John Bolton - June 26, 2025


Danielle Smith & Mark Carney - Epic SHOWDOWN incoming


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John talks about the cost of coffee and why we should stop drinking it. Also some good news about the upcoming Alberta Prosperity Project rally next week. Thanks to all of you who sent in your kind comments about yesterday's "This and That" video.

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00:00:00.220 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. It is 4.43 a.m. Thursday, June the 26th. I've got my big blue mug of coffee.
00:00:07.400 Hope you're having a great start to your day. I certainly am. You know what? I want to do...
00:00:12.660 This is kind of a this and that video. A little bit of stuff that's going on right now in the country.
00:00:17.420 I've got something good coming up in just a moment, by the way. It's not all bad, okay?
00:00:21.820 But this is actually a bad thing.
00:00:24.400 I want to do some social commentary on the big blue mug of coffee this morning.
00:00:28.100 Not the mug itself, but what's in the mug. Coffee.
00:00:31.480 I like coffee. I started drinking coffee years ago when I was a morning broadcaster.
00:00:35.660 Kind of wakes you up a little bit, perks you up a little bit.
00:00:38.920 Coffee's getting more expensive, as everything is.
00:00:41.580 But I want to talk to you about the cream.
00:00:44.260 I'm seriously considering quitting drinking coffee because of coffee cream.
00:00:48.880 And I've brought it up here on the channel on a number of occasions.
00:00:51.300 Only a couple of weeks ago, I had a liter of coffee.
00:00:53.360 It cost me $4.13 for one liter of coffee.
00:00:56.140 How do you like that dairy cartel in Quebec?
00:00:59.360 But anyhow, $4.13 for one liter of coffee.
00:01:04.040 And I started doing the math in my head.
00:01:05.380 I figure we probably drink four liters a week.
00:01:08.380 When you drink coffee every morning, yeah, at probably four, maybe five, but probably four.
00:01:13.480 So let's say it's four at $4 a liter.
00:01:15.880 That's $16 a week.
00:01:18.240 I'm going to do some math here.
00:01:19.580 I've always said don't do math on the air.
00:01:21.360 I was a radio broadcaster, you end up looking stupid.
00:01:23.800 But for $16 a week by 52 weeks, that's over $800 a year in cream.
00:01:31.380 That's how much we could save if we quit drinking coffee in my family.
00:01:35.400 It's getting unaffordable to drink the damn stuff because, well, you know why.
00:01:40.460 And Carney says he's going to give you a tax break by July 1st, which won't cover the cost
00:01:45.940 of the cream for my freaking coffee.
00:01:48.600 So anyway, moving on from there, there's some good news today.
00:01:51.720 First off, I want to thank you for your kind comments about yesterday's video.
00:01:57.680 I felt bad because I missed the rally for independence here in Calgary.
00:02:02.040 Brain freeze.
00:02:03.060 But all of you were very nice about that.
00:02:04.660 And if you look on the comments at the top, I pinned something saying thank you so much
00:02:08.540 for your kind comments.
00:02:09.720 By the way, some of you sent out some super thanks yesterday.
00:02:13.420 A few bucks my way.
00:02:14.420 I appreciate that.
00:02:15.300 It's not necessary, but thank you so much for doing that.
00:02:18.080 But I wanted to tell you, I will be going to an Alberta Prosperity Project rally next
00:02:24.840 week because I went to their website.
00:02:26.980 Let me go over here.
00:02:27.680 I'm trying something out new here today, folks.
00:02:30.420 I went over to their website.
00:02:31.840 See, this is new technology.
00:02:33.240 I'm getting in line with the kids.
00:02:35.680 Here's the Alberta Prosperity Project website.
00:02:38.000 If you haven't been there, albertaprosperityproject.com.
00:02:40.920 And if we go up to the top here and we click on events, which I did yesterday, we come up
00:02:47.260 with the upcoming dates.
00:02:48.340 Lots of dates coming up.
00:02:49.420 If you're in Alberta, check out this page and you can attend one of their rallies as
00:02:54.620 well.
