May 8, 2023 • 16 mins
Ever felt like you're missing out on critical political knowledge about your own country because you're too focused on the news from our neighbors down south? It's time to change that! Welcome to the first episode of This Canadian Thinks, where I, Shaman, will be your guide to uncovering the issues we face as Canadians and exploring the truths that lie behind them.
I've always been a rebel, questioning the government's motivations and encouraging critical thinking. Together, we'll discuss everything from vaccination debates to resource sector regulations, all from my unique perspective. Join me on this journey to create a dialogue on our own political affairs and foster a greater understanding of the Canadian political landscape. Let's challenge the status quo and learn the importance of having alternative media sources that cater specifically to us, Canadians. Sit back, relax, and get ready to question everything you thought you knew about Canadian politics.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Whether we agree or agree to disagree, everybody's
got an opinion, and I'm about togive you mine.
So sit back, relax, buckle upand try not to get offended.
Welcome to This Canadian Thinks.
Welcome to the first everepisode of This Canadian Thinks.
I'm your host, Shaman, and I'dlike to take a few moments to
(00:22):
introduce myself and let youknow what you can expect from
this podcast.
First, a little bit about myself.
Since a very young age, I had atendency to question authority.
I was once told not to comeback to Sunday school when I was
a boy because I asked too manyquestions and it was disrupting
the class for the other students.
He said you're the beast!" avoracious reader.
From early on, i'd often diginto a topic I found interesting
in order to learn more.
(00:42):
I still do this to this veryday.
I'm at home with a referencebook or an instruction pr efer
the substance of the articleover the headline above, and I
never accept anything at facevalue.
If you tell me to do something,I'm going to need to know the
why and the how before I'm goingto fall in line, and that's
only after I've entertainedenough information to make the
decision for myself.
You can imagine what that waslike for the last couple of
(01:04):
years.
Truth is, I've been a rebelmost of my life.
I didn't really fit in and Ididn't really care to, still
don't.
It also never really botheredme what people thought of me,
and that hasn't changed either.
I've had a plethora of jobs andoccupations.
I've been a musician, ajournalist, a beat reporter.
I've worked in the oil patch,had labor-intensive jobs, desk
jobs, service jobs, you name it.
(01:25):
I even operate a small farm inCentral Alberta where I raise
livestock.
Despite all this, I've justnever had the desire to trade my
life and freedom for theslavery of economics.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Every time that you put effort into work and you're
making a little bit of money,you better have a very good plan
of what you're going to do withthat money, because you're
using up your life.
We're not prisoners.
We should not be prisoners ofthe economic system that we live
in.
We should be free, free people.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Unfortunately, one of the greatest threats to free
living is the government, a mostcontemptible creature indeed.
By escalating your cost ofliving and negating your income
through taxation, among many,many other things, the
government tends not to act inthe best intention of the
population, but instead mostlyin a manner which is best for
(02:21):
the government and allows themto maintain power for as long as
possible.
Problem is, in Canada, peopleseem to be more worried about
what's going on in the UnitedStates, which to some degree
makes sense, because whathappens there often migrates
north, but they seem obliviousto the issues in their own
country.
This is likely due in no smallpart to the fact that the legacy
media in Canada has been fullybought and paid for by the
(02:43):
political class.
The CBC has been rendered asnothing more than the propaganda
arm of the Liberal Party.
As a result, long gone are thedays of investigative journalism
or breaking exclusives.
These days, it's much easier toregurgitate whatever the
government seems to dish out.
There's no more who, what, when, why or where.
The line is thoroughly towedlest they lose the billions of
dollars in funding thegovernment has allocated to them
(03:04):
.
"A great deal of money has beeninvested in this project and we
can't allow it to So, it isthis situation from which This
Canadian Thinks was born.
Canadians need more politicalcontent and not the kind they've
been getting.
There needs to be analternative to the US news cycle
that allows Canadians to becomemore knowledgeable in regards
to the affairs and politicalgoings-on in their own country.
(03:25):
It was with great dismay that Isaw so many taking to Facebook
during the Freedom Convoy,spreading the most inaccurate of
information, like statementsabout Mary Simon saying she
needed X amount of signatures toremove Trudeau, which is fully
untrue.
