EZRA LEVANT | We finally found a billboard Toronto police think is offensive

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Rebel News Podcast

Episode: EZRA LEVANT | We finally found a billboard Toronto police think is offensive
Date: December 20, 2025
Host: Ezra Levant
Guest: Scarlett Grace (new Rebel News journalist)

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Overview

This episode dives into escalating tensions between Toronto’s Jewish community and pro-Hamas activists, policing failures, and media intimidation. Ezra Levant breaks down how Rebel News’ billboard truck campaign spotlighted a controversy over prosecution (or lack thereof) of anti-Semitic incidents, centering on allegations against a senior Toronto Police lawyer, Falguni Debnath. The episode also introduces Scarlett Grace, Rebel News’ latest team member, and explores her transition from art world to activism, with a segment on political shifts and protest reporting.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. A Phone Call from Power & Police Pressure

• Ezra opens with a bombshell: a “very, very senior, powerful political person in Toronto” privately requested he stop the Rebel News billboard truck exposing alleged police inaction ([00:00], [15:42]).
• Quote: “I was asked by this extremely senior person to withdraw the truck and no longer ask the questions, to which I said...has the mayor withdrawn her accusation?” ([16:13])
• Ezra refused the demand and doubled down by redeploying the truck.

2. Toronto: A Changing City for Jews

• Ezra reflects on his upbringing, Toronto’s once harmonious Jewish life, and a perceived seismic shift post-October 7, 2023 Hamas attack in Israel ([01:30]-[04:43]).
• Cites attacks on Jewish institutions and intimidation of Jewish residents.
• Quote: “I looked at Toronto as a pretty Jewish city or at least a city where it was very easy to be Jewish. Well, that's changed, I'll tell you that.” ([02:53])

3. Tolerance for Pro-Hamas Activism & Police Inaction

• Since the Gaza war began, Jewish neighborhoods face repeated harassment and attacks, while police seemingly exercise restraint compared to the crackdown on truckers ([07:37]-[08:48]).
• Ezra highlights what he sees as hypocrisy and selective legal enforcement.

4. Mayoral Accusations & the Falguni Debnath Controversy

• Mayor Olivia Chow claims police inaction is due to legal blockages by police lawyer Falguni Debnath ([09:18]).
  • Quote: “There's the human rights, the charter rights concern, and that some of the charges basically thrown out. So why keep doing it if it doesn't work?” – Olivia Chow ([09:39])
• Police Chief disputes Chow's narrative, pushing back against implication of a departmental legal blockade ([10:31]).
  • Quote: “Well, listen, I don't know where she's getting that narrative.” – Toronto Police Chief ([10:39])
• Ezra heavily scrutinizes Debnath’s background, emphasizing her Pakistani origins and work at the UN, suggesting possible bias ([11:10]-[12:15]).

5. Media Pushback & Threats Toward Journalists

• Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington reported on the legal bottleneck, facing threats from police communications staff ([12:44]).
  • Quote: “Stephanie Sayre, the press attache for the Toronto police, said to Joe that there would be consequences...if he continued to report it and didn't delete his stories.” ([12:55])
• Rebel News responds by sending their billboard truck to police HQ, posing uncomfortable questions ([13:08]-[14:30]).
  • Audio snippets: David Menzies attempts to engage both police and public, mostly met with silence or evasion ([13:35]-[15:31]).
  • Humorous tone: “Is my English not understandable or am I encountering a disproportionate number of deaf people working at police headquarters?” – Menzies ([15:32])

6. Personal Recounts of Police Arrests for Journalism

• Ezra and David Menzies share experiences of being arrested during coverage of protests, contrasting their treatment with that of pro-Hamas activists ([20:07]-[22:54]).
  • Quote: “I'm a Jew. I'm a citizen and I'm your boss, and I don't leave because you say Jews aren't on the streets.” – Ezra Levant ([20:39])

7. Community Reaction & Anti-Semitism Concerns

• High traffic for these stories in the Toronto Sun suggests widespread public concern ([23:30]).
• Ezra repeatedly emphasizes the risk of further violence, referencing the Bondi attack in Australia as a warning.

8. Introduction of Scarlett Grace

• Scarlett, new to Rebel News, shares her origin story from “Freedom Convoy” participant to activist-journalist ([28:49]).
  • Quote: “The freedom convoy freed me. So I just kept speaking up and speaking my mind, and it’s eventually led me here.” – Scarlett ([28:49])
• She details her confrontation with pro-Hamas protesters in Toronto and the resilience required to continue reporting ([34:17]).

