EZRA LEVANT | Best of The Ezra Levant Show in 2025

Summary

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Rebel News Podcast: Best of The Ezra Levant Show in 2025

Podcast Host: Ezra Levant
Date: January 1, 2026

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Episode Overview

This special episode compiles highlights from The Ezra Levant Show throughout 2025, focusing on confrontational journalism, political accountability, immigration debates, media transparency, and elite financial maneuverings. The selections emphasize Rebel News' investigative approach, direct confrontation with powerful figures and institutions, and coverage of contentious issues such as ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing, mass immigration, government censorship, and the political establishment in Canada and abroad.

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Key Topics & Discussions

1. Confronting Corporate Power & ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)

• Timestamp: 00:19–02:55
• Ezra Levant and team question BlackRock's Larry Fink about ESG policies, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and alleged lack of accountability in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency.
• Questions are met with evasion and physical attempts to avoid media scrutiny.
• Concerns are raised about ESG ideology overriding shareholder interests and influencing politics beyond traditional corporate responsibilities.
• Levant presses, "Which makes more money for you? War in Ukraine or peace in Ukraine?" (01:11)
• Notable moment: Journalists express feeling intimidated as they are photographed by BlackRock staff.

Memorable Quote:
"BlackRock really is the opposite of Donald Trump in so many ways. You're authoritarian, you're anti-populist, you're top down. Are you going to change at all?"
— Ezra Levant (00:29)

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2. Grassroots vs. Organized Activism & Community Safety

• Timestamp: 03:39–07:03
• Coverage of anti-migrant hotel protests in small UK towns, addressing community concerns about public safety and cultural change.
• Contrasts between grassroots demonstrations and professionally organized activism (e.g., ANTIFA and pro-Palestinian/Hamas sides).
• Emphasis on residents' fears following reported crimes linked to migrants and broader concerns of government neglect.

Memorable Quote:
"So the fact that you feel compelled to do this tells me that ... things have gotten serious and things are different now. ... You don't feel safe."
— Ezra Levant (03:56)

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3. Tensions & Confrontations Around Identity, Antisemitism, and the Far Right

• Timestamp: 07:29–10:51
• Ezra confronts Justin Barrett, an Irish far-right figure, over antisemitic remarks.
• Barrett refuses to speak due to Ezra's Jewish identity, voicing openly bigoted statements.
• Levant calls out Barrett publicly, calling his views a "disgrace to Ireland" and suggests such extremism discredits legitimate movements.

Memorable Exchange:
"I think you're a discredit to this movement."
— Ezra Levant (08:04)

“You crucified our Lord Jesus Christ.”
— Justin Barrett (07:55)

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4. Irish Protests, Media Blackout & Citizen Journalism

• Timestamp: 10:53–18:25
• Focus on mass rallies in Dublin against immigration and government policy.
• Protesters lament lack of media and political representation; many identify only citizen journalists as reliable.
• Citing censorship and authoritarian tendencies, Levant equates the "regime media" with suppression of dissent and advocates for everyone to take up journalism using their phones.
• Commentary on Tommy Robinson as a persecuted figure ahead of mainstream discourse.

Memorable Quote:
"If you have a cell phone with a video camera, you can be a journalist."
— Ezra Levant (15:18)

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5. Canadian Political Maneuvers & Tax Avoidance Allegations

• Timestamp: 19:16–52:20
  • Levant scrutinizes Canadian MPs for alleged betrayal of constituents by switching parties and "hiding from their own people" (21:58).
  • Investigative travel to the Isle of Man and Bermuda to uncover shell companies tied to Mark Carney and accusations of tax avoidance by Brookfield Asset Management.
  • Encounters with locals reveal little knowledge or involvement, highlighting the complexity and secrecy around international finance.

Memorable Quote:
"What I care about is that he lied. He said this is the principal executive offices of those $25 billion in managed asset funds so that he could avoid paying taxes in Canada."
— Ezra Levant (46:41)

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6. Violent Protest Policing in Dublin

• Timestamp: 54:33–57:03
  • Reporters recount being pepper-sprayed by riot police at Irish protests.
  • Allegations of indiscriminate use of force on women, children, and journalists.
  • Levant points out the lack of institutional support for protestors: “There’s no political party in the Irish Parliament or the Senate that represents these people. There’s no mainstream media organization that represents these people.”

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7. Canadian Oil, Pipelines & Carbon Policy—An Interview with Alberta Premier

• Timestamp: 57:03–63:52
  • Discussion of Alberta’s negotiations with Ottawa over carbon taxes and oil pipelines.
  • Debate over the credibility of federal promises; skepticism about supposed change in environmental policy.
  • Balanced acknowledgment of necessary compromise in policymaking.

Memorable Quote:
"You don't always get 100% of what you want. But we addressed seven out of the nine bad laws that I'd put on the table to I think what will be the satisfaction of Albertans."
— Alberta Premier/Sasra (59:29)

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Noteworthy Quotes & Moments

• On Media Exclusion and Censorship:
  “Once every four years, we're allowed to put a couple of questions to these high priests of politics. And there's a total freak out in the press gallery.”
  — Ezra Levant (32:41)

• On Resilience & Patriotism:
  “No, I love. This is my home. ... I'm not going to give it up without a fight. We fought during the COVID lockdowns ... Remember the Canadian truckers, they came and they broke the fever and they set an example for the world.”
  — Ezra Levant (25:51)

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Timeline of Key Segments

| Timestamp | Topic / Segment | |------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:19–02:55| Confrontation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on ESG, DEI, Trump | | 03:39–07:03| Grassroots activism vs organized protest; community fears about migrants | | 07:29–10:51| Antisemitic confrontations; Ezra with Justin Barrett | | 10:53–18:25| Irish protests, media blackout, citizen journalism, Tommy Robinson | | 19:16–25:21| Canadian politics: MPs switching parties, trying to reach Brookfield ‘shell’ owners | | 25:29–27:12| Ezra on not giving up, Canadian patriotism, COVID/protest history | | 32:11–37:52| Scrumming with mainstream media at press events, challenges with press gallery, CBC convo | | 46:41–52:20| Brookfield Asset Management offices tour; Mark Carney tax avoidance allegations | | 54:33–57:03| Police violence at Dublin protest, journalists pepper-sprayed | | 57:03–63:52| Alberta Premier on carbon taxes, oil, pipelines, politics |

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Final Thoughts

This episode exemplifies The Ezra Levant Show’s confrontational and skeptical style, often setting itself against mainstream political and media narratives. With on-the-ground reporting, direct scrutiny of power, and a focus on citizen-driven journalism, it highlights contentious developments in Canada, Ireland, and the UK throughout 2025. The tone remains combative, urgent, and unapologetically adversarial to establishment consensus.

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For the full context and all nuances, listeners are encouraged to refer to individual segments matching their interests.

Transcript

[Ezra Levant]

Tonight, the best of 2025. You're watching the Ezra Levant show.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Shame on you, you censorious fuck.

[Ezra Levant]

Mr. Fink, are you gonna follow Donald Trump's plan and get rid of DEI.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

And ESG in your companies?

[Ezra Levant]

BlackRock really is the opposite of Donald Trump in so many ways. You're authoritarian, you're anti populist, you're top down. Are you going to change it all.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

In light of the US Presidency?