For if they had spoken to theGovernor General which is also
highly unlikely she would haveexplained to them that she has
no power whatsoever to unseat asitting Prime Minister.
Her role is very much one ofceremony.
(03:47):
Regardless, it proved to methat most Canadians have zero
understanding of the politics inCanada actually work.
The constant interaction withUS content literally has the
result of some Canadiansthinking that their laws
translate into our own, which isalso not the case.
Shows like Tucker Carlson arehighly popular with many
Canadians, so much so theCarlson often featured Canadian
(04:09):
content prior to his leaving FoxNews.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
So we've been covering this truck strike in
Canada all week.
This afternoon, the PrimeMinister of Canada, who clearly
is Fidel Castro's illegitimateson, came out from hiding to
threaten the protesters directly.
Watch this.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
If you joined the protests because you're tired of
COVID, you now need tounderstand that you're breaking
laws.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
You could be breaking laws.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
What we need is a similar style of show aimed
specifically for Canadians.
That's hopefully where ThisCanadian Thinks comes in, at
least in terms of format.
I'm not talking about being acarbon copy of the Tucker
Carlson show.
The views and opinionsrepresented by Carlson are his
and his alone.
I have my own take on things.
As you will come to know, I'm apretty opinionated person and I
(04:58):
don't have trouble tellingpeople what I think.
For me, This Canadian Thinksserves as my own personal
opinion editorial.
I'll start out each episodewith a rundown of the episode
subject matter and offer myopinion.
Now, it's important to note herethat I've been known to be a
bit of a devil's advocate.
Take a position aside from myown for the purpose of exploring
dialogue or understanding.
That'll likely happen here aswell.
(05:18):
Sometimes you may agree with meand sometimes you won't, and
that's okay, or at least itshould be.
After all, I was taughtthroughout my school days that
Canada is a melting pot ofcultures and that it is the
resulting diversity which is ourstrength.
Therefore, it is incumbent onall of us to respect the
opinions and beliefs of ourfellow citizens, even if we
don't agree with each other onevery topic all the time.
(05:45):
Whenever possible, should therebe an available guest that has
something to offer in terms ofthe subject matter, and
regardless if they are inagreement with my position or
not, I will have a conversationwith them during the second half
of the show, not unlike theformat Carlson's show once
followed.
So if you'd like to appear as aguest, feel free to reach out.
So you might be asking yourselfwhy.
Now?
Why do Canadians need a podcastlike This Canadian Thinks?
(06:07):
Well, for starters, maybeyou've noticed that a lot of
things just don't make senseanymore.
In fact, it almost seems asthough governments around the
world are working in disregardof the expectations of their
citizens, to the point ofgaslighting them into going
along with the agendas thatunderpin the government's
operations.
If you don't agree or followalong, then you can't expect any
sort of consideration, likeduring the pandemic, when
(06:29):
certain politicians were toutingthe idea of forced vaccinations
and threatening restrictionsand travel and social support
should an individual decideagainst getting vaccinated.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
That is something that we're also applying to
everyone who gets on a plane ora train in the coming months in
Canada.
That's a decision that we'remaking in order to keep
Canadians safe, in order to putan end to this pandemic crisis
in Canada.
If anyone chooses to not getvaccinated, there will be
(06:57):
consequences.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Now they're doing their best to articulate that
they never forced anyone to getvaccinated.
No, perhaps not, But theycertainly didn't make it very
easy not to get vaccinatedeither.
I mean, you sure weren't goingto get back to the country if
you left without any hassleunless you were fully vaccinated
.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
If anyone chooses to not get vaccinated, there will
be consequences.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Now, right now, I'd like to fully articulate that I
don't care what side of thevaccination line you are on.
For me, it's about the freedomand right to choose over and,
above all else, You do what'sgood for you and I'll do what's
good for me.
If the government want me to dosomething, it's incumbent on
them to give me enough tangibleand verifiable information that
it'll make sense that I do whatthey might recommend.
(07:40):
But there'll be no forcing,mandates, restrictions or
otherwise.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
We know things are bad, worse than bad, they're
crazy.
It's like everything everywhereis going crazy.
So we don't go out anymore.
