This video was sponsored by Skillshare. The first 500 people to go to skl.sh slash polyphonic 11 will get two months of Skillshare for free There are a few rappers that can compare to Aesop rock while he's never broken through the mainstream his intricate flow and strange Verbo spars have made him an underground hip-hop legend He's always in the discussion of smartest rappers of all time and when Matt Daniels analyzed hip-hop's vocabulary He left all other rappers in the dust Daniels found that Aesop rock used more than 7,000 different words in his songs Nearly a thousand more than the next rapper. So how does Aesop rock do it? Let's take a closer look Each one of Aesop rock songs contains so much density that it would be nearly impossible to look over his entire catalog So to better understand how he makes such unique music I'm gonna look at what may be his most popular song none shall pass Released in 2007 none shall pass is the title track off Aesop's best-selling record It provides a great entry point for the artist because it shows off everything that he does so well in four minutes of music Aesop rock manages to squeeze in an impressive 258 different words if you don't count the hundred most common words in the English language You still have two hundred twenty one different words for some context Bob Dylan is one of the most verbose songwriters in rock history When we look at his masterpiece like a Rolling Stone a dense song by any measure He uses a hundred eighty eight unique words a hundred thirty-seven if you take away the common ones And that's a six-minute song Aesop rock manages to fit nearly twice that in four minutes when you take out the Instrumental passages samples and chorus repetitions you get around a hundred and five seconds of actual rapping That means in each second of rapping Aesop rock fits in more than two Individual words and that's not including the most common words either it things like that now This is impressive But being able to fit a lot of different words in a song doesn't necessarily mean the words make sense In fact both Bob Dylan and Aesop rock have been criticized for how difficult it can be to parse their language With some people claiming there's no meaning just jumbled words in an interview with Guernica Aesop rock denied this though He said these songs are not nonsensical. That's pretty preposterous I'd have to be a genius to pull this many nonsensical records over people's eyes He elaborated in Rolling Stones saying that if people aren't pulling meaning from his songs, then that's on them He said I feel like if people aren't pulling anything from the songs Then they're not really trying to or didn't have an interest in the first place And the fact that you need to try to pull meaning from Aesop rock is part of what makes him so amazing in my book It's an active listening process trying to decipher what he's saying and how it can affect your life and There's a lot to decipher when you look closely the first few couplets of none shall pass give direction for the song It's a contemplation on the state of culture and modern society at the time of its release But the way that ace goes about this is with dense metaphor Buttery gold is a way of talking about wealth and it's dripping with visual imagery But he pairs this image of flaunting wealth with a jittery zeitgeist The zeitgeist is a term often associated with the German philosopher Hegel It means the spirit of an age So what's Aesop rock saying when he says the spirit of our age is jittery? It's a nervous time Insecure and distracted paired with the images of buttery gold it creates a juxtaposition People are flaunting their wealth, but the national spirit is insecure and nervous and that's just two lines You can see why unpacking ace is such an intense process. He speaks almost entirely in metaphor The end of none shall pass his first verse is one of my favorite sections of the song where he discusses the way that Society is played against itself Aesop rock has an incredible way of using common euphemisms and turning them on their head Most people know what a cash cow is and know what beef is in hip-hop Both of these metaphors relate to cows and Aesop rock notices this and ties them together to make a powerful statement Those in power are making money off of people fighting each other This flows effortlessly into the next line condemning police violence and tying neatly back into the metaphor of beef Painting a dark picture of authority feasting on the struggles of the downtrodden The dense verbose verses of none shall pass are paired with a simple pre-chorus and a hook build mostly around instrumentals and samples Aesop rock said that he came up with that idea upon hearing blockheads beat to the song He wanted the chorus to be simple built around a catchy phrase that phrase none shall pass Holds many meanings within itself though on one level it seems to suggest hip-hop bravado But at the same time it could be a reference to a Monty Python clip And this goes hand-in-hand with the rest of the chorus or ace paints judgment by a fun house cast The song is lush with religious imagery and this chorus about judgment seems to Lampoon the idea of people claiming moral authority over each other this condemnation of people in power and authority bleeds into the next verse What Aesop rock says here is actually a common thought especially in hip-hop The privileged can't relate to those who have had to struggle to get where they are But the way he paints this picture is so clever and unique The privileged are referred to as people who have never had a day a snow cone couldn't fix It's a simple image, but a powerful one and from there a soft rock sings of an underground rapper Compares him to a broken motor barely running because he refuses to submit to the standards demanded by mainstream society It's clearly a personal story for a soft rock who has spent his entire career Proudly in the underground and while his music may not have the same mainstream appeal It's still easy enough to listen to Aesop rock without delving into the lyrics and that in and of itself is a feat Aesop told the Rolling Stone that he learned how to fill songs with a broad vocabulary But still make them easy to listen to and perform He said I think I've learned over time to keep the denseness and the lexicon in there while making it something That's easier to perform and maybe isn't working against the listeners ear as much a lot of praise is put on how Difficult songs are to rap, but none shall pass as a simple steady flow laid back and right on top of the beat Part of the reason Aesop rocks music is so listenable is the way that internal rhyme guides his flow This is something he learned from his influences. Look at Eric Sermon's opening verse on coming atcha See how he rhymes back with attack and sharp with Barb Nestling these little rhymes within a couplet It's no coincidence that Aesop rock told Passion Vise that this verse always stuck in his head But Ace takes this to the next level on none shall pass in the middle of the second verse He stacks internal rhymes and pairs them with alliteration Check out how this couplet strings together lines of S sounds followed by lines of C sounds all while the rhymes provide a consistent rhythm And these intricately crafted rhymes contain just as much meaning as the rest of the song They're a condemnation of conformity in an interview with thrasher Aesop rock talked about how he writes his rhymes I'll hear things throughout my day that I'd like to work into a song and write it down Whether I get to it tomorrow or two years from now I know it'll be on that list This comes through clearly in the third verse to none shall pass where he runs common phrases and images together with pop culture and raw human experience He even breaks up his flow into clear thoughts playing with space in the bar so that you can hear each thought both on its own And as part of a wider message Okay The way Aesop rock crafts his bars around the beat is impressive too. He's able to nestle short punchy lines in with long intricate descriptive passages Aesop rock is the full package Not only does he have a vocabulary that many authors would die for he has a command over it He can wrangle it into a flow that can connect with listeners And none shall pass is really just the entrance point Aesop rock has an entire career of songs to prove Why he's one of the greatest rappers ever to live But if you decide to give it a listen you might want to bring a thesaurus When making this video, I really wanted a way to visualize Aesop rock's lyrics So I turned to kinetic typography and while kinetic typography is a ton of fun It's also a ton of work and really challenging to learn if you want to try to figure it out I recommend Skillshare where you can find Jake Bartlett's ultimate guide to kinetic type Skillshare is an online learning community with over 20,000 classes in design music business and lots more Premium membership gives you unlimited access to high quality courses on a myriad of skills But maybe you're not looking to take on something new maybe you're just looking to improve your day-to-day life If that's the case why not check out Thomas Frank's productivity masterclass Which can help you get your life in order and maximize your time and really that's just the beginning There's countless courses you can use to create your best self So why not give it a try the first 500 people to sign up using the link in the description We'll be able to try out Skillshare for two months at no cost That means unlimited access to more than 20,000 classes for free So act now and start learning today


