John Bolton - January 07, 2026


ALBERTA Independence is Underway - So The CAMPAIGN OF FEAR has begun


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The first person in the country to sign the petition to get an Alberta independence referendum in 2026! The other side is out to get us and they are using the same tactics they used in the federal election to scare us away from this.

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00:00:00.000 Hey Canada, my fellow Albertans, shit just got real.
00:00:09.040 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. Wednesday, January the 7th. Hope you're having
00:00:13.160 a great start to your Wednesday morning, 3.33 a.m. with my big blue mug of coffee. And you know,
00:00:19.660 just when I thought I couldn't get happier about what's going on here in Alberta,
00:00:25.140 people are starting to take notice of what's happening here in Alberta. The rest of the
00:00:29.640 country is taking note of what's happening here in Alberta and they're getting nervous.
00:00:35.820 But I'm telling you, I'm on cloud nine this morning because, you know, we went from just
00:00:41.720 before Christmas finding out that the question we had had been accepted and that we were going
00:00:49.560 to be moving ahead with a petition campaign to having that campaign get underway about five
00:00:55.820 days ago to having our first signature last night. And lo and behold, who was the first
00:01:02.120 signature? Here's Marty up north. I'm just going to get in touch with Jeff Rath later today. I want
00:01:07.140 to talk to him. I want to, I want to see what he was feeling when he actually did this. This is
00:01:14.640 historic. Jeff Rath is the first person to sign the petition to get an Alberta independence referendum
00:01:21.560 in 2026. Packed house in Water Valley. It makes me grin seeing Jeff sign that petition. Congratulations
00:01:38.900 to Jeff. I hope to be signing a petition myself on Saturday night at an event here in Calgary. And I
00:01:45.000 know you're getting impatient. I'll tell you how you can do it in just a moment, including a big event
00:01:49.040 coming up late January here in Calgary. But this video isn't so much a video about celebrating this
00:01:56.400 signature signing campaign, which we knew was coming. This is a warning video because you have
00:02:02.300 to ask the question to what lengths will the other side go to try to stop this process from going
00:02:09.300 forward and to stop us from getting independence. And it's going to be everything. They're going to
00:02:14.360 throw the whole kitchen sink at us with this. They've already started off by calling us
00:02:18.600 traitors, suggesting we should be unalived if we're in favor of this. They've called us seditionists.
00:02:24.300 We're not traitors. This isn't treason. Right now for the people of Alberta and the people who want
00:02:28.660 independence and the people who want better for their families, this is self-preservation at this
00:02:33.920 point for Alberta. If you're the person in the middle and aren't really convinced about this,
00:02:39.960 first off, go to an event and hear what people have to say. But ask yourself the question,
00:02:44.940 if Alberta was not a province right now, would you join Canada the way it is right now? You would
00:02:50.800 probably say no. And that's probably a great reason to vote for independence. The other side
00:02:55.940 right now, all they've got is patriotism. They can't give you valid reasons why we should stay
00:03:02.040 in Canada. We have got dozens of reasons why we should leave.
00:03:07.140 So they're going to resort to shenanigans. I'll show you that in a moment. And they're going to
00:03:12.420 resort to fear, to scare you away from this. And folks, they're going to the same playbook they used
00:03:19.260 last year in the federal election. No doubt the people on the other side of this who are saying
00:03:25.340 we won't get enough signatures, who are saying we can't win this, are scared when they see hundreds
00:03:31.080 of people show up in small town Alberta to these events night after night after night. Don't listen
00:03:38.240 to them. People said Brexit wouldn't win. Donald Trump was not going to win the presidency. He has
00:03:44.020 won twice. And then you see this kind of stuff that's happening right now. Alberta radio breaking
00:03:52.960 forever Canadian volunteers and staff plan to sabotage the Alberta independence petition.
00:03:58.000 Open calls to sign up to the volunteering, to manipulate the petitions and signature gathering.
00:04:04.440 Again, an initiative by Thomas and the NDP unions. These people are openly discussing fraud
00:04:10.380 and political interference. And you can see people here. I think we should all sign up as canvassers,
00:04:15.620 but not collect signatures. Somebody says, better yet, collect signatures and then not hand them in.
00:04:20.840 If you go out to sign somewhere, ask the person who is behind the desk why they want Alberta
00:04:27.000 independence. Somebody who doesn't want Alberta independence won't be able to answer it. So find
00:04:32.300 another place to sign. A legit place. Like an event by the Alberta Prosperity Project. But then you get
00:04:38.960 stuff like this from Thomas Lukasik, Mr. Captain Canada, Mr. Forever Canadian. This is the fear campaign
00:04:45.960 and it's the same fear campaign that the liberals used in the election. Don't let this frighten you.
00:04:53.460 I have no doubt. You got to think this is happening. I have no doubt that Ottawa, I'm meaning the
00:04:59.720 Liberal Party, I'm meaning the Canadian government will be feeding stories like this to left-wing media
00:05:04.640 like the Globe and Mail to try to scare people away from Alberta independence. Don't buy it.
00:05:11.580 Listen, if you're in Alberta right now and you voted conservative in the federal election,
00:05:15.860 don't let them scare you with this narrative. Now here is Thomas Lukasik,
00:05:20.360 Albertans. This no longer is fun and games. It never was. What seemed unreal was separatist aid
00:05:26.520 is now reality. In this context, Canadians must acknowledge the real risk that Mr. Trump will
00:05:31.640 use military coercion against our country. Now he wants you to support his forever Canadian. All he's 0.97
00:05:37.260 got is patriotism. He's got nothing when it comes to why Alberta should stay in Canada and what is this