[Ezra Levant]

How has Donald Trump. Have you talked to Donald Trump since he was elected? Is the World Economic Forum a counterpoint to Donald Trump? Why are you running away from simple questions?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Just answer a question.

[Ezra Levant]

Have you talked to President Trump yet? Why are your. Why are your bodyguards pushing away journalists, Mr. Fink? They're simple questions.

[Justin Barrett]

Is it that hard to answer a question that you need bodyguards?

[Ezra Levant]

Which makes more money for you? War in Ukraine or peace in Ukraine? Ezra levant's my name. Mr. Fink, to.

[Justin Barrett]

Did you just take a photo of you?

[Ezra Levant]

Am I supposed to be scared? Is that a threat, Mr. Fink? Are you used to bullying your way through life? Don't push me.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

When was the last time you answered.

[Ezra Levant]

A question that you didn't know was coming?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Why are you so unaccountable?

[Ezra Levant]

Isn't that what you love about the World Economic Forum? You control everything. Why do you think you deserve so much power?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Which of your former directors do you want to run Canada? Mark Carney or Christia Freeland?

[Ezra Levant]

Push me, bro.

[Sasra]

What?

[Protester/Participant]

What are you getting violent for, man?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

What's with taking photos of journalists who.

[Ezra Levant]

Ask you prickly questions? Who's more powerful, you or President Trump? Why do you think you're so disliked around the world? Why are so many US states divesting.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

From your ESG schemes? Why are you putting your ideology ahead of your investors with ESG, Mr. Fink? Isn't that being disloyal to shareholders? Putting your ideology ahead of rate of return? Why do you think you're above accountability? Is it because you're rich?

[Protester/Participant]

I just feel like walking with him.

[Ezra Levant]

Now because his big scary bodyguards and. I don't know, Ezra. I just want to make it clear I will not kill myself.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I have no suicidal thoughts either.

[Ezra Levant]

Mr. Fink's taking pictures of me and Avi Amini. I think that's meant to intimidate. It's a little weird, though.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

It feels a little thin skinned. Do you think you're above questions like why don't you even answer? Surely you have the answers. Why do you think blackrock has become so hated? One of the world's most reviled brands.

[Ezra Levant]

Do you take any responsibility for that?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I think the epitome of what's going.

[Ezra Levant]

On and what I mean by that is if a mom, and I presume your grandma feels that it's time to take to the streets, which I'm just going to guess.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I'm guessing you're not a regular protest goer.

[Ezra Levant]

That's just a guess. No, no, no.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

So the fact that you feel compelled.

[Ezra Levant]

To do this tells me that the uk, this is my town, things have gotten serious and things are different now. You know, they're rubbing things all out the shops in Epping. You don't feel safe.

[Protester/Participant]

Like people got a lovely market on.

[Ezra Levant]

A Monday, they come down the market.

[Protester/Participant]

And it's just not one of them.

[Ezra Levant]

Was charged with sexual assault of a 14 year old girl.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Do you need more evidence than that?

[Ezra Levant]

So has the American president and is he behind bars?

[Protester Speaker]

I would like to ask the people who are on the other side of the fe why they're here supporting people like this when predominantly they're women as well and their culture doesn't belong here. It's not about being racist or far right. I am far from racist. This is about a whole nother level of women feeling safe here to go out during the day, not just the.

[Ezra Levant]

Night.

[Protester Speaker]

And just be able to do that rather than concerned about who is lurking around the next corner.

[Ezra Levant]

We won't stop until they've gone. Literally. There's a mountain of a man back there.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

He asked me to move.

[Ezra Levant]

I don't think he gets told the word no too often. There are some residents here who have popped out to see all the excitement and I've had a bit of a chat with some of them. People even who don't show up at the protest today have expressed their opposition to a migrant hotel right in the heart of their community, right near their schools. As I mentioned, in addition to actual sexual crimes like the rape of the 14 year old girl, there just being creepiness like migrant men hanging out at playgrounds, taking photographs of young children. And in that case the police said, well, what is there that we can do?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Hi everybody. I'm in the kettling area for the.

[Ezra Levant]

Group that has come in from London and there's hundreds of them. I don't know how many, but it's several hundred. If you told me there were 500.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

People here, I'd believe you. It rivals in numbers the people we've seen outside. But quite soon after I arrived here, the antifa marshals came to block our camera.

[Ezra Levant]

You can see this bloke in front of me here and even right now.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

He'S trying to block the camera shot.

[Protester/Participant]

It may be easier if you stepped out there to do your thing because.

[Ezra Levant]

I think that's what I was trying.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Yeah, that's what I was trying to do.

[Ezra Levant]

But then. Yeah, yeah.

[Protester/Participant]

So that's all. It's entirely up to you. But I don't think he's going to stop doing what he's doing unless you.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

That's part of the story in its own in in a way, isn't it?

[Ezra Levant]

Thanks for coming over.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I appreciate that. So what's interesting is that the antifa side, the pro Hamas side, the anti.

[Ezra Levant]

Semitic side, they have what they call.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Marshals and it just goes to the professional activism of the other side. What we saw earlier today on the Epping side was grassroots. It was ordinary people from Epping.

[Ezra Levant]

And there was no particular organizer.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

There was nothing being funded.

[Ezra Levant]

It was all authentic.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Here you have real antifa activists.

[Protester/Participant]

If we're going to start implementing rules.

[Ezra Levant]

The security badge needs.

[Protester/Participant]

This is for my safety.

[Ezra Levant]

This is not your business. This is for my safety.

[Protester/Participant]

For my safety. It's not your business.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

So that guy seems to know you.

[Protester/Participant]

Who are you?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Are you famous?

[Ezra Levant]

What did the cops say?

[Justin Barrett]

Don't talk to the Jews.

[Ezra Levant]

You don't talk to the Jews? Well, most of our viewers are non.

[Justin Barrett]

Jewish while you are, so. I don't talk to Jews.

[Ezra Levant]

Okay, well talk through me to my Christian viewers.

[Justin Barrett]

I'm not talking to Jews.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, I think that's a very rude thing to say.

[Justin Barrett]

I'm not concerned as to whether it's a rude thing to say.

[Ezra Levant]

I think it's unchristian, actually.

[Justin Barrett]

Paul, this is absolutely ridiculous that it's unchristian.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, I came to you just to ask you.

[Justin Barrett]

You crucified our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Ezra Levant]

I wasn't there, brother.

[Justin Barrett]

And then you're telling me his blood be upon us and upon our children.

[Ezra Levant]

I think you're a discredit to this movement. I think.

[Justin Barrett]

I think you're Jew and I think you should go away.

[Ezra Levant]

I think you.

[Justin Barrett]

I think you're a Jew and I think you should.

[Ezra Levant]

I think you're MI6 sent here to undermine the credibility of this.

[Justin Barrett]

I think you're a Jew. Go away.

[Ezra Levant]

This is like another.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

You know what?

[Ezra Levant]

You're so disreputable that I think that your net effect is to discredit the anti immigration movement.

[Justin Barrett]

The reason that you should go away is because you're a Jew.

[Ezra Levant]

Like that's so extreme. What's Your name?

[Justin Barrett]

Not at all. Extreme.

[Ezra Levant]

What's your name?

[Justin Barrett]

Justin Barrett.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, Justin Barrett, I. I think you're an embarrassment to Ireland.