9. Scarlett’s On-the-Ground Reporting

• Bathurst and Shepherd: Regular, often tense, standoffs between pro-Hamas and Jewish groups, even on significant Jewish holidays.
  • She is surrounded and yelled at by pro-Hamas activists but remains calm ([34:17]).
  • Quote: “They swarmed me, tried to have a conversation… no justifiable argument, of course, just shrieking.” – Scarlett ([35:34])
• Markham MP Controversy: Grassroots anger at a party-switching MP whom many see as influenced by foreign powers ([36:33]-[37:56]).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Description | |-----------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00 | Ezra | “I got a call from a very, very senior, powerful political person in Toronto asking me to stop our truck…” | | 09:39 | Olivia Chow | “There's the human rights, the charter rights concern, and that some of the charges… so why keep doing it?” | | 10:39 | Chief | “I don't know where she's getting that narrative.” | | 11:10 | Ezra | “One would want to know…is this woman the reason that there have been few, if any, charges made?” | | 12:55 | Ezra | “Stephanie Sayre…said to Joe that there would be consequences…if he continued to report it…” | | 15:32 | Menzies | “Is my English not understandable or am I encountering a disproportionate number of deaf people…” | | 20:39 | Ezra | “I'm a Jew. I'm a citizen and I'm your boss, and I don't leave because you say Jews aren't on the streets.” | | 28:49 | Scarlett| “The freedom convoy freed me. So I just kept speaking up… and it’s eventually led me here.” | | 35:34 | Scarlett| “They swarmed me, tried to have a conversation…no justifiable argument, of course, just shrieking.” |

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00 – 01:30: Ezra’s phone call story, premise for the episode
• 02:53 – 07:30: Transformation of Jewish life in Toronto, rising anti-Semitism
• 09:18 – 10:39: Mayor Chow and Police Chief debate legal block on charges
• 13:08 – 15:32: Billboard truck at police HQ, public reactions and police silence
• 16:13: Ezra describes the secret phone call and pressure to halt reporting
• 20:07 – 23:30: Personal experiences with police arresting Rebel News journalists
• 28:49 – 31:55: Scarlett Grace’s journey to activism and journalism
• 34:17 – 35:34: Scarlett’s encounter with pro-Hamas protesters at Hanukkah event
• 36:33 – 37:56: Reporting on MP’s party switch and public reaction

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Conclusion

This episode follows Ezra Levant’s combative, defiant tone as he challenges Toronto authorities over their response to anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas activism, sparking a fiery back-and-forth with police and city officials. The mysterious behind-the-scenes pressure only fuels his resolve and tabloid-style journalism. The introduction of Scarlett Grace provides a personal angle, linking Canada’s protest culture with high-stakes reporting on community conflict and political intrigue.

Listeners learn:

• Details about the accusations at the heart of Toronto policing controversies,
• The culture of intimidation faced by journalists probing sensitive issues,
• Vivid, sometimes confrontational on-the-ground reporting from Toronto’s hot spots,
• The ongoing transformation of the city’s social fabric, particularly for Jews,
• The emergence of new journalistic voices forged through activism.

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Tone: Defiant, urgent, investigative, and peppered with populist sentiment and sardonic humor.

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For full context, listen to the full episode, especially timestamped sections above.

Transcript

[A]