We sit in the house and slowlythe world we're living in is
getting smaller and all we sayis please at least leave us
alone in our living rooms, letme have my toaster and my TV and
my steel built-in radios, and Iwon't say anything, just leave
us alone.
Well, I'm not gooding to leaveyou alone.
(08:05):
I want you to get mad.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So, naturally, the next obvious question is why me?
Well, why not?
Like yourself, I'm just aregular Joe.
I don't have any politicalbackground or training in the
field.
What I do have is my opinion,in my own unique perspective on
the matters that we face asCanadians.
Perhaps by offering myviewpoint, it will encourage you
(08:29):
to share yours as well, whichcan only serve to better the
national conversation.
Being from Alberta lends a bitof a different perspective
regarding Canada.
Tied to the whipping post ofConfederation, Alberta is often
at odds with the federalgovernment, which might make it
a bit easier to eye the fedswith suspicion.
Our resource sector is a hugecontributor to the Canadian
economy, yet the federalgovernment seems to relish in
(08:49):
strangling our ability tocontribute at every turn,
establishing regulations andlegislation that all but
cripples the Alberta economy,even though we contribute
handsomely to equalization,which benefits the whole of the
nation.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Can you spell Alberta ?
I'm like I'll try.
Here you go, here's cash.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Meanwhile, most Canadians don't have the first
idea about how politics work inthis country.
It's a recipe for disaster Thathas been brewing for quite some
time.
We suffer for it and thegovernment benefits from our
combined ignorance.
It's time to do something tochange that.
The hope is, by offering myopinion and personal take on
things, that it will createcapacity and dialogue, resulting
in more awareness regarding theissues we face in general.
(09:26):
By giving you my take oncertain issues, it might help
contribute to some capacity forthe understanding of the
political system we findourselves subject to.
"Just in case you accidentallywander into a voting booth one
day, there's some things youshould know.
After all, it doesn't matterwhat political party you vote
for.
Canada is still on track to apredefined destination.
The powers that be exist behindthe curtain in front of which
(09:46):
the politically elected enacttheir theatrics.
The only difference is in howfast we're gonna get there.
If you vote for the left,you'll get there in what seems
like moments, and if you votefor the right, we'll still end
up at the same place.
It'll just take eight to tenyears.
We'll dive into that in anotherepisode, but these are the kinds
of things I think about.
They're the things I think youshould be thinking about as well
.
It's far too easy to bury ourhead in the sand, giving the
(10:08):
endless distractions compoundedby the blatant propaganda
bombarding us constantly.
That's what they're bargainingon, though.
They want you meek andcompliant and incapable of
knowing the truth.
Their endless campaign ofdivision and fear is designed to
keep you under control.
Then you'll beg them to do whatthey wanted to do all along.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist,although it's easy to see how
some of these ideas garnertraction.
(10:29):
I mean, put it this way thegovernment doesn't always do a
great job of making them appearany less credible.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
That said, if it walks like a duck and quacks.
"It was CS Lewis who, in hisunforgettable screw tape letters
wrote The greatest evil is notdone now in those sorted dens of
(10:57):
crime that Dickens loved topaint.
It is not even done inconcentration camps and labor
camps.
In those we see its finalresult.
But it is conceived and ordered, moved, seconded, carried and
Minuted in clear carpeted,warmed and well-lighted offices
(11:20):
by quiet men with white collarsand cut fingernails and
smooth-shaven cheeks who do notneed to raise their voice.
Well, because these quiet mendo not raise their voices?
Because they sometimes speak insoothing tones of brotherhood
and peace, because, like otherdictators before them, they're
always making their finalterritorial demand.
(11:41):
Some would have us accept themat their word and accommodate
ourselves to their aggressiveimpulses.
But if history teaches anything, it teaches that simple minded
appeasement or wishful thinkingabout our adversaries is folly.
It means the betrayal of ourpast, the squandering of our
freedom.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Okay, i think you get the picture.
I'll pick something I have anopinion about.
We'll build an episode aroundit.
How often episodes will beuploaded will remain to be seen,
but I'll try to keep it current.
At this point in the program,we'd introduce our guests,
should we have one, carry on tohave a conversation.
