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On 3 June 1967, Hellyer flew in by helicopter to officially inaugurate an Unidentified flying object landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta. The town had built the landing pad as its Canadian Centennial celebration project, and as a symbol of keeping space free from human warfare. The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."Throughout his life, Hellyer has been opposed to the weaponization of space. He supports the Space Preservation Treaty to ban space weapons.In early September 2005, Hellyer made international headlines by publicly announcing that he believed some UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. On 25 September 2005, he was an invited speaker at an exopolitics conference in Toronto, where he told the audience that he had seen a UFO one night with his late wife and some friends. He said that though he discounted the experience at the time, he had kept an open mind to it. He said that he started taking the issue much more seriously after watching ABC News' "Peter Jennings Reports UFOs: Seeing is Believing" special in February 2005.Watching Jennings' report prompted Hellyer to finally read U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso's book The Day After Roswell about the Roswell crash Incident which had been sitting on his shelf for some time. Hellyer told the Toronto audience that he later spoke to a retired Air Force General who confirmed the accuracy of the information in the book. Hellyer told the audience that in December 2004, he had enjoyed reading and had endorsed a book by Alfred Webre titled: Exopolitics - Politics, Government and Law in the Universe. He ended his 30 minute historical talk with a standing ovation by stating: "To turn us in the direction of re-unification with the rest of creation the author is proposing a “Decade of Contact” – an “era of openness, public hearings, publicly funded research, and education about extraterrestrial reality”.In 2007, the Ottawa Citizen reported that Hellyer is demanding that world governments disclose alien technology that could be used to solve the problem of climate change. "I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet," Hellyer told the paper. He also said that "We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough,"______________________________________________Paull Hellyer holds one of the longest and most varied political career in Canada's history. He was first elected as a Liberal in 1949 federal election in the district of Davenport, he was the youngest person ever elected to that point in the Canadian House of Commons. He served a brief stint as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, and made a good impression. He was then named Associate Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent. He lost his seat when the Saint-Laurent government lost the 1957 election a few months later.Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighboring district of Trinity, and became an effective opposition critic of the John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson. As Minister of Defence, he oversaw the controversial integration and unification of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, the and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a single organization, the Canadian Forces.Hellyer contested the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, placing second on the first ballot, but slipping to third on the second and third ballots, and withdrawing to support Robert Winters on the fourth ballot, in which Pierre Trudeau won the leadership. He then served as Trudeau's Transport Minister, and was Senior Minister in the Cabinet, a position similar to the current position of Deputy Prime Minister.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

In this episode, Alex McFadyen from Flow Mortgage Co. and guest Dave Larock from Integrated Mortgage Planners Inc. explore the latest developments in the Canadian mortgage market. They discuss the Bank of Canada's recent interest rate decisions, the impact on inflation and housing costs, and share predictions for the rate cut cycles. Dave offers a deep dive into the complexities of housing supply, immigration trends, and the pros and cons of variable versus fixed-rate mortgages. With valuable advice for current and prospective homeowners, this episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating the real estate market in 2024. Dave Larock is a Mortgage Broker and the Owner of Integrated Mortgage Planners Inc. from Toronto, Ontario. To find out more about Dave and hear his expertise, check out his website at: integratedmortgageplanners.com You can find Dave on Instagram: @davethemortgagebroker ********** Ready to take the plunge into homeownership? Don't miss our comprehensive First-Time Home Buyers Course available at the link below. This essential resource is designed to guide you through the maze of purchasing your first home with confidence and ease. Free for a limited time to listeners of the show! https://alex-s-school-7883.thinkific.com/courses/first-time-home-buyer-course For daily insights, make sure to find us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: @flowmortgageco Don't just dream about your future home, make it a reality! Subscribe to "The Flow: Real Estate & Money Show" for more invaluable insights, and visit our website at getflowmortgage.ca to discover how we can help make your property aspirations come true.

Kith's President, Stephanie Craig, has built her reputation as a crisis expert by guiding some of the world's most prominent people and organizations through their most trying moments. Combining her deep experience in politics, media and business, she mitigates crisis, repairs reputations and inoculates against future crises. Prior to joining Kith, Stephanie was the founder and CEO of the Apeiron Strategy Group where she counted former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the mayor of the nation's 10th largest city as clients.  When not handling crisis, Stephanie used her company to support causes she cares about by helping to establish the groundbreaking group — I Am ALS and chairing the Force to End Harassment in Advocacy as an effort during the #Metoo movement. In her career, Stephanie has guided media organizations, Fortune 50 tech companies and members of the House and Senate in the United States and Canada through some of their most trying days. She sharpened her crisis skills on several campaigns including three presidentials. She is a battleground specialist and likely the only person to have worked in both houses on Capitol Hill and Parliament Hill. Having known Kith's founder, Bill Coletti, since their time at Public Strategies, Stephanie jumped at the chance to work together again because of their shared belief that there is a better way to be a crisis consultant — the Kith way. SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTSHolds distinction as one of the only people to ever work in the U.S. House and Senate, and the Canadian House and Senate.Led efforts for Fortune 50 CEO's campaign to raise over $5 million to support his chairmanship of a corporate giving campaign.Ran the global stakeholder network for a multinational technology company preserving billions of dollars.Developed and executed the 2020 political strategy for a former First Lady.Partnered to create, launch and grow a leading women's organization.Created a marketing and communications department for a global media and insights company that enabled them to completely shift their image in the midst of a complete change to their business-model, which has helped the company go from losing money to posting a $27 million profit in 2020.Navigated the nation's largest and most comprehensive tech policy group through lawsuits, corporate espionage, CEO transition and merger.++++++++++++++++++++++++Stephanie CraigPresident, Kith202-329-7545linkedin.com/in/craigstephanie www.kith.coSupport the showThis episode is sponsored by John Guilfoil Public Relations. From crisis communications to website development; visit our website JGPR.net or call 617.993.0003

