Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Champagne says Canada is doing fine. Kids still can't eat. Is the flag just a costume?
Jim Csek and Iain Burns take apart a decade of Liberal failure dressed up as patriotism: François-Philippe Champagne's G20 gaslight, Scott Bessent calling Canada a military free rider, Danielle Smith answering "brainless" questions with diplomacy while Alberta pays the bills, and a CSIS-flagged son of Iran's VP collecting more than $2 million in Canadian contracts — including the RCMP and National Defence. If performative nationalism is the product, who is actually buying it?
Chapters:
0:00 Open — performative nationalism hides a decade of Liberal failure
0:12 Champagne: "Canada's doing fine"
0:28 Bessent: cellar-dwellers, war talk, and self-respect
0:50 How does Danielle Smith stay calm?
1:08 Door is wide open — Iran VP's son, $2M, CSIS
1:22 China at the G20, lumber consultants, and Ottawa's other files
1:40 Citizenship shock, immigration, and Carney's "I am blessed"
1:52 Wrap
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Champagne says Canada is doing fine. Kids still can't eat. Is the flag just a costume?
Jim Csek and Iain Burns take apart a decade of Liberal failure dressed up as patriotism: François-Philippe Champagne's G20 gaslight, Scott Bessent calling Canada a military free rider, Danielle Smith answering "brainless" questions with diplomacy while Alberta pays the bills, and a CSIS-flagged son of Iran's VP collecting more than $2 million in Canadian contracts — including the RCMP and National Defence. If performative nationalism is the product, who is actually buying it?
Chapters:
0:00 Open — performative nationalism hides a decade of Liberal failure
0:12 Champagne: "Canada's doing fine"
0:28 Bessent: cellar-dwellers, war talk, and self-respect
0:50 How does Danielle Smith stay calm?
1:08 Door is wide open — Iran VP's son, $2M, CSIS
1:22 China at the G20, lumber consultants, and Ottawa's other files
1:40 Citizenship shock, immigration, and Carney's "I am blessed"
1:52 Wrap
———
The Really Big Show: The thinking Canadian's daily briefing, independent and informed.
🔴 Live every weekday at 9AM PST
📍 Independent. Unapologetic. Canadian.
👉 Support the show: thereallybigshow.ca
Subscribe | Share | Comment — help us grow independent Canadian media.
Press Freedom Mission — Washington, Sep 21–26, 2026:
thereallybigshow.ca/washington
