'm about to share with you.
If someone is 18 years old today, they were born in 2005.
Oh, yeah, check that out.
Think about that for a minute.
The governor and I, and we were all doing a tour of the library here, and talking about the significance of the passage of time, right?
The significance of the passage of time.
So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time in terms of what we need to do to lay these wires, what we need to do to create these jobs.
And there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children.
I can imagine what can be and be unburdened by what has been.
You know?
What can be, unburdened by what has been.
What can be unburdened by what has been.
What can be, unburdened by what has been.
What can be unburdened by what has been.
What we can see, what we believe can be, unburdened by what has been.
What can be unburdened by what has been.
What can be unburdened by what has been.
What can be, unburdened by what has been.
Who we can be, unburdened by who we have been.
What can be, unburdened by what has been.
Where we can be, unburdened by where we have been, and unburdened by where we are right now.
I grew up understanding the children of the community are the children of the community.
Sadly, in real unsettled times, it is the Caribbean nations, island nations.
In the Western Hemisphere.
That is where the Caribbean is.
We are also in the Western Hemisphere.
They are our neighbors.
I love Venn diagrams.
I really do.
I love Venn diagrams.
It's just something about those three circles.
And I like to think about a lot of things in the context of a Venn diagram.
I love Venn diagrams.
Always ask, is there a Venn diagram for this?
I'm telling you, it's fascinating when you do.
So, Venn der Heigen, those three circles, right?
I asked my team to do a Venn diagram of where these attacks are happening.
So, voting rights, women's reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights.
And of course, there was a huge intersection.
Venn Diagrams and Intersectionality00:10:14
Yikes.
Is she hoping to fool us with this baffle gab?
Are we supposed to be bamboozled into thinking that these pronouncements are supposedly profound?
Apparently, Camilla Harris has deluded herself into thinking so.
And don't expect her useful idiots in the mainstream media to call her out on this nonsense.
They're actually protecting her.
But for anyone with a single functioning brain cell, regardless of one's political posture, these statements and so many others uttered by Harris make for a heap and helping of word salad that remain, at the end of the day, undecipherable nonsense.
Alas, when Camilla isn't talking, Camilla is laughing and want to laugh.
But really, what the hell is so funny?
Not the price of the pump, that's for sure.
Nor a visit to the supermarket these days.
So is this some sort of psychological defensive mechanism?
Is this so much nervous laughter as opposed to genuine LOL laughter?
Hey, who knows?
Maybe given the proximity to Halloween, Camilla is channeling the cackling of a certain wicked witch.
Regardless, it's downright embarrassing.
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
Hello.
I want to talk to you.
I can first.
You know what?
They want to know now.
You said you could sit over there after...
Probably enough.
Brown brush.
I mean...
I was waiting for you to say it.
Love goodness.
You're like, how she was going to say you and the cookies.
You make laughs.
And your answer is part of the job.
So.
Okay, we don't kill you that.
I'm sure.
I'll try to say something kind here.
She has beautiful teeth, but dental fortitude aside, that sonic assault, there's such a degree of familiarity to that laughter, no?
Oh, wait a second.
I remember.
I'm thinking about these characters.
and make those messages clear.
Holy funny bone, Batman.
Speaking of pop culture, I now come finally to the point of this monologue, which is this.
When I reflect upon Kamala's inexplicable ascension to vice presidential power and perhaps even presidential power, I can't help but think of the 1979 Peter Sellers movie, Being There.
I think I've seen Being There more than 100 times.
No, I'm not obsessed with this flick.
Rather, I worked as a part-time usher at Toronto's dearly departed Hollywood Theater when the film was originally released.
Part of being an usher is to simply stand around in the dark watching the same movie over and over again.
You pray the movie will be a good one, and being there certainly makes the grade.
Based on Jerzy Kuczynski's satirical novel of the same name, Being There is about an illiterate gardener who lives his entire life behind the walls of a Washington, D.C. house.
The man's only knowledge of the world comes from the TV shows he watches, from cartoons to handyman programs.
