John Bolton - Alberta... prepare for separation

00:00:00.120 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. It is 7 a.m. on Friday, February the 7th with the big blue mug of coffee.

00:00:07.380 I hope you're having a great day today. I'm going to try to do something a little bit different today.

00:00:12.300 I'm getting going a little bit later today, but we have a national unity problem in our country right now.

00:00:21.900 My Premier, Danielle Smith, said a while back, and I'm going to show you some video in a moment,

00:00:27.080 that we would have a national unity issue, but it is already here.

00:00:31.340 And the reason I'm saying that is because I came across a video this morning from Yves-Francois Blanchet,

00:00:39.280 the leader of the Bloc Québécois, reiterating what the leader of the Parti Québécois leader,

00:00:44.980 François Legault, just said the other day, both from Quebec.

00:00:49.020 And I'm going to play some video right now of my Premier, Danielle Smith, on Question Period on CTV.

00:00:55.300 Now, this is quite a while ago. This is a period when she was under the gun because she had said

00:01:01.500 that Alberta oil was not going to be used as a tool to get back at Donald Trump when it came to tariffs.

00:01:06.300 So here's Vashi Capellas talking to my Premier. We're going to go through this a little bit

00:01:10.660 and break this down, and I'm going to show you why we have a national unity issue,

00:01:15.240 and I don't think there's any way Alberta can stay within Confederation.

00:01:20.380 But why would we come to a fight with the thing that we have the most leverage with,

00:01:27.320 like one arm tied behind us? What is the point of taking that off the table?

00:01:32.260 And are you doing that just to advance your own political interest domestically?

00:01:35.520 Well, Albertans don't want to see another equalization program.

00:01:38.580 Let's be very clear about what an export tariff is.

00:01:40.880 It means putting a tax on Canadian goods so that all the dollars go to Ottawa,

00:01:45.220 so that Ottawa can use those dollars to redistribute to other provinces.

00:01:48.280 Okay, so before we move on here, let me just show you the equalization.

00:01:53.040 Now, this is actually a tweet from Danielle Smith herself,

00:01:56.580 and it says here,

00:01:58.340 Equalization holds Alberta back and encourages dysfunctional policies 0.91

00:02:02.020 that stifle growth in other provinces.

00:02:04.440 The equalization and federal transfer system are broken and must be entirely overhauled.

00:02:09.140 So Alberta's way at the left end of this graph, 0.96

00:02:13.920 and you can see $244.6 billion from Alberta,

00:02:17.040 and then at the far right end of this graph, you can see Quebec,

00:02:20.360 and they are the recipients of $327.7 billion,

00:02:25.680 and most of that is coming from Alberta.

00:02:28.280 So you think that Quebec would be on side with Alberta

00:02:32.020 when it comes to the reason why we have so much money,

00:02:34.380 and it's because of our oil and gas industry,

00:02:36.180 but that is not the case.

00:02:37.960 So let's continue moving on and hear what Premier Smith has to say.

00:02:41.300 We've seen that newsreel before.

00:02:42.600 We saw it with the way equalization works,

00:02:46.260 but more in our history,

00:02:48.920 the way Pierre Trudeau dealt with our province,

00:02:51.460 and it created national unity problems.

00:02:53.240 This is not...

00:02:54.120 Okay, so the national unity problem she's talking about here

00:02:57.060 is the National Energy Program under Pierre Trudeau.

00:03:01.060 I live in Alberta.

00:03:02.080 I didn't live here during the National Energy Program.

00:03:04.360 I was in Ontario.

00:03:05.620 I always remember hearing about this,

00:03:07.220 but you will hear about this to this day.

00:03:10.000 Talking 30 to 40 years later,

00:03:12.680 people still talk about how Alberta was,

00:03:15.700 pardon the expression,

00:03:17.320 raped by the rest of the country, 0.93

00:03:19.380 and we saw job losses,

00:03:21.100 we saw businesses shut down.

00:03:23.260 It was an absolute mess during the National Energy Program,

00:03:26.120 and that's what Danielle Smith is warning about. 0.72

00:03:28.180 It was a national unity problem then,

00:03:30.200 and we have a national unity problem right now,

00:03:33.400 and I'll talk more about that in a second.

00:03:34.880 ...a time that while we're having a fight

00:03:36.620 with our biggest trading partner,

00:03:38.420 that we also have a fight with each other.

