Rebel News Podcast

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Tonight, we’ll bring you a special year-end episode with some of your favourite Rebels. Settle in and enjoy! So much leftwing lunacy, so little time. Kurt Schlicter drops by to give us a Top 10 List of liberal nitwits for 2018. Thanks to ongoing protests in Paris, the city of light has turned into the city of fright as the common folk tell the ruling elites, enough is enough. Martina Markota will give us an idea of where the yellow vest movement is headed in 2019. Speaking of 2019, Rebel Commander Ezra Levant will give us his state of the union address as Rebel Media heads into our fifth action-packed year. And finally: instead of reading your letters, I'll end the year with some final thoughts.

Tonight we look back at her exclusive investigations into the Trudeau and Notley governments, using Access to Information documents that reveal the inner workings of these administration and how they are wasting your money and undermining your rights and freedoms.

Tonight he joins me for the full show, to talk about some of his other Rebel stories of this year, such as his JailAnjem.com campaign. We swap stories about terror sympathizer Anjem Choudary, who I interviewed years ago. I was so proud to see Jack deliver our JailAnjem.com petition to 10 Downing Street itself.

From the beginning, we’ve been covering the story of how the Notley NDP started tinkering with liquor prices in Alberta. Almost immediately after taking office, they enacted protectionist policies against beer imports and simultaneously started subsidizing Alberta microbrewers every single month with grants. It was a poorly thought-out plan to bolster Alberta's small brewing industry that picked winners and losers and brought unintended consequences as importers were then burdened with trying to sell a much more expensive product into a market proliferated with government subsidized beers. The protectionist policies and beer tax hikes spawned trade disputes between provinces and legal challenges pitting Alberta small businesses against the government. Trade tribunal after trade tribunal ruled against the government but they persisted with frivolous appeals that kept importers embroiled in expensive legal battles in order to exhaust their resources. But now, those small businesses have utterly defeated the government, forcing them to repeal their taxes and tariffs, bringing them back to 2015 levels before the government tried to “fix” what was never broken. And a six pack of beer is about to get a whole lot cheaper in Alberta in 2019. Joining me tonight to tell her side of the story about how she fought the government behemoth and won, is Bo Vitanov from Artisan Ales.

Tonight I'm joined by Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com, a long time "global warming" skeptic and activist.

Tonight, I'm joined by Candice Malcolm, journalist and founder of the True North Institute. We look back at the year in politics, especially the rise in populism and patriotism.

Enjoy the first of my series of interviews with special guests over the Christmas season... Tonight, Pamela Geller joins me to look back at her history as an outspoken anti-Islamification activist, a journey that began on 9/11.

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! With a simple tweet, President Trump says the US is done with the war in Syria. Cue the outrage. Ezra Levant has all the details. The little Alberta town of Nisku was ground zero earlier this week for a pro-pipeline protest that saw more than 2,000 trucks roll in. Sheila Gunn Reid was there to capture the anger that’s now reaching boiling point. And some good news regarding the ongoing war on Christmas as at least some radio stations have lifted their ludicrous ban on Baby its Cold Outside. Amanda Head will explain all. And finally, letters. Tonight, I’ll share some of your responses on my attempt to get Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen to come clean about the UN Global Compact on Migration. His response? He locked himself in a room. I’m not making this up.

So how are we going to cover Alberta separatism? With respect, I think. And with an understanding that it comes from a genuine grievance, not an ethnic nationalism like Quebec, not an attempt to extort more cash. A desire to be allowed to live freely and fairly, under the rules of Canada as they were written. GUESTS Sheila Gunn Reid and Keean Bexte

Ezra Levant looks back on the top 2018 stories at TheRebel.media: Tommy Robinson’s trials, Justin Trudeau’s scandals, Trump’s triumphs and more. PLUS he takes your comments and questions LIVE via YouTube Super Chat.