When his employer dies, Chauncey Gardner is inexplicably catapulted into the fast lane of political power.
This is not by design, mind you.
Rather, thanks to a series of bizarre coincidences and misunderstandings and cosmic flukes, Chauncey is suddenly deemed to be leadership material.
Soon, Chauncey's childlike utterances are misinterpreted as words of profound wisdom pertaining to everything from social to economic policy.
Check out this excerpt from the trailer.
On television, Mr. President, you look much smaller.
Dumb as a jackass.
As long as the roots are not severed, all is well.
and all will be well in the garden.
In the garden.
Hmm.
Who?
Hmm.
Coffin, I'll leave some information on Mr. Chauncey Gardner's background.
What do you mean he's got no background?
That's impossible.
Listen to that boy.
Mr. Gardner, the New York Times spoke of your peculiar brand of optimism.
What was your reaction to that?
I do not know what it means.
Ho ho, he was very clever, keeping it at a third grade level.
That's what they understand.
He's very, very sexy.
But I think he's brilliant.
I raised that boy.
It's always somewhat surprising to find men like yourself working so intimately with the president, and yet somehow managing to remain relatively unknown.
Yes, it is surprising.
Look at him now.
I can't write.
I heard he speaks eight languages.
I can't read.
Not at all.
I like to watch TV.
Of course, there are profound differences between the real-life Camala Harris and the fictional Chauncey Gardner.
Chauncey had a good heart.
He was completely unambitious.
He was good-natured.
He wouldn't hurt a fly.
Heck, his only desire was to be left alone so that he could watch TV.
As for Kamala Harris, she has always been a creature of profound ambition.
It is an open secret that she got her start in California politics thanks to an affair with then San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.
Brown supported Camilla in her successful quest to become San Francisco District Attorney.
Then again, maybe that was just a coincidence.
I'm sure Camilla ascended to that position purely on merit as opposed to horizontal jogging with influential men.
And if you believe that, Walper folks, I hear the Golden Gate Bridge is for sale.
By all means, make an offer.
Oh, should I apologize for making mention of this inconvenient truth?
The mainstream media calls allegations of sleeping to the top as nothing short of misogyny, after all.
Misogyny is a hatred of woman.
And you see, America could make history with the election of its very first woman president.
I hate to be a nitpicker here, but just when exactly did the term woman suddenly come back in vogue with the progressives?
I thought womanhood was some sort of really hard-to-define concept.
It was just two years ago that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Katanji Brown, who I think is a woman, struggled mightily with the definition of the word woman here.
Check it out.
Can you provide a definition for the word woman?
Can I provide a definition?
No.
Yeah.
I can't.
You can't?
Not in this context.
The meaning of the word woman is so unclear and controversial that you can't give me a definition.
Senator, in my work as a judge, what I do is I address disputes.
If there's a dispute about a definition, people make arguments and I look at the law and I decide.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop the clock, Senator Blackburn.
That was then, and this is now.
You see, when it appeared that the presidential race was going to be a rematch between two dudes, well, woman was rendered obsolete.
We have so many mentally ill biological men pretending to be women, demanding trans rights now and invading female safe spaces in the process.
But diversity is our strength, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
But now that a real bona fide female is indeed running to be the commander-in-chief, well, the word woman, much like elevated sneakers, well, it's suddenly retro cool.
These days, absolutely nobody on the left is unclear what the word woman means.
Funny how quickly the world changes when viewed through the lens of a progressive.
Just like how Camilla, a mere months ago, was all for open borders, but now talks about building walls, just as she supported a fracking ban as being part and parcel of the Green New Deal, but is now allegedly all in when it comes to the fracking miracle.
What a fracking reprobate.
And despite all of Camilla's laughter, is that guffawing really just a facade?
Is there some dark soul that lurks behind that mask of merriment?
Here's an astonishing fact.
Camela Harris has had an astounding 92% turnover rate in her staff these past few years as VP.
That's simply unheard of.