Hello, my friends. I got a call from a very, very senior, powerful political person in Toronto asking me to stop our truck from broadcasting a message. I'll tell you more about it. I won't tell you everything because I agreed to take the call secretly or off the record. But it was so astonishing. I've just got to tell you a little bit about it without giving away who called me. Very unusual days. I should tell you. I refused the demand. That's ahead. I won't give you any more right now, but listen to the show. You might find it interesting. But first let me invite you to become a subscriber to Rebel News Plus. You'll see on Rebel News plus the truck and what this big shot was talking about. Go to rebelnewsplus.com, click subscribe. It's eight bucks a month. You, you get the video version and the satisfaction of keeping Rebel News strong so that we are independent of these political big shots and we do not have to jump when they call us and demand we do So. A little interesting story for you ahead tonight. We finally found a billboard that the Toronto police object to. And no, it's not in support of Hamas. It's December 19th and this is the Ezra Levant Show. Shame on you, you censorious. Bu. You know, I'm Jewish. I grew up in Calgary, which is a very un. Jewish city, very small Jewish community. And I always thought of Toronto as the big city. And it has about 200,000 Jews in it, which coming from Calgary, which had, when I was growing up, maybe 5,000 Jews, seemed huge. Like there's so many Jewish schools and synagogues and kosher restaurants. It seemed like a little slice of Israel or like going to New York itself. That's how it felt. And the Jews were in high stations in life in Toronto. Doctors and lawyers, even politicians. The great mayor Mel Lastman was Jewish. And I think the Jews got along pretty well with people in Toronto. They got into construction with the Italians and they got along with the Greeks. It was sort of a. A very happy harmony. At least that's what it seemed like to me growing up. The point I'm trying to make is that I looked at Toronto as a pretty Jewish city or at least a city where it was very easy to be Jewish. Well, that's changed, I'll tell you that. Now that I'm a resident of Toronto, I live not far from an intersection of Bathurst and Shepherd. Bathurst is a north south road around which, along which I'd say most of the Jewish community lives. So if you were to start in midtown and drive north on Bathurst, you could drive for half an hour, and on each side you would see kosher supermarkets or schools or synagogues. You would see Orthodox Jews with their black hats and whatnot. And you would say, oh, this is the Jewish part of town. There's the Chinatown, there's the Greek town. This is the Jewish part of town. But a few terrible things have started happening since the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. Now that was a shocking attack, as you probably know, as the largest death toll, the worst murder of Jews since the Holocaust itself. And that's a terrible thing. And it caused a war. Israel reacted to Hamas in Gaza, and it soon spread throughout the region. But I remember saying in those very early days, I should dig up my old quotes about it. I was far more worried about what's happening in, in Toronto, in other Canadian cities in America, in the west, than I am about what's happening in Israel itself, because Israel has a strong military. But more than that, Israel is awake to what's going on. Israel doesn't fool itself thinking diversity is our strength. Israel is, I suppose you could call it, multicultural and multiracial. There's people of different backgrounds there in different religions. But it is very alert and awake to the risks involved there. Not us. Here in Canada, we have a completely porous border. And over the last, I'd say, 20 years, we have brought in so many people who, simply put, have brought anti Semitism with them, and a number have brought violence or at least extreme political activism with them. What's worse is they have been activated by foreign agents. For years, it's been reported that the government of Iran has used Canada as their playground where they can whip up anti Semitic meetings on short notice. Well, that went into high gear after October 7th. Before Israel even reacted and responded to the attack from Gaza, there were marches throughout Toronto condemning the Jews, threatening the Jews, accusing the Jews of horrendous things, and calling for a genocide of the Jews. They would use words that might seem cryptic to ordinary Canadians, like from the river to the sea, but that just means extinguishing all Jews within its geography, from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean Sea. Globalize the intifada. Intifada is an Arabic word meaning pogrom or a riot. And those ideas have started to come true in the west, most atrociously just the other day in Bondi beach in Australia, where two Muslim migrant terrorists shot dead and wounded dozens of Jewish Australians. We haven't had a massacre on that scale in Canada yet. But I fear it's only a matter of time. As you know, a Jewish day school in Toronto called Baskaya Mushka has been attacked on three separate occasions by gunshots. A synagogue on Bayview Avenue in Toronto has been vandalized on 10 separate occasions. As you know, we've covered it quite regularly. Pro Hamas protesters walk through Jewish residential communities shouting at men, women and children they encounter in the streets. There have been vandalisms, uttering of threats, assaults, and all sorts of other mischief. And to see the way that they've been treated with kid gloves as compared to, say, the truckers is astonishing. And that's the subject of my monologue today. I've seen how the police can react when they want to. I've seen them brutally arrest and jail and punish the truckers. I've seen what they've done to the men in Coutts, Alberta, some of whom are still in prison. That's what the government does to politically disfavored groups. In the case of Tamara Leach, people who oppose forced vaccines or forced lockdowns, those are the worst people. But people who walk through Jewish communities, and these are foreign nationals, mind you, these aren't fellow Canadian citizens. I don't think fellow Canadian citizens would even do that. These are foreign nationals under the direction of foreign governments walking through our streets in Canada and screaming anti Semitic abuse at people. It's outrageous. But it has been tolerated for two years. And in the wake of the Bondi massacre, a lot of people in Canada said, oh, my God, we're next. We're so obviously going to be next. One of the things that I think upset me the most about Bondi beach in Australia was that the Jewish community which had gathered to celebrate Hanukkah on the beach, they had guards. I think they had five guards there. But they were unarmed. What use is that? Are you going to challenge a terrorist to an arm wrestle or something? If you don't have a firearm, what exactly are you, other than an usher or something? What's the same thing here in Canada? There are dozens of Jewish schools and synagogues and Jewish centers, community centers, and none of them have armed guards. And armed terrorists like we saw in Australia would cut through them like a hot knife through butter. And gun crime is rampant in Ontario. It's not hard. And the rest of the country too. It wouldn't be hard for a terrorist to get a hold of a firearm and do horrific things in Canada, just like they did in Australia. And so the last week in Toronto has been interesting as The Jewish community realizes what happened in Bondi beach could just as easily have happened in Canada. And if we don't do anything about it, it probably will. Now, that sparked this interesting conversation on radio where Canada's pro Hamas mayor, Olivia Chao, Toronto's pro Hamas mayor, who refuses to show up at most events, who is so totally dedicated to the pro Hamas movement, she, obviously feeling the scrutiny, was asked why none of these pro Hamas protesters are charged. They utter threats, they block roads and sidewalks, they commit assault, they violate noise regulations with their PA systems where they shout at Jews. And I'm not even talking about the actual hate crimes. I'm talking about the crime crimes.

[B]

We.

[A]

Why have there been so few, if any, charges? Well, here's what the mayor said.

[C]

So at some point, they said they have a lawyer at the police headquarters that look at cases and said, okay, there's no hope of you getting anywhere, so don't bother. So, which is why sometimes they don't do charges. And I think the chief is coming to your.