So what do they say about Trump bringing the troops home? TONIGHT I'll show you the story they ran on CBC’s failing flagship show, called The National (and tell you more about the expert they brought on to discuss it.) GUEST: Kurt Schlichter

Calgary held yet another massive lunch time pro-pipeline rally this past Monday. Over 2,000 people showed up at Calgary's Municipal Plaza to show their support for Canada's battered, beleaguered oil and gas industry. The speakers at the rally included Calgary municipal politicians which shouldn’t have been unusual or controversial, except those speakers ended up making themselves both! Mayor Nenshi tried to speak French to the rally-goers, which earned him loud boos. Then he lectured the attendees on the merits of fighting climate change. Councillor Peter Dejong was also booed after telling the crowd to support Quebec cheese and to avoid trade embargoes and boycotts. In response to the criticism from the crowd, he whined, “and you call yourselves Canadian? Wow.” How could these two be so tone deaf and out of touch with the concerns of the people in their own city that they turned a pro-pipeline rally against themselves? Tonight William McBeath from Save Calgary joins me to discuss how the rally went sideways for Calgary's purple prince, Mayor Nenshi, and we also examine city hall’s latest attempts to get a handle on renegade rookie councillor Jeromy Farkas. It’s been a horrible week for Nenshi and it’s only Wednesday!

Of the 35 per cent who support Trudeau, only 8 per cent strongly support him. So, that 8 per cent would be the staff of the CBC, and anti-pipeline activists and immigration consultants probably. But look at those who dislikes him: Fifty-eight per cent — but 39 per cent say they strongly dislike him. As in, they’re not just tired of him or bored. They actively, deeply loathe the guy. GUEST Joel Pollak.

I don't like these people. But every minute and every dollar the UK spends going after them is a minute and a dollar they’e not spending going after the real Nazis of the day... GUEST: Lorne Gunter

Did you know that under Trudeau, Canada has become more hostile to immigration than America under Donald Trump! According to Pew, 80 per cent of Canadians want the same or less immigration — that’s exactly what Angus Reid found too, by the way. In America it’s 73 per cent. GUEST: Professor Pierre Desrochers

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! Yesterday, Omar Khadr, our homegrown Islamist terrorist, was back in a courtroom in Edmonton -- this time arguing for some of his bail conditions to be dropped. Keean Bexte was there and joins us to explain how, when it comes to sheer unmitigated gall, Omar Khadr has no equal. Speaking of scumbags, Abdullahi Hashi Farah is many things: he’s a drug dealer, a gun smuggler and has even trafficked for pedophiles. So naturally, he’s just the sort of person we’d want as a future Canadian citizen, right? Ezra Levant has all the unbelievable details... And Sheila Gunn Reid has just returned from the UN’s climate change conference in Poland. Sheila will explain why the UN’s slogan when it comes to climate change should really be: “Do as we say, not as we do.” And finally, letters. Tonight, I’ll share feedback on my journey to Marrakesh to cover the UN’s conference on migration. First of all, while the UN doesn’t care for developed nations erecting walls and fences to protect their borders, they do love walls and fences when it comes to protecting their venue! Double standard much?

Omar Khadr is morally equivalent to Paul Bernardo. Except it’s actually worse in some ways — Bernardo is a sick, depraved man. So is Khadr; but Khadr is motivated not by the cruelty itself, but by the cruelty in service of his form of Islam. So he willfully, thoughtfully commits terrorism. GUEST Allum Bokhari

He’s a drug dealer. He’s a gun smuggler. He trafficked for pedophiles, effectively kidnapping girls as young as 12 years old. Home robberies. Stolen property. Credit card fraud. But because he was so "honest"! OK, so that was last year. What did this outstanding, honest crook do when he got in? GUESTS Marc Morano and Sheila Gunn Reid

I'm in Poland all this week, at a conference I’m not allowed to attend. The Canadian government asked the United Nations to ban me from their 24th annual global warming conference ironically held in the heart of Poland's coal country, the city of Katowice. Of course, the authoritarians at the United Nations complied. No skeptics allowed! But I went anyway to show you the hypocrisy of the United Nations and the frivolous use of hydrocarbons by those who attend these conferences in an attempt to curb everyone else’s use of fossil fuels. Before I left I pre-recorded a show with another person who keeps a watchful eye on climate change policies that come out of the United Nations, Michelle Stirling from Friends of Science. Watch as we discuss Stirling’s dire predictions for the UN climate change conference being held in Katowice, Poland. I predict I'm going to be left out in the cold!

This is devastating to the RCAF. It’s devastating for morale; to its capacity to do its job; devastating to our role within allied air forces. And devastating to Alberta, home of Cold Lake, where these exercises have been important for the community. (If this event was held in Quebec, they’d back up the truck with money.)

My only hope is that if Khadr blows something up, he does so over there, and not over here. But if he were to murder a Jew or a soldier, as he was paid a bounty to do by Al Qaida, you just know that the Toronto Star would say it was “mental illness,” and Justin Trudeau would call anyone who was upset about it “an Islamophobe.”