Office Horror Stories00:10:11
Check out this article from July 29th, published in the Washington Free Beacon, headlined, Don't Look Her in the Eye.
Father of Office Intern recounts office horror stories.
Quote, as California Attorney General, Kamala Harris consistently berated staff members, instructed them to stand and call her general when she entered the office, and banned many of them from looking her in the eye, according to the father of one of Harris's former interns.
The father, Terry McAteer, penned a 2019 op-ed recounting the horror stories from his son Gregory's short time as a public policy intern in Harris's Attorney General's office.
Senator Harris vocally throws around F-bombs and other profanity constantly in her berating of staff and others, McAteer wrote.
The staff is in complete fear of her, and she uses her profanity throughout the day.
He continued, as Attorney General, Senator Harris instructed her entire staff to stand every morning as she entered the office and say, good morning, General.
Never once during the month-long internship did Harris introduce herself to our son, and staff was too intimidated by her to introduce him, end quote.
Wow, talk about privilege.
Donald Trump is not the problem.
He is the solution.
I would compare Trump's record as president versus what Biden and Harris have accomplished these past few years.
Pick a file, any file.
In fact, if I had the former president's ear, I would advise him to revise one of the most popular American election ads of all time, namely Morning Again in America.
The Republicans ran this ad in 1984 when Ronald Reagan was seeking a second term in office.
Here, check it out.
It's morning again in America.
Today, more men and women will go to work than ever before in our country's history.
With interest rates at about half the record highs of 1980, nearly 2,000 families today will buy new homes, more than at any time in the past four years.
This afternoon, 6,500 young men and women will be married.
And with inflation at less than half of what it was just four years ago, they can look forward with confidence to the future.
It's morning again in America.
And under the leadership of President Reagan, our country is prouder and stronger and better.
why would we ever want to return to where we were less than four short years ago isn't this ad from 40 years ago the very embodiment of today's make america great again slogan And it sure worked wonders for Reagan.
In 1984, Reagan captured a staggering 525 electoral votes versus Walter Mondale's 13 electoral votes.
Yeah, that's right.
525 to 13.
Reagan won every single state in the Union except Minnesota.
What is it about Minnesota?
Here's a little bit more of Messenell with, quote, Tim Walz, end quote, President Biden.
You claimed you were in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre when you were home in Minnesota.
Can you explain that?
So I think what happened is I went to Epcot.
You can go around the whole world and I had a couple in the Germany section.
I thought I went to China.
Anyway, I'm a knucklehead.
You know, how do you ever come back from the nickname Tampon Tim?
Oh, and by the way, the Vikings suck.
Now, being a Canadian citizen, some may wonder why I care so much about what might occur south of the border on November 5th.
Well, I care because I love America and I love the American spirit and I love the American people.
America is our greatest ally.
We share the world's longest undefended border with the U.S.
A strong U.S. typically means Canada will be stronger too.
All boats rise with the tide, after all.
And this election, in my eyes, boils down to giving Donald Trump another mandate in his quest, yes, to make America great again, or four more years of misery.
As always, isn't the question simply this?
Are you better off today than you were four years ago?
Okay, maybe if you invested in certain pharmaceutical companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, maybe then you're on Easy Street.
The rest of us, not so much.
But if I were a betting man, and I am, I'm feeling more confident about a Trump victory for one particular reason.
That whiff of desperation in the Democratic camp has increasingly become an unbearable stench.
How desperate are the Democrats?
Well, this desperate.
Two days ago, Kamala Harris actually played the Hitler card when referencing Donald Trump.
Check it out.
Donald Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, a retired four-star general, confirmed that while Donald Trump was president, he said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had.
Donald Trump said that because he does not want a military that is loyal to the United States Constitution.
He wants a military that is loyal to him.
He wants a military who will be loyal to him personally.
First of all, Trump did not say that, but never mind.
But more to the point, you have lost the room when you compare someone to Adolf Hitler.
It's not that such a comparison can ever be made.
If, for example, someone is hell-bent on world conquest and carrying out a genocide, then a Hitler comparison, well, that's fair game.