00:02:54.980 But there's one coming up here in Airdrie.
00:02:56.760 And for those of you who don't know Alberta very well, Airdrie's just north of Calgary.
00:03:00.660 I'm going to that one.
00:03:02.120 I RSVP'd.
00:03:03.300 I've already put it on my calendar.
00:03:05.480 And if we click on this one, you'll see that Mitch Sylvester will be there next week.
00:03:09.920 And I spoke to Mitch.
00:03:11.020 Watched the video I did with Mitch about a week or so ago.
00:03:13.940 And Jeffrey Rath is going to be there.
00:03:15.400 I'm going to try to get Jeffrey on with me on the channel, hopefully early next week.
00:03:19.780 I'm going to try to arrange something with Jeffrey today prior to this get-together in
00:03:24.580 Airdrie on Thursday night next week.
00:03:26.700 So I'll be there.
00:03:27.320 So look for a video, hopefully on Friday morning, if not Saturday morning, of the next week.
00:03:32.180 Next week, about the independence rally here in Airdrie.
00:03:35.820 And I plan on being there for sure.
00:03:37.600 I'm going to take my wife along as well.
00:03:39.600 So that's to start.
00:03:41.900 Now there's some good news.
00:03:44.600 Right off the top, I've got some good news for you because it's been a good month.
00:03:49.140 Now I know it's been a bad month from a standpoint of Canadian politics.
00:03:52.860 I mean, all of the liberal stuff that's been going on and Mark Carney and whatnot.
00:03:58.560 But let's get some good news out of this, folks.
00:04:01.060 The good news is it's been a good month.
00:04:03.900 And you know what June is to leftists.
00:04:06.480 It's pride month. 1.00
00:04:07.880 And you get inundated with pride stuff all the time.
00:04:11.680 And it drives you crazy because most conservatives really don't give a damn what you do when
00:04:15.460 you go to your bedroom.
00:04:17.120 A little foreshadowing there.
00:04:18.620 But we haven't, it hasn't been as prevalent this year.
00:04:23.320 Have you noticed?
00:04:23.880 And it's been good.
00:04:25.120 We haven't seen constant stories about them painting stuff on roads and pride stuff.
00:04:31.180 Maybe it's because Trudeau loved to be at pride parades.
00:04:34.280 It's, I've always wondered why.
00:04:36.940 Have you?
00:04:37.540 But anyway, he always wanted to be in pride parades.
00:04:39.320 We haven't seen Mark Carney sitting in any cars in pride parades this year.
00:04:42.940 We still have a few days left this month.
00:04:44.840 That's possible.
00:04:45.900 I don't know where the pride parades are happening this weekend.
00:04:48.320 But that is still possible.
00:04:49.560 But we just haven't had it in our face constantly.
00:04:52.220 And I think that's a good thing.
00:04:53.860 And you know what?
00:04:54.240 The reason I'm bringing this up is because of this article right here.
00:04:59.420 Warmington, only in Canada would government alter its national flag to promote wokeness.
00:05:04.680 At a time when Prime Minister Carney is promoting Canada again, the federal government changed
00:05:09.680 the flag.
00:05:10.660 While in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford sent his own message by putting a giant proper Maple Leaf
00:05:14.900 standard on the front of Queen's Park.
00:05:16.560 And I saw this this morning.
00:05:18.180 This was an article from yesterday.
00:05:19.920 But this is what they set out.
00:05:21.800 You don't alter your logo.
00:05:23.440 And this is something you learn if you've ever sat in on meetings and you've had to
00:05:27.460 prepare any documents.
00:05:29.380 You never alter a company's logo.
00:05:32.440 You never change the brand of a company.
00:05:35.260 And lots of companies did that in June.
00:05:37.260 And I've seen other people talking about this.
00:05:39.980 But companies haven't done that quite that much this year.
00:05:43.360 But Canada is the gayest country in the world. 1.00
00:05:47.120 We have to send out stuff like this.
00:05:48.740 You don't mess with the Canadian flag.
00:05:51.940 I've seen it with marijuana leaves on there.
