00:21:40.440Okay, so how do you think we're doing when it comes to reacting to these things? There seems to be one thing after another. We've got this report. I mean, I don't know how many of you going into this maybe a year ago had being an associate member of the EU as part of the scorecard here, but this has happened over the last little while.
00:21:57.680We haven't got a trade deal with Donald Trump at this point in the United States of America, our biggest trading partner.
00:22:03.440Do you think these things are a benefit to us and are we reacting to these correctly?
00:22:07.600I know that many of you, as soon as that report from Jack Mintz was released, you were online with your information, which I think is very important.
00:22:15.360But how are these things playing into the vote on October 19th?
00:22:19.380There was a lot of elbows up people out there who are perfectly happy for us to be part of the EU and see this as a bonus because we're getting at Donald Trump.
00:22:27.520Just some thoughts on that. Anybody who wants to take that right off the top?
00:22:31.220Well, John, if you look back at some of our coverage before Mark Carney was actually Prime Minister and when he kind of started sniffing around the leadership of the Liberal Party, that's exactly what we said was going to happen.
00:22:41.080He's here to move Canada towards the EU, away from the U.S., because the ultimate goal is to get International Monetary Fund loans onto Canada's books and do what they did with Greece,
00:22:52.120which is to take over policy for a period of time and control resources in the population.
00:22:57.900But I also want to say one thing that I want to caution people about is to be too distracted from the goal.
00:23:03.300The goal is to get people to get there, so get out the vote.
00:23:06.900It should be the next part of our campaign.
00:23:10.960One of the things I've been fighting against, and I saw Corey did as well,
00:23:14.080is the misconception or concern around advanced polling and advanced voting and special ballots.
00:23:19.400These are all democratic tools that are available to everybody.
00:23:23.060And as we saw with the by-election in Calgary-Shaw, the NDP took full advantage of the ability to do that.
00:23:29.120I think everybody should be doing that.
00:23:30.620It shouldn't be the conservatives that only show up on the day of.
00:23:33.740I think everybody should do what they need to do to get their vote in.
00:23:36.780So if that's a special ballot or advanced polling, do so, because every vote is going to count on this one.
00:23:43.280Maybe, Bruce, you could just let me know, how do you feel we're doing when it comes to reacting to the things that are going on?
00:23:49.560Or should we just continue to focus, keep our eyes on the prize here?
00:23:53.480Well, I don't know how easy this message would be, but I mean, you could start.
00:23:58.340I'm a bit tongue-in-cheek here, but you could start to advertise this as a two-for-one special.
00:24:05.980You could vote for getting rid of Canada and getting out of the EU all at once.
00:24:11.320because that's what you're going to have to do.
00:24:13.720I mean, the timing is hilarious, really,
00:24:17.620because we're now faced with the prospect
00:24:21.520of having to do our own Brexit as well.
00:24:24.060So it's just a bit of comedy, actually.
00:24:28.280The idea that Alberta would have the first shot
00:24:32.260at indicating that maybe not only does it not want to be in Canada,
00:24:35.820but it does not want to be an associate member of the EU is just great.
00:24:39.860Yeah, actually, I tweeted something a little while ago, and it actually rhymes nicely. Opt out of Carney's EU vote for option two. Maybe that's something like that online. Anybody else want to comment on this?