But does that sound like Donald Trump to you, really?
In fact, the precise opposite is true.
I can think of no other president since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 who has been a greater champion for the Jewish state and for Jews the world over.
Trump moved the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
He was the driving force behind the Abraham Accords.
More recently, he has repeatedly encouraged Israel to wipe out the Islamist terrorist group that is Hamas, whereas Kamala ceasefire Harris would prefer that, you know, you don't use the descriptor Islamist terrorist as if such a creature does not exist.
And let's not forget that when Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress back in July, Harris snubbed Israel's prime minister by being a no-show.
Unbelievable.
But then again, not really, given that Kamala is a supporter of the river to the sea crowd.
And despite the backlash she received regarding the Hitler comparison, well, Kamala doubled down on the vilification of Trump during a CNN town hall meeting on Wednesday night.
Here, check it out.
You yourself have not used that word to describe him.
Let me ask you tonight: do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?
Yes, I do.
Yes, I do.
You know, folks, when you call a political rival Hitler, when you call a political rival a fascist, when you are hell-bent on demonization rather than debate, is it any wonder that there are crackpots out there who have tried to assassinate Trump at least twice in recent months?
Kamala Harris and her ilk are evil.
It is they who are the hate mongers.
In the final analysis, the movie being there ends with the intellectually infantile Chauncey Gardner seemingly headed to the Oval Office.
As the screen fades to black, it appears that in all likelihood, an imbecile is going to become the next president of the United States of America.
It's preposterous, it's baffling, yet being there is a work of fiction.
It's a social satire.
But the question arises: if Kamala Harris is actually successful somehow in winning the election some 10 days from now, could it be that being there was 45 years ahead of its time?
Was author Jerzy Kuczynski prescient?
Did he actually foresee something that could actually occur in America?
In the movie, the possibility of Chauncey Gardner becoming president plays out as comedy.
As for Kamala Harris becoming president, given the stakes, does this qualify as horror or tragedy?
Guerbeau Under Fire00:15:04
maybe both well folks things are really heating up for stéphane gibault the minister of the environment and climate change For starters, Guibot faces heightened scrutiny amid accusations of negligence surrounding the devastating wildfire earlier this year in Jasper, Alberta.
Parliamentary hearings have revealed troubling details, including that 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters were turned away during the blaze.
Allegations have also surfaced regarding improper fire hydrants in the town, which were found to lack the correct adapters hindering firefighting efforts.
As a result, an estimated 358 of Jasper's 1,113 structures were destroyed, representing nearly one-third of the town's buildings and about $1 billion worth of property damage.
Compounding the controversy is a scandal involving Circle Capital, a company where Guibot worked for 10 years as an advisor and in which he still holds shares.
The company reportedly received $200 million in subsidies from the government's green slush fund, raising significant concerns about conflicts of interest and potential misuse of taxpayer money.
Well, a few days ago, my colleague Alexa Lavois, she confronted Guibot at a fundraising event to try and get some answers.
And shockers, Guibot deferred to the silent treatment mostly, refusing to answer questions about his involvement regarding the Circle Capital subsidies nor his handling of the Jasper wildfire.
How odd?
Didn't the Justin Trudeau liberals promise almost a decade ago that this government was going to be the most transparent government in Canadian history?
Oh, well, yet another broken promise, it would seem.
And joining me now is our Quebec-based colleague, Alexa Laval.
How are you doing there, Alexa?
I'm pretty good.
And you, David Menzie?
Oh, I'm always good.
I'm that much better whenever you hop on the show and speak to me, Alexa.
Great job the other day in trying to scrum Mr. Guibot.
And so many things to unpack here.
But first things first, Alexa, the town of Jasper is facing a catastrophic wildfire.
And yet 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters are turned away.
Why?
The ironic part is when Stephen Gilbo is actually pleasing himself, saying how much they did a good job over there, while 30% of the town burned down in Jasper.
There were a huge lack of negligence regarding if it's not the fire hydrants, why they turned away crucial support, crucial help to extinguish the fire.