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It's now time for our questions, the leader with Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Thank you, Speaker. My question directed to the Premier. Premier, your testimony yesterday at the Gas Plant Committee was highly evasive. It strained the bounds of credibility and was obviously deeply disappointed in all of us. In fact, to the Premier, you've lost the moral authority to govern and you conduct that kind of performance on such an important issue. One of the many items that was far from clear in your answers. I want to make sure your chance to answer it today. When did you first ask for a briefing from Colin Anderson of the OPA to get a full cost of the cancellations of Oakville and Mississauga and who ordered the cover-up of information around those costs? When did you ask for a briefing? Very much, Mr. Speaker. I did. I spent an hour and a half at the committee yesterday, Mr. Speaker. I answered all the questions that were directed towards, was and has been part of my commitment to be open and transparent. And I told the committee, Mr. Speaker, exactly what I knew and when I knew it. So, Mr. Speaker, I hope that the leader of the opposition will check-hancered because my answers are recorded there. Thank you. Again, I want to give... I know the Premier has been highly evasive on her answers with respect to the cancellation of the gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga. So, I do speak, I want to give her another opportunity. Order. The member from the Minister of Training College of the University has come to order. The member from Renfrew has come to order. Leader. And unfortunately, true to recent form, you avoided my very simple question just now, Premier. So, I'll give you another opportunity pleased to be direct with us. I would like to know exactly when you asked for a full briefing from Colin Anderson of the Ontario Power Authority in your capacity as Premier of the province of Ontario on one of the biggest scandals in our province. Surely one of the first meetings you called for was a full briefing, a thorough disclosure of the costs and who ordered the cover-up. Premier, exactly what did that meeting take place? Premier. Well, Mr. Speaker, I disagree with the language that the leader of the opposition is using. I don't accept the premise of his question, but, Mr. Speaker, I said I was at the committee yesterday. I answered the question. I tabled the documents that I had received from the OPA, Mr. Speaker, and from the time I was in this office, I was in conversation with, from the time we were sworn in, I was in conversation with the Minister of Energy, the information that we were receiving through the OPA. I tabled yesterday, Mr. Speaker, and the reason that the leader of the opposition is asking these questions is because I tabled those documents yesterday, Mr. Speaker. I brought them to the committee. I made them available. And the OPA estimates were different from what we had previously been told. And in fact, yesterday, there was another number. The information was different again, Mr. Speaker. That's why it was very important that the auditor general write his report. That's why I asked the auditor general to write his report. And I believe that it's important we wait for that report, Mr. Speaker. The member from Redford, your leader wants to put the supplementary question. Thank you. Final supplementary. Thank you. Again, premiering this respectfully, you're not answering a very simple question. It seems to me that the very basic first meeting you'd asked for as a new premier would be to sit down immediately with Colin Anderson of the Ontario Power Authority and ask him for the full costing of the cancellation of the Oakville and the Saug gas plants and ask him who ordered the cover-up. This seems to me fundamental. Yesterday in committee, you did say you didn't know, we didn't know, but respectfully, premier, it's your job to actually Minister of the Environment from the north to know the facts. Premier, you wanted the job. You campaigned for the job. You asked for the job. I ask you respectfully, why aren't you doing the job? Thank you, premier. Mr. Speaker, I'm very much looking forward to the opposition leader's testimony about his costing. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to know what his thoughts are about how they expected the cost to be. I look forward to that. I don't know exactly when he's going to appear before committee, but I've been there, Mr. Speaker. I told the committee what I knew, and the reality is that the numbers kept changing and keep changing. And that is the reality. That's why we need to wait for the auditor general's report, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. New question. You know, firstly, I did not get an answer on if the premier did have a briefing from Colin Anderson. Minister, social services come to order. Why is she was woefully negligent to the premier speaker? Why is she woefully negligent and not addressing that as one of your first meetings? I would think that would be the basics of the job. Yesterday, you were supposed to clear the area. You left a lot more questions on answer. So, Speaker, I didn't get an answer to my first question of why the premier was woefully neglectful in her duties as premier to get the bottom of that. Respectfully, it is your duty, premier, to know those answers, not try to cover them up. There's another important distinction there at committee. Colin Anderson basically said yesterday in the morning that everybody knew the cost of the gas plant. You say that's not true. A very basic question. Question? Who's telling the truth? You or Colin Anderson? Who's telling the truth, premier? The minister of energy come to order, please. The leader is using language that is type-robe walking in terms of some of the things he said. So, I'm just going to give him a caution now that if it's... I need everyone's attention. So, I would ask the leader to be cautious of that type of language. Premier? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Well, the reality is that the complexity of calculating the costs of the relocation of these plants has meant that the costs keep changing, Mr. Speaker, in terms of the information that I received from the OPA. I had briefings with energy officials, Mr. Speaker, from the time I came into this office. I was dedicated to making sure that we had a process that was going to open up the opportunity for the members of the opposition and the third party to ask the questions that they needed to ask. I made it very clear that I was going to appear before committee. I have done everything that I could since I came into this office, Mr. Speaker, to make sure that the process was opened up. The reality is that the calculation of the numbers has changed. The information that we have gotten has changed, and it changed as recently as yesterday morning, Mr. Speaker. I tabled documents that made it clear that at one point there was one number and there was a different number yesterday. That's why we need to wait for the Auditor General's report, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Speaker, and I appreciate it. I am trying to walk that line. It is a difficult balance, but I think you understand, Speaker, the seriousness of this issue and that the credibility of the Premier of the province of Ontario is at stake. Premier, now you say that the numbers kept changing. I think you're basically saying that you never asked for a briefing to get finality on those numbers. You decided to look the other way, or you knew and you refused to tell us either way that undermines our ability to put confidence in you to lead this province of Ontario. You stood here in the legislature and publicly and said the costs were $40 million, and all the while you knew the costs were far in excess of that $40 million. So if you're willing to say something that you know was not in keeping with the facts, why should we have any faith to be honest to the taxpayers of Ontario when you yourself were involved in covering up this scandal or the cancellation? That's the member to withdraw. Mr. Speaker, the contention, the assertion of the leader of the opposition is simply not true, Mr. Speaker. I appeared at committee yesterday. I talked about the cabinet meetings that I had attended. I talked about the information that I was given. I made it clear that the information that I had given, I was given changed, Mr. Speaker. The numbers changed, and the OPA appeared at committee yesterday and made it very clear that the numbers had changed, and the information they had... Order, please. Please finish. The OPA made it clear, Mr. Speaker, that the numbers that had been given to us were not the same numbers that they were bringing for yesterday. There's nobody in this legislature, Mr. Speaker, who wants the information clearly on the table. Nobody wants that more than I do, Mr. Speaker, which is why I've done what I've done for the last number of weeks. Final supplementary. Here. Respectfully, Premier, ignorance is no excuse. Willful blindness is no excuse. You are the premier of the province of Ontario. You have the ability and you have the responsibility to make a good and compelling answer. Order. It should have been one of your first meetings. And quite frankly, you say the numbers have changed. The minister of rural affairs come to order. Your answers changed. I think, please, Mr. Speaker. That means it's time for a change in the province of Ontario to get us down an entirely different path. Premier, your answers today, your answers at committee yesterday were highly evasive. You've lost the moral authority to govern. I will ask you respectfully to put before the legislature a confidence vote when it comes to the Liberals continuing to put their interests ahead of taxpayers. Will you call that confidence? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I answered the questions yesterday and now, Mr. Speaker, I'm looking forward to a very large confidence issue coming before this House. And that would be the budget, Mr. Speaker. We are focused on Bridges infrastructure and we're focusing on a fairer and a prosperous Ontario, Mr. Speaker. We're focusing on investing in the music industry, Mr. Speaker. Those are the issues that will come before us. That will be the confidence issue that we discuss, Mr. Speaker. I sincerely hope that the opposition members read the budget and determine whether they want to support that budget based on the merits of the budget, Mr. Speaker, because I believe that those issues touch the people of Ontario every single day. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. You're welcome. