John Bolton - July 09, 2026


Alberta Does Fine With Ottawa Out Of The Way - With A Warning To Canadians


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In this episode of the Big Blue Mug of Coffee, John talks about what he calls "Project Fear" from both sides of the debate regarding Alberta's independence from Canada. He also talks about how Alberta is doing just fine when it doesn't have to ask permission from Ottawa to do anything.

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00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel 409 a.m. Thursday, July the 9th. I hope you're having
00:00:08.820 a great start to your Thursday and a great week as well with the big blue mug of coffee,
00:00:13.280 which I tipped to you today. I want to apologize for not putting up a video yesterday. I had to
00:00:19.160 get up and do some work on the upcoming Independence Telethon, which is coming together
00:00:23.200 great with all the YouTubers across the province. It's coming up on the 18th. Your help is desperately
00:00:29.320 needed on that day to win Alberta independence. Stay tuned for more details. So I think over the
00:00:35.980 last week or so, I've addressed people who live in the rest of the country a number of times,
00:00:41.280 those of you who live outside Alberta. I think it's important that you watch this video until
00:00:45.840 the end. And this is about Alberta and Canada and our relationship. But you need to watch until the
00:00:51.500 end. You need to realize how Mark Carney, the Liberal Party, and Ottawa are failing your country.
00:00:59.140 Carney was elected to fix things, and he's doing nothing about it.
00:01:03.920 Now, if we come here to Alberta, I want to address something known I'm calling, I guess, Project Fear.
00:01:10.240 Now, the other side is trying to scare people regarding Alberta independence.
00:01:15.460 In fact, even discussing independence here is going to have a chilling effect on investment, but to the contrary.
00:01:22.920 It's fascinating how Alberta seems to be doing just fine when we don't have to work with Ottawa,
00:01:29.220 when we don't have to ask permission of Ottawa.
00:01:31.880 But that's not what you're hearing from the experts, from the economists,
00:01:35.340 and the leaders of the pro-Canada side here in Alberta,
00:01:38.400 which leads me directly into what's happening in Canada.
00:01:41.140 So stay tuned to the end.
00:01:42.660 So this is the kind of stuff you're seeing.
00:01:45.440 Got this story from CTV News.
00:01:47.900 Alberta independence would go terribly badly, according to an economist.
00:01:52.900 Separate Alberta would be a poor Alberta, Trevor Toome in the hub.
00:01:57.000 This from the CBC, business and academic leaders in Alberta are warning that continued debate over provincial separation could damage the province's economy, even if separation never occurs.
00:02:09.300 So this is what we're hearing from economists, and we're also hearing from the leaders of the pro-Canada side here in Alberta.
00:02:15.660 They're talking doom and gloom on how bad Alberta independence,
00:02:20.280 just talking about Alberta independence, would be for investments.
00:02:24.500 Here's just a little sample of what they're saying.
00:02:27.360 Unless the courts stop her, or unless she calls a snap election and we win, 0.65
00:02:32.700 we will have a referendum on separation next summer.
00:02:36.920 That means nobody is investing one dollar in Alberta
00:02:40.320 if they don't know what country Alberta is going to be in.
00:02:42.800 The very discussion of separation really puts a cooling effect on investment and on business in this province.
00:02:49.880 There's nothing good that can come from this. It will just create the debate itself, will create massive investor uncertainty.
00:02:58.180 Calgary is a globally connected city. We compete for investment, talent, major employers and jobs with cities across North America and all around the world.
00:03:06.840 And markets pay attention to political instability.
00:03:10.480 We've seen this before.
00:03:11.800 During Quebec separation fights, major companies moved head offices,
00:03:15.780 and billions in investments left the province because of the prolonged uncertainty.
00:03:20.400 What Calgary Mayor Jeremy Farkas says there is pretty typical of the other leaders of the pro-Canada side,
00:03:27.400 including Jason Kenney, Nahed Nenshi, and Thomas Lukasik.
00:03:30.520 they generally talk about the Bank of Montreal head office not being in Montreal anymore. It's