In Episode 156 I had the honor to speak with Garett Tomasek, U.S. leader of Best Buddies. Garett was introduced to me and the Unstoppable Mindset by accessiBe's own Sheldon Lewis, also a past guest on the podcast. Sheldon also introduced me to an incredible woman who is a Best Buddy in Canada. Meet Jessica Rotolo who is a talented and fearless 25-year-old model, artist, self-advocate, actor and dancer, who has a passion for performing on film and stage. Jessica was born with Downs Syndrome. I empathize a great deal as my parents, like Jessica's, were told that she would be a burden on them. As with my parents, Jessica's parents, especially her mom, fiercely opposed the idea that their daughter could not grow up to do whatever she wanted with her life. Along the way, Jessica was introduced to Best Buddies Canada where she met one of her pier buddies, Lauren Abela. Under the Best Buddies program, a Best Buddy like Jessica gets a new “pier buddy” every year. These people are volunteers who choose to become friends and mentors for persons with development or intellectual disabilities. In the case of Lauren and Jessica, their relationship flourished, and they became and still are clearly best friends, and Jessica's mom, Dorlean is also part of the team. Mom refers to herself as Jessica's Momager and prefers to work behind the scenes. However, she clearly is a significant part of the conversation you get to experience on this episode. Clearly these three are an unstoppable force. Lauren is a leader in Best Buddies and Jessica is an international ambassador for the program. Check out this episode and be ready to be inspired and encouraged. About the Guest: Jessica Rotolo Jessica is a talented and fearless 25-year-old model, artist, self-advocate, actor and dancer, who has a passion for performing on film and stage. Jessica was born with Down syndrome and is a role model for her community as well as an Ambassador for DramaWay, Best Buddies Canada and Best Buddies International. As the recipient of several awards, Jessica has also been recognized in the Ontario Legislative Assembly and the Canadian House of Commons for her outstanding international commitment in advocating and fundraising for her Down Syndrome community. She has performed in several musical drama productions throughout her career at DramaWay, a Toronto drama company serving the All-Abilities community. She has been a guest on several Canadian News Stations and Talk Shows. She has appeared in numerous campaigns for the Canadian Down Syndrome Society and a Documentary called “Employable Me Canada” not to mention a number of other fashion shows and photo shoots, including the Fashion Arts Toronto show and with designer 3ndolith. Dorlean Rotolo As her “Momager,” Dorlean is committed to supporting her daughter, Jessica, in all aspects of her career of modeling, acting, dancing and her advocacy for Best Buddies Canada, Best Buddies International and the Down syndrome community at large. Lauren Abela Lauren is a recent psychology graduate and now Student Recruitment Officer at the University of Guelph-Humber. She was first introduced to Best Buddies in high school at St. Jean de Brebeuf in Vaughan, Canada. Lauren fell in love with the atmosphere and purpose of the organization, and soon took on greater leadership roles including co-founding her own chapter with Jessica and becoming Canada's first Global Ambassadors for Best Buddies together. Because of Jessica, Lauren chose her thesis research topic to be called, “Down Syndrome Acceptance: Changing Attitudes Through Interventions.” Through her research, she found a positive relationship between disability education and inclusionary attitudes. Lauren is grateful to have attended university on a full scholarship as a Founders' Academic Merit Scholarship recipient, and made the most of her last 4 years as an active member in the community. Upon graduating, she received her school's top graduation awards, including Gold Medallion for Leadership Excellence and Michael Nightingale Community Enrichment Award. Presently, Lauren plans to pursue further education to become a Registered Psychologist and continue her research assistantship with her former professor's non-profit, Teaching & Learning Research (TLR) In Action, studying the accessibility of post-secondary classrooms for the visually impaired. In the meantime, she travels around Ontario promoting her school, encouraging students to apply for scholarships and consider joining Best Buddies. Best Buddies taught her that friendships are not something to be taken for granted, and the power of giving kindness to someone who needs it most holds immeasurable impact. Ways to connect with Jessica, Dorlean & Lauren: Best Buddies Canada Instagram: https://instagram.com/bestbuddiescanada?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Best Buddies Canada Website: https://bestbuddies.ca Jessica's Instagram: https://instagram.com/jessica.rotolo20?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Jessica's Linktree Website: https://linktr.ee/Jessica.Rotolo20 Shop Jessica's Cards: https://kidicarus.ca/product-tag/jessica-rotolo/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: **Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. **Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hello once again and welcome to unstoppable mindset today we get to do something a little bit different, something we haven't done a lot, although when we do it. It's kind of fun. And that is we have more than one guest on the podcast today. Several months ago, we had a guest on Garrett Tomasek, who is involved with best buddies in the United States. And if you listened to that episode, you had a chance to learn about Best Buddies. And he was introduced to us by Sheldon Lewis here at AccessiBe well. Along the way, Sheldon also introduced us introduced us if I could talk I'd be in great shape but introduced us to Jessica Rotolo and Dorlean Rotolo and Lauren Abela. Lauren is a best buddy Jessica is a best buddy of Lauren's. And we also have, as I said, other people involved in this whole thing specifically Darlene, who is Jessica's mom, she prefers to be called her momager. And we're going to talk all about that. But Jessica is involved in a lot of different events. Jessica is a model, she's an actress, she does a variety of different kinds of things. And she was born with Down syndrome. So we're going to talk about all of that. And we're going to talk about best buddies and do whatever it is that we need to do to make this a fun time. So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. And I think I'm going to start with Jessica and say welcome to unstoppable mindset. How are you? **Jessica Rotolo ** 03:00 Yes, I'm great. I'm great. I go. ahead, go ahead. I am 25 years old, and I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and I was born with Down syndrome. And right here is a buddy of mine, a pure buddy who I love. **Lauren Abela ** 03:21 Lauren. Jessica is hugging me right now. I'm Lauren. **Jessica Rotolo ** 03:24 And my mom who I live with **Michael Hingson ** 03:29 Hug your mom too. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 03:30 And I'm getting hugs right now. **Michael Hingson ** 03:33 Okay, just checking for **Dorlean Rotolo ** 03:35 being just as mom is the amount of hugs we get. Well, that's kind of I once said on a documentary she did that she she would be a professional hugger. **Jessica Rotolo ** 03:45 And that was called employable me. And that was when I was looking for a job and they helped me actually get a job at Navara the costume rental store. And well, so they do and they also helped me get my art and to Christmas cards. **Michael Hingson ** 04:04 Oh, so do you have a job today? Today? **Jessica Rotolo ** 04:07 I do. I actually work at my preschool. Centennial. Jobcentre. Ah, okay, I am a path forward classroom assistant there because I went to Centennial when I was a kid, a baby, a baby, a **Michael Hingson ** 04:27 baby. Well, that's kind of cool. Well, Lauren, let's welcome you also to unstoppable mindset. How are you? **Lauren Abela ** 04:34 I'm doing good. I'm nervous but excited. **Michael Hingson ** 04:38 Don't be nervous. No need to be nervous. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 04:43 You don't bite do you? **Michael Hingson ** 04:45 Never anxious. Just food. And humans are not food. So no. Well, Lauren, tell us a little bit about you kind of growing up. Why don't you start us off with that. We learned already a little bit about Jeff because she's 25, and she was born with Down syndrome, we'll come back to that. But tell us about you, Lauren. Yeah, **Lauren Abela ** 05:05 so I was born, normally developing, I have a twin brother and two older sisters, born and raised here in Ontario, Canada. And I first got involved in high school with best buddies in the 11th grade. So halfway into my career, and I haven't left since. So **Michael Hingson ** 05:24 how did you discover Best Buddies? **Lauren Abela ** 05:26 So I know that the club had a presence around my high school. And they would often host events and have tables set up during club fairs, and they would have big sales. So within those first couple years, I was getting familiar with the organization. And then finally, in the 11th grade, they were recruiting people for to join the Club. And then after that, I was like, you know, why not? What's, what's stopping me from joining and just and making new friends. So that was why I wanted to go and join and was that hope of making new friends and here I am today, so incredibly blessed to have my truly lifetime best friend Jessica? **Jessica Rotolo ** 06:06 Yes. And I started best buddies in grade nine of high school. And I've been in Best Buddies for 10 plus years. And it's been a fun ride through it. Oh, **Michael Hingson ** 06:24 well, how did you discover Best Buddies? We heard how Lauren did. But Jessica, how did you discover Best Buddies? **Jessica Rotolo ** 06:30 I actually heard about it from a teacher in class that Emily Chang was an is her name. And she told everyone about it. And I said, oh, oh, join. And I heard of I joined and I loved it ever since. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 06:57 Now. How to highland park. **Jessica Rotolo ** 07:00 Yeah. To Highland Park High School. Yeah. How **Michael Hingson ** 07:05 close in age are you to learn and Jessica? **Jessica Rotolo ** 07:08 Well, I'm 25 and Lauren is 22 turns.Okay, four months? **Michael Hingson ** 07:13 Yeah. All right. So, so you and how old? How old? Were you, Jessica, when you were in the ninth grade and started voting and best? You were four. Okay. My gosh. Okay. So, you started well, before Lauren, how did you guys meet and become best buddies. **Jessica Rotolo ** 07:31 So we met when I went to Humber College, when I went there. And I, she called Best Buddies, Canada. And she wanted to join, she wanted to start up a Best Buddies group up there. And I called Best Buddies, Canada. And I said that I want to start up as buddies up there as well. So best buddies, Canada basically. put us together. And we met first at Humber, at the Starbucks there, and we decided to start up a Best Buddies chapter. **Lauren Abela ** 08:14 And, Michael, just to add on to that, if you're not, if, you know, just to share some background information that's based Canada is quite a small leadership team. So we had reached out to different people within the organization. And then in office, they're like, Hey, someone from Hungary reached out. Yeah. Someone from the University of Guelph Humber reached out. So it was the team over at the space Canada. Deanna and Vicki who connected Jessica and I together. Yes. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 08:40 And the university and the college are right beside each other. They are Yeah, so. **Jessica Rotolo ** 08:46 So the Humber College actually went to 12. Humber University University. **Michael Hingson ** 08:50 Right. So did you get a college degree, Jessica? **Jessica Rotolo ** 08:57 Well, I was in the sea ice program there. And that is a two year program for people with special needs, like me and other people who have autism and other any **Michael Hingson ** 09:14 special special special needs. Yeah, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 09:16 it's a two year program. Yes, **Jessica Rotolo ** 09:18 a two year program. And I was in person for a little bit and then COVID happened. And I was online, which I did not like. Yeah, yeah. But I also did a documentary in 2018 called employable me. And that's when I got the job and the cards, but they also said that I was eligible to graduate two years before 2015. And that meant that if I graduated, then I would have gone to Humber College in person all throughout **Dorlean Rotolo ** 09:56 Europe, but then I don't think you'll remember Lauren. Yeah. Yeah, I meant to be, **Jessica Rotolo ** 10:01 but it was meant to be. But I went, I deferred it for a year and then an orphan. Yeah. Worked out. **Michael Hingson ** 10:08 Yeah. Sodid you go back to college and finish or? **Jessica Rotolo ** 10:12 Well, I defer it for a year. And they went to Humber what engineering. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 10:18 She got accepted. But then she deferred the acceptance for one year because I had a number of things she was doing. So then she went to college for the two year program. Okay. The second year was COVID. So yeah, she was **Lauren Abela ** 10:31 Jessica. I can't imagine what if you had beat me to starting the chapter? Chapter. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 10:40 So after COVID, so you haven't gone back and finished your second year yet? No, **Jessica Rotolo ** 10:45 no, I'm done now. Oh, no, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 10:47 you finished? She finished it online, **Michael Hingson ** 10:49 online. Okay. Okay. And I **Jessica Rotolo ** 10:51 graduated online as well. Cool. **Michael Hingson ** 10:55 So you virtually walked across the stage and got here. So Dorlean, tell us about you a little bit, kind of your life growing up, and then certainly having the opportunity to be with Jessica, and being a mom and all that. This has obviously been different for you than probably what you expected? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 11:20 Oh, absolutely. I grew up in Saskatchewan and rural farming community. My father was a farmer, my mother, a nurse and, you know, had a lovely life in not in Saskatchewan, and then move to the mountains. And then after when I was living in Banff, I decided I wanted to move out to Ontario, so moved here and luckily met my husband. And you know, we had Jessica and it certainly was a shock like most families when you have a surprise that you weren't expecting, and but we wouldn't change Jessica in any any possible way. She is a force to be reckoned with. Yes. And the Down Syndrome has not stopped her from leading an unbelievable life. I **Jessica Rotolo ** 12:06 do anything anyone else can do. Yeah, she's **Dorlean Rotolo ** 12:09 very, very accomplished, young lady. And we're incredibly proud of her. And my first time that actually I went to a hotel to a, an event in Vaughan, which is north of Ontario. And I didn't know it, but it was a Best Buddies event that was being put on. And I remember having a t shirt from it that I eventually just gave away because I'm like, I don't know why I have this t shirt anymore. And then lo and behold, when Jessica, signs up for Best Buddies, I'm like, Oh my gosh, I should have kept that T shirt. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 12:46 Yeah. Well, so do you have other children? Yes, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 12:49 we have one daughter. Her name is Bobby. And she's doing her PhD in Waterloo, Ontario, and very proud of her. She started her PhD when she was 22 years old. And that's in public health. And yeah, she's doing very accomplished younger woman as well. **Michael Hingson ** 13:05 Jessica, are you gonna go get a PhD? **Jessica Rotolo ** 13:08 I don't know. Yeah. To a makeup course. So I want to learn everything to know that is about makeup. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 13:20 Well, when you go into her bedroom at Sephora. **Jessica Rotolo ** 13:26 She's got a makeup to **Michael Hingson ** 13:29 what to tell people a little bit about Jessica. Jessica is a model. She's an artist, self advocate, actor, and dancer. And you have performed in a variety of different kinds of things that I do want to get to all that. But the point is that you are definitely doing a lot of stuff. So maybe a PhD isn't in your future, and that's okay. Or you might decide down the line that you want to be more of an academic, but that's probably a whole lot more boring than being an artist and a dancer. And especially, I speak from experience being a self advocate. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so you **Jessica Rotolo ** 14:08 I am a self advocate for Down syndrome and Best **Dorlean Rotolo ** 14:12 Buddies and alopecia and alopecia because **Jessica Rotolo ** 14:15 in 2014, I was on a pill for sleep disorders and I caused alopecia. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 14:25 Yeah, target all patients. **Michael Hingson ** 14:28 Tell us about that. Tell us what that is. How **Jessica Rotolo ** 14:31 alopecia is hair loss. So I was completely bald from head to toe. Like hair, eyebrows, lashes everywhere. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 14:42 And then so we after nine months from the pill Jessica passed out. So we took the took her off the pill and then within eight months her hair started growing back. Yeah. But then there were still patches that were not coming back. So Jessica was would go to Sandy Brooklyn. hospital. Yes. And every three months is hollow just **Jessica Rotolo ** 15:03 there. We did 50. So it is a 50 steroid injections and my head and eyebrows. And that did not work **Dorlean Rotolo ** 15:14 every three months. And then very luckily Pfizer came out with a trial test pill, which Jessica was accepted to three and a half years ago. And so she's been going to a dermatologist and she's on that. And it's grown her hair to 32 inches long. **Jessica Rotolo ** 15:30 Wow. And growing and growing. And going with the pill. Yeah. **Jessica Rotolo ** 15:36 And now we're doing a documentary on my hair grow hair loss and hair growth journey. And I'll be cutting my hair off shoulder length, and I'll be donating my hair as a wig to someone who has **Dorlean Rotolo ** 15:58 alopecia. So continental hair is where Jessica bought a number of weeks when she had her hair loss. And they are graciously part of the documentary with Sunnybrook Hospital. And they will, Michael Suba. His name is and he will be donate making a way out of justice hair that will be donated to a young woman who is suffering from alopecia. **Michael Hingson ** 16:22 Oh, that's that's pretty cool. Yeah. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 16:25 And she's getting her hair cut when I started taping this weekend. **Jessica Rotolo ** 16:31 We can Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 16:32 What's the new documentary **Dorlean Rotolo ** 16:33 gonna be about? Well, Jessica's hair loss and regrowth journey. Okay. And **Michael Hingson ** 16:38 when will that be released? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 16:42 For spring, spring? Because we'd like to enter into Tiff and all the film festivals, and then also put it into the educational system. Yes. So it'd be a 12 to 15 minute documentary. Yeah. So we're very excited about it. We have a wonderful director named Scott drecker. Who is, is doing all the filming will **Jessica Rotolo ** 17:02 love him. Yeah. I also did a couple of public service announcements. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 17:09 And that's how we know him. Yeah, that's how we did that was for the Down Syndrome. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 17:15 Society. That's right, **Michael Hingson ** 17:16 so. So Dorlean, what is best buddies meant for you? Clearly, and I know that Jessica and Lauren have thoughts about that, and we can talk about that. But I'm curious, what does it really mean for you? 17:32 Well, the biggest thing for me was friendship. When Jessica joined, the friends that she made, and still has connected with is unbelievable. They are women that now our doctors are going to medical school. They are all very accomplished young women, and they still keep in touch with Jessica. So to me, it's friendship, this is what best buddies really is. For our family, and but also it's the, it's to the it's given just so many unbelievable opportunities to become a leader, they they have given her so many different ways where she can just shine and and and be that leader that we knew was in there. Because she hasn't gotten it from other other places, associations, but Best Buddies has just let her shine. I've been to two **Jessica Rotolo ** 18:29 leadership conferences in Toronto, Canada, twice. One was a sleepover and when was a day thing? **Michael Hingson ** 18:39 And what were the leadership conferences about or what did you accomplish there? **Jessica Rotolo ** 18:44 Um, basically how to make new friends and learning how to speak in front of large crowds. 18:54 Well, there you go. And be an advocate. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 18:58 So Lauren, do you go to on any of these events with Jessica? **Lauren Abela ** 19:04 Yes. So my first one similar to justice story was in high school. So before we had met, but you know, just over the summer, we went to the International Leadership Conference. **Jessica Rotolo ** 19:13 We did and that was our first one in person. Yeah, first, where was that? Indiana? 19:21 Oh, it's an Indiana **Jessica Rotolo ** 19:23 in the US. **Michael Hingson ** 19:24 I have. I have close friends. So we live in Bloomington. It's beautiful. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 19:29 Believe how stunning it was just loved every minute because Joe and I went as well. Yeah. And we had a mini vacation while they were off working and getting up at six and **Lauren Abela ** 19:42 made sure I was up on time. Mondays but so memorable. **Michael Hingson ** 19:48 This is where I know Best Buddies is is a miracle organization because there's never a day that just go get up at 6am **Michael Hingson ** 19:58 Well, you know that's how actresses are They like to sleep late. Oh, **Michael Hingson ** 20:01 yeah. Yeah, I like to sleep in and then they party till 1111 30 at night so or later. **Michael Hingson ** 20:10 Sleep. So So Jessica, you are doing a lot of different things with acting and art and so on. Why and how did you start all of that? And how young were you when you started that? **Jessica Rotolo ** 20:24 I believe I started this. My art and everything. When I was like four, I think what, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 20:34 John who taught you how to do so Jessica signature has a heart tell them? Yes. **Jessica Rotolo ** 20:38 My heart is Madras signature. And my my aunt, my aunt, Auntie Bev taught me how to make an M first, and then a V at the bottom and connect it and connect them make a heart like a heart. But now, I do it all myself. Yeah, yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 20:59 So what kind of art do you do? Hearts, our hearts. **Jessica Rotolo ** 21:04 Make hearts and then also people, female and male. And **Michael Hingson ** 21:11 what kind of art is it? Is it just drawing or painting or what? **Jessica Rotolo ** 21:15 Painting Manet? Okay, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 21:19 you're one of Jessica's pieces **Michael Hingson ** 21:20 of art? Well, for those who can see the podcast, because a lot of people are going to be listening to this, but if you want to show one, I don't see a problem. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 21:30 Well, you know, the the unique thing about Jessica is Hearts is that she divides them into little squares and colors. And so they're very, very colorful, and, and very **Jessica Rotolo ** 21:41 intricate. I would say it **Dorlean Rotolo ** 21:44 takes her about 40 to 50 hours to do one of **Michael Hingson ** 21:46 her I was just gonna ask that. Yeah, so 50 hours to do one, huh? Are you do you do oil paint or what? **Jessica Rotolo ** 21:54 No acrylic paint acrylic. Okay. Yes. So like on the canvas. Now, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 21:58 when she first started out, it was crayons. It was like a pencil crayon. Yeah. And then I introduced her to the acrylic paint when she got older. And yeah, they're they're a work of art. And she's Yeah, our prime minister has one dancer and mentioned national has one while we gave 24 away to a World Down Syndrome Day event that we did on March 21st. So many people have just because wonderful heart and **Jessica Rotolo ** 22:26 then when I started acting, I believe it was 15 I think with drama away, or your 14 when you thank you. I was 14. And I loved it ever since that **Dorlean Rotolo ** 22:48 you call them your second family. Yeah. And what do you do with drama? Where **Michael Hingson ** 22:51 does the classes tell us about trauma? **Jessica Rotolo ** 22:54 Our drama, winter or is like a group B? This is Mississauga, West Scarborough east, everywhere. Number of classes for drama. There is songwriting, which I love the most. That one is where you write your own songs. As a group as a group. Yes. And then dance. Dancing. I love dancing and dancing. I started when I was 1616. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 23:34 Yeah. But when with drama when you didn't when you were young boy. But how **Jessica Rotolo ** 23:39 old? Were your little? Oh, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 23:40 yeah, you started like with ballet. You were three years old. **Jessica Rotolo ** 23:44 Three years old. I started dancing. Wow. **Michael Hingson ** 23:47 So you've been doing it a while needless to say, which is certainly cool. And you've been dancing. So drama. What kind of drama do you do today? **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:00 Um, we do a lot of plays. Like, um, the last play that we did was the very first play that drama we ever did. Wizard of Oz such **Dorlean Rotolo ** 24:12 as 22 years ago. Yes. And I was **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:15 the what keepers of the West. **Michael Hingson ** 24:20 And did you say the big line? I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too. **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:26 I did not. Really? I was going to and what **Dorlean Rotolo ** 24:33 did you say instead? **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:35 I don't remember. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 24:37 You don't remember your line. **Michael Hingson ** 24:42 Oh, what what was her line? **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:44 Yeah, for God. **Michael Hingson ** 24:47 Don't talk to her about forgetting lines. **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:51 But that was the past play that we just did. **Michael Hingson ** 24:56 You just did that one, huh? Yeah, we **Jessica Rotolo ** 24:58 just did that one. Now. **Michael Hingson ** 24:59 I I'm curious. Are plays like that recorded? Do this? Anybody make videos on them? Are they available? **Jessica Rotolo ** 25:07 Yeah, yes. They're all recorded and you can get them online. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 25:11 Yeah and drama. Wait, drama way.com Yeah. And there because it's everybody, everybody that is in an actor all everybody has special needs. And **Michael Hingson ** 25:23 I'm just gonna say Yeah. Then from verbal to **Dorlean Rotolo ** 25:25 nonverbal. And Danielle stir nod who is the **Michael Hingson ** 25:29 executive producer, director and co founder. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 25:33 She? She has that everybody has an amazing role. And the costumes the props are very fun. believable. Yeah. Her staff. What do you think about the staff have drawn love **Jessica Rotolo ** 25:45 them? Yeah, I miss a couple of them. Because some of them are to move on how to move. Yeah, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 25:53 but it's an incredible organization. Yeah. Yeah. And so last year for drama. Wait, I **Jessica Rotolo ** 26:02 am yeah, I'm also an ambassador for jumbo i Tell **Michael Hingson ** 26:05 me about that. Please. **Jessica Rotolo ** 26:08 I love being an ambassador for jumbo I just because I have these a car for being an ambassador. And I can just give one out to any any for if Danielle **Dorlean Rotolo ** 26:25 needs a spokesperson, or anybody who wants to be entered interviewing about drama, wait, just because asked to represent drama. Wait. **Michael Hingson ** 26:36 So Lauren, how are you and Best Buddies involved with what Jessica is doing with drama? Where are you? Other than obviously supporting? Yeah, **Lauren Abela ** 26:48 so actually really had an amazing time watching just because played the Wizard of Oz this year. It was spectacular. So I really, really enjoyed just showing up supporting, watching, it was really a really nice time because all the laughs and how serious everyone takes their role. Like it was a honestly professional production. Needless to say, so. That's the reason generally, they don't have a direct connection at the moment. But nothing that we can't start today. There's anything I've learned from Jessica is that, you know, if you want to do something, go ahead and do it. **Jessica Rotolo ** 27:26 We did a lot of other plays. And actually, some of them were copied onto DVD guns, instead of like online, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 27:36 and there are other actors or performers that are part of the best buddies. organization as well. Yes, yes. But Best Buddies has been incredible. Especially, you know, the way you can tell them what were you with you and Lauren, the first Canadian? **Jessica Rotolo ** 27:52 Oh, yes, we actually we are the first Canadian buddy best buddy pair to be a to be the best buddies global ambassadors. And our kids, this is the top **Lauren Abela ** 28:11 are the ambassadors I'm wearing a purple collared shirt that they gave us at the International Conference this year, which **Dorlean Rotolo ** 28:17 says Best Buddies ambassador. Yes. And then Jessica, you're wearing which **Jessica Rotolo ** 28:21 shirt? I'm wearing my best buddies Canada talk. **Lauren Abela ** 28:25 And it has the logo in white, or a solid red t shirt. **Michael Hingson ** 28:29 What is the logo look like? If you would learn Oh, **Jessica Rotolo ** 28:32 it's actually the logo is two people putting their arms like this around each other on each other. **Lauren Abela ** 28:42 Like, like **Michael Hingson ** 28:43 this doesn't work very well just to go because most people aren't going to see this. They're going to hear it **Jessica Rotolo ** 28:48 actually I got this talk at the 20th year Leadership Conference. **Michael Hingson ** 28:57 Cool. So for you, Lauren. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 29:01 Might may say the the gentleman that he his name is Keith Haring and he's a contemporary artist in the world and he create created and donated the best buddies logo for Anthony Kennedy Shriver Wow, they weren't went to university together. Uh huh. Huh. So that's who does that develop the logo? Yes. **Michael Hingson ** 29:25 So Lauren, what is your favorite thing about having Jessica as a as a best buddy and a best friend? **Lauren Abela ** 29:31 Do I have to pick just one Michael like really? Possible to **Lauren Abela ** 29:42 certainly the key one that like stood out as soon as we met the first day, it was just your confidence. Yeah. And how you approach life and it's definitely learned a lot from you. Still learning each day is a how you can just Jessica how you can just take on challenges and be like You know what, I deserve to be here and I'm gonna own it, whatever you're doing. If you're standing in front of 100,000 people, you're gonna own it. I believe that. So definitely just Well, **Jessica Rotolo ** 30:10 I actually did something called motion ball. I know I for Special Olympics, Canada, I auditioned with a really. I did an audition tape, which I technically really didn't need to, because I was in already. But I auditioned, like, my little skit, and then I won. And I'm much I didn't plan on. And I got to perform at the guard and find out how many people 2500 2500 People **Michael Hingson ** 30:55 did you start? Yeah. **Jessica Rotolo ** 30:58 And I loved it. I don't get nervous whatsoever. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 31:04 And a very interesting fact. Is that, so Anthony Kennedy Shriver started special started. Best Buddies. Yeah. In like 1989. And his aunt and mother started Special Olympics. Right? So he comes from a fabulous lineage of people that just give to the world. And especially people with special needs. So they're extra special. They have an extra special place in our heart, don't they? Yeah, they really do. **Michael Hingson ** 31:37 Well, I think Lauren, you've probably kind of answered this, but I'm going to ask it anyway. What has Jessica taught you that you can take away as a life lesson? Yes, **Lauren Abela ** 31:46 so something I've been sharing with different high schools I've visited for my school. As that's my new job. After graduating from university, I now go around to different high schools in Ontario, recruiting people for the University of Guelph Humber, and include this part of my speech, because I really want others to have a similar friendship story if they can, if they can join best buddies or start their own chapter. And that's that, you know, how to be accepted for who you are. Because Jessica accepts me for who I am. And how to love with all of your heart. So I really, really appreciate Jessica for those two very big. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 32:29 Ken, I think that's extremely important. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 32:32 What do you say they're a very big hug right now. **Michael Hingson ** 32:34 What do you think? What? What do all of you think that best buddies can teach the world? And how can we get more people to pay attention to the lesson? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 32:46 Well, from a parent's perspective, sure that my child can do anything like anybody else, it may take her a little bit longer, but she can do anything. And she just needs to be given the chance from a job to being a friend. Just give them the opportunity because they deserve it. They're part of our planet. And, and they're, you know, we were made by all made by our you know, who we believe in, if you're, if it's God, it's whoever you believe in, we are all made together to live on this planet, and we each deserve. You know, that opportunity just to live a wonderful, wonderful life and Best Buddies. Absolutely. Does that. It does. Yes. **Michael Hingson ** 33:31 Well, well, Jessica and Lauren, in their various ways are ambassadors. It sounds like so are you do you go out and give speeches and talk to the public? No, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 33:39 no, I don't. I don't **Jessica Rotolo ** 33:42 know. She goes on the documentary. Unbelievable. Me with me. Yeah, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 33:45 yeah. So but no, I don't I just I'm behind the scenes making sure that when just because they're, everything's done for her or we work together to do it. Yeah. You know, I'm, I'm her taxi. I'm her. **Jessica Rotolo ** 34:00 With us now for us. Yeah. Yeah, it was awesome. For us. That's the **Jessica Rotolo ** 34:04 same for worldwide Down Syndrome Day. 2023 **Dorlean Rotolo ** 34:08 was yeah, just it was, you know, helped me don't do it for me, help me. Let me let me show you that. I can do it too. I may need help. But just and that's, you know, his World Down Syndrome days. Again, their theme. Yeah, it was wonderful. And **Jessica Rotolo ** 34:22 I was also bullied in the past like, as a little baby and as a little kid and now Best Buddies really helped me make new friends. Yeah. And **Michael Hingson ** 34:38 that's real accepted. That is clearly great and a good thing. And and having a good friend like Lauren is always a valuable thing I think for for anyone, Lauren, you got your degree in psychology. You're going to continue on and go further with that. Yes, **Lauren Abela ** 34:57 I do want to pursue further Education, hopefully become a psychotherapist and and maybe a psychologist down the road. But you know I haven't shared yet but just to come and our friendship influenced my thesis topic thesis research paper. For my fourth year I just wrote it. And that was on Down Syndrome acceptance, changing attitudes through interventions. So it was measuring, quantitatively whether a short video, just sharing more about people with Down syndrome of all different ages, genders in jobs and careers, and how capable they are. And it did find a positive relationship between education and acceptance attitudes. So if there is any advice that I can give people, it's to be open to learning, and to ask questions, and approach people with a positive and open heart. You know, there's enough hate in this world don't spread more from yourself. **Michael Hingson ** 36:03 There's too much hate in this world, actually. But yeah, well, you know, so we've, we've heard a lot about Jessica's leadership and so on, and mom in the background, but you've taken on leadership roles and Best Buddies and elsewhere. Why did you do that? And what what was the inspiration to make that happen? **Lauren Abela ** 36:22 Yeah. Well, I know, I mentioned to you how I joined the student union with my university Ignite. And that was wanting to make clubs more accessible for students to join, seeing the positive impact of Best Buddies on the school. And I just wanted to give back in that way, and like Jessica, Tommy take action, you know, don't wait for someone else to do it. If there's something you want change, and then be that difference you want to see in the world. So that's how I approach these leadership opportunities. And it's certainly, you know, really definitely a credit, Jessica to many of my accomplishments, including the the award that my school gave me. Yes, yeah. Because we were. **Michael Hingson ** 37:11 Now when when you're a best buddy with someone, so Jessica is your best buddy. And and probably more relevant to ask it this way. Do you have more than one best buddy? Or do you stick with one person and devote all your time to that? **Jessica Rotolo ** 37:27 I have lots of money. I have like eight buddies now, since high school. **Michael Hingson ** 37:39 But how many do you have at one time? **Jessica Rotolo ** 37:42 I'm one at a time, one at a time. **Michael Hingson ** 37:45 So Lauren, same for you. **Lauren Abela ** 37:47 Yes. So the beauty of the organization is that for each year or semester, depending on how the chapter organizes it, you are matched with just one person typically hoping, hoping that the numbers do line up. And the goal is to during that one year of commitment, foster friendship to last a lifetime. So that's what happened to Jessica. So **Jessica Rotolo ** 38:10 the mean, yes, but when I was in high school, yes. It was like I had four buddies. From that chapter one **Michael Hingson ** 38:22 each year. Yeah, yes. Yes. Or what? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 38:27 years because you were there for seven years. Yeah. **Jessica Rotolo ** 38:30 Yeah. So I actually know the names as well. Tiffany so Ha, Chloe, Grace, Lauren, Mary Louise from Tmu. And Lisa, and now Priyanka from the Tim you, so? **Michael Hingson ** 38:49 So if you and so the two of you, Lauren and Jessica, are not in the organization's definition. Best Buddies, your best buddies for life anyway. But you have you have different Best Buddies says Best Buddies in the organization. Yes. Yeah. **Lauren Abela ** 39:07 So how it is organized is that students with intellectual or developmental disability are classified as a best buddy. Yeah, and those without an IDD is a pure body. Yes. So those one pure buddy is matched with one best buddy each year. And you know, you can request to be with a person sometimes it really it differs Chapter Two chapter. Yeah, we actually **Jessica Rotolo ** 39:33 requested I requested her to be the the first by developer chapter **Dorlean Rotolo ** 39:40 and the unique thing is Humber is that you have to be a student to be in the in the organization, the chapter, but it Tmu **Jessica Rotolo ** 39:50 Tim, you the buddies don't have to be a student. Yeah. And the pair bonding is have to be a student. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 39:57 Yeah, yeah. And community To be living has come where they are us t Fs okay? **Jessica Rotolo ** 40:03 Yes FST has come in helped us find the bodies and bodies. So **Lauren Abela ** 40:11 different Best Buddies chapters, especially at the university slash college level will partner with the community organization to recruit the best buddies from whereas we at Humber, we're very lucky to have students in the CIC program that we could recruit directly from, **Jessica Rotolo ** 40:27 which I helped with because I was in that program, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 40:31 which has helped you became the largest club and yeah, at the school, didn't you? I **Lauren Abela ** 40:36 want to believe so. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 40:40 You have amazing amount of people come is wonderful. Yes, yeah. Yeah, there's so many great events. **Michael Hingson ** 40:49 So what kind of events? I think we've heard some of the things that the Jessica has done well, but, and obviously, Darlene, but Lauren, what kind of events have you done with this buddies? Or is it sort of similar to what Jessica has already told us? **Lauren Abela ** 41:04 I think the events I just mentioned here are just all of her personal accomplishments. I can't top that, Michael ask someone else. **Michael Hingson ** 41:15 Trying to top it, it's **Dorlean Rotolo ** 41:17 been very shy here, because without Lauren, it was it was a group that, you know, an effort between the two of them, there are partnerships so without each other, that clubs certainly would not have been successful, no as it was, but also the support that best buddies Canada gave them was really wonderful. Deanna is just **Lauren Abela ** 41:40 amazing. And some of the events that Deanna allowed us to participate in include the Ascot, yes. Which was an annual fundraiser so just Can I volunteered with that event? We've gone to the Blue Jays game. Free tickets from Best Buddies, Canada. Yeah, PJs **Dorlean Rotolo ** 41:56 Care Foundation went into the box and sat in the box. **Lauren Abela ** 41:59 Yeah, we're also we've got watch the champions movie and in the feeder in Toronto. Yeah. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 42:04 And that's you've also could, you've had dance evenings at the at the school you've had friendship walks, right? Yeah. Yeah, **Jessica Rotolo ** 42:16 we did. You guys did. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 42:19 Talk to your Yes. That was best, buddy. Yes. **Jessica Rotolo ** 42:22 We also did the friendship dance. But that was my high school. Yeah. And I came in second in a dance off. **Michael Hingson ** 42:34 So Jessica, do you do social media at all? Yes. **Jessica Rotolo ** 42:40 Well, we both do, actually. And what do you do for a zoo? **Michael Hingson ** 42:43 Tell us about that. Hi, sorry, sad again. **Jessica Rotolo ** 42:48 We do Instagram lives together. Tell us about that. It's really fun. **Lauren Abela ** 42:53 Yes, maybe I can share how it started, which came about because of COVID. It was hard to connect with people. And I'm not sure it was a service. But it's Canada that reached out to me. They reached out to us. And they suggested that we go live on their Instagram just sharing a skill. And it became almost a weekly thing for us. **Jessica Rotolo ** 43:14 I believe our first we did a makeup tutorial we **Lauren Abela ** 43:18 do. Yeah. So we've done anywhere from makeup to baking. Cooking. walks outside. Yeah. Fashion. Yeah. And **Jessica Rotolo ** 43:27 also the conference. Yeah, **Lauren Abela ** 43:31 we went live at the conference too. For those that couldn't make it as it was quite far. We wanted to have Sharon in our experience so highly, highly recommend every person to go to a leadership conference at least once in their life. Yeah, **Jessica Rotolo ** 43:44 well, I did three **Dorlean Rotolo ** 43:46 who were some of the people throughout the conference in Indiana. Famous people that you got to meet **Jessica Rotolo ** 43:52 Miss T Miss USA Miss Teen USA, Garin **Jessica Rotolo ** 43:57 flowers? Yes. Getting flowers **Jessica Rotolo ** 44:01 in the Champions cast, the movie of champions, the cast there, but a couple of them our best Windows ambassadors as well. So **Dorlean Rotolo ** 44:13 yeah, yeah, it was one. That was wonderful. You guys had perfect weather. **Jessica Rotolo ** 44:17 Yes. Perfect weather. It was so nice. It was so hot out there. It was. **Michael Hingson ** 44:25 So I'm Darlene, are you strictly behind the scenes? Are you an ambassador for Best Buddies? Or do you take on any kind of roles **Dorlean Rotolo ** 44:33 on behind the scenes Michael? **Michael Hingson ** 44:36 be out in the open at all? Huh? **Michael Hingson ** 44:38 No, I'm behind the scenes. I'm the momager. And yeah, I just make sure that, you know, whatever Jessica needs, you know, from whatever, you know, helping her with what she's going to wear for any event to getting her there safely, making sure she has, you know, nourishment and drinks. Yeah, Let's, I'm just Yeah, strictly behind the scenes which I is for me. One **Jessica Rotolo ** 45:06 time. Enjoyable me. Yeah, why not? That's **Dorlean Rotolo ** 45:08 what we're best buddies. Studies. I'm just when Jessica, when Jessica **Jessica Rotolo ** 45:15 except for my Hayden Park chapter for that she was a part of it as well. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 45:25 Yeah. So what I did with when Jessica was at Hayden Park Secondary School with GE, all girls school in the public, the Toronto District Public School Board. **Jessica Rotolo ** 45:36 Yeah. And we had an attacker with another school UTS UTS. Yeah. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 45:40 And so they were a distance away. So I would drive with our van and I would take two trips for the girls to load into the van and drive them over. So they didn't, because it was too far for them to walk. So it was really nice that they got to go to the other school instead of always having an event at their school or school. Yeah, **Lauren Abela ** 45:59 yeah. Yeah, one thing to jump in, that parents can do, in terms of supporting Best Buddies is actually to advocate to the staff at their school if there isn't a chapter to ask for them to be started one. Yeah. So that's one thing that we want to encourage family members and supporters. So if you know, of a friend or your child who has a disability, and there isn't a best buddy chapter to reach out to the President, the principal, the vice principal, and to see if one can be started. Yeah. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 46:33 And then they just need one of the teachers would be, you know, be the contact with with the school, but it depends if it's at a high school versus a university level. Yeah. Because if it's a university level, did you need a teacher University? No, yeah. No. **Lauren Abela ** 46:51 Students just ourselves. Students. **Jessica Rotolo ** 46:57 In high school, it **Lauren Abela ** 46:58 was an elementary level. So we do our best buddy chapters in elementary as well. Same **Michael Hingson ** 47:04 process in the US and Canada. **Lauren Abela ** 47:09 Well, similar, so you just reach out to your state's supervisor in terms of the States or in Canada, reach out to Best Buddies Canada office, and they will be able to provide support on next steps and how to move forward. **Michael Hingson ** 47:23 So since it's come up, we might as well deal with it if people want to reach out how do they figure out where their local Best Buddies offices are reaching out to their state or whatever? How do they do that? **Jessica Rotolo ** 47:37 You can go online at best buddies.com. Yes, yes. **Lauren Abela ** 47:43 And then there you can find contacts, and what chapters are currently available to be joined. based on your geographic location? Yes. **Lauren Abela ** 47:56 Your work there. Very **Dorlean Rotolo ** 47:57 good. So what is it **Jessica Rotolo ** 47:59 best buy this for? us.org.org? **Michael Hingson ** 48:02 Yeah, that makes sense. This would be a nonprofit. Yeah, yes. Yeah. And do all Best Buddies chapters, pretty much do the same thing with the same kinds of people. So you deal primarily with intellectual disabilities, not all physical disabilities. **Lauren Abela ** 48:17 So there are intersecting disabilities. However, the best buddies main audience are those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It doesn't exclude anyone, everyone is welcome to join. It just depends on on the the matching system, but there's also the Associate Member position where you don't have to be matched. You can just attend events as you please, to enjoy and the fun and make people meet people across the whole chapters. And that's what **Jessica Rotolo ** 48:44 we are right now. **Michael Hingson ** 48:48 How large is best buddies in Canada now? **Jessica Rotolo ** 48:55 A shop there was in 1993. And that was the York University campus. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 49:05 Yeah, Cam doctor, but how many there are in the in Canada? I really don't know that number. **Jessica Rotolo ** 49:11 Me neither. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 49:12 But it's there's a lot of chapters lots. **Michael Hingson ** 49:16 And you say a started in 1993? Yes. Your, **Jessica Rotolo ** 49:20 your character University was the first ever chapter. It's **Dorlean Rotolo ** 49:23 just north of Toronto. Uh huh. **Lauren Abela ** 49:25 So I can give overall statistics. Best Buddies programs now engage participants in each of the 50. United States. And we're in Canada as well and in over 47 countries impacting over 1.3 million people worldwide. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 49:41 So it is pretty substantive, although I don't generally hear much about it, but I'm glad that we've been able to do this, but I haven't really heard a lot about Best Buddies outside of being introduced to Best Buddies, people by Sheldon, which I really am grateful to We'll be able to do, because I like the message you clearly send the message that I think I and other people with disabilities, sin, which is we're as capable as anyone else stop limiting us with your own attitudes and beliefs. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 50:19 And one very interesting fact about what is happening right now with Best Buddies International, it is. They have its National Disability Employment Awareness Month, right. N D. A. M, in India, and is basically to have people you know, just trying to get everybody employed. It's a very big part of the best buddies in the US is to they have wonderful programs. Do **Michael Hingson ** 50:49 you know what the unemployment rate among people with Down syndrome is? No, I don't have that statistic either. Yeah. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 50:57 We have. We have many families whose children or young adults are at home and do not have employment. Like when, as Jessica mentioned, when she was in the last documentary, they helped her get a job at a place called Malabar the costume rental store. And she absolutely loved, loved, loved it. But then COVID happened, it was close down. And then yeah, it was closed for good after that. So she lost her job. He loved it. **Michael Hingson ** 51:24 When he just wanted to go try on costumes. **Jessica Rotolo ** 51:29 Oh, I also I also got to meet a celebrity that came in. He was an actor. From the show victorious. He played back on the show. **Lauren Abela ** 51:54 On the topic of employment, just wanted to quickly mention, I was an ambassador for the Discover ability network. So any viewers listening in from Ontario, this is a free service paid for by the government, for employees with disabilities to connect them to employers looking to hire inclusively. So discoverability network, feel free to check that out later. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 52:14 And Jessica with fcb, Canada, she did a public service announcement. And they one of the things they helped create was a What would you guys create on? Oh, **Jessica Rotolo ** 52:29 we pretty wanted to be employable. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 52:38 employable? Yeah. Yes. And employable. And so they created the first LinkedIn, LinkedIn network for people with Down syndrome. **Michael Hingson ** 52:46 Yes. Ah, now what organization is, again? 52:50 FCB. Canada. What **Michael Hingson ** 52:51 is FCB? 52:52 It's just one of the advertising agencies in I'm not sure what FCB stands for. I was wondering, yeah, I'll look that up. And then with the Canadian Down Syndrome Society, so it doesn't say FCB it just says FCB. Canada. Yeah. Wonderful, wonderful people. And, yeah, so the employable. So anybody who has Down Syndrome who would like to connect to it, it is a LinkedIn page, specifically for people with Down syndrome. Yes. What does it stand for? Long name? Yeah. Oh, yeah. **Lauren Abela ** 53:30 Full service, integrated marketing and communications agency with offices in Toronto and Montreal? Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 53:36 Well, there you go. Yeah. Well, that is cool. Well, let me ask, Jessica, what are your long term plans? I mean, so you do art, you do modeling and a number of different things. Do you just want to continue that? Do you have any kind of long term goals in life? **Jessica Rotolo ** 53:55 I do have one 54:03 guy in this house. Yeah. That's the problem. You know, Michael is yes, Jessica wants to move out of her house. But you know, it's financially she would never be able to that's the unfortunate thing because she doesn't have the income to be able to move out of her home or home. So she is forced to live with us until, you know, maybe we could while we're trying to get a business going with for Jessica with her with her heart design. And, and her cards are soft. I **Jessica Rotolo ** 54:33 am till five. Yeah. I wouldn't move out. Yeah, I don't live on my own. **Lauren Abela ** 54:39 You know, some people would blame the economy, so I can't really blame the economy. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 54:44 Yeah, it's very expensive to live in Toronto. So champion champions. **Jessica Rotolo ** 54:49 Want to move closer to my work, and your My vigor score for my drama classes around that area. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 55:00 you might, you may find as time goes on, you'll be able to make more of a career out of some of the things you're doing, which would really be exciting. No boys in your life I gather, huh? No, **Lauren Abela ** 55:11 not Yeah, that **Michael Hingson ** 55:12 was a pretty definitive answer. **Jessica Rotolo ** 55:14 I don't want to I don't want any. No, no. No, boy. **Lauren Abela ** 55:24 Are we gonna dance at each other's wedding? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 55:29 They're gonna dance at each other's weddings, but she's got to find a guy first. **Michael Hingson ** 55:35 Seems like a reasonable thing to do. And, you know, I'm, I'm one of those people who's of the opinion there is somebody for everyone. So you just never know, Jessica. 55:44 Yeah. You'll never know. **Michael Hingson ** 55:48 We have Well, we've already got Dorlean addressed. I mean, she's got a guy. So that works. Yeah. So Lauren, what about you? What are your sort of long term goals and guys, and all that? **Lauren Abela ** 55:58 Definitely looking into buying a house in a few years, hopefully. Definitely working because I just started working after just graduating this year. So I want to find a salary position. Some pretty good. And again, yeah, do a master's, become a psychotherapist, maybe do some more research. You know, start a family, get married first. Goals and happy and healthy and make a difference in the world? **Michael Hingson ** 56:28 Have you found the right person to get married to yet? Um, **Lauren Abela ** 56:32 I hope so. I think so. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 56:36 He's our favorite. **Michael Hingson ** 56:37 He's a keeper. No, mom, mom blesses. So that's a good start. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 56:42 He's an extraordinary young man. Very nice. **Michael Hingson ** 56:45 So for each of you question, what advice do you want to give to the world? And we've talked a lot about different things. And I know, we've probably addressed some of the issues. But as we kind of bring this to a close, this has been going for a while it's almost an hour, can you believe it? But **Dorlean Rotolo ** 57:04 what kind of what kind of interviewer? What kind **Michael Hingson ** 57:07 of advice and suggestions? Would you like to leave people with what kinds of thoughts? Let's start with Dorlean? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 57:15 Well, My Messages to Young families, when Jessica was in my arms in the hospital, the doctor that came into the room to assess Jessica basically told me that I would grow to love her, which just absolutely broke my heart. Yeah. And so to all the young families, you know, yes, it's a shock at the beginning when you when you're holding your, your child, and you know, the diagnosis, but life will be incredible. We could not ever imagine our life without Jessica, but also the people she has brought to our lives has been a true blessing. It's been a blessing for us, you know, meeting people like Lauren, Peter, and just all of Jessica's friends in the mothers that I've met and fathers, they're just beautiful people. So it'll be okay. That's, that's my message. It'll be okay. **Michael Hingson ** 58:09 Have you ever had the opportunity to go back and see that doctor who said that? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 58:15 No, no, I don't know what I'd say to him. And especially days later, when we went to back to the hospital, and then he used Jessica as a specimen for a fellow doctor to show the fellow Doctor all the signs of that it's a baby with Down syndrome. Basically, I had a break down for a couple of days, because, you know, that's Is this the way my daughter was going to be perceived by the world? And, you know, we certainly have shown that No, she's not. She's a perfect person in our eyes and everybody's eyes that No, sir, yeah, yes, surely so. **Michael Hingson ** 58:52 So I don't, I don't want to do a lot of preaching myself this week. But I will make the comment that we've got to get beyond this idea that disability means lack of ability, because it doesn't mean lack of ability at all. It's a characteristic and everyone has it. But you know, I hear what you're saying. My parents were told that they should send me away when it was discovered that I was blind and the same thing and they rejected that. And I wish more parents would, would take that step to not just go by what science says just because somebody is different. Yeah. 100%. So Jessica, what kind of advice do you have for the world? How do you want to leave people thinking about you this week? **Jessica Rotolo ** 59:38 So I would say be yourself and just don't be afraid to leave your friends. **Michael Hingson ** 59:47 Yeah, yeah. And it's all about, as you said, being yourself and having the courage to be yourself and don't let people talk you into something that isn't true. Yeah, yeah, it is. and **Jessica Rotolo ** 1:00:00 don't let anyone tell you different. **Michael Hingson ** 1:00:03 Oh, yeah. That's the real key, isn't it? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:00:06 Yes. You know? Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 1:00:10 And if you don't know what you want, figure it out and use your best buddies and your friends but figure it out. Because you can certainly want things just like anyone else. Yes. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:00:22 And you know, people don't have to be alone. And if you are alone, contact Best Buddies. **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:00:27 They will help you. You don't have to be alone. It really is an amazing organization. Yeah, right. **Michael Hingson ** 1:00:33 And Lauren, and Lauren, you what kind of thoughts do you want to leave everyone with? **Lauren Abela ** 1:00:37 Yeah. If you can choose to be anything, be kind. That's it and everything that you do. And if you are unsure how to be kind, research, ask questions, you know, and if you're thinking that you want to learn more about Best Buddies, then go to the website, reach out to us on Instagram, we are very happy to share more and and consider things that you can do in your everyday life that are simple, simple things that to spread that kindness and to make that best buddies impact of friendship and inclusion and whatever workplace you're in. Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 1:01:15 speaking of Instagram, do you guys still do the live Instagram? Yes. **Lauren Abela ** 1:01:20 It's been a few months, maybe a year, but we will do more we promise **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:01:25 crazier with you guys put on the love means event, World Down Syndrome Day event. Now the documentary him really has been advocating in different areas. Yes, very, very busy. Which is wonderful. So wonderful life. **Michael Hingson ** 1:01:39 Yeah, I want to just go do it. Yeah, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:01:45 exactly. Just make that phone call. Well, I **Michael Hingson ** 1:01:48 want to thank all of you for being with us today. On unstoppable mindset. Clearly, you're unstoppable. All three of you, especially as a team, but individually as well. And I want to thank you all for being here. And if you know other people who we ought to bring on as a guest on unstoppable mindset, please let us know. And for all of you listening out there and watching, we would love to hear your thoughts about any other guests that you'd like to have as well as we'd like your thoughts. And I know Jessica, Lauren. And Dorlean would like your thoughts also about this podcast? And actually, let me ask that question. If people want to reach out to you all directly, can they do that? And how would they do that? **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:02:28 By email, or your Instagram or so **Jessica Rotolo ** 1:02:31 then what **Michael Hingson ** 1:02:32 what is your Instagram address or handle or how do people find you? Mine **Jessica Rotolo ** 1:02:39 is Jessica dot Rotolo 20 and rotala **Michael Hingson ** 1:02:43 was R O T O L O yes. So Jessica dot Rotolo 20. **Lauren Abela ** 1:02:48 Yes. And mine is L A U R E N A B E L A Three. **Michael Hingson ** 1:02:58 So you're the third Loren Abela. Jessica is the 20th Rotolo so **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:03:10 on Instagram, so everybody have to reach me through Jessica. Yes. **Jessica Rotolo ** 1:03:15 Well, sorry, my email. No, **Dorlean Rotolo ** 1:03:21 I just like it too many emails. No, yeah, they can reach out to Jessica's Instagram. Do **Michael Hingson ** 1:03:26 it on Instagram. That's fine. Well, I hope people will reach out to you guys. We really appreciate it. And I want to thank everyone again for listening. We really appreciate you being here and listening with us. It's been a fun hour. And that's one of the main goals on a stoppable mindset. It's not just for us to have fun, but I hope that all of you listening had fun as well. 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Liberty Dispatch ~ December 07, 2023On this episode of Liberty Dispatch, hosts Andrew and Matthew look at so-called "conspiracy theories" that just keep coming true and why our Regime-funded media wants you to believe you're insane for having a brain and thinking for yourself.*NOTE* A "con-spiracy" is a so-called conspiracy that just turns out to be reality.[Segment 1] - The MALEVOLENT REGIME & MEDIA PROPOGANDA Con-spiracy:"From COVID-19 to Alien Contact: Conspiracy Theories Are Popular in Canada" | CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/from-covid-19-to-alien-contact-conspiracy-theories-are-popular-in-canada-survey-1.6671603;"Breaking: Prosecution in 'Freedom Trucker' Trial Admits Protest Wasn't Violent" | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-prosecution-in-freedom-trucker-trial-admits-protest-wasnt-violent?utm_content=;"Carbon Passports Explained" | CNN: https://www.cnn.com/travel/carbon-passports-explainer/index.html;"Climate Change Like WWII & Pandemic: Journalist Panel" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/04/climate-change-like-wwii-pandemic-journalist-panel;"VIPOND: COP28" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/02/vipond-cop28;"Fergus Under Fire" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/05/fergus-under-fire;[Segment 2] - The CULTURE WAR Con-spiracy:Girls Soccer Raises the Pride Progress Flag | Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1731108686070981059?s=20;"China Infiltrated Local and Federal Political Leadership Races in Canada: Intelligence Report" | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/china-infiltrated-local-and-federal-political-leadership-races-in-canada-intelligence-report?utm_content=;"Canadian House of Commons Committee Admits China Operated Police Service Stations in 3 Cities" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-house-of-commons-committee-admits-china-operated-police-service-stations-in-3-cities;Montreal Pro-Palestine Protest | Twitter: https://twitter.com/Concern70732755/status/1731803232182087837;NDP Palestinian Immigration Presser | Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1731738608304890112;[Segment 3] - The COVID Con-spiracy:"COVID Vaccine May Cause Long-Term Heart Damage Even in People with No Symptoms" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-vaccine-may-cause-long-term-heart-damage-even-in-people-with-no-symptoms;"Failed $150 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Plant Risky" | Western Standard: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/failed-150-million-covid-19-vaccine-plant-risky/50747;"Pfizer Sued for False and Deceptive" | Maryanne Demasi: https://blog.maryannedemasi.com/p/pfizer-sued-for-false-and-deceptive;SUPPORT OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY - Help us defend Canadians' God-given rights and liberties: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/; https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/liberty-defense-fund/our-legal-strategy/;SHOW SPONSORS:Join Red Balloon Today!: https://www.redballoon.work/lcc; Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546; Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/lcc;BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/; Barter It: https://vip.barterit.ca/launch; Carpe Fide - "Seize the Faith": Store: https://carpe-fide.myshopify.com/, use Promo Code LCC10 for 10% off (US Store Only), or shop Canadian @ https://canadacarpefide.myshopify.com/ | Podcast: https://www.carpefide.com/episodes;Sick of Mainstream Media Lies? Help Support Independent Media! DONATE TO LCC TODAY!: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/ Please Support us in bringing you honest, truthful reporting and analysis from a Christian perspective.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR SHOWS/CHANNELS:LIBERTY DISPATCH PODCAST: https://libertydispatch.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/LDshow; OPEN MIKE WITH MICHAEL THIESSEN: https://openmikewithmichaelthiessen.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/openmike;THE OTHER CLUB: https://rumble.com/c/c-2541984; THE LIBERTY LOUNGE WITH TIM TYSOE: https://rumble.com/LLwTT;CONTACT US:Questions/comments about podcasts/news/analysis: mailbag@libertycoalitioncanada.com;Questions/comments about donations: give@libertycoalitioncanada.com;Questions/comments that are church-related: churches@libertycoalitioncanada.com;General Inquiries: info@libertycoalitioncanada.com. STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THINGS LCC:Gab: https://gab.com/libertycoalitioncanada Telegram: https://t.me/libertycoalitioncanadanews Instagram: https://instagram.com/libertycoalitioncanada Facebook: https://facebook.com/LibertyCoalitionCanada Twitter: @LibertyCCanada - https://twitter.com/LibertyCCanada Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LibertyCoalitionCanada YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liberty4canada - WE GOT CANCELLED AGAIN!!! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW and SHARE it with others!