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! A Christian landlord goes up against Muslim tenants who claimed he dissed their faith by not removing his shoes – in his own house! Can you possibly guess who came out on top in this squabble? Ezra Levant brings us all the depressing details. When Justin Trudeau made bizarre comments about male construction workers being predators, his usual garden-variety idiocy triggered our own Sheila Gunn Reid. Sheila joins us to talk about why this time is was personal! And Bruce Springsteen is no fan of President Trump – but even The Boss is a realist, predicting Trump will win another term. Amanda Head weighs-in on who might head-up the Democratic Party in 2020 – and it ain’t pretty. And finally, letters. Tonight, I’ll share some of the letters we received regarding our year-long quest to donate $15,000 to a military charity, something that continues to be stymied by... the Trudeau Liberals?!

And more good news — a whole fleet of regulations are being repealed. TONIGHT I'll review this newly passed act, and show you why it's great for Ontario companies and ordinary taxpayers. GUEST Paige MacPherson

Unlikes the Globe, the Post, and Justin Trudeau, we actually read the deal — and we’re with the 80 per cent of Canadians who are sick of Trudeau’s immigration policies... GUEST Marc Morano

We are experiencing the worst times in the Alberta oil patch in a generation, or maybe ever. It’s a homegrown recession caused by two levels of government who have no will or desire to build pipelines to export markets. Despite all the positive things they’re saying right now about Alberta’s oil and gas, these politicians, Notley and Trudeau, have surrounded themselves with the leading voices of the “No to oil” movement, putting people like Brian Topp, Tzeporah Berman, and Gerald Butts in positions of influence and power over Alberta’s resource sector. We’ve been fully colonized by the radical environmental movement and now regular families are paying the price. Job losses, foreclosures, and bankruptcies are all too commonplace. Trudeau, while in Argentina, even insinuated that Canadian men who work on pipeline construction would cause adverse “social impacts” in rural communities. However, now the people who orchestrated this catastrophe are saying they are the ones best able to repair it. Trudeau bought a pipeline that wasn’t for sale and stopped the expansion of it, and Notley is cutting oil production by nearly 9 per cent. It’s exactly what Greenpeace would do if they were in charge. No drilling. No pipelines. But the people have had enough. Rolling rallies, protests against the Prime Minister and his cabinet are becoming the norm in Alberta and largely apolitical people, folks normally interested in just going to work and paying their bills, are getting politically motivated to change their governments. Will the momentum for change carry through 2019? Or are people worn out, dejected and beaten down by the economy and two governments that refuse to listen? Joining me tonight is Robbie Picard of Oil Sands Strong to discuss the Prime Minister’s insult to Canadian men in front of the international press, Rachel Notley’s cap on oil production and what the future holds for Alberta’s oil and gas workforce.

Tonight I'll show you some of the official Canadian delegation going along with Catherine McKenna. There's a chief negotiator, a deputy chief negotiator, a negotiations manager, and just plain old "negotiators" who specialize in stuff like "Climate Finance" and "Indigenous Engagement." The total number of negotiators is 16. That's more than we had for NAFTA. GUEST Andrew Lawton

Tonight I'll take you through a speech given by Tim Cook yesterday, at an "anti-hate" rally in New York City. GUEST: Jack Buckby

That’s Canada in 2018 — leftists nationalizing the oil patch; conservatives refusing to fight them; and a man-child prime minister jet-setting around the world, throwing millions of dollars at celebrities. 2019 isn’t going to be any better...

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! It’s official: GM’s Oshawa assembly plant is shutting down. And worse yet, you can expect more misery for the Canadian auto sector if Justin Trudeau gets his way with a carbon tax. Rebel Commander Ezra Levant will serve up all the gruesome details. The migrant caravan has made it to the U.S. border, and now the street theatre for the media begins. But are these Central American refugees fleeing oppression... or are they opportunists hoping to game the system? Kurt Schlichter joins us to offer his take. It may have been foolhardy of late-missionary John Allan Chau to try to spread the gospel in a very dangerous place. Still, it’s disturbing to see how his death is being covered by the media in certain quarters. Ben Davies shall explain all. And finally, letters. Tonight, I’ll share some of the letters we received regarding my Q&A session with attendees at the Toronto event featuring Bill and Hillary Clinton. Let’s just say this: most didn’t appreciate my so-called “inappropriate” questions..

