John Bolton - January 26, 2026


I'm at The Big Four - Thousands sign the petition #albertaindependence #albertastrong #iamalberta

Topics
petition signing rally
Hosted by
John Bolton
Mentioned
Corey Morgan Dennis Kalma Eva Chipiak Al Burton
Donald Trump Owns Canada An update from the Independence rally in Calgary. #albertaindependence #albertastrong

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1 minute

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Word count

338

Sentence count

18


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I'm reporting from the Big 4 building near the stampede grounds outside of downtown Calgary where thousands of people are lining up to sign the petition to get a referendum on independence. I can't go inside, but I was told that between 11am and 12pm today, 888 people had signed the petition.

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00:00:00.000 hi it's john and welcome to the channel quick video for you today i am outside the big four
00:00:08.340 building near the stampede grounds here just outside downtown calgary i had to come down here
00:00:13.540 it's about 2 30 in the afternoon i saw pictures of people lining up this morning to sign the
00:00:19.100 petition i cannot go inside and show you videos of the petitions i can't do that it's not allowed
00:00:25.640 But I was told that between 11 o'clock when things started and 10 after 12, 888 people had signed the petition, and they have a steady stream of people coming in here all the time.
00:00:38.440 There's about 300 people inside at tables signing people up, and they're working in shifts of 150.
00:00:43.880 It really is quite remarkable.
00:00:45.220 Now, I was in talking to Al Burton and some other people at one of the tables, and what was surprising and amazing to me was,
00:00:52.060 Back on January 10th, we had an event here in Calgary at the Queensland Community Center.
00:00:57.480 Corey Morgan was there, Eva Chipiak, Dennis Kalma, 400 people inside the building.
00:01:02.640 But that was the night when about 2,000 people showed up to sign the petition and things started to go crazy.
00:01:09.080 That was the first night where we started to see lineups.
00:01:11.820 And it's almost every night in the province of Alberta now where we're seeing these huge lineups to sign the petition so we can get a referendum on independence.
00:01:21.000 The big event happening tonight at 7 o'clock.
00:01:23.620 I'm going to head home.
00:01:24.620 It's very cold outside.
00:01:26.020 This morning it was about minus 15 degrees and they were lined up to sign up.
00:01:29.880 That was just amazing.
00:01:30.880 It really is.
00:01:31.560 But I'm coming back tonight.
00:01:32.660 I hope to be doing lots of interviews and I'll have a video on my channel on Tuesday morning.
00:01:37.560 So I hope you'll tune in for that.
00:01:39.760 So reporting from the Big Four building where the Independence Rally is happening,
00:01:43.620 John Bolton just outside downtown Calgary.