Liberty Dispatch ~ December 07, 2023 On this episode of Liberty Dispatch, hosts Andrew and Matthew look at so-called "conspiracy theories" that just keep coming true and why our Regime-funded media wants you to believe you're insane for having a brain and thinking for yourself. *NOTE* A "con-spiracy" is a so-called conspiracy that just turns out to be reality. [Segment 1] - The MALEVOLENT REGIME & MEDIA PROPOGANDA Con-spiracy: "From COVID-19 to Alien Contact: Conspiracy Theories Are Popular in Canada" | CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/from-covid-19-to-alien-contact-conspiracy-theories-are-popular-in-canada-survey-1.6671603; "Breaking: Prosecution in 'Freedom Trucker' Trial Admits Protest Wasn't Violent" | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-prosecution-in-freedom-trucker-trial-admits-protest-wasnt-violent?utm_content=; "Carbon Passports Explained" | CNN: https://www.cnn.com/travel/carbon-passports-explainer/index.html; "Climate Change Like WWII & Pandemic: Journalist Panel" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/04/climate-change-like-wwii-pandemic-journalist-panel; "VIPOND: COP28" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/02/vipond-cop28; "Fergus Under Fire" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/05/fergus-under-fire; [Segment 2] - The CULTURE WAR Con-spiracy: Girls Soccer Raises the Pride Progress Flag | Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1731108686070981059?s=20; "China Infiltrated Local and Federal Political Leadership Races in Canada: Intelligence Report" | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/china-infiltrated-local-and-federal-political-leadership-races-in-canada-intelligence-report?utm_content=; "Canadian House of Commons Committee Admits China Operated Police Service Stations in 3 Cities" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-house-of-commons-committee-admits-china-operated-police-service-stations-in-3-cities; Montreal Pro-Palestine Protest | Twitter: https://twitter.com/Concern70732755/status/1731803232182087837; NDP Palestinian Immigration Presser | Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1731738608304890112; [Segment 3] - The COVID Con-spiracy: "COVID Vaccine May Cause Long-Term Heart Damage Even in People with No Symptoms" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-vaccine-may-cause-long-term-heart-damage-even-in-people-with-no-symptoms; "Failed $150 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Plant Risky" | Western Standard: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/failed-150-million-covid-19-vaccine-plant-risky/50747; "Pfizer Sued for False and Deceptive" | Maryanne Demasi: https://blog.maryannedemasi.com/p/pfizer-sued-for-false-and-deceptive; SUPPORT OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY - Help us defend Canadians' God-given rights and liberties: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/; https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/liberty-defense-fund/our-legal-strategy/; SHOW SPONSORS: Join Red Balloon Today!: https://www.redballoon.work/lcc;  Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546;  Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/lcc; BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/;  Barter It: https://vip.barterit.ca/launch; Carpe Fide - "Seize the Faith": Store: https://carpe-fide.myshopify.com/, use Promo Code LCC10 for 10% off (US Store Only), or shop Canadian @ https://canadacarpefide.myshopify.com/ | Podcast: https://www.carpefide.com/episodes; Sick of Mainstream Media Lies? Help Support Independent Media! DONATE TO LCC TODAY!: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/   Please Support us in bringing you honest, truthful reporting and analysis from a Christian perspective. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR SHOWS/CHANNELS: LIBERTY DISPATCH PODCAST: https://libertydispatch.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/LDshow;  OPEN MIKE WITH MICHAEL THIESSEN: https://openmikewithmichaelthiessen.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/openmike; THE OTHER CLUB: https://rumble.com/c/c-2541984;  THE LIBERTY LOUNGE WITH TIM TYSOE: https://rumble.com/LLwTT; CONTACT US: Questions/comments about podcasts/news/analysis: mailbag@libertycoalitioncanada.com; Questions/comments about donations: give@libertycoalitioncanada.com; Questions/comments that are church-related: churches@libertycoalitioncanada.com; General Inquiries: info@libertycoalitioncanada.com.  STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THINGS LCC: Gab: https://gab.com/libertycoalitioncanada  Telegram: https://t.me/libertycoalitioncanadanews  Instagram: https://instagram.com/libertycoalitioncanada  Facebook: https://facebook.com/LibertyCoalitionCanada  Twitter: @LibertyCCanada - https://twitter.com/LibertyCCanada  Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LibertyCoalitionCanada  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liberty4canada - WE GOT CANCELLED AGAIN!!! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW and SHARE it with others!

