Fool Politician Triggers Independence Vote - I Called It Months Ago
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Summary
In this video, I explain why I believe that former politician Thomas Lukaszek may have just helped get Alberta a vote on independence from Canada. I also explain why a referendum on independence is a bad idea and why we should vote against it.
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Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel 947 p.m. Tuesday, October the 28th. I hope you're having
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a great evening, a great Tuesday evening. I haven't got any coffee. I've got no big blue
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mug right now. I came to my computer because my jaw was on the floor and I had to do a video on
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this. And this video, I guarantee you, will be different than videos you've seen on a similar
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topic tonight. And it's regarding Thomas Lukaszek's Forever Canadian campaign. And for Christ's
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sakes, I might've been right back on June the 30th. I talked about this way back on June the 30th. I
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had all kinds of questions. I've questioned it several times since. I did a video back on June
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the 30th. Here's the thumbnail from it. Let me show it to you here. Breaking. Former politician Thomas
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Lukaszek may have just helped get Alberta a vote on independence. That's what I said back on June the
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30th. I might've been right because it seems that the premier and Keith Wilson, the lawyer,
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are saying that as well. Now, I will be 100% sure there's going to be a referendum question that we
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can vote no on using Thomas Lukaszek's signatures and his referendum to become independent here in
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Alberta. When I actually hear it from the chief electoral officer and the premier says we're
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having the referendum and there's a ballot being printed, but for Christ's sakes, I might've been
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right. This is what I said back on June the 30th in my video. The thing that I really want to know
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about, and we'll let the lawyers battle this out in court, is he's asking people to vote on whether
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they want to stay in Canada. And that's what the independence movement is doing as well.
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Do you or do you not want to remain in Canada? That's what Lukaszek's question asks. What if
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people say, no, we don't? A majority say, no, we don't. And that's why we have to, as independent
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minded Albertans, pay attention to this. And we need to go out and get people to vote the other way.
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And it needs to be clear before we vote on whether this is a vote for independence, because I think it
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is. Mr. Lukaszek cannot have it both ways. If people say, yes, they want to stay in Canada, we
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stay. If people say, no, you want to get out of Canada, we stay. It can't be both ways. And it
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needs to be made completely clear if this question actually gets on a ballot. So I think there might
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be an opportunity here. Mr. Lukaszek may have made a major fail here by allowing us to vote on
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independence with him and maybe have another one down the road with us, the independence
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movement. What do you think? I think I was right. And I've said many times since, what's the point in
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having a referendum if the outcome's the same regardless of how you vote? That doesn't make
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sense to me. And it didn't make sense to me on July the 6th when I did this video. Why was Thomas Lukaszek's
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application accepted? I wrote the Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta to find out. And I did. His
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name's Gordon McClure. And here's what I said. Here are the questions I asked at that time.
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So subject, questions regarding the recent approval of Citizens Initiative Referendum.
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I'm writing to seek clarity regarding the recent approval of a Citizens Initiative for a referendum on
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the question. And this is the question they want. Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?
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I would appreciate it if you could address the following questions concerning your approval of this
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initiative. Number one, assuming the response options for this question are yes or no, what would be the
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outcome if a majority of Albertans vote no? Two, if the outcome remains the same regardless of how people
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vote, what is the purpose of this referendum question? More importantly, why was it approved?
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Three, should time, effort, and taxpayer money be spent on a referendum that, regardless of the result,
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maintains the status quo. Four, if the purpose of this referendum is purely partisan, to pressure the
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Premier into supporting the petition, which appears to be the petitioner's intent, see link below, and I
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included a link where Mr. Lukaszek basically says that, is this an appropriate use of your office?
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Your mandate states that, quote, Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan, my bold type,
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office of the Legislative Assembly responsible for administering provincial elections,
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by-elections, and referenda, unquote. Five, is a petition designed to influence or pressure a single
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individual, the Premier, a responsible and non-partisan use of your time and taxpayer resources?
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I believe Albertans deserve clear answers to these questions before this initiative proceeds any
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further. Thank you for your time and attention to this manner. So, of course, I was...
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So, I did get an answer, and all they did was cut and paste information off the Elections Alberta
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website. That's it, from the Chief Electoral Officer. That's all I got. Didn't answer any of my questions
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clearly. Not one question. But folks, we may be closer to an independence here, and a vote on independence
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because of what this idiot Thomas Lukaszek did. I don't want this to be made clear damn soon, right now.
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I guess this is just, what, today? But if you ask people if you want to remain in Alberta,
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yes or no, there are implications if people answer no.
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There are implications if you answer no. There's got to be. Like I said all along,
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referendum are for answering questions or getting legislation passed. Do you want to legalize
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marijuana, yes or no? Well, if more people say no, then it doesn't happen. Well, that's got to be the
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case here. Now, I understand there were different type of referenda when it comes to the province
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of Alberta. This is a pretty clear question. Here's Keith Wilson, the lawyer. Here's the best
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evidence to show how badly Lukaszek misled his supporters, and that he has now triggered a 2026
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referendum on independence. His petition was not about forcing a vote in the legislature.
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And I said that in my question to the chief electoral, this was Thomas Lukaszek trying to
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influence the premier, a single person. Is this how we use referenda in our province? Because that's
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all that was about. It's right there. His petition was not about forcing a vote in the legislature,
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but that's what he said in interviews. Read his application. He just filed the signatures needed
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to cause a referendum. Thanks, Thomas. And if you look right down here, therefore, we as represented
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by the signatory and applicant below propose a referendum on the following question. Do you agree
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that Alberta should remain in Canada? Period. I say no. And I want my vote to count if this gets on a ballot.
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And I think now, the Alberta Prosperity Project, that should be our plan. To put the pressure on the
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chief electoral officer and the premier of this province to ensure that our vote will count if
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this goes to a referendum question. Because you can't have it both ways, Mr. Lukaszek. You can't have
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it both ways. This is amazing. I can't believe what I was thinking about back on the 30th of June.
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May actually come true. What do you think? It's unbelievable. What do you think? If you like
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