00:05:44.200 story about? Read this. This is the same thing, folks, as the liberals used to win the election.
00:05:50.940 Connecting these dots, a plausible scenario for U.S. application of military force against Canada
00:05:56.800 to seize our oil resources goes something like this. An independence referendum in Alberta during
00:06:03.080 which separatists receive a huge infusion of gray MAGA money sees a majority vote to remain part of Canada.
00:06:10.100 But with 30 percent or more voting for separation, Mr. Trump declares the result is fake and that
00:06:16.080 actual support for separation was well over 50 percent. Alberta separatists then appeal to the
00:06:21.100 U.S. for help, claiming various kinds of oppression. The U.S. moves troops to the northern Montana border
00:06:26.620 and tells the rest of Canada that Alberta must be allowed to join America as the 51st state.
00:06:31.920 The campaign of fear is on, folks. This is nonsense. It's garbage. The Alberta Prosperity Project,
00:06:38.740 Mitch Sylvester, who is the CEO, is doing this legit.
00:06:45.140 If we lose the referendum fair and square, we lose. But if we win, we win. This is a campaign of
00:06:52.080 fear. This is nonsense. You're going to see a lot more of this. Don't buy it. Don't buy it like the
00:06:58.380 elbows up folks who did in the election last year. You know the people you laugh at as you were voting
00:07:04.220 conservative here in Alberta and your provinces getting screwed over by the East who constantly 1.00
00:07:09.040 put liberals in power in Ottawa. Keep that in mind. This is just going to get worse and worse
00:07:17.660 all the time. There's so much for them to lose. There is so much for us to gain. Go to an event.
00:07:25.040 Sign the petition. Let's get our vote on independence. Now, I will be out on Saturday night.
00:07:30.380 I'm excited about this. I'm going to be sort of a moderator, MC at this event.
00:07:37.460 And this is happening. Let me give you the details down at the bottom. The Queensland Community
00:07:40.960 Center. I expect a petition to be here. I can hardly wait. I'm going to get somebody to video me
00:07:44.920 signing the petition. I'm so excited. I'm so excited for this event because we've got great
00:07:50.500 guests out at this event. I'll bring this up so you can see their faces. Corey Morgan will be there.
00:07:57.520 Corey's been on my channel. I respect this man. In fact, over there in behind me, underneath that
00:08:03.580 flag, you can see his book. The Sovereignty's Handbook. Go to Amazon and buy Corey's book and
00:08:08.560 read it. I listened to it a couple of years ago. I'm in the process of reading it again. Go buy his
00:08:13.360 book. Corey from the Western Standard, The Corey Morgan Show. He'll be talking about treaties and the
00:08:17.980 nonsense you're hearing about that. Earlier this week, apparently, some native group in Alberta was
00:08:23.660 blocking the independence movement. Not happening, folks. They can't do it.
00:08:29.140 Eva Chippyuk will be there as well. She works with Jeff Rath. She'll be talking about what happens
00:08:33.680 the day after we vote in favor of independence. Really, it's just a couple of words she'll be
00:08:39.600 saying, but she'll explain everything to you. And Dennis Kalma will be there, who I had on here
00:08:44.640 a short while ago. Let me reach over here. Dennis wrote this. If you've got any questions about
00:08:50.380 your economics and how this will benefit your family economically, Dennis can answer the questions.
00:08:55.540 He co-wrote this with Jeff Rath. And then you can see my face there as well. Now, the great thing
00:09:00.380 about this is we're going to have microphones there. I'll be moderating. You can ask these people
00:09:05.420 questions if you've got any concerns. They've got the answers. And it's not fear. It's hope.
00:09:13.400 Now, if you're wanting to go to an event, go to albertaprosperity.com. And you can see there are
00:09:21.520 all these events coming up. And there's going to be a lot more of them. They expect to do hundreds
00:09:25.500 of these events where you can sign up and sign your name on a petition. But there's this big event
00:09:32.920 coming up, which I will be at. I'm excited about it. This is at the BMO Center, January 26,
00:09:40.140 7 o'clock. I assume they're going to have dozens of tables set up. And they're going to have 6,000
00:09:45.920 to 6,500 people in the BMO Center on that date talking about this movement. So make sure you put
00:09:53.100 that on your calendar. And if you want to sign up, go over to the Alberta Prosperity Project website,
00:09:58.520 go to the 26th of January on their events page and RSVP. You have to do that to be at that event.
00:10:04.280 But do not accept the campaign of fear that is coming. It's the same thing that liberals used.
00:10:11.820 And here's one more plea I've got for you. I haven't heard too many people say this.
00:10:16.480 Back in 2021, I believe it was, there was a referendum already here in Alberta.
00:10:22.140 And 61% of the people in that referendum said they want to end transfer or equalization payments
00:10:33.120 to the East. 61%. Because we give way too much money to the East and very little of it comes back
00:10:42.000 to Alberta. One of the reasons why we want independence. We could do far better with that
00:10:46.240 money ourself than having Ottawa filter it back to us. 61% voted in favor of ending equalization
00:10:55.060 payments. And it has never happened. Why? Because it never will. Because all the steps you have to go
00:11:00.980 through to have that happen. The only way that is going to happen, folks, is if we vote to leave.
00:11:07.160 So if you're one of the 61% and you want to end up giving welfare to the East, you need to vote in 0.96
00:11:13.780 favor of Alberta independence. Thank you very much. So excited. Go to an event. If you're not sure
00:11:21.320 about what's going on and you're not sure about independence, ask the questions. There are plenty
00:11:26.660 of answers. All the other side has is patriotism and it's just not good enough anymore. I still have
00:11:34.020 lots of family in Canada. They all live out in Ontario. They'll still be there when we leave.
00:11:38.960 We'll just have a different relationship, but we'll have our independence. Thanks for watching.
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