[D]

He's here tomorrow. He'll be in that chair.

[C]

Yeah, exactly. Ask him about that.

[D]

I'm never confident it's a very comfortable.

[C]

Chair, but ask him about that because I've asked exactly the same thing. Why can't you arrest more and charge more? A. There's the human rights, the charter rights concern, and that some of the charges basically thrown out. So why. Why keep doing it if it doesn't work?

[A]

Right. The mayor, in other words, is implying that she thinks there should be charges laid, but there aren't, and it's because of the bloody police department. And in particular, there's a lawyer at the police department named Falguni Debnath who won't let any charges go through. Well, that's quite newsy, isn't it? Well, next up was Toronto's police chief, who was invited on the same channel to answer, and he said that the mayor was making it up. Well, he didn't quite use that language, but he basically called her a liar. Here, take a listen.

[D]

And when the mayor says that there is a lawyer who is advised do not engage, do not arrest, is she in error?

[A]

Well, listen, I don't know where she's getting that narrative.

[D]

She says you.

[A]

Yeah, well, we didn't have a discussion that would suggest quite the way that's been framed. So. So the mayor is saying there ought to be charges, but the general counsel, the senior lawyer, the police is stopping them before they can be made. And the police chief is saying that ain't true. Well, Our friend Joe Warmington wrote about this in the Toronto sun and named the general counsel, the lawyer involved. I mentioned her name a moment ago, Falguni Debnath. And not a lot is known about her. I've seen reports that she was born in Pakistan and that she worked once at the United nations in some sort of war crimes inquiry. And those three things aren't necessarily alarm bells. But when you have someone who comes from Pakistan, which is an inherently anti Semitic country, it's an Islamic supremacist country, a terrorist country, really. It's where a lot of terrorists are from, who works for the un, which is an inherently anti Semitic organization. And on war crimes or other matters like that, which typically means accusing America and Israel of those things, one would want to know. Well, is this woman the reason that there have been few, if any, charges made? It's an excellent question, and it comes not from mere speculation, but from this war between the mayor and the police chief. And so our friend Joe Warmington wrote about it in the Toronto sun, and he did a good job. Holy smokes. Did the police ever unleash on him? They sent a hail of emails threatening him in bizarre ways. But to their credit, the Toronto sun stood by their man. It was quite something. Stephanie Sayre, the press attache for the Toronto police, said to Joe that there would be consequences to him if he continued to report it and didn't delete his stories. What does that mean? Would he be sued? Would he be arrested and maybe charged with something? No charges for the Hamas supporters, just charges for a journalist who embarrasses the police chief. Or would it be more. I mean, the police are packing heat. What would they do exactly to Joe? To the son's credit, they backed him up. We saw that and we thought. We have a lot of questions about this, too. This is a real news story. So we deployed our big, beautiful billboard truck asking simple questions. Who is Falguni Debnath? Is she the reason that these charges are not made? Who's telling the truth? The mayor or the police chief? Here's a little look at David Menzies with our big, beautiful truck parked right outside police headquarters.

[B]

Hey, detective. Is Ms. Debnath setting policy for the police? Why are my questions instilling fear in the hearts of those who are packing heaters? I don't get it. Hi, ma'.

[A]

Am.

[B]

How you doing?

[A]

Good.

[B]

What do you think about the lawyer for the police service? Falguni Debnath, setting policy in terms of who to arrest and not to arrest.

[C]

To Be honest, this is the first.

[A]

Time I see this.

[B]

Oh, okay then.

[C]

Sorry about that.

[B]

Are you gonna sign our petition to fire the chief?

[C]

I have to go now.

[B]

Oh, okay. Have a nice day. What do you think about the lawyer setting policing policy?

[D]

No, no, I feel that that's skipping due process, which should apply to everyone fairly and equally, so. That's not fair. I would say.

[B]

I couldn't agree with you more, sir. I thought the whole idea of law enforcement is that when you see a crime and you make an arrest and you let the courts sort it out, right?

[D]

Gather the evidence and hand it over to the judge. And that's their job to weigh in on that, not anyone below them.

[B]

Lincoln J and I have been here for about half an hour. We got another half hour to go before college turns into a tow away zone. And you know, they would love to tow away this baby. That would be a trophy catch for them, wouldn't it? But it's funny. Absolutely no engagement with any of the cops. I'll take that as a W compared to, oh, I don't know, getting arrested. Happened to me five times last year. Three times by the Toronto Police Service. Happened to my boss, Ezra, once last year. Just for practicing journalism in public. Hey, guys, what do you think about Falguni Debneth? Is it okay that she's setting police policy? Hi, sir, what do you think about Falguni Debnes setting police policy? Okay, thank you. Merry Christmas. Hi, ma'. Am. What do you think of Falguni Debnes setting policy for the police?

[A]

Is it me?

[B]

Is my English not understandable or am I encountering a disproportionate number of deaf people working at police headquarters?