Before I wrap things up with myconclusion, which might even
change depending on how thevisit with our guest goes, I
don't plan to only have gueststhat I agree with either, but,
(12:27):
I'm not going to specificallyset out to exclude them on the
other hand.
The important thing is theyhave something to contribute to
the conversation regarding theepisode's topic, nothing more.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Prime Minister, you twice Were found guilty of
breaking the ethics to act.
After those two convictions didyou decide to read the act?
Speaker 1 (12:46):
You've got 14 seconds , Prime Minister.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
Yes, I have read the act a number of times.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Are you aware of section 21?
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Yes, since I've read the act, I'm aware of section 21
.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
What does it say?
I can?
pull it up for you, but if youhave it in front of you, you're
only Well, it says a publicoffice holder, of which you are
one, shall recuse himself orherself from any discussion,
decision, debate or vote in anymatter in which, in respect of
which he or she would be in aconflict of interest.
Now, what you've admitted todayis not just that you were in a
(13:18):
conflict of interest, but thatyou consciously recognized in
your May cabinet meeting thatsuch a conflict might exist,
that it didn't just slide byyour desk, that you were
consciously aware that there wasa an inappropriate link to your
family that would put you in aconflict.
Why did you at that moment notcall the ethics commissioner and
(13:42):
recuse yourself?
Speaker 4 (13:44):
That is simply not true, Mr Poilliere, the issue of
advancing issues for one's own.
By the way, the ethicscommissioner is looking into
this right now and I fully trusthis judgment on on determining
it.
But at the same time, myconcern around recusing myself
was a question aroundperceptions, because I knew full
(14:06):
well that this Canada SummerStudents Grant program was not
going to directly benefit mymother or my brother.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Your 16 seconds are up.
Your 16 seconds are up.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
I'm gonna ask you again because nobody, nobody
believes you.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
If you have any idea for future topics or guests,
make sure you head over to ourwebsite at www.
thiscanadianthinks.
com and drop us a line.
We're also looking for sponsorsand advertisers, so if you
think This Canadian Thinks wouldbe a good fit, feel free to
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This is where my closingmonologue will appear, but,
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Speaker 1 (15:24):
All right, that'll wrap it up for the first episode
of This Canadian Thinks.
I really hope that you'll findthe subject matter entertaining.
if nothing else, I'm lookingforward to having some fun but,
more importantly, I'm lookingforward to offering an
admittedly Albertan viewpoint tothe Canadian discourse on a
wide variety of topics.
Thanks so much for listeningand I hope you'll be back again
for future episodes of ThisCanadian Thinks.
(15:45):
All right, don't forget tosubscribe.
Thanks for coming along for theride.
Whether we agree or agree to disagree, everybody's
got an opinion, and I'm about togive you mine.
So sit back, relax, buckle upand try not to get offended.
Welcome to This Canadian Thinks.
Welcome to the first everepisode of This Canadian Thinks.
I'm your host, Shaman, and I'dlike to take a few moments to
(00:22):
introduce myself and let youknow what you can expect from
this podcast.
First, a little bit about myself.
Since a very young age, I had atendency to question authority.
I was once told not to comeback to Sunday school when I was
a boy because I asked too manyquestions and it was disrupting
the class for the other students.
He said you're the beast!" avoracious reader.
From early on, i'd often diginto a topic I found interesting
in order to learn more.
(00:42):
I still do this to this veryday.
I'm at home with a referencebook or an instruction pr efer
the substance of the articleover the headline above, and I
never accept anything at facevalue.
If you tell me to do something,I'm going to need to know the
why and the how before I'm goingto fall in line, and that's
only after I've entertainedenough information to make the
decision for myself.
You can imagine what that waslike for the last couple of
(01:04):
years.
Truth is, I've been a rebelmost of my life.
I didn't really fit in and Ididn't really care to, still
don't.
It also never really botheredme what people thought of me,
and that hasn't changed either.
I've had a plethora of jobs andoccupations.
I've been a musician, ajournalist, a beat reporter.
I've worked in the oil patch,had labor-intensive jobs, desk
jobs, service jobs, you name it.
(01:25):
I even operate a small farm inCentral Alberta where I raise
livestock.
Despite all this, I've justnever had the desire to trade my
life and freedom for theslavery of economics.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Every time that you put effort into work and you're
making a little bit of money,you better have a very good plan
of what you're going to do withthat money, because you're
using up your life.
