John Bolton - October 05, 2025


Another Brick in the Wall： The Relentless Obstruction of Alberta’s Future


Episode Stats

Length

11 minutes

Words per Minute

180.51141

Word Count

2,026

Sentence Count

166

Misogynist Sentences

3

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

In this episode, John talks about the change in attitude of BC Premier David Eby towards Alberta and his opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, and why this is so alarming to Alberta and First Nations along the coast of British Columbia.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. Sunday, October the 5th, 624 AM. I hope you're having a
00:00:10.800 great start to your Sunday morning. Hope you're having an awesome weekend. It's cooler here in
00:00:15.300 Calgary. You can see I'm not wearing t-shirts anymore. Got the sweatshirt on and I do not want
00:00:20.760 to have to turn on the thing in that room back there. That's my fossil fuel generated heat that
00:00:25.820 keeps me from dying every year here in Alberta when winter comes. Got my big blue mug of coffee
00:00:31.780 with me today. Thanks for being here today. I want to talk about barriers today. Barriers to Alberta
00:00:39.600 prosperity. And the thing I thought about this morning, I don't know why I woke up thinking
00:00:44.280 about this, was the change in attitude of BC Premier David Eby. Why all of a sudden, I was
00:00:49.180 talking to somebody yesterday involved with the independence movement here in Alberta.
00:00:52.780 I went out for coffee yesterday. And I was talking to him about this and what has changed
00:00:58.580 all of a sudden when it comes to the attitude of David Eby. It's changed quite a bit. I'll show you
00:01:02.320 a couple of clips in just a moment that prove it. But there's another barrier in the way of Alberta
00:01:08.800 prosperity that not too many people are talking about. What are the barriers right now? You've
00:01:12.500 heard them a dozen times. You've got Bill C-48, Bill C-69. We haven't got access to a port on the
00:01:19.380 west coast or the east coast for that matter. We've got the emissions cap in the way. We've
00:01:23.920 got the net zero regulations of the Carney government, things like that. Those are the
00:01:28.660 things that Daniel Smith talked about. Another barrier is C-5. Now that was the bill that would
00:01:34.200 allow Mark Carney to decide what gets built in the country. That is a barrier regardless of what
00:01:39.100 people are saying. C-5 was built to get around Bill C-69 and 48, which are still on the books,
00:01:44.420 which are still laws. Mark Carney is the decider for Alberta. And then, of course, there's the
00:01:49.400 Carney consensus we've talked about before. Aboriginal groups, indigenous groups, provinces
00:01:54.080 can get in the way of anything they want. But what else is a barrier right now? And it's the biggest
00:01:59.280 thing that not too many people are talking about. So let's look at David Eby and what he was talking
00:02:05.700 about back in the summertime. This is him on CTV News. And he was talking about working with Alberta.
00:02:12.480 And this is what he had to say back then. Well, I've said very clearly to Premier Smith
00:02:18.060 that if she's able to arrange that, then we're happy to sit down with Alberta and have that
00:02:22.480 conversation with them about what that would look like. But let's be honest with ourselves. We have
00:02:28.120 a $36 billion pipeline that's publicly owned that the federal government cannot sell. It's not even
00:02:33.560 operating at capacity. There is not a world in which that pipeline across the north happens without
00:02:39.780 a significant federal subsidy. If the Premier of Alberta is able to pull that off, I say more power
00:02:45.420 to her. So he said back then, hey, listen, if she can pull this off, certainly we'll talk to her.
00:02:52.400 She doesn't want the federal government to pay for this. She's going to put $14 million into
00:02:56.980 being a proponent for a pipeline out there. So she's working within the boundaries that she's been
00:03:03.480 given. But David Eby was being rather friendly about it back then. But he changed the other day. And
00:03:08.980 what has changed? So this is what he had to say the other day. And like I said, the other day,
00:03:12.540 he's spitting fire here. He wants nothing to do with Alberta anymore. He wants nothing to do with
