SHEILA GUNN REID | New Year's Eve '12 Days of Cringemas' Special

Summary

Rebel News Podcast – SHEILA GUNN REID | New Year's Eve '12 Days of Cringemas' Special

Host: Sheila Gunn Reid
Guest: Lise Merle
Date: January 1, 2026

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Overview of the Episode

This festive special of The Gunn Show delivers a whirlwind recap of the most "cringe-worthy" political and cultural moments of 2025, with a heavy dose of irreverence and satire. Sheila Gunn Reid, joined by her friend and fellow Rebel News personality Lise Merle, revisits notorious highlights from the past year in Canadian news and politics, dubbing it the "12 Days of Cringemas." With scathing humor, the two dissect everything from awkward political gaffes to what they see as the excessive "virtue signaling" of public figures, rewarding bad behavior in institutions, and the transformation of public life into performance art. If you appreciate sharp conservative commentary, pointed critiques of Canadian progressive and institutional elites, and a dose of holiday camaraderie, this wrap-up episode encapsulates it all.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introducing the 'Cringemas' Format

• [00:14-02:00] Sheila sets the irreverent tone, explaining this episode’s premise—to laugh at "the moral and intellectual superiors" who, as Lise puts it, run the asylum.
  • "So important to poke fun at the people who appoint themselves...our moral and intellectual superiors...if you really watch them, they're amoral idiots, by and large." — Sheila [02:06]
• The 'Daily Cringe' segment they co-created becomes the episode's backbone, collecting the year’s most notable public blunders or "cringes."

2. The Canadian Military’s Apology on Racism

• [03:22-06:03] The pair mock the public apology from Canada’s Chief of Defense Staff for systemic racism.
  • "It's just so touching that our military is concentrating on hurt feelings instead of fighting bad guys." — Lise [04:46]
  • Critique: The focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is contrasted with logistical and morale issues (e.g., "deploying without appropriate gear") in the armed forces.
  • "On the first day of cringe-mas, my bestie gave to me, the military crying like sissies." — Lise [05:21]

3. Drag Queen Pastor in Church

• [06:15-12:44] A video of a drag queen addressing children in a Canadian church prompts a lengthy discussion about secularization and progressive Christian trends.
  • Concerns are raised about the absence of Christian symbols, with an emphasis on LGBTQ+ representation.
  • "Literally encouraging parishioners and young children to dip their toe into drag, to maybe just try it out, see if they like it." — Lise [08:39]
  • Sheila connects the event to broader cultural trends, lamenting what she calls the "fruits of the Reformation" and discussing "chasing happiness instead of goodness" as societal decay.
  • "That is a violation of the first commandment that you will have no other gods but the God, because that is a person...remaking himself..." — Sheila [10:38]

4. Alberta MLA Janis Irwin's 'Street Dance'

• [12:44-17:03] Sheila and Lise target an NDP legislator’s public dance video, mocking the "lineup of cameras" and the use of taxpayer funds.
  • "Barefoot Gary Busey dancing in an outdoor urinal." — Lise [14:02]
  • They connect the performance to what they see as political unseriousness and out-of-touch leadership, referencing COVID-era "hospital TikTok dances."
  • "I'm not taking advice about communicable diseases from that person ever. Never." — Sheila [16:54]

5. Mark Carney and Diana Fox Carney’s Awkward Dance

• [17:31-19:16] The duo share a viral dance video by Mark Carney and his wife, ridiculing both performance and political implications.
  • "Full body dry heave, set to music." — Sheila [19:00]
  • "If you saw somebody doing that...in the olden days, they would be like, 'stick a spoon in his mouth, he's having a seizure.'" — Sheila [19:16]
  • This is used as a stand-in for broader dissatisfaction among Canadian conservatives with the Toronto "elite."

6. Doug Ford, Danielle Smith, and the Trade War with the US

• [19:55-26:08] Multiple Ford soundbites are examined as Sheila and Lise critique Ontario’s handling of cross-border trade, tariffs, and U.S. relations.
  • Satirical commentary on political strategizing and leadership choices: "Was it a good idea to send Doug Ford...your point person, foreign affairs minister on this?" — Sheila [21:10]
  • "Keep calling the president names, Doug. Let's keep watching you keep losing." — Lise [24:10]
  • The economic fallout (job losses, manufacturing industry woes) is mocked as result of juvenile rhetoric.

7. Doug Ford’s Crown Royal Stunt

• [26:08-28:31] Ford’s symbolic dumping of Crown Royal whiskey and his "dumb as a bag of hammers" comment get special derision.
  • Lise lampoons the spectacle: "...dribbles out of the bottle like a middle aged man with prostate issues...just, just, just hardly dribbles."
  • “No, Doug, you are. That's bottled in Gimli, Manitoba. Who's the hammer now?” — Sheila [27:48]

8. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s Festival Dancing

• [28:31-32:49] Multiple clips of the new Toronto mayor’s dance routines at public events become a motif for politicians prioritizing optics over substance.
  • "I try to keep my genitals under wraps when I do [dance]." — Sheila [28:31]
  • "This really illustrates the selfie culture that...is hijacking politics." — Lise [31:18]
  • Reference to St. Vitus's Dance as an allegory for politicians’ performative mania amidst real crises: “I think we’re in the middle part of St. Vitus’s Dance.”