We talk about 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters.
Also, the liberal government knew for multiple years about the risk of fire regarding the dead tree that they should have removed through the year.
And they had people warning them that if there is a fire, they will not be able to handle it.
So I think Stéphane Gilbo had to answer a couple of questions.
It's why I came all the way to Quebec to try to catch him at the Cosmos L'Orillier in Saint-Froise.
And obviously, he pretended to be on the phone when I arrived, while I didn't really hear him speaking once really to someone else in the phone.
So I think it was just a tactic to try to, because I'm a nice person, I'm a nice girl.
So usually I will not interrupt someone in the phone.
So, but this time I was like, it's sure that he's pretending to be on the phone.
So I need to continue to ask my question.
And why I choose English is because the people who want answer about the fire live in the West Coast.
And those people are English Canadian.
And they have to have answer and accountability from those politicians.
But in the video, you will see if you watch it already or not, Mr. Guilbo answered me.
The only thing that he answered me at the beginning was, we are in Quebec, so you can speak in French.
But while I change in French, he didn't answer anyway.
And you know, Alexa, I'm going to throw to the clip of you scrumming Mr. Guibot in a second, but I just want to get back to what might have been the unspoken reason why 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters were turned away when they were crucially needed.
And as you mentioned in your report, there were adaptability issues with the fire hydrants there.
And the way I look into it, and please tell me if I'm going down the wrong path here, Alexa, I think they didn't want those firefighters to find out that there were compatibility issues that they couldn't hook up to the hydrants.
But what an incredibly flawed strategy because all of this came out in the inquiry, anyways.
What say you?
But it tells me the same thing.
They wanted to hide something that was unproper, but in the same time, they knew they will have an investigation afterwards on the fire since it was just a big 30% of the town being destroyed.
So of course, people will want to have some answer of how all this was endowed and if it was in a proper way.
And obviously, what we hear so far in parliamentary hearing was just exposing negligence and also the fact that the government were aware of the problem, the issue that was pending on the head of the population over Jasper.
And really, that's my point, Alexa.
If that was a cover-up, they even failed in the cover-up.
But you know what?
Before we go on, folks, I'm going to throw to a clip.
It's Alexa Lavlaw in all her glory scrumming the minister.
Spoiler alert, didn't go well.
Check it out.
Mr. Guerbeau, I have a question for you.
I was just wondering, are you in the Caucasus revolt?
Yeah, but are you in the Caucasus revolt?
Or do you still believe that Justin Chidou is doing a great job?
Yeah, but you have the rights to answer some question, Mr. Guerbeau.
Mr. Guerbeau, knowing that there is 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters being turned away in Jasper, Mr. Guerbeau, you have to answer.
We know now that 20 water trucks and 50 firefighters were turned away in Jasper.
Was that to hide the improper fire hydrant in the town side?
If not, can you explain why they were turned away, Mr. Guerbot?
Mr. Guerbeau, you worked for a company for 10 years as an advisor and you still have share on it and they receive 200 million dollars in subsidies, Mr. Guerbeau.
Can you explain to Kenyan the abuse?
Can you explain to Kenyan the abuse of taxpayer money?
Mr. Gilbeau, the beautiful contributable to the data you company like Circle Capital who are millions of dollars together,
the lutrisation of this speaker beneficiaries and 50 firefighters were turned away in Jasper during the fire.
Was that to hide the improper fire hydrants on the town side, Mr. Gilbeau?
And if not, why they were turned away, Mr. Guerbeau.
Why do you want to answer that question?
Mr. Guerbeau, you worked for Circle Capital as an advisor for 10 years, Mr. Kilbot.
No, another right-wing.
I'm asking.
It's a good guy.
I'm not aware of what you said.
I don't know why.
I just want you to answer a quick question.
Alors, s'il te plaît... M. Guilbeault, à répondre à une petite question, ça va prendre une seconde, M. Guilbeault.
Monsieur, il y a 200 millions de dollars qui ont été donnés à une compagnie pour laquelle vous avez travaillé 10 ans comme advisor.
