Carney kicks out independent journalists again, with police enforcement
Despite Mark Carney expressing openness to independent journalists during the media scrum following the French-language debate, police were called to forcibly remove Rebel News from his event.
Rebel News travelled to Laval, just outside Montreal, to cover a rally hosted by Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney.
Despite Carney’s public invitation to independent journalists during the debate scrum — telling Keean Bexte, a journalist with Juno News and The Counter Signal, “When I make an announcement, I don't think I've seen you at any of them, but next time you come” — Rebel News' request for media accreditation was ignored.
Shortly after arriving to report, our team was promptly asked to leave by security and police, who told us we were “not welcome.”
Nevertheless, we stayed just long enough to speak with several Carney supporters and get a sense of voter sentiment.
“He’s the best candidate to face Trump,” one supporter said confidently. Another added, “We need an economist, not just a politician.”
One man admitted he hadn’t originally planned to vote Liberal: “I hadn’t even planned to… I thought, let’s give the runner a chance to run.” Carney’s ambitious new spending announcement of $130 billion for new measures over the next four years, with no timeline to balance the federal budget — raised eyebrows, but many attendees seemed unfazed.
“He said he’ll balance the budget in three years,” one attendee insisted, despite no official timeline being provided. Another voter justified the explosion in national debt double over the last decade with: “We had COVID. We had to keep Canadians afloat. That spending was necessary.”
When police and private security approached to remove us from the event, we repeatedly asked, “Who gave the order?” Officers refused to answer, simply stating: “This is a private event. You’re not welcome.”
We complied and left peacefully. No disruptions — just questions. But even those, it seems, are unwelcome in Carney’s carefully controlled campaign.

Alexandra Lavoie
Quebec based Journalist
Alexa graduated with a degree in biology from Laval University. Throughout her many travels, she has seen political instability as well as corruption. While she witnessed social disorder on a daily basis, she has always been a defender of society’s most vulnerable. She’s been around the world several times, and now joins Rebel News to shed light on today’s biggest stories.

COMMENTS
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S M commented 2025-04-25 13:09:24 -0400If Carney can’t handle a couple of questions that are tough, direct and to the point he has already failed as a leader and raises the question, is he a coward? another corporate “foreign” coward is NOT what Canada needs.
What is very obvious when you ask these so called “Liberals” a question they actually have really no clue what’s actually going on, the worst part is they are so braindead indoctrinated these people have no ambition even to look.
Reality to these so called “Liberals” is a very frightening event and one to be avoided at all costs and at everyone else’s expense. -
Bruce Atchison commented 2025-04-24 19:17:15 -0400What a liar and censorious thug! He’s not one of us who works at making things. He’s a banker. That should say it all. And he identifies with the Davos crowd, not common people.