Do journalists care about getting the facts right? The journalists rated themselves 4.8 out of 5. But the general public? They give journalists just 2.9 out of five stars. GUEST Anthony Furey

On November 13th, 2018, Calgary's residents wisely voted against a two-week-long legacy party for Mayor Naheed Nenshi. In a municipal plebiscite where over three-hundred thousand ballots were cast, over 56 per cent voted “No” to Calgary hosting the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Thank God. It was a rebuke of the wasteful priorities at Calgary city council, a rejection of the corruption of the International Olympic Committee and a rare win for common sense and accountability in Alberta politics. Will this whole expensive and secretive debacle be a gut check for City Hall? Or will Mayor Nenshi simply move on to the next expensive pet project to be laid at the feet of Calgary taxpayers? Joining me tonight to discuss how Calgary dodged the Olympic bullet, and what's on the horizon for Calgary taxpayers suffering through the worst economic recession in a generation, is taxpayer advocate, William McBeath, from municipal accountability group, Save Calgary.

This wasn’t staying neutral in the face of evil — which is execrable, which surely we have learned from in history. No; this was positively siding with evil.

It’s a sign of how broken Canada is, that not just union bosses, but the media, and the courts, and political leaders, and “civil society” including charities, take it for granted that it’s OK to attack oil and gas jobs, and to campaign and sue and protest them into submission. But God forbid a car company wants to move away from Trudeau’s uncompetitive tax regime — well, it’s a national crisis, and Trudeau had better come with a bail-out... GUEST: "Green Swastika" author William Kay

GM isn't the only company in the news. And do you think that’s going to get better or worse when Justin Trudeau’s national carbon tax kicks in fully? GUEST Manny Montenegrino

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! Hey, guess which party has the biggest war chest for next year’s federal election? Well, it’s the Media Party, of course, thanks to more than half a billion dollars in Liberal welfare. Rebel Commander Ezra Levant serves up all the gruesome details. When it comes to crossing the Canada/U.S. border, there’s apparently an unofficial new rule in 2018: Makers are inconvenienced, while Takers – i.e., irregulars – receive 24/7 concierge service! Sheila Gunn Reid drops in to explain all. The latest Fantastic Beasts movie is a progressive panacea. So why are the progressives panning this flick? Well, it’s not progressive enough! Ben Davies weighs in on this latest unintentional comedy. And finally, letters. Tonight, I’ll share some of the letters we received regarding my report on the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty that was protesting... um, something... last weekend.

TONIGHT I'll show you the Media Party's reaction to that one sweatshirt, from reporters at the National Post and the Globe and Mail. So the real news is that 2,000 Calgarians had a peaceful but noisy protest against unemployment being foisted upon them. And the media reports were that Nenshi and Trudeau hugged it out, and that someone wearing a novelty shirt wanted to kill Trudeau obviously and he’s really, really scary!

This is bad news for us in some ways — we’re going to be attacked even worse than before. And for you, as a viewer, and for your fellow citizens, isn’t it proof that The Rebel is needed more than ever?

Big Labour has started campaigning for left-wing politicians early, a year out from the next federal election. Canada’s mega union, Unifor, has declared itself the “resistance” to Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer in a comical photo showcasing a handful of sour union faces posed around a stern looking union boss named Jerry Diaz. The image has spawned dozens of bad jokes and memes. Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union representing auto workers, oil sands workers, and journalists alike, has the money, the means, and the media, on their side. However, suddenly the CBC is interested in conservative third-party spending in elections. CBC’s resident conspiracy theorist, Wendy Mesley, spoke to the founder of Ontario Proud, Jeff Ballingal, about how his small conservative social media meme-based political action group is shaping the way people view conservative politics, now that he’s got his sights set on Justin Trudeau. You see, CBC didn't care much when American environmental groups were dumping millions of dollars into the arms of Canadian activists to block Canadian pipelines and cripple the Alberta economy. They don’t bat an eye as Unifor declares war on Conservatives, using union dues from members to wage political battles with little to no spending transparency required. But now that conservatives are fighting back, the CBC is worried about big money influencing politics. Give me a break! Joining me tonight in an interview recorded earlier this week to talk about how Big Labour sways Canadian elections, the mainstream media and influences geopolitical outcomes, is author, researcher and activist, Bill Tufts.