[Justin Barrett]

No, I don't give a damn what you think of me.

[Ezra Levant]

You're. You're shaking. Your. Your face is shaking. You look very stressed right now.

[Justin Barrett]

No, no, I know. Well, I don't like being around Jews. I mean, this is a bad feeling.

[Ezra Levant]

Well. Well, you know, I'm. I'm very sorry that you're so hateful and I'm. I'm worried that.

[Justin Barrett]

I didn't say I hated you. I said I don't like being around you.

[Ezra Levant]

You're. Well, that's the same thing. You know, I'm not going to do that.

[Justin Barrett]

Go be Jewish somewhere else.

[Ezra Levant]

You know, I'm. I'm being a friend of the Irish.

[Justin Barrett]

Go and be Jewish.

[Ezra Levant]

And you're a. You're a black mark on the.

[Justin Barrett]

Jews have never been a friend to anybody except other Jews.

[Ezra Levant]

I think you've got some short man issues going on here.

[Justin Barrett]

Jews have never been a friend.

[Ezra Levant]

Respectable. Okay, that's an artist. Monday I talk until. Don't talk to him that way. In which way and what. What, what offended you? Yeah, you're trying to upset him. The opposite. I wanted to find out what the cops. He said a bunch of outrageous things.

[Justin Barrett]

Why was outrageous anti Semitic?

[Ezra Levant]

Out of nowhere? I just came here to talk.

[Justin Barrett]

I'm not anti Semitic.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Oh, my God.

[Justin Barrett]

You're 2,000 years.

[Ezra Levant]

You're shaking me. You're shaking 2,000. All five foot. Nothing of you is shaking like a leaf.

[Justin Barrett]

I'm not.

[Ezra Levant]

Don't sound disrespectful.

[Justin Barrett]

I'm not.

[Ezra Levant]

You know, the guy just. The guy was smearing me in a racist tone. It's just out of control, okay? I think you guys are little wannabe brown shirts. Wannabe brown shirts.

[Justin Barrett]

No problem with wearing a brown shirt. Absolutely not.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, you're a disgrace.

[Justin Barrett]

National socialism.

[Ezra Levant]

Oh my God.

[Justin Barrett]

Socialism knew how to deal with people like you.

[Ezra Levant]

You know what? You've got to be a fed. You've got to be with the black and town.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

You're MI6.

[Ezra Levant]

You're an MI6.

[Justin Barrett]

Go away, Jew.

[Ezra Levant]

It's like your own.

[Justin Barrett]

Go be Jewish somewhere.

[Ezra Levant]

No, it's. It's so over the top. It's so disreputable. It's gotta be. This is about immigration, not Jews.

[Protester/Participant]

Irish people can't get homes. They can't get hospital beds. This has to come to an end.

[Ezra Levant]

Nationalism is not racism.

[Protester/Participant]

How does Ireland belong to this government? Doesn't care for Our own people, they care for the other people. You need to look after the Irish people.

[Ezra Levant]

Wouldn't you know it?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

There it is. There's a hammer and sickle flag. They don't have a lot of Irish flags.

[Protester/Participant]

The government here, like many Western governments, only speak to. Only Listen to the NGOs.

[Sasra]

Bring Ireland back to the way it is, man.

[Ezra Levant]

Because we're losing our culture, our history.

[Protester/Participant]

There's nothing here for me.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I don't know if you can hear me over the noise of the crowd. I am standing in the heart of Dublin. We're literally right at the front where in a number of minutes a variety of speakers will address the crowd.

[Protester/Participant]

People are struggling with our bills, the rents, the mortgages. People can't get boy in this country anymore and we've had enough of it. And the people in Leicester House are just not listening. What's our vision for Ireland? It's an Ireland being born in Ireland, united and in Ireland that is free.

[Ezra Levant]

So, Tommy, you're not coming out of the court. What has happened?

[Protester/Participant]

Only accredited journalists by. When they say accredited, only government supported journalists were allowed to report on the second half the trial. Which means no one, I guess, out here. Because you're not going to heard it from the mainstream media. Because I've looked through the mainstream media reporting on the case this morning. It's insane. It's insane. All the unlawful stuff they've done, all the illegal stuff they've done and not one part of it has been reported on. It's mad. Which is a need for people like Ezra and other people who have flown over from Canada to come and report on this. Unfortunately he's been gagged, this gagged today from when we went back in. No one else other than the government control. Which way is that? That's communism though. Only government controlled media allowed to report what's going on inside the courtroom. And it's meant to be about fair and open justice for people to understand the reason why we need citizen journalists is because these frauds don't report. We've seen that by the reporting this morning, we've seen that an officer has accepted this afternoon, which you wouldn't have heard, that he held me unlawfully because he was supposed to have done certain things that he didn't do. And then there was three different things that he was lawfully had to do that he didn't do in order to detain me under Terrorism Act. It's not like we're stopping you for a quick check in your car. We're nicking you for terrorism. We're using terrorism legislation to determine, detain you and pump around the whole world that you're being charged under the Terrorism Act. You better make sure your shit's in order. And none of it's in order. The reason for detaining me wasn't in order. It just made up so they could wait along. What we then found out is they made up stuff today that's not in their statements. Do you know how many times we've asked them for disclosure and they've refused it? So we've gone back saying, what did you do for an hour and a half? Because they detained me. There was a 40 minute gap, then there's another hour and a half gap. What were you doing in that time? From stopping me originally, what was going on? We know what was going on. It was going up the ladder to the top.

[Ezra Levant]

Yeah.

[Protester/Participant]

And they were making decisions, but they didn't make any notice. And even though we asked them what were you doing, they refused to answer. And then today we were taking, taking information from other, Other organizations. Well, we've asked you that multiple times. You have to give us disclosure. Which they haven't given. They didn't give. So now there's been another application to make the judge awareness. We've asked all this information, then they've brought shit up today in court where there's no evidence of it, there's no paperwork trail, there's no email trail, there's nothing. And then he started making up. Sure, his reason was Islamophobia. Islamophobia? Islam. What even is Islamophobia? They're taking it from the Labour government's Islamophobia. Bill, you talk about Islam, we're going to nick you under terrorism.

[Sasra]

That's it.

[Protester/Participant]

Hello.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Hello and welcome to the hundreds of thousands, thousands of you stretching for miles in this great city. And hello to the millions more watching online around the world. That's part of the story, isn't it? The establishment media, the regime media, the legacy media, the government media, they haven't mentioned this rally. They want to pretend it doesn't even exist. Well, it exists. You exist, even if the media party pretends you don't. And if the only source of news we had was the regime media, that would be a problem. But across the United Kingdom and in my country of Canada and around the world, a new generation of citizen journalists is arising to tell the other side of the story, whether it's the Canadian truckers or the Dutch farmers or now the mothers and grandmothers protesting outside Britain's dangerous migrant hotels. Just as establishment politicians have failed to loyally serve the people, establishment journalists have failed to honestly tell us about our world. But here's the good news. Each of you can be a journalist. If you have a cell phone with a video camera, you can be a journalist. If you have an X account, you can be a journalist. To fill in the blanks left by the Media Party, our host today, Tommy Robinson, is in fact Britain's leading journalist. And the response from the regime to simply call everyone a racist. It just doesn't seem to work anymore, does it? And more people will watch this rally online than watch all of the official TV news stations and newspapers in the UK combined. It's not easy being a dissident these days, though. Police will find a way to arrest you, even just for a post on social media. 30 people a day across the UK are arrested for mean tweets. Some of them, like the mother, Lucy Connolly, are sent to prison for their words. This in the country that gave us the Magna Carta and set the standard for free speech. That's why there are so many people around the world watching, because we're worried about Great Britain. We love you. You're the place that taught us about responsible government and freedom. And you're losing both. And it's painful to watch. The British people are slow to anger. They're polite. They believe in keeping calm and carrying on. They believe in a stiff upper lip. As Kipling said in his poem the Beginnings, hating is not in the blood of the English, but even the English have had enough. Some people want to ban Tommy Robinson, to silence him, to jail him, perhaps even worse.