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Would the Premier agree that our job here as elected members is to put the public interest, the needs of the people who elected us ahead of the interests of well-connected insiders or the political interests of our parties? Absolutely, Mr. Speaker. And I would suggest that everything that I've done as an elect official and certainly everything that I've done in this office as Premier has been directed at making sure that we do act in the best interests of the people of Ontario, Mr. Speaker. That's what government exists to do. That is why we have government, Mr. Speaker, to act in the collective interest, the best interests of the people of Ontario. Even spending $10 billion on gas plants to save seats, that doesn't sound like the public interest to me. That sounds like the liberal interest. Yesterday in the committee hearings, the Premier admitted that as a cabinet minister, she signed off herself, signed off on the cabinet decisions scrapping the private power deal in Oakville without asking any questions at all about the cost. And as co-chair of the Liberal Campaign, the Premier didn't even ask any questions about the cost of the business saga. As the co-chair of the campaign, why didn't the Premier ask a single question on behalf of the people who would be stuck paying the bills, the massive bills for those decisions? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And again, I answered these questions yesterday at committee. The reality is that the relocation of these plants was the subject of a negotiation, Mr. Speaker. I was a member of a cabinet that was implementing that the third party and the opposition had agreed needed to happen, Mr. Speaker. We were implementing that. There was a negotiation. And the reality is, Mr. Speaker, that those numbers were not available. We did not discuss the specifics of the negotiation that was happening at the table. And I would expect that the leader of the third party would understand how negotiation works and that it actually needs to be a confidential process, Mr. Speaker. And not every member of the cabinet had access to those specific numbers. Final supplementary. What I understand is, regardless of what happens in a negotiation, people have an estimate, a ballpark idea of what they're going to have to spend when something like this gets decided. During the election campaign, I was asked, Speaker, whether I would commit to scrapping those plants. And I wanted to. I wanted to. Since the Liberal government's decision to sign that private debt power deal in the first place was the wrong decision. But I would not make that commitment, Speaker, because the government refused to make documents public and we had been asking for those contracts time and time again. And I didn't know the cost, Speaker. And the Premier had the same opportunity as I did to ask for the cost. And she decided not to ask any questions at all, to simply do whatever her party said she should do. Why can't she admit this was the wrong decision? She is intent on having it both ways, Mr. Speaker. She suggests that she would not have cancelled the gas plant contingent on the cost, Mr. Speaker. But we heard in committee yesterday that her candidates were out saying that they would cancel the gas plant, Mr. Speaker. She cannot have it both ways, Mr. Speaker. The reality is, all parties said that they were going to cancel the gas plants. That was the position that everyone took. We implemented that decision, Mr. Speaker. And I was quite clear that I had had to be spent in the way that I had to be spent. But we made good on the decision that was agreed to by all parties in this House. Thank you. Your question? Mr. Speaker, I find it quite disconcerting that the Premier of this province doesn't know the difference between a candidate and a leader. I don't know how this question is to the Premier as well, Mr. Speaker. In tough economic times, these issues... Order, please. Okay, so let's start mentioning individual writings. You really aren't helping. Please. Thank you. Questions for the Premier Speaker? In tough economic times, it's these very issues that matter and they matter a great deal. And people are worried in these times as well about falling further and further behind. Now, the Premier tells everybody in this province that the cupboard is bare and she's telling families that they're going to have to be paying more. I apologize for the interruption. Please stop the clock. The Minister of Community and Social Services will come to order. And the member from Glen, Gary, Prescott, Russell... I've got the seats memorized. Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker. Thank you. Yet the government's moving ahead with a new corporate tax loophole worth $1.3 billion a year while public sector CEO salaries are climbing everywhere from the OLG to hospitals. Question? When is the Premier going to see that this is the wrong direction and it's people that should be coming first? I'm just going to draw a line between a comment that the leader made before she asked that question to say that Mr. Speaker, I'm part of a team because that's how I work. And the difference between meeting with candidates about working with all of the members of the team, Mr. Speaker, and being the position, Mr. Speaker, we know that is the position of the NDP, Mr. Speaker. We made good on that promise. Final supplementary? I don't believe it's my final. Oh, sorry. Apologize. I was quite excited. So I forgot to check it out. Supplementary. Well, Speaker, I guess the people will decide what kind of leadership they want in this province. I think the people the Premier had a chance to ask questions about the gas plant cost and she didn't ask a single question about something that was going to cost the public over a billion dollars or almost a billion dollars. And I don't know what she has to say to the people of this province because she certainly didn't say it yesterday in committee. People are struggling right now, Speaker. They're worried about their jobs. They're worried about healthcare. They're worried about the cost of everyday life. And today they see in the paper that their government, and once again, gave away more than half a billion dollars to make a political problem disappear for them. And now they're asking them they're planning to ask them, those very people, for more and more money, more and more money when they're already having a strained local budget. Does the Premier think it's fair that a government spends billions of dollars on CEO salaries increasing on corporate tax loopholes, on cancelled gas plants while asking people to pay more? Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So let me just, let me just make that connection I said it was going to make about being a team and we're all in this together. The reality is, Mr. Speaker, that the budget that we will table tomorrow speaks to the needs of the people of the province, Mr. Speaker. It speaks to the needs making sure that we have a fiscally responsible treasury budget in place. And at the same time, Mr. Speaker, that we invest in the things that we know are going to make people's lives better. And that means making sure that home care is in place, Mr. Speaker, making those investments, making sure that the infrastructure that's necessary for economic growth in small and rural communities, Mr. Speaker, that their roads and the bridges are dealt with because I know that municipalities struggle with that, Mr. Speaker, making sure that young people have access to placements, to co-ops, Mr. Speaker, so that they can find their way into the workforce. Those are the concerns, and I understand that, and I know that the third party agrees that those are issues we should be focused on. That's what will be in our budget, Mr. Speaker. Final supplementary. Speaker, new Democrats have been very clear. Now is not the time to be opening up a brand new $1.3 billion tax loopholes so that corporations don't have to pay their HST. And we've been clear as well. These are tough times, and we shouldn't be making it tougher for families by asking them to pay more while corporations pay less. My question to the Premier is, will Thursday's budget close the brand new $1.3 billion corporate tax loopholes, or will we see the same old status quo that leaves people falling further and further behind? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I know that the Minister of Finance has answered that question many times in the sense that he's working with the federal government. There is a federal government component responsibility to this, Mr. Speaker, working to close some of the loopholes that what the leader of the third party is talking about is not exactly a loophole. It's a constraint of the tax regime, Mr. Speaker, but the reality is that he's working on that. Underneath her question is an issue around building transit for people in the GTHA, Mr. Speaker, and the reality is we believe that it's very important that we have a plan to build that transit going forward. We don't have another 40 years to wait, Mr. Speaker, and the single moms who are trying to get their kids to school and trying to get to work, they don't have time to wait either, Mr. Speaker, so we need to get on that, and I would expect that the third party would be right with us and the member for Trinity Spadina leading that. No question. The member from Memphis City. Thank you, Speaker. This morning my question is for the Premier. Premier, yesterday at the Justice Committee had sworn testimony from Ontario Power Authority's CEO Colin Anderson that quote everybody quote in the government knew the cost of the Oakville Gas Plant cancellation was more than $40 million. Despite you and your entire government clinging to the $40 million number all these months, you finally admitted to the Justice Committee that you knew the cancellation indeed was much more. What you didn't tell the committee is when you knew. Premier, is the reason because you and others have stood there in this legislature time and time again telling us one thing when you knew something else to be true. Is that why, Premier? Mr. Speaker, I had in my hand a memorandum of understanding that this was dated September 24th, 2012. The same day that this memorandum was dated, it went on the website, it was posted on the website of the Ontario Power Authority. I find it absolutely appalling, Mr. Speaker, that that critic did not read this document. Not only that, he did not read the 261 page contract that sets out the arrangement between Trans Canada, the province on this very, very clear from this document. There are some costs that number is identified and there's a range of other items, savings as well as additional costs that are included in this document. So the whole world knew, including him, if you read this document that there were other costs and savings that had to be calculated and the welfare plan, discreet. A member from Prince Edward Hastings will come to order. The member from the Pean Carlton, whoops, Lampton Kent Middlesex will come to order. Supplementary. Thank you, Speaker. Perhaps a page could send a glass of water over to the minister. His face is almost as red today as the Premier's was all day yesterday during the testimony. Premier, we've now seen that your government will say anything to stay in power. You continue to say one thing when the opposite is true. Mississauga cancellation is 20 million. Nope, it's 275. Oakville is 40 million. Nope, oops, it's 310 million. You said you didn't know anything, but it's your signature Premier on the cabinet documents that started this whole process.  