We're not prisoners.
We should not be prisoners ofthe economic system that we live
in.
We should be free, free people.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Unfortunately, one of the greatest threats to free
living is the government, a mostcontemptible creature indeed.
By escalating your cost ofliving and negating your income
through taxation, among many,many other things, the
government tends not to act inthe best intention of the
population, but instead mostlyin a manner which is best for
(02:21):
the government and allows themto maintain power for as long as
possible.
Problem is, in Canada, peopleseem to be more worried about
what's going on in the UnitedStates, which to some degree
makes sense, because whathappens there often migrates
north, but they seem obliviousto the issues in their own
country.
This is likely due in no smallpart to the fact that the legacy
media in Canada has been fullybought and paid for by the
(02:43):
political class.
The CBC has been rendered asnothing more than the propaganda
arm of the Liberal Party.
As a result, long gone are thedays of investigative journalism
or breaking exclusives.
These days, it's much easier toregurgitate whatever the
government seems to dish out.
There's no more who, what, when, why or where.
The line is thoroughly towedlest they lose the billions of
dollars in funding thegovernment has allocated to them
(03:04):
.
"A great deal of money has beeninvested in this project and we
can't allow it to So, it isthis situation from which This
Canadian Thinks was born.
Canadians need more politicalcontent and not the kind they've
been getting.
There needs to be analternative to the US news cycle
that allows Canadians to becomemore knowledgeable in regards
to the affairs and politicalgoings-on in their own country.
(03:25):
It was with great dismay that Isaw so many taking to Facebook
during the Freedom Convoy,spreading the most inaccurate of
information, like statementsabout Mary Simon saying she
needed X amount of signatures toremove Trudeau, which is fully
untrue.
For if they had spoken to theGovernor General which is also
highly unlikely she would haveexplained to them that she has
no power whatsoever to unseat asitting Prime Minister.
Her role is very much one ofceremony.
(03:47):
Regardless, it proved to methat most Canadians have zero
understanding of the politics inCanada actually work.
The constant interaction withUS content literally has the
result of some Canadiansthinking that their laws
translate into our own, which isalso not the case.
Shows like Tucker Carlson arehighly popular with many
Canadians, so much so theCarlson often featured Canadian
(04:09):
content prior to his leaving FoxNews.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
So we've been covering this truck strike in
Canada all week.
This afternoon, the PrimeMinister of Canada, who clearly
is Fidel Castro's illegitimateson, came out from hiding to
threaten the protesters directly.
Watch this.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
If you joined the protests because you're tired of
COVID, you now need tounderstand that you're breaking
laws.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
You could be breaking laws.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
What we need is a similar style of show aimed
specifically for Canadians.
That's hopefully where ThisCanadian Thinks comes in, at
least in terms of format.
I'm not talking about being acarbon copy of the Tucker
Carlson show.
The views and opinionsrepresented by Carlson are his
and his alone.
I have my own take on things.
As you will come to know, I'm apretty opinionated person and I
(04:58):
don't have trouble tellingpeople what I think.
For me, This Canadian Thinksserves as my own personal
opinion editorial.
I'll start out each episodewith a rundown of the episode
subject matter and offer myopinion.
Now, it's important to note herethat I've been known to be a
bit of a devil's advocate.
Take a position aside from myown for the purpose of exploring
dialogue or understanding.
That'll likely happen here aswell.
(05:18):
Sometimes you may agree with meand sometimes you won't, and
that's okay, or at least itshould be.
After all, I was taughtthroughout my school days that
Canada is a melting pot ofcultures and that it is the
resulting diversity which is ourstrength.
Therefore, it is incumbent onall of us to respect the
opinions and beliefs of ourfellow citizens, even if we
don't agree with each other onevery topic all the time.
(05:45):
Whenever possible, should therebe an available guest that has
something to offer in terms ofthe subject matter, and
regardless if they are inagreement with my position or
not, I will have a conversationwith them during the second half
of the show, not unlike theformat Carlson's show once
followed.
So if you'd like to appear as aguest, feel free to reach out.
So you might be asking yourselfwhy.
Now?
Why do Canadians need a podcastlike This Canadian Thinks?
