Shaun Newman Podcast - #913 - Chloe Barnes

Episode Date: September 15, 2025

Chloe Barnes is the Communications Director for We Unify, a Canadian-based organization that aims to unite individuals and groups—primarily from Canada but also including participants from the United States—who share concerns about secular, globalist trends in government, media, and society. We Unify RECLAIMING Conference Link:https://www.weunify.ca/To watch the Full Cornerstone Forum: https://open.substack.com/pub/shaunnewmanpodcastGet your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: [e-mail] Grahame: [phone]Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: [e-mail] Use the code “SNP” on all ordersProphet River Links:Website: store.prophetriver.com/Email: [e-mail] Money SummitWebsite: ExpatMoneySummit.com

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This is Tammy Peterson. This is Danielle Smith. This is James Lindsay. Hey, this is Brett Kessel, and you're listening to the Sean Newman podcast. Welcome to the podcast, folks. Yeah, you're looking at that going, what? Did a second episode just coming on Monday? Yeah, it did.

We got a double shot today. A little bonus, if you would. We had Jennifer L. on 912, 913 here. We got another one coming. Two episodes today, which means you got a full week. I got a full week. This is all about We Unify coming up.

But before we get to the actual episode and everything else, I thought I would showcase a couple of different things coming on the event schedule-wise. Quick Dick MacDick Live. It's a fundraiser for the Lashburn Playground. That is November 22nd. You can get tickets at showpass.com backslash Lashburn, QuickDick on stage in Lashburn. And I'm going to be there as well, if anyone cares. Maybe nobody cares.

But I am going to be there. And all the money raised is going for a brand new playground at the Lashburn Elementary School. So that's pretty cool. They got bar silent auction, you know, all the things, Quick Dick, McDick doing what he does. And that would be cool to catch up with him. I haven't seen Quick Dick in a little while. So that's November 22nd. If you're at all interested, any companies out there,

or if you're just a group of people, too. I mean, the Grand Dueling Piano Show. I had them last year for Christmas. We did in November. This year, we're pushing it to December 20th. So December 20th, right before Christmas, I got the SMP presents the Christmas party or the Grand Dueling Piano Show.

And so they came last year. People loved it. They're coming back. We're at the Gold Horse Casino on December 20th. If you're interested in buying a table for that, reach out to me via text but uh you know we're halfway there we're halfway sold uh sold the show out so uh last year we sold out two shows this year we only have the one so i assume it's going to go relatively quick but um you know if you're interested in you know an all request dueling piano

show man last year they did everything from like i don't know i remember dr dr dr dr dr and a couple of rap songs to you know like the the grand you know the the singalongs journey and and that type of thing to, you know, all over the map. You can request whatever you want. So if you're looking for a Christmas party for your employees, your business, or maybe just a group of friends, reach out to me in the show notes, my numbers there and shoot me a text. Yeah, we'd love to have you and the Grand Dueling Piano Show coming December 20th this year.

And then me and Tuesday were doing the mash bill. It's still happening. And if you are unfamiliar and you've been living under a rock, The mash spiel is going to be a curling bond spill in Canmar, Alberta. We had initially planned it for a date at the end of November. But then we realized it was the UCP AGM. And we're like, well, that would be a silly date. So we are planning right now for January, 2026 to be in Canmar, Alberta.

It's just west of the Eminton Airport, if anyone's looking for, why there? Tyler and his group are going to help us with that. So a shout out to Tyler and that group. But essentially we got 16 teams available, and we're going to just have a little community meetup of the mashup. And so if you're like, oh, I got to be a part of that, then you know exactly what to look for. We're hoping to announce here shortly.