Pouvez-vous juste répondre à cette question-là?
Pourquoi?
Et je vais quitter après que M. Guilbeault ait répondu.
Si, M. ne veut pas répondre.
Oui, mais c'est une petite question, monsieur.
Vous êtes capable de le dire?
J'avais plusieurs questions que vous avez posées.
Pourquoi vous donnez 200 millions en...
Moi, je suis le ministre de l'Environnement.
Mais c'est...
Moi, je suis le ministre de l'Environnement.
Oui.
Alors, regardez dans toutes les subventions qui ont été données par le ministre de l'Environnement.
Il n'y en a eu aucune qui sont allées à cette organisation-là.
Circo Capital, aucune.
Ministère de l'Environnement.
200 millions.
Aucune subvention.
Je pense que vous avez eu votre réponse.
Vous avez eu votre réponse.
Donc, pourquoi il y a une investigation en ce moment sur l'investissement qui a été donné de 200 millions sur Circo Capital?
J'ai répondu à votre question.
Merci beaucoup.
Madame, je pense que vous auriez davantage à répondre à nos questions quand on est avec vous au lieu de...
Dans un événement privé, vous n'avez pas demandé d'entrevue.
Vous n'avez pas fait de demande.
Jamais que vous acceptez, M. Guilbeault.
J'ai répondu à votre question.
Merci beaucoup.
Est-ce que vous acceptez habituellement nos invitations?
C'est un événement privé, puis à ce que j'ai compris...
La prochaine fois, je vous invite à répondre à nos demandes d'entrevue.
D'avis les autorités.
Désolée, madame, je voulais demander de vous dire.
Merci.
Bonne soirée, M. Guilbeault.
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So there you go, Alexa.
And you alluded to this earlier.
I mean, again, so many things unpacked from that scrum.
But what was this business where he said, you know, you're in Quebec and you can't speak French?
What did he mean by that?
Because as you explained earlier, most of the people in Jasper, in Alberta for that matter, they're Anglophones.
That's why you were speaking English.
You're completely conversant in French.
It is your mother tongue.
But why did he say that?
Well, first of all, why politicians are using French?
Most of the time, they know that the biggest part of Canada doesn't speak French.
And so everything that they would say would not spread as far as if it's in French, because you need someone to translate in English.
So the impact is not the same.
So choosing to speak in French with me, he knew already that my report or my coverage would not have been seen as much if it was answering to me in English.
Also, it's not really a good thing for him because most of their supporters are still in Quebec.
So for my part, it's like you asked me to speak in French, but right now the only people who are still supporting you speak French.
So maybe it's not that great for you.
But when I arrived among their supporters, first of all, there were not many.
I would say that if there were 20 of them, but I think it was 50.
Oh, that was empty.
By the way, when I entered, the first couple of tables was not part of the event.
It was really on the back of the restaurant.
Okay.
You mean they didn't even rent the whole facility?
No, just the back of the restaurant where, like, you used to have like private events.
But I arrived there.
I was like, oh my god, most of the place is empty.
There is almost no people here.
And I was like keeping asking my question among all those supporters.
And at the end, I saw Stephen Gibbo was looking at me with like killing highs, saying like, I should probably go.
And it was like keeping repeating, it's a private event, it's a private event.
I say, I'm going to live when you will answer this question.
And I was pretty surprised because they threatening me with police at the end.
But at the beginning, nobody tried to stop me or make me go away or try to ask me to live until really at the end where I was really facing Stephen Gilbo.
And at that moment, I was pressuring him regarding the $200 million subsidies at Circo Capital, a company he worked for 10 years as a lobbyist and still have share in.
And I just asked him where the taxpayer money goes.
Why are you misusing abusing of taxpayer money to give to you and your liberal friends and benefiting from it?
Yeah.
And you know what?
And he did answer that question.
He said there was no conflict.
One, I'm not sure I believe that.
I think we might have to do a deep dive to make sure he's telling the truth because, you know, don't tell me how I know this, folks, but some liberals, well, they get a little liberal when it comes to telling the truth.