00:03:17.880 my province and my premier. The problem that we have is that Premier Smith continues to advance a
00:03:24.000 project that is entirely taxpayer funded, has no private sector proponent, is not a real project,
00:03:32.700 is and is incredibly alarming to British Columbians, including First Nations along the coast,
00:03:39.760 whose support is required for the success of the billions of dollars in real projects that I'm
00:03:46.280 talking about. We need a major projects office at the federal level, not a major distractions office,
00:03:55.540 not a major politics office, but an office that advances real shovel-ready projects that will move
00:04:02.960 this economy forward in British Columbia and nationally. And what I am seeing from Alberta
00:04:08.580 directly threatens that. So he's changed his attitude quite a bit. What has changed? Why is he talking
00:04:17.820 like this right now? See articles like this online right now. David Eby, not a pipeline,
00:04:22.480 is the true threat to Canada's economy. Jason Kenney was on CBC saying a similar thing and
00:04:27.760 tweeting about this as well. I put Kenney on, but he's an absolute nutcase. He doesn't like people
00:04:32.040 like me who want to see an independent Alberta. He wants the continued mediocrity of Canada.
00:04:37.280 There's this as well. Keith Wilson, I'd like to get him on my channel. BC Premier David Eby makes
00:04:42.620 unconstitutional threat to block Alberta's pipeline needs. Here's the truth. Vancouver runs out of
00:04:47.180 gasoline in four to five days without Alberta's existing pipelines. As an independent nation,
00:04:51.920 Alberta holds massive leverage. BC would have no choice but to allow Alberta to get our pipelines
00:04:55.980 built. So more of this talk about basically shutting down rail lines, shutting down roads,
00:05:00.760 and turning off the energy to BC. We could certainly do that. And certainly unconstitutionally,
00:05:06.060 see the federal government has control of pipelines between provinces. Provinces control the natural
00:05:10.600 resources, but the federal government can make a decision on this. So Carney could come out and say,
00:05:15.000 listen, Mr. Eby, this is in the national interest. We need a pipeline, but he's not going to do that.
00:05:20.020 And why? The big thing that is very important here, I was going to play a little clip here from
00:05:26.100 Danielle Smith, but it's just not even bother that she's going over the same old ground over and over
00:05:29.540 again. She knows what's going on here. But the reason why we're not going to see a pipeline decided
00:05:35.380 on by Mark Carney anytime soon is because of an election. There is an election. There's talk of
00:05:40.840 election right now. There could be election very soon. We've got a budget coming up for the first time
00:05:47.460 about 18 months in early November, and we're expected to see massive deficits here and spending.
00:05:53.740 And Carney needs the support of another party. Now, the conservatives will not support his budget.
00:06:01.160 But if he doesn't get complete support of the rest of the parties, then there will be an election.
00:06:07.940 If Carney were to come out sometime soon and say there is a pipeline going to go through BC,
00:06:16.000 the liberals have 20 seats in British Columbia, and they need all of them or the conservatives will
00:06:21.180 get in. They only have two seats in Alberta. So what side is Mark Carney going to take? He's going to
00:06:27.560 take the side of BC because if Carney said he's going to put a pipeline through, he could lose some seats
00:06:32.440 and it would all be over for the liberal party. And what do the liberals care about the most?
00:06:35.980 They care about power. They don't care about prosperity at all. Now, what else do they care
00:06:41.740 about? Well, what are they investing money in right now? They're not investing in pipelines.
00:06:45.520 Not that I want them to, because as Daniel Smith said, it would be a failure if it was government
00:06:54.340 that had to invest in pipelines. She wants to see private companies invest in pipelines. But what is
00:06:59.160 the federal government investing in here? Here is your energy minister. This is Tim Hodge.
00:07:03.100 That is why today I'm pleased to announce a federal investment of over $22 million in support of eight
