John Bolton - July 09, 2026


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


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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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