John Bolton - December 03, 2025


First Nations Vote Against Prosperity - CUT Them OFF!


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9 minutes

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1,603

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104

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In this episode, I talk about the need for First Nations to get the hell out of the way of development projects in Canada. I also discuss the lack of support from First Nations for the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline project.

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00:00:00.000 I have a saying, there will never be reconciliation in Canada because the grift would have to end.
00:00:30.000 Just a reminder that clicking on the Big Blue Mug does not subscribe you.
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00:00:36.560 So I stand behind my comment off the top of this video that there will never be reconciliation as long as the grift continues.
00:00:45.340 For those of you who don't know what grift means, here's your definition.
00:00:48.400 Engage in petty or small scale swindling.
00:00:51.340 And I looked at that definition this morning and I thought maybe I should pick a different word because the swindling is not petty or small scale in this country.
00:00:59.020 It is swindling of a grand scale when it comes to indigenous groups, aboriginal groups, or first nations groups, whatever is in right now.
00:01:07.820 I've said here before, I'm not ashamed to say it.
00:01:10.100 I think other people have said it online.
00:01:12.220 If you don't want to be part of the prosperity in this country, you should not benefit from the prosperity in this country.
00:01:19.020 That goes for provinces as well as indigenous groups, first nations groups.
00:01:23.940 There are plenty of first nations groups that are doing very well because they want to be part of the prosperity.
00:01:30.060 In fact, maybe I should get one of the chiefs on here to talk about it.
00:01:33.280 But there are too many that get in the way.
00:01:36.140 Now I'm going to lower the boom on the assembly of first nations in just a moment.
00:01:39.320 And basically the amount of money that we give to these people every year, we should continually cut them off more and more unless they get the hell out of the way.
00:01:48.980 Now on the weekend, Danielle Smith, she went on about the memorandum of understanding with Mark Carney and she got booed at her annual general meeting.
00:01:59.540 Now this is the deal that's supposed to get a pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, which I don't think is going to happen.
00:02:05.220 There are too many things in the way, the province and aboriginal groups. 1.00
00:02:08.860 Now I watched Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepenak.
00:02:15.600 She's at their big meeting yesterday.
00:02:18.780 I watched her speech, which went on for 25 minutes.
00:02:21.720 There's a link in the description below.
00:02:23.760 And she made it quite clear that unless the native groups in British Columbia agree to this pipeline, it ain't going to happen.
00:02:32.420 And she pissed all over the memorandum of understanding with Mark Carney and Danielle Smith.
00:02:39.340 Now keep in mind while you're watching this that everything you see was paid for by you.
00:02:46.580 And justice for First Nations in 2025 also means that Canada and the provinces actually live up to their obligation to respect our fundamental rights under the Charter and the United Nations Declaration.
00:02:59.420 This has been in the news a lot with a recent announcement about big resource projects.
00:03:04.740 On the weekend, we saw a national report on the Alberta-Canada MOU state categorically that the mantra of free, prior and informed consent from Indigenous communities is gone.
00:03:14.880 As if First Nations rights can be wiped away with one federal, provincial MOU.
00:03:19.280 It was difficult to watch BC and many First Nations excluded from these discussions, particularly on the Pacific Coast.
00:03:26.040 So we lift up all chiefs impacted for their passion and for their leadership, regardless of their position.
00:03:34.200 Chiefs, of course, have different views on development, and this is to be celebrated.
00:03:37.940 I told the press that this morning, not feared or used against us as a wedge to try and divide us.
00:03:43.660 The truth is that Canada can create all the MOUs, project offices, advisory groups that they want, but chiefs are united.
00:03:50.500 When it comes to approving large national projects on First Nations lands, there will not be getting around rights holders. 0.99
00:03:57.880 That's another reason outstanding First Nations treaty rights must be reconciled before others,
00:04:03.040 because Métis rights do not include rights over First Nations lands, territories, and resources.
00:04:09.200 First Nations, with the exception of the Inuit, are the only true landowners of these traditional territories.
00:04:14.600 We have governed these lands.
00:04:21.980 We raise this critical history because Canada, the province, and proponents developing these major projects
00:04:28.220 must take First Nations rights seriously.
00:04:31.100 Everyone should know by now that there is no cutting corners when it comes to protecting human health,
00:04:36.380 vital watersheds, and the constitutional rights of First Nations people.
00:04:40.420 Canada's gross domestic product is generated off lands, of First Nations lands and resources. 0.71