[Ezra Levant]

I don't think he can get a.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Fair trial anymore in the UK courts. He's become the official scapegoat, the official enemy of the state. And yet he keeps going, warning his fellow countrymen. The best time to have heeded Tommy's warnings was 15 years ago. But the second best time is right now, and I think that's actually happening. Mainstream politicians and journalists are now talking about stopping immigration and even mass deportations and re migration. Politicians who used to support censorship like the Online Safety act are now talking about freedom. They now carefully and modestly support the things that they used to condemn when Tommy Robinson said them. And we noticed that Tommy was just.

[Ezra Levant]

Ahead of his time.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

That is my hope today, that the ideas that were censored, the debates that were forbidden, the news that was covered up, the marginalization of patriotic citizens, the bizarre preference for foreign people and foreign ideas over national ideas, my Hope is that era finally comes to an end. And when the British people look back, when you take back your country, you will be able to say, you were there. You were there at a turning point. You were there when the people decided in their millions to no longer be afraid to love their country. Good luck, and keep fighting for freedom.

[Ezra Levant]

There's ideological reasons or practical reasons or political reasons for that, not just personal ambition and frustration and greed. And that's what Chris Dontremont did. We're here in Yarmouth trying to find the guy, and right over there in Lovett Plaza is his office. Let's go in and see if he's there. I have a hunch he's not going to talk to us, but we may as well try. Here, let's go take a. Chris Donferman, Member of Parliament for West Nova. And here's the sign taped to the door. Office hours, Monday to Thursday, 10 to 4. Please note, in person, service is available by appointment only. And it's completely locked. He's hiding from his own people. I don't blame him. Hi, I'm Andrew Levan. How are you? Good, how are you?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I'm great.

[Ezra Levant]

I was just looking at the sign. It says it's closed with no appointment. Is Mr. Dr. Mon not doing any. You seen Ottawa? Yes. How's it been these last couple of weeks? Yeah. What do people say? Is it tough? Is it a. It's tough. I'm sorry to hear that. How would you say it's going? Like about 50? 50? Oh, I think. I think she ran away and she closed the door. I think I scared her off. Huh. She seemed pretty friendly, though. That's that Nova Scotia way. Well, as you can see, I went in to see Chris Donfermont. The office was locked and there was a sign saying by appointment only. I had a brief but friendly chat with the lady in there who says it's being a hassle. Look, obviously I don't blame the staff for the decision. Obviously done by the boss. I'm sure that Chris Dantremond did not consult anybody other than maybe his close family and his investment manager. There's no way he would have talked to the local people here. They voted for him several times. As a Conservative. Have you heard that the local MP for these parts, Chris Dontermo, switched from Liberals?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Conservative.

[Ezra Levant]

Liberal.

[Protester/Participant]

Yeah, I did.

[Ezra Levant]

What do you make of that? What a coward. I don't know. Like how. How do you switch sides that easy, easily and that quickly? I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me, especially when the vote was so close here, but now the entire province is pretty much liberal. So I don't know, I think it.

[Brookfield Employee]

Was a coward weak move.

[Ezra Levant]

Just doesn't seem sensible to me. I think that he already had that in mind. So for the people, people that were supporting him then, I don't think that was right. No. Is it true that 88 year old Leslie Commons of Belgravia Road and the Isle of Man fella whose home we're going to right now, Is it true that he is the boss of Brookfield iom? Can that really be true? Or is this just a legal fiction set up by Mark Carney and his tricky lawyers to avoid paying taxes in Canada? You'll remember this was around the time that Mark Carney voted to move the headquarters of Brookfield out of Canada to the United States again for tax reasons. Let's find out. And by the way, I'm going to be super friendly to Mr. Cummins because my guess is he's just a fella who earns some pocket money by being a straw man placeholder in Mark Carney's filings. It's Mark Carney and the lawyers who crafted all this. They just needed some guy and they found 88 year old Mr. Commons. Let's see if we can find them. What we found, it's planes, trains and automobiles half a continent away. We found the head office for Brookfield iom. Brookfield Isle of Man. It's a foreign shell company set up by Mark Carney two and a half years ago when he was the chairman of Brookfield Asset Management. It was renewed in 2023 and again in December 2024. That's it.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Hi.

[Ezra Levant]

I'm Ezra. Are you. Is Mr. Commons in? I came here from Canada because the Canadian Prime Minister has an office here and it's registered to Mr. Commons. Do you know who he is? Leslie Commons.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

He's my landlord.

[Ezra Levant]

Yeah, he's your landlord?

[Sasra]

Yeah.

[Ezra Levant]

Oh, okay. So I pushed the button and. So he's the landlord? Yeah, I pushed the button there because. Because there's a political story. I just wanted to ask him some questions about it. But you don't know if he's in.

[Sasra]

I've just come back and I'm going.

[Ezra Levant]

On holiday this afternoon. So if he hasn't answered his bell, then I presume either he's not in or yeah, I pushed the button three times and yeah, so he's the landlord. But does he also live here sometimes? Yeah. Not all year round. Right. Do you know where he goes when he's not Here, like, is he in town now? I saw him last week, but I don't know if he's around now. Yeah, okay, well, thanks very much. And I just talk. I'm not talking about you and don't worry about it. We're just talking about the Prime Minister, Ken. Yeah, well, I'm not in the film.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

We'll blur your face.

[Ezra Levant]

Okay, okay, That's a good idea. Thank you.

[Charlie]

In closing here, are you guys going to give up? Is now this? Hey, you know, the Liberals won. What is the battle cry for the Canadian patriot? Because I just have such respect for you guys. Because even though that, you know, people in California say, charlie, it's so bad here. I said, no, no, no, go, go to Ontario, go to Toronto, go to Ottawa. Are you going to give up? One minute remaining, Ezra?

[Ezra Levant]

No, I love. This is my home. I mean, for generations my family been here. This is my country. I'm not going to give it up without a fight. We fought during the COVID lockdowns, which were extreme up here. Remember the Canadian truckers, they came and they broke the fever and they set an example for the world. And remember, no politicians supported them. They didn't have a big super PAC behind them. It was grassroots people saying, enough is enough. That inspires me, those truckers. So we're going to keep fighting. And again, I'm a glass half full guy. The Conservative leader of Canada got the highest vote that his party has received in a generation. I think that he'll break through next time. He's got a conservative working class coalition, including young people. It's pretty unique around the world. I think it can win. And I would just say to our American friends, don't give up on us. Don't annex us. You don't need to. You already have a free trade agreement that'll give you all the oil and gas and minerals you can buy, so you don't need to annex us. That spooked Canadians. That's frankly a reason why the Liberals eked out a win. But let's get back to being best friends. You can be Batman and we'll be Robin. We're the junior partner in the friendship. But let's be best friends again, is what I have to say.

