Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Press freedom applies to everyone – even The Rebel It’s become standard practice for the Liberal government to refuse to accredit me or other reporters from my company, Rebel News, at press conferences. Other right-leaning reporters are banned, too. But, at a recent press conference at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, there I was, smiling at Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland from the front row. I had been smuggled into the room by the former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Okay – that sounds more dramatic than it really was. The former director of the CIA is Mr. Pompeo himself. And he didn’t really smuggle me in. But he did let me walk into the news conference as part of his own delegation, which included U.S. journalists ... and I doubt he told Ms. Freeland about it. That’s just as shocking as if it had really been a CIA operation.

This afternoon June 13th), Sheila Gunn, from the Rebel media, sent me an email asking me to stand up for Maxine Bernier.   She stated: " Last night, Andrew Scheer fired Maxine Bernier from the Conservative Party’s shadow cabinet.   The reason? Bernier, the party’s most popular MP from Quebec, opposes “supply management" for Quebec’s dairy industry. Of course, supply management is just a fancy way of saying:  we all have to pay triple the normal price for milk, cheese and yogurt ,  because Quebec dairy farmers have managed to lobby Ottawa for subsidies. It makes the rest of us hundreds of dollars poorer every year, and it benefits a handful of Quebec businessmen. " Now don't get me wrong, I don't want to pay anymore than I have too, but I also DO NOT want to see Canadian farmers, ranchers, and dairy producers driven out of business.   Contrary to want anyone has to say, American producers ARE SUBSIDIZED ... and subsidized in a BIG way. ...