John Bolton - Independence Calendar (Eps. #6 - Jan 11th) - Alberta Rising (Calgary Edition)

00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John, and welcome to the Independence Calendar for Sunday, January the 11th. This

00:00:08.260 is episode number six, and I can assure you this one is going to be a little different

00:00:12.520 than the ones that have come before. Here with the big blue mug of coffee today, of

00:00:16.820 course, I'm going to take a sip because it's tasting sweet this morning after what happened

00:00:20.020 last night. We're going to have some of the same things, of course. I've got your submissions.

00:00:26.660 I've got a bunch of them this week, including a video today of somebody I met last night

00:00:31.840 here in Southeast Calgary at the Stay Free Alberta event. If you've got a picture of

00:00:35.780 a flag, a beautiful Alberta flag outside of your residence or your business, or you've

00:00:40.660 got a sign, send it to me. If you've got an event coming up, let me know about it. We're

00:00:44.920 going to show you those today. I've got a short clip from Corey Morgan from last night from

00:00:48.840 the Stay Free Alberta event on this, and a lot of people are sending me songs. I can't

00:00:53.200 play them all. We'll play one of those off the end of this. Now, why is this a little

00:00:58.300 bit different when it comes to an independence calendar? It was because of the event we had

00:01:03.060 last night at the Queensland Community Center. I did a full report on this earlier this morning.

00:01:08.060 I'll put a card at the end of this video so you can watch it. But I was overwhelmed, and

00:01:14.160 I was totally stunned with the number of people that showed up last night. If you're somebody

00:01:19.480 who's on social media, you may have seen some of the videos of the lineup of people that

00:01:24.720 wanted to get into this event last night and sign the petition. When I got there at 5.30,

00:01:29.920 an hour and a half before the event started, they were lined up to sign the petition. And

00:01:35.360 to the people that were getting the petitions and getting people signed up, thank you so

00:01:39.640 much. They worked very hard last night. I'm going to tell you where you can sign up for

00:01:43.640 the petition and other places where you can attend an event. It was mind-boggling. I would

00:01:49.840 suggest to you that there were three times the capacity, at least, for the Queensland Community

00:01:55.620 Center here in Southeast Calgary last night. There were that many people. I got this really

00:01:59.620 cool hat there last night. I am Albert, and I'm getting a bit of a collection here. Of course,

00:02:04.620 you've probably seen this one. I got this one October 25th at the Independence Rally at the

00:02:09.420 Legislature in Edmonton. I got an email regarding this hat, the person who designed this one.

00:02:14.440 And if you want to get a hat like this, snmalbertaswag.com to get this. And I know some

00:02:21.340 of you may have seen this hat as well. I got this way back in 2019. I've been part of this for a while,

00:02:25.960 being somebody from Ontario. I joined the independence movement many years ago. But

00:02:30.060 what a night last night. We had Eva Chipiak there last night talking. She got a standing ovation. 0.64

00:02:36.140 I'll put a link in the description below so you can watch this event from last night.

00:02:40.300 Thanks to Max from Freedom Calendar. You can hear what Corey Morgan had to say. Well-received,

00:02:47.020 as usual. Corey from the Western Standard. Corey, who wrote the book, The Sovereignty's Handbook.

00:02:52.840 Dennis Kalma was there, the writer of The Value of Freedom. But Eva was great. I think one of her

00:02:58.360 very first speeches, standing ovation. Really amazing. And some really good questions and some

00:03:05.000 probing questions. And it really opened up our minds to some of the things we're going to deal

00:03:09.040 with when we get our independence. Now, when it came to the people that were there last night,

00:03:14.280 I think a lot of the people who showed up to get their petitions probably had to be turned away.

00:03:18.000 There were that many people. And we're sorry about that. If you're in Southeast Calgary,

00:03:23.900 and you were at the Queensland Community Center last night and couldn't sign the petition,

00:03:28.340 there will be some signings. One today from 2.30 to 5 o'clock. Okay, so this is January the 11th.

00:03:34.420 So if you're watching this after, you're not going to be able to do that one. But there is also

00:03:38.420 one coming up on January 14th, 7.30 until 9.30 at the Queensland Community Center, 649 Queensland

00:03:45.080 Drive. And more of these are being set up around the province. There are plenty of places to see

00:03:50.780 these and go out and be part of an event and sign the petition. So we'll be telling you about those.

00:03:56.580 As a matter of fact, we can go over to Andy here who sent me this. This is great, Andy. I love how you did

00:04:01.740 this. Real simple. Sign, sign, sign. Stay Free Alberta Citizens Initiative petition

00:04:07.020 at the Excalibur Building, 1601 15th Avenue, east of the Didsbury Courthouse. Look for the Alberta

00:04:13.600 flags and look when they're doing these. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 to 7, Saturday 10 to 3. So

00:04:19.420 lots of opportunity for you to sign up in the Didsbury area. And you know, if you can't find a

00:04:25.300 petition in Calgary, just drive to Didsbury. Beautiful drive just southwest of Calgary.

