In this video, why the polling information from Angus Reid isn t worth the cell phone it was collected on. Why the Angus Reid poll is garbage, and why another poll with more participants, done the same way, shows completely different results.
00:00:44.920And I'm seeing all over social media today, people who don't like Alberta.
00:00:50.480They don't like Alberta and Albertans.
00:00:52.580It's quite evident from what they say about us out here.
00:00:54.760But also from people who are anti-independence, posting a poll from Angus Reid, saying that there's very little support for Alberta independence.
00:01:06.080So what I want to accomplish in this video, I'm going to try to do this quickly.
00:01:08.940And I've jotted it down because I kind of want to go through these step by step.
00:01:12.960I'm going to talk about the Angus Reid poll, why it is garbage.
00:01:15.720I'm going to talk about another poll with more participants, done virtually the same way, that shows completely different numbers.
00:01:23.800I'm going to show you another poll a month ago that shows different numbers.
00:01:28.280I'm going to show you a real poll done five years ago that the Alberta independence movement needs to tap into to get out the vote for us to leave.
00:01:36.680You're going to hear from a very good authority a few of the reasons why Alberta is pissed off.
00:01:42.200So if you live in the rest of the country, you're going to love this.
00:01:45.160You're going to understand even more why Alberta wants to leave.
00:02:17.360If a referendum was held today on Alberta's separation, would you vote for Alberta to leave Canada and become its own independent country or stay in Canada?
00:02:24.780And they asked less than 1,000 people in a population of 5 million this question.
00:02:56.800The Angus Reid Institute conducts its polling entirely through online research, surveys, or studies conducted on the internet via a personal computer, tablet, or smartphone.
00:03:07.560Well, let's do another one with an online survey with 20,000 people.
00:04:55.600These are just a couple of the reasons why Alberta wants to leave, which leads me into that poll I just told you about that is a treasure trove of independence votes.
00:05:03.740So listen to this woman and why Alberta has such a grievance.
00:05:07.880And this is a woman who wants Alberta to remain in Canada.
00:05:25.960And then they use political means to transfer it.
00:05:28.720Alberta, year after year, has 20 to 25 billion dollars that is siphoned out of our system to go to Ottawa so that it can be spent mostly in Quebec, but also in other places that vote liberal.
00:05:43.940600 billion dollars in the last 40 or 50 years that have been taken under this province.
00:05:49.440You don't think we might be able to do a little bit more on social spending if those 20 to 25 billion dollars stayed here?
00:05:55.160You don't think we'd be able to cut taxes a bit if those 20 to 25 billion dollars stayed here?
00:06:01.040It is $5,000 per Albertan that every single year gets transferred out of this province for political reasons so that the liberals can continue to spend it in places that vote liberal.
00:06:18.900This video should be required viewing for everybody in Alberta and in Canada as well.
00:06:23.900Maybe people out east understand a little bit more why we want to leave because you don't understand the west at all.
00:06:31.680And Danielle Smith, spitting fire there, as I said at the beginning of this video, she's pissed off about this.
00:06:37.440And she wants Alberta to remain a sovereign province within a united Canada, whatever the hell that means, or words to that effect.
00:06:43.560But this leads right into the poll that I think is very important, that actually happened, that means something, that is accurate, unlike the polls we talked about earlier, because I don't believe them.
00:07:22.740This is an accurate poll of Albertans on the issue Danielle Smith was just talking about.
00:07:28.440And this is a treasure trove of votes for the independence movement, because these people who voted in this referendum back in 2021 are pissed with our relationship in Canada.
00:07:41.680I have mentioned a number of times to members and leaders of the independence movement this referendum, and nobody wants to talk about it.
00:07:51.520If we could get a majority of these people voting in favor of independence, we would win in a landslide.
00:08:06.380Should Section 36.2 of the Constitution Act, 1982, Parliament and the Government of Canada's commitment to the principle of making equalization payments be removed from the Constitution?
00:08:38.100And then there's this story over here.
00:08:40.080Albertans vote in favor of scrapping equalization with over 61% saying yes.
00:08:44.920There's Jason Kenney, who was premier at the time.
00:08:46.900Now, here's the thing that you need to sell to the people, the 62% of Albertans who do not want us to pay equalization payments, ever again, here's what we need to say to them.
00:08:56.280This will never happen unless we leave Canada and we can keep all the money to ourselves to enrich our province and your family.
00:09:06.440Any changes to the Constitution require approval from the House of Commons as well as the Senate and at least two-thirds of provincial legislative assemblies.
00:09:16.400This will never happen in Canada because the gravy train would have to come to an end and the gravy train goes right from Alberta and it goes out east.
00:09:25.520This is the type of polling that actually matters, folks, and we need to take advantage of it.
00:09:33.880I think a lot of polls are meant to influence the way people feel as opposed to actually reflect how they feel.
00:09:40.360I do think there's something that can be learned from that original Angus Reid poll, and it's right here highlighted in blue.
00:09:46.660For the definite stay voters, nearly all find their own Canadian identity, 92%, Alberta's fundamental place as a part of Canada, 90%, and the prospect of an independent Alberta struggling to get its resources out of its landlocked state, 93%, as convincing arguments.
00:10:04.600Well, as far as the 92% people, I've said this on the channel before.
00:10:08.060I mentioned it to Mitch Sylvester, Dennis Modry, I think maybe Jeff Rath, Corey Morgan, that getting around patriotism is a hard thing.
00:10:15.760People are going to say they're very patriotic, they love their country, but if you do meet up with somebody who is wanting to stay in Canada, ask them reasons why, but say they can't use patriotism as a reason, and they've got nothing, but we've got 20, 25 reasons why we should leave as far as Alberta's fundamental place as a part of Canada.
00:10:35.060I think that's been eroding over time, and this one right here is something that we need to educate people about.
00:10:39.840We hear this all the time, we talk about this all the time, struggling to get our resources out of its landlocked state.
00:10:45.760Alberta is landlocked right now, and the reason we can't get things out of here is because we have to go through Ottawa and ask for permission.
00:10:52.940If we become an independent country, we'll be able to negotiate with more power because we will be an independent country, and we will have rights to the sea because it is international law.
00:11:05.900I do believe that the ECOS poll at 41% is closer to the real numbers here.
00:11:11.000I think this movement is gaining momentum, and the reason I say I think it's closer to 41% is because I'm out there talking to people, and we do have a lot of enthusiasm, and I think this movement is growing.
00:11:23.960I think we can win this, but we have to buckle down and work even harder.
00:11:28.260So if you haven't volunteered any of your time for the independence movement, do it now.
00:11:32.340Go to stayfreealberta.com and sign up to be a volunteer, become a canvasser, and gather some petition signatures as well.