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

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 1.00

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 0.94

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 1.00

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 1.00

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 1.00

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 0.95

00:10:38.100 movement. But this is just another barrier. You know, for 10 years under the liberal government, 0.99

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,

00:11:08.000 subscribe to the channel, ring the bell for notifications. I'll see you in the next one.

00:11:12.520 Have a great Sunday.

John Bolton - October 05, 2025

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

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