[A]

Well, holy smokes, did the police effort to silence Joe ever backfire? Not only did Joe continue to write his story in the Toronto sun, but we brought our beautiful billboard truck, which cannot be missed. It's so big and bright and every cop going in and out of the police headquarters would have seen it. Wouldn't surprise me if the police chief himself sort of peeked through the blinds to see that truck. Well, I think the police know better than to call us up and threaten us. But they contacted Joe again to threaten him. I mentioned the police spokesman, Stephanie Sayre, who said that the appearance of our truck was, quote, a direct result of Joe's reporting. So she was blaming the truck being there on Joe. In a way, I suppose it's indirectly true because we followed the story and learned about the police threat from Joe and we acted on our own to deploy the truck. But holy smokes, a media aide, a media communications director who does not like the media and thinks she can silence them. Now, to their credit, they haven't tried to threaten me the same way they threatened Joe. And I think it's because Joe has sort of other bosses on top of him, whereas I suppose I only answer to our viewers. But a funny thing happened yesterday, and I want to be very careful how I describe it, because I was asked if I would take a phone call from a very, very senior person in the Toronto Police, and if I would take that phone call on a confidential basis and not report it, would I take a phone call off the record? And I thought to myself, well, if I say no, I'm not going to get the phone call and I won't know anything. But if I take a phone call off the record without reporting it or recording it, at least I'll have some information that maybe can color my other work. Even if I can't report it, I can know and I'd be no further behind. So I agreed to accept the phone call on those conditions, and I'm going to honor those conditions because I don't want people to think that if I agree to keep something private, that I'll break that promise. But let me just tell you what's most astonishing, and I'll just sum it up by saying I was asked by this extremely senior person to withdraw the truck and no longer ask the questions, to which I said, well, has the mayor withdrawn her accusation? Because that's really all we're doing. You saw the truck. It's based on what the mayor said. The mayor says that this lawyer, Falguni Debmath at the Toronto Police Station is the reason that none of these pro Hamas types are getting charged. If the mayor still believes that, if she still says that, if she still accuses of that, I'm going to report that news. If the mayor recants and says I was mistaken, okay, we'll report that as well. And maybe we'll have to change up the truck. I have Never, in my 10 years of running Rebel News received a phone call like the one I received, and I'm not going to say anymore to identify who it was, and I'm not going to particularize what was said. Suffice it to say that we were asked to take that truck down and we weren't and we didn't. Rather, in fact, to make the point, we sent the truck out again today. What's going on here? What's going on here? Well, on the immediate level, there's an attempt to intimidate. I mean, I don't know. They must not know me if they think that a call from a big shot cop is going to make me afraid. You know, I actually ended the phone call. I'll tell you what I said. I said, call anytime and if you want to meet me, feel free to arrest me. That's what I said to him. I was being a little bit cheeky, but yeah, no, we don't roll over for anybody. If we do something that's wrong, and if you can convince us we've done something wrong, we'll correct it or retract it or whatever. I mean, every now and then we get it wrong. But we reported what the mayor said. We got it right. We don't take instructions from police. We're not in a police state. And in fact, we think the police in Toronto are not living up to their duties to arrest actual criminals. And you know that they've been arresting rebel news reporters time and time and time again. I just made a joke about me being arrested, but in fact, I was arrested at that very intersection I've been describing to you at Bathurst and Shepherd here. Remember when I was arrested, acting Inspector.

[E]

Ford told me they had a media area for you and you guys stayed in it.

[A]

We did not.

[B]

Came back.

[A]

We did not. Well, because it's not up to him to say you have free speech there, but not here.

[E]

Well, yeah, because you're inciting this crowd and then it breaches the peace. Well, your presence is inciting them, and that's exactly what you're trying to do.

[A]

I'm a Jew.

[E]

No, because you're trying to incite them.

[A]

I haven't tried to incite them. I want you to take a picture of the hate crime that you've done.

[E]

It on the other side. You didn't need to walk over here.

[A]

No, I wanted to go out.

[E]

Okay, Now I'm going to tell you to move over there, and if you don't cross the road, you'll get arrested for breach of the peace. So you're refusing to leave?

[A]

I'm refusing to leave. Why? Because I'm a Jew. I'm a citizen and I'm your boss, and I don't leave because you say Jews aren't on the streets.

[E]

In the interest of keeping peace here and public safety, you're under arrest for breach of the peace. Take a minute.

[A]

I was arrested for standing on the sidewalk. There was a horde of dozens of pro Hamas activists who were Standing right there. And they weren't arrested themselves. You see my point? Why would they arrest me? Did Falguni Debnath say, oh, you can arrest the Jewish, but not the Muslims? What was the legal advice there, I wonder? Or our friend David Menzies, who's been arrested time and time again simply for reporting on these Hamas extremists. Here's a sample of some of those.

[B]

Who are you guys? What do you mean, you guys? Yeah, my grandfather spent five years of his life fighting the Nazis. You think I'm going to bend the knee to the Islam? No. What's more, crime on my committee. Come on. Enforce the law. Obey your oath. What am I doing here, huh?