Why should we ever trust anything you say again? Minister. Mr. Speaker. Member from Bruce Greil and Sam, come to order. Member from Simcoe Gray, come to order. He's tilting at windmills, Mr. Speaker, because he refused to read the document. He refused to read the document that identifies that there will be future costs and savings at the Oakville plan. Mr. Speaker, he continues to say that Colin Anderson said everybody knew. The only reason why he doesn't know, he did not read the document that says there will be additional costs, additional savings that need to be calculated. Order. Member from Durham, come to order. I believe that's the second time. Chairman, please. Order. This document, Mr. Speaker, they've been trying to calculate the costs. And yesterday, Mr. Anderson went before the committee and he came with two different costs. Four weeks ago, he had a different cost. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That's why we need the... Member from Essex, no question. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. People want to look to Queens Park and they want to see some leadership. Instead, this is what they see. They see a Premier who says that she never even spoke with Dalton McGinty about gas plants. They see a new government writing blank checks to cancel private power deals because you ripped up contracts without any idea of how much it would cost. They see a Premier who has known four months that the cost of cancelling gas plants was not $40 million and not $180 million but knew full well that there were more costs coming and didn't bother to tell the families who are going to pay the bill. These are more examples of the new government being exactly the same as the old government. Premier, is this the sort of leadership that Ontarians should be expecting from this new government? Premier? Mr. Speaker, I'm still reeling a little bit by the admission by the Leader of the New Democratic Party that even though our candidates said they would cancel, they didn't really meet it. I'm wondering if the member can tell the chairman for citizens for clean air who told the committee we met with all the parties and all the candidates and were given commitments by every candidate in the Oakville area they would support cancelling the plan. We have Greg Rohn, the Coalition of Homeowners for Intelligent Power. He said yes, the NDP they were against the plan. He went on to say the NDP came in and attended our rally. The mayor of Oakville, Rob Burton, our citizens organized their own effort to ask the province to rethink the proposed power plan. They won promises from all parties to stop the proposed power plan. Mr. Speaker, I could go on with the candidates with the commitments of the New Democratic Party to cancel both plans. Perhaps the honourable member could explain. Supplementary. Back to the Premier. Premier, leadership means making tough decisions and it also means being honest. Not continuing to keep on terrains in the dark despite months having months to correct the record. It means taking responsibility. Not trying to blame the other guy when you've done exactly the same thing. I know the Premier keeps saying her government is new. So why does this Premier's leadership look exactly like the same as the last Premier's leadership? Mr. Speaker, I can go on here. I think the member's question about leadership proves the point here. Hazel McCallion came before the committee and you know what she said? She said the impression that was certainly given beyond a doubt I think all parties would have cancelled it. There is no question about it. So I think she'll be quite surprised to learn on the leader's statement today. But you know Mr. Speaker, you can go right to the source here. According to Torstor and Nurse Service September 16th, 2011 Etobicoke Lakeshore NDB candidate Dion Coley also pledged to fight the plan. September 29th, 2011 local NDB candidate Andrew Sick has soon issued statements concurring with the new liberal cancellation. Even the member from Toronto Danforth told InsideToronto.com We wouldn't build it. We saw today all of them The new question. The member from Ajax Cookery Thank you Mr. Speaker. My question is for the minister of health and long-term care. 182 years ago today on May 1st Emily Stowe was born in Norwich, Ontario Dr. Stowe went on to become the first female physician in Canada. To mark this date and to acknowledge the extraordinary service our doctors provide we recognize May 1st as doctor's day. Doctors play a vital role in keeping everyone healthy. My constituents in Ajax Pickering want to be assured that they have access to a family doctor when they need one. Speaker, can the minister tell us what the government is doing to increase our doctors in Ontario? Well thank you Speaker and thanks to the member from Ajax Pickering for this very important question. And I'd also like to acknowledge the member from Richmond Hill he successfully introduced the motion to recognize May 1st as doctor's day back in 2011. But most importantly I want to say thank you to all of Ontario's doctors they work so hard every day for Ontario patients. Speaker, we have made significant progress in recruiting new doctors right across the province. Today we have 4,000 more doctors practicing in Ontario than we did in 2003. In Ajax in Pickering that's a 40% increase. 190 new doctors practicing in Ajax Pickering. We're training more doctors we've increased the number of residency spots for international medical graduates and more doctors are going to under serviced areas Speaker. Healthcare Connect is working to connect patients who need doctors to doctors and they need a doctor to take care of them. Thank you Speaker. 93% of us now have a family doctor. Thank you Minister. Speaker, this is not only good news for my constituents but for all Ontarians having access to a family physician is important to everyone but that's just one part of ensuring equitable access to primary healthcare. Speaker, not all of my constituents are easily available to visit a doctor's office or might have to see a specialist who might not be very close to their home. Speaker, can the minister please let us know what we're doing to ensure that each and every Ontarian has access to a doctor despite any challenges that they might face. Thank you. Speaker, the member raises a very important point and we're working hard to make sure that every Ontarian has access to primary care. We made a commitment to Ontario diabetics that we would provide a doctor and nurse practitioner. You're going to get one. We've kept that commitment, Speaker. Now we're saying to Ontario seniors we're going to make sure you get attached to primary care. Speaker, back in December last year we worked with the Ontario Medical Association with a new agreement. That includes 30,000 more house calls for doctors. It includes after hours care so people can get access to the care they need when they need it. People was all about improving quality of care for patients and I'm very pleased it received overwhelming support from Ontario's doctors. We've increased the number of telemedicine visits and virtual visits more than 10 fold since 2003 and we're going to continue to work with Ontario doctors to make sure patients get the right care the right place, the right time. Thank you. Thank you very much, Speaker. My question is for the premier it's obvious that disclosing all you knew about your gas plant scandals is not part of your plan. In spite of the fact that seven witnesses including OPA CEO Colin Anderson have said that you and all of your cabinet knew all along that the costs of Oakville would be more than 40 million you still refuse to reveal when you knew that. You claim that as a member of cabinet you didn't know. You claim that as a meeting chair when the Oakville MOU was discussed you didn't know. You claim that as liberal campaign vice chair you didn't know and then as premier that you never knew that the cost far exceeded 40 million. Premier your claim is hard to accept it's time for the legislature to decide will you call our want of confidence motion or will you continue to refuse to reveal your record is it? Premier Governor Nelson Do you know what's hard to accept is the double standard that exists here the premier of the province appeared in front of the committee yesterday and answered all the questions that were directed to her she appeared Mr. Speaker as soon as she was invited let me tell you about the progressive conservative party which is yet to release any of its costing for the plans before the election despite the YouTube videos and tweets and press conferences Mr. Speaker we asked the leader of the opposition to be there yesterday he refused and now he's looking at a schedule maybe the 7th maybe the 14th but you know what Mr. Speaker we have asked three progressive conservative candidates to appear in front of the committee