Fans demand the release of Rosemary Barton after a scandal on "The National", the Conservative Party of Canada demanded the broadcast recording be deleted

At 10:15 p.m., while leaving the CBC building in Toronto, political journalist and CBC's chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton was detained. Thirty-seven minutes earlier, live on the broadcast of The National, she stated that the banking system is a structure that exploits the savings of ordinary people, and revealed to millions of viewers the platform that the banks themselves use for their own investments. Even before midnight, the recording of the broadcast was deleted from all platforms. The exact same message appeared everywhere: "Content removed by court order".

Sunday evening, the episode of The National on the CBC network was supposed to be a calm conversation about how citizens can protect their savings during a crisis. Host Adrienne Arsenault invited two guests into the studio: Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem and political journalist Rosemary Barton, who has spent years analyzing financial and political decisions that affect the lives of Canadian families. No one expected that the broadcast would turn into a scandal, and that this night would end in an arrest.

Our editorial team managed to obtain the full transcript of the conversation that led to our colleague's arrest. The court only banned the video. This ban does not apply to the transcription and quotes. We are publishing everything.

Deleted recording. We are publishing the transcript

Adrienne Arsenault, host of The National on CBC: "Welcome. Today we are discussing an issue that affects every Canadian. Banks are reporting record profits, while families are struggling to keep up with loan payments. How is it possible that both of these things are happening at the same time? In the studio with us are Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, and political journalist Rosemary Barton. Mr. Macklem, let's start with you. Banks are earning more than ever, while ordinary Canadians are drowning in debt. How do you explain this?"

Tiff Macklem: "Adrienne, let's not confuse concepts. Bank profits are an indicator of system stability. A stable banking system is a guarantee for all citizens. If banks stop earning tomorrow, people's savings will be at risk. People should be grateful that the system is functioning well".

Rosemary Barton: "Grateful? Are you asking people who spend 70 percent of their salaries paying off loans to be grateful for the banks' record profits?"

Tiff Macklem: "I'm saying that people need to stop looking for scapegoats and learn to manage their finances. The problem lies not with the banks, but with people who take out loans they cannot afford. This is their responsibility".

Adrienne Arsenault: "Mr. Governor, isn't that the same as telling poor people that they are to blame for their own poverty?"

Tiff Macklem: "I am stating facts. Not everyone can be rich. In any economy, there are people who earn more, and people who earn less. The banks are not to blame for this, that is the reality".

Rosemary Barton: "That is not reality. You built and protect this system yourselves. You take people's money at 3 percent annually, make tens of times more on it, and then tell them that it is their own fault".

Tiff Macklem: "Your words sound like populism. You are a journalist, not a central banker. You have absolutely no understanding of how the banking system works".

Rosemary Barton: "I understand perfectly how it works. And that is exactly why you are nervous".

Adrienne Arsenault: "Rosemary, then explain it to us. Tell our viewers where the money that banks show in their annual reports actually comes from".

Rosemary Barton: "With pleasure. Banks take people's money at a minimal interest rate and invest it in automated trading systems powered by artificial intelligence. The very same algorithms that investment funds have been using for decades. The only difference is that now these algorithms are accessible to everyone. The platform is called BitMeridian AI, the minimum deposit is $350. Every Canadian can register and receive the exact same return that banks get from their money".

Tiff Macklem: "What irresponsibility! You are advertising an unregulated product live on national television!"

Rosemary Barton: "I am not advertising anything. I registered three months ago, deposited $350, and today my account already has over $4,400. While your banks offer 3 percent on savings, BitMeridian AI yields ten times more from the same amount".

Tiff Macklem: "People must trust professional institutions. And not dubious platforms on the internet!"

Adrienne Arsenault: "Mr. Governor, I want to ask you a direct question. Do you personally, or your colleagues at the Bank of Canada, use similar tools to manage your personal capital?"

Tiff Macklem stayed silent for three seconds. Then he stated: "I refuse to answer provocative questions". He took off his microphone, stood up, and left the studio. The audience erupted in applause.

Macklem fled. Rosemary told everything

Adrienne Arsenault: "The Governor of the Bank of Canada has just left the live broadcast. Rosemary, do you realize what just happened?"