[A]

Hey, hey.

[B]

This is the King's highway.

[A]

I'm not going to move.

[E]

What is going on here?

[A]

We just want you.

[B]

Guys, guys, guys.

[A]

Excuse me.

[B]

We're trying to put him behind. Hey, hey, hey.

[A]

That's my guy.

[E]

That's my guy.

[A]

Stay back, guys, stay back. Hey, stay back. Stay back. Stop pushing forward. Do you see why this is an important story? They're threatening Joe Warmington, and I think they tried to intimidate me, but either I was too stupid to understand it or too stubborn to go with it. They're trying to stop coverage, stop asking questions about the mayor's accusation that the police itself refused to prosecute pro Hamas extremists, and in so doing, in making threats against Joe Warmington, I guessing they were trying to threaten me. I'm just too stupid to realize it. They were showing they were taking a harder line against peaceful journalism than they do against pro Hamas activism. The fact that they arrested David time and again and even arrested me, but wouldn't arrest these foreign nationals who are not only whipping up antisemitism, but are breaking the law in the ways I outlined earlier. Don't you think this is quite a news story after all? I should tell you, the people of Toronto think so. Here's an image from the Toronto sun website, which shows the hottest stories by view count. You might think that the story I've just described is a little bit of inside baseball that no one would care about. Well, if that's what you think, you'd be wrong. The number one story on the Toronto sun website is precisely Joe Warmington describing this. I think we've got a problem, Toronto. We have some sort of blockage, and it rings true that it could be this Falguni Debnath Alashi isn't talking to any journalists, so all we have is our speculation and the mayor's accusation. I'm less concerned about politics and gossip and inside baseball than I am about the fact that every week these pro Hamas activists take to the streets and every night somewhere in the greater Toronto area there is some anti Semitic vandalism, shooting Molotov cocktails in Montreal, vandalism of synagogues. That's actually what I'm worried about. And I'm worried that if someone like those Bondi beach terrorists came to the idea that they were going to take steps and murder some Jews, they could find it easy to do so. In fact, I see in the papers today that there was a young man who was already caught up in our justice system who was arrested with firearms and was planning to kill Jewish students, female girl, Jewish students. He was planning on. And he was arrested before he had a chance. Now, had he acted on his plans, I don't know if he could have been stopped. I truly think it's only a matter of time before one of the hundreds of thousands of extremist anti Semitic Muslim migrants to this country says I'm going to do what ISIS encourages me to do, what Hamas encourages me to do, and what the hero and the martyrs in Australia did. I'm very worried about that. And I'm worried about that because nothing has been done. And if the reason nothing has been done is because of a Pakistani born United nations lawyer at the Toronto Police Service who stops any charges from being made, well, that's an important story to tell and I'm glad the Toronto sun is telling it. I'm glad Joe Warmington is not scared and I'm glad I'm obviously too stupid to realize when I'm being threatened by a senior member of the police. Stay with us. More ahead. Hey, welcome back. You, you know, the other day we announced that Tamara Leach, the Joan of Arc of the truckers, is joining Rebel News and that was a bit of work to accomplish because we had to approve her job description with her probation officer. I know that sounds nuts, but remember, she's under house arrest so we need to let the government know every time she has to go and do a story, come to a meeting, travel and it's a bit of a hassle. But on the other hand, I look at it as a way that she can be productive and do things. Of course, she worked with Rebel News before she was sentenced by the court. So this is a continuation of that. So Tamara Leach was very exciting, but you may have seen and keen eyed viewers who love their rebel videos would have seen that we have recently brought on board Another journalist, too, who has done, I don't know, three or four stories already. And I thought, well, good heavens, let's invite her on the show to do a proper introduction. Joining us now via Zoom, and is our latest talent, Scarlet. Scarlet, great to see you and thanks for your work over the last couple of weeks. Welcome aboard.

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Thank you. I'm having a blast. Doesn't feel like work at all.

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You know what, I feel the same way because these are things that I want to talk about. These are places I want to go. So going with the rebel brand, a few things happen. First of all, a lot of people know Rebel. So they know, okay, this is going to be populace. This is going to be on the side of the little guy. And in the case of, you know, the Palestinian protests, people know we're on the side of Canadians, and we're not on the side of the Palestinian Hamas. We're not on the side of people shrieking about jihad. So when you wear that rebel hat or that rebel shirt to go out there, our reputation precedes you. You yourself have a strong reputation, or why don't you tell our viewers a little bit about yourself?

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Yeah, well, I guess my life changed when I went to the freedom convoy in 2022, and I went kind of on a whim. I first saw the whisperings of it on Facebook and I was like, yes, somebody's doing something about this. Full support. And then last minute, I decided to go to Ottawa. I thought it was just going to be the weekend, and I ended up staying three and a half weeks. And it changed my life in every way. I met all of the new people that I know now. Through that, I wasn't afraid to hold my opinion back anymore. I was in the art scene before, so, you know, very left dominated. But the freedom convoy freed me. So I just kept speaking up and speaking my mind, and it's eventually led me here, I guess.