9. Elizabeth May’s Singing and Ostrich Commentary

• [33:08-37:54] Green leader Elizabeth May is gently mocked for an impromptu Joni Mitchell rendition and detailed commentary on ostrich (avian flu) policy.
  • "You know when you spend like way too much time at a wine bar...that is what just happened to Elizabeth May there." — Lise [33:25]
  • The ostrich segment is used as an example of political tribalism trumping fair policy: “She says it makes her sympathize with the ostriches less...so the ostriches have less right to live, less right to fair treatment...because you don't like the people who like the birds.” — Sheila [37:54]

10. Elizabeth May, Trade Wars & Accusations of White Supremacy

• [39:11-41:24] A final Elizabeth May soundbite includes her listing of white supremacy and misogyny as problems in foreign policy.
  • “There’s something pathological about Elizabeth May’s need to get in front of a camera and act a fool.” — Sheila [39:48]
  • The hosts lament the ongoing re-election of May and what they see as media complicity in not holding her accountable.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "It's just so touching that our military is concentrating on hurt feelings instead of fighting bad guys." — Lise Merle [04:46]
• "On the first day of cringe-mas, my bestie gave to me, the military crying like sissies." — Lise Merle [05:21]
• "Literally encouraging parishioners and young children to dip their toe into drag, to maybe just try it out..." — Lise Merle [08:39]
• "[Janis Irwin is a] barefoot Gary Busey dancing in an outdoor urinal." — Lise Merle [14:02]
• "Full body dry heave, set to music." — Sheila Gunn Reid [19:00]
• "Keep calling the president names, Doug. Let's keep watching you keep losing." — Lise Merle [24:10]
• "No, Doug, you are [the hammer]. That's bottled in Gimli, Manitoba. Who's the hammer now?" — Sheila Gunn Reid [27:48]
• "I try to keep my genitals under wraps when I do [dance]." — Sheila Gunn Reid [28:31]
• "This really illustrates the selfie culture that...is hijacking politics." — Lise Merle [31:18]
• "There’s something pathological about Elizabeth May’s need to get in front of a camera and act a fool." — Sheila Gunn Reid [39:48]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening banter & show setup – [00:14-02:00]
• Canadian military apology – [03:22-06:03]
• Drag queen in church discussion – [06:15-12:44]
• Janis Irwin TikTok/dancing – [12:44-17:03]
• Carney dance segment – [17:31-19:16]
• Doug Ford, trade war critique – [19:55-28:03]
• Doug Ford’s whiskey stunt – [26:08-28:31]
• Olivia Chow’s dancing – [28:31-32:49]
• Elizabeth May sings & ostrich debate – [33:08-37:54]
• Elizabeth May’s policy speech – [39:11-41:24]

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Conclusion & Final Thoughts

Sheila wraps up solo, expressing gratitude for the audience and briefly reflecting on the year’s madness—affirming the importance of maintaining humor amid national challenges and wishing listeners a Happy New Year.

"Sometimes it's like we said off the top of the show, you can either laugh or cry. And I would much rather, most days, laugh." — Sheila [41:24]

Final words:
"Don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to think." — Sheila Gunn Reid

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Summary at a Glance

• Theme: Year-end satirical rundown of Canadian political/cultural "cringe-mas" moments.
• Style: Rapid-fire, irreverent, heavy on conservative culture-war criticism.
• Most memorable targets: Canadian military, progressive churches, NDP and Green politicians, Doug Ford, Olivia Chow, Mark Carney, Elizabeth May.
• Tone: Sarcastic, mocking, but with undercurrents of traditionalist concern and camaraderie.

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For those who haven't listened:
This episode delivers the year’s top "cringe" moments as seen by Sheila and Lise, skewering the Canadian progressive establishment with humor, skepticism, and a hefty dose of sarcasm.

Transcript

[Doug Ford]

Foreign.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

It's the 12, perhaps 13 days of cringe. Ms. I'm Sheila Gunn Reed, and you're watching the Gun Show. Well, friends, this is a recorded version of the Gun show because for at least at some point during the Christmas season, I would like to be unchained from the desk at which I'm sitting. So I've worked ahead and I've called in the big guns. Yes, I've called in my very best friend Lise Merle to help me with the show today. And there are so many double entendres there, for sure.

[Lise Merle]

I was just in my head, I was like, oh, they're never gonna let this go in the comments. That's fine.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

But I wanted to have Lisa on the show, first of all, to celebrate the approximately last two and a half weeks of her life, because as many of you know, she has become an acclaimed LGBTQ+AI author with her best selling children's book, but also best selling book about horses, Buck the Rainbow unicorn, available at bucktherainbowunicorn.com or on Amazon. And thank you to everybody who's made Lisa's book a success. She's already tearing up. Look at her. But one of the most popular segments of the show that Lisa and I do together, the Rebel Roundup on Tuesday and Wednesdays, is something that happens at the end of the show. And it's something we created together, and it's called the Daily Cringe. And we love it. Right? It's the best.