Liberty Dispatch ~ December 07, 2023On this episode of Liberty Dispatch, hosts Andrew and Matthew look at so-called "conspiracy theories" that just keep coming true and why our Regime-funded media wants you to believe you're insane for having a brain and thinking for yourself.*NOTE* A "con-spiracy" is a so-called conspiracy that just turns out to be reality.[Segment 1] - The MALEVOLENT REGIME & MEDIA PROPOGANDA Con-spiracy:"From COVID-19 to Alien Contact: Conspiracy Theories Are Popular in Canada" | CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/from-covid-19-to-alien-contact-conspiracy-theories-are-popular-in-canada-survey-1.6671603;"Breaking: Prosecution in 'Freedom Trucker' Trial Admits Protest Wasn't Violent" | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-prosecution-in-freedom-trucker-trial-admits-protest-wasnt-violent?utm_content=;"Carbon Passports Explained" | CNN: https://www.cnn.com/travel/carbon-passports-explainer/index.html;"Climate Change Like WWII & Pandemic: Journalist Panel" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/04/climate-change-like-wwii-pandemic-journalist-panel;"VIPOND: COP28" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/02/vipond-cop28;"Fergus Under Fire" | TNC News: https://tnc.news/2023/12/05/fergus-under-fire;[Segment 2] - The CULTURE WAR Con-spiracy:Girls Soccer Raises the Pride Progress Flag | Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1731108686070981059?s=20;"China Infiltrated Local and Federal Political Leadership Races in Canada: Intelligence Report" | The Post Millennial: https://thepostmillennial.com/china-infiltrated-local-and-federal-political-leadership-races-in-canada-intelligence-report?utm_content=;"Canadian House of Commons Committee Admits China Operated Police Service Stations in 3 Cities" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-house-of-commons-committee-admits-china-operated-police-service-stations-in-3-cities;Montreal Pro-Palestine Protest | Twitter: https://twitter.com/Concern70732755/status/1731803232182087837;NDP Palestinian Immigration Presser | Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1731738608304890112;[Segment 3] - The COVID Con-spiracy:"COVID Vaccine May Cause Long-Term Heart Damage Even in People with No Symptoms" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-vaccine-may-cause-long-term-heart-damage-even-in-people-with-no-symptoms;"Failed $150 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Plant Risky" | Western Standard: https://www.westernstandard.news/news/failed-150-million-covid-19-vaccine-plant-risky/50747;"Pfizer Sued for False and Deceptive" | Maryanne Demasi: https://blog.maryannedemasi.com/p/pfizer-sued-for-false-and-deceptive;SUPPORT OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY - Help us defend Canadians' God-given rights and liberties: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/; https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/liberty-defense-fund/our-legal-strategy/;SHOW SPONSORS:Join Red Balloon Today!: https://www.redballoon.work/lcc; Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546; Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/lcc;BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/; Barter It: https://vip.barterit.ca/launch; Carpe Fide - "Seize the Faith": Store: https://carpe-fide.myshopify.com/, use Promo Code LCC10 for 10% off (US Store Only), or shop Canadian @ https://canadacarpefide.myshopify.com/ | Podcast: https://www.carpefide.com/episodes;Sick of Mainstream Media Lies? Help Support Independent Media! DONATE TO LCC TODAY!: https://libertycoalitioncanada.com/donate/ Please Support us in bringing you honest, truthful reporting and analysis from a Christian perspective.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR SHOWS/CHANNELS:LIBERTY DISPATCH PODCAST: https://libertydispatch.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/LDshow; OPEN MIKE WITH MICHAEL THIESSEN: https://openmikewithmichaelthiessen.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/openmike;THE OTHER CLUB: https://rumble.com/c/c-2541984; THE LIBERTY LOUNGE WITH TIM TYSOE: https://rumble.com/LLwTT;CONTACT US:Questions/comments about podcasts/news/analysis: mailbag@libertycoalitioncanada.com;Questions/comments about donations: give@libertycoalitioncanada.com;Questions/comments that are church-related: churches@libertycoalitioncanada.com;General Inquiries: info@libertycoalitioncanada.com. STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THINGS LCC:Gab: https://gab.com/libertycoalitioncanada Telegram: https://t.me/libertycoalitioncanadanews Instagram: https://instagram.com/libertycoalitioncanada Facebook: https://facebook.com/LibertyCoalitionCanada Twitter: @LibertyCCanada - https://twitter.com/LibertyCCanada Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LibertyCoalitionCanada YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liberty4canada - WE GOT CANCELLED AGAIN!!! Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW and SHARE it with others!

Politico Article is interesting. There is an attempt by the west to justify applauding a SS Ukrainian N@Z! officer in the Canadian House of Commons.Fighting against the USSR didn't necessarily make you a Nazi – POLITICOAbove is the article if you may be interested in going through the propaganda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ralph welcomes award-winning foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer to discuss America's bloody history of proxy wars. They'll also discuss the mainstream media's "shameful" coverage of the war in Ukraine, the warhawks on Capitol Hill, and the catastrophic trickle-down effects of American military meddling.Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. Mr. Kinzer spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times, most of it as a foreign correspondent. After leaving the Times in 2005, Mr. Kinzer taught journalism, political science, and international relations at Northwestern University and Boston University. He is now a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and writes a world affairs column for The Boston Globe.We attacked Libya in complete violation of international law, but in accordance with the system that we have used as a substitute for international law. And that's what we call the “rules-based international order.” That's our alternative to international law. And the rules-based international order is great for us because we're the ones that make the rules. We decide everything. We decide who's making war, who's not making war, who's good, who's bad, who needs to be punished, who doesn't need to be punished. Under international law, we can't do that because countries are treated more equally. So I think this is the real way we have turned away from both international law and our own domestic law—we've said that they're all superseded by the rules-based international order, which is a nice way of saying everybody has to do what the United States decides.Stephen KinzerA mantra in Congress is “Israel has a right to defend itself.” But no one ever says in Congress “the Palestinians have a right to defend themselves,” and they take casualty counts anywhere from 40 to 100 times greater in terms of innocent civilians, killed or injured. The Iranians apparently have no right to defend themselves… What is this inverted sense that these countries that are legitimately threatened, that have been overthrown… What's this mindset in official Washington that nobody threatened by the US or Israel has a right to defend themselves?Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. On Monday, the Writers' Guild of America announced that they have reached an interim agreement with the studios. The proposed deal includes minimum writing room sizes, pay increases, a ban on writing by generative AI programs, and disclosures of streaming numbers with residuals to match, to name just a few of the top line wins for the union. The agreement still needs to be formally submitted to the Guild membership for ratification, but this marks the end of the second longest strike in the WGA's history.2. AP reports that earlier this week, President Biden joined the United Autoworkers on the picket line. This is the first time ever a sitting president has joined a picket line. “Donning a union ballcap and exchanging fist bumps, Biden told United Auto Workers strikers that ‘you deserve the significant raise you need'” and urged the workers to “stick with it.” Biden made this move in part because former President Donald Trump also addressed autoworkers in a speech this week, though he did so at a non-union plant away from the picket line. UAW president Shawn Fain deemed Trump's address to non-union workers “pathetic irony,” per FOX 2 Detroit.3. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey is facing a mammoth corruption scandal involving fraudulent halal meat from Egypt and $100,000 worth of gold bars. Per the BBC, Menendez has been forced to resign his chairmanship of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Yet, the powerful New Jersey Senator has not resigned his seat, even as a growing chorus of top Democrats have called on him to do so – including New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and many more. One possible upside to all of this is that Menendez's departure from his post on the Foreign Relations Committee could pave the way for a more rational American policy towards Cuba.4. In more Cuba news, NBC reports that on September 24th, the Cuban embassy in Washington was attacked. The assailant hurled two molotov cocktails at the diplomatic mission; fortunately, the diplomatic staff were unharmed. No arrests have been made. This follows a 2020 attack, when a man shot “nearly three dozen rounds” at the embassy from an AK-47.5. CNN reports that the FTC and the attorneys general of 17 states have filed a lawsuit against Amazon,   alleging that “Amazon unfairly promotes its own platform and services at the expense of third-party sellers who rely on the company's e-commerce marketplace for distribution.” Specific examples of the e-commerce giant's anticompetitive practices include “requiring sellers on its platform to purchase Amazon's in-house logistics services in order to secure the best seller benefits, [and forcing] sellers to list their products on Amazon at the lowest prices anywhere on the web, instead of allowing sellers to offer their products at competing marketplaces for a lower price.” Hopefully, this reinvigorated consumer protection regime will serve as a deterrent to other would-be corporate criminals.6. Kyodo News reports Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki recently addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, and used the opportunity to rail against the proposed US military base in the Japanese-controlled territory. Tamaki noted that the base “was clearly opposed by Okinawan voters in a democratically held referendum" and that the installation of the base would threaten regional peace. Okinawa already hosts most of the American military presence in Japan.7. Variety reports that Anil Kapoor, an A-list actor in India, has won his legal battle against AI. The court “granted an order…acknowledging [Kapoor's] personality rights and restraining all offenders from misusing his personality attributes without his permission in any manner…across all modes and media worldwide.” Kapoor also noted that “My intention is not to interfere with anyone's freedom of expression or to penalize anyone. My intent was to seek protection of my personality rights and prevent any misuse for commercial gains, particularly in the current scenario with rapid changes in technology and tools like artificial intelligence.”8. Finally, the Orchard reports that On September 22nd, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed the Canadian House of Commons. In attendance was Yaroslav Hunka, a 98 year-old veteran who, according to the CBC “fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians during the Second World War.” Students of history quickly put two and two together, deducing that this “veteran” was in fact a soldier in the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen SS, otherwise known as the Galician Division. Prime Minister Trudeau also held a private audience with this Nazi. Uproar in Canada proved so great that the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, Anthony Rota, was forced to resign, per the CBC. Furthermore, Polish officials have now formally requested that Hunka be extradited to Poland to face charges for atrocities committed by the Galician SS Division during WWII. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Fox News is the only major network covering the border crisis. Wednesday morning news montage. Online challenge might be leading to young drivers mowing down people on bicycles. Speaker of the Canadian House steps down after celebrating Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis. Kevin McCarthy rightly denounced Biden for joining a picket line which he helped create. // A checking of the texting. // Political commentator James Carville says the far Left is hurting the democratic party. 

Fox News is the only major network covering the border crisis. Wednesday morning news montage. Online challenge might be leading to young drivers mowing down people on bicycles. Speaker of the Canadian House steps down after celebrating Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis. Kevin McCarthy rightly denounced Biden for joining a picket line which he helped create. // A checking of the texting. // Political commentator James Carville says the far Left is hurting the democratic party. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top Stories - Target store closures due to crime, Canadian House of Commons embarassed after honoring a WW2 veteran with a dark past, and the ladies of the View take issue with a New Yorker cover.//Guest: Aaron Granillo on the Mariners.//Another unwise TikTok trend - "Bone Smashing."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artur Wilczynski has choice words to describe what happened in the Canadian House of Commons on Sept. 22, when lawmakers gave two standing ovations to a 98-year-old former Ukrainian solider who served with a Nazi unit during the Second World War. Wilczynski, a former diplomat and senior civil servant in Ottawa—and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor—calls the scandal an “absolute public relations disaster for Canada.” Wilczynski was stunned as he watched the incident unfold during Friday's official ceremony in the House to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Canada. After the leader of the war-torn country made his formal speech, the Speaker of the House, Anthony Rota, recognized the presence of Yaroslav Hunka in the public gallery. Rota called Hunka, who lives in Rota's riding of North Bay, a Canadian hero—but it soon was discovered that, in fact, he had actually fought for the Nazis and against the Russians, as part of a notorious Waffen-SS unit known for massacring Jews during the Holocaust and committing atrocities against Polish civilians. The Speaker has since announced his resignation, effective Wednesday night. But observers, including Wilczynski, say the damage will have long-lasting repercussions on Canada, NATO and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Wilczynski joins The CJN Daily to unpack how such a failure in protocol could have happened—and what Canada needs to do to fix things. What we talked about Read CJN editor Lila Sarick's interviews with Jewish Canadian leaders about Speaker Anthony Rota resigning, in The CJN Why the Canadian government's poor record of prosecuting Nazi war criminals is considered a failure by Jewish groups, in The CJN (from 2017) Why this Nazi hunter called Helmut Oberlander's peaceful death in his Waterloo, Ont., home in 2021 a disgrace, on The CJN Daily What we talked about Read Lila Sarick's interviews with Jewish Canadian leaders about House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota resigning over the Ukrainian former Nazi SS war criminal he personally invited as his guest to Parliament last week, in The CJN. Why the Canadian government's poor record of prosecuting Nazi war criminals is considered a failure by Jewish groups, in The CJN. Why this Nazi hunter called the death of Helmut Oberlander in his Waterloo, Ont. home in 2021 a disgrace, on The CJN Daily. Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our intern is Ashok Lamichhane, and our theme music by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Top Stories - Target store closures due to crime, Canadian House of Commons embarassed after honoring a WW2 veteran with a dark past, and the ladies of the View take issue with a New Yorker cover.//Guest: Aaron Granillo on the Mariners.//Another unwise TikTok trend - "Bone Smashing."

