Ezra Levant
Appearances
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
Sure. Trudeau has announced that he's resigning, but not till March 24th. Now, he's resigning just days before he was having a caucus meeting where his own liberal MPs were going to demand that he resigned. So he's preempting them. But he's doing a sneaky move, Charlie.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
In a parliamentary system like Canada has, in Parliament, that's our version of Congress, the ordinary MPs, members of Parliament, can vote no confidence and bring the government down and force an election. So Trudeau has asked the Governor General, that's the King's representative in Canada, to dissolve Parliament. It's called proroguing.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
So not only did Trudeau not really resign today, he's kicked the can down the road almost three months, but he's dissolved Parliament so no House of Commons business can happen, no bills can be passed, no question period where people scrutinize the government, but mainly, Charlie... He's not letting MPs have a vote of no confidence.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
So in a way, he's suspended democracy just to give himself three more months of power and perks. So I guess one cheer, not two cheers for three cheers for what happened today.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
Well, that's part of it. The conservative leader in Canada is pretty good. His name is Pierre Polyev. He's pretty right wing. I mean, right wing in Canada isn't quite right wing in the U.S., but Polyev is excellent on economics and fiscal and monetary policy. He's gotten a lot firmer on immigration. Not Donald Trump firm, but better than any leader we've had in decades.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
He's talked about replacing the woke culture in our military with a warrior culture. And most importantly, in my mind, Charlie, Pierre Polyev has a Trump-like approach to partisan media. He calls out reporters in real time. He has... promise to defund our state broadcaster called the CBC. So I'm quite encouraged about Pierre Polyev. I think
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
The fact that he's strong and, you know, you could say the phrase alpha male, that's sort of part of it. But I think Trudeau has had so many scandals and so much corruption and he's been so badly behaved over the last months that his time was coming up. I mean, Trudeau has been polling so low. Last poll I saw put him at 16 percent. his party MPs are worried they're going to be wiped out.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
So they were going to vote to kick him out on Wednesday, Charlie. This is Trudeau just buying himself three more months and leaving on his own terms. He was going to be fired on Wednesday.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
It was the most important civil liberties moment in a generation in Canada. All of our federal political parties were think-alikes when it came to the lockdowns and forced vaccine mandates. There was a no-fly list in Canada. If you weren't jabbed, you could not fly. You could not get on a ship. In the second largest country in the world, you couldn't fly.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
It was very authoritarian, and we had a weak government.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
conservative and name only conservative leader back then who was cool with all this so who was there to fight for our freedom no professors no media no political party independent truckers on their own started a convoy to ottawa because they had been hit with a vaccine mandate which is crazy truckers are the most solitary workers other than maybe a lighthearted
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
lighthouse captain and to say that the truckers now had to get a jab to continue to work so all these truckers started this long convoy to ottawa and it just grew and grew and grew and soon it was 100 kilometers long and people came out just to view it with their own eyes It was the first real thing they saw in a year because of all the propaganda on TV.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
And because it was sort of leaderless and it was self-funded and organic, people saw this as the first real thing. And it started to embarrass Trudeau because they went to Ottawa. Now, Trudeau thought, uh-huh. This is my January 6th moment. I'm going to play the Democrat message track from January 6th. These are violent insurrectionists, domestic extremists.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
He tried all that, but it didn't work because the truckers were completely peaceful. They didn't storm any building. They had bouncy castles and hot tubs. And their niceness, their Canadian-ness shifted.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
shamed trudeau and he was starting to lose face so then he pulled the emergency ripcord justin trudeau brought in martial law he declared a national emergency we didn't even have that on 9 11 charlie this is the first time the law has ever been used and it put canada under a form of martial law
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
And he and his deputy, without any legal process, started seizing and freezing private bank accounts of anyone who they could find at this protest. Hundreds and hundreds of families suddenly, when they went to the grocery store, their credit cards, their banks were frozen. It was an outrageous violation of civil liberties. And who knows how far he would have gone. That was our moment.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
And I think Canadians looked into the abyss and said, whoa, what has happened to us, the true North, strong and free? And Charlie, if you look at the polls, that was when Trudeau started to fall. And the two and a half, three years since then. Yeah, that's right.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
And so that was the most terrible and wonderful moment in my lifetime in Canada when ordinary grassroots people stood up to Trudeau and stood up to the regime media. Charlie, all the media in Canada agreed with Trudeau on martial law. They agreed with demonizing these ordinary truckers. They wanted Trudeau to go further. They were happy to write the script the same way the Democrats did on Jan 6.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