Secondly, Alexa, when it comes to a conflict of interest, there's the conflict of interest part, but there is also the appearance of a conflict of interest, which can be just as damning.
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And, you know, so I don't understand, unless it's strictly financial, why he's still hanging on to these shares.
Your thoughts?
Well, first of all, it's not a surprise that the liberals are just getting their liberal friends, having more benefit since they are in power.
We saw them handling money to those companies, those friends, and it's why right now Trudeau is falling in the poll.
Nobody wants him anymore.
And same, his own caucus doesn't want him anymore.
So that proves you right there that they are doing a wrong job.
They are doing everything with a lack of transparency.
We have a foreign interference that is happening in Canada.
We have multiple other issues that we saw over the last nine years.
I think now it's time that the liberals step down and they call for an election.
Oh, yeah.
Well, don't hold your breath on that.
Although I think it might be sooner rather than later.
I think there's more indicators it'll be a spring election the moment Jugmeet Singh, the co-prime minister, gets enough time in to get his full $2 million plus pension, which I believe is February of this, of next year, rather.
And by the way, I should mention, Alexa, Lincoln Jay and I, we were able to scrum Mr. Guibot several months ago.
He was in Peterborough for some sort of oppressor.
Surprisingly, he did talk to me.
But what I'm always fascinated when it comes to these politicians who preach climate change is how did they get to the event?
And why don't we throw to a clip of that right now?
Mr. Guibo, as you watch your vehicle, can I just grab your ear?
Your government wants Canadians to buy pricey EVs, to ride bicycles, to use public transit, yet you get chauffeured around in fossil fuel vehicles.
Why the double standards, sir?
Oh, I took the train Monday morning from Montreal to Quebec City, and then I took the train back from Quebec City to Montreal.
This morning I took the train from Montreal to Oshawa and tomorrow I will be taking the train from Oshawa back to Montreal.
How did you get here today, sir, to this residential neighborhood?
So what I'm saying is that I try to modulate my transportation as possible to use active transportation when it's possible, use public transit when possible, and to use a car.
And as you probably know, my service vehicle as environment and climate change minister is a fully electric vehicle.
That's one of the few.
Actually, it's not for cabinet.
I mean, it's not all vehicles now, all cabinet vehicles, new purchases are either fully electric or are plug-in hybrids.
And Mr. Guibo, what were you thinking last week when you said that the government would no longer invest in major road projects?
How will Canadians get around?
How will truckers get goods to market without roads?
I clarified that I was speaking specifically about the project called the Trois Emien in Quebec City.
Just in here in Peterborough since 2015, we funded 18 road projects representing more than 20 million dollars.
Thank you.
Is this a vehicle you're leaving in?
Now, the RAV4 comes as a plug-in hybrid.
I know that.
Why is this a full fossil fuel gas burner?
Thank you very much.
It's a hybrid.
This not a plug-in hybrid.
It's written here, hybrid.
But it doesn't have a green plate, sir.
Yeah, so there you go.
Stephen Guibot tried to bamboozle me by pointing out that the Toyota was a hybrid, but it's not a plug-in hybrid.
It doesn't qualify for the green plate.
Because remember, these are the type of politicians.
They're all about us taking out a second mortgage on our homes to buy a Tesla or something, a full EV.
So I guess he thought he could, you know, pull the wool over my eyes.
But I know a thing or two about cars.
Just like last week when we saw Jugmeat Saint show up at an event and he was in a 360 horsepower Dodge Durango RT, full-size SUV, eight-cylinders, fossil fuel burning.
What I'm getting at, Alexa, in addition to the issues you brought up, that when it comes to climate change, when it comes to this government spending tens and tens of billions with a B, billions of our money on EV battery plants that might turn out to be white elephants, they don't practice what they preach.
They are outrageous hypocrites.
Your thoughts?
Just because they know it's not really effective.
Do you see them running out of electricity in their battery car in the middle of going somewhere or being chased by example you?