We were about to announce, and then, of course, that didn't happen. And I was looking for Tyler's company, Brymire Electric. That's who's helping us with the mashpiel. in Canmar. So keep your calendars open for January. And then right now, tentatively, it is looking like March 27th, 28th for the Cornerstone Forum, 2026. By next week, Monday, I should be able to give you confirmed location and when tickets

are going to go on sale. So we should be clearing up everything this week. But regardless, March 27th, 28th is when it's looking like the, the Cornerstorm 2026 is coming back. And so, yeah, that's going to be coming as well. Anyways, that's me rambling on. I just thought, you know, a bonus episode, I should probably talk about a couple of different events

that are coming that I think you should be aware of. And, yeah, I think that's what I got for you today. Bonus episode for you on a Monday. Hope everybody's Monday is going along well. Now, let's get on to that tale of the tape. Today's guest is the communications director for We Unify. I'm talking about Chloe Barnes. So buckle up.

Here we go. Welcome to the Sean Newman podcast. Today I'm joined by Chloe Barnes. Chloe, thanks for hopping on. Thank you for having me. Now, I was just saying, like, you know, I didn't know who you were, you know, roughly a couple days ago. And I, in short, I guess I probably still don't know a whole lot about Chloe. So tell us a little bit about yourself this morning.

Yeah, absolutely. So I am based out of the states. I actually live in Lubbock, Texas, which is far, about as far as you can go before you hit New Mexico. So that's where I am at. And my, you know, passion is advocacy. So I've worked within the disability realm for about seven years now, started out as a caregiver working for families, transitioned into the nonprofit world was there for several years. And I'm now kind of on the research and activism path. I have a couple speaking engagements, coming up primarily geared towards educating and advocating for autism. So that's kind of my passion. That's where my heart is. But where we unifying kind of why you were having me on your podcast today comes in, is that they reached out to me to be their communications liaison, which is super great. Kind of falls into my passion and skill set for working with people.

And so they brought me on as a volunteer over the summer. And that has been kind of my current project and got connected, obviously, with you, Sean. And I'm now here to talk a little bit about myself and also the conference coming up here in just about five days. Yeah, we unify September 18th, the 20th. We'll get into that here in 10 seconds. Wow, 10 minutes, folks. I wouldn't be doing my job if, you mentioned you got an advocacy for autism, correct?

Yes. I'm just curious, why autism is, I assume there's a story that, why that speaks to you? Yes, and that's a great question. When I was 16, I got a job as a caregiver working for a family, five days a week. worked for them all the way through my last two years of high school and then college. They had a little boy with level three is what they would call it autism. And that was kind of my first introduction into that world, seeing what it is that these families have to fight for,

have to put up with, have to advocate for just to give their child the best possible quality of life. And so I was able to kind of see that firsthand on the day to day and how that impacted not only this child that I was caring for, but also his family unit as well. And so from there just went on to, interact with more families impacted by autism, go into different schools and ask questions, like I mentioned before, had the chance to start working with a nonprofit, which was focused

around disability ministry, and just kind of started seeing a really common theme of parents being too exhausted to be able to go out there and speak on the public front as to what it is that they were experiencing in terms of caregiver shortage, re-short shortage, people misunderstanding what it truly means to live with autism. And so that is kind of where, I'm hoping to step in and fill the gap. I don't have a child impacted by autism, but I know a lot of children impacted by autism. And so my goal is to be able to go into different platforms, primarily with young people, because autism has kind of started to be ingrained within identity politics, which I think is a huge, huge, and detrimental issue for that community and kind of advocate

for this is the reality of autism, right? It's not an identity. It's a medical diagnosis. We need to continue treating it that way. And here's how you can best educate yourself to truly make a difference, right? It's not just about autism acceptance. We need to be fully aware of the life that these children, these parents are living. So sorry, that was a very long answer to your question. That is why I'm in the work that I'm in now. Never apologize on a podcast for saying an answer. It can go as long as it needs to. I was just thinking, I'm like, that's, I'm like, most people wouldn't, forgive me. I don't even know if I have a question here. I'm trying to, I'm like, how do I phrase this question? But I'm like, most people, if they went and worked with

family and they had autism now that's they're really tough like that's that's tough and you know your heart goes out to them um they wouldn't start advocate well i don't know maybe i'm wrong maybe i am completely wrong on this i just i'm like oh i was expecting i was expecting you have a sibling or something along that line i'm like okay that makes sense you went and worked for family so it really touched you then right like it really it's something something's in there that um grabbed in, you're like, man, I got, I got a, I got a, we got to, we got to figure this out. Yes, it just working with these kids and these families, honestly, there is no better representation of unconditional love than that that you receive from somebody with a disability. And I'm a believer

