John Bolton - Alberta Independence Movement - IGNORE THIS AT YOUR PERIL!!!!

00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel 506 AM. It is Tuesday, July the 1st. Hope you're

00:00:05.340 having a great day today. I've got my big blue mug of coffee and if you live in the country of

00:00:09.440 Canada, happy Canada Day to you. For somebody who wants independence in Alberta, I'm hoping this is

00:00:15.000 one of the final days that's celebrated here in Alberta. No disrespect to you if you celebrate

00:00:19.660 Canada Day. So I have got some advice for you if you want Alberta independence. It's regarding the

00:00:25.740 video I did yesterday. Thomas Lukasik, former PC Deputy Premier, is moving forward with a vote

00:00:33.260 to keep Alberta in Canada. And my advice to people who want independence and to the Alberta Prosperity

00:00:40.460 Project this morning is ignore this at our peril. Take this seriously. I've got some advice

00:00:47.560 for the Alberta Prosperity Project we need to get on right away. And I got a whole bunch of

00:00:53.980 questions like you do. I did the video yesterday. A lot of people in the comments with questions.

00:00:58.880 And what I want to do right off is just go over this real quick because you know what's going on

00:01:03.300 here. Let's go over to the National Post from this morning. This showed up in the Calgary Sun website

00:01:07.960 yesterday. Alberta's pro-Canada forces moved to thwart separatists by setting referendum question.

00:01:13.440 Again, this is Thomas Lukasik. Question, do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada? I guess

00:01:18.580 there's going to be two answers, yes or no. Get back to that in just a moment. Now, from what I

00:01:24.400 understand as well, Lukasik is going to have to play by the old rules and he's going to have to get

00:01:29.640 close to 300,000 signatures on a petition to move forward with a referendum. As of Friday, the rules

00:01:35.100 will change. Anybody who wants a referendum after that will only have to get 177,000 signatures,

00:01:41.320 thereabouts. The other thing you need to be aware of here is Lukasik goes on to say this is going to

00:01:46.360 affect the personal wealth of Albertans and Alberta. It's going to affect treaty rights and

00:01:51.980 there's going to be negative consequences. I would suggest you go to Corey Morgan's YouTube channel

00:01:56.560 and see what Corey has to say about this because I would trust Corey a lot more than I trust Thomas

00:02:02.140 Lukasik. This is misinformation in Don Braid's article and the thing that Don Braid never asks

00:02:07.640 in this article is what happens if people vote no? This is the second interview I've seen with Lukasik

00:02:14.040 and the person didn't ask that question. I look for a referendum on the Alberta website. Not a lot

00:02:20.360 there, but this is the pertinent document. I'll put it in the description so you can read it with

00:02:24.420 the information regarding how to get a petition, how to get a referendum here in Alberta. I also

00:02:29.100 went to Thomas Lukasik's Wikipedia page just to read a bit about him. Lots of stuff in this guy's

00:02:33.840 background. I think he's got an axe to grind with the UCP and Daniel Smith. I don't know all of the

00:02:38.480 history here, but I think that's the case. And somebody within the last seven hours or so has changed

00:02:43.100 his Wikipedia page to include he registered for a referendum. No doubt him. I think the guy's a bit

00:02:47.800 of a narcissist. And then we have to ask the question, what's a referendum? Dictionary definition,

00:02:53.720 a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them

00:02:58.040 for a direct decision. And I think that's very important, a direct decision. Now, what are my

00:03:03.660 questions regarding this? You had the same one. Why didn't Don Braid ask the question, what happens

00:03:08.800 if people vote no? It means we leave, right? My second point here is, does it make any sense in

00:03:18.480 any way, including time, effort, and cost, to have a referendum that accomplishes nothing?

00:03:23.040 It maintains the status quo. Generally, referendum, make a decision on something. For instance,

00:03:29.500 do you want to legalize marijuana? Yes or no? And whatever side gets the majority,

00:03:35.680 that's how it's decided, correct? What's the point in asking the question if the outcome is the same,

00:03:43.220 no matter how you vote? Which leads me to this point. If there's no downside for the petitioner,

00:03:49.920 then there is no reason to grant a referendum. If voting no means we stay in Canada, there should be

00:03:56.580 no referendum on this question. The petition should have been denied. So what we need to do right away

00:04:02.820 for the Alberta Prosperity Projects, and if lawyers, and Jeff Rath is one, what does voting no mean?

00:04:09.620 Does it mean we leave? I believe it does. We need to be very sure about that right now. Now, the other

00:04:15.560 thing we should be looking at as independence-minded Albertans, sovereigntists, should we sign the

00:04:21.400 petition if this comes forward? Well, I think definitely, if no means we leave, because I would see

00:04:28.300 this as a vote on independence, not on a vote to stay in Canada. And that's the way we should frame

00:04:34.740 it. I think that's the way the Alberta Prosperity Project should frame it. They should start getting

00:04:39.300 t-shirt designs ready saying, vote no. I think this is important. And the other thing I think is

00:04:46.720 important, and you may have other ideas here. I came up with these in a few minutes this morning.

00:04:51.760 Be prepared for some big names to come forward to lead the Yes Vote campaign. Yes,

00:04:56.000 we want to remain in Canada. Think of it that way. Because this will come federally as well. There

00:05:02.520 will be big names that are going to come forward. And I asked Mitch Sylvester from the Alberta

00:05:06.580 Prosperity Project in an interview I did here on my channel, which you can watch, lots of answers

00:05:11.040 there. I asked him, why don't we have a leader? And he said, it's by design. Maybe that should be

00:05:16.720 reconsidered. If we can find somebody with a big name to lead this movement, and it could be coming

00:05:22.820 very soon, we need to maybe have somebody lead the movement right now. Now, I have an interview set

00:05:30.180 up with Jeff Rath, Wednesday afternoon around four o'clock. So Thursday morning, look for that

00:05:35.840 interview here. I've got lots of questions for Jeff concerning this as well. Also, the Alberta

00:05:41.820 Prosperity Project is releasing their fully costed plan for Alberta independence, I believe, on Thursday.

00:05:48.740 And on Thursday night in Airdrie from 7 until 10 o'clock, there's a rally, and I'm going to be

00:05:55.660 there. So I'm hoping to get interviews with people and just the general public and their thoughts on

00:06:00.420 independence. But remember, when it comes to this issue of this possible referendum to keep Alberta

00:06:06.360 in Canada, ignore it at our peril. That's the greatest advice I can give anybody right now.

00:06:12.760 Take it seriously. And how can we use it to our advantage and maybe exploit this as well?

00:06:18.740 I'd love to hear what you have to say. Please leave your comments below. I'll put links to

00:06:23.580 everything in the description as well as everything I've talked about here today.

00:06:27.160 I appreciate you being here very much. If you like the video, give me a thumbs up,

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John Bolton - July 01, 2025

Alberta Independence Movement - IGNORE THIS AT YOUR PERIL!!!!

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