00:05:54.280 The natives use it.
00:05:55.320 They put symbols on it.
00:05:56.820 You're not supposed to do that.
00:05:58.560 Warmington said, somebody should tell the government of Canada there's only one Canadian
00:06:02.280 flag.
00:06:03.140 And then Doug Ford, he put this one up.
00:06:06.480 This is Queen's Park in Toronto.
00:06:08.620 So good for Doug Ford.
00:06:10.140 I'm not pissing on Canada.
00:06:11.560 I don't dislike Canada.
00:06:12.760 I'm just an Albertan.
00:06:13.800 That's what I consider myself.
00:06:14.900 If you like Canada, good for you.
00:06:16.600 But good for Doug Ford for doing this.
00:06:19.020 Maybe some inside the federal government need a lesson on what is a legal Canadian flag
00:06:24.420 and what isn't.
00:06:25.380 Regulations say it should be red on each end, white in the middle with a red maple leaf.
00:06:29.400 You don't change the logo.
00:06:31.060 Yet for some reason on the Canada X account with 1.1 million followers, a flag was posted
00:06:36.280 with the red ends in rainbow colors which are synonymous with Pride month of June.
00:06:40.840 And here I'll show you the tweet that they sent out.
00:06:42.680 Here it is.
00:06:43.460 In Canada, we know that diversity is our strength and we love to celebrate it.
00:06:47.440 This Being You Day.
00:06:51.760 Let it be a reminder to be authentically yourself and celebrate all the things that make you
00:06:56.900 you.
00:06:57.660 What the hell does that mean?
00:06:59.500 It's the first time I've actually read this whole tweet.
00:07:02.780 Now, I mean, I want to ask you, can you be anybody else but you?
00:07:06.680 This is absurd, but you don't change the logo.
00:07:09.060 But it's been a good month from that standpoint.
00:07:11.020 But you may remember going back here, Carney did kind of kick off the month.
00:07:15.380 This is going back to June 10th, giving more money to make parades safer for the Alphabet
00:07:21.140 people.
00:07:22.320 I don't know where we've ever had an issue with it being unsafe.
00:07:25.920 And then, of course, this is him raising the flag right here.
00:07:29.060 On Parliament Hill.
00:07:38.000 But, you know, it's just one of those things, as a conservative, I really don't care what
00:07:42.740 you do.
00:07:45.080 Liberals are obsessed with this stuff.
00:07:47.900 And they try to slam people like myself as somebody who's a homophobe.
00:07:51.640 And I'm not a homophobe.
00:07:52.780 I have friends who are gay.
00:07:54.200 I don't care.
00:07:56.080 It's the liberals who always make this an issue.
00:08:01.240 And there was another liberal a long time ago who said something.
00:08:04.440 The only thing I think he ever said that I agreed with.
00:08:08.240 And the liberals today have to embrace this man's message.
00:08:11.180 On homosexuality, I think the view we take here is that there's no place for the state
00:08:21.600 in the bedrooms of the nation.
00:08:23.200 For those of you who don't know, that was Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada.
00:08:27.760 That would have been probably early 70s.
00:08:29.880 It's in black and white.
00:08:31.400 That is Justin's dad.
00:08:34.180 Apparently.
00:08:35.660 But I think liberals should take his comments to heart.
00:08:39.280 So let's move on to today.
00:08:40.800 And I want you to think about two words.
00:08:44.180 And I don't know if anybody else is ever going to say this.
00:08:46.480 I'm just a guy in his basement.
00:08:48.460 But climate economy.
00:08:51.220 Climate economy.
00:08:53.320 I think that's where we're going.
00:08:55.060 I did a video the other day saying all the chess pieces are falling into place.
00:08:59.080 Carney over at the EU, over in Europe.
00:09:01.960 Because Canada is the most European of the non-European countries, says the Prime Minister
00:09:06.040 of Canada.
00:09:07.320 He's over there with his friends who he can relate to.
00:09:09.560 Because he doesn't relate with North Americans as much as he relates to those people. 0.54
00:09:12.880 But the EU, they're all about climate.