[Lise Merle]

It's our favorite segment. I look forward to it every single day. And I know the viewers do, too.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

And it's so important to poke fun at the people who appoint themselves with no authority whatsoever to be our moral and intellectual superiors, because if you really watch them, they're amoral idiots, by and large.

[Lise Merle]

Yes. Yes. We got, we got inmates running the asylum, it seems.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yes. And so what we know about people who are not good at their jobs is that they are often sensitive, very sensitive about people pointing that out, especially us peasants and plebs. And I'm happy to do it. I'm happy to do it. So the pleasure is ours.

[Lise Merle]

The pleasure is all ours.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

We're going to look back at some of the heaviest hitters, the recidivists in the Daily Cringe category. Some of them were selected by me, some of them were sent to me by lease. But we're going to look back, we're going to poke a little fun and end the, I guess, kind of a terrible year with the liberals being reelected, rewarded for 10 years of corruption with what appears to be approaching a majority. I think they're going to beg, steal, and borrow a way to get there. But in the meantime, if you're not gonna cry, you may as well laugh.

[Lise Merle]

Yes.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah. All right, so this is our second shot at recording this. I tried to do it a different way, but it nothing would cooperate. So we're trying it a similar way to what we did last year. I did a quick test run. It appears to be working, so fingers crossed. Let's go with the first daily cringe, so I'll share my screen. Green. Canada's top general cries during an apology for systemic racism in the armed forces. This made me want to jump out of my skin. Let's watch it together.

[Lise Merle]

Systemic racism, racial discrimination, and harassment are an affront to these values, and yet we allowed these injustices to occur and fester within our ranks. Therefore, on behalf of the Canadian Armed Forces, I offer my most sincere and deepest apologies. I apologize to every caf member veteran who experienced racism, discrimination, and harassment. And I acknowledged we failed you.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Oh, my goodness. Do you feel bad already? I know I do.

[Lise Merle]

Just so. It's just so touching that our military is concentrating on hurt feelings instead of fighting bad guys.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah. We have a crisis in recruitment, a crisis in retention, a crisis in procurement. They're deploying without appropriate gear, like, you know, flak jackets, helmets. Families are sending MREs, but we've got the DEI head of the military bawling.

[Lise Merle]

On camera, weeping on stage on the first day of cringe. Ms. My bestie gave to me the military crying like sissies.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

I can't. It's just so bad. Like, I just. I feel bad for the guys who signed up to the military who are like, I want to make the world a better place. I want to give back to my country.

[Lise Merle]

I'm a warrior.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

I got a sense of civic duty. And they're like, oh, oh, oh, she's the boss.

[Lise Merle]

Everybody, please, a moment of silence for the hurt feelings of somebody 30 years ago.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

I'm okay. It's terrible. It's terrible.

[Lise Merle]

It's embarrassing. It's cringeworthy.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

It's sad. Let's move on to the next one, because the next one. I almost forgot about this one till you sent it to me.

[Elizabeth May]

Oh.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

And if this isn't a United Church of Canada, I'm gonna be shocked. I'll be just amazed. Let's watch it together. Okay? This is a church in Canada with a drag queen in front of kids. Tell me this isn't a sign of the times. If you're a Christian. A sign of what? Times. Oh, the end times.

[Lise Merle]

The end ones.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

The end ones. Doesn't get any more disgusting than this. Good grief. In this house, we believe in equality, peace, kindness and love. You know what's missing here? A cross. I just like gay regalia, but I don't see a cross.

[Lise Merle]

I actually got a full on body quiver looking at that person. Just all over. Cringe. Full body cringe, guys.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

And we haven't even hit play yet. Let's hit play. Okay, here we go.

[Drag Queen Pastor]

Oh, boy, what a treat to be here this morning, as I am most Sunday mornings. Queen of the back row of the choir. I like that. You know what? I think we can. But we can punch up. Queen of the basses will also suffice. Unless Ian or Cliff, one of you wants to be the queen. No, no, but seriously, I love being a part of this community as a part of the choir. You know, music is such a beautiful way to connect with ourselves, with spirituality, with the world around us. And I'm so excited I get to share this part of me too, because let me tell you some. You can keep going. Oh, boy, that feels good. I'm really deprived for affection. No, but seriously, one of the things about drag is that unlike Vegas, what happens in drag does not necessarily stay in drag. Sometimes you put on those heels, sometimes you put on that wig, sometimes you, you try a piece of clothing that somebody said is not for you and it, it unlocks something.

[Lise Merle]

Oh, okay.

[Drag Queen Pastor]

It unlocks something fierce. Maybe unlock something. Maybe it's not fierce for you, but for me it was fierce.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

I feel like something as you can tell.