and believe that, you know, Jesus obviously is the ultimate example of unconditional love. But it's hard to see that in a human, right? Because, you know, we're flawed. We make mistakes. People get angry. Children with special needs. they don't see that. Like when they look at you, they don't see you for their flaws. They don't see you for your mistakes. They see you for who you are as a person and what you mean to them. And that was really the first time that I had ever really had the chance to like visibly

look at somebody and interact with someone and be like, wow, you actually truly love me unconditionally regardless of, you know, my pastor where I'm coming from. And that is just such an incredible gift. And I think people often so under credit, especially kids with autism, because most of them are not able to speak, you know, there are some that are verbal and higher functioning, which is wonderful and incredible. But these kids that are nonverbal, they have so many gifts to offer the world if the world would just allow them space, right? And these parents, like I mentioned, are just so busy trying to keep their kid alive and advocating for these medical resources

and they want the research to give them a better quality of life. And so they just, they struggle when it comes to, you know, advocating on the public platform and saying, my kid deserves to have a space in the world. And so that ultimately is kind of why it became my passion is just because I saw a space where I could fill in the gap because that's something that I can attest to and speak to. I have the chance to live it, to see it, but it doesn't impact my life in the way that it does these parents

and these siblings on the full-time 24-7 caregiver end. Unconditional love. That's a, that's, I don't know. I wouldn't have put it there. That's an interesting thought. It's just an interesting thought this morning. You catch me early in the morning. I'm like, that's an interesting thought.

That is just my experience. And obviously, you know, like anyone else, they're human. They have emotions. They have thoughts and feelings and opinions. But they just tend to be so incredibly forgiving and wonderful and optimistic and just absolutely incredible. So if you've never had the opportunity to interact with the disability community, I highly encourage it.

It will change your life. Absolutely. You mentioned you went to the ARC conference. I did. What, I don't know, walk me through this. How did you find out about it? And then, you know, what was the, you know, lots of people heard about it. And I know a lot of people went to it.

But, you know, in saying that out of the population in the United States, it was a very small percentage that ended up going to the ARC conference. Walk me through just a few details there. So like you said, very small percentage. I think I was the only person under 35 from the states at the art conference. Really? I never ran into anybody that was in my age bracket, which was very interesting. But my motivation behind attending was to really just try and build some connections, right? So I'm still fairly new to this whole like public advocacy, public platform. And I don't have a lot of connections yet. And so my goal in attending arc was just to meet some people, pick their brains, people who have been in the business of advocacy and research and just fighting for, you know, the betterment of humanity for a really long time. And so I went because I wanted to interact with these people, ask them some questions, see if they had connections in the states,

ended up getting connected to some pretty incredible people, both in the U.S. and obviously in Canada from there. You keep bringing up, you know, you want to be an advocacy. Charlie Kirk, does that steer you away from being in the spotlight or getting in front of a, you know, standing on a stage, anything like that? No, not at all. I think that if anything, the fact that we as Americans have lost Charlie Kirk has been kind of a wake-up call, especially for us young people. He was one of the few that was just so firm in his belief in the young generation and

fighting for the young generation. And now that we have kind of lost our spokesperson for that, I think we're kind of waking up and realizing, okay, it's time for us to pick up the mic and take a stand and make the America that we we want to live in for the rest of our lives. So it is intimidating to think about, I won't lie, but it's not a deterrent. Well, you don't have to step right into Charlie's shoes, right? Like, I mean, that man, that man at 31, very young, had been doing that for well over a decade, right? Like, I mean, there's a skill that gets developed over the course of time where he, man, he was, he was electric when he talked.

Like, you know, like, and, you know, you mentioned your believer. Yes, on this side as well. And to hear him debate anything to do with the Bible and with anyone, I was like, man, like, that could sit, list this guy all day long. Like, he's just, I don't know how he could pull back anything from the Bible. It's just like, I got a guest on here that does that too. And I'm like, I don't know how you do that. I'm like, I'm sitting there flipping the butt, you know, anyways, I chuckle up myself.