one has outright refused one was coming to the committee and then suddenly decided she couldn't and another one is still thinking about it so Mr. Speaker I ask the honourable member in his supplementary to explain to us when progressive conservative party candidates will be coming forward and talking about their costing of these plants in the last election thank you supplementary when might you be inviting those candidates to your cabinet meeting Premier you just aren't getting it the Ontario power authority has given their best guess of what the old field plant cancellation and relocation cost and it is 775% higher than the number you and your colleagues have repeatedly claimed yesterday you the opportunity to make a statement and to testify for 90 minutes about your version of the events Premier you failed to make your case your government's record has been laid bare the members of this assembly are not buying what you're selling and I am certain that the people of Ontario aren't doing anything wrong if you actually believe that you've done nothing wrong and deserve the confidence of this house then call our want of confidence our want of confidence motion for debate and let this decision decide Mr. Speaker I will send gently to the members question and I fail to hear any indication of what the progressive conservative numbers were or about the presence of the candidates or the testimony of the opposition of the opposition made this a corner stone both sides are not being helpful finish please Mr. Speaker this was a corner stone of their campaign they had tweets they had news releases they had media interviews and the leader of the opposition appeared he starred in a YouTube video they sent out thousands of robocalls Mr. Speaker I do not think it's unreasonable that we would like to hear from the candidate who made those robocalls I do not think it's unreasonable that we want to hear from the candidate who put out this pamphlet saying the only party that will stop the sure way power plan is the Ontario PC party and yet Mr. Speaker they evade the questions about their costing they evade the presence of their candidates when will they come forward to the committee Mr. Speaker the question is for the Premier nearly two years ago Jordan Fram and Jason were buried in a run of muck accident at the Sudbury still be mine their families are still waiting for answers about why they died in a preventable accident when will the Premier do the right thing and call public inquiry into this tragedy so that no more lives are lost on the job Minister of Labor for the third party for the question on a very important issue Speaker is always very tragic when we hear about a loss of a worker in the case of the tragedy that took place two years ago it was tragic as well and the Minister of Northern Affairs and mine and I had the chance to meet last just last week Wendy Fram won the mother of the person who passed away in that accident. Speaker of course we need to continue to do more to ensure that we make our workplace especially mines safe and I have committed along with Minister Gravel to Wendy Fram that we will work with her to ensure that we are taking steps that no other son or daughter is lost in a mining accident in our province. Last weekend I stood with Sudbury workers and their families to mark the day of mourning here and the workers are here with us today in the spectators gallery the miners who earn their living underground in this province deserve peace of mind and their families deserve peace of mind families of Jordan Fram and Jason Shanieh deserve answers as do the families of the other nine miners who have lost their lives over the last five years and in fact the person who was killed yesterday in a mining accident about 50 kilometres outside of what they need and call a public inquiry into the deaths at the Stobie mine and the safety in the mining industry all together speaker and industry which has changed rapidly over the last number of years and yet has not been reviewed for upgrades to its health and safety legislation for over 30 years. Thank you very much thank you very much speaker and sympathies to the families of the worker who passed away just outside Wawa as well as the chance to speak to the members from Algoma Manitoulin about that incident as well and assured him that I will work along with him and my ministry to ensure that we get all the answers speaker in case of the Stobie mine there is a criminal trial that date is announced in October they were also going to be a mandatory corners inquest in that instance the ministry of labour is also involved in in about four different health and safety blitzes dealing with mining sector one just finished and there will be three more coming up through this summer and early next year speaker we also working through the mining legislative review committee which is part of the occupational health and safety act and we are looking at option as to how we can work with the co-chairs of that committee and find ways to make our mining even more safer thank you very much Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the minister and the minister of health and safety services today in Ontario more than 80% of our citizens use some form of mobile device and most of them have entered in some kind of contract with the provider in my own writing of your southwest and we are experiencing many issues with regards to cell phones I would say that the most concerning is probably that of students being robbed of cell phones but the other major source of infuse about the language in contracts about additional charges and massive cancellation fees I think we've all experienced that minister I'm happy to learn that you introduced legislation to address this very issue and speaker through you to the minister I would like to ask the minister to share with us why you have chosen to take action now instead of waiting for the CRTC to develop the code of conduct Thank you speaker and I want to thank the member for York southwest for a very important question I'm very pleased to rise to talk about the new wireless services agreement act I also want to thank the minister of natural resources the MPP for Sioux St Marie for showing strong leadership on this issue from the very beginning and we all know there's been explosion of the use of wireless communication devices in this province speaker unfortunately there's also been explosion of complaints and issues around that and in fact a recent CRTC hearing commissioner for complaints noted there's been a 250% increase in complaints over the past four years a very significant number and my ministry the ministry consumer services has received 740 calls and complaints in just the last year so there is need for clear action speaker and the bill will give a clear action they're looking for Thank you Thank you Mr. Speaker I'm astonished to hear the number of complaints I'm not entirely surprised because cell phones are one of the most widely used consumer products with a large complicated contract attached to it but it's not entirely surprising to hear the number of complaints most consumers they already have consumer protection act in place to protect them from unethical practices but with the complex web of problems that consumers encounter with their wireless services there needs to be dedicated legislation to specifically address this issue so speaker through you to the minister can you please explain to this house how the proposed act will be providing more transparency and fairness to consumers Thank you Thank you speaker I'm very pleased to talk about the action our government is taking to help consumers in Ontario this legislation has 5 major components first it provides clarity contracts will have to be disclosed in plain language easy to understand language second it will require consumers to provide consent prior to any changes being made to current contracts third it will include a maximum cap $20 on cancellation fees four the bill will require service providers to include all inclusive pricing predominantly on their ads and five if you are improperly billed and the provider refuses to pay consumers will have the right for triple recovery of the amount owed additionally speaker the bill will require service providers to stop building billing immediately once the divorce device is reported loss or stolen these measures are very strong speaker protect and empower consumers thank you new question my question is to the premier speaker four years ago the then attorney general and the most recent minister of energy tabled in this house a very prophetic bill and it was passed by this house and the premier voted for it it was bill 108 and titled an act respecting apologies apologies is defined in this act as an expression of sympathy or regret a statement that a person is sorry or any other words or actions indicating contrition or commissuration I'd like to ask the premier after an hour and a half of admitting her responsibility for signing documents for spending some $858 of taxpayer's money on a deal to save liberal seats will the premier stand up and apologize to the people if the member for new market aurora chex hansard from yesterday and from this house he will see that I have many times said that I regret which is one of the words one of the synonyms used to define an apology I have said Mr. Speaker over and over again that I regret that this situation happened I regret that we did not have a better process in place Mr. Speaker I regret that the costs were not clear Mr. Speaker I regret that public dollars had to be spent in this way in order to relocate these gas plants Mr. Speaker and it must not happen again we have a better process going forward and one of the things I said yesterday repeatedly was I hope that the Justice Committee having heard all of the witnesses is going to be able to help and give some advice on how going forward we can avoid this situation ever happening again Mr. Speaker $585 million was used to save liberal seats the premier admitted that it was a decision of the federal party of Ontario the premier admitted that she signed the cabinet document to spend those funds what we cannot and what people in this province cannot