(06:07):
Well, for starters, maybeyou've noticed that a lot of
things just don't make senseanymore.
In fact, it almost seems asthough governments around the
world are working in disregardof the expectations of their
citizens, to the point ofgaslighting them into going
along with the agendas thatunderpin the government's
operations.
If you don't agree or followalong, then you can't expect any
sort of consideration, likeduring the pandemic, when
(06:29):
certain politicians were toutingthe idea of forced vaccinations
and threatening restrictionsand travel and social support
should an individual decideagainst getting vaccinated.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
That is something that we're also applying to
everyone who gets on a plane ora train in the coming months in
Canada.
That's a decision that we'remaking in order to keep
Canadians safe, in order to putan end to this pandemic crisis
in Canada.
If anyone chooses to not getvaccinated, there will be
(06:57):
consequences.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Now they're doing their best to articulate that
they never forced anyone to getvaccinated.
No, perhaps not, But theycertainly didn't make it very
easy not to get vaccinatedeither.
I mean, you sure weren't goingto get back to the country if
you left without any hassleunless you were fully vaccinated
.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
If anyone chooses to not get vaccinated, there will
be consequences.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Now, right now, I'd like to fully articulate that I
don't care what side of thevaccination line you are on.
For me, it's about the freedomand right to choose over and,
above all else, You do what'sgood for you and I'll do what's
good for me.
If the government want me to dosomething, it's incumbent on
them to give me enough tangibleand verifiable information that
it'll make sense that I do whatthey might recommend.
(07:40):
But there'll be no forcing,mandates, restrictions or
otherwise.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
We know things are bad, worse than bad, they're
crazy.
It's like everything everywhereis going crazy.
So we don't go out anymore.
We sit in the house and slowlythe world we're living in is
getting smaller and all we sayis please at least leave us
alone in our living rooms, letme have my toaster and my TV and
my steel built-in radios, and Iwon't say anything, just leave
us alone.
Well, I'm not gooding to leaveyou alone.
(08:05):
I want you to get mad.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So, naturally, the next obvious question is why me?
Well, why not?
Like yourself, I'm just aregular Joe.
I don't have any politicalbackground or training in the
field.
What I do have is my opinion,in my own unique perspective on
the matters that we face asCanadians.
Perhaps by offering myviewpoint, it will encourage you
(08:29):
to share yours as well, whichcan only serve to better the
national conversation.
Being from Alberta lends a bitof a different perspective
regarding Canada.
Tied to the whipping post ofConfederation, Alberta is often
at odds with the federalgovernment, which might make it
a bit easier to eye the fedswith suspicion.
Our resource sector is a hugecontributor to the Canadian
economy, yet the federalgovernment seems to relish in
(08:49):
strangling our ability tocontribute at every turn,
establishing regulations andlegislation that all but
cripples the Alberta economy,even though we contribute
handsomely to equalization,which benefits the whole of the
nation.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Can you spell Alberta ?
I'm like I'll try.
Here you go, here's cash.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Meanwhile, most Canadians don't have the first
idea about how politics work inthis country.
It's a recipe for disaster Thathas been brewing for quite some
time.
We suffer for it and thegovernment benefits from our
combined ignorance.
It's time to do something tochange that.
The hope is, by offering myopinion and personal take on
things, that it will createcapacity and dialogue, resulting
in more awareness regarding theissues we face in general.
(09:26):
By giving you my take oncertain issues, it might help
contribute to some capacity forthe understanding of the
political system we findourselves subject to.
"Just in case you accidentallywander into a voting booth one
day, there's some things youshould know.
After all, it doesn't matterwhat political party you vote
for.
Canada is still on track to apredefined destination.
The powers that be exist behindthe curtain in front of which
(09:46):
the politically elected enacttheir theatrics.
The only difference is in howfast we're gonna get there.
If you vote for the left,you'll get there in what seems
like moments, and if you votefor the right, we'll still end
up at the same place.
It'll just take eight to tenyears.
We'll dive into that in anotherepisode, but these are the kinds
of things I think about.
They're the things I think youshould be thinking about as well
.
It's far too easy to bury ourhead in the sand, giving the
(10:08):
endless distractions compoundedby the blatant propaganda
bombarding us constantly.