So they don't want that.
Of course, they don't want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere where their car cannot go further.
But you have David Menzin knocking at the door.
Unbelievable.
Do as I say, not as I do.
One law for thee, one law for me.
And by the way, Alexa, your video is doing really well.
I was strolling through the comments, and I think the most prevalent comment was: he, meaning Stephen Guibot, he belongs in prison.
Well, that would be like a homecoming to him, wouldn't it?
I mean, he is a convicted criminal, is he not?
He is, he is.
And this is the most surprising thing.
How come this man who was previously convicted was able to enter politics and be now a minister of something, and especially he is a former Greenpeace.
How come we are giving activists who are not following the science activists to take over a ministry?
Well, I would say this, Alexa, it's because Justin Trudeau is the biggest activist of them all.
You know, he is far left.
He is any, you know, he is not your classical liberal.
I mean, I even see former members of the Liberal Party, MPs like Dan McTaig, who was a Liberal for 18 years.
He denounces this government and Justin Trudeau.
Stephen LaDrix, the former president of the Liberal Party of Canada, he denounces this government and Justin Trudeau.
This isn't your father's Liberal Party to steal a General Motors advertising tagline from the old Oldsmobile brand.
Here's the big question, Alexa.
Does this amount to a proverbial hill of beans?
At least within the next year, we're going to have an election.
Is Stephen Gabo safe or not?
Oh, absolutely not.
I don't think we will see again Stephen Gilbo in power.
I think he needs to go back to Greenpeace and do something else.
Well, hopefully it won't be climbing the CN Tower.
You know, I wouldn't want him to fall off.
That's a pretty high structure.
But Alexa, what a wonderful report.
Can't wait to see what happens in his writing.
And don't you worry, I'll never lecture you.
I'll never mansplain you what language to speak whenever we're together.
How outrageous was that?
You have a great weekend, my friend, and keep the hits coming.
Well, folks, tons of feedback has come in regarding our latest caper with our Jumbotron-equipped truck.
Namely, we went down to CBC headquarters in Toronto and basically demanded via our video presentation on our truck that CBC president and CEO Catherine Tate give back the money.
And the money we speak of is that when she went to Paris in the summertime, she stayed at a $1,000 a night hotel room.
And even though she makes a half million in salary and bonuses, well, she built that hotel stay-to-you.
Unbelievable.
Dunn writes, We love the CBC, but can't name a show on CBC.
What a joke.
Tate was on a personal trip and she needs to reimburse Canadians.
Indeed, you know, folks, that was one of my questions for those few CBC supporters we found out there.
What's your favorite CBC show?
The only one that was named was Hockey Night in Canada.
Hardly original.
Hemi Wood writes, I'm sick of listening to these people who think they are deserved of spending any amount of taxpayers' money as they truly believe they are privileged.
Sickening, and Trudeau needs to be financially investigated as well.
And you know, I can tell you, my friends, when Rebel News, when we reach out for funding a campaign, for funding our journalism, our haters always mock us.
They go, oh, look at that Rebel News begging again.
But let me tell you something.
I think this is the most honest way to raise funds there is.
If you want to give to us, fine.
If you don't, well, more than 95% of our content is online and is free.
But what the CBC does, as well as mainstream media outlets now under Trudeau, they just take a direct deduction out of your bank account every two weeks.
Where is the ethics?
Where is the accountability in that?
Canman writes: $230 cab ride from Young Street to Willowdale Avenue is one hell of a ripoff.
Oh my goodness, that is incredible.
For those who know Toronto, that's not a very bad distance.
I don't know if that is entitlement in terms of, I don't know, getting a cab that is actually a stretch limousine, or given that Toronto has the third worst traffic in the world and the worst traffic in North America, that is a scathing indictment of how much it costs to just travel a few kilometers thanks to gridlock.
Unbelievable.
Well, folks, thank you so much for tuning in to this edition of the Ezra Levant Show, the big boss man Ezra.
He will be back on Monday.
I hope you all have a wonderful and festive weekend.