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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Why this Jewish YouTube star ran for the PPC in Montreal
Description: In the recent election, David Freiheit stood out as arguably the most popular candidate running for the People's Party of Canada—apart from its leader, Maxime Bernier. The Montreal-based lawyer spends most of his days recording YouTube videos for his more than 400,000 fans across YouTube, Twitter and other social platforms, who know him as "Viva Frei".
These days, in his videos, when Freiheit isn't commenting on prominent legal cases in his videos, he's arguing against vaccine mandates, lockdowns and elected politicians. He’s called Ontario Premier Doug Ford a fascist and despises Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. On his...