00:09:16.520 Climate.
00:09:17.400 The carbon border adjustment.
00:09:19.720 Taxing our oil and gas industry.
00:09:21.240 Keeping oil and gas in the ground.
00:09:22.580 No pipelines for Canada.
00:09:23.900 Right?
00:09:25.100 Climate economy.
00:09:26.340 Another piece is falling into place.
00:09:28.080 I don't know whether it's the king.
00:09:29.500 I don't know whether we're in a checkmate position yet.
00:09:31.280 But possibly.
00:09:32.340 Here's an article right here that I noticed.
00:09:34.120 This is from mining.com.
00:09:36.940 Prime Minister says Canada's mines to help pay a $110 billion NATO bill.
00:09:42.020 Now you know about this.
00:09:43.460 Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can meet a steep expected increase in its North Atlantic
00:09:48.040 Treaty Organization obligations spending partly by leaning on the country's bounty of critical
00:09:53.620 minerals.
00:09:54.000 Well, good.
00:09:55.580 I'm wondering who's going to get in the way of doing these things.
00:09:59.660 Provinces and Aboriginals and whatnot. 0.74
00:10:01.600 But the 32-member military alliance is meeting in The Hague and discussing a new total spending
00:10:06.740 target of 5% of gross domestic product, 3.5% in core defense funding, and 1.5% in related
00:10:15.140 investments, including infrastructure.
00:10:17.400 That's a lot of money.
00:10:18.960 If we go down here for Canada, that 5% comes out to about $150 billion, he said, before clarifying
00:10:26.860 a little less than a third of that overall number is spending on things that, quite frankly,
00:10:31.260 we're already doing to build the resilience of our economy.
00:10:34.440 So let's just take him at his word that we can easily spend $50 billion in this country.
00:10:40.400 And you know how much I trust this guy.
00:10:42.200 That leaves $100 billion, and he says we can get that from mining.
00:10:48.940 Remember, climate economy.
00:10:51.200 Let's go over to this article in the Financial Post.
00:10:54.920 This is an opportunity.
00:10:56.360 Federal energy minister says, world is eyeing Canada's critical minerals.
00:11:00.440 Oh, really?
00:11:01.900 Tim Hodgson, who is the energy and natural resources minister, says he constantly hears from other
00:11:07.940 countries that want to buy critical minerals from Canada, and that is presenting the country
00:11:12.780 with an opportunity for economic growth.
00:11:14.820 Well, that's good news.
00:11:16.040 My wife happens to be in the mining industry.
00:11:18.040 I think this is great news.
00:11:19.500 But why are they doing this?
00:11:22.160 Why are they so eager to start mining in our country?
00:11:26.160 There's a kicker to this.
00:11:27.220 It's coming up.
00:11:28.000 Let's go down here.
00:11:29.740 Put a little highlight here.
00:11:30.760 Hodgson said, Canada is standing at a unique moment in its history that is defined by instability.
00:11:36.100 Supply chains are being ripped apart.
00:11:39.340 Climate change is advancing, and Canada is in the midst of a devastating trade war with
00:11:44.820 the United States, its closest trading partner.
00:11:50.520 Tim Hodgson brings up climate change.
00:11:53.580 We're talking about mining.
00:11:54.920 We're talking about critical minerals.
00:11:57.140 Mark Carney is all about net zero, about climate change.
00:12:00.560 He's going to try to advance Canada's climate economy, saying we have to build mines so
00:12:06.260 that we can get things out of the ground to build windmills and solar panels.
00:12:09.520 Now, that's just fine.
00:12:10.780 I'm an all-in kind of guy.
00:12:12.680 But I'm an oil and gas guy.
00:12:14.420 I live in Alberta, for Christ's sakes.
00:12:16.840 But Carney is committing to building mines in this country.
00:12:21.020 He will not commit to building a pipeline in this country.
00:12:24.520 And we've been asking for years here in Alberta.
00:12:27.980 Danielle Smith is on the war path for a pipeline in this country. 0.92
00:12:32.880 And we have no commitment.