[Charlie]

Ezra, God bless you, my friend. Hope to see you soon. It's a depressing picture from my view, but your optimism and positivity is remarkable and noteworthy. Thank you.

[Ezra Levant]

Thanks, Charlie.

[Stuart Benson]

Search Rebel News for Canada and you will see clear as day, Ezra Levant. As the owner of both of those companies, he has third Party advertising trucks driving around this venue right now. It's owned by Rebel. It's owned by you. Oh, oh, sorry, sorry. The truck is for Canada which is owned by you, which is separate from Rebel News which is also owned by you.

[Ezra Levant]

Gotta control your emotion one by one. Control your emotions. You're out of control.

[Stuart Benson]

Speaking quietly doesn't make your things any less.

[Protester/Participant]

You're completely out of control emotions and.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Your facts are completely wrong. Embarrassment.

[Ezra Levant]

What's your name? What's your name?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

You're suddenly shy.

[Ezra Levant]

No, I'm googling.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

You're googling your name.

[Ezra Levant]

Tell us who you are up guy.

[Stuart Benson]

Stuart Benson. Hill Times St. Benson.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, you're a disgrace to the Hill Times and your tracks are wrong.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

You're a disgrace to journalism, buddy.

[Stuart Benson]

I can do the job of one. One of me can do the same job you literally need five reporters to do. So am I going to straight Source and all of the people you needed to do the job I do by myself. Rel News Network Limited March 27 registered with Elections Canada. Name of Africa, Ezra levant. Mail address. Address Edmonton, Alberta T5J.OK4. I wonder where that would TJ okay4. I wonder what that post.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, you certainly got a tiger by the.

[Stuart Benson]

So let's go check out.

[Ezra Levant]

Am I not.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Am I talking too loud now or should.

[Ezra Levant]

No, you're just.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

You don't understand.

[Ezra Levant]

You don't even understand what you're looking at.

[Stuart Benson]

What work are you doing with nothing in front of you? Yes, yes, the really exceptional work you're doing.

[Ezra Levant]

Okay, I had a heart to heart with Mr. Comey and I think we found common ground. Well, I'm kidding around. We don't. I don't know what is these Yesterday I think the independent journalists were a little bit too independent and the regime journalists are too friendly with the regime. And I've seen a full court press by regime journalists over the last 24 hours to bring in limits to what independent journalists can do. You mean third party advertisers? Ezra, can you talk about the $180,000 we're spending to do advertising voter contact both through For Canada and into Rebel News Network Ltd. I see you're wrong on that and that's. That's what concerns me is that For Canada is a different group that was registered.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

It paid $170,000 to Revell News Network.

[Ezra Levant]

Ltd. Is that not true? You're getting your facts wrong. Justin. I want to make sure you're canceling. We were actually talking about the CBC who want us out of here. The CBC want us kicked out. We're not leaving. The CBC were outraged that Mr. Carney let us in. The CBC had four questions yesterday. Rebel News had four questions yesterday. The CBC thinks that's normal and it's abnormal that we talking to you about. About your accreditation, asking questions. Or was it about the incident here right now? It was about neither. It was actually about. What's his name, the ball down the cbc maybe Cochrane. Cochrane? Yeah, I mean Cochrane wanted me kicked out. I ain't leaving. Cochrane's really thin skinned. Dr. Rose Martin too. I invited her to a challenge and she declined, but that ended up to deal with this. Anyways, I want to get back to the journalism here, but it's a pleasure to be in the center of the attention. I want to give a shout out to my fellow independent journalist, Kim Be proud, alumnus of Rebel News. Ailey is not associated with us, but I admire his independence and I would like to encourage everyone who's watching. You can be a journalist. If you've got a phone, you're a journalist. If you've got a Facebook page, you're a journalist. Yes it is, Judy. In fact, like, I don't know, you're a government journalist, every single one of you.

[Protester/Participant]

No, no, no, no.

[Ezra Levant]

I'm not government journalist. If you get the government subsidy, you're a government journalist. I'm not a government. Who do you work for, sir? Canadian press gets massive grants from the government.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I mean, you're literally wearing a bronyard because I.

[Ezra Levant]

What do you think about the third party advertisers that are supporting if only.

[Bike Shop Employee]

Your own media can ask you questions.

[Ezra Levant]

Why don't you answer his question? What was his question? I actually didn't hear the question. I'm flattered to be here. Let me just say this. I think that journalism needs to be democratized and I think it's sort of creepy that the enemies of Rebel News in the press gallery stop us from asking questions of politicians 99% of the time. Once every four years, we're allowed to put a couple of questions to these high priests of politics. And there's a total freak out in the press gallery.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Like seriously, it's like leap year, 15.

[Ezra Levant]

Minutes every four year season.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

We're allowed.

[Ezra Levant]

Play the tape so you can see. I arrive and there's a CBC guest. Okay, stop right there. So that was a guest getting off the panel. And you can see someone in a red shirt or sweater puttering with Rosemary Barton's earpiece or something. So you could see that that first guest who was just leaving The CBC panel. He was in the shot where I am now. He casually said hi to me. You can see there's a producer in red who's puttering around in the shot. They're all clearly on a break. And I introduced myself immediately and said why I was there. Here, watch a little bit more.

[Protester/Participant]

Yeah.

[Ezra Levant]

How you doing? How you doing? I'm live on the air. Okay.

[Stuart Benson]

I'm live on the air.

[Ezra Levant]

Like, I don't interrupt your broadcast and astronauts interrupt mine. Okay, stop for a second. He said they're live on the air. Is that true? Do you see the guy in the red sweater with the hat on puttering with Rosemary Barton's equipment? Was this really on air? This was happening before I approached. This is why I approached. I could see that they were not on air at all. Maybe they were about to be, but not in any way that that guy in the red vest took seriously. You'll see that he was there before I arrived, while I was there and after I was gone. Was he scrambling? Were they talking at all? No, they weren't here. Keep playing some more here. Come back on and rebut. I think we have to correct something you said. Did you see my challenge? Okay, stop it right there. So I didn't go to talk to Rosemary Barton. I mean, she lied about us in other ways, but I really went because David Cochran had this whole day long vendetta against us. Rosemary Barton stood up instead of doing whatever she was going to do and squared up with me and called security to have me thrown out. All right. I mean, in fact, you can see I stepped down and start to leave. I'm only a few seconds away from leaving. But these people were not on air. They were not trying to make a broadcast. They were not in any rush at all. The fella in the red sweater kept doing what he was doing. But Rosemary Barton was quite aggressive, or at least tried to get the security to be aggressive. But, you know, I left soon enough. Here, take a look. All right, well, David, I'd like to come back on and rebut some of your errors about revolution. Yeah, that's cool.

[Sasra]

See you later.

[Ezra Levant]

Have a good debate. Who can I talk to about this?

[Stuart Benson]

Go into the media room, Ezra, like.

[Ezra Levant]

I know you're gonna.

[Brookfield Employee]

I know you're gonna said I'm doing a show.