But it's cool to hear, because how old are you, Chloe? I'm 23. 23. Yes. Oh, wow. Okay. So walk me through, like, I was sitting here talking with a friend, obviously being on the Canada side versus the States, Charlie Kirk being American, right? We can all do simple math.

But it's weird because up in Canada, Charlie Kirk wasn't a small figure, at least in my mind. But what surprised me a bit was how many kids know about them. And you being 23, I'm closing on on 40, so I'm 39. Okay, so we got a few years between us. With the younger generation, how important was Charlie Kirk? Very. Like I kind of mentioned before, he is one of the few that never stopped believing in Genzi. I think a lot of attitudes toward our generation is that, you know, we're bringing.

brainwashed, we're doomed to failure. This is how it's going to be. And he was the first person to stand up and say, no, it's not too late. We can make a difference. And in terms of, I mean, just the election alone, turning point in his organization and the incredible student volunteers and chapters across colleges, we're literally going door to door and just educating people saying, hey, this is why you need to vote or you should vote a certain way because here's what's at stake. And so, I mean, I firmly believe that the outcome of our election had a huge, huge pull thanks to Charlie. Kirk and the team at turning point. And so that has been kind of just a constant source of both encouragement and also just just facts and inspiration. Like he was so like you said, well read. He could pull anything just like out of the back of his brain. Any debate that you threw at this guy, he had the knowledge to be able to combat it. And I think that was just something that was super inspiring, at least for me and for, you know, the people in my circle was that it actually is beneficial to be well educated. And here's why. Because you can have these conversations and not make a fool of yourself.

And so that also kind of laid the groundwork for us. Like he said, he started so young, 18 years old, it's when he kind of embarked on this journey to start turning point. And, you know, in just 10 years turned it into the largest conservative young people's movement in the entire country. Like that doesn't happen by accident. He was just super intentional. And so I think now going forward, he has kind of left us with a roadmap of you want to

make a difference in your generation and in your country. Here's how you do it. You be well educated. You be well spoken. You stand up for your faith. And that is going to mean something. Yeah, you said he's one of the few that never stopped believing in Gen Z. Forgive me because I'm not a part of Gen Z.

Is that just a well-known thing in Gen Z that people don't believe in them? I would say yes. And again, you know, I speak for the people in my circle. So maybe this is not like a countrywide. issue. But attitudes towards young people, and honestly, to an extent, it's, it's, they're justified in their belief. I mean, you, I don't know necessarily how the attitude is there in Canada and what young people are swinging towards, but for a long time, the young people of the United States were swinging very left. We're swinging very, you know, anti-family, anti-traditional values.

And so I think it was easy for older generations to become pessimistic towards us. It was also easy for young people to become lazy. I think we have kind of defaulted a little bit towards the path of least resistance, which is never good and beneficial. And, you know, COVID kind of served as a big wake-up call for some of us. It served as a big, you know, mental breakdown for others. So it's been, the past five years have just been a rough learning curve, I would say, trying to figure out, you know, where does our generation fall and how do we take our place in the world. And since Charlie Kirk has been so outspoken, and since turning point and since young people have begun to swing more conservative, we're kind of starting to see, okay, now we're getting some respect back.

Now people are looking at our generation and saying, oh, wow, okay, they might actually survive the workforce. Like this could potentially work. You know, they might actually be well educated and able to vote in a way that's actually going to benefit the country, you know, down the road, whether or not that's Democrat or Republican is beside the point, just preserving American values. Gen Z is slowly starting to wake up. And I think with that people's mindset is going to change.

But for a long time, during COVID, pre-COVID, it was just strictly an attitude of pessimism towards Gen Z. At least that's what I experienced. Yeah. Yeah, like you're like, Gen Z's things that you have to deal with are just so completely different than anything any of us have had to deal with before. And I mean, in fairness, that's what the generation probably before me said

and the generation before them said, right? But like, I mean, you know, like just cell phones at school in itself and all the things that come with that is just one giant thing that I'm like, man, what a, what a strange thing. I mean, I graduated 2004 folks. It doesn't feel that long ago, but it is getting further in the rearview mirror. And, you know, there's just, you know, there was just, there was nothing in the classroom like that.