[Lise Merle]

Okay, okay. So we're soft launching cross dressing in Canadian churches is what we're doing. This is what we' doing. Literally encouraging parishioners and young children to dip their toe into drag, to maybe just try it out, see if they like it. See if they like. This is what passes for okay in Canada.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

I, I think that was the pastor. No, because he said something like, you see me here every single week. I think that might have been the pastor or part of the choir. I kept, I kept looking and looking and looking and people have corrected me. And again, I look at things through my own Catholic worldview. I've said before, I, I notice an absence of crucifix in these places. That's a Catholic thing. We like to have Jesus on the cross still. But even. Okay, where's the cross in this church? There's no cross anywhere. You can find the rainbow everywhere. Because where's the cross.

[Lise Merle]

Because believing in God or Jesus in churches isn't in United Church. Excuse me. Isn't a prerequisite in Canada. They actually have atheist pastors in the United Church. Or ladies that think, like, crazy lunatic ladies that think that Jesus was a woman, that Jesus that say that Jesus could have been a woman. Nobody knows. It's just a big mystery. Like. Like I just did that. That, that was. That gave me five minutes of all of our body cringes that there. And you know what? Just for the record, we never want to hear you guys talking about our makeup ever again.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

After watching again, don't send me an email about my hair, about my makeup.

[Lise Merle]

About what we wear, the off limits. Okay. You see, you saw from that video how bad it can be.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Okay.

[Lise Merle]

Thank you. Thank you for your support and love.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Little kids right up front. The little kids right up front to be brainwashed. Everybody clapping. I watched this and I'm like, tell me, tell me, argue with me, because I'm about to tell you the Reformation was bad. When I see that, I'm like this. These are the fruits of the Reformation right here. I just. No, this again. I say it all the time. And this is not a theology show. But that is a violation of the first commandment that you will have no other gods but the God, because that is a person who is remaking himself in the image of whatever he would like himself to be.

[Lise Merle]

Because it feels good. Because it feels good. Because it. Because it satiates his own needs. It is the furthest thing. It is the furthest thing away from looking to God.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, and I'm glad you brought up, like, if it feels good, because that is the satanic mantra. Do what thou wilt, do what thou wilt, not do. God's will not do good, but do what thou wilt. Chase that good feeling instead of goodness. Because sometimes doing good actually feels bad. Like, doing the right thing sometimes kind of sucks. Sucks. Oh, but it's the right thing to do. These people chase happiness and it's like, you know, that's been a real problem with modern society is they chase the feeling of happiness instead of the action of good. The action of good actually makes your community and the world better for other people. And feeling that chasing happiness is actually a selfish way to go about.

[Lise Merle]

I think they're chasing a lot more than happiness. Sheila. I think that that's just the. That's. That's just a nice umbrella term for some of the more dark and devious things that humans can chase here.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, well, you Chase happiness instead of goodness and you always end up unhappy. That's right. Right. All right, next one, please. Let it be better than the last one. And these are in no particular order.

[Lise Merle]

This is number three. This is third. Third day of Chris.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Okay, this is Janice Irwin. She's a two term MLA for Edmonton Highlands Norwood, a member of the ndp. I'm honestly not sure if this is a man or a woman. I'll assume woman based on the name. She's an example of the radicals we have allowed to infiltrate our institutions. She only cares about one issue which is giving more rights to the Alphabet crowd. Okay, Janice, I. We reacted to this. Look at the lineup of cameras. Okay, that's. That's enough. That's something she published.

[Lise Merle]

You know, to.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Her own TikTok out there just dancing on a dirty Edmonton street. Oh, I was gonna bare feet.

[Lise Merle]

I was.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

A lineup of cameras.

[Lise Merle]

That's what happened. These are taxpayer dollars at work, guys. And here we have a barefoot Gary Busey dancing in an outdoor urinal.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Oh, that's the government in waiting in Alberta.

[Lise Merle]

That, that. Oh, Janice. But you never failed to disappoint, buddy. Like, thanks so much for giving us all of this cringy content over this last 2025. We look forward to a lot more of you in 2026.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Imagine like if the NDP were in power, just how horrible things would be. Imagine a trade mission to Washington led by the likes of Janice Irwin. Could you imagine what Trump would be like looking at that?

[Lise Merle]

I mean, Janice Irwin, after we separate, she's more than welcome to just move to old Canada and she can do whatever she likes there. But there's coming a day when there is going to be a reckoning when we put this all to bed. And ooh, friends, I do believe that we're starting that reckoning.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, for sure. I just, you know, Trump's got Kristi Noem.

[Lise Merle]

And we've got this walking in the. Could you imagine her just walking in the White House? And bare feet.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

He's just, just goblin feet too. After being in that alley. Like hello, Hepatitis, planters, warts. And that's at best.

[Lise Merle]

Yes, yes.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Tetanus.

[Doug Ford]

Your.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Your.

[Lise Merle]

Your random funguses. Like.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Edmonton's alleys adjacent White Ave. Those are just public urinals. Absolutely.

[Lise Merle]

One billion percent can can back this up, vouch for this outdoor urinal.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

There's like 10 cameras there. It just sort of flashed. But it's like there's like 10 serious cameras lined up to catch this lunatic dancing. And like if there are 10 cameras there, I'm going to have something. I think I'm going to do my best to have something important to say. This is my moment to get it all out. And she's like, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to dance around in urine.

