If you're the prime minister of Canada, the man is a villain, but if you're a conservative, particularly a young conservative,

it's very likely you think of him as a hero.

Jordan Peterson, on Uncommon Knowledge Now.

Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge, I'm Peter Robinson.

In 2016, the Trudeau government enacted legislation making it illegal to discriminate on the ground of, quote, gender expression, close quote.

Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto, objected.

In particular, he flatly refused to use politically correct gender pronouns, said so in videos and went viral.

In 2017, he began a series of podcasts called The Psychological Significance of Biblical Stories that has been viewed by millions.

In 2018, he published a book, 12 Rules for Life in Antidote to Chaos, but became an international bestseller.

Last year, he published another bestseller, Beyond Order 12 More Rules for Life, and then he resigned from the University of Toronto, will come to that, to devote himself to lectures and podcasts.

Jordan Peterson, welcome.

Thank you, thank you.

I should note by the way that we're filming today as part of the classical liberalism seminar at Stanford.

All right, question one, the February protest by Canadian truckers.

The protesting COVID restrictions, some of them block border crossings, some of them snarl the capital city of Ottawa, a quotation, then a video clip.

Here's the quotation, you, in a message you taped for the protesters.

I'd like to commend all of you for your diligence and work on accomplishing what you have under trying conditions, and also for keeping your heads in a way that's been a model for the entire world.

Now the clip.

It has to stop.

The people of Ottawa don't deserve to be harassed in their own neighborhoods.

They deserve to be confronted with the inherent violence of a swastika flying on a street corner, or a Confederate flag, or the insults and jeers, just because they're wearing a mask.

That's not who Canada, who Canadians are.

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