You didn't have to worry about that. And we all know how that's going these days, right? Like, uh, and, and that's just the, the tip of the iceberg. There's so much more going on than just a cell phone, right? Like, there's just, you know, like the things you have to wrestle with, um, there's a lot. That doesn't mean that you can't get through it. Certainly you can. Um, I just never stop believing in the Gen Z.

You know, like, I, I guess I don't, my kids aren't old enough. So I don't really think about it that much. I'm stuck in like young kid years, you know, where you're, you're, you're just worried about making sure they don't run out in the street or something, you know, and we're getting closer and closer to teenage years now, where I'm assuming I'm going to have to deal with all the things that come with being a teen and all the problems and challenges they face. I just, that'd be difficult to hear, I suppose, never stop.

Or the belief in a group of people is low, you know, and for a guy to come along and, you know, basically encourage that group of people, no, you actually have a ton of value and you just have to see that. Yes, and he expected something from our generation, which, you know, the whole gentle parenting movement and that we just want to make you happy and comfortable. And that ideology isn't necessarily bad, but it raises kids who are just against the idea of any type of, you know,

conflict. They don't, they're afraid of resistance, which is an issue going forward. she can't always live in your perfect little bubble world. That's not going to be conducive. And so the fact that he came out and was like, you guys are capable of more. Like you can step up and be better. And I expected this country expects it. And that was a message that was kind of, you know, relatively new. It's like, okay, are we going to rise to the occasion? And it over the past, I guess, really just two years or so, seeing the answer be yes has been just so encouraging,

absolutely incredible to watch the young people of the United States step up and be like, yes, we are, we are capable and we are going to take our seat at the table. As you talk, you know, the person that comes to mind is Jordan Peterson for me, right? It was 2018 when I first stumbled across Jordan Peterson, started listening to his lecture series. And it just made so much sense. Like he just started putting like piece. I'm not like, oh my, that actually makes sense. The reason the podcast gets going is because of that man, not because. of anything he did, just, you know, clean up your room. And it's just little things, right? And then you're like, yeah, that, that makes sense. And when things start to make sense, then you can go and do more, right? I think. And so Charlie, that may, that's an interesting point. Now, okay, we unify, unless there's any other final thoughts on Charlie Kirk. I don't want to cut it short.

No, you're good. We unify coming here, uh, this Thursday night, folks. Um, uh, but it's always, weekend long. And there is a ton of names. There is a ton of names. But let's start with what Chloe's thoughts are on this. You're the American getting involved in the Canadian conference. Give us the backstory and maybe the sales pitch. Yeah, sure. Absolutely. So the backstory has everything to do with the art conference, kind of like I mentioned before. I was there in attendance, hoping to meet some people and leadership at We Unify reached out to me actually after the conference, because we got a little directory once we were done, and said, hey, you know, we're looking to involve more young people, we're looking to involve some Americans, we saw you were in attendance, would you be interested

in a conversation just to hear about our conference and if this is something you might like to participate in? And so I said, yes, had the call, had the conversation, and just was kind of asking them, you know, what is it that you're looking for in terms of, you know, a young person and American presence? And they're like, well, we really need someone to help on the communication side of things. And I thought, fantastic. I'm fairly decent at communications. I would be happy to go in and answer emails. Well, like any good nonprofit, you sign up for a little bit, and then you end up doing a lot. And so I actually had the amazing opportunity to get to interview a lot of our speakers. And we have over 70 confirmed. I only had the chance to interview