00:04:47.180 Over $600 billion of projects are forecast to be launched on our traditional lands over the next decade.
00:04:53.760 The potential benefits are in the trillions of dollars, but they won't advance without First Nations support.
00:04:59.480 Until an appropriate development process is established and founded in free, prior and informed consent,
00:05:06.560 the Crown's constitutional legal obligations will not be met.
00:05:09.520 This is the law, and it can't be wished away.
00:05:13.240 Once again, everything you saw in that video, you paid for.
00:05:17.980 I'm going to come back around to that in just a moment.
00:05:20.160 But are you encouraged by what the Chief said about this memorandum of understanding?
00:05:25.960 Well, I'm going to piss all over your encouragement right now.
00:05:28.820 Okay?
00:05:29.440 This is from the CBC.
00:05:31.360 Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal.
00:05:36.900 That's just a bit of the article for you.
00:05:39.520 Assembly of First Nations chiefs voted unanimously on Tuesday to demand the withdrawal of a new pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta,
00:05:47.300 while expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast that strongly opposed the initiative.
00:05:53.360 Hundreds of First Nations leaders are gathered this week in Ottawa for their annual December meeting,
00:05:57.620 where high on the agenda was the Federal Provincial Memorandum of Understanding for a bitumen pipeline to Asian markets announced last week.
00:06:04.460 A pipeline to BC's coast is nothing but a pipe dream, said Chief Donald Edgars of Old Masset Village Council in Haida Gwaii, who moved the resolution.
00:06:13.940 In an opening speech, AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepenak said,
00:06:17.680 It was as if First Nations rights can be wiped away with one federal-provincial MOU.
00:06:24.420 Canada can create all the MOUs, project offices, advisory groups that they want.
00:06:29.200 The chiefs are united, she told the group.
00:06:31.000 I'm going to go down here and read what Mark Carney said, because he spoke to these people.
00:06:34.900 I'm going to spare you listening to the man's voice.
00:06:36.900 I can't stand listening to the guy.
00:06:38.400 Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared later in the afternoon to address a packed conference room.
00:06:44.280 In prepared remarks, Carney said his plan to build a word he used in some form about two dozen times,
00:06:50.160 quote, can only move forward with First Nations, unquote.
00:06:53.380 And you were told that there was no veto to this pipeline.
00:06:57.680 Danielle Smith was told there's no veto to this pipeline by the province or indigenous groups.
00:07:03.400 And Mark Carney just said it right there, can only move forward with First Nations. 0.94
00:07:09.160 And they just voted unanimously against it.
00:07:12.680 Crucially, we will build in partnership by upholding indigenous rights, he said, earning some light applause.
00:07:18.780 While Mark Carney says we can only move forward with First Nations,
00:07:22.220 here's Keith Wilson who's been on the channel before talking about the vote I just told you about.
00:07:27.820 We have a constitution.
00:07:29.320 It says who decides maritime shipping.
00:07:31.340 It's not the AFN.
00:07:33.140 Only the federal government can regulate tanker routes.
00:07:36.400 No veto power for AFN or BC.
00:07:39.280 It's the law.
00:07:40.640 And it has been that way since 1867.
00:07:43.700 Now, when I said that you paid for everything you saw in that video, you did.
00:07:47.860 How much money does the AFN get?
00:07:50.040 And where do they get their money?
00:07:51.660 Well, you know where it comes from.
00:07:53.080 It comes from you.
00:07:54.560 I put into chat GPT, who funds the Assembly of First Nations in Canada and how much.
00:07:59.200 And if you look down here, total expenditures in the year of 2023 to 2024, $54.9 million.
00:08:07.140 And a bulk of AFN's funding comes from the federal government.
00:08:10.820 And that means you.
00:08:12.020 And when it comes to taxpayers funding indigenous groups across this country,
00:08:15.960 I asked chat GPT, how much money do taxpayers give indigenous groups in Canada?
00:08:20.880 And if you look down here at the bottom, combined, $35 to $37 billion each and every year.
00:08:32.260 And we continue to pay these people to get in the way of prosperity.
00:08:37.100 I go back to what I said earlier in this video.
00:08:39.660 If you don't want to be part of the prosperity, you should not benefit from the prosperity.
00:08:44.140 So as far as I'm concerned, the groups in British Columbia who are going to stand in the way of a 0.89
00:08:48.740 pipeline from my province, my home, where I live here in Alberta, my country, to the west coast of
00:08:54.800 Canada should start slowly being cut off from the funding they get until they get in line and they
00:09:00.100 want to be part of the prosperity.
00:09:02.260 That's the way I feel about this.
00:09:04.060 Feeling encouraged, folks?
00:09:05.280 And you were told there was no veto.
00:09:09.520 But there is a veto.
00:09:10.980 And Carney said it in his speech yesterday.
00:09:13.120 Thank you very much for watching.
00:09:15.140 Let me know what you think in the comments.
00:09:16.960 I'm going to try to engage in my comments more.
00:09:18.980 I don't.
00:09:19.980 I'm sorry about that.
00:09:21.000 I'll try to do that more in the future.
00:09:22.760 But if you like the video, give it a thumbs up.
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