That's what they're bargainingon, though.
They want you meek andcompliant and incapable of
knowing the truth.
Their endless campaign ofdivision and fear is designed to
keep you under control.
Then you'll beg them to do whatthey wanted to do all along.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist,although it's easy to see how
some of these ideas garnertraction.
(10:29):
I mean, put it this way thegovernment doesn't always do a
great job of making them appearany less credible.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
That said, if it walks like a duck and quacks.
"It was CS Lewis who, in hisunforgettable screw tape letters
wrote The greatest evil is notdone now in those sorted dens of
(10:57):
crime that Dickens loved topaint.
It is not even done inconcentration camps and labor
camps.
In those we see its finalresult.
But it is conceived and ordered, moved, seconded, carried and
Minuted in clear carpeted,warmed and well-lighted offices
(11:20):
by quiet men with white collarsand cut fingernails and
smooth-shaven cheeks who do notneed to raise their voice.
Well, because these quiet mendo not raise their voices?
Because they sometimes speak insoothing tones of brotherhood
and peace, because, like otherdictators before them, they're
always making their finalterritorial demand.
(11:41):
Some would have us accept themat their word and accommodate
ourselves to their aggressiveimpulses.
But if history teaches anything, it teaches that simple minded
appeasement or wishful thinkingabout our adversaries is folly.
It means the betrayal of ourpast, the squandering of our
freedom.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Okay, i think you get the picture.
I'll pick something I have anopinion about.
We'll build an episode aroundit.
How often episodes will beuploaded will remain to be seen,
but I'll try to keep it current.
At this point in the program,we'd introduce our guests,
should we have one, carry on tohave a conversation.
Before I wrap things up with myconclusion, which might even
change depending on how thevisit with our guest goes, I
don't plan to only have gueststhat I agree with either, but,
(12:27):
I'm not going to specificallyset out to exclude them on the
other hand.
The important thing is theyhave something to contribute to
the conversation regarding theepisode's topic, nothing more.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Prime Minister, you twice Were found guilty of
breaking the ethics to act.
After those two convictions didyou decide to read the act?
Speaker 1 (12:46):
You've got 14 seconds , Prime Minister.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
Yes, I have read the act a number of times.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Are you aware of section 21?
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Yes, since I've read the act, I'm aware of section 21
.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
What does it say?
I can?
pull it up for you, but if youhave it in front of you, you're
only Well, it says a publicoffice holder, of which you are
one, shall recuse himself orherself from any discussion,
decision, debate or vote in anymatter in which, in respect of
which he or she would be in aconflict of interest.
Now, what you've admitted todayis not just that you were in a
(13:18):
conflict of interest, but thatyou consciously recognized in
your May cabinet meeting thatsuch a conflict might exist,
that it didn't just slide byyour desk, that you were
consciously aware that there wasa an inappropriate link to your
family that would put you in aconflict.
Why did you at that moment notcall the ethics commissioner and
(13:42):
recuse yourself?
Speaker 4 (13:44):
That is simply not true, Mr Poilliere, the issue of
advancing issues for one's own.
By the way, the ethicscommissioner is looking into
this right now and I fully trusthis judgment on on determining
it.
But at the same time, myconcern around recusing myself
was a question aroundperceptions, because I knew full
(14:06):
well that this Canada SummerStudents Grant program was not
going to directly benefit mymother or my brother.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Your 16 seconds are up.
Your 16 seconds are up.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
I'm gonna ask you again because nobody, nobody
believes you.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
If you have any idea for future topics or guests,
make sure you head over to ourwebsite at www.
thiscanadianthinks.
com and drop us a line.
We're also looking for sponsorsand advertisers, so if you
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This is where my closingmonologue will appear, but,
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Speaker 1 (15:24):
All right, that'll wrap it up for the first episode
of This Canadian Thinks.
I really hope that you'll findthe subject matter entertaining.
if nothing else, I'm lookingforward to having some fun but,
more importantly, I'm lookingforward to offering an
admittedly Albertan viewpoint tothe Canadian discourse on a
wide variety of topics.
Thanks so much for listeningand I hope you'll be back again
for future episodes of ThisCanadian Thinks.
(15:45):
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