Boy, times are tough, aren't they? For this episode, we talk about ongoing tariffs and trade lunacy that are continuing to create hardship for consumers. What's the answer? Then, it's the ongoing wildfires and bad public policies that create them. Is the answer just under our nose? Since inflation is once again getting nasty and consumers are paying for it, we play our last interview with Pierre Poilievre, now Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons. Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on September 2, 2023. Syndicated on Sauga 960AM and Coastal Carolina Network. Website: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio ***PODCAST***  Podcast Index: https://bit.ly/3EJSIs3 Apple: http://apple.co/2G7avA8  Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3iXIKIS RSS: https://omny.fm/shows/consumerchoiceradio/playlists/podcast.rss Our podcast is now Podcasting 2.0 compliant! Listen to the show using a Bitcoin lightning wallet-enabled podcasting app (Podverse, Breeze, Fountain, etc.) to directly donate to the show using the Bitcoin lightning network (stream those sats!).  More information on that here: https://podcastindex.org/apps  Produced by the Consumer Choice Center. Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About Kenneth P. Green: I received my doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an M.S. in Molecular Genetics from San Diego State University, and a B.S. in Biology from UCLA. I have used my expertise for 25 years at public policy research institutions across North America. My list of publications includes policy studies, magazine articles, opinion columns, book and encyclopedia chapters, and two supplementary textbooks on climate change and energy policy intended for middle-school and collegiate audiences respectively. My writing has appeared in major newspapers across the US and Canada, and I appeared regularly on both Canadian and American radio and television. I testified before several state legislatures and regulatory agencies, as well as giving testimony to a variety of committees of the US House, US Senate and the Canadian House of Commons. A large body of my work (over 800 op-eds, papers, etc.) can be found at Authory.com, here. https://authory.com/KennethPGreen Ken's 2023 book, The Plague of Models: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Kenneth_P_Green_The_Plague_of_Models?id=RMu8EAAAQBAJ&pli=1 https://twitter.com/EnvirodocKG https://kennethpgreen.com/ https://www.fraserinstitute.org/ ========= About Tom Nelson: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about

This week on the Global Research News Hour, during a week in which our Canadian House of Commons is spell bound with what has become a major controversy around foreign power influence in Canadian elections and the sudden lack of National trust in our current Special Rapporteur on the matter, David Johnston, we will be investigating aspects of the discussion that are seldom if ever explored on the mainstream public airwaves. In our first half hour, we conduct an interview with Montreal based activist and Canadian foreign policy critic Yves Engler on how he evaluates the prospects of Chinese meddling in Canadian politics, how Canada approaches the politics of certain other countries, and the sp0ectre of certain other countries influencing Canadian democracy more than China. This is followed by a feature interview with investigative journalist Aidan Joseph of the Canada Files about his recent article GOVERNMENT BY CSIS

Scotty and Chris take a walk on the west side of Canusa Street to talk to Member of Parliament Taleeb Noormohamed who represents Vancouver Granville in the Canadian House of Commons.  In a wide ranging conversation, the trio discuss the role of volunteerism in society, Taleeb's famous thesis advisor, and the unique power of the US and Canada as a beacon for freedom and success in the world and how we should approach migration in North America. 

UNESCo: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Kerry (February birthday girl) just took a course, a geography/tourism course, which covered this organization so should know what this acronym stands for, but can't remember as we mark a favourite day around here. This week and year, the theme for the 12th edition of the World Radio Day, to be celebrated on the 13th of February 2023, is " Radio and Peace. We are approaching our 200th episode of Outlook some time in the coming weeks, and we're celebrating here because radio deserves recognition and we're thankful )on this day and every day) to air first on Radio Western each Monday morning. We are grateful for the platform and being able to reach a widely diverse audience through this supportive university/community station out of London, Ontario Canada and we certainly work, on this show, to promote peace to be the ultimate goal we all strive for. Also, first week in February is White Cane Week and we're wrapping it up for 2023 with discussion to highlight the appreciated effort of companies who work for greater inclusion like the one our brother works for, Global Furniture Group, the Toronto company who have shared about this important week to inform the wider public about the white cane and its essential use as a mobility tool for blind people. We want to encourage all companies to do the same by way of educational material, a big step toward creating more inclusive workplaces everywhere. This week on Outlook we also discuss how Kerry spent her birthday weekend and how Brian ventured out to support an old friend's music locally at Aeolian Hall in London (Now designated a World musical Heritage City by UNESCO), and how accessible his travel experience was. We also mention a resource out of London, “Everyone Can Play: for children with disabilities to have the same access to physical activity all children do and we're sharing the research out of Western University in this area, not to mention the news that Bill C-22 (proposed Canada Disability Benefit) has now passed its third reading in the senate. We've recently heard from someone in Communications at Disability Without Poverty with an update on the status of this bill and this week we happily share their latest press release on its progress moving through the Canadian House of Commons: https://www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca/press-release-disability-without-poverty-remains-hopeful-about-bill-c-22/ All important ongoing topics to discuss to be sure and which we'll definitely revisit in future shows, however Kerry tries to move this mixed bag episode along (possibly becoming more and more impatient as she gets older); she must just be eager to announce she has a new website and to reveal it to the world. Kay Consulting is her new business and an old friend of hers generously offered to create this website for her writing, podcast, artivist, and consultant of lived experience work and services: https://kayconsulting.ca/ Find out more on the work of Kerry's friend and website designer here: https://thesidehustle.ca And all other links referenced in this episode can be found below: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-radio-day-we-are-diversity https://news.westernu.ca/2023/02/western-researchers-create-online-resource-to-support-physical-activity-for-children-with-disabilities/ https://cyneveryonecanplay.my.canva.site https://www.globalfurnituregroup.com/ca

Lauren Tabaksblat, one of the attorneys, said that her clients were seeking to compel MindGeek to “adopt practices that ensure only consensual content is on its platform.” (A judge later ruled that the women must bring individual lawsuits. Brown Rudnick plans to refile.) The day the initial suit was filed, the Canadian House of Commons released an ethics report that called for MindGeek and other companies to practice strict age verification. Canadian law-enforcement agents have said that they are looking into Pornhub's actions, but they will not confirm whether they have opened criminal investigations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message

Lauren Tabaksblat, one of the attorneys, said that her clients were seeking to compel MindGeek to “adopt practices that ensure only consensual content is on its platform.” (A judge later ruled that the women must bring individual lawsuits. Brown Rudnick plans to refile.) The day the initial suit was filed, the Canadian House of Commons released an ethics report that called for MindGeek and other companies to practice strict age verification. Canadian law-enforcement agents have said that they are looking into Pornhub's actions, but they will not confirm whether they have opened criminal investigations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message

Ross McKitrick is a Professor of Economics at the University of Guelph where he specializes in environment, energy and climate policy. He has published widely on the economics of pollution, climate change and public policy. His book Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy was published by the University of Toronto Press in 2010. His background in applied statistics has also led him to collaborative work across a wide range of topics in the physical sciences including paleoclimate reconstruction, malaria transmission, surface temperature measurement and climate model evaluation. Professor McKitrick has made many invited academic presentations around the world, and has testified before the US Congress and committees of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate. https://www.rossmckitrick.com/ https://twitter.com/RossMcKitrick —— Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html Notes for climate skeptics: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

Welcome to DRR Podcast 099, this week we welcome Rennie Foster, Canadian House & Techno Wizard based in Vancouver. Rennie Foster has been a well-respected figure in the Canadian music and art community for over two decades. He influenced many as an early pioneer of the Hip-Hop / B-Boy movement, and later the House Music and Techno / Rave scene, participating in the first events in Western Canada during the birth of these now common urban subcultures. He is also very well known within the niche of graffiti art for his early work, having been archived in several published books. Rennie relocated to Tokyo Japan in 2004 and became an important part of the Japanese club scene, playing all over Japan in venues such as Womb, ageHa, and Yellow, maintaining DJ residencies in Tokyo and Kyoto at the Metro club and at the Nagisa Music Festival in Tokyo and Osaka. Rennie was consistently ranked in the top 50 DJs in Japan by LOUD Magazine until re-locating back to Canada in 2011. Rennie is currently a resident DJ at Western Canada's top after-hours club, Gorg-O-Mishin Vancouver, BC, regularly traveling to play as a guest at underground venues across Canada, Detroit, New York,and Paris and has played festivals such as Shambhala and Bass Coast among others. Rennie Foster has released music with Jack White's Third Man Label, classic dance music labels including Transmat, F-Communications, Synewave, Teknotika, Subject Detroit, and is widely recognized for his underground anthem Devil's Water on Rebirth Records. Rennie has remixed, or been remixed by, some of the top names in dance music such as Juan Atkins, James Zabiela and Swayzak. He has released many singles, EPs, and four full length albums. He runs a signature record label RF and continues to produce tough urban house music and stylish techno for cutting edge dance music imprint including Goldmin Music and Skylax Records in Paris and the Detroit based Soiree Records. Track List: 01. The Passenger - Haagenti - RF 02. Shinedoe - Nidra - Intacto 03. DJ Hockey - Dense Particulate - RF 04. Mark Broom - EFX - Rekids 05. Chris Baumann - Oxygain - Soiree Records Int'l 06. Tao Andra - Prevail - RF 07. Dustin Zahn - Wet Hot Heat - Blueprint Records 08. John Hester - Haze - Rekids 09. Daphni - Cherry - Jiaolong 10. Kyle Geiger - Bellhouse 3 - made of CONCRETE 11. Alan Fitzpatrick & Reset Robot - Phantom - UNCAGE 12. Shlomi Aber - Warping - Be As One 13. Adrian Hex - Chrono - Undertone 14. Yan Cook - Olympus Mons - Arts 15. Monobox - Blackwater Canal - M-Plant 16. Rennie Foster - Midnight Sun (Tao Andra Remix) - RF 17. Rennie Foster - Falling Skyward (Gary Martin Remix) - Teknotika Follow Rennie Here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/renniefostermusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renniefoster/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/renniefoster Bandcamp: https://renniefoster.bandcamp.com Subscribe to our weekly email bulletin and follow us on all platfroms here: www.drrlts.ck.page Email: info@drr-lts.com Website: www.drr-lts.com

On 3 June 1967, Hellyer flew in by helicopter to officially inaugurate an Unidentified flying object landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta. The town had built the landing pad as its Canadian Centennial celebration project, and as a symbol of keeping space free from human warfare. The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."Throughout his life, Hellyer has been opposed to the weaponization of space. He supports the Space Preservation Treaty to ban space weapons.In early September 2005, Hellyer made international headlines by publicly announcing that he believed some UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. On 25 September 2005, he was an invited speaker at an exopolitics conference in Toronto, where he told the audience that he had seen a UFO one night with his late wife and some friends. He said that though he discounted the experience at the time, he had kept an open mind to it. He said that he started taking the issue much more seriously after watching ABC News' "Peter Jennings Reports UFOs: Seeing is Believing" special in February 2005.Watching Jennings' report prompted Hellyer to finally read U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso's book The Day After Roswell about the Roswell crash Incident which had been sitting on his shelf for some time. Hellyer told the Toronto audience that he later spoke to a retired Air Force General who confirmed the accuracy of the information in the book. Hellyer told the audience that in December 2004, he had enjoyed reading and had endorsed a book by Alfred Webre titled: Exopolitics - Politics, Government and Law in the Universe. He ended his 30 minute historical talk with a standing ovation by stating: "To turn us in the direction of re-unification with the rest of creation the author is proposing a “Decade of Contact” – an “era of openness, public hearings, publicly funded research, and education about extraterrestrial reality”.In 2007, the Ottawa Citizen reported that Hellyer is demanding that world governments disclose alien technology that could be used to solve the problem of climate change. "I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet," Hellyer told the paper. He also said that "We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough,"______________________________________________Paull Hellyer holds one of the longest and most varied political career in Canada's history. He was first elected as a Liberal in 1949 federal election in the district of Davenport, he was the youngest person ever elected to that point in the Canadian House of Commons. He served a brief stint as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, and made a good impression. He was then named Associate Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent. He lost his seat when the Saint-Laurent government lost the 1957 election a few months later.Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighboring district of Trinity, and became an effective opposition critic of the John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson. As Minister of Defence, he oversaw the controversial integration and unification of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, the and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a single organization, the Canadian Forces.Hellyer contested the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, placing second on the first ballot, but slipping to third on the second and third ballots, and withdrawing to support Robert Winters on the fourth ballot, in which Pierre Trudeau won the leadership. He then served as Trudeau's Transport Minister, and was Senior Minister in the Cabinet, a position similar to the current position of Deputy Prime Minister.

On 3 June 1967, Hellyer flew in by helicopter to officially inaugurate an Unidentified flying object landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta. The town had built the landing pad as its Canadian Centennial celebration project, and as a symbol of keeping space free from human warfare. The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."Throughout his life, Hellyer has been opposed to the weaponization of space. He supports the Space Preservation Treaty to ban space weapons.In early September 2005, Hellyer made international headlines by publicly announcing that he believed some UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. On 25 September 2005, he was an invited speaker at an exopolitics conference in Toronto, where he told the audience that he had seen a UFO one night with his late wife and some friends. He said that though he discounted the experience at the time, he had kept an open mind to it. He said that he started taking the issue much more seriously after watching ABC News' "Peter Jennings Reports UFOs: Seeing is Believing" special in February 2005.Watching Jennings' report prompted Hellyer to finally read U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso's book The Day After Roswell about the Roswell crash Incident which had been sitting on his shelf for some time. Hellyer told the Toronto audience that he later spoke to a retired Air Force General who confirmed the accuracy of the information in the book. Hellyer told the audience that in December 2004, he had enjoyed reading and had endorsed a book by Alfred Webre titled: Exopolitics - Politics, Government and Law in the Universe. He ended his 30 minute historical talk with a standing ovation by stating: "To turn us in the direction of re-unification with the rest of creation the author is proposing a “Decade of Contact” – an “era of openness, public hearings, publicly funded research, and education about extraterrestrial reality”.In 2007, the Ottawa Citizen reported that Hellyer is demanding that world governments disclose alien technology that could be used to solve the problem of climate change. "I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet," Hellyer told the paper. He also said that "We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough,"______________________________________________Paull Hellyer holds one of the longest and most varied political career in Canada's history. He was first elected as a Liberal in 1949 federal election in the district of Davenport, he was the youngest person ever elected to that point in the Canadian House of Commons. He served a brief stint as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, and made a good impression. He was then named Associate Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent. He lost his seat when the Saint-Laurent government lost the 1957 election a few months later.Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighboring district of Trinity, and became an effective opposition critic of the John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson. As Minister of Defence, he oversaw the controversial integration and unification of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, the and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a single organization, the Canadian Forces.Hellyer contested the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, placing second on the first ballot, but slipping to third on the second and third ballots, and withdrawing to support Robert Winters on the fourth ballot, in which Pierre Trudeau won the leadership. He then served as Trudeau's Transport Minister, and was Senior Minister in the Cabinet, a position similar to the current position of Deputy Prime Minister.

On 3 June 1967, Hellyer flew in by helicopter to officially inaugurate an Unidentified flying object landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta. The town had built the landing pad as its Canadian Centennial celebration project, and as a symbol of keeping space free from human warfare. The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."Throughout his life, Hellyer has been opposed to the weaponization of space. He supports the Space Preservation Treaty to ban space weapons.In early September 2005, Hellyer made international headlines by publicly announcing that he believed some UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. On 25 September 2005, he was an invited speaker at an exopolitics conference in Toronto, where he told the audience that he had seen a UFO one night with his late wife and some friends. He said that though he discounted the experience at the time, he had kept an open mind to it. He said that he started taking the issue much more seriously after watching ABC News' "Peter Jennings Reports UFOs: Seeing is Believing" special in February 2005.Watching Jennings' report prompted Hellyer to finally read U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso's book The Day After Roswell about the Roswell crash Incident which had been sitting on his shelf for some time. Hellyer told the Toronto audience that he later spoke to a retired Air Force General who confirmed the accuracy of the information in the book. Hellyer told the audience that in December 2004, he had enjoyed reading and had endorsed a book by Alfred Webre titled: Exopolitics - Politics, Government and Law in the Universe. He ended his 30 minute historical talk with a standing ovation by stating: "To turn us in the direction of re-unification with the rest of creation the author is proposing a “Decade of Contact” – an “era of openness, public hearings, publicly funded research, and education about extraterrestrial reality”.In 2007, the Ottawa Citizen reported that Hellyer is demanding that world governments disclose alien technology that could be used to solve the problem of climate change. "I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet," Hellyer told the paper. He also said that "We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough,"______________________________________________Paull Hellyer holds one of the longest and most varied political career in Canada's history. He was first elected as a Liberal in 1949 federal election in the district of Davenport, he was the youngest person ever elected to that point in the Canadian House of Commons. He served a brief stint as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, and made a good impression. He was then named Associate Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent. He lost his seat when the Saint-Laurent government lost the 1957 election a few months later.Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighboring district of Trinity, and became an effective opposition critic of the John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson. As Minister of Defence, he oversaw the controversial integration and unification of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, the and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a single organization, the Canadian Forces.Hellyer contested the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, placing second on the first ballot, but slipping to third on the second and third ballots, and withdrawing to support Robert Winters on the fourth ballot, in which Pierre Trudeau won the leadership. He then served as Trudeau's Transport Minister, and was Senior Minister in the Cabinet, a position similar to the current position of Deputy Prime Minister.

On 3 June 1967, Hellyer flew in by helicopter to officially inaugurate an Unidentified flying object landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta. The town had built the landing pad as its Canadian Centennial celebration project, and as a symbol of keeping space free from human warfare. The sign beside the pad reads: "The area under the World's First UFO Landing Pad was designated international by the Town of St. Paul as a symbol of our faith that mankind will maintain the outer universe free from national wars and strife. That future travel in space will be safe for all intergalactic beings, all visitors from earth or otherwise are welcome to this territory and to the Town of St. Paul."Throughout his life, Hellyer has been opposed to the weaponization of space. He supports the Space Preservation Treaty to ban space weapons.In early September 2005, Hellyer made international headlines by publicly announcing that he believed some UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. On 25 September 2005, he was an invited speaker at an exopolitics conference in Toronto, where he told the audience that he had seen a UFO one night with his late wife and some friends. He said that though he discounted the experience at the time, he had kept an open mind to it. He said that he started taking the issue much more seriously after watching ABC News' "Peter Jennings Reports UFOs: Seeing is Believing" special in February 2005.Watching Jennings' report prompted Hellyer to finally read U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Philip J. Corso's book The Day After Roswell about the Roswell crash Incident which had been sitting on his shelf for some time. Hellyer told the Toronto audience that he later spoke to a retired Air Force General who confirmed the accuracy of the information in the book. Hellyer told the audience that in December 2004, he had enjoyed reading and had endorsed a book by Alfred Webre titled: Exopolitics - Politics, Government and Law in the Universe. He ended his 30 minute historical talk with a standing ovation by stating: "To turn us in the direction of re-unification with the rest of creation the author is proposing a “Decade of Contact” – an “era of openness, public hearings, publicly funded research, and education about extraterrestrial reality”.In 2007, the Ottawa Citizen reported that Hellyer is demanding that world governments disclose alien technology that could be used to solve the problem of climate change. "I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet," Hellyer told the paper. He also said that "We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough,"______________________________________________Paull Hellyer holds one of the longest and most varied political career in Canada's history. He was first elected as a Liberal in 1949 federal election in the district of Davenport, he was the youngest person ever elected to that point in the Canadian House of Commons. He served a brief stint as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, and made a good impression. He was then named Associate Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent. He lost his seat when the Saint-Laurent government lost the 1957 election a few months later.Hellyer returned to parliament in a 1958 by-election in the neighboring district of Trinity, and became an effective opposition critic of the John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.When the Liberals returned to power in the 1963 election, Hellyer became Minister of National Defence in the cabinet of Lester B. Pearson. As Minister of Defence, he oversaw the controversial integration and unification of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, the and the Royal Canadian Air Force into a single organization, the Canadian Forces.Hellyer contested the 1968 Liberal leadership convention, placing second on the first ballot, but slipping to third on the second and third ballots, and withdrawing to support Robert Winters on the fourth ballot, in which Pierre Trudeau won the leadership. He then served as Trudeau's Transport Minister, and was Senior Minister in the Cabinet, a position similar to the current position of Deputy Prime Minister.