00:03:39.900 I would say let's focus on the things

00:03:41.300 that we can agree on together.

00:03:42.620 Let's take a Team Canada approach.

00:03:44.380 Let's maybe get the Energy East pipeline back on the rails

00:03:47.300 so that our Eastern Canadian friends

00:03:49.420 don't have to rely on the U.S. for this vital fuel.

00:03:53.140 Let's talk about more ways to get pipelines to the West Coast

00:03:56.460 so that we can diversify...

00:03:57.780 Okay, so she talks about the Energy East pipeline.

00:04:00.520 Folks, it is not going to happen,

00:04:02.760 and the Bloc Québécois and Parti Québécois

00:04:04.900 have made themselves quite clear

00:04:06.560 that they do not want the pipeline out there.

00:04:09.880 Played this video the other day.

00:04:11.180 Francois Legault, leader of the Parti Québécois.

00:04:15.260 If during your discussions today,

00:04:17.220 the issues of pipelines came up

00:04:19.120 and whether Quebec would now support

00:04:21.260 either an Energy East

00:04:22.720 or some other kind of pipeline

00:04:23.960 that would take Alberta oil

00:04:25.100 out to markets other than the U.S.

00:04:28.560 Yeah.

00:04:31.400 Of course, right now,

00:04:34.080 there's no social acceptability

00:04:37.480 for this kind of project right now.

00:04:41.540 So no social acceptability

00:04:43.540 for this type of project right now in Quebec.

00:04:45.720 So what does that mean?

00:04:46.900 Well, I think he's trying to tell you

00:04:49.320 that the people of Quebec

00:04:50.160 don't want a pipeline going through their province,

00:04:52.340 but there's a reason why he says social acceptability.

00:04:54.660 These people are part of the climate cult

00:04:56.640 and they don't want our oil out there. 0.50

00:04:58.820 They want to benefit from our oil,

00:05:00.660 but they do not want our oil

00:05:01.780 going through their province.

00:05:03.640 And this sickens me.

00:05:04.920 You know, back in 1995,

00:05:07.880 I was living in Cornwall, Ontario.

00:05:09.780 For people who don't know where Cornwall is,

00:05:11.560 Cornwall is an hour from Ottawa just to the south.

00:05:13.940 Okay, so Cornwall south,

00:05:15.140 right on the St. Lawrence River.

00:05:16.560 And we're just about an hour west of Montreal.

00:05:19.440 And I remember getting on a bus in 1995.

00:05:21.720 I believe it was October, late October,

00:05:24.300 with a big giant cell phone.

00:05:27.100 It was in a bag like this.

00:05:28.200 Remember those bag cell phones with the...

00:05:29.720 I carried one of those along with me

00:05:31.300 because we did have cell phone back there in 95.

00:05:34.000 And I went to Montreal

00:05:35.320 and I was under that big flag in downtown Montreal

00:05:38.800 just prior to the referendum in 1995

00:05:41.280 because I wanted Quebec to stay in the country. 0.56

00:05:44.500 I do not want Quebec to stay in our country anymore. 1.00

00:05:47.360 I am sick of this province.

00:05:49.340 And now that I live in Alberta,

00:05:50.600 it's even worse.

00:05:51.880 These people want our money,

00:05:53.760 but they do not want our oil.

00:05:55.760 Without our oil,

00:05:56.820 this country has no social programs.

00:05:58.920 The health care that Quebec enjoys

00:06:00.600 and their daycare program they're so proud of

00:06:03.120 is paid for by Alberta.

00:06:04.680 Let's continue along with Mr. Legault.

00:06:06.700 Quebec.

00:06:06.920 But, of course, situation,

00:06:13.700 the economy and what Mr. Trump is doing

00:06:18.460 may change the situation in the future.

00:06:22.340 So if there's a social acceptability,

00:06:25.740 we will be open to these kind of projects.

00:06:29.900 But right now, there's no social acceptability.

00:06:34.160 So, no.

00:06:35.260 So they basically used our oil

00:06:40.000 and we're wanting to use our oil here in Alberta

00:06:43.000 to get back at Donald Trump when it came to tariffs.

00:06:45.980 But now that this issue is somewhat resolved,

00:06:50.820 they don't want our oil at all.

00:06:52.160 So we're going to go along to bloc leader

00:06:53.860 Yves-Francois Blanchet.