00:07:11.380 projects in Quebec and across the rest of Canada to accelerate battery innovation and production
00:07:18.100 capacity all across this country. He's investing in EV batteries in Quebec.
00:07:24.640 That's the priority of the government. Here he is again. He's asked about how EV batteries are
00:07:33.000 failing. He's asked about this. Listen to what he says. This is a guy who has control of some of your
00:07:38.560 money, a lot of your money. Listen to this.
00:07:40.920 Sometimes those things fail. That's part of business. I mean, I'm a business person. That's
00:07:48.340 part of business. When somebody fails, we shouldn't look down on them. We should say,
00:07:55.980 good for you for trying. Let's help you. The problem is it's your money that's failing. This
00:08:01.220 failure is costing you money. This guy is saying it's perfectly fine if EV battery plants fail.
00:08:07.200 Here's a story out of Quebec. Northvolt battery plant partnership dead. Loses $270 million investment.
00:08:16.140 Here's a look at some investment failures here. Canada has seen significant EV investment failures
00:08:20.880 and setbacks, notably at Northvolt battery plant collapse in Quebec due to its parent company's
00:08:25.660 bankruptcy, resulting in lost government funding and efforts to recover assets. Additionally,
00:08:30.440 Ford has scrapped its planned Oakville EV plant after receiving substantial government support.
00:08:35.000 And Honda has delayed its Ontario EV investment, setting weak demand and challenging profitability
00:08:40.040 due to the factors like U.S. auto tariffs. These events highlight challenges with market demand,
00:08:45.100 profitability, and the reliance on foreign companies and complex supply chains. We're talking
00:08:49.600 about billions of dollars. And the energy minister in Canada says it's fine if they fail. At least they
00:08:55.580 tried, folks. Meanwhile, we've got Blanchet who realizes what's going on on a federal basis here.
00:09:01.980 Yves-Francois Blanchet, the head of the Bloc Québécois, he knows carnies between a rock and a hard place
00:09:08.660 here. He needs this guy's support when it comes to the upcoming non-confidence vote, which basically
00:09:15.280 the budget will be, will be. If there's a vote of non-confidence, we've got an election, folks.
00:09:21.140 This is what he says about Alberta.
00:09:22.080 Let's imagine that Quebec is an independent and free country. We will go on the world's stages to say
00:09:28.960 that Alberta is destroying the environment of the whole planet.
00:09:33.900 We are destroying the environment of the whole planet. See, Yves-Francois Blanchet knows that Mark
00:09:39.040 Carney needs him. David Eby knows that Mark Carney can't okay a pipeline through B.C. or he'll lose seats
00:09:45.320 in British Columbia and he needs them all. So there's not a chance in hell that we're going to
00:09:51.240 get a pipeline. And I know Danielle Smith knows this. Again, she needs to stop playing nice and
00:09:59.180 she needs to start getting even. And it would be nasty as hell to shut down the rail lines. It'd be
00:10:05.080 nasty as hell to shut down the roads. It'd be nasty as hell to shut off supply of energy as British
00:10:10.880 Columbia heads into winter, just like the rest of the country. But at least we would have some
00:10:15.540 leverage over what the hell is going on here and what would be better. And what I think is, you know,
00:10:21.680 I'm just fine with all of this. Be honest with you. I'm fine with all of this. So many people so upset
00:10:26.360 with the federal government here. They don't live in Alberta and they're not somebody who wants Alberta
00:10:30.480 independence. Every time this kind of crap happens, it's just a benefit for the Alberta independence
00:10:38.100 movement. But this is just another barrier. You know, for 10 years under the liberal government,
00:10:43.060 we've been trying to bring barriers down and more and more have been built. We seem to forget that.
00:10:51.260 Thanks for watching. By the way, don't forget October 25th, you need to be in Edmonton at the
00:10:57.320 legislature from four to six for an independence rally. You need to be there. I will be there.
00:11:03.920 I hope to see you there. Thanks for watching. If you liked the video, give it a thumbs up,
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00:11:12.520 Have a great Sunday.