We take advantage of the Canadian House of Commons' summer recess to sit down with Garnett Genuis, Member of Parliament for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta.We shoot the summer breeze getting to know Garnett better: how his political discernment was partly inspired by a Holocaust survivor in his family and a German bishop who resisted the Nazis; how he juggles his obligations as parliamentarian and father of five; and how the Christian faith is practiced, shared, interpreted and sometimes maligned on Parliament Hill.Our discussion also features a lively mix of current events: Pope Francis' recent trip to Canada and the legacy of Indian residential schools; religious freedom at home and abroad; the state of the national pro-life movement; and the outlook for upstart political parties seeking to challenge the conservative establishment.Oh, and there's that whole Conservative Party of Canada leadership race to talk about too.Garnett was first elected to federal office in 2015 and was likewise victorious in the 2019 and 2021 elections.  At 35 years of age, he's spent nearly 20% of his life representing his constituents.  He's the host of his own political podcast, Resuming Debate.  Garnett and his wife, Rebecca, live outside Edmonton, Alberta and have five children.Documents/Websites ReferencedGarnett Genuis biography (official website)“Resuming Debate” podcast hosted by Garnett Genuis “What the bishop who resisted the Nazis can teach us today,” Catholic News Agency (December 17, 2017)“Pope Francis in Canada” (official webpage for the July 2022 papal visit)“‘Terrible and tragic': Century-old Catholic Church in Morinville, Alta., destroyed by fire,” CBC News (June 30, 2021)Garnett Genuis tweets #1 and #2 endorsements in 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race“Canada election: Did the PPC split the Conservative vote? Maybe - but it's not that simple,” Global News (September 22, 2021)“Alberta MP among those calling for re-opening of national Office of Religious Freedom,” Grandin Media (March 10, 2021) www.crownandcrozier.comtwitter.com/crownandcrozierfacebook.com/crownandcrozierhttps://www.instagram.com/crownandcrozier/Please note that this podcast has been edited for length and clarity.Support the show

Original Air Date: August 2, 2020Living spiritually. Building community. Growing purposefully.These are the 3 pillars that guide this week's guests, Sudduf Wyne.Over the span of my podcast, it's been an honor to interview almost 300 remarkable entrepreneurs so far.But this is one of the most courageous, real, honest, vulnerable, and inspiring conversations I've ever had.Why can I say that?With each question I asked, Sudduf would take us to a deeper level with each of her answers.I almost don't want to spoil the journey this episode is by revealing too much of what we talked about. I'm that excited for you to listen to it.So… If you're looking for a deeper meaning, If you believe we are here for a reason,If you have ever felt excluded, overlooked or not seen,If self-doubt has ever held you back,Then this episode is for you.Let's start this journey.Hit play.More About Sudduf:Sudduf runs the INTENTION membership. She stands confidently in her faith and leads intentionally and passionately.Sudduf weaves her spiritually fuelled business approach into the lives of entrepreneurs struggling to gain clarity and purpose in their business.Living spiritually. Building community. Growing purposefully. These are her pillars.Sudduf's magic has been affirmed and celebrated by many sources. The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and the Canadian House of Commons to name but a few.Her circle is grateful for her dedication, drive, passionate presence, and unwavering commitment to up-level the Muslim business community.http://www.salamsudduf.com/​​http://instagram.com/salamsuddufhttp://facebook.com/salamsudduftomearl.me/sw

Trish!! This interview had us smiling all throughout! I was so cool to finally sit down with Trish! She shares some insiders design secrets and the interesting world that is HGTV and design and the BIG projects she is working on now. I got to know Trish a few years back as one of the artists featured in Sarah and Bryan Baeumler's "House of Bryan". IT was such a cool experience and I wanted you to hear even more about Trish's journey: design, work ethic, family life, and what she wasn't willing to sacrifice to find balance in her life. Trish worked her way into and up in the design world. Diving in with such vigour. She walks us through her journey in the design world. Fast forward to landing her dream job at Canadian House & Home Magazine in 2004. With an epic thirst for all things design and an unending work drive – Trish climbed her way up in the company and ended up becoming the driving force behind five Princess Margaret Lottery Dream Houses – three of them as lead designer. The full immersion of design and build in a short, often stressful time period was absolutely priceless in forming her own understanding and knowledge of every aspect of design and build. With a desire for design independence and to explore even more artistic endeavours Trish Johnston Design was realized in January 2012. Specializing in residential and commercial design her skills lead her to become a Design Expert on CBC's Steven and Chris for four years, and co-designer on HGTV's “House of Bryan–in the Sticks” and "Island of Bryan" with Sarah Baeumler. She also had the pleasure of being the lead designer on two seasons of HGTV's Home to Win, Property Brothers Forever Home, Family Home Overhaul, and Save My Reno. This episode really resonated with me and with the idea of just "Diving In". How many times in life have you not done something because you "weren't qualified" or it just scared the ever living crap out of you? So, don't just stand at the edge, don't just dip your toes in, DIVE IN! Start swimming" you will learn what you need to know along the way. Sometimes you will be taken by the tide and you will need to fight your way back and adapt, sometimes you'll float and soak in the warmness of the sea and the sun shining on your face, and sometimes you will be in awe of the wonder of it all! And where would you be if you hadn't dove in the first place? xo Brandi Find out more about Trish Here: https://www.trishjohnstondesign.com/ Learn more about our Podcast: https://www.brandihofer.ca/colourmehappypodcast Join our Colour Me Happy Community: https://www.brandihofer.ca/community Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3s8HZgSeUqI

This week, Tony and Jodie visit with Preston Manning. Manning was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada and represented the federal constituency of Calgary Southwest in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until his retirement in 2002. He also served as leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000. Follow the show on Twitter: @AAThingPodcast Follow the show on Instagram: @andanotherthingpodcast Follow Jodie Jenkins on Twitter: @jodie_a_jenkins Follow Tony Clement on Twitter: @TonyclementCPC Find the show on the web: www.andanotherthingpodcast.ca Check out some of our sponsors! Halton Government Relations -- opening the doors that will lead to your success. Municipal Solutions Lord & Lady Coffee This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

In this re-podcast episode Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joins his committed liberal friend David Blatt on Andrea Klunder's show The Creative Impostor to discuss the differences between the Right and the Left, why we're so polarized, and how civil dialogue might be restored.   About Andrea Klunder Andrea Klunder is the Creative Director, Media Strategist and Podcast Producer behind The Creative Impostor Studios.  Andrea works with organizations, companies, and leaders who want to use audio content to tell stories, create movements, and change culture.  She calls upon her myriad experiences as a singer, actor, director, business owner, yoga, and meditation teacher to produce and edit podcasts for social impact organizations and entrepreneurs.  She consults on strategy and coaches podcasters to go deeper into the craft and culture of making their show.   Andrea boasts of four podcasts: Podcast Envy: elevating the craft and culture of podcasting The Creative Impostor: featuring creative thought leaders who take bold action in life and work, despite the little voice in their heads that says, “Who do you think you are?!” Improve With Auntie: A round table for aunties like us to come together to share our brilliant ideas, sharp wit, and A+ advice, and Power Your Story: produced by her high school mentees who attend a Chicago public school for diverse learners   Andrea has developed podcasts with the Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Del Norte Credit Union, Institute for Justice, Chicago Reader, the NARM Training Institute, and more.  She has been a featured speaker and trainer for Podcast Movement, Podfest, She Podcasts Live, the University of Florida, The Wing, Next Door Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and many, many podcasts.  Andrea believes in the power of podcasting to immerse your followers in an authentic brand experience through engaging, entertaining, and educational audio media. Her mission is to help your voice to shine!   About David Blatt David Blatt, Ph.D., has worked for more than two decades in the public policy field.  Blatt founded the Oklahoma Policy Institute, a state policy think-tank that aims to expand opportunity for all Oklahomans through nonpartisan research, analysis and advocacy.  He served as its executive director for 10 years.  Now, he brings this expertise to students in the Master of Public Administration program at OU-Tulsa as the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Professor of Practice.   Blatt previously served as director of public policy for Community Action Project of Tulsa County, as a budget analyst for the Oklahoma State Senate and as a parliamentary intern for the Canadian House of Commons.  He earned his doctorate in political science from Cornell University, his master of arts degree from McGill University and his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Alberta.  

Here's your weekly selection of highlights from the Crosstalk news desk-----Canadian police started arresting protesters today as part of an operation to end a 3 week blockage of Ottawa by hundreds of truck drivers that crippled the capital and prompted Prime Minister Trudeau to assume emergency powers.----7 Canadian provinces now oppose an Emergencies Act declaration made Monday by Justin Trudeau who claims that it was needed to stop the Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa.----The Canadian government issued warnings to anyone involved in the protests, saying that in addition to freezing bank accounts and towing their trucks, they might also confiscate their pets.----The CEO of crowd funding site GiveSendGo told Fox News that about half of the donations received for the Canadian trucker protest are coming from Americans.----The Canadian House of Commons erupted in shouts of condemnation Wednesday after Prime Minister Trudeau replied to a Jewish member of Parliament by accusing members of the opposition conservative party of standing with those waving swastikas.----Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski arrested for the 5th time since COVID restrictions began and remains in solitary confinement.----The vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers who are isolated in their trucks began in the U.S. ----A trucker-led convoy will kick off February 23rd from the Barstow, California, area. ----Russia sends an American diplomat home from Moscow as tensions remained at a peak yesterday in the conflict over Ukraine.

Here's your weekly selection of highlights from the Crosstalk news desk-----Canadian police started arresting protesters today as part of an operation to end a 3 week blockage of Ottawa by hundreds of truck drivers that crippled the capital and prompted Prime Minister Trudeau to assume emergency powers.----7 Canadian provinces now oppose an Emergencies Act declaration made Monday by Justin Trudeau who claims that it was needed to stop the Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa.----The Canadian government issued warnings to anyone involved in the protests, saying that in addition to freezing bank accounts and towing their trucks, they might also confiscate their pets.----The CEO of crowd funding site GiveSendGo told Fox News that about half of the donations received for the Canadian trucker protest are coming from Americans.----The Canadian House of Commons erupted in shouts of condemnation Wednesday after Prime Minister Trudeau replied to a Jewish member of Parliament by accusing members of the opposition conservative party of standing with those waving swastikas.----Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski arrested for the 5th time since COVID restrictions began and remains in solitary confinement.----The vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers who are isolated in their trucks began in the U.S. ----A trucker-led convoy will kick off February 23rd from the Barstow, California, area. ----Russia sends an American diplomat home from Moscow as tensions remained at a peak yesterday in the conflict over Ukraine.

Hour 1 -  Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including: We have a chance for rain, wintery mix, and snow throughout the morning and afternoon. Please be weather aware today. We will keep you updated throughout the day. Eastern Ukraine's Stanytsia Luhanska village was “shelled with heavy weapons” from the Donbas, an occupied terrirory, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, tweeted. The Canadian House of Commons erupted in shouts of condemnation after prime minister accused Jewish member of Parliament of standing with swastikas. ALSO -  State Sen. Mike Moon joins us this morning: Mr. Moon was stripped of most of his committee assignments Wednesday. Why? As punishment for wearing overalls to the chamber floor. Mr. Moon explains why he had overalls on, as well as what he wore on floor. Mr. Moon was taken off four committee assignments in total.

Hour 2 -  Local attorney Kristi Fulnecky joins Nick Reed this morning. Here's what they cover: The Canadian House of Commons erupted in shouts of condemnation after prime minister accused Jewish member of Parliament of standing with swastikas. Kristi was in court earlier this week. San Francisco residents overwhelmingly approved of a vote Tuesday to recall three of the city's school board members. NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he believes the city's rule barring Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving from playing in NBA home games because he's unvaccinated is "unfair" since visiting unvaccinated players can play. Adams said he was reluctant to amend the rule, however, because it would send a "mixed message" that an exception can be made for a celebrity but not regular employees or audience members in the arena

Are you interested in learning more about birds? Are you looking for resources to help you learn to identify birds by sight and sound? Are you interested in contributing your bird observations to science? Are you looking for answers to the question, “What's so special about birds, anyway?” If you answered yes to any of these questions, this episode is for you! Dick Cannings, author, educator, biologist, member of the Canadian House of Commons, has fostered his lifelong fascination with birds and has crafted his career to teach and show people why it is important to protect the natural world. He has a lot to share about his experiences, why citizen science is so crucial in collecting information about our world, and how anyone can contribute to these efforts! Dick Cannings: More about Dick Cannings, his books, and instructions about how to build an owl nest box: dickcannings.com/ Birding Organizations and Learning Resources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/ Audubon Society: https://www.audubon.org/ North Central WA Audubon Society: https://ncwaudubon.org/ Birds Canada: https://www.birdscanada.org/ Citizen Science Projects: The Great Backyard Bird Count: https://www.birdcount.org/ Project Feeder Watch: https://feederwatch.org/ Christmas Bird Count: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count Breeding Bird Atlas of Washington*: http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/maps/ North American Breeding Bird Survey: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/ Short Eared Owl Survey: https://avianknowledgenorthwest.net/projects/ Nestwatch: https://nestwatch.org/ Migration Monitoring: https://www.birdscanada.org/bird-science/canadian-migration-monitoring-network-cmmn/ Project FeederWatch: https://feederwatch.org/ *also contains maps for amphibians, mammals, reptiles Birding Apps and Websites (ID by sight and sound, record your sightings): Merlin Bird ID: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ E-Bird: https://ebird.org/home Dendroica: https://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/ Okanogan Highlands Alliance: who we are, what we do and how you can get involved: okanoganhighlands.org Email us at: info@okanoganhighlands.org

Tim Hortons had a great fourth quarter as it almost double (doubles) its quarterly profit, as the coffee chain recovers from its pandemic woes. Apple announced that they'll modify their AirTag technology to better protect against criminals using it to track unsuspecting victims. A new study has found that there is one thing that makes Canadian housing prices go down: flooding, which researchers found depressed final sale prices in impacted markets by 8.2% in the six months after a flood. Celebrating something? Let us know for a shoutout here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/GuHjLDoa The Peak Daily is produced by 306 Media Productions. Hosted by Brett Chang and Jay Rosenthal.

This past week Canada has made preaching repentance illegal with the adoption of Bill C-4 which bans “conversion therapy.” This is a defining moment in the war against the Bible. The use of ‘social terrorism’ silenced any dissent in the Canadian House of Commons. Not one politician spoke against it. This law puts Christians at odds with the Canadian government, where they must now make a choice to obey God or men.

Nik and Matty provide commentary on the passing of Bill C-4 (previously C-6) through the Canadian House and Senate without amendment, debate, or deliberation. What does the ban on so-called “conversion therapy” mean for you, your family, your church, and the proclamation of the Gospel?Episode Resources: Banning Conversion Pt.1 w/André Schutten; ARPA Canada's Analysis of Bill C-4; Bill C-4.Be sure to Like, Subscribe, and Share the podcast. Please consider leaving an honest 5-star review on your favourite podcast catcher: Apple Podcast; Spotify; Google Play; Stitcher; Owl Tail. We are now on YouTube (search The Great Exchange Godcast) and on Rumble and Odysee (TGEpodcast). Finally, check us out on social media: Facebook; Instagram.You can also find us at Take Hold Studios. Be sure to check out all the content on their site as well.

Summary by Peyton Smith Hour 1, segment 1: (AUDIO)Mike gets today's program started about the dancing cactus toy, which sings about cocaine abuse, suicide, and depression in Polish.Mike talks about this.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/walmart-pulls-toy-cactus-that-swears-in-polish-sings-about-cocaine-use/-------------------------------------Scott Yenor, a Boise State political science professor, is making waves by saying that women should be kept out of medicine, engineering, and law.He said women should instead focus on more "feminine goals," such as "homemaking and having children."Oh, the alarm!Mike unpacks it all.https://americanuckradio.com/breaking-news/boise-state-professor-keep-women-out-of-medicine-engineering-and-law/---------------------------------------(AUDIO) No props, or in this case an "I love Canada" button, are allowed in the Canadian House of Commons.Yes, the HOC is just as ridiculous and absurd as the U.S. Congress.----------------------------------------Hour 1, segment 2: An expulsion of Russian diplomats from the U.S. is in the offing by January 30.Russia, Russia, RUSSIA!Mike gets into it.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/27-russian-diplomats-their-families-leave-us-on-january-30-russian-ambassador/---------------------------------------(AUDIO) Even the doctor who discovered the "Omicron variant" says that there is no need for lockdowns, economic ruin, and mass hysteria. ---------------------------------------Mike flips through the daily Washington Times media update.---------------------------------------Is citizen journalism dead? Twitter will allow takedowns of videos and pictures of private individuals without consent.Mike gives in depth analysis of this.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/twitter-bans-images-and-videos-of-private-individuals-without-consent/-----------------------------------------CBC is calling on Canadians to censor their own speech.Words such as blackmail, brainstorm, blindsighted, and tone deaf are considered ableist and racist by the outlet.This is just a part of what $1.2B annually from taxpayers buys.https://americanuckradio.com/breaking-news/cbc-wants-to-censor-racist-and-ableist-words-like-blackmail-and-spooky/------------------------------------------Enjoy all this, and more, in a very thrilling hour 1 from Mike.Hour 2, segment 1: Americanuck Radio's favorite Naturopath, Dr. Peter Glidden, joins us for hour 2.Dr. Glidden dropped by to talk about the vaccine, as well as the booster shot. Unvaxxed people can be sickened from those who are vaxxed and boosted. Dr. Glidden explains how it happened to him on three separate occasions.Why even take a vaccine for a viral infection? Dr. Glidden points to Naturopathy and Homeopathy as a much better approach...but unfortunately we don't have a free enough medical market to allow it.It's all vaccine, all the time. The monopolization of the medical market is all encompassing. It's been that way for many years.The health of North America was already bad before the vaccine. Dr. Glidden explains how existing health problems among people, in tandem with taking vaccinations, hastens their demise.The chat also goes into the horrible side effects of the booster shot, which seems to predominately affect middle age men.All this, and much more, awaits in another excellent chat with Dr. Peter Glidden.LISTEN IN FULL!Go to https://americanuckradio.com/, and click on Dr. Glidden's link.------------------------------------------Hour 2, segment 2: (AUDIO) Dr. Jim Cramer is not at peace or without fear, as he goes on and on about everything we are supposed to fear.------------------------------------------Mike relates a story and information which completely counters the fear industry that too many people slavishly consume. ------------------‐-----------------------To close things out, Mike reminds everyone that God is still in control. Let us all rejoice and give him the glory for all the grace and blessings he bestows.In his Holy Spirit, THERE IS NO FEAR!--------------------------------------------Enjoy this very informative and entertaining hour 2.

Summary by Peyton Smith Hour 1, segment1: (AUDIO) Hypersonic missile propaganda in the USA? Take a listen to this report by Darrin McBreen.Mike provides spot on analysis of all the shock and awe.----------------------------------A once rare STD, which causes "beefy red sores" is spreading in the UK."Donovanosis" is one problem which could actually be solved by social distancing.Mike gets into all the details.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/flesh-eating-std-that-causes-beefy-red-sores-is-spreading-in-uk/----------------------------------Hour 1, segment 2: Edmonton IED's? Yes, it's trueOne Justin David Byron was the mastermind of quite the crime drama.Mike analyzes the harrowing story.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/explosives-cash-and-chili-powder-the-sprawling-bomb-plot-that-landed-an-edmonton-bank-robber-in-prison/--------------------------------------Sin taxes, across all sectors, are fairly excessive in Canada. This now includes non alcoholic beer.Mike gets into the nuts and bolts of this new scam from the feds.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/clement-no-reason-to-toast-federal-tax-on-non-alcoholic-beer/-----------------------------------Enjoy all this, and more, in a pleasantly Covid -19 and Fauci free hour 1.Hour 2, segment 1: Mike goes through the latest media update from the Washington Times, and picks this story out of the pile.https://americanuckradio.com/uncategorized/feared-delta-variant-didnt-lead-to-worse-outcomes-cdc-study/------------------------------------(AUDIO)The filibuster was designed to keep black folks down?Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell and MSNBC host Tiffany Cross spout off about the ongoing Democrat anathema.https://twitter.com/RepTerriSewell/status/1452001464637874182?t=jiSylAFZ3aWa_60XKE3flA&s=19--------------------------------------(AUDIO) Lisa Boothe, Fox News contributor, has revealed she isn't going to submit to the jab.She joined Dan Bongino to discuss doubling down against Biden's tyranny.https://twitter.com/BIZPACReview/status/1452643751633899528?t=WWEtOLosN2ILq6jBigXqYg&s=09---------------------------------------Hour 2, segment 2: (AUDIO) A Chinese Communist Party zoom meeting concerning U.S. troops being vaccinated.Mike recites and analyzes this subtitled video.-------------------------------------Quebec is set to lose seats in a rejiggering of the Canadian House of Commons.Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet threatens to "unleash the fires of hell" over it.Mike delves into the hullabaloo.https://americanuckradio.com/breaking-news/bloc-leaders-threat-to-unleash-fires-of-hell-over-quebec-seat-proposal-might-just-backfire/------------------------------------United Airlines executive Jacob Cefolia's body found hanging by a belt, in a suburban nature park outside of Chicago, after missing for over a year.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/airline-executive-found-hanging-by-belt-in-suburban-nature-park-after-missing-for-over-a-year/-------------------------------------James O' Keefe has been dealt a legal blow.A federal judge, appointed by Bill Clinton, has ruled that his group's undercover operations against a Democrat consulting firm can be "fairly described as political spying."Mike gets into this story.https://americanuckradio.com/current-events/judge-rules-james-okeefes-project-veritas-is-political-spying/#-------------------------------------Doctor's who give vaccine exemptions, along with those who receive said exemptions, are going to be tracked.Mike blows holes in this idiocy.https://americanuckradio.com/breaking-news/vaccine-exemptions-being-tracked-by-governments/---------------------------------------Enjoy all this, and more, in a stellar hour 2 from Mike.