00:03:37.200 in Toronto because talk of separation in Quebec drove them away. The reason for that is they
00:03:44.120 would have had to go full French. That's why they left. You see, Alberta is doing quite well 0.95
00:03:48.800 despite Ottawa. When we don't have to ask the permission of Ottawa and Mark Carney and the
00:03:55.440 Liberal Party, we do quite well here. It's when Ottawa gets involved when things go awry. Let's
00:04:02.280 take a look at a couple of stories. Dow Canada, May 25th, 2026, $10 billion investment in Alberta.
00:04:10.540 Here's one right here, $10 billion investment in Olds, Alberta, a data center. A little
00:04:16.860 controversial, but $10 billion in investment. And then Daniel Smith, just 12 hours ago,
00:04:23.340 One of the largest private sector investments in Canadian history is coming home to Alberta.
00:04:29.040 Meta has chosen Alberta for its first Canadian AI data center, a historic $13 billion investment that will create thousands of jobs.
00:04:38.080 You can see it says private sector investments.
00:04:41.340 You know, the pipelines that were announced over the last couple of days, how much private sector money is in that, folks?
00:04:46.880 You, as a taxpayer in Canada, on the hook for tens of billions, if not hundreds of billions of dollars, because we can't get pipelines built, because Ottawa gets in the way.
00:05:00.540 We do fine when we don't have to deal with Ottawa.
00:05:04.820 Keith Wilson.
00:05:06.340 The lesson from Meta's $13 billion investment is simple.
00:05:10.200 When Alberta is allowed to act like Alberta, we win.
00:05:14.160 When Ottawa gets in the way, we lose opportunity.
00:05:17.520 Independence means Alberta can stop asking permission and start building the future our children deserve.
00:05:23.360 Now, for the rest of Canada, this is the reality of investment in your country.
00:05:28.880 About 4 in 10, a little more than 4 in 10, Canadian manufacturers have or are considering moving their production south of the border,
00:05:36.860 according to a new survey by KPMG Canada.
00:05:39.880 This comes as Kusma uncertainty and other policies weigh on manufacturers' ability to compete and grow here.
00:05:47.780 Joining us now is Anamika Gadia, partner and national leader of industrial markets at KPMG Canada.
00:05:54.280 Anamika, thank you very much for joining us.
00:05:57.140 Thank you for having me.
00:05:59.060 That number is disconcerting.
00:06:01.960 Just what kind of an impact would it have if it came to fruition?
00:06:05.740 Yeah, I think that this is a trend that needs to continue to be monitored, Roger. Obviously,
00:06:15.020 companies have proven remarkably resilient over the past year, but resilience has its limits.
00:06:21.260 Our survey suggests that companies have been moving from short-term resilience to making
00:06:27.100 long-term investment decisions, and I think the challenge for Canada is creating a competitive
00:06:31.820 environment that gives manufacturers the confidence to continue to produce, invest, and grow in Canada.
00:06:39.080 Four in 10 Canadian manufacturers plan to move production to the U.S. KPMG poll. Survey data
00:06:46.100 shows many firms are delaying capital investment in Canada amid an increasingly uncertain trade
00:06:52.060 environment. And they're saying that discussion of Alberta independence is bad for investment in
00:06:57.400 Alberta, we seem to be doing just fine. It's Canada that's got the problem. The problem is a
00:07:03.520 mediocre government, a mediocre Ottawa, a mediocre Mark Carney, a mediocre Liberal Party, a mediocre 0.70
00:07:10.580 electorate that continues to vote for this mediocrity. Does Mark Carney even care?
00:07:18.560 Who cares? I mean, it's a detail. It's a detail. I spoke to him. I'll speak to him again when it
00:07:24.060 matters. Mark Carney doesn't care. You'll remember that was his answer when he was asked
00:07:29.940 about working out a trade deal with Donald Trump last year. Who cares? Four in 10 Canadian
00:07:37.020 manufacturers plan to move production to the U.S., but who cares? You care about your children being
00:07:44.060 able to afford a home in Canada, which they can't. Mark Carney cares about bailing out 1.00
00:07:49.080 condo investors in British Columbia to enrich himself and enrich Brookfield. That's what he
00:07:55.180 cares about. And people are worried about independence talk in Alberta being bad for
00:07:59.920 investment? The bad investment is Canada, not Alberta. Thank you very much for watching. If
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