00:06:55.860 This is the video I saw earlier today

00:06:57.520 that got me interested in doing this video

00:06:59.300 and listen to what he says.

00:07:01.080 And we also hear people,

00:07:03.160 including Mr. Carney,

00:07:04.400 say,

00:07:04.880 okay, now it's time.

00:07:07.260 We will come in Quebec

00:07:08.860 with pipelines that will,

00:07:11.820 at the end,

00:07:12.840 we will get it.

00:07:13.920 We will go through Quebec with pipelines

00:07:16.040 and we will go in the cemetery

00:07:18.600 and dig out the project of natural gas

00:07:22.340 in Saguenay

00:07:23.140 using a crisis that people fear

00:07:29.060 to defend and promote interests

00:07:32.320 which are against Quebec.

00:07:35.200 And it has to be noticed as it is.

00:07:38.420 Quebec is in it for themselves.

00:07:41.000 The Bloc Quebecois and Parti Quebecois

00:07:43.240 may not be talking a lot about separation,

00:07:45.240 but that is their plan in the long run.

00:07:46.820 And if they could get back to 95

00:07:48.460 and do it over again,

00:07:49.580 I remember sitting there

00:07:50.680 watching the numbers on TV

00:07:52.720 and the,

00:07:54.080 I mean,

00:07:55.560 the cohesiveness of the country,

00:07:57.100 including Quebec was,

00:07:58.300 I mean,

00:07:58.600 it was 0.1% here or there.

00:08:00.780 It was so close back then.

00:08:02.100 But these people do not want our oil

00:08:04.460 going through their province.

00:08:05.820 They're saying it basically right there.

00:08:08.180 There is no Team Canada, folks.

00:08:09.880 The Team Canada wanted Alberta aboard

00:08:11.960 so we could use our biggest export product

00:08:14.300 and the thing that makes us a prosperous country

00:08:17.480 as a way to get back at Donald Trump.

00:08:20.260 The Bloc Quebecois,

00:08:21.360 the Parti Quebecois

00:08:22.320 are all part of the climate goal.

00:08:23.700 He talks about Mr. Carney

00:08:24.900 talking about pipelines.

00:08:26.660 The Liberals are playing this great,

00:08:28.720 talking about getting rid of the carbon tax,

00:08:30.560 but Mark Carney is an absolute fraud.

00:08:33.020 The man was in favor of the carbon tax.

00:08:35.760 We played video of him here before

00:08:37.300 saying that he didn't think it was high enough.

00:08:39.540 Now he wants to get rid of the carbon tax

00:08:41.420 so you don't see it

00:08:42.140 when you get your bill for your heating.

00:08:44.220 You don't see it when you go to the gas pump

00:08:46.260 when you fill up your car.

00:08:47.580 He just wants to put all the carbon tax on industry

00:08:49.840 and that's just going to get passed down to you.

00:08:52.480 And when he does that,

00:08:53.700 he's going to drive investment out of this country.

00:08:56.060 Now let's look at the numbers right now

00:08:57.800 when it comes to,

00:08:58.540 well, if we had an election today.

00:09:01.720 So let's just bring up this chart.

00:09:03.260 And if you look at the numbers right here,

00:09:05.560 the Conservatives are down five at 41%.

00:09:08.000 You might remember they were close to 50 at one point.

00:09:11.160 The Liberals are up 8% right now in the polls.

00:09:14.500 If an election were held today,

00:09:17.420 the Conservatives would win a majority,

00:09:20.220 but things are not looking good right now

00:09:22.720 for Pierre Polly.

00:09:23.580 They are ignoring him right now.

00:09:25.700 He is not even,

00:09:27.100 you aren't even hearing about him.

00:09:28.740 They ran, I think,

00:09:29.820 a 45-minute press conference with Carney

00:09:32.440 in its entirety on CBC the other day.

00:09:35.260 While Polly was out talking about 0.97

00:09:37.320 his plan when it came to fentanyl,

00:09:40.020 which was a good plan,

00:09:41.120 they basically ignored what he said completely.

00:09:44.040 You have to realize,

00:09:44.840 the CBC is likely to be defunded

00:09:46.900 if the Conservatives get in.

00:09:48.340 So they are all on board

00:09:49.960 when it comes to the Liberals

00:09:51.020 and they are going to pump them up

00:09:52.840 as much as possible.