Living spiritually. Building community. Growing purposefully. These are the 3 pillars that guide this week's guests, Sudduf Wyne. Over the span of my podcast, it's been an honor to interview almost 300 remarkable entrepreneurs so far. But this is one of the most courageous, real, honest, vulnerable, and inspiring conversations I've ever had. Why can I say that? With each question I asked, Sudduf would take us to a deeper level with each of her answers. I almost don't want to spoil the journey this episode is by revealing too much of what we talked about. I'm that excited for you to listen to it. So… If you're looking for a deeper meaning, If you believe we are here for a reason, If you have ever felt excluded, overlooked or not seen, If self-doubt has ever held you back, Then this episode is for you. Let's start this journey. Hit play. More About Sudduf: Sudduf runs the INTENTION membership. She stands confidently in her faith and leads intentionally and passionately. Sudduf weaves her spiritually fuelled business approach into the lives of entrepreneurs struggling to gain clarity and purpose in their business. Living spiritually. Building community. Growing purposefully. These are her pillars. Sudduf's magic has been affirmed and celebrated by many sources. The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and the Canadian House of Commons to name but a few. Her circle is grateful for her dedication, drive, passionate presence, and unwavering commitment to up-level the Muslim business community. http://www.salamsudduf.com/ ​​http://instagram.com/salamsudduf http://facebook.com/salamsudduf

This week on Yes Guy, Jim and Perry are joined by Founder of the FOX 40 Whistle and former NCAA Basketball Official, Ron Foxcroft, Financial Expert Herb Braley, and Canadian House of Commons member, Kevin Waugh!

This week we had the great opportunity to visit with Greg McLean, Member of Parliament representing Calgary Centre in the Canadian House of Commons. In 2020, Greg introduced a bill to create a non-refundable performance-based tax credit for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects. We took great interest in hearing Greg's story and were very pleased to visit with him.We started with background on Greg's motivation to switch from a career as a portfolio manager to becoming a Member of Parliament and quickly found ourselves entrenched in a discussion around carbon capture, pipelines, Greg's bill, considerations around Canadian oil exports, the future of energy, and the role of Parliament.​​​We kicked off with an update from the TPH crew: Mike Bradley provided an analysis of commodity and natural gas prices and summarized key points from the G7 summit meeting which concluded this week. He also previewed the upcoming FOMC meeting. Colin Fenton prepared four charts on comparative pricing ending on a positive note for the energy space.The team and I had a great time visiting with Greg and want to thank him for his time and for being a 'climate warrior.'----------Copyright 2021, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. The information contained in this update is based on sources considered to be reliable but is not represented to be complete and its accuracy is not guaranteed. This update is designed to provide market commentary only. This update does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Nothing contained in this update is intended to be a recommendation of a specific security or company nor is any of the information contained herein intended to constitute an analysis of any company or security reasonably sufficient to form the basis for any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees and affiliates and members of their families may have positions in any securities mentioned and may buy or sell such securities before, after or concurrently with the publication of this update. In some instances, such investments may be inconsistent with the views expressed herein. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. may, from time to time, perform or solicit investment banking or other services for or from a company, person or entities mentioned in this update. Additional important disclosures, including disclosures regarding companies covered by TPH's research department, may be found at www.tphco.com/Disclosure. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH) is the global brand name for Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities, LLC, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities – Canada, ULC, Perella Weinberg Partners LP, and their affiliates worldwide. Institutional Communication Only. Under FINRA Rule 2210, this communication is deemed institutional sales material and it is not meant for distribution to retail investors. Recipients should not forward this communication to a retail investor.

Summary by Peyton Smith Seg:1- (AUDIO) Rand Paul seems to be digging in for an all out fight against Fauci. Senator Paul was on Fox to say that Fauci must be held accountable for his illegal involvement with China.Senator Paul calls for a bipartisan committee to investigate this horrible mess. The Fox audio also gets into Fauci's attempted diminishment of his admitted role in money sent to the Chi-coms.Fauci is absolute vermin!Mike covers this superbly.----------------Mike relates an interesting story about how, if there was the presence of Covid in N. America before it became front page headlines and a way of life for so many of us, he could have already had it in 2019.-----------------(AUDIO) Mike ends the segment with a very intelligent song from an Alberta rapper who takes on, through amazing lyrics, the disaster of lockdowns.Very good stuff!Excellent message!------------------Enjoy all this, and much more, in a very compelling and brilliant segment from Mike.Seg:2- (AUDIO) Mike plays an excellent speech from a very sweet, passionate little girl who eviscerates an entire schoolboard over mask wearing.Not only is she sweet and passionate, she's also much smarter than Fauci.-------------------Martin Shields, a federal Alberta MP, receives derision for wearing a pro oil button on his lapel.The Canadian House of Commons prohibits the wearing of "props," but was it the button that almost had Shields removed from government, or was it the message on the button?Mike breaks it all down.-----------------Alberta is throwing down against China!Excellent news for Albertans!Research institutes in the province have been ordered by the provincial government to suspend any new partnerships with the CCP. Unfortunately, this action falls short of expulsion of any Chinese students that attend these institutions.Mike provides spot on analysis of this.----------------A Canadian military cadet instructor attended an anti lockdown rally in Toronto, where he stood firmly against the distribution of the vaccine among the Canadian armed forces.Because of this, he has been charged under the "national defense act," and could face potential life in prison.What were the charges?Mike explains all.-----------------Enjoy all of this, and much more, in segment 2.

A Canadian House of Commons MP is caught on his zoom camera completely naked during a house session. His excuse: he was about to go for a jog. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sklarbrocountry/support

Disclaimer: Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative awareness and education organization. Some of the issues discussed in this episode may be legislatively-affiliated. Though our organization is non-legislative, we fully support the fights against already illegal forms of pornography and sexual exploitation, and against sex trafficking.Trigger Warning: Graphic descriptions of sex trafficking, child sexual abuse materials, and other forms of sexual exploitation are discussed during this conversation. Listener discretion is advised.This week we’re bringing you a different, bonus episode discussing what’s been going on with one of the world’s largest porn sites, Pornhub, and its parent company, MindGeek. In December 2020, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof published an investigative column in the New York Times giving visibility to Pornhub’s questionable business practices, specifically highlighting how the porn tube site reportedly hosts and profits off of nonconsensual content, image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Since the New York Times exposé, a lot has happened in response, including Pornhub announcing changes to their platform and removing over 10 million videos from the site, Mastercard, Visa, and Discover suspending their payment processing services on Pornhub, and the Canadian House of Commons Ethics Committee (ETHI) launching an investigation into MindGeek for reportedly hosting videos of child sexual abuse, rape, sex trafficking, and nonconsensually-distributed content.Please note that this is a developing story and ongoing investigation. For a recent, simplified timeline of events, please visit ftnd.org/phtimeline.Click here to access the resources discussed in this episode.To learn more about the harms of pornography on consumers, relationships, and its larger societal impacts, visit FTND.org.To support this podcast, click here or text CONSIDER to 43506.As you go about your day we invite you to increase your self-awareness, look both ways, check your blindspots, and consider before consuming.

MID-WEEK BONUS EPISODE: If you drink chlorophyll-infused water & sit on the deck, will you bloom? Maybe not, but some say your skin will blossom. Women are exfoliating their facial skin now by SHAVING. Will we soon see a BOGO offer for shaving kits for Father's Day & Mother's Day? Buttheads are sharing pictures of their butts to win dates--and it's working! Are guys more fascinated with the bodies of other guys that are "super-jacked"? Rob McElhenney from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia thinks that's true about him. Have you participated in a virtual work meeting naked? You're in the 1%! The entire Canadian House of Commons got a JOG when a member of Parliament got caught naked on his webcam as he changed clothes after returning from a jog...And there's more stupidity than that, including the summary of the week's headlines & the awards for all our Geniuses of stupidity! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

Bill C-6 was introduced to the Canadian House of Commons on October 1, 2020. The stated purpose of the bill is to criminalize conversion therapy practices in Canada. While the stated intention is to be against any coercive practice or treatment that would seek to alter a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity against their will, the legislation contains language and definitions that are so vague and ambiguous that it threatens to criminalize other freedoms.In this episode, Scott and Shawn discuss:What are the key concerns about the bill? Where is the bill at right now in the legislative process?What kind of responses should Christians be thinking about?To read the accompanying blog post on Bill C-6, visit preparedtoanswer.org/billc6Support the show (https://preparedtoanswer.org/donate/)

Tyler and Isidore kick off the Theopolitics show with a discussion of some key events right at the start of 2021. They discuss the Biden administration and security apparatuses move to purge Trump supports and appointees out of civil service, the motion passed at the Canadian House of Commons concerning the Proud Boys, and the unveiling of the shrouded Market to the common man as exposed through the Gamestop stocks fun.Support the show with donations and follow us on other social media. All accesible on this link: https://linktr.ee/thamster

How did the CCP quibblely respond to the CCP's definition of genocide passed by the Canadian House of Representatives

February is Black History Month in Canada and the US! Since I am Canadian I figured it would be interesting to talk about the history of Black History Month here in Canada and talk about some of the awesome Black and African-Canadians that helped shape this country into what it is today!Where, when and how did Black History Month happen up here in the Great North? Grab your bong, hang out with me and I will tell you a little about it!I only touch on a small portion of the contributions that Black Canadians have made, so I encourage everyone to go out and do their own research! Here is a list of the people I talked about in this episode and a link to the Government of Canada website's page on Black History in Canada.There are a ton of great resources out there, besides these, so keep searching!The people I mention in this episode:Mathieu Da Costa - First recorded Black person in CanadaCarter G Woodson - American historianFrederick Douglas - Former slave and American AbolitionistStanley Grizzle - Host of the first Black History Week in Toronto, President of the CPR's division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersKathleen "Kay" Livingstone - helped create the first National Congress of Black Women of Canada - I apologize, I accidentally kept pronouncing her last name as Livingston, when it is Livingstone! I didn't notice until the very end.Dr Daniel Hill - First Director of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and one of the founding members of the Ontario Black History SocietyWilson Brooks - First Black School Principal in Toronto, Ontario and one of the founding members of the Ontario Black History SocietyRosemary Sadlier - Influential civil rights activist and promoter of Black history in Canada, former President of the Ontario Black History Society and lobbyist for national Black History MonthJean Augustine - Brought the idea of national Black History Month to the Canadian House of Commons, first Black woman in Canadian Parliament, first Black woman in the Canadian federal cabinet and the first Black person in the Speaker's Chair in the Canadian House of CommonsBlack History In Canada page from the Canadian Government:https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/blacks.aspxIntro and background music:Funkorama by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkoramaLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Canadians pay a lot of taxes and have a lot of expenses. Far too many Canadians are struggling with poverty and have very high electricity bills, our phone bills are some of the highest in the world, and our internet is expensive.   Our cities and towns were built in the spirit of American-style car culture that makes it difficult to walk anywhere. Much of these cities were designed as urban sprawl and we have to brave a 60 degree Celsius weather variation that goes from freezing cold to very hot in the summertime. It's expensive to live near our workplaces, in large part because our government allows for so much foreign real estate ownership and our immigration rates are so high, so many people get pushed out of city centres and need a vehicle to access food and employment.     The last time I was in France, a bottle of wine was 1/4 the price of the same bottle purchased in Canada, and we have to import a lot of our fresh fruit, nuts, and berries from places like Mexico, Chile, Peru, and California because it's too cold and dark to grow a lot of food here. Transporting fresh food into Canada take a lot of fossil fuels, although we do have fresh food grown during the wintertime in massive greenhouses that require lighting and heating, and our prairie provinces are star producers of many grains. We receive giant cargo ships of goods in Vancouver and Montreal from overseas that are loaded onto trains and trucks and delivered all over our massive country. Not only is it expensive to live in Canada, but we are completely dependent on oil and gas.     Dan McTeague spent 18 years in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament and is currently the president of affordableenergy.ca. He joins the Zero Waste Countdown to talk about the trouble with Canada's carbon tax that was forced upon unwilling provinces who didn't come up with their own carbon pricing scheme. The results have not been pretty. In fact, the argument can be made that the carbon tax takes money from the poor, and gives it to the rich. For example $12M from a "climate fund" was given to the 2nd richest family in Canada to buy new fridges, and the Ontario government used to hand out up to $14,000 to wealthy people who can afford the $137,900 Tesla Model X.     I mentioned in this episode a CBC article that says the carbon tax reduces emissions. You'll notice the title is "Scheer says British Columbia's carbon tax hasn't worked. Expert studies say it has". Many people only read headlines as they scroll through social media, but when you actually read this article, it shows one year of decreased emissions then uses the excuse that population increase should erase emissions increase. Juggling data around like this is how you can lie with statistics to say whatever you like. The CBC article says emissions have dropped in other places that have implemented a carbon tax but fails to mention any increase in efficient technology. Further in the article the CBC repeats the tagline that "most" families will get back more than they pay in carbon tax, but the trouble with using obscure words like "most" is that there's no proof, no data, and no concrete evidence. I claim it is false that "most" families receive a bigger rebate than what they pay to the government in carbon and fuel taxes, because the carbon tax on my transportation costs is more than double my rebate, without even considering the increase in food prices and propane prices (propane heats my water and while I have an electric heat pump to heat my home, propane is required for temperatures lower than about minus 15 Celsius). If you scroll down to the bottom of the article you will see CBC felt compelled to issue a correction that the carbon tax is revenue neutral, which falls in line with what Mr. McTeague is saying, that this is just another tax that fills the coffers of greedy politicians. When you compare the title of this CBC article with the actual content, it's misleading. Here's an article from a trustworthy source that contradicts the CBC article claiming the carbon tax reduced emissions in BC: https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/b.c.-emissions-up-despite-carbon-tax?id=18615. They are quoting data from the Sierra Club who explains that due to cherry picking certain data fields, BC emissions are actually 4 times higher than what they're actually reporting, so if we aren't scrutinizing this data ourselves, how do we know the truth? Personally I'm not sure what to think with all this contradictory and politically motivated information, but it seems that emissions in BC were higher in 2015 than in 2010, indicating that emissions in BC have increased despite the carbon tax. The BC government cherry picked data to show emissions decreased by purposely leaving out BC's energy exports (coal!), and their forestry industry, demonstrating how easy it is to lie with statistics.     There are many factors to consider for increases and decreases in Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs), such as new tech, government policies, markets, international relations, immigration, and a worldwide pandemic. If you don't know which factors were included in the charts that show increasing or decreasing emissions, you really can't tell if the article you're reading is true or not. You can see here on BC's government site the different emission charts, and you can see coal mining does have a chart, but I doubt this includes the actual usage of that coal in other countries.      You can basically say GHGs have gone up or down, depending on which information you want to cherry pick to make your argument. This is why we need to be weary of data, statistics, and even news sources we have grown up trusting, because they often have an agenda.   It's up to you, the listener, to look into the information you see, hear, and read, but I know that can be exhausting. I'm trying to uncover the truth on my show so that we can go forward making the greenest policies that work best for people, and not just line the pockets of wealthy politicians and their friends while plummeting honest working class citizens into poverty.     Extra references:     Billions could be missing from the new file of the previous Minister of Climate Change Catherine McKenna   Covid models have been wildly wrong, and so too can climate models   SNC Lavalin is very involved in Canada's nuclear industry, but remember the SNC Lavalin scandal even The Simpson's talked about?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHiQg9eadPA   SNC Lavalin has done some very unethical things   Trudeau fired our first indigenous female Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould when she questioned the government's ethics over the SNC Lavalin scandal   Is SNC Lavalin trustworthy enough to be handling our nuclear waste and nuclear reactors in Canada?      

James Maloney MP has introduced a motion in the Canadian House of Commons.

James Maloney MP has introduced a motion in the Canadian House of Commons.

Adrian and Simon discuss AMC's Fear the Walking Dead Season 5, the Netflix series Ratched starring Sarah Paulson, and the removal of actor Johnny Depp from the Warner Brother's Fantastic Beasts movie franchise. Additionally, they converse about AMC Theatres' financial struggles, the casting of Christopher Walken in the Ben Stiller Apple TV+ TV series Severance, and the important lesson they learned as children to never leave crumbs out for house hippos. As a conversational podcast, we invite questions and comments to be featured on our show. Please send your opinions to splitfocuspodcast@gmail.com or @Split_Focus on Twitter to be showcased on future episodes.

Mark Gleberzon is a mixed media artist who has been exhibiting and selling his work throughout Canada, the US and Japan for nearly 25 years. His work has appeared in print and tv including Canadian House and Home, Style Canada and HGTV Canada. For more visit www.markgleberzon.com. Making A Living Show is produced by Next Exit Media and hosted by Robi Levy. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and more. Follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. Support the show with a monthly contribution here. Hot Swing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Dr. Travis Salway is a social worker and social epidemiologist who tries to understand how and why queer people experience higher rates of mental distress (including suicide and anxiety) as compared with heterosexual people. He is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, where he is supported by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. He works in collaboration with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control  the Community Based Research Centre  and the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity.  In 2019, Travis gave testimony to the Canadian House of Commons' Standing Committee on Health, specifically calling for a reexamination of “conversion therapy” practices in Canada. He has since worked with conversion therapy survivors to better describe where, how, and why conversion therapy continues to occur in Canada. You can find more about Travis here and on Twitter. Here is an example of Travis' writing on conversion therapy. In this episode we talk about Travis' work on highlighting the harms of conversion therapy. We talk about queer mental health and suicide, how common conversion therapy is (answer: very!), and discrimination as the tip of the iceberg of how people are devalued. We talk about needing to move beyond 'tolerating' to celebrating LGBTQ persons. We plead for Dan Levy to come on this show as a podcast guest because we are in love with how Schitt's Creek's imagines and models LGBTQ acceptance. We talk about comprehensive sexuality education as an opportunity to reach LGBTQ youth and let them know they are wanted, seen and valued. We also discuss gems of wisdom Travis is inspired by, and shout out future dream podcast guests.Episode hosted by Dr. Carmen Logie. Original music and podcast produced by Cozmic Cat. Supported by funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovationand Canada Research Chairs program.

The Canadian House of Commons met to address the Wet'suwet'en pipeline conflict and the Mohawk blockades. The Left wants to kill us with kindness and the Right just wants to kill us. Sakoietah joins me once again to talk about holding Canada accountable and a review of all the band council chiefs sucking up to Canada.

On February 28, 2019, Ira Goldstein (SVP of Corporate Development) and Matt Anthony (VP of Security Remediation Services) represented Herjavec Group to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics.

