#1129 - Garrett Melee

Garrett Melee is an entrepreneur based in Newfoundland and Labrador who works behind the scenes on national civil-liberties projects. In 2023 he was social media manager for the National Citizens Inquiry, helping grow the inquiry and bring it to more Canadians. He’s a generalist whose involvement is shaped by humanitarian travel and a mix of business, communications, and community work. Those experiences are why he keeps showing up for different projects and organizations.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Cornerstone Forum 26’https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Nor’East Apothecary - USE promo code SNP for 15% off your orderhttps://thepowerofplants.ca/Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Ches Crosbie is a Newfoundland and Labrador lawyer and former politician. A Rhodes Scholar who studied at Oxford and Dalhousie, he founded a class-action law firm in 1991 and later led the Progressive Conservative Party from 2018 to 2021 while serving as Leader of the Opposition. He won a Windsor Lake byelection in 2018, grew the party’s seats in 2019, then lost his own seat and resigned as leader after the 2021 election. He later served as chairman of the National Citizens Inquiry, which examined Canada’s COVID-19 response.Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Nor’East Apothecary - USE promo code SNP for 15% off your orderhttps://thepowerofplants.ca/Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Pete Hoekstra is an American politician and diplomat who immigrated to Michigan as a child, worked his way up to vice president of marketing at Herman Miller, served nine terms in the U.S. House representing western Michigan (1993–2011) including as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, later became U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (2018–2021), chaired the Michigan Republican Party, and has served as U.S. Ambassador to Canada since 2025.Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Nor’East Apothecary - USE promo code SNP for 15% off your orderhttps://thepowerofplants.ca/Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

2s is missing this week, so instead we are joined by a series of guests: Jim Sinclair, Chuck Prodonick, Marty Up North, Keith Wilson, Kris Sims, Sylvain Charlebois, and David Knight Legg. We discuss 100 year deal with Ukraine, stories of 9/11, Alberta Independence, US/Canada trade talks and the upcoming investment summit. Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Dr. Laura Braden is a Canadian molecular immunologist, former aquaculture research scientist, and founder of Nor’East Apothecary, a small-batch herbal and medicinal mushroom company based in eastern Prince Edward Island.Nor’East Apothecaryhttps://thepowerofplants.ca/Cornerstone Forum 26’https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

In the west we’ve done many Blue Collar Roundtables. Today’s edition is a bit different — our first saltwater one — with four fishing boat captains from Prince Edward Island: Patrick Eastman, John MacPhee, Colin Lavie, and Gerard McCormack. We talk stories from the sea, changes in the industry, the pressure of being the captain, and the love of open water.Cornerstone Forum 26’https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Chad Robertson is a sixth-generation Prince Edward Island potato farmer at Marvyn’s Garden Inc. in the East Point area, where he grows potatoes and grains with his family and is a partner in East Point Potato, packing for retail. He has served as vice-chairman of the PEI Potato Board, representing table-stock growers, and is a frequent industry voice on production, markets, and trade.Cornerstone Forum 26’https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Marina Wright is a horse trainer, English riding instructor, and mounted archery instructor based in Farmington, Prince Edward Island. She is a lifelong horsewoman who grew up riding and later returned to farm life. She is a CFMA-certified Mounted Archery Instructor and a registered English riding coach with Equestrian Canada. Her teaching emphasizes Pair Bond Training (building two-way communication and mutual care with horses based on equine behavior), positive reinforcement, and horse-centered methods so that mounts enjoy the work. Cornerstone Forum 26’https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

222 Minutes hops on to discuss this week's headlines. Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Yesterday in Old Quebec City I stopped for a street show and ended up talking with Vincent Mongeon, a Quebec-born acrobat working the pavement with hand balancing, breakdance, and high-energy circus work. His act was sharp, but what pulled me in was a line he dropped more than once: “Freedom while we still have it.” After the hat was passed I walked up, and the conversation that followed is today’s interview—just a few unscripted minutes after the show.Mongeon performs in the street-theatre tradition: athletic, funny, and aimed at whoever happens to gather. The Quebec festival circuit has listed him with the piece La Vie est un Cirque, the same mix of acrobatics and crowd work we saw yesterday. This episode is not a polished career profile. It is the encounter itself—what he said in the act, and what he said when the crowd thinned.Cornerstone Forum 26’https://shaunnewmanpodcast.substack.com/Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [email protected] Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [email protected] Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500