So it was a moment where ordinary people, I would use the word the proletariat, because these were grassroots, ordinary, unfancy people. They stared down Trudeau. Trudeau blinked. And we are freer now because of it. By the way, last point.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
I mentioned that back then Canada had a conservative in-name only leader of the Conservative Party, and he told his MPs, you're not allowed to even meet with the truckers. Well, his MPs had a revolt, sacked him as leader, went to hang out with the truckers, and that's when the Conservative Party of Canada chose Trump. The real conservative, Pierre Polyev.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
So the truckers not only saved Canada from Trudeau, the truckers helped renovate and rejuvenate the Conservative Party. Pierre Polyev, who is set to have the biggest election win in Canadian history if polls hold up, he is the party leader because of the truckers, Charlie.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
Oh, yes. And I look forward to Pierre Palliev and Donald Trump working together constructively. Let's be honest, Trump and Trudeau hate each other. It is a mutual thing. And that would be bad for both countries, especially bad for Canada, because we're
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
the smaller partner in the partnership, but you put a thoughtful, Canada-first, freedom-loving, conservative in office in Canada and have him and Donald Trump have a heart-to-heart, you're going to get things done for both countries on trade, on border control, on national defense, on foreign policy. Trudeau is being pro-Hamas. Pierre Polyev is not.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
You're going to see our two countries become best friends again, Charlie. I'm very excited about it.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
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The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
It's not. I mean, listen, we used to be part of the British Empire together, so we do have a history. It was called British North America, I think. But there are some differences that I think some of the enthusiasts are missing. First of all, a quarter of our country is French-speaking Quebecers.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
um i mean yet we have bilingualism in this country that might complicate things another thing is i think most canadians would probably be democrats places like alberta and saskatchewan a more right wing they'd probably go republican but i i don't know i think that uh you could see this as a new california now if we were to swap I'm joking.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
Listen, I don't think that's I think I think that's a fun thing to talk about and to daydream about. But the reality is, look, we actually have the world's longest undefended border. Now, Trudeau has made that into a problem. We're culturally very similar. We have a tight trade relationship. I think we have all the pluses of being one country with the pluses of being independent.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
I think that Canada can become great again and can be sort of like Batman and Robin. You guys get to be Batman because you got 330 million people, but we're Robin with 40 million people, but we are two separate things. I think getting Trudeau out of the way and getting back to common sense, I really think we're going to be your greatest ally and we're going to work together on projects.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
And that's where all the oil is, 173 billion barrels of oil in Alberta. And that's the thing. I don't know how that could possibly be hit with a tariff. I mean, that would be bad for America. We sell most of our oil exports, in fact, almost all our oil exports to America. And that displaces conflict oil from OPEC regimes.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
So we actually have a role to play in American energy security, which is why the premier of Alberta, Daniel Smith, is going to Washington for the inauguration. I don't know if you know that, Charlie, but Trudeau has been AWOL on this whole cross-border tariff thing. I think he wants to fight with Trump because he hates Trump. But the premier of Alberta, that's the most conservative oil province,
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
has been doing her best to keep the two countries friendly. Danielle Smith is her name. She's off to Washington, and I think that she's got the right idea. Keep the countries friendly. Keep the oil and gas and other trade flowing. Strengthen the border. She's gone ahead and set up sort of a provincial – National Guard kind of thing. She's got drones and cops. She's taking Trump seriously.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
And I think she wants Canada and the U.S. to be best friends, as do I, as do I think most Canadians. I don't think we want to join America, but we love visiting there. And as long as we're on good terms and cooperating for freedom, I think everyone's a winner.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
Well, March 24th is when he turns over the prime ministership to some other liberal lackey who's going to get crushed. I think that's the big one federally, but we're watching January 20th because we're going to see what Trump does to Trudeau. Is he going to put those tariffs in? On April Fool's Day, Trudeau is jacking up the carbon tax, which is going to make us less competitive financially.
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
compared to the united states which doesn't have a carbon tax so i don't know we're just waiting we're looking at our clocks and calendars waiting till trudeau leaves and we can get on with a freedom-oriented government under pierre paulieff we'll keep you posted charlie because you know canada can be a laboratory for bad ideas national health care woke ism but i think we can also be an inspiration for good ideas and i hope we get back on that track
The Charlie Kirk Show
America is Back, Is Canada Next?
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