00:24:54.140I got asked yesterday about the tariff wars. I'm starting to call them forever wars,
00:25:01.160because that's what it feels like. And is this a good time for us to be having this conversation
00:25:05.760in the midst of this back and forth between Carney and Trump? And I said, this is the perfect
00:25:11.180time to be having this conversation, because if we were not attached to Ottawa, we wouldn't be
00:25:16.120caught up in that conversation between Carney and Trump. It would be our own leaders here right at
00:25:21.900home that are making those those deals and maybe there wouldn't be any tariffs at all because we
00:25:27.720are actually able to as tanya says go as adults to the table and sit down and say okay well what's
00:25:33.180going to benefit both of us mexico seems to be doing just fine with making that happen so we
00:25:38.520could get out from under that completely and i don't know why the elbows up crowd can't figure
00:25:43.400that out but to me it's a bonus it's a perfect thing to do i did an interview with some folks
00:25:48.840a few weeks ago. I was surprised. It was a 20, 25 minute interview. Seniors for Independence. Now
00:25:54.840they're not a third party advertiser, but there are some people very concerned. They have gray
00:25:59.400hair, like I'm getting gray hair now. And they were boomers and they're concerned that the
00:26:03.600message isn't getting to those people. They basically said they just don't see the alternate
00:26:08.380media. They're not seeing anything but the CBC. They're only getting that message. So that's why
00:26:13.220they're not, they're not listening. Is there any way to get through to some of those people
00:26:17.000who would be willing to vote for option two on October 19th. Does anybody have any suggestion
00:26:23.480how to do that? Are you talking about seniors in particular? Well, yes. Yeah. I mean, there's,
00:26:30.060there's such a large percentage of them. I mean, they did the country in last year,0.97
00:26:33.620if it wasn't for the seniors, I think it's more than 60% of seniors right now would vote for the
00:26:37.720liberals again. And we're talking about another possible election coming up and it would be a
00:26:42.000massive majority for the Liberals, based a lot on the Boomers, who have that patriotism thing0.57
00:26:47.180in their heart. And I knew, I asked this question 18 months ago, how do we get around the patriotism
00:26:53.180thing? A lot of those people and the seniors are hanging on to the Canada that used to be. How do
00:26:57.560we get the message to them? There are some of them out there who might be willing to vote for option
00:27:01.820two. Are they a lost cause? And I guess there's a lot in that to unpack, but if anybody wants to
00:27:07.380take that one on i'll take it i don't and this is what i've seen in my meetings in the last couple
00:27:12.260of weeks is of course we always have seniors coming out and like i said before we're getting
00:27:15.920more and more that aren't decided yet or who are even on the forever canada side and really when
00:27:22.020we're looking at the propaganda that's being thrown at us our only and probably our best um
00:27:28.080recourse is facts is is getting the truth out there and i'm really appreciative of what the
00:27:35.020Alberta Transition Council has done with their report. I printed it off. I take it to me with
00:27:39.680my meetings. And when the inevitable questions come up and the fear mongering, well, I heard this,
00:27:45.340I heard that it's like, this is the report, go home, download it, take a look at it on your
00:27:52.080computer. This is how you get it. The information is there. And then I'm able to share, you know,
00:27:57.940specific facts from the report um to their their specific questions um i've done the same thing with
00:28:05.940with other reports that have come out where i actually print them off and i have them right
00:28:09.620there and it's like if you're willing to take the time you can go home and do a little bit of reading
00:28:14.580and educate yourself and figure it out you know so that you're very confident in whatever way you
00:28:20.020decide to go on this it's got to be it's got to be facts and and not the drama not the fear mongering
00:28:27.460that we just get from the other side all the time i think people are that that's exhausting and i
00:28:32.260think people are looking for something a little more stable than what the other side is offering
00:28:36.660yeah and tandy did you want i'm sorry go ahead go ahead yeah i was just going to say we were at an
00:28:40.740event to meet the authors event in sylvan lake the other day and this question came up and my
00:28:45.940response was don't refer to them as boomers remind them that they're grandparents and great
00:28:50.660grandparents and that's the other generation that we're actually really fighting for there's a lot
00:28:55.140of people who are already done they got their nest egg they're fine they're going to be comfortable
00:28:58.980for the rest of their days so they don't actually feel the pain they don't feel that you know bread's
00:29:03.300doubling in price it just doesn't affect them but if you have them think about their actual
00:29:09.060next generations that they participated in that's when you can maybe change the conversation from
00:29:14.420well we're not really fighting for what's left for your nest egg we're trying to make sure that
00:29:19.060your grandchildren and great-grandchildren have a nest egg because at this stage they currently
00:29:23.860don't and also the conversations coming from the bottom up so it's going to be their family members
00:29:28.420who are coming to them so they're not going to see it on mainstream media but when they're
00:29:31.860visiting with their family this is when those conversations can continue to happen and a lot