understand is why the premier cannot stand in her place reach deep down and say to the people of Ontario I am sorry for what I did for what our government did and for what our party did again the premier not stand up and utter those words what is keeping her from making that apology to the people of Ontario I ask the premier one more time Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker I understand the passion that motivates the member opposite Mr. Speaker and I said yesterday throughout the hour and a half that I was as frustrated as they were Mr. Speaker we all agreed that the minister of the environment is not helpful when he continues to heckle while the answer is being put it's not helpful that we all agreed that these decisions should be made we implemented the decision Mr. Speaker and everyone wanted to see that decision implemented because that's what they talked about Mr. Speaker that was their position we made that decision we entered into a negotiation Mr. Speaker and I have said repeatedly that I regret that a better decision wasn't made up front and that we need to make sure that this doesn't happen again but since I came into this office Mr. Speaker I have done everything in my power to make sure that everyone had the information that they were asking and that the decision is to the minister of community safety and correctional services on Monday a man who fired gunshots at his former manager and terrified a London neighbourhood was sentenced to seven years however he will serve less than half his sentence the appalling conditions of the jail were cited by the judge as a reason for reducing his sentence Speaker is the minister okay with convicted criminals being prematurely released due to the terrible conditions at this jail so community safety and correctional services Mr. Speaker we respect the right of the judge to impose sentences that the deem appropriate under the law we are aware of the concern regarding EMDC we have with the administration of the jail we have started we have developed a 12 point plan and we are working on the improvement of that jail and I've also suggested what will be implemented it's 12 kind of a board of director for that jail comprised of citizen in the community to help us to redress the situation at the EMDC thank you Mr. Speaker Speaker the conditions at Elgin middle-sex attention center have long been deplorable and workers have told this government that they were at risk and so were their ability to properly do their job now we're seeing that these conditions are resulting in reduced sentences for convicted criminals why hasn't the minister taken this issue seriously enough to prevent this kind of fiasco from happening in our correctional system thank you minister as I said in the past Mr. Speaker the EMDC situation and EMDC jail is our top priority both my office and the ministry of correctional services have been following the situation the the assistant deputy minister have been there many times we've changed the administration at the jail all of this to try to improve the situation and I take the concern very seriously that's why I want myself to visit the jail and make sure that we have a plan to redress the situation thank you Mr. Speaker thank you Mr. Speaker my question is for the minister minister of education a great education enables our young people to succeed later in life our government has to increase our investment in education system by 45% since 2003 as a result we have seen tremendous progress in student achievement for example graduation rates has increased by 15% since 2003 however we also know that in order for students to be do well in school we need to be healthy students Mr. Speaker through you to the minister can you please inform the house what you're doing to make our schools a healthy place to learn thank you minister yes thank you very much speaker and I'd like to thank the member from Scarborough agent court for her advocacy on behalf of healthy schools speaker we know that a healthy student is an active learner that's why our government is committed in our schools where healthy choices are the easiest choices students can make our school food and beverage policy sets nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold in schools so that our students have access to good quality food and I'd like to thank the dairy farmers of Ontario who are here this morning their participation in milk programs in many of our elementary schools but we also set out a comprehensive healthy school strategy which includes daily fizz ad funding for all our boards to have mental health leaders support for mental health nurses in our schools and a healthy school framework to assist schools thank you supplementary our schools are not just a place to learn but also a place called community hubs there are places where students gather before and after school or weekend to learn this is quite evidence of many of my schools in Scarborough and one of my visit to the principal had to get on the PA system to remind the students that it is now 5pm and students need to vacate the school buildings unless they're involving extracurricular activities making our school accessible for community program is a great way to get our students to be more active through you to the minister can you please inform this house what are you doing to make our school more accessible to the community thank you minister thank you speaker and our government has made schools more accessible to the community because the member from Scarborough is absolutely correct that what happens after school is important in the lives of students too this school year we're providing $42 million through our community use of schools program this funding is a healthy act of lifestyles by enabling not-for-profit groups to offer affordable activities to our young people and as part of our community use of schools program we are providing $7.5 million to help provide free access to school space outside of school hours in communities that need it most through our 220 priority schools to offer school space at no charge to not-for-profit group speaker we will continue to work with local profits to serve the community thank you thank you speaker speaker my question is for the premier the premier's testimony yesterday wasn't just evasive it was downright suspect when asked repeatedly about when she first learned of the so-called cost of costs the premier ducked and dodged attempting to avoid accountability speaker while the weak need liberal apologist in the NDP may be willing to turn a blind eye the PC caucus will hold the scandal plague government to account so I ask the premier this will she finally uphold her moral obligation and call the PC want of confidence motion for a vote good question speaker let's review the premier's actions in this regard she was the one that came to office's premier and asked the honour general to look into the Oakville situation she's the one that called for a select committee this legislature which was rejected by the opposition she was the one who asked the government members to put forward a motion for a government-wide search for relevant documents for the committee yesterday and spent an hour and a half asking answering questions that were posed by the progressive conservatives Mr. Speaker there's a quote that I'd like to share with everyone from Oakville Mayor Rob Burton and he said the following anyone who wishes to criticize the cost of cancelling it would do everybody a favour they would explain how they would have done it differently Mr. Speaker I couldn't put it better than Mayor Burton Mr. Speaker thank you very much again to the premier that was a pathetic response that response might be in fact enough to satisfy the weak and feeble members of the NDP's Toronto caucus but taxpayers in my riding expect better Speaker instead of busying themselves capitulating to NDP extortion the Liberals should be focused on the truth of the gas the member will withdraw they should be focused on getting to the truth of the gas plant scandal but it's clear Speaker this government is determined to play games this one is hide and seek you hide the real cost of the gas plant scandals and force the opposition to seek out the truth and the truth we're finally getting hurts you have lost the moral authority to govern but my question do you have the moral fiber to call the PC confidence motion today delivered Mr. Speaker the honourable member talks about games I'd like to just inform everyone I've just received a note Mr. Speaker the Justice Committee will not be sitting tomorrow and there's a reason why Mr. Speaker because the list of witnesses were all former conservative candidates and not a single one Mr. Speaker is going to show up not a single one is going to show up and discuss the costing the analysis that was done by the progressive conservative party about the promises that they made at the door in media through news releases in the Twitterverse on YouTube through Lobo calls why their leader stood up and said done, done, done they were available that day Mr. Speaker to stand beside the leader but they're not available tomorrow Mr. Speaker to answer some questions of the Justice Committee thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the Premier the Chichiman ferry is a crucial link between Tobomori and South Bay Mount on Manitoulin Island crucial to businesses, tourists and students it contributes 25 million a year to local economies and transports over 200,000 passengers a year it's supposed to open up for summer on Friday but it won't because the Ontario Government and the federal government refuse to take responsibility for dock repairs needed to address low water levels the own sound transportation company has been raising concerns about the threat of low water levels for over a year the cost of repairs is less than $20,000 and the benefits are in a tens of millions when will the Ontario Government stop trying to find ways to avoid its shared responsibility for the ferry and start playing a constructive role in getting the ferry running now before local economies and businesses are devastated it's Northern Development in Mines Minister of Northern Development in Mines thanks so much Mr. Speaker and this is a very serious situation certainly one that we are determined I appreciate the question the fact is the current low water levels of Lake Huron are putting the Chisholmong Ferry to position where it cannot safely dock at the wharves the work that needs to get done is immediate work the wharves are owned and operated by Transport Canada we have a legal agreement we have a legal agreement with them to maintain that I had a discussion yesterday with the federal minister who is at this stage not prepared to do that we're going to keep the pressure on let me say this and I am able to speak we recognize the importance in terms of tourism and the economy we are prepared to find a solution the work needs to get done and I am determined to see that work does get done so the Chisholmong can operate as soon as possible the member from Kimmins James Bay on the point of order thank you very much Mr. Speaker just for the record the reason the committee is not meeting tomorrow according to the clerk it's not a point of order the member from Willowdale guests mother Fay Penn and Aunt Diane Penn are here to observe Katrina Penn we welcome them to the house this no deferred votes this house stands recessed until 3pm this afternoon