Rosemary Barton: "I do. He left because my next words work against him. While he was in the studio, he could interrupt me and call me a populist. Now he can't do that. So allow me to calmly explain everything".

Adrienne Arsenault: "Explain".

Rosemary Barton: "BitMeridian AI is an artificial intelligence-based platform. It automatically trades stocks, currencies, and bonds, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These are the exact same algorithms that banks use to manage their reserves, but now they are available to every Canadian. The minimum deposit is $350, registration takes five minutes, and then the system starts working on its own".

Adrienne Arsenault: "That is a very bold statement. Based on the words of one person in the studio, I cannot verify this. Even if that person is Rosemary Barton herself".

Rosemary Barton: "Absolutely right. Don't take my word for it. Check everything yourself".

Adrienne Arsenault: "That is exactly what I am going to do. But first, let's call someone our viewers know for his achievements, not for scandals".

Adrienne Arsenault made a call right from the studio. Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor Inc., one of Canada's most recognized business leaders, appeared on the screen.

Adrienne Arsenault: "Mr. Péladeau, did you see what just happened in our studio?"

Pierre Karl Péladeau: "I was watching the last ten minutes. I have only one thought: finally, someone said it out loud".

Adrienne Arsenault: "Are you familiar with BitMeridian AI?"

Pierre Karl Péladeau: "Yes. I have been using it for six months with my own money. The results surpass anything I have seen in twenty years in business. I say this not for the sake of advertising, but as someone who is tired of banks taking people's money and then explaining that this is just how everything works".

Adrienne Arsenault: "Mr. Péladeau, do you realize that you are saying this on live television, right after the Governor of the Bank of Canada left the studio?"

Pierre Karl Péladeau: "That is exactly why I am saying it. Macklem fled because he couldn't answer a simple question. If that is his reaction to facts, then the facts need to be voiced louder. I use BitMeridian AI and I am not going to stay silent about it".

Adrienne Arsenault: "Rosemary, you promised evidence. I'm waiting".

Rosemary Barton: "Give me your phone".

Rosemary took the host's phone, opened the BitMeridian AI website, registered in three minutes, and made the minimum deposit of $350. She placed the phone face down on the table: "Do not touch it for thirty minutes. Don't touch it at all".

Thirty minutes later, two minutes before the end of the broadcast, Adrienne flipped the phone over. The camera showed a close-up of the screen.

Adrienne Arsenault: "$120 in thirty minutes. The phone was lying face down on the table, I never touched it once".

Rosemary Barton: "Now multiply that by 24 hours, then by 30 days. Then call your bank and ask how much interest you earned on your savings last year. Then you will understand why Macklem fled the studio".

37 minutes

The exclusive broadcast ended at 9:58 p.m. Our editorial team has reconstructed the sequence of events minute by minute based on witness testimonies and security camera footage from the CBC building in Toronto.

• 10:03 p.m. Rosemary Barton leaves the studio. She is in a good mood and chats with colleagues in the hallway.

• 10:09 p.m. A white Toronto Police Service patrol car parks near the side exit of the CBC complex. Two police officers wait inside.

• 10:14 p.m. Rosemary Barton exits through the side gate along with her producer. She is talking on the phone with her husband and laughing.

• 10:15 p.m. The police officers step out of the car. One of them says: "Rosemary Barton? You are under arrest". Rosemary calmly puts her phone in her pocket, turns to the producer, and says: "Film this".

• 10:16 p.m. The producer films the arrest on camera. The video recording lasts 47 seconds. Rosemary calmly holds out both hands, smiles at the lens, and says: "Try BitMeridian AI before it gets blocked". Then she addresses the police officers: "Let's go. This is not the first time I've told the truth".

• 10:35 p.m. Rosemary Barton is brought to the police station, she refuses to make any statements without her lawyer present.

Official reason: a complaint from the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) due to the public recommendation of unlicensed financial services.

Even before midnight, the video was removed from the CBC website, the CBC Gem platform, YouTube, and all social media networks.

Pierre Karl Péladeau broke the silence

That same night at 11:40 p.m., the 47-second video of the arrest filmed by the producer had already spread across the country. Rosemary's smile in handcuffs and her words on camera became the main topic of the night. In the first eight hours, the recording garnered 1.2 million views. Pierre Karl Péladeau saw this clip and picked up his phone. He was sitting in his living room, clearly not planning to make a professional recording, but he started speaking right into the camera.