[Ezra Levant]

Is there. Is there someone I can talk to? So stop for there. So by now I'm out of the shot. The guy in the red sweater is still there doing. I'm not sure what he was doing, but he was still doing it. They're obviously not live. None of them are live. None of them are being broadcast. And I've stepped away because, frankly, I don't want to, you know, put the security in a pickle. They were commanded by Rosemary Barton to shoo me away. But I'm still asking, is there any. Anyone I can talk to? I mean, they had talked about us all day and said some very particular false facts about us. They defamed us. And I waited till there was a moment to talk to me. I mean, normally you reach out to someone you're going to attack in journalism just to make sure you get your facts straight. They didn't do that. I positively said, hey, is there anyone I can talk to? Can I come on the show? You said some defamatory things. I'd like to rebut them, even for a few minutes. And all they said was, we're busy. Go away, go away, go away, go away. Rosemary Barton really felt like chiming in for some reason. I think she's got a bit of a. She hates Rebel News. But I made a gentle crack about the two of us. I had challenged her, the two of us, to have a public fitness contest. I don't think she liked that very much. Anyhow, keep playing the rest of the tape.

[Sasra]

David.

[Ezra Levant]

David's in charge. Who is. Sorry, David's in charge. But is there, like, a producer or lawyer? So stop there. Again, Rosemary Barton literally pivoted in her seat, spun around because she still wanted to Argy bargy with me. These are not people who were on air. These are not people who are busy. These are people who are still puttering in some break. The guy in the red jacket is still there. The reason I tell you all this is twofold. To let you know just how unprofessional they are in terms of getting the other side of the story. All day they had been attacking and smearing and lying about Rebel News, but they never once reached out to us to check a fact or invite us on for some right of reply. Never once. So I calmly waited till I could see they were not on air to ask for that opportunity. I didn't raise my voice, I didn't swear, I didn't shout, I didn't call security. I just said, can I come on the show? Who do I talk to? Is there a producer? Is there a lawyer? Thank you, Minister, for agreeing to accredit Rebel News. I very much appreciate your dedication to freedom of the press. I have a question about the ostrich farm. Now, don't worry, I'm not going to ask about the lawsuit because I don't want you to talk about anything that are before the courts. But there was a letter, and I notice in the statement, you talk about Canada, U.S. cooperation. I know that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Your U.S. counterpart, has written saying he thinks that there's some medical research value in these ostriches because they had avian flu but then have recovered and they're now immune. In fact, he's offered to do the research and even to pay for. Seems to me that we need allies around Trump's cabinet table. And if you could throw him a bone and say, sure, Secretary Kennedy, you can study these birds, it's sort of no skin off Canada's nose. And don't you think it would be helpful to have an ally in Trump's cabinet when we're doing our trade negotiations? That's my question. Don't you think it would be helpful to have a friend. Next.

[Brookfield Employee]

Reporter.

[Ezra Levant]

Mercy. Oh, you're not. You're not going to answer, Minister? Merci. I don't understand. Did I do something wrong?

[Protester/Participant]

Next.

[Ezra Levant]

Next question.

[Charlie]

Thank you.

[Ezra Levant]

Minister. Did I miss an answer? I don't get it. Okay, I'll sit down. That's the. I guess it's question period, not answer period.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I'm gonna read some questions to you.

[Ezra Levant]

Because the spokesman refuses to talk to me. So I'm gonna put some questions to you. Okay. And feel free to answer any of the ones that you feel comfortable with. Can I ask you, who did the shooting?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

How many people did the shooting and where did they come from?

[Ezra Levant]

Were they police?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Were they from the local gun club?

[Ezra Levant]

Were they military?

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Do you know who did the shooting? Pardon me?

[Ezra Levant]

What's that? Oh, I'd be extremely grateful if you would. She just said she's going to get.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

The team leader to talk to me. Thank you very much.

[Ezra Levant]

I would love to talk to the team leader. Wow, I did not expect that reply, because I just heard from the police liaison team that the spokesman, who I think his name is Chris Clark, refuses to talk to me, even on speakerphone.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

So I would love to talk to the team leader. Thank you very much.

[Ezra Levant]

Officer, I got a question for you. Do you think the team leader is actually going to talk to me? Well, here's. I'm surprised that she didn't just roll up her window right away, but I'm a bit of a pessimist after everything that's happened here, Chris, and I don't think the team leader is going to talk to me. That's okay. I'm going to ask my questions nonetheless. I know you would, too. All right, well, we'll wait a bit. If I was a betting man, I would bet that the team leader will not present, and if he does, it'll just be to say. I got nothing to say to you. Well, did the staff sergeant not speak to you the first time? I think, yeah. One of the only people that. It was right here, I believe, before I got here. Yeah. And I thought it was actually a very fair interview. I. I asked questions that I thought were real, they weren't attack questions, and I thought he answered probably half of them pretty well. Well, those were the only answers that I've seen anyone give about anything really, on the record. Do you follow what the CFIA is doing to see if there's anything that might be on its own, illegal or you just sort of like you say to see CFIA operation, you don't really get involved, like, because I. That seems to me that that is mischief that is beyond the scope of a search warrant. That's political, that's sneaky. And I. I mean, I don't know if the RCMP would abide that. Are you making sure that they don't take liberties, or is that just not part of your mandate here? Well, I think you need to look at the co. Contents of the search warrant because that may very well be part of it.

[Protester/Participant]

I. I can't say.

[Ezra Levant]

So that's. That's something to look into. You know, as. As indicated, we're here to enforce the law. So certainly if we were to witness an offense, and then we would need to take action. Yeah. And I was saying to one of the police liaison officers, I said, look, in darkness, you know, theories and conspiracy theories flourish like it breeds paranoia. Well, yeah. And you especially if you expect transparency from your police. A shocking international incident happened here yesterday, and there are legitimate questions in the public interest. And the idea that the cops would talk to me quite candidly a few weeks ago, but today, after the massacre, they won't talk to me is upside down. And I think it's part of a new strategy of provocation that I've seen them deploy against different people here. We'll see. She said she's going to get the team leader. I'm a skeptic, but I'm willing to wait.

[Stuart Benson]

We'll have to speak to Chris Clark immediately.

[Ezra Levant]

Yeah, he's back in Surrey by email or by phone.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Okay, so the team leader refused to come.

[Ezra Levant]

You have to speak to Chris Clark.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Would Chris Clark and Suri, know what the team leader just said to you? What do the team leaders say?

[Ezra Levant]

All right, I'm going to continue reading.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

My questions, if you don't mind.

[Ezra Levant]

So.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Oh, you're rolling up the window. You're bravely rolling up the window. I knew it. I knew it.

[Ezra Levant]

All right, it's 1:24. I tell you that because we've only got about one hour left before we've got to fly. I just went into 73 Front Street. I went into the Winners Edge bike Shop and I talked to the friendliest fellow. You know, there's actually a Bermudian accent, and I think it's lovely. This is an amazing island that has an interesting ethnic mix as well. I think there's almost a Bermudian ethnicity. Part African American, part white, part Portuguese, part indigenous. Anyways, don't get me started on these lovely Bermudians. I went in there and the friendly fella said, he's got nothing to do with Brookfield Asset Management. He just runs a bike shop. But he heard for the first time about Brookfield when CTV published a picture of their front edifice. He said that was the first time he heard about it. I asked him, had any journalist ever popped by? He said, no, of course not. Yeah, I got a question for you. It's not really about bikes. I'm from Canada, and I don't know if you heard, but we got a new prime Minister and. And 73 Front street is the address of one of his companies. And I'm. It's obviously not this bike shop.