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Yo, yo, yo, yo, what's going on, baby? What's up? What's up? What are you doing? Good. OK, so for all of you out there that don't know, Brandon, was this IGN about coffee, no cream? No, I didn't use that. Brandy, Brandy, go find out. Brandy, go find out. Why are you trying to switch the handle? Two different things. So actually, so Brandon, listen, tell us, I know probably a few months ago, you started getting interested and excited about contracts and things like that. It's been a few months. It's been since the start of COVID. Yeah, actually, I do a website in the back mile. Yeah, I call it. It's been since the start of COVID. Yeah. OK, so now you actually help this out during COVID and you're helping us get registered with states and cities. Tell us about like a little bit about that experience and what that was like. Well, I mean, I was so I was in charge of basically getting the company registered with every state, well, all the states and a lot of municipalities. So I just it's very different. Each website is different, so it's not like, you know, you can just go there and it's one central website for all the states or one center website for all municipalities or any of the big cities. It's all different. It's all a different setup. Some of them require you to pay money to register. Some of them have a crazy website. Some of them you have to do like an actual write up. They have to actually like like edit a PDF and like send it to them and stuff like that. So yeah. And then I had to, you know, had to basically reach out, contact companies about PPE. So it was my first experience really dealing with anything that I do with states. So it's interesting because, again, I know a lot of people, you know, they talk about state contracts, state contracting.  And when you did the bidding, they weren't all the same. No. Was there anything to say? A couple of them, but like very far, few between like everything is basically different. OK, all right. So we had different websites, different bid sites, different registrations, everything, everything. OK, all right. All right. So now let's fast forward to an account of the story I want to talk about because, you know, we only have 30 minutes. Lately, by the way, Brandon is new. He just started working with us at the same time. Mab's we decided to bring on three interns, Brandon is new. And you have free throw, Frank. Yes, we are related. If you haven't guessed by now, that's baby coffee. So that is he's actually my son. So yes, we are related. So but that doesn't change anything, by the way, Frank, that doesn't change anything because Brandon comes from a different background than I do.  Yeah, I was I did acting. Yeah, that's being all that stuff. So right. That's what I did mostly. Yeah. So he has no knowledge or experience of government contractors other than hanging out with my friends that we are all government contractors. But he was a little kid back then. So he had no idea where the money came from. They didn't ask you the questions like any other kid does. So it's only recently when COVID hit that really he decided to come and start working with us. Is that fair? Yeah. OK. And so again, he's really just been in a background helping with the editing the videos, helping with changing the thumbnails and things like that. OK, so now what happened? What changed? So I was basically I was listening to all the calls because, you know, we started getting I basically started getting on all the calls, every single call, all the lives and stuff. And I see people different different stories about people and stuff like that.  Very inspiring. And then we had one in a boat like last week and we were in the boat and we were chilling and we were looking at the bill, you know, we were looking at the buildings and you look at the houses and, you know, a couple of houses, 12 million couple of houses, three million.   So it was like, OK, and that's that with me. And then I thought I thought about the boat club fee in my head. I can't remember the boat club fee. So I kept thinking about that. So then I was at the weekend, right, like really the weekday, right after Monday or Tuesday, I was editing the videos. And then I stumbled upon Maria's video getting her first consulting client. And then when I was looking at the video and I, you know, I'm interested in video more of like from a perspective of like, you know, time stamping and basically the stuff that I do behind the scenes. But then I just heard her say it just wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. And then I don't know why that like what she said. I was like, hold on a second. Let me let me listen to Maria say like, let me let me actually listen to Maria say. So I literally played back a video.  And then, you know, when on DSVS dynamic, small business, I forgot the name, but I just did basically all the sets. Maria did already knew how to do market research mostly because, you know, I'm on the course. So I've seen the course. And by the way, if everybody in the course don't expect to finish, I was 80% finished a couple of weeks ago. Now I'm 65%. I don't know how I don't know where it came from, but I'm further than I was before. So don't expect to finish so fast. But anyway, I did that. And then I did some market research. I went found opportunity based and look for some companies that could fit the opportunity. Then I looked to see if they don't need if they don't need to work the past year or two.  So I did that. I did like three calls. And then I got a first person say, oh, yeah, you know, we can talk Wednesday. And then it's like, oh, okay. Like, you know, like, by the way, I mean, for everybody, I don't necessarily know what to say. I just knew that this is what you had to do, you know, like, and you just do it. Like you just reach out. I knew you need to help with government contracts because of the information and I just said, I can do it. I just had help.   It sounded pretty good to me. The spill.  I go back to people. Tell the people your spill. Go ahead. Okay. So this my spill was hello. I well, first of all, I said, hello, you know, my name is Brandon coffee. I represent having coffee. And then I said, um, so I was doing market research and I just saw that, you know, um, because the company I was talking to recently got the ad certification. So I said, I just saw that you recently got your ad of certifications. That correct? Yes. Okay. Well, um, and my market research also see that you haven't had a lot of contracts in the past year or two. So, and then, you know, then I'll say, is this correct? You know, I always ask me, is this correct? You know, all the information I'm searching for. And when they once they confirm all that's correct, then I say, well, you know, my name is Brandon coffee. I'm a government consultant. My only job is to help companies get government contracts. So, and this is what I'm here for. So I'm here to take your ad certification and use it to your best ability. So you're not wasting your ad certification for nine years straight. And then, you know, not getting a contract. So I mean, that's just what I said. I can't do a verbatim, but that's basically what I said. I just told him that's a waste there, not the way say ad certification because you can get a lot more contracts. Okay. And then the dude said, yeah. So he said Wednesday, but he called me Tuesday. And this is last week, by the way, he called me last week, Tuesday and said that we have to reschedule. So then when I got a Tuesday call and I was talking about like, oh, you know, like I have to reschedule and I was like, pissy.  Exactly. Right. He's three calls and I got one. I'm like, exactly. So I'm just like, you know what? People tell me that they call the whole list and no one answers and no one responds. And I'm just like, come on. Exactly. So I'm just like, okay, hold up.  So let me go back. Let me look somebody else in it back to three calls, you know, like it didn't take more than three calls. Okay. Find some and find another opportunity, three calls. I found the only plastic manufacturing company in New Jersey and I reached out to them. And yeah, right now we're trying to get some signed.  