[Lise Merle]

Yeah, it's exactly what she thought.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Seize the day, Janice.

[Lise Merle]

Do you remember when it was so tone deaf during COVID When they were saying that our hospitals were so overwhelmed with patients and then all of the staff in the hospitals made tiktoks of coordinated dances. This feels like modern day tone depth. Like that.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, right. Yeah, right.

[Lise Merle]

There are homeless, by the way. How many homeless people did you have to step over barefoot? Did you dance over?

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Did you prance across? Yeah. Also, I'm not taking any. You better get your Covid shot. Advice from someone who's doing that in bare feet on an Edmonton street.

[Lise Merle]

No, ma', am.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Sorry. I'm not taking advice about communicable diseases from that person ever. Never.

[Lise Merle]

Never. Never.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, next one. Okay. I don't recall. Oh, it's this. Oh, it's okay. Okay, let's just see. Am I getting it? Yep. Okay. This is, I think, quite potentially the cringiest thing of the year. But this is a year of cringe. This is the year of the cringe. You ready?

[Lise Merle]

Yeah.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

You know it. It's Mark Carney. Diana Fox Carney.

[Lise Merle]

Get your.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

They just won.

[Lise Merle]

Get your velociraptor. Wings up, Canada. Okay, we're gonna all together now.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Okay. Click and play you. This is the one. Oh, my God.

[Lise Merle]

Okay. That will never not bring me joy. Okay. Just. Just knowing what an absolute disgrace the entire thing has been with the carnies. And then seeing that and being like, oh, there's no. They got no Riz. They got zero Rizz.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Thank you, Toronto area boomers for that. Because that's what you did to us. This is. This is what they gave us. And again, don't write me letters if you didn't vote for Mark Carney. I'm not talking about you. And as we know on the prairies, our boomers are like arch conservatives. They've been through two, Trudeau. So they're doubly conservative 40 years ago.

[Lise Merle]

That's right. Exactly.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Exactly. But this is what. That's what Toronto gave us.

[Lise Merle]

What a gift.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Praying mantis. No.

[Lise Merle]

Riz Herky jerky. Diana Fox.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Full body dry heave. Set to music. Of those two, I just.

[Lise Merle]

Like I said, I love it. And. And it will be an enduring gift for the carnies.

[Elizabeth May]

Okay.

[Lise Merle]

I will Never get tired of that cringe.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Never, ever. It. I mean, that's the only comfort we can take is that. That we are comforted by how cringy they are. But like in the before times, in the olden days, they would be like, stick a spoon in his mouth, he's having a seizure. That would have been the advice. If you saw somebody doing that.

[Lise Merle]

Don't let him swallow his tongue.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Exactly. Now we're like, here. You're in charge now, buddy. You censor the Internet.

[Lise Merle]

Oh, my word.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Horrible. Okay, next one. I'm just picking them off as they come up in my list. You ready?

[Lise Merle]

He's.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

We're fighting the Americans. Doug Ford, good. Daniel Smith, bad. Let's watch. Look at all these just absolute weirdos in the background. What's. It's just like a Metamucil commercial in the background, isn't it?

[Lise Merle]

Oh, it is an ibs. An IBS drug.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Celebrex. We are fighting the Americans. We are fighting the Americans everywhere. They understand we're fighting the Americans. In the pocketbook. We have retaliatory tariffs on them. We just hit them again in the auto sector. We're fighting them on Fox News, which is what they understand. We're sending Doug Ford onto Fox News to show them we're not messing around up here. And we're going to send Danielle next. We're going to. Well, maybe we won't send Danielle. No. We won't send Danielle. Going to keep her. No. Even though. No, it's bad idea. Forget strike that.

[Doug Ford]

Strike that.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Just ignore that back there. Looking back now, knowing what we know, was that a good strategy or a bad strategy to hit the Americans with all those tariffs in the auto sector? And was it a good strategy or a bad strategy? That's right. To have Doug Ford be your point person, foreign affairs minister on this.

[Lise Merle]

Your point person with the Americans, your biggest trade and economic and societal and cultural partner. Was it a good idea to send Doug forward? Yesterday, Carney got asked a real pointed question about Doug's actions and how they have negatively impacted that. You know what? Send Danielle. We'll take Danielle any day over these two buffoons. Any day.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

The Americans love her. Like, oh, we're. We're talking on Fox News because that's the only thing the Americans understand. It's the world's leading cable channel. You. If you want to talk to anybody, you talk there. But you know that Trump watches Fox and Friends. You should be going on Fox and Friends. You go on msnbc. The only people Listening are the Democrats, and they don't hold power. That's right. But, yeah, we're going to send Doug Ford. Oh, how did Doug Ford's little ad work out?

[Lise Merle]

That's exactly right. Increased tariffs across the board and a near international meltdown just narrowly averted. But, yeah, let's leave it to Doug. Let's just let you know, here's a strategy. Let's just let Doug off the leash and let him speak his mind.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Also, who does he think he is, saying, oh, we're gonna. We're gonna manage Danielle Smith. She doesn't answer to you. Well, you're not. You're not in charge of her. And thank God for that.