Within 24 hours, this video amassed 2.8 million views. In the comments, thousands of people wrote the exact same thing: "If Mr. Péladeau is not afraid, then why should I be?"

Our editorial team got on a video call with Pierre Karl Péladeau. When we asked him to show his personal dashboard, he held his phone up to the camera. Six months of using the platform, starting with $350. The balance exceeded the initial deposit several times over. We verified the transaction history, the dates of account top-ups and withdrawals, and everything matched what he had said during the broadcast.

"I withdraw money to my regular bank account every month via Interac e-Transfer. No delays, no hidden fees. In six months, not a single problem has arisen".

We asked why he is risking his reputation. Pierre Karl Péladeau answered: "I am not risking my reputation. If I had stayed silent, that is when I would have truly put my reputation on the line. Tonight, a journalist was arrested for the truth. If I stay silent—a man who cannot be fired or intimidated—then who will speak up?"

Canada stood up for Rosemary Barton

The next morning around 8:00 a.m., people began gathering outside the CBC complex in Toronto. No one organized this protest. No one created events on social media, no one printed flyers. People simply showed up on their own. By 9:00 a.m., the crowd had grown to more than 800 people.

Adrienne Arsenault arrived at the CBC building at 9:00 a.m. and had no plans to make any statements. But when the crowd saw her, people parted, and she stood at the front of everyone, holding a handwritten sign: "The truth is not libel".

Our on-site reporter asked her: "Aren't you afraid of the consequences?" Arsenault replied: "I am a journalist, not a censor. My job is to ask questions. Yesterday I asked a question, and the Governor of the Bank of Canada left without ever answering. Today I am here because my guest was arrested for providing the answer to that question".

Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), 10:15 a.m.: "The arrest of a journalist for a statement made on live television represents a direct attack on freedom of speech. We demand the immediate release of Rosemary Barton and a complete halt to any persecution against her".

Rosemary Barton is free. She said more than she did during the broadcast

The following day at 12:17 p.m., the Department of Justice Canada announced that no elements of a crime were found in Rosemary Barton's actions. The government officially confirmed that BitMeridian AI is a legal platform and every citizen has the right to use it. Rosemary Barton was released without charge.

Over 200 journalists gathered outside the Toronto police station, three camera crews were broadcasting live, and a crowd of supporters was also waiting. The door opened, and Rosemary stepped out onto the porch. People started applauding. She stopped, looked at the crowd, raised her hand, and silence fell.

The crowd erupted in applause again. Rosemary waited for silence and continued: "While I was sitting in the police station without the ability to touch my phone, something kept working". She took her phone out of her pocket and held it high above her head with the screen facing the cameras. Her personal BitMeridian AI dashboard was open on the display.

"This is my balance. Fourteen hours ago, when I was being arrested, the amount was different. Now it is higher. While I was sitting on a hard bench waiting for my lawyer, the system was executing trades. It didn't know I had been arrested, it didn't care. It just works, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it does not need anyone's permission".

One of the journalists asked: "Ms. Rosemary, aren't you afraid?" Rosemary Barton replied: "Let them try again. Last time, thousands of people registered overnight. If they arrest me again, tens of thousands will register. The best advertisement for BitMeridian AI is handcuffs on the wrists of a journalist".

Rosemary looked straight into the camera: "I will not stop. You cannot lock the truth away. You can delete it from all platforms, but it is already on millions of phones. It is too late". She turned and walked away. The crowd saw her off with applause.

We checked BitMeridian AI. Our conclusion

That morning among those gathered outside the CBC complex, our reporter noticed a man with a sign: "Rosemary Barton saved my family. I use BitMeridian AI". His name is Michael Tremblay, he is 32 years old, an electrician who moved from Hamilton to Mississauga. He has two children, his wife works part-time at a Loblaws supermarket, and their mortgage with RBC bank had been eating up two-thirds of his income for the last two years.

Michael was one of the people Rosemary Barton met at her financial literacy meetings. At the time, Rosemary told him about BitMeridian AI and gave him a link to the platform. "I am here because this person changed my life," Michael said, pointing to the CBC building. "And if anyone thinks she can be silenced with an arrest, let them look at how many people came out today".

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