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You know, it was a crucible for so many people to wake up, and it changed things. I mean, Erin o' Toole was deposed as leader of the Conservatives, Jason Kenney in Alberta. So it had huge seismic effects in politics, in journalism, and I think in the hearts and minds of millions of Canadians. So your story is interesting and it's not unique. A lot of people, that was their awakening. I have seen you on a number of occasions at some of these street, I'm not gonna say street battles, but there have been street protests in Toronto, pro Israel ones. And I'm also going to say pro Hamas. Some people say, oh, why Are you saying pro Hamas? They're really pro Palestinian? No, no. At these protests I've been to, they are pro Hamas. They're even once had its reenactment of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. A lot of them dress like terrorists. I've seen you there as an activist. Why don't you tell me a little bit about that?

[F]

Well, October 7th happened, and at that point I wasn't fully informed of the entirety of the Palestine Israel conflict. I knew a little bit, I talked about it with my mom in the past, but I didn't know everything. But my initial reaction was to. I was hurting for Israel. After the horrendous footage we saw. Oh my God. And then, I don't even think it was two days later I was in Ottawa for a freedom related event and I saw my first pro Palestine protest. I had to look up what the flag was. I didn't anything. And then I saw that these people were supporting what had happened on October 7, and my mind was blown. I'm like, after what I just saw, there are people in our streets in the capitol supporting this. So I took a step back and I was like, I need to educate myself. I took like a month or two just reading, watching documentaries, talking to people, and eventually came back to my initial instinct to stand with Israel even more. So now that I've learned more and the fact that more people aren't speaking up for the Jewish community here, even you don't even have to be standing up for Israel. But the Jewish people here blows my mind. Like, we learned about this in school. We learned about what happened leading up to World War II. It's history repeating. And because people are not speaking up like I am, I feel like I have to be even louder.

[A]

Wow. I mean, I share your view. I'm not so concerned about Israel. I think Israel can take care of itself. It's a tough little country. I'm worried about Canada. I'm worried about threats of violence here. I'm worried about people shrieking, people walking through residential areas shrieking at anyone who looks Jewish. Like, I can't believe what's happening here. Forget about over there. I'm worried about Canada. Well, there's one more story. In fact, let me throw to the next story because in the last couple of weeks you've done a few things. You've covered the weekly protest at this intersection of Bathurst and Shepherd. Let me just throw to a clip of that. And then I want to show another clip where you went to Markham, Ontario, which is part of the Greater Toronto area to talk about an MP who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to Liberals. So first, here's one of your first reports at that weekly protest where Palestinian and Jewish Canadians face off. Here, take a look.

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Australia was blessed with this modern day.

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Maccabee who spoke the word of God and spoke the truth. Rabbi Schlanger is now dead, but his message of truth will echo throughout the ages.

[F]

Are you seeing a lot of parallels with what's happening in Australia and here in Canada as well? Absolutely. I mean, it can happen right now for all we know. It's, it's devastating.

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There's a great phrase.

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I don't know who came up with.

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It, but first they come for the Saturday people, then they come for the Sunday people.

[F]

And exactly. Is there a reason that we're in the Garden Jewish neighborhood, the largest Jewish neighborhood in Canada today on the, after the first night of Hanukkah, nobody has an answer why we're in a Jewish neighborhood on the first night of Hanukkah. No, Scarlett.

[A]

Now you were saying that this was actually a, a special event. There was a menorah lighting for the holiday of Hanukkah, but it looked like the Hamas side was there still blasting away. Tell me, tell me. And they sort of swarmed you, but you kept, you kept your calm, you kept your po. You know, you were, you're well composed. Tell me a little bit about that.

[F]

Yeah, so like I explained in the report, the pro Israel rallies that are at the end, that were at the intersection of Bathurst and Shepherd, they actually concluded in October once all of the living hostages had returned. But the pro Hamas side continued to show up every Sunday in the same neighborhood. And because they didn't have specific crowds at Target, they started going through residential areas, carrying on, doing their thing. So they are there every Sunday anyways. But we have come back this past Sunday for the first night of Hanukkah for the menorah lighting. And yeah, I of course interviewed people on the, on the, in the Jewish community. And then towards the end, we were like, maybe we can get an opinion from the other side. Let's see how it goes. Normally the police do not let anybody from the Israel side of the street crossed the street to the pro Palestine protesters. But I think because I was doing journalism, I had the guise of being with the press. They let me that time and they just, the police just watched as they, they swarmed me, tried to have a conversation, ask a few of them why they thought it was appropriate to be there on the first night of Hanukkah. No justifiable argument, of course, just shrieking, yelling around me. But I've done that before, I'm used to it.