00:29:36.500of people that come to our events would be classified in that category and they're very
00:29:40.500very concerned about the other generations they're not really so much concerned about themselves at
00:29:44.420this stage yeah and there is definitely there's seniors that don't have that large nest egg
00:29:51.300that are living off of what the government has provided with their cpp and their oas
00:29:56.740and then there's the argument for well that could be substantially larger if alberta was not over
00:30:02.340paying to ottawa every single year to the tune of 25 billion dollars per year we could take
00:30:07.780better care of our own people and then also like what you said jason i echo that exactly there is
00:30:13.940a large group of people that have you know built a level of like wealth and comfort that will take
00:30:20.580them through the end of their days but this is not about us or that generation it's about the
00:30:26.260future of albertans and it's about our children and that's what i worry about most i have two
00:30:30.500kids that are in university and i look at the costs of going to university and what debt they
00:30:35.780will come out of that university education with and then also the fact that the average age of
00:30:42.260buying a house in canada for the first time now is 40 years old or above that's a long time to be
00:30:49.140waiting to be able to purchase your first home whereas 20 years ago that was not the case it was
00:30:54.660about 20 years that you could buy your first home so we've had a major shift in that and the
00:30:59.860affordability and the groceries and everything we see the trend of where canada is going and
00:31:05.300lots of times i will say that the certainty of where canada is headed is far scarier than any
00:31:10.740uncertainty of trying to form a new nation and building something better anyone else
00:31:17.300yeah john i think the point that you made is very important as well though that a lot of a lot of
00:31:23.540older people are remembering a country that they have in their heads and think that they're being
00:31:31.540loyal to that country which doesn't does not exist anymore and for example the fact the fact
00:31:39.540that the at the polling at the moment indicates that the liberals would be heading to a massive
00:31:44.980majority if the vote was held today for for older people in alberta that that means that that this
00:31:54.260is not their country this this is a country that has changed and and if you can only try to shake
00:32:02.660their belief that they're living in the place they've always known then they might be able
00:32:08.660to look outside themselves and see what kind of effects it's having on their kids and grandkids
00:32:13.460i'm wondering um i get up in the morning thinking about this how about you i would assume not if you
00:32:21.020get up in the morning thinking about the albert independence movement i mean maybe bruce you don't
00:32:25.020so much being from ontario but uh you know cory the funny thing is i kind of do yeah yeah well
00:32:30.860there you go but here's the here's the thing i mean we're thinking about this all the time
00:32:35.700and um and i know there's a lot of people out there who aren't going to be thinking about this
00:32:40.420until probably the last week, if they do, they might even wait till the last couple of days to
00:32:45.900even think about this. So, you know, we talked about Labor Day being sort of a demarcation point
00:32:53.080between people paying attention and not paying attention. You know, everybody was on summer
00:32:57.140vacation and they got soccer games and ball games to go to, and we got to figure out if they can
00:33:01.460afford beef to put on their barbecue. But then we get to Labor Day and we've seen more of a ramp up
00:33:07.120from the propaganda from the other side. But I think this thing is going to be one in the last
00:33:11.460week. If you look back on the 95 referendum in Quebec, the yes side was leading that thing until
00:33:17.680the last week and they brought it out of the fire in the last week. So how much focus do we need to
00:33:23.760do together? We've got all these groups doing different things, which I think is great because
00:33:27.620everybody's been covering the province on their own. But how much focus do we need to put in on
00:33:32.660that last week and who do we really need to focus on? Is it seniors? Is it young people who don't
00:33:38.480pay attention to politics? Hardly at all. Anybody? I think it's the young people we've really got to
00:33:44.380watch. It's been a very interesting demographic actually to see how they've been moving more
00:33:48.760towards a conservative sort of stance and things in general and on this independence thing. But I
00:33:53.620know from past campaigns, I know even from being as politically committed as I was when I was young,
00:33:59.300if there was a big bar event happening or a town hall meeting, chances are I'd go to the bar one
00:34:04.620because I was chasing things other than votes at that time. And young people are really essential
00:34:10.960for the GOTV. We're winning the support of them, I believe, but they can be easily distracted. It
00:34:17.960can be difficult to get them to the polls. So with efforts of really driving home the importance of
00:34:23.020getting to those advanced polls or getting to the polls and getting that vote out of them,
00:34:27.140And that's the thing with the seniors, why they sort of punch above their weight, too, because traditionally voter turnout for senior citizens is very, very high.
00:34:34.640Younger people, it tends to be on the low side.
00:34:37.440But that support is there if we can somehow manage a campaign to really remind them and encourage them that this is very important.
