Leslyn Lewis supports truckers peaceful protest. Interviewed by Ezra from Rebel News

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.
I agree with those things.
I feel and I want to be very candid with you.
I feel that the Conservative Party federally
and in the provinces where it's in
power, Ontario and Alberta, come to mind.
Eventually those governments have imposed mandates.
In fact, in my original province of Alberta,
they've even locked up pastors who keep their
churches open in the face of lockdown.
I have felt like the Conservative Party federally
was reluctant to take that head on.
But I feel like in the last few
days, this convoy has given courage to Conservative
MPs, a number of whom have come out.
What do you think of my analysis?
Well, our leader, Erin O'Toole, has always stood up
and said that we believe in reasonable accommodations, and
so that's always been a part of our platform.
With respect to the provincial side, we
don't have any control over provincial mandates.
The federal side？ Yes.
I've spoken out and I've said it is wrong that a
Canadian cannot get on a plane, cannot get on a boat,
cannot get on a train that is federally regulated.
because Justin Trudeau has spread this
rumor that unvaccinated people are bogeymen.
Now that we're two years into this pandemic and we
know that COVID is now endemic, I bet you there's
nobody that doesn't know somebody that hasn't had COVID.
And so we're at the point now where we
say we have to learn to live with it,
and you're not going to get COVID by sitting
beside an unvaccinated person who doesn't have COVID.
And so that was a lie.
And the people have woken up and they've
seen that they've been lied to and they
want answers, and they deserve those answers.
One of the things. it's ironic in a way that
we're in front of Parliament Hill or on Parliament Hill,
because so many of the decisions of the last two
years have not been made by parliamentarians.
Many of the particular rules have not been voted on.
They've been issued by public health officers, provincially at
the city level, and even Teresa Tam federally.
Do you think it's time to remove
the emergency powers from the public health?
I call it the Deep State because no one voted them in.
No one heard their names until two years
ago, and they become powerful political actors.
Is it time to take the democracy back from
public health officers and put it into legislatures again?
Absolutely.
We know it's time because medical officers of health around
the country are saying that it's time they're coming out
and saying that it's time for us to move on.
It's time for us to learn how to
be safe and healthy and live with COVID,
and it's time to restore the freedoms.
And today is indicative of the fact that it's time.
I got one last question for you.
And by the way, I appreciate it. I know there are
so many people here you want to talk to.
Thanks for making time for us.
Justin Trudeau has announced that he has purchased or
signed contracts for hundreds of millions more doses.
I think he said 400 million or some
enormous figure and I know the government has
plans to acquire them for years to come.
I suppose he would say, well,
that's just better safe than sorry.
It's like an insurance policy.
Are you worried that two shots and a booster
will turn into four, five, six like in Israel?
They're on shot number four,
starting shot number five.
Do you think that we should reassess this
endless plan for a series of boosters?
Do you feel comfortable taking on that issue?
Well, I'm not a medical doctor.
My doctorate is in law, so I am comfortable
talking about rights and my issue is that I
believe that even if the whole world is vaccinated,
it should be done on informed consent.
I believe in informed consent.
So my issue here is not about
whether you're vaccinated or you're not vaccinated.
because the group of people here are comprised of
people who are no longer afraid of each other.
They're both vaccinated and unvaccinated.
So I'm here because I want to hear from people
about the mandates and the mandates that have caused families
to be apart, that have caused brothers and sisters
not to want to see each other.
Parents not want to see their children.
Grandparents not want to see their grandchildren.
These are the things that we need healing for
in this country and I would like to move
us forward in a spirit of unity. There you have it.
Leslie Lewis, Member of
Parliament for Holdimand-Norfolk.
Pleasure to talk with you. Thanks for being here.
Pleasure！ Right on.
Stay warm. Ok, you too.