23 of them because I guess started about eight weeks leading up to the conference. It was just boom, boom, boom. But honestly can say that every single person I had the opportunity to sit down an interview. Those are all on YouTube if anyone's interested in checking them out, learning more about who our speakers are and kind of what they stand for. But every single one of them just had an incredible attitude toward the conference, toward the work they were doing, toward, you know, just passionate for preserving freedom, right? And preserving Canada as a used to be, not as it's becoming. And I got the chance to learn just so much about Canadian politics, Canadian culture, and how it differs over all the different demographics. And it was just

absolutely incredible. So cannot speak highly enough of our speakers that are coming out for this event. Well, here's a few of the speakers that are coming. People of the show are going to know a bunch of these names, Kalin Ford. But I, well, Laura Logan, I think would be probably one that people's eyes would perk up about Michelle Ferrari be another Dr. Robert Malone, Stockwell Day, Dr. Charles Hoff, Viva Frye, Bruce Party's coming back. That'd be an interesting one. Ezra Levant's going to be there. There's like, forgive me folks, there's like 80 names. You can go to weunify.cate. I'm looking and I'm like, what names are going to stick out where people are like, oh, that's interesting? I'm sure there's going to be somebody that I've missed already that people are like,

Well, why didn't you say this person? I guess I'm doing it for myself. Rod Giltaka, who is on the stage for us. He's coming back to Calgary. Maxine Bernier is going to be there. Grant Abraham, who's been a guest to the show, is going to be on there. Shane Wenzel, who's going to guest to the show,

is going to be there. Dr. Ryan Cole's going to be in attendance. Brett Olin is going. Francis Whittison, forgive me, these are people that I've interviewed along the way. So I'm like, oh, if you're part of the audience, and you're listening and you're like, Oh, yeah, I remember Francis.

Corey Morgan, Layton Gray, Michael Wagner, maybe Ness. There's a few that I don't know, which should be interesting. You know, I don't know about you. You went to Arc, and maybe you knew every person that was going to speak, because I assume, you know, with Peterson and other notable names there, there'd be a lot you knew. But I'm always interested when there's somebody on there, and I'm like, I don't know who that is. That's interesting. Like, I wonder what their story is.

Because that's usually when I get, you know, like, you go sit. and you've listened to all these people talk. And it's cool to see Peterson for, you know, I've seen him live like four or five times now. And every time is good. I'm not against seeing him live. But the last time I went, it was like he had this guy starting on his show playing music.

I was like, that might have been not the best part. I mean, listen, Peterson's talk was good. But like, you know, you start to understand who the person is. So it's not as like, wow, that was something. And you kind of look for the wow, that's something.

And when you see this, many names and as many names as I do not know. It's like there's a possibility one of them comes out and you're like, who the heck is that person? I need to go talk to that person. Yes. And they're, I mean, they're all brilliant and very incredible people. So I highly recommend, you know, it's going to be some excellent conversation craft going on. A couple others, sorry. I'll keep going here because I'm like, I'm like, kind of way scrolling through. You know, Curtis Stone, he was in Lloyd two years ago

with us. He's going to be in a tennis. Jason Levine, Sheldon Yacchuk, Lee Harding, Ted Kuntz, Mitch Sylvester, John Graff.

I'm curious to meet John Graff, folks. Adam Seuss is going to be there. Marty up north, Clyde, do something, I believe is hosting it all, if I'm correct? I believe so.

Yes. Forgive me, I know all these names. I'm like, I've been, you're guests like, Chloe doesn't know anything about me, folks.

I've been doing this show now for six, over six years. So this is, we're closing in on episode 1,000, 900 and change. So when I look at all these things, I'm like, oh, I've interviewed that person. I remember that person?

That's a cool person coming. Why Claypool and Tristan Hopper coming? That's cool. Jeff Evely's coming. Just had Jeff Evely on. And that guy, he's the guy who got fined $28,000 for taking a walk in Nova Scotia. Yes.

And he is a very interesting man. I was very impressed with him. Ben Perrin, who was just on the stage for his folks, Derek Phil DeBrandt from the Western Standard. Rod Taylor has been on before. Dallas Brody, the politician, is coming. Did you get a chance to interview Dallas Brody? No, I wish.