Yes. So I reached out to them. I reached out to them. I called them and then I sent them an email. The, the, the president of the company sent an email over to somebody else and they, they set up a call me, literally the next day. So the next day, by the way, I did, I did hold on, wait, wait, you said the president of the company sent your email to somebody else and they set up a call with you. Okay. I just want, I want people to know that it's, how old are you by the way? 23. Okay. A 23 year old call of a plastic manufacturing company, the only one in New Jersey and the president of the company sent over his email to somebody else. Okay. The only 80, 80 certified. The only certified one. Okay. Yes. So then he, she, she sent to somebody else. He said, can we set up a call? I set up a call with him. I did, I really did market research cause you know, I didn't know about them being the number one, I mean, the only 80 certified, all that stuff. But when we got in the call, I didn't talk about none of that stuff. Like that, none of the numbers and stuff that I looked up about, you know, and soul source awards, you know, like, none of that, I didn't talk about none of that. All I said was, listen, basically go back to a map said, this is a relationship game. I told him, you know, first, first I got on the phone, I said, listen, I'm not selling you anything. It's not solicitation. It's the thing I know to do with that. Okay. I'm presenting to you an opportunity to just expand your company in the government arena. You guys have three contracts last year. That's great. Very small contracts, but we can make that way bigger. We can get way more contracts. Like it's not, it's not a problem because you have it, you know, you have very big selling points. I said the number one selling point you have is you're the only 80 certified plant plastic manufacturer in the whole state. I said you can easily, I said that's an easy selling point. Uh huh. I said that's one and then I kept going. I was like, and you have it, you know, you, the the next goals that you have, basically the next total they have the last three nights that they have, I really forgot which next goals going back. I don't even know what that's going to be. All right. You know what it was important. That's right. Yeah, I knew at the time, but there was one company who got sole source every single every single contract that, you know, like they had the same bill as them and they got all the source and they got all the source right. So I was telling, I was like, listen, they got sole sourced out $12 million last year. Yeah. I said, and they're not even in your state. I said, we can get some of that. We can get some of that pie. And I said, you guys do and I look at the revenue. I said, you guys do one million revenue. I said, we can turn it up three. We can very easily and it's not going to be hard. I said, it's not going to be a, you know, overnight process, but you allow me to do market research. You allow me to take your company to the next level. We can go to the next level. Like, I don't see why we can't. Now, something else that we talked about before was you had reached out to some other companies that already were in that same field. Also that graduate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I reached out to a couple of companies who actually graduated from a day in the same plastic manufacturing tax code. Right. And I haven't put them on the phone yet. But I spoke to, I think I spoke to one dude and he told me a couple of things, but it, I didn't like speak to like really anybody like significant on the phone yet. But yeah, once I can, I already have the list already have, I'm waiting for them to sign an agreement and I'll reach out to them. Like as soon as they sign that agreement, I'm calling everybody on my list. So, all right. So now the second guy, what happens next? We have a second guy or the second company. So how do we get you to sign an agreement? You just skip the step. I just get, I'm skipping. No, I said.  He said, it sounds great. He asked me what's the next steps. I said, well, the next step is for us. So, you know, I'll send over the agreement. By the way, I still didn't mean I know I still didn't know nothing. Like I'm just talking like, I didn't know he's gonna say next steps. I was finished my spiel and then he's like, no, you know, that's very important. I need to know these things. And he was like, so what's the next steps? I was like, oh, well, the next steps is and then I was looking, I was literally looking at the, of course, and I'm like, I'm looking at like, well, I have to send over the consultant agreement and once I send over the consulting agreement, you know, we can definitely get started. And he's like, okay, yeah, send it right over. So then, you know, I was already happy.  And then you're like, all right, cool. But, you know, we got to go over the consultant agreement. So we went over the, we went over the consulting agreement. And then Sunday, I don't think you guys heard this. I want to repeat this Sunday, right? Cause you guys, I know everybody's TGIF Sunday, we are going over a consulting agreement so he can send it to this person for them to review. Yeah. Okay. Just wanted, we did record the video. I lost it on my computer, but we did record it. So for everyone, that will go to your course, Demetrius and Nikki and Colin and Gouchard. All of you guys, yes. This will go into your course.  All right. Good. So by the way, you know, another thing is, it's funny that Brandon and I say, when Brandon called me and the guy said, yes, he was screaming on the phone and he couldn't even hope, have his breath. Yeah. He was like, huh, huh. Nature is nature. I was like, what? What are you saying, boy? He's like, huh, huh. The guy, the guy, he was, he said yes. That's how he was reacting really. He was not this calm. He was like screaming on the phone. I didn't even know what he was trying to say to me. He was just like screaming. He was so excited. Yeah. I'm missing very big parts of the story. That's a big part of the story. That's a very big part of the story. I'm very calm right now because I'm chilling. Yeah, he was screaming. He could not even scream. He could not even get the words out of his mouth.  I'm like, Brandon, who do you got? What did you get? Like, did you win a lottery or something? And so, all right. Listen out. You did a consulting agreement. All right. We did that Sunday. You sent it over Monday. Okay, what happened? So we sent it over. I sent it over Monday and when I sent it over, he sent back an email basically saying that he couldn't, the attorney didn't advise them to allow me to use the email address. Right. So there's a way we can get around that. But he said he was happy with everything else. Yeah, he said, no, he said he's excited. Okay, so he was happy. So again, this is a very, this is a very good point for people out there in his consulting agreement. It says you get 25% of the profit, right? Correct. Okay. So the guy's attorney reviewed the agreement was happy with all the terms except that they did not want to get Brandon a company email address. Am I correct? Okay. Correct. Correct. Yeah. So they're ready for everything else. They just didn't want to give me a company email address. And then we talked it over. We found some kind of discuss the different ways. Yeah, right. We talked it up. So yeah, we had a conversation actually yesterday. Maybe yesterday. Yeah. And he was basically on Mr. coffee was just saying that it's imperative that we get the company email and it's imperative because we represent yourself to the government agencies. Your whole spills be transparent and say exactly what's going on and I'm trying to represent a company and I can't send like I just can't send an email from my company's email address talking about I'm representing somebody else company. Like it's not it isn't it's not it's gonna look fishy.  Right. And that's a perfect example of a flag for the government where they're like they'll be like what's you know what's going on. So what happens is what he's trying to say again and I've had this happen to us recently. They want to make sure it's not a shell company or someone pretending to be a small business. There's some examples of that. I forgot the name of the company Pierce. Can you put the name of the company in there that does it now? I think it's a AWS something like that. But there's some examples of companies that literally they pretend to be small business right to get those contracts. And so we want to be very cognizant of that and leery and we just want to be on the same page and make sure that's the reason why for the email address. So we are sending email from the company as if we work for the company and in that way it's all up and up and it's like no where the small business itself and not some consultant guy representing company because I think a consultant that actually comes from a large organization. They don't the government doesn't know. Yeah, so that's the first option and the second option is basically we can partner up. Right. So if he doesn't want me to use their email then we can partner up and I can represent the company from you know that our company Evan golf and then you know, yeah, they'll basically subcontract under us. Yeah, right. So that's it. So that's all Brandon that if he decides not to do that we can do a joint capability statement with their company and then I'll let Brenny's Evan golf because I have past performance and then that way when he does a joint capability now when he's talked to the government he's still he's still being transparent instead of him being a consultant to them. We'll be a team and partner to that company. So there's more than one way to skin a cat and I told brand now personally I think the other strikes that we propose is better because then Brandon is getting his you know, he's again. I don't even know these people. I don't know they're another name of comes. I know nothing. I only know what he tells me about after the fact but I like the first way because then Brandon deals with them himself and then he gets own experiences that he can learn from. So to answer your question. No, you don't need a joint a JV to do a joint capabilities statement. So you don't. All right. Anything else? No, that's about it. That's literally as that's all the way up to date. That's as of yesterday. I sent the email yesterday. So we have different options and we can talk about it and I'm waiting for your mother's response back. Okay. All right. Thank you, sir. Let me finish up. We got about 12 minutes. I'm going to talk to the people. Have a good while. All right. So maybe I don't do a good job enough of promoting but people are asking me. Do you have a course? I want to structure curriculum. I like what you're doing. I like the IG. I like the YouTube. Visit us over at govcon.edu.com to find out all of our offerings for one low price. 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