[Bike Shop Employee]

Yeah.

[Ezra Levant]

Have you. Has any other reporter come by asking about that? No, not a single reporters. Have you ever heard of this before?

[Bike Shop Employee]

Yeah, we saw an article about it in the ctv.

[Ezra Levant]

Oh, really? What do you think of that article?

[Bike Shop Employee]

Yeah, not much about it. Or just the bike shop in their building.

[Ezra Levant]

Yeah. So. So there is something else going on. Like there's offices upstairs.

[Bike Shop Employee]

Yeah.

[Ezra Levant]

How would I get there? Like, is there a. Is there a stairs or.

[Bike Shop Employee]

You would have to go.

[Charlie]

Yeah.

[Bike Shop Employee]

So you got the door, then you go. There's a little alleyway on the left. On the left side.

[Brookfield Employee]

Yeah.

[Bike Shop Employee]

And then there's a door there. I'm not sure if it's key card. It might be a key card.

[Ezra Levant]

Okay. Have you ever met anyone from Brookfield Asset Management? No. No. Have you ever heard of it other than that CTV article?

[Bike Shop Employee]

Like here, I mean, the building. The building over that's getting built? Yeah.

[Ezra Levant]

Oh, they're building a building. Yeah. Okay.

[Bike Shop Employee]

That building that's going up right There. That's Brookfield's building.

[Ezra Levant]

All right. Well, thanks very much for telling me.

[Protester/Participant]

You're welcome.

[Ezra Levant]

Okay. Cheers. You, too.

[Bike Shop Employee]

Good luck with your reporting.

[Ezra Levant]

Thank you. Why would anyone seek to investigate Mark Carney's $25 billion tax evasion? That's not in the public interest. So he said he hadn't heard about any of that. He didn't. He didn't even know Mark Carney. But he did say that above is a Brookfield Asset Management address. And he told me to go around the corner where it says 73 and see if I can buzz my way in. So I'll do that. He said one more thing on my way out. He said that this construction over there is a Brookfield Asset Management construction. And I looked that up, and indeed it is. And Brookfield is being sued by shareholders in a company called Argo who claim that Brookfield did not properly disclose important information in the shareholders battle. I'm not going to get too deep into it, but the point is Brookfield is building an asset here, but it's not their environmental sustainable project. That's not a $25 billion building. That's just an office building. Because I guess they're tired of being above the bicycle shop. So there is a presence of Brookfield Asset Management, or at least there will be when that's done. For now, 73 Front street is just a bike shop and some offices above. I say again, here's the scam. If you're wondering why we're here and what the problem is, it's this. Mark Carney was the chairman of Brookfield Asset Management. He personally chaired two progressive environmentalist funds that were all about solar panels and wind turbines. Fair enough. I really don't care about that. What I care about is that he lied. He said this is the principal executive offices of those $25 billion in managed asset funds so that he could avoid paying taxes in Canada. He lied when he said that's the principal executive office. Do you think that you've got $25 billion worth of managers and builders and executives for wind turbines and solar panels up there? I can promise you they don't. And that's the problem. It's bad enough if Mark Carney was hiding his company's assets and income from Canadian taxes, but to lie about it. To lie about it and to keep holding on to $6.8 million worth of stock options, pretending he doesn't still have a stake in it and then make you pay all of his taxes. What a hypocrite. We've got as a prime minister. All right, it's 1:28. I'm going to go around to see if we can ring the doorbell and find this corporate headquarters. What a laugh. All right, so far I don't see it. I see bees. Mont Hamilton, Legal Harneys. I see Christen and Company. I don't know what these things are, but I don't see Brookfield. Let's go in and see what we can find. 73 Front Street. It's a very lovely building. So it's not just the bike shop. Let's see what we can find. There's some floors there. All right. Brookfield, Bermuda. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Renewable partners, Property partners, Business partners. That's on the fifth floor. So they really are here. It's not just the bike shop. And that's the one that's got the 25 billion. Let's see what they have to say. Hi. Hi. How are you? Is Jane Shear in, please? No, no. What's your name? I'm Answer Levant from Canada. Ezra. Hi.

[Protester/Participant]

Hi. Hi.

[Ezra Levant]

Is Jane available?

[Brookfield Employee]

No, I'm afraid not.

[Ezra Levant]

I have a question maybe you could help me with.

[Sasra]

Sorry, I, I, I can't.

[Ezra Levant]

No, no. Is there anyone I can talk to who can.

[Brookfield Employee]

No, I can get you a. Get you some of our PR people.

[Ezra Levant]

Would they really talk to me, though? I don't think they talk.

[Brookfield Employee]

I don't know. That's all I'm allowed to do, I'm afraid.

[Ezra Levant]

So I'm glad to know that there are some Brookfield people here in Bermuda. It's not just a PO Box, but is it really the principal executive office for the various funds? I find that hard to believe.

[Brookfield Employee]

I'm afraid I have no comment and I can't help you.

[Ezra Levant]

Can you tell me what you do here? No. What's your name? Sorry. Okay. Well, you'd be polite to talk to me at all. That's more than Mark Carney himself has done. So I won't, I won't impose upon you, but I would. Perhaps I can take you up on your offer of those corporate spokesmen.

[Sasra]

All right.

[Brookfield Employee]

If you could wait for one minute.

[Ezra Levant]

I will.

[Brookfield Employee]

I'll see if I can find the information.

[Ezra Levant]

Thank you.

[Brookfield Employee]

That took so long.

[Ezra Levant]

It wasn't what I thought. No, well, you were. You're so helpful.

[Brookfield Employee]

Suzanne.

[Ezra Levant]

Suzanne Fleming. 21241.

[Sasra]

Okay.

[Ezra Levant]

Well, thanks for your help. You know, you were very courteous and I know we sort of surprised you here.

[Brookfield Employee]

It is a bit of a surprise.

[Ezra Levant]

Yeah.

[Brookfield Employee]

But good luck.

[Ezra Levant]

Thank you. It's A lovely place. Just. Have you been here for a long time?

[Brookfield Employee]

Yeah, I've been here for a while. If you get a chance to get out to the beaches before you leave, please do.

[Ezra Levant]

Thank you.

[Brookfield Employee]

Worth it.

[Ezra Levant]

Thanks for being friendly. Cheers. See you. Bye. Well, our friend here was very helpful. He gave us Susan Fleming's phone number in New York. Looks like I'll give Susan Fleming a call. I am a little bit skeptical that she'll answer our questions, but you never know. We'll give her a try. We'll let this fellow go. Well, I think things go pretty easy peasy here in Bermuda. It's not part of the Caribbean. It's further north, it's in the Atlantic. But they have that friendly, easygoing style to them. So we did go up to Brookfield on the fifth floor and they opened the door and had a very brief chat with us. But they were certainly friendly. In fact, they gave us some recommendations to go to hit the beaches afterwards. Brookfield indeed does have a handful of people up there. They do have one floor in this very small building. But I can tell you just from peering around the corner, this is not the executive offices. It's full of a handful of probably clerks or form filler outers, just to keep the technical formalities legal. Brookfield Renewable Partners and these other companies do business around the world. The reason why they have this office here in the tourist section of Bermuda is so they can avoid paying taxes in Canada. That's what's so crazy. Mark Carney made the decision, as the chairman of Brookfield, that he would rather hide money here in Bermuda than pay taxes back home. And he's still doing it with his own stock options back in Canada after a momentous day in Dublin. Holy smokes, that was madness. It's October 22nd and this is the Ezra Levant Show.