00:09:54.300 If the numbers change much more

00:09:55.980 and the Conservatives slip into

00:09:57.580 a minority territory,

00:09:59.340 the Liberals,

00:10:00.800 the NDP,

00:10:01.700 and the Bloc Québécois

00:10:02.840 are all part of the climate cult.

00:10:05.280 They love our oil

00:10:06.460 because it pays for all their social programs,

00:10:08.660 but they hate it

00:10:09.420 because they think

00:10:10.140 it's going to destroy the world

00:10:11.440 and they want to shut it down.

00:10:13.080 If the Conservatives slip

00:10:14.540 into minority territory,

00:10:16.020 even if they win a majority of the vote,

00:10:17.980 they get a majority of the seats,

00:10:20.160 not a majority meaning

00:10:21.060 a majority government,

00:10:22.300 but more than the other

00:10:23.320 three parties out there.

00:10:25.600 The Liberals,

00:10:26.560 the NDP,

00:10:27.140 and Bloc Québécois

00:10:27.820 will not allow the Conservatives

00:10:29.220 to be in charge

00:10:30.020 and they will take over

00:10:31.280 and form a coalition government

00:10:32.960 and we will be stuck

00:10:34.120 with these people

00:10:34.800 and Alberta,

00:10:36.180 once again,

00:10:37.380 will be looking out to the East

00:10:39.020 saying,

00:10:39.520 what the hell is going on?

00:10:40.840 We need to start talking

00:10:42.280 about getting out of this country.

00:10:44.340 We have a national unity problem

00:10:46.700 in this country right now.

00:10:49.700 These other parties

00:10:51.120 have driven so much investment

00:10:52.800 out of our country

00:10:54.100 and we've shown the numbers here before.

00:10:56.780 Let me just bring this up on the screen.

00:10:59.020 An estimated $670 billion

00:11:01.240 of investment lost

00:11:02.900 in ditched resource projects

00:11:04.420 since Trudeau became Prime Minister.

00:11:07.440 Alberta has got to start talking

00:11:09.620 about getting out of this madhouse.

00:11:12.600 That's what this video is about today.

00:11:14.420 We have a national unity problem right now.

00:11:16.500 Danielle Smith was right,

00:11:18.240 maybe not for the same reason,

00:11:19.480 but I'm wondering

00:11:20.080 if she's seeing what I'm seeing.

00:11:22.520 I think the other thing

00:11:24.040 that could push us closer

00:11:25.040 to a national unity issue here

00:11:27.960 is the fact that I think

00:11:29.020 the Liberals are going to push

00:11:30.420 this election out until 2026

00:11:33.040 and they're going to do that

00:11:34.760 under the guise

00:11:35.640 of some type of emergency.

00:11:37.680 I mentioned that in a video

00:11:38.620 just the other day.

00:11:39.480 Anyhow,

00:11:39.960 I appreciate you watching.

00:11:41.380 What do you think?

00:11:43.020 Do we have a national unity problem?

00:11:45.700 Do you want Alberta

00:11:46.700 to stay in the country?

00:11:47.720 Do you think we should leave?

00:11:49.160 I'm not a proud Canadian.

00:11:51.120 I used to be.

00:11:52.320 I don't much like this country anymore.

00:11:54.360 I've discussed it with my wife before

00:11:56.040 about leaving the country.

00:11:57.280 We aren't really in that position right now,

00:11:59.760 but I'd like to leave.

00:12:01.120 I don't know where I can run to

00:12:02.440 because it's almost impossible

00:12:04.360 considering dollar exchange

00:12:06.520 and how difficult it is right now

00:12:08.740 to make ends meet,

00:12:11.060 to do something like that.

00:12:12.760 But I would certainly like

00:12:13.740 to get out of the country

00:12:14.580 and I think Alberta

00:12:15.480 needs to start planning for it

00:12:17.080 because the national unity issue

00:12:19.520 isn't going to get smaller.

00:12:20.720 It is going to get bigger.

00:12:21.780 Thanks very much for watching.

00:12:22.860 I do appreciate it.

00:12:23.800 If you liked the video,

00:12:25.000 please give me a thumbs up.

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00:12:29.100 And I'll see you in the next one.

00:12:30.360 Thank you.

John Bolton - February 07, 2025

Alberta... prepare for separation

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