00:04:30.360 Now, how do you sign? Well, let's go over to the Stay Free Alberta website. They've added

00:04:36.460 something this week that you need to be aware of. First off, how to sign the petition. Okay,

00:04:41.720 we'll tell you where you can do that as well. Become a canvasser. And we heard last night how

00:04:46.300 important it is for you to donate. They need money for this plan. Here's what I heard last night a

00:04:52.420 number of times. I said it myself as a matter of fact. I said this is a once-in-a-lifetime

00:04:58.520 opportunity. When we have the referendum question in the fall, when will it happen again? If you

00:05:09.060 look back at the last time there was a referendum on a province leaving Canada, that would have been

00:05:13.680 Quebec. It was 30 years ago and they haven't had one since. So this is a once-in-a-lifetime

00:05:19.780 opportunity, certainly for somebody like myself, unless I live to be 92 years old, okay, which I hope I

00:05:26.640 do, but I may never get this opportunity again and neither will you. So go over and donate. Let's

00:05:33.220 bring this thing home. Go out there and volunteer. Become a canvasser. And you can also, down here as

00:05:38.420 you can see, request to sign the petition. And it tells you all this information again at

00:05:43.100 stayfreealberta.com. All the information is available here. Now, here are some places where you can sign.

00:05:50.600 Keep in mind that a lot of these places, I'll put a link in the description so you can go directly to

00:05:55.300 this. But a lot of these places you're seeing here, Red Deer, Vulcan. There's the one from the

00:06:01.160 Queensland Community Center, Fort McMurray, Bentley, also Donalda, Eckville. All of these places are

00:06:08.660 having events. They're not just petition signing places, although some of them may be that. So get

00:06:14.660 out to an event. Trust me, you're going to feel better. You're going to feel excited. You'll probably

00:06:19.020 want to volunteer and donate if you go out to an event. Because last night, I'm through the roof

00:06:24.520 at what happened last night at this event. And the wonderful thing about it was I got to meet

00:06:31.000 so many of you last night. So many of you came up, shook my hand. My hand is sore from shaking so many

00:06:37.780 hands last night. So many nice people. And before I spoke, because I was the emcee, sort of, I guess,

00:06:44.620 host of the event last night, I said to the people, you know, you come out to events like that. And I've

00:06:50.820 done a lot of public speaking in the past, but you always are a little bit tentative. You're always a

00:06:55.080 little bit nervous. But I knew last night I was in a room with three to four hundred people who were

00:07:00.200 my friends last night. And that's the way I felt. It was so good. So a wonderful night last night. Get

00:07:05.840 out, sign the petition and attend an event. Now, what I want to do here now is just show you some of the

00:07:11.680 things that have been coming into me. Okay. Got this sent from Walter. This is Highway 63,

00:07:17.460 Fort McMurray. Thanks for sending in the picture. This is the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Again,

00:07:21.760 the email address, johnboltonab at gmail.com. Here's one obviously taken a little while ago,

00:07:29.300 but I love this. I've got the Freedom with the Alberta flag on there as well. Obviously,

00:07:35.640 a worked trailer. I got this sent in by Weldon. Okay. And that first one was sent in by Weldon.

00:07:41.540 He sent this one in as well. Okay. Every circus has a carny and the liberals are a circus of clowns. 0.57

00:07:47.900 Interesting. You know, I have a saying, liberals are like slinkies, good for nothing, 0.99

00:07:52.760 but they're a lot of fun to push downstairs. Okay. Now, listen, I would never do that. I would 0.78

00:08:00.780 never, I would never push a slinky downstairs. Okay. And I got this from Dale, I think, and his wife. 1.00

00:08:08.180 Now, this is Al Burton. Last night at the event at the Queensland Community Center here in Southeast

00:08:15.020 Calgary, I met Al for the very first time. And he sent this to me. This is the kind of stuff I'm

00:08:18.860 looking for. If you can do this, I'd love to hear from you. Hey, fellow Albertans. Here we are in

00:08:25.360 front of our Alberta flags on our cars, on our pole, on our chest. We're proud Albertans and we fly it

00:08:35.320 proudly. We'll see you all soon. There it's flapping. Yay.

00:08:41.320 Thanks to Al and his wife for putting that video together. Again, johnboltonab at gmail.com.

00:08:47.260 Keep them coming. I love seeing those things. I'd like to feature more of them on upcoming

00:08:51.840 independence calendars. At the event last night, it was a little bit different than other events

00:08:58.460 I've been to. Of course, you get speeches and then you get a question and answer, but there were less

00:09:03.580 speech and more questions last night. And with the three panelists up there sitting behind a table,

00:09:09.700 answering the questions, we got a lot done last night. And what they wanted to focus on

00:09:14.300 were probably four things that are always brought up when it comes to the independence movement. And

00:09:20.200 that would be treaties. That would be Alberta is landlocked. That would be Canada pension plan.