00:34:49.320one of the things that I've come to learn talking with more and more young people and I don't know
00:34:55.540how I didn't know this because I have young people in my family but there is this this
00:35:01.560disconnect in their thinking that if they don't think that you're going to agree with them at the
00:35:07.280or that they're not going to agree with you on a certain particular subject then you just don't
00:35:11.680talk about it you just avoid all conflict all together and somewhere along the line that's what
00:35:18.520these this next generation has been taught and and if you don't agree with someone on something
00:35:24.500you kind of can't be friends so it's just best not to talk about it so you don't lose that friendship
00:35:29.160and I was I was astounded to learn this I was like are you kidding me like I don't even know
00:35:35.620how many bush parties we were at and you knew you didn't agree with the person over there but it
00:35:39.980didn't matter you went over and and you chatted with them anyways um and so I think there's a
00:35:46.040little bit of that it's almost like okay guys this is your future that we're doing this for
00:35:50.540and we as the ones who raised you and somehow missed this want you to want you to talk about
00:35:57.580this we want you to feel like you have permission to have a voice in this conversation you've got
00:36:02.400a dog in this fight it's called your future and if you don't agree with other people that's okay
00:36:07.980that's how we get the information and so I'm not I don't know really how to bridge that gap but
00:36:13.080it's something that I have come to learn. It's interesting you say that, Kathy. I was talking
00:36:17.480to a young lady the other day. I'm going to be setting up an interview with her. It's got a
00:36:21.440website called youngalberta.com. Her name is Sanica. And she wants to have these discussions0.58
00:36:28.840with people. She said anxiety when it comes to young people. They have anxiety when it comes to
00:36:35.800this type of thing. They don't like to discuss it. And so we need to get through that anxiety,
00:36:42.540I think, and maybe stress the benefits of Alberta independence. You don't need to be anxious about
00:36:48.000this. You need to be optimistic and positive about it. Anybody? Well, but I think this is
00:36:53.700the moment where Tanya's framing is very important. For young people, if they're anxious, if they're
00:37:00.140unhappy with the way things are, this is a referendum on the status quo. If you like the
00:37:05.940status quo, then everything's peachy. But if you are uncomfortable with the way your future looks,
00:37:12.540this is your chance this is your one chance to express the fact that the status quo for you is
00:37:20.340not working if you miss this moment it's over anybody yeah i also want to remind people that
00:37:30.600to get out the vote is going to be really important but also be prepared to vote so go and make sure
00:37:35.020you're registered and you're ready to go because what you don't want is you actually go there to
00:37:39.340vote and you find out you don't have the right paperwork you can't prove your residency especially
00:37:43.120for young people who don't have homes and maybe staying at home with their parents and there's
00:37:48.080no paperwork that actually shows where they live this is the time to now get that out of the way
00:37:52.760we were at an event where that was the one concern that a woman had for her soon to be 19 year old
00:37:59.160was do they have enough proof to go ahead and vote and the answer to that is get started now
00:38:05.180Go to Elections Alberta website and get that process started. See if you're on a voter registry. If you're not, get yourself on there. And don't wait for October 19th to find out you don't have a rental agreement or you can't prove where you live and therefore you can't vote. Get that out of the way before October 19th.
00:38:20.560I'm wondering with the groups that we've got here today, Get Out the Vote, GOTV, that's been
00:38:25.860mentioned. Corey mentioned it. You're kind of reading my mind there, Jason. And you were talking
00:38:30.440about people registering. I have that down as a point I wanted to bring up here. But what are we
00:38:35.440doing to do that? It's one thing to tell people they need to vote for option two. Really successful
00:38:41.520campaigns actually have ways of getting people to the polls. Are we doing that? Is anybody focusing
00:38:46.520in on that right now maybe I can ask you Tanya about that yeah actually our TPA is really focused
00:38:53.920on that and we were just kind of waiting to make sure that we had all the legalities
00:38:57.320in place before we could release it and that will be very soon but we have a very sophisticated get
00:39:03.240out to vote campaign and app that we'll be able to use to build on the kind of grassroots movement
00:39:10.640that we have going with this and then reaching out and compounding that by people knowing people
00:39:15.360and being accountable to getting other people out to vote and then making sure that we get those
00:39:20.700people out to the polls. So that will be released very soon. Yeah, I'll be driving my mother-in-law
00:39:26.660to the poll. She has no way of getting there. People need to do that as well. If you have1.00
00:39:29.820somebody who can't get out and maybe we should have some kind of a database where people can
00:39:34.060log in and say, listen, I'm stuck. I'm down in Cardston. I haven't got a car. Maybe I can't leave
00:39:39.960my house. Can somebody help me vote? And we can have some of our people do that as well. I don't
00:39:44.020know that that's the kind of thing we're thinking about doing but i'm willing to get out on uh on
00:39:48.580the 19th and fill up my car if i have to and take them to their polling station uh i think that
00:39:53.540would be really helpful as well anybody yeah well also sorry go ahead go jason there's one more
00:40:00.380thing that's really important right now is elections alberta is looking for people to work
00:40:04.200the election and uh there's actually a big deficiency in the number of people they need
00:40:09.000especially in rural areas so if you're available to go ahead and work that whether you're going
00:40:13.600be watching the ballot boxes, helping people get to it, making sure it's been run smoothly.
00:40:18.140They need a lot of people to do that. You will do your advance voting, so your vote gets