[Lise Merle]

No kidding. No kidding. And you know what? I think it says a thing about a man, about how he talks about women when the women aren't in the room. That's not a good man.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

No, no. All right, next one. Hindsight being 2020 on that one, that little strategy did not work out well, did it? Okay, let's see the next one.

[Doug Ford]

This is my number one job, is make sure we protect the people of Ontario. I need to protect the communities against that tyrant south of the border, which drives me absolutely nuts. And we'll always be there to protect the families and businesses who call our province home.

[Lise Merle]

Doug, do you not have a bottle of whiskey to choke on? Could you just. Like, these are. These are the thoughts of a drunk person in a sober person. You know what I mean? Like, this is. This is the. This is the depth at which Doug Ford operates at. Keep calling. Name. Keep calling the president. Name. Doug, let's keep. Let's watch you keep losing. Like, stay on, bud. Just stay the course. Keep.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

How's the steel sector doing, Doug? After you've been running your mouth, how's your automotive sector?

[Lise Merle]

That's exactly right. That's exactly an absolute collapse.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

It's imploding upon in on itself like a dying star. They're taking the money the Canadian government is giving them for free and taking it and investing it in the United States. All those jobs are going with them. I shouldn't be laughing because those are Canadian jobs that Doug Ford is murdering with his mouth because he won't shut up. Most of Donald Trump's foreign policy comes down to do I like you and trust you or do I not?

[Lise Merle]

Well, and I think that's a rather shallow view of things.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah. I mean, but depth of a puddle dug. Yeah. Like if, if Donald Trump doesn't like you, he's not going to do business with you. So what has. And I'm not saying suck up, but don't go around calling somebody names when you're in the middle of a trade war.

[Lise Merle]

Don't be antagonistic in the middle of a trade war. But then again, I think Doug Ford is doing a lot of dirty work for Mark Carney. And Mark Car desperately needs to work with his European counterparts to sort of try and right balance our economy because the Americans aren't playing ball with us. And so Doug is being. Doug is being the errand boy for Mark Carney in this regard. And. And yet it still won't work. Like, it still won't work, what they're trying to achieve.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Well, it hasn't worked. No, no. And this was like post. This was before Doug Ford thought I should do that ad and ruin everything. You know, I should bring it all down. It's like in Covid when you're like, maybe I need bangs. Like, but at least bangs can grow out. Doug Ford is doing that to the entire country right now.

[Lise Merle]

Yeah, he is. On an economic level, it's. It's really kind of unforgivable. I hope the people. I hope the people of Ontario are taking notes on this.

[Doug Ford]

So you know something? A message to the CEO in France. You hurt my people, I'm going to hurt you. You're going to feel the pain in February when these people don't have a paycheck. And I'm going to stand up for the people of Ontario and I encourage all of Canadians, all of Ontarians, stand up for the people because you don't know if you're next. But the thing that ticks me off, I get it. I get that companies move back and forth. But what I don't get, when you're someone's largest customer, North America, you're going after the largest customer. You know something? I always say, smart people aren't too smart. And you guys are about as dumb as a bag of hammers for doing this. So you know something? I found a bottle and I don't even drink of crown oil. Right? I see that crown oil. I saw it at home. So this is what I think about crown oil. That's what they could do. And I think everyone else should do the same thing. Start supporting companies, Ontario people. That's what we need to do is support each other. You know something, I gotta make this even come out quicker.

[Lise Merle]

You know what? She wants to have this big moment.

[Doug Ford]

And then wants to lie on the floor right now.

[Lise Merle]

Okay? He wants it. He wants to have this big moment right he wants to have this big moment and then it dribbles out of the bottle like a middle aged man with prostate issues in the middle of like it just, just, just hardly dribbles. Like there's, there's. It was just such a fail. And leave it to Doug to fail in that regard. Oh, God, so funny.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Like, my favorite is you're dumb as a bag of hammers. And it's like, no, Doug, you are. That's bottled in Gimli, Manitoba. Who's the hammer now?

[Lise Merle]

And it has a low flow cap, which you didn't care to, to confirm before your big stunt.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

I mean, the guy in the background, he was like, what, what? They promised me overtime for this. Like he's rubbing his head.

[Lise Merle]

They said there would be lunch.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Right? Right.

[Lise Merle]

And yeah, at the end of this, Doug Ford might have tossed the guy a hot dog. You know, just for, for having to stand out in the sun and bake and listen to Doug's stupid stunt. This guy got a hot dog. Whose, whose side is Doug Ford's on? Not working people.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Let's go to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. She loves to jam out with her clam out. And I'm. I regret saying that just now, but we have seen a lot of old lady gyrating and like side groin from her over the last year. And I'm going to start with this one first. But she just loves to cut a rug and look. So do I. But I don't know. I try to keep my genitals under wraps when I do. Let's start with this one, Mayor toronto.