He's very busy. She, she is very busy. Dallas Brody. Oh, Dallas. I'm sorry. Nope, she, she's from BC. She's fantastic. Anyways, I mean, that's a, that's a,

How many speakers do you have coming? We have over 70. To be honest, things are still being worked on as we speak. Like we are adding names, shuffling things around. I was told we'll have everything solidified in the next day or two. So my safe thing is to say we have over 70 confirmed because the for sure number is over 70. I just don't know where exactly it's going to end up. If it's going to be 74 or 79, you'll just have to come out and see this weekend.

I guess so. Doors, so there's, it starts Thursday night, but that is a private speaker dinner reception, correct? That's correct, yes. And then it goes all day Friday, all day Friday, all day Saturday, all day Sunday. It ends 7 o'clock Sunday. I don't know if I knew that. And, all right, fair enough. There, I can, there's tickets still go to Wiiunify.com.

I think that's a big enough, not a big enough thing on it. I'm just like, every time I go back to the stupid post. And I shouldn't call a stupid poster, but every time I go back, it's like, they added like five more people. So I'm like, that's pretty much how it's going right now, which is awesome. So great. But yeah, there might be another name added between now and when it starts. When do you, I assume you're coming, Chloe. Yes. Yes. I will be in attendance. I'm flying in very late Thursday night after work and we'll be there all weekend. One thing that I did want to mention to listeners just in case it didn't know is that you don't have to get tickets for the full three days. If you're only able to make it, you know, one or two, we are selling where you can buy them by day. And then we also have, I believe, add-on passes for the evening events. And all that is listed out and available on our website.

But like you said, it does go till fairly late on Sunday. So if somebody's hearing that and saying, oh, I don't know if I want to stay, you know, till 8 p.m., don't feel like you have to. Buy tickets for Friday, Saturday. It'll be worth it. Cool. Well, is there anything else you want to make sure people know, Chloe, before I let you out of here? Honestly, I think you did a really great job of highlighting our speakers.

I mean, you guys clearly are well educated in terms of you've heard from a lot of these people before. So I imagine your listeners would know what to expect kind of coming. Just highly encourage them to visit the website. Honestly, that's going to be helpful. Well, then maybe I should have went the other way and went, folks, I've never interviewed Katie Pizzini or Alison Pajovic or Laura Logan, although I know who Laura Logan is. you know, stock all day. I can go the opposite way. Lisa Robinson is the lady speaking out on Twitter right now,

or X, keep going on Twitter, on X, and I'm like, that'd be an interesting lady, right? Like, there's, as many as I know. Let's say I know. If there's 70, let's say I know 35. There's 35 I don't know. I'm more, and folks, if you're listening to this and I've interviewed you, this is no slight.

I'm just interested in the unknown, right? There's a whole bunch of people where I'm looking at it. I'm like, I don't know who that is. and they get on a list with a bunch of other people and I'm like, they're on there for a reason. So I'm kind of curious what they have to say. Yes. And I go back to, honestly, the idea.

Like, we, the ultimate goal for the conference is to provide a space for networking and provide a space for conversations. So we want all ideas brought to the platform, right? Like, the goal is for it to be a think tank. How can we unify Canada? How can we pave a better path going forward? How can we educate people?

How can we connect people? So I'm excited to hear you say that you don't know a lot of these names because honestly, that's the idea. Like we want people to come and experience something new, something fresh, learn from people that they haven't had the chance to hear from before. So it's going to be great. Well, I'll reiterate that thing because folks, I have interviewed a lot of these people, probably close to half. Well, it's got to be pretty close to half. But there is half, roughly.

I don't know. And that excites me. So anyways, here's my little plug on it. I'll probably say this in the opening too. I am going to be in Calgary at We Unify this weekend. So if you are coming and want to say hello, make sure you shoot me a note. Chloe, you make sure you text me because I'd love to, now that we've sat and chat it, I'd love to just say hello.

Sure. And, well, I'm looking forward to attending part of this. I think it'll be very interesting. Either way, good luck with the run-up to the event. I know all about that. And that is not going to be that fun because I'm sure. pets heads are going to be falling off and everything else in the next couple days. But best luck to you. And hopefully we get to running into each other at some point during the

upcoming weekend. I hope so. Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it.