00:12:34.540 But Carney goes to the EU, sits down, and now he's committing to mines.
00:12:38.440 But he won't commit to pipelines because he will not get rid of C-69. 0.99
00:12:42.660 He won't get rid of the tanker ban.
00:12:44.400 He doesn't like oil and gas.
00:12:46.080 Which just leads me to this point right here.
00:12:48.720 And this is going to end this video.
00:12:50.220 A classic war is shaping up in this country between Alberta, Danielle Smith, and Mark Carney.
00:12:59.340 Classic.
00:12:59.900 It's going to be huge.
00:13:01.580 We have got...
00:13:03.120 Let me go over here.
00:13:05.080 The next election...
00:13:06.400 I'm just going to get rid of the...
00:13:08.040 Get rid of... 0.99
00:13:09.080 Let's go over to the screen here.
00:13:10.620 Alberta's next election is coming up on October 18th, 2027.
00:13:14.520 Time's a-wasting, folks, for Danielle Smith.
00:13:17.000 She needs a win. 1.00
00:13:20.220 She's been screaming about getting Ottawa off our back for months.
00:13:25.500 She's got demands of Ottawa, and she gets nothing. 0.71
00:13:28.300 While Carney's talking about doing mining to get critical minerals.
00:13:32.100 No doubt because of his climate economy.
00:13:39.640 So, Danielle Smith needs a win. 1.00
00:13:42.320 The head, Nenshi, just got elected in a by-election.
00:13:44.940 If you're not from Alberta, he's the head of the NDP here.
00:13:47.520 Former mayor of Calgary, a nightmare.
00:13:51.460 If she doesn't get a win real soon, it's over.
00:13:55.980 And she's got to get a win from the federal government. 0.86
00:13:58.640 A classic war is heating up.
00:14:00.340 We've got an indication of that over the last 24 to 48 hours.
00:14:05.720 Our potential is as limitless as our skies.
00:14:09.440 But let's face it, Alberta's being held back. 0.99
00:14:12.460 Our economy has been under attack for most of the last 10 years.
00:14:16.140 Frankly, off and on for decades long before then.
00:14:19.700 Not by a foreign country or by rural economic forces.
00:14:24.000 No, Alberta's biggest threat to our prosperity and growth has come from our own nation's capital.
00:14:29.800 Alberta has an Ottawa problem.
00:14:31.460 So, this goes on and on.
00:14:34.340 She just absolutely hammers the liberal government. 1.00
00:14:38.360 It's been the liberals for the last 10 years.
00:14:40.800 Firing a shot across the bow of Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada.
00:14:45.520 While Carney is committing to mines, he won't commit to our oil and gas industry.
00:14:50.120 Very effective video.
00:14:51.440 Part of the Alberta Next panel she's putting together.
00:14:54.200 They're going to go around the province and ask Albertans what they want.
00:14:57.340 We'll have a referendum next year with a number of questions, including an independence vote.
00:15:02.980 I think it should be a separate thing, pun intended there.
00:15:07.260 The independence vote should be separate from these other referenda that she's talking about.
00:15:11.900 But folks, an epic battle is coming and I'm not sure how it's going to end between Alberta and the federal government.
00:15:18.720 I'd like to see it end in independence for Alberta, but it's going to be head-to-head between Carney and Daniel Smith until he commits to building not just a pipeline, but pipelines.
00:15:32.100 And letting Alberta become the economic powerhouse it truly can be.
00:15:38.220 But remember, climate, economy.
00:15:42.280 That's all Carney cares about.
00:15:44.460 Everything will be based on climate.
00:15:46.900 By the way, ignore the Wikipedia posting below this video.
00:15:50.460 Ignore it.
00:15:52.140 YouTube and Google, always put that down there.
00:15:54.520 Ignore it.
00:15:55.780 Thanks very much for watching.
00:15:57.200 I do appreciate it.
00:15:58.120 Kind of a this and that video today.
00:16:00.480 Thanks for all your kind words.
00:16:02.260 I appreciate those as well.
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00:16:13.360 And I'll see you in the next one.