[Protester/Participant]

It's.

[Ezra Levant]

Peaceful.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

Protest turned, not peaceful. Horses stormed in, firecrackers were shot. In response, the police have deployed their riot brigades. I've been hit with pepper spray. I'm not opening my right eye because my. My face has pepper spray on it.

[Protester/Participant]

Pepper sprayed right now. It's crazy out here.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

I would estimate 100 riot police. In response, they charged everyone, pepper spraying everyone, including journalists like myself, indiscriminately. There are women and children in this protest. They were pepper sprayed as well. I've never been pepper sprayed before. It's quite painful. And more than that, it's disabling. You can't see and so you can't really react. I'm being guided around by My videographer, Lincoln J.

[Ezra Levant]

Thank you, Lincoln.

[Interviewer/Reporter]

An incredible show of force by the Irish police defending the migrants against Irish citizens. Many of the protesters here would wonder when the Guardi will protect Irish citizens from the refugees. All right, so I got pepper straight to the face. I'll stop being such a big baby. I want to let you know I'm crying from the pepper, not from sorrow, but it's quite a violent response from the Guardi. Now, in fairness to them, there were some protesters who threw some projectiles at them. And there were three men on horses that stomped on some pylons. But whole Holy smokes. Did the police respond with overwhelming force? Like I say, probably 100 police, full riot gear. They had attack dogs, pepper spraying everyone in the face indiscriminately. You can see helicopters overhead. I don't know if there's even a way out. I've got a fair bit of pain from the pepper. I do not know where the front line is. My goal is just to sort of rinse my eyes. There's no political party in the Irish Parliament or the Senate that represents these people. There's no mainstream media organization that represents these people.

[Ezra Levant]

Hi, Premier Ezra Levant from Rebel News. The first deadline in the MoU, if I'm reading it right, is April, where the duty is on Alberta to jack up carbon taxes. And the last date in the MoU, if I'm reading it right, correct me if I'm not, is 2040. That's when this pipeline, you know, that's sort of the end date. It can't be any later than that. In terms of building trust with the anti oil Liberals, they're asking Alberta to raise carbon taxes now for a promise of an oil pipeline years or even more than a decade in the future. Does that really build trust?

[Sasra]

Well, you have to start somewhere. And one thing I would say is that we did have the Supreme Court of Canada rule on the federal government's ability to set a price on emissions. So the Supreme Court has ruled on that. It's part of the reason why we negotiated a stringency agreement that would have seen the carbon tax price go up to $170 a barrel by 2030. We've demonstrated, and I think the prime minister agrees that's too high, too fast. So that's why we understand that there was always going to be a negotiation around that. We froze the carbon tax at $95 pending consultation with the industry and greater work with the prime minister. But remember, Alberta was the first to have an industrial carbon price. They did in 20 we implemented that in 2007. It's generated revenues that allowed us to invest billions of dollars in new technologies including carbon capture. So there is a commitment on the part of the industry to have a carbon price and we did do some consultation on that. We're just glad that we have the means to manage it our way in Alberta under our tier program. And we'll see as of April 1st. And no, that wasn't a joke. April 1st is going to be the date that we, we have an agreement on that front when it comes to the, the building of a bitumen pipeline to Asian markets to the, to the B.C. coast. If you read the MOU, those two things have to happen in tandem. That we have to see the Pathways project proceeding at the same time as an agreement to build that one is dependent on the other. I don't know that the Prime Minister would have agreed to a new bitumen pipeline without Pathways and we wouldn't have agreed to pathways without a new bitumen pipeline. So they are going to be staged, they are going to go on together. We've already had a meeting with Pathways about how we're going to do that. That will require a trilateral negotiation as well. But I'm very hopeful since we have used carbon capture technology before for enhanced oil recovery. That's another part of this announcement is that CO2 will be able to be used for enhanced oil recovery which should allow us to generate more revenue. So I would say that you don't always get 100% of what you want. But we addressed seven out of the nine bad laws that I'd put on the table to I think what will be the satisfaction of Albertans. And I think that this will allow us to see some substantial investments.

[Ezra Levant]

I mean that's the thing about a peace deal. You have to make it with an enemy. So I suppose the fact that for a decade his Glasgow financial alliance for net zero, it was about putting a capital strike on the oil and gas sector. Just a couple weeks ago he was asked about pipelines and he said boring. So is there anything, I mean after a lifetime of attacking the oil patch, he was even interrogated by the US Congress for an attempt to capital strike their oil companies. Is there anything the Prime Minister has said to you in private that you could share with us that would signal that his lifetime's work of attacking carbon based fuels will somehow be put to the side? Like I think he's just a slightly smarter version of Stephen Guilbeault. I think he hates the oil patch as his Life's work. Is there anything he said to you that make you believe that maybe he has. He can be turned on this?

[Sasra]

Well, I'll start by saying my joke has been that I would love for pipelines to be boring again. I would love for, no matter what party is in power, what level of government that there wasn't sort of an overwrought response anytime anyone talked about building a pipeline. It's actually quite remarkable that we're talking about expanding uranium mines, building nuclear power plants, building new transmission lines through pristine areas, massive new mining projects, and not one of them has raised any ire on the part of any environmental group or anyone in the media. But there has been all of this ire raised around a pipeline. So I hope that we can make pipelines boring again because it's just a way to get our product to the consumers who need it. I would say that, as you know, I was not a huge champion of carbon capture technology when I was in politics the first time. I wasn't. But I've seen with the passage of time, the investments being made and the fact that the technology works and we're getting better and better at it, and you can create a product out of it, including so that you can enhance oil recovery. I changed my mind. And so I would say that the Prime Minister, maybe In the past 10 years, it looked like wind and solar and batteries were going to be the ability to power industrial economies. I think the world discovered that's not true. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the instability in the Middle east, everyone is having to recalibrate and rethink that. I was recently in the Middle east, and the conversation around the time table now is talking about natural gas as a foundational fuel, not a transition fuel. So I think that demonstrates that there is a global understanding of how important it is to have reliable electricity. And so I have to just give the Prime Minister credit for. Perhaps he's recalibrating his own thinking on this. It certainly seems to be in the agreement that we signed. But we will trust, but we will verify, we will make sure that he lives up to the commitments in this agreement that we had. And we have to proceed somewhere with a measure of good faith. I can tell you 100% that the former Prime Minister would never have moved this far on these issues. We tried for three years. We got nowhere. And in my very first meeting with the Prime Minister, I said to him, you know, the way that we can get to an agreement is just orienting around a 2050 target. Our industry is there. We think it's achievable with technology. And you'll see in the context of this MOU that the interim targets are gone. And so that's what, that's what I. That's what we're going to move forward on. And we'll see as we meet these milestones whether I'm correct or whether your skepticism is correct.

[Ezra Levant]

Thanks, Sasra.

[Protester/Participant]

Ra.