[A]

Yeah, protesting against a Jewish holiday sort of shows it's not about Israel or this land or that land. They just don't like Jews, which I think they'll admit if they're candid. You were also, you had a tough job. Markham is an interesting place and their MP just switched sides. I understand from reports that he had met with the Chinese Embassy just a few days earlier and I haven't seen an answer to that. I don't know if he's confirmed or denied that. But an mp, a Chinese Canadian MP in a riding that is hotly contested, by which the Chinese influence. I'm not talking about Chinese Canadian influence, I'm talking about the People's Republic of China is messing around. This is one of the 11 districts that was compromised and suddenly a Chinese Canadian MP crosses the floor. Looks pretty fishy. You went there and ordinary people on the street, a lot of them were not comfy with it. Here's a clip of your streeters in Markham.

[F]

Curative to liberal crossing the floor.

[A]

Yeah, it's great.

[F]

You think it's a good thing?

[A]

Oh yeah. The Red Liberal government sees itself as a player. It is picking winners and losers through that age old enemy of human progress, central planning and interventionism.

[F]

He is. To me he's a two head snake. Did you support him as a Conservative?

[A]

Yes.

[F]

Yes. So do you feel that you're being represented by the switch?

[A]

I don't think it looked tough to get people. I mean it's hard to get people to stop and talk, especially when it's cold out. But you spoke to one Chinese Canadian who said she was not pleased at all by this. Do you think this is just going to blow over because there was another MP from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia who crossed the floor a few weeks ago too? I guess there's really nothing you can do about it. But are the grassroots in Markham, do they seem angry?

[F]

Yeah, yeah, they do. There's been. There was a protest last week or I believe on Monday in front of his office that we covered. And then there's going to be another one tomorrow at I believe 2pm they're not happy and they have a reason to be upset. They voted for a Conservative candidate, not a Liberal one. Unfortunately, as it seems with most liberal scandals. I think the Liberals are just going to try and ignore it until it blows over. But I don't think that protesters are going to stop Anytime soon.

[A]

Yeah, very interesting. Well, Scarlett, welcome aboard. And I know you're going to learn our tricks of the trade from our whole team, whether it's our chief reporter, Sheila Gonreid, our managing editor, Tamara Ugolini, David the Menzo Menzies. There's a whole bunch of people here who have been doing that rebel style of journalism for years, and we're at your disposal. We look forward to your work. Now, you're going to take a break over Christmas, as all of us will, but you're going to start with, I think you're going to be doing something in the field tomorrow, but I'm really looking forward to starting the new year with a bang with you. And thank you so much for joining our team. I think you've got the number one element of being a rebel, and I told you this when we interviewed you for the position. The number one thing a rebel news journalism has to have is courage. Courage to say something that someone might not want to hear. The courage to speak truth to power. You showed that courage when you were at Bathurst and Shepherd were surrounded by screaming pro Hamas protesters. And you didn't blink. So I think you've got the courage in spades. And the rest will come in time. So congratulations.

[F]

Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. I'm really excited.

[A]

Right on. Great to see that. Scarlet Grace, the latest rebel. Stay with us. Your letters to me next. Hey, welcome back. Your letters to me. On Michelle Rampel Garner's conversation about immigration, Rena says, I agree with Michelle on all immigration issues 100%. I think a little more needs to be done above what Michelle has mentioned. The only way to get back to normal immigration standard before 2015 re migration. That's the word. We have to send these folks home. Donald Trump's doing it. Nando Farage says he's going to do it. Austria looks like they're going to do it. Sweden is doing it in a small way. I think Denmark and Norway might as well. I think it's the only way to fix the problem because it's untenable. Memory Lane Canada says, I live in the same neighborhood as you, Ezra. I'm not Jewish. But I too share your concerns about the chips and hummus group at that exact corner every weekend. Because simply by living in this neighborhood, I become Jewish by association. I've been in this neighborhood for over 35 years. It is not the neighborhood it was prior to 2020. Not coincidentally, things began to change in 2015. Yeah, in 2015. Justin Trudeau, first of all, switched sides on the Palestinian, Jewish, Israel question. But more importantly, let in literally millions of people who not only hate the Jews, but hate Christians and hate Canada, too. Paul Kay says all you have to do is look at the present immigration minister and you will know why. It's a complete mess. Our current immigration minister, I mean, they really give it to the weakest member of cabinet each time. It's crazy. Fantable says Canada is finished, destroyed beyond repair. Well, you might be right, but there's enough chance that you're wrong that it's worth fighting. And I think people are starting to get fed up. Remember, it wasn't just Michelle Remel Garner who said that. When I spoke to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith a few days ago, she said she was in favor of dramatic changes to immigration, including a new rule that you couldn't get social services in Alberta until you paid in for, I think she said 10 years. So that would dissuade a lot of people from coming to this country and maybe get the remigration process happening. Well, that's our show for today. Until next time, on behalf of all of us at Rebel World headquarters, to you at home, good night and keep fighting for freedom.