Does Mark Carney change his story because he’s lying, or does he actually believe both versions?

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Privy Council records say “topics of human rights and foreign interference were not brought up proactively.”

1. Rebel News Podcast on March 20 centers on Mark Carney’s changing statements about Iran, China, and Canada’s role in foreign policy. 2. Ezra Levant is the host, and Mark Carney is the main subject because his public comments are compared with government records and media clips. 3. The episode asks whether Carney changes his story because he is lying or because he believes both versions. 4. The first major topic is the Strait of Hormuz, where the host explains why Iran can threaten shipping and why Donald Trump wanted allied help. 5. The host says Canada moved from supporting the attack to wanting a ceasefire and then to only acting within “legal and policy frameworks.” 6. A CTV clip about a Canadian Navy officer is used to argue that Canada could not meaningfully protect a ship in a modern Gulf conflict. 7. The episode then shifts to a CTV report about jets escorting planes into Montreal and says the story left out key details about who actually helped. 8. The host argues that NORAD means Canadian and American air defense together, not Canada acting alone. 9. A Chinese human-rights segment follows, with Carney quoted saying Canada “fundamentally stand[s] up for human rights” and engages through “value-based realism.” 10. The host then cites Blacklock’s reporting and Privy Council records saying human-rights and foreign-interference topics “were not brought up proactively” with Chinese hosts. 11. The episode treats that contradiction as the central example of Carney’s alleged pattern. 12. Another example is Carney’s claim that Canada would release oil reserves, which the host says Canada does not have because it is a net exporter. 13. The host says Carney repeated that oil-reserve claim “deadpan” and adds that the energy minister also spoke as if the reserves existed. 14. The episode then returns to Iran and plays Carney saying, “I’m not the only spokesperson for the government.” 15. The defense minister is later shown first saying he did not know about the Iranian strike before La Presse reported it, then revising his account. 16. The host says Carney is not merely evasive but lies directly while “looking you in the eyes.” 17. The tone is argumentative and clip-driven, with repeated cutaways to video, tweets, and read-aloud quotations. 18. The format mixes commentary, source reading, and rebuttal, with the host interrupting himself to pivot between topics. 19. Best for listeners who follow Canadian politics, Carney, and foreign policy. 20. Probably skippable for listeners who want calm, nonpartisan analysis.

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A combative look at Carney, oil policy, and the gap between official answers and reality.

The episode tracks a blunt accusation that Mark Carney keeps shifting positions, casting that pattern as either deception or something less easy to pin down.

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You want the episode's argument about Mark Carney saying one thing, then another, backed by video clips.

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