00:09:26.520 And Eva Chipiak spoke about what happens the day after we vote in favor of independence after a

00:09:32.980 referendum. And I know you have people asking you these questions as well. So I put this together.

00:09:38.580 Now you see this on your screen. Pick up your phone right now. Scan this QR code because this has

00:09:45.920 Alberta independence facts on here. So if somebody says something about the Canada pension plan or old

00:09:52.640 age security, there's an answer for you just by downloading the document that pops up when you scan

00:09:59.100 this code. If somebody asks you about being landlocked, there is something on here about that question if

00:10:06.000 you get it. And you will have the answers to these questions at your fingertips. And as you look at this

00:10:10.760 document, you will begin to understand all of them and be able to spout them off

00:10:14.580 immediately. So when you meet somebody who might be sitting on the fence when it comes to

00:10:18.220 independence, you will have the answers. So it's just, it was all over and people were scanning it

00:10:24.120 last night. Scan the document. I'll put it up there again for you. Scan this QR code and you can get the

00:10:30.480 document and download it to your phone. Now I did speak with all of the people who were behind the

00:10:36.020 table answering questions last night. I don't want to put them all on here. I don't want this to get

00:10:40.340 too long, but I did speak to Corey Morgan. I asked him a few questions and here's one of them I asked him

00:10:44.900 after the event last night. Advice to people who are trying to convince others to say yes.

00:10:52.060 I guess self-education patients with them realize it's a campaign. Realize people have a strong

00:10:57.240 emotional attachment to the concept of care of it. And you know, you have to be sensitive to that when

00:11:03.300 you try to convince them of things. With enough conversations, enough discussions, people do come

00:11:07.780 along and realize we're just changing an agreement. We're not ending anything. We're just actually

00:11:12.360 beginning something. Actually, I want to steal a quote. I meant to use it tonight from the Quebec

00:11:17.220 campaign, which was fantastic. It was in French and I won't try and say it that way, but the term was

00:11:22.020 yes and it becomes possible. Positive approach. We're making something better, not just moving away

00:11:28.540 from something. Thanks a lot to Corey for doing that and my apologies for the audio. I was part of this

00:11:33.980 event last night. I covered it the best I could. I think the video I did on the event from earlier this

00:11:39.480 morning is great. Card coming up so you can watch it. But I didn't bring my wireless mics along, so

00:11:45.220 that's why the audio was a little bit off. Thanks to Eva and Dennis Kalima as well for talking to me.

00:11:50.240 And thanks to Jeevan Mangat and to Heather Field for inviting me out. I enjoyed it very much.

00:11:56.400 Now, the big event that's coming up next, there's going to be a lot of places where you can sign the

00:12:00.480 petition, but this one is going to be huge. Monday, January 6th, 7 o'clock at the BMO Center

00:12:06.900 here in Calgary. You'll want to be part of this and you're going to have to RSVP. So go over to

00:12:14.460 stayfreealberta.com and do that. I will be at this event. I'm really excited. It is going to be a lot of

00:12:20.480 fun. Now, keep those submissions coming to me. As I told you, johnboltonab at gmail.com. A lot of you

00:12:28.780 are writing your own music or at least having AI help you write your music. And I got this one in from

00:12:34.940 CB Fixall. Apparently, I think it was his son who put this one together. I'm going to put this right

00:12:41.160 at the end of this video to kind of wrap up this version of the independence calendar. This one is

00:12:46.580 called Alberta Rising. Thank you so much for watching. Should be an interesting week for me.

00:12:51.240 I'm going to be out of the country starting Monday for 10 days. I'm going to be on a trip,

00:12:58.400 but I'm going to try to be doing videos from out of the country while I'm gone. But I will be back

00:13:03.960 next Sunday for the next edition of the independence calendar on the 18th of January.

00:13:09.380 Thanks for watching. If you liked the video, give it a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel,

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00:13:18.160 They drilled our veins. They drilled our veins. They bled us dry. Black gold rivers under prairie skies. 0.76

00:13:30.160 Ottawa's hand always taking more. We fed their feast while we stayed poor. But a storm rolls in,

00:13:46.540 and the wind won't bow. The heart of the West beats harder now. Chains are snapping. Hear that sound.

00:14:03.540 Alberta's rising. Breaking ground. No more taking. No more lies.

00:14:14.880 Freedom's flag in the Northern skies.

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John Bolton - January 11, 2026

Independence Calendar (Eps. #6 - Jan 11th) - Alberta Rising (Calgary Edition)

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