I’m for peace and freedom, and civil rights, and I hate the Saudis. But I hate the Iran and ISIS alternatives more. And this Jamal Khashoggi? Yeah, it’s sad, but he’s not high up on my list of the world’s victims...

What's weird is that Celine Dion's clothing for kids is gender-neutral. These clothes are as ugly as you’d think. GUEST: Lorne Gunter

I learned a lot; frankly, my esteem for Harper went up — I think he’s clearly warmed to Donald Trump, not necessarily his personality, but his achievements. It’s tough not to, especially if you're an economic expert like Harper. GUEST Joe Warmington

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! A hate crime against four Jewish teens was committed in Toronto earlier this week. But why are the police being tight-lipped about who the assailants are? Rebel Commander Ezra Levant will offer his analysis. Pakistan is a hotbed of terrorism and hatred directed at the West... so it makes perfect sense that the U.K. gives this state millions of pounds in aid every year, right? Well, Jack Buckby says enough is enough and drops by to tell us about his latest campaign. And is Victoria’s Secret trans and fat-phobic because it doesn’t have any trans or obese modes? Apparently, the answer is yes, according to the SJW set. Martina Markota will try to make sense of it all... And finally, letters. Tonight, I’ll share some of the letters we received regarding my commentary about two journalists who were recently disciplined - one deserved what he got, and the other, not so much.

Canada’s largest journalism union announces it will campaign against the Conservative Party

I met an interesting character over the weekend at our Rebel Live event in Calgary and she was such a hit, such a rising star, that I think we should all get to know her a bit better. She’s a hidden gem right now, but I don’t think she’s going to stay that way. Kelly Day is a new political YouTuber and an incredibly talented musician. She performed such a stirring and haunting rendition of Owen Benjamin’s ode to Tommy Robinson “How They Rule ‘Ya,” that the Rebel Live audience of 600 spontaneously sang along. Kelly has a story to tell about her journey to the political right and her quest for dialogue with political opposites in a time when politics have never been more polarized. She reminds us that in order top pop the bubble that our political adversaries are living in, we might actually need to talk to them. It’s a controversial idea when political discourse has been reduced to radical tribalism and guilt by association. Joining me tonight from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to discuss how she found her way back to conservatism, and to share what it’s like to be a libertarian-leaning musician when pop culture is a liberal waste-land, is Kelly Day.

Doug Ford will not object to any pipeline, and in fact he’s talking with other premiers about getting things going again. I think it might be all for naught. Trudeau and Notley and their crews will not let a pipeline live. But Trudeau won’t be prime minister forever. GUEST Allum Bokhari

The media is already losing interest in the story; and as I write this, Justin Trudeau has not yet written a tweet about it; so every moment that passes confirms for me that my two sources are correct; for if it had been a white supremacist group or right wingers who attacked these Jews, Trudeau would weaponize this moment into a political denunciation of his enemies. GUEST Yishai Fleisher

So where is Canada? We took 50,000 unvetted Muslim migrants from Syria. Will we take one Christian refugee, out of solitary confinement in Pakistan, where she’s literally at risk because of blasphemy laws and rioters? If Canada does take her, many Canadians will welcome her. But not all of them... GUEST Joe Warmington

Every Friday evening on Rebel Roundup, we get together with other Rebel contributors to review the week's headlines, from the serious to the absurd. Settle in and enjoy! So, post-U.S. mid-term elections, why exactly did that anticipated big blue wave turn into a little blue trickle? Rebel Commander Ezra Levant joins us to offer his analysis. Speaking of a failure to launch, one of the most bizarre sidebar stories to emerge from the US midterm elections was CNN running an opinion piece that advocated for a... sex strike? Martina Markota will try to make sense of it all for us. And nothing compares to... Sinead O’Connor and her newfound contempt for white people now that the Irish singer converted to Islam. UK Rebel Jack Buckby joins us to give us his take on this strange story. And finally, letters. As you may know, I was recently on assignment in Mexico, following the 5,000-strong migrant caravan. Tonight, I’ll share some of your responses to my report on the garbage problem inherent in the march of these U.S.-bound migrants...

Ezra Levant reads Kipling's poem "Tommy," and plays a song he recently discovered about the plight of the soldier. GUEST Sheila Gunn Reid

I’m concerned about anti-Semitism, because I’m a Canadian, and because I’m a Jew. Donald Trump isn’t the cause of it. And I won’t say Justin Trudeau is. But too many of his decisions are... GUEST: Count Dankula