[Lise Merle]

It's like I said, you know, Teu Yoko Ono never fails to disappoint you guys. Look at her. A creative genius even in her, in her plumage and costuming. And meanwhile, Jack Layton is rolling in his grave like a rotisserie chicken while she rides his coattails all the way through the Caribbean festivals of Toronto.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Like a hot dog down at the 711 just rolling around. It's the baggy bum old lady panties that really do it for me. Where there's like a little bit of a cheek hanging out just. But baggy in the middle. That's your mayor Toronto. You don't have other problems. You don't have other things going on in Toronto. You need a serious person to deal with Toronto. And we're looking at her baggy granny panties. But I wish they were granny panties because granny panties have some coverage. This is, that was what was missing in all of that.

[Lise Merle]

This is full vajazzle. Okay, Olivia Chow in full Vagazzle. And respectfully, we would like to bow out of having.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Thank you.

[Lise Merle]

No, I'm done.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yes, we've got another Olivia Chow because she has really been a recidivist this year. I like this one because it lists all the bad things happening Toronto at the same time while she's dancing. Dancing again.

[Lise Merle]

It's really sad, isn't it? Yeah.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Like just dancing again.

[Lise Merle]

You know, I think, I think this. This really illustrates the selfie culture that politics has been. Modern politics has been hijacked by. And as long as you look like you're having a good time and like, what you're doing is. Is fun and exciting and, and, and engaging for social audiences, that we won't notice that you're letting everything burn to the ground in the background. And I think we have to stop this, like, start calling politicians out on their. On their selfie culture.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Does the mayor have a Saint Vitus's dance? Do you remember?

[Lise Merle]

You know what that is? No.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

So it was like when they were in the Middle Ages, an entire town was afflicted with this dancing sickness and the people were dropping debt. At first they thought it was Weir. They thought, oh, they're dancing, they're dancing. I. I think it was ergot poisoning, if I had to guess. That's sort of what people are saying with, which is like a fungus on the rye. And it caused them to have, like, hallucinations and stuff. But when it first started, I think we're in the middle part of St. Vitus's Dance. So they started dancing and everybody thought it was strange. And then the town was like, maybe they needed accompaniment. So they started playing music while they were dancing. I think that's where we're at. Right. But at the end, the people afflicted with St. Vitus's dance started dropping dead because people, they just ran out of gas, really. Right. And I think that's what's going to happen to Toronto.

[Lise Merle]

Like, save Olivia Chow. Don't let her dance.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Don't let her dance.

[Lise Merle]

Let her dance.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Get your grammy.

[Lise Merle]

Yes. Someone come collect your grandma.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yep. Okay. I don't know what this next one is. I forget. Oh, another recidivist on the cringe. Watch this.

[Elizabeth May]

Paved paradise to put up a parking lot Big yellow taxi took away my old man oh. And it always seemed to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone. They paved paradise to put up a parking lot.

[Lise Merle]

You know, when you. You know when you spend way too. When you spend, like way too Much time at a wine bar. And then get in the Uber, and then the Uber has their playlist on, and you absorb the Ubers playlist, and then you get out of the Uber at another event. That is what just happened to Elizabeth May there. Okay. Quote. Quote me on that.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

No, this is. Okay, I. I want to make fun of Elizabeth May because, like, that's a national TV camera you did that in front of. And that's the problem with what happened here, because I should tell you that I have pulled this exact stunt, you and I together on David Menzies, when you and I made him play Thistle Hair the Christmas Bear. And then we sang a stirring rendition of it because he had never heard that beautiful Alabama Christmas song. And it is the cutest little thing. And did you know the bears living in the woods are Christian? They are. That's the whole point of the story.

[Lise Merle]

They're the Spreading the good news. There's everywhere. The Christmas Bear. We did do this to David Menzies and Drea Humphrey.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Drea Humphrey and Dre Humphrey was like, she didn't appreciate it, but Drea Humphrey.

[Lise Merle]

Did not enjoy our delightful rendition of Thistlehair the Christmas Bear, so much so that she cringed down in her seat and fell asleep.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Yeah, well. Thistle Hair the Christmas Bear, spreading the good news everywhere.

[Lise Merle]

Everywhere, Drea.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

And what it means to all the children of the world. Every little boy and girl out there loves thistle hair. Except Drea.

[Lise Merle]

It was the end of a long day. We're gonna try it again. We're gonna float it by Drea again.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

You know what? My Pip weren't warmed up. Maybe it was me, because I know I have stage presence, but not a lot of skill. And I brought the stage presence. The skill isn't there. Maybe that's my 2026 resolution, is have the two meet.

[Lise Merle]

That's right. You know that's right. Hey, everybody, it's Lise from Rebel News. And before I go, just let me wish you a very merry Christmas. And thanks so much for making 2025 the best year of my life and wishing you all health, wealth, and happiness in 2026. And we will see you next year.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

All right. Lee said to go because I had technical difficulties. We started late, and she is on a promotional tour of her new book, so she had to jump off the air with me and go to the Shawn Newman podcast. So if you want to hear what she had to say, you can go over there and watch her while she talks about the reason for Buck the Rainbow Unicorn. And I didn't want to keep her and I can talk to her anytime and you guys can watch her on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Rebel News. So I'll finish the last two cringes with you and then say my goodbyes. How does that work? All right, so next cringe.

