Well, most of Parliament has fled.
Justin Trudeau is in hiding.
Who knows if he's even in the country?
He's probably in the Bahamas.
But one of the MPs who's here today, walking
around, talking to people, is our friend Leslyn Lewis,
the Con…
Well, most of Parliament has fled.
Justin Trudeau is in hiding.
Who knows if he's even in the country?
He's probably in the Bahamas.
But one of the MPs who's here today, walking
around, talking to people, is our friend Leslyn Lewis,
the Conservative Member of Parliament from Holderman-Norfolk.
What a pleasure to have you.
Nice to be here.
Nice to see you again, Ezra. Well, likewise.
Did I say the name of your writing correctly?
You sure did. Okay.
Well, that's great.
The first thing I want to say is, why are you here?
Other MPs have chosen to avoid
it, even to criticize it.
Why did you decide to come?
I think any time the people have spoken, that it's our
obligation to listen to the people who pay our salaries.
So I think it's very important that we're here,
that we listen to the concerns, that we meet
them, and that we hear what's on their hearts.
One of the things that the establishment has said about
the convoy is that it's immoral in some way.
It's either racist or sexist, extremist or violent.
What are your observations?
Well, that's what they say to keep
good people away, because good people wouldn't
want to be associated with those labels.
So they throw out those labels so that people will
be afraid to stand up for their democratic rights.
What I've seen?
I've seen family members.
I've seen young children.
I've seen people picking up garbage so that the
city doesn't have to come and do it.
I've seen people bringing latrines so that they
could have a place to use the washroom.
I've seen people by the side of
the road, making food for strangers.
I've seen brother-and-sisterly love.
And I've seen people fight for their democracy.
And I've seen people stand up and tell
the government that they've gone too far and
that is their democratic right to do so.
In the background, you can hear
the drumming of indigenous drums.
There has been a large aboriginal contingent here.
Even the organizer of the convoy
herself is a Metis woman.
You use the word unity.
I feel that, too.
Do you think there's almost a new
political coalition that's being fused here?
Because there's people here who have never
been political before, who probably would have
voted for Justin Trudeau in 2015.
Is something new taking shape here? Absolutely.
This transcends partisan politics.
This is about freedoms. This is about choices.
This is about your rights.
And when governments use hate to divide,
the people start to see through it.
And once their eyes are open, it's never closed again.
And so people don't care what party you belong to.
People don't care whether
you're Conservative or Liberal.
All they know is that they've done what's right.
Many people are double- and triple-vaccinated
here, and they're still under lockdowns.
Their eyes are opening and they're saying
there's something wrong with the mandate.
The mandates don't work. We're tired.
We want conversation and politicians are running from the
same people that they were elected to represent.
That is not right.