Episode 296: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending Dec 23, 2018 features ANT Technologies’ Aaron Gorka, who podcasts his inaugural episode of Next Generation Innovation: Meet Four Emerging Leaders. Also, we have Cybersecurity expert Kevin Smith, CTO of Tridium; DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding update; Brad White, President, SES Consulting provides expert testimony to Canadian House of Commons; and New Deal for Buildings to host 2019 AHR EXPO BAS Cybersecurity Breakfast Meeting. Kevin Smith, CTO of Tridium, talks Cyber-threat Trends and Cyber-security Awareness! Harden Your Smart Building Against Cyber Threats. Niagara Framework — Your Head Start on the Journey to Cybersecurity. There are now more devices that connect to building control systems than the last generation of building engineers could have ever imagined — more consumer- and occupant-owned mobile devices, more enterprise software systems, and more IP-enabled edge devices. Now, you can connect more things together to build a great occupant experience. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Announces $20 Million Available for Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Announces $20 Million Available for Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer. As part of this week’s funding opportunity (FOA) announcement from the Energy Department’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Office for approximately $37 million, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) expects to fund more than 100 new projects, totaling approximately $20 million. Brad White, P.Eng, MASc, President, SES Consulting Inc. Provides Expert Testimony to Canadian House of Commons that a Revolution in Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings is Achievable. SES Consulting Inc., ControlTrends Awards Young Gun Emeritus, had the unique opportunity to provide expert witness testimony to the House of Commons, Canada’s Standing Committee on Natural Resources. Click here to view full session. The New Deal for Buildings to Host AHR EXPO Breakfast Meeting to Advance BAS Cybersecurity. The New Deal for Buildings is hosting a Cybersecurity Summit at the AHR Expo 19 in Atlanta GWCC (Room B310) on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. The Summit will bring together industry thought leaders to review the current status of cybersecurity in the BAS industry. Episode 3 Next Generation Innovation: Meet Four Emerging Leaders. Ant Technologies’ Aaron Gorka takes over as the host of The Next Generation Innovation Podcast. Through interviews and conversations with the smart building and HVAC young guns (younger superstars) in our industry, Aaron will get unique perspectives and insights from these emerging leaders. The post Episode 296: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for Week Ending Dec 23, 2018 appeared first on ControlTrends.

This is a show that rocks convincingly and rattles the bones with the heaviest of intentions! Let the metal fall from the sky, as the rock of ages come firmly into place. We’ve got doom metal, Canadian House burners, grind core, intricate death metal, solid rock, and of course the eye of the storm in Three of a Kind! Join us for some musical mayhem on Euphoric Musicality Radio. For playlist visit: www.euphoricmusicalityradio.ca/episodes Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euphoricmusicalityradio Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/euphmusicradioFollow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/euphoricmusicalityradio E-mail: euphoricmusicalityradio@gmail.comWebsite: www.euphoricmusicalityradio.ca Credits:EMR Host: CurtisEMR Producer Lesley

 This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on a historic decision by Canada's parliament to alter, slightly but also significantly, the words to the country's national anthem. The vote in the Canadian House of Commons means that O Canada will be the first national anthem to change its words and become Gender- neutral. Why has Canada made this choice? Was there any opposition to the decision? Will other countries follow Canada? English News Weekly will try to explain all... (PDF) Download MP3

 This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on a historic decision by Canada's parliament to alter, slightly but also significantly, the words to the country's national anthem. The vote in the Canadian House of Commons means that O Canada will be the first national anthem to change its words and become Gender- neutral. Why has Canada made this choice? Was there any opposition to the decision? Will other countries follow Canada? English News Weekly will try to explain all... (PDF) Download MP3

Newfoundland moves into a non-denominational public school system. For many years, Newfoundland’s public school system was controlled by religious institutions. In fact, when Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, the schools were controlled by seven religious denominations: Catholic, Anglican, United, Moravian, Presbyterian, Salvation Army and Seventh-day Adventist. In 1987, the constitutional right to full funding under Term 17 was extended to Pentecostals as well. While there was a certain level of opposition to churches controlling the school system, and there were definite costs to having separate systems, it was sexual abuse scandals that came to light in the 1980s and 1990s that persuaded Newfoundlanders it was time for a separation of church and state when it came to education. Premier Brian Tobin called a referendum for September 2, 1997 and despite fierce opposition from some churches, 73 per cent of the public voted in favour of creating a single non-denominational public school system. While the vote was decisive, not everyone accepted it. Alice Furlong, vice chairman of St. John’s Catholic Education Association, said, "If this were done to another minority in Canada, there would be outrage." Because the new law involved a change to Canada’s constitution, any resolution needed the consent of the Newfoundland legislature, the Canadian House of Commons and the Senate. Newfoundland acted quickly, passing the resolution three days after the referendum, and the Canadian Parliament and Senate followed in December. On January 8, 1998, the governor general signed the constitutional change, bringing all public schools under the control of a non-denominational system. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Canada’s first openly gay MP, Svend Robinson, re-elected in B.C. Svend Robinson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 4, 1952, but grew up in Burnaby, B.C. before studying science and law at the University of British Columbia. A long-time social democrat concerned about human rights and social issues, Robinson joined the New Democratic Party in 1966. In 1979, at the age of 27, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby, a city bordering Vancouver. The strong constituency MP never shied away from controversial issues related to human rights and dignity, so it surprised few in 1988 when Robinson became the first Canadian MP to publicly announce he was gay. Uncertain how his constituents would receive this news, Robinson feared losing the next election, but he needn’t have worried. Not only was he re-elected on November 21, 1988, but proceeded to get the nod seven times from Burnaby constituents pleased with how he was representing them in Ottawa. Robinson continued his push for social justice matters, often speaking personally about the issues affecting gay and lesbian Canadians. His popularity suffered a setback when, on April 15, 2004, he admitted to stealing an expensive ring during a time of stress, and announced that he was taking medical leave from his duties as an MP. He chose to not seek re-election in the 2004 federal election but tried to make a political comeback by running in the riding of Vancouver Centre. Robinson was easily defeated by long-time Liberal MP Hedy Fry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ottawa acknowledges its unjust treatment of Ukrainian Canadians during World War I. When World War I started, the Canadian government worried about the allegiance of Canadian citizens who had come from regions around the Austro-Hungarian empire. So the government interned 8,579 “enemy aliens” in 26 camps across Canada under the War Measures Act. More than 5,000 of these were Ukrainians. Another 80,000 – mostly Ukrainians – had to register as enemy aliens and report regularly to local authorities. Inmates of these internment camps were forced to work on infrastructure in mining and logging camps, and on government terrain such as Banff National Park. Even when the war ended, the government maintained the camps for another two years, until 1920. They justified this by referring to their free labour source as “Bolsheviks” rather than “enemy aliens,” and indicating concern about these Canadians’ allegiance to the new Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Canadians who were not interned faced discrimination and public ridicule. It took more than 70 years for the Canadian government to admit the unfairness of its policy. But finally, on September 27, 1991, the Canadian House of Commons unanimously approved a private member’s bill submitted by Member of Parliament Peter Milliken. The bill acknowledged the unjust treatment of Ukrainian Canadians between 1914 and 1920, instructed the government to erect markers in all 26 internment locations and initiated negotiations between the government and Ukrainian Canadians to redress the injustices. On August 24, 2005 Prime Minister Paul Martin met with Ukrainian Canadians at a ceremony in Regina signing an agreement to spend $2.5 million on markers, plaques and educational materials. On July 14, 2007, Mary Manko Haskett, died. She and her family had been imprisoned in one of the camps in rural Quebec. Haskett was believed to be the last survivor of Canada’s camps. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association joins AM640 to discuss the latest numbers from the housing market.

Roman Catholic priest Andy Hogan becomes Canadian MP. An economist and Roman Catholic priest before entering politics, Andrew Hogan was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on October 28, 1923. The New Democratic Party (NDP) member observed the federal NDP’s rise and fall in the 1970s. It went from holding the balance of power in Ottawa in the 1972 election, to doing poorly in 1974 against Pierre Trudeau’s federal Liberals. However, once the votes had been counted on July 8, 1974, some new Opposition Members of Parliament prevailed. Father Hogan was one of them, an MP for Cape Breton-East Richmond in Nova Scotia. As such, he was also the first Roman Catholic priest to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. He was re-elected in 1979 when Joe Clark’s short-lived Progressive Conservatives held power. In 1980, however, when Trudeau was swept back into power, Hogan was defeated by the up-and-coming Liberal David Dingwall. Hogan died on April 10, 2002. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How can God's people help preserve Canada as a great nation? In this message we hear from the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, former member of the Canadian House of Commons, on how to answer this question. She shares information on current political issues and challenges us to seek the peace of our nation and pray to the Lord for it. Canada is a great nation; are you obediently following Christ in a way that will keep our nation great?

How can God's people help preserve Canada as a great nation? In this message we hear from the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, former member of the Canadian House of Commons, on how to answer this question. She shares information on current political issues and challenges us to seek the peace of our nation and pray to the Lord for it. Canada is a great nation; are you obediently following Christ in a way that will keep our nation great?

http://www.wecanchangetheworld.ca Live on Liquid Lunch, founder Heather Skoll and youth mentor Mariette Lee show how people in York Region can change the world on February 12. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Celebrating the Power of “We” in York Region We Can Change the World Day puts on a BIG show in support of WE (Richmond Hill, ON) – Join us for We Can Change the World Day 3 !!! Volunteers and friends of We Can Change the World Day and WE (formerly Free the Children) are gathering to celebrate another year of youth volunteerism, leadership, and social action on Sunday, February 12th, 2017 at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts (10268 Yonge Street). This is a not-to-be-missed event filled with inspiring music, dance, powerful stories, and star power. As of February 2015, We Can Change the World Day has been recognized by Canadian House of Commons for outstanding youth and community engagement. Our special guests include: Craig Kielburger – Co-Founder of the WE Movement, humanitar

Four years ago, Brian Ettling began volunteering to educate people about Climate Change, through the Climate Reality Project. He is now Missouri State Coordinator of the Citizens' Climate Lobby. He takes this tough topic to public groups, far and wide. This fall, Brian took his climate protection policy message to the offices of six U.S. Representatives - and to the Canadian House of Parliament!                          With the ambitious goal of getting a Carbon Fee & Dividend bill through Congress in 2017, this national organization of Citizen Climate Lobbyists is meeting legislators with "Admiration, Respect and Gratitude," and digging into substantial answers to questions they meet along the way. Brian maintains a positive, can-do focus as he advocates for climate protection. He details his group's policy proposal, including expert reviews and support, and shares his vivid experience with Earthworms' Jean Ponzi. Also check out Brian's report from his summer job as a ranger at Crater Lake National Park, where he educates Park visitors about Climate Change.  Learn more at: www.citizensclimatelobby.org - and considering bringing Brian or one of his colleagues to speak to your group.   Music: Washboard Suzie, performed live at KDHX by Zydeco Crawdaddies, June 2009 THANKS to Josh Nothum, Earthworms engineer, and for assistance from Jon Valley. Related Earthworms Conversations: Climate Change Tales from a National Park Ranger, April 2016

To quote from our new governments election platform, “we'll reduce our province's over-dependence on raw bitumen exports and create more jobs with more upgrading and processing here, rather than in Texas.” Previous Alberta governments have had experience with refining and upgrading projects. Professor Ted Morton points out in an article in Alberta Oil Magazine that the “path to hell is paved with good intentions. What started off as a low-cost, low-risk initiative to incentivize more upgrading of bitumen in Alberta has turned into the multibillion-dollar North West Sturgeon upgrader, a project that will leave Alberta taxpayers holding the bag if it doesn't fly.” Professor Morton will discuss the risks and benefits for Albertans of in province bitumen processing. Speaker: Dr. Ted Morton Dr. Morton is currently an Executive-in-Residence at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and Senior Fellow, Energy and Environment, at the Manning Foundation. In 2013, he was appointed by the Federal Minister of Industry to the Board of Governors of the Council of Canadian Academies. He recently served as Minister of Energy for the Government of Alberta (2011-12). Prior to that, he was the Minister of Finance (2010) and Minister of Sustainable Resources Development (2006-2009). In 2001, he was the Director of Policy and Research for the Office of the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons. Dr. Morton is known for his expertise in the energy-environment interface in Alberta and federal-provincial relations. Prior to his public service, Dr. Morton taught political science at the University of Calgary since 1981. His publications include five books and over 50 scholarly articles. Dr. Morton holds a B.A. degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from Colorado College and MA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. Moderator: Duane Pendergast Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea at the presentation only)

To quote from our new governments election platform, “we'll reduce our province's over-dependence on raw bitumen exports and create more jobs with more upgrading and processing here, rather than in Texas.” Previous Alberta governments have had experience with refining and upgrading projects. Professor Ted Morton points out in an article in Alberta Oil Magazine that the “path to hell is paved with good intentions. What started off as a low-cost, low-risk initiative to incentivize more upgrading of bitumen in Alberta has turned into the multibillion-dollar North West Sturgeon upgrader, a project that will leave Alberta taxpayers holding the bag if it doesn't fly.” Professor Morton will discuss the risks and benefits for Albertans of in province bitumen processing. Speaker: Dr. Ted Morton Dr. Morton is currently an Executive-in-Residence at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and Senior Fellow, Energy and Environment, at the Manning Foundation. In 2013, he was appointed by the Federal Minister of Industry to the Board of Governors of the Council of Canadian Academies. He recently served as Minister of Energy for the Government of Alberta (2011-12). Prior to that, he was the Minister of Finance (2010) and Minister of Sustainable Resources Development (2006-2009). In 2001, he was the Director of Policy and Research for the Office of the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons. Dr. Morton is known for his expertise in the energy-environment interface in Alberta and federal-provincial relations. Prior to his public service, Dr. Morton taught political science at the University of Calgary since 1981. His publications include five books and over 50 scholarly articles. Dr. Morton holds a B.A. degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from Colorado College and MA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. Moderator: Duane Pendergast Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea at the presentation only)

Rev. Majed El Shafie is a human rights advocate and founder of One Free World International (OFWI). His human rights journey started in his native Egypt that he was later forced to flee. Rev. El Shafie was severely tortured and sentenced to death for his conversion to Christianity and bringing awareness to human rights violations related to religious persecution. Belonging to a very prominent legal and political family inEgypt, Rev. El Shafie had tried to work within the Egyptian system to reform the country’s human rights regime. Between the challenges he faced in these efforts, his firsthand experience as a survivor of religious persecution, the work he has engaged in since advocating for religious freedom, confronting governments that violate this fundamental right, and conducting fact-finding missions and humanitarian/rescue operations, he has obtained significant knowledge and insight into the dynamics of persecution of religious minorities by religious extremists and totalitarian governments alike. Rev. El Shafie has established two effective human rights organizations including One Free World International (OFWI) which is one of the leading organizations advocating for religious minorities globally and has 28 branches around the world. He has organized and led delegations of parliamentarians and religious leaders to address minority rights and humanitarian issues with government leaders, including several cabinet ministers and other high-level officials, opposition leaders, and religious leaders among others in Pakistan,Afghanistan,Iraq,Israel, and Cuba. Rev. El Shafie has developed excellent relationships with members of the Canadian House of Commons, Senate, and Cabinet, and has built bridges with the US Congress in order to educate decision-makers about violations of religious freedom around the world. He has advocated on behalf of Christians, Falun Gong, Jews, Bahá’í’s, Ahmadiyya Muslims, and China’s Uyghur Muslims, among others. Leading North American and international news media have featured his work which has also been the subject of an award-winning feature-length documentary entitled the “Freedom Fighter” and subsequently the book the “Freedom Fighter” was published  depicting Rev. El Shafie’s  fight for “one free world”. Midwatch With The Rev Thousands have tuned in to listen to one of the most entertaining and extremely funny Christian talk show hosts on the air. Midwatch interviews Christian authors, artists, movie producers, indie film makers, ministers and just about anyone with a story of faith. The show is built around discussing faith and building encouragement to our listeners. Broadcasting primarily online through our servers to the world and across the USA on RevMedia Network. Midwatch has reached over 3.5 million listeners over the past 3 years. Join us for a show full of faith, humor, special guests, truth, entertainment and encouragement.

On this special holiday edition of the Global Research News Hour, we salute the 44th annual Earth Day with a speech given in Winnipeg recently by outspoken anti-globalization author, environmental activist, and eco-feminist Dr. Vandana Shiva.Born in Dehradun India in the foothills of the Himalaya, Shiva got her training at the University of Western Ontario in Canada as a physicist. In 1982, she shifted her focus to inter-disciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy and moved back to India. Dr. Shiva is the founder of Navdanya, a participatory research initiative dedicated to the preservation of native crop species, the rejuvenation of indigenous culture and knowledge, and to support and direction for environmental activism. She is the author of more than 20 books including Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis; Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply; Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace; and Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development. She is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the 1993 Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) and the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize. On March 29, 2014, Dr. Shiva spoke at the North Centennial Community Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at the invitation of a local collective known as Power House Producers in association with the Women's and Gender Studies Students Association, and the University of Winnipeg's Womyn's Centre. Her speech followed a so-called Feast of forgotten foods which highlighted a meal prepared by local activists with organic ingredients all provided by local farmers for an audience of about a hundred people. Preceding the talk was an announcement about a Bill moving through the Canadian House of Commons known as Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act which critics argue undermines traditional farm practices by ensuring the intellectual property rights over new varieties of seeds to the plant breeders that generate them and force farmers to pay a royalty to them when crops from those seeds go to market.

Tom Donally speaks on leadership. Thomas F. Donnelly (1 January 1874 – 9 October 1948) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in New Carlisle, Quebec and became a physician, principal and teacher. Donnelly attended Bishop's University and McGill University, attaining a Masters of Arts degree. For three years, he was principal for the high school in Lennoxville, and taught for another three years at Westmount Academy. He was first elected to Parliament at the Willow Bunch riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected there in 1926 and 1930. When riding boundaries were revised in 1933, Donnelly sought election at Wood Mountain which he won in the 1935 election. He was re-elected for one further term in 1940 after which he did not seek another term in Parliament.

In July 2009, Deconstructing Dinner aired a one-hour feature on the now in-process closure of Canada's prison farm system. That episode came only months after it was discovered in February 2009 that Corrections Service Canada alongside Public Safety Canada had already planned the closure of the 150-year old program. With six farms having been operated in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the discovery of the news sparked an ongoing and active campaign of opposition seeking to halt the closures. On this part II of our coverage we listen to audio from the February 1, 2010 democratic dialogue hosted in Steinbach, Manitoba where Members of Parliament were invited to debate the prison farm closures. The event was strategically hosted in the political riding of the recently appointed Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews. The episode also examines a rather feisty exchange within Canada's Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. On November 17, 2009, Liberal Member of Parliament Wayne Easter tabled a motion requesting that the Committee explore the closure of the prison farm system. Voices Wayne Easter member of parliament, Malpeque, Liberal Party of Canada (North Wiltshire, PEI) - Wayne was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and was raised on the family farm in North Wiltshire. Wayne entered politics in 1993 when he was officially elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Malpeque, P.E.I. He was re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008. In Parliament, Wayne has served as Solicitor General of Canada, Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Oceans, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Agri-Food with special responsibilities for the Rural Secretariat, and is currently the Liberal Party's Opposition Critic on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Wayne was National President and CEO of the National Farmers Union for 11 years. James Bezan member of parliament, Selkirk-Interlake, Conservative Party of Canada (Teulon, MB) - In 2004, James was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative MP. Bezan attended Olds College in Alberta where he majored in livestock technology and received a degree in Agricultural Production. Bezan worked in the livestock and cattle industries in the 1980s and 1990s, and started his own company in 1996. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Manitoba Cattle Producer's Association and has sat on numerous boards in the fields of cattle and food production. He operates a farm near Teulon, Manitoba. Carol Hughes member of parliament, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) (Elliot Lake, ON) - Carol was elected to represent the electoral district of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing in the 2008 Canadian federal election. Carol was formerly employed with Probation and Parole Services at Elliot Lake and Youth Justice Services in Sudbury. Pierre Lemieux member of parliament, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Conservative Party of Canada (Casselman, ON) - Pierre was elected to represent the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in 2006, narrowly defeating his Liberal opponent. Pierre is the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Agri-Food. André Bellavance member of parliament, Richmond-Arthabaska, Bloc-Quebeçois (Victoriaville, QC) - André has representing the riding of Richmond-Arthabaska since 2004. André has served as the party's critic on Agriculture and Agri-Food since 2006 and has been a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food since 2004. Andrew McCann spokesperson, Save Our Prison Farms Coalition (Kingston, ON) - Among his active role with the Save Our Prison Farms coalition, Andrew represents Urban Agriculture Kingston and has worked on many food security initiatives including the Sustainable Local Food Certificate offered at St. Lawrence College. John Hutton director, John Howard Society of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB) - The John Howard Society works with men in conflict with the law, before, during and after incarceration. They also look at ways to repair harm and restore relationships damaged by crime. Mark Holland member of parliament, Ajax-Pickering, Liberal Party of Canada (Pickering, ON) - As one of the youngest members of the Liberal Caucas, Mark Holland was first elected in 2004 and has represented the riding of Ajax-Pickering ever since. As a Member of Parliament, Holland serves as the Liberal party's critic for Public Safety and National Security and is Vice Chair of the Public Safety and National Security Committee. Niki Ashton member of parliament, Churchill, New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) (Thompson, MB) - Niki has represented the Churchill riding since 2008 and serves as the NDP's critic on Rural and Community Development.