[Lise Merle]

As an ecmp, I'm just curious what your take is on the ostrich situation at universal ostrich farms. What's your, what's your party's position on that?

[Elizabeth May]

Well, I wrote the message Minister of Health in the well so long ago, now a very different Minister of health. It was January 2025 that I wrote to say, look, can't we get the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to redo the tests? That will remove a lot of the either anxiety divisions. One wants to know why not redo the tests? It's not that difficult to redo the tests, but CFIA is refusing. So I think CFIA could help themselves potentially by doing independent testing. Do these birds have traces of avian flu? And it's become such a divisive issue. I must say most of my constituents who write me want that ostrich cull not to happen. And they want to. And I want to know. I'm not saying whether it should or shouldn't happen, but why not get the evidence? Why not? And this is our position as probably why not redo the testing and verify the health of that flock of ostriches before engaging in what many see as animal cruelty. And I can't imagine, this is absolutely astonishing to me that an animal welfare issue in Canada has garnered the attention of MAGA type billionaires in the United States, which makes. Makes me sympathize with the ostriches less. But that doesn't matter. What matters is we get our facts first and we don't have all the facts because CFIA has refused to do the testing.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

Wrong with that lady. So now it's the wrong kind of. The ostriches are, I guess they have the wrong kind of politics. She says it doesn't matter, but apparently it definitely does matter to her, doesn't it? She says it makes her sympathize with the ostriches less so the ostriches have less right to live, less right to fair treatment, less right to access to justice. I guess the farmers have less right to access to justice and fair treatment and before the law because you don't like the people who like the birds. And yet still, yet still crazy old Elizabeth May actually makes more sense than, well, the health minister who didn't have a clue about the ostriches. Remember when Ezra asked her about the ostriches? And then she had a known malfunction at the junction and one of her staff had to step in. Just imagine being more crazy than Elizabeth May. Where we are right now. Okay, I think this is the last day of cringe. Miss, thank you for coming along this wild ride with me.

[Elizabeth May]

Opposition, loss of national identities and self confidence. So nationalistic. White supremacists, misogynist. Against immigration. You bet. Also against the Paris agreement, against climate action. But I have to say that given that Canada shares those values when we expand our trading relationships, I think we should be seeking out countries that have shared values with us, which obviously with Europe we do. Respect for democracy, respect for human rights.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

There's something pathological about Elizabeth May's need to get in front of a camera and act a fool. Like it might be a birth defect that when she sees a camera, she'll just get in front of it and sing. I think on election night she did like a. A folk music. It wasn't thistle hair, but she did some sort of folk act with her husband or she did like an old lady bra burner song. Now she's holding conferences on CPAC where she's calling the Americans white supremacists. Very helpful lady in the middle of a trade war. And you know, we saw her break into a rendition of a Joni Mitchell song just a few. A few segments back. Why won't she go away? She's like a poltergeist, isn't she? Like you mentioned her name. And then the plates rattle and the doors slam and the windows go up and down and the. The lights go on and off. She's like that. But she does it in politics. You know, you mention her name and that she's out there singing and saying crazy things that are just very unhelpful in these very trying times with our American friends. I can't. You know, the problem is the liberals, the left, the environmentalist movement and the media mainstream of course, treat her like she's not a crazy person.

[Lise Merle]

She is. She is.

[Sheila Gunn Reid]

There's something wrong with the people of her riding to continue to keep electing her. I don't know what's going on in that writing. I should go check it out for myself. Maybe I'll do that this summer. Okay, you guys, I gotta wrap it up. I gotta get into my next thing. I'm trying to do two weeks worth of work in about 48 hours so that our editing team can catch up with our pre recorded content. If you've got viewer feedback, as always on this show or any of my shows, Sheila rebelnews.com put gun show set letters in the subject line. So I know exactly why you're emailing me. But let me say, and I said it on my other show over the holidays, too. From my family to yours, from the Rebel News family to all of you. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hanukkah, if that's your thing. Thank you so much for allowing us to do, I think, the most meaningful work that we've ever done. It is a great joy to me to be able to give voice to your issues like the issues of normal people, because I'm one of you. You know, your challenges are my challenges. Your, your concerns about, you know, jobs and taxes and affordability and civil liberties and hate marches in our streets and the ability of your priests and pastors to say the things they know to be true. Those are my issues, too. And I'm, I'm grateful and thankful that you allow me this outlet. I'm sure my family is thankful that you allow me this outlet to be able to discuss these things in, I think, a way that sometimes is serious but also is fun. Because sometimes it's like we said off the top of the show, you can either laugh or cry. And I would much rather, most days, laugh. All right. That's a show. That's the year, guys. See you on the other side. Thank you for making this the most fulfilling job that I've ever had. Paid job. You know, I'm a mom, too, but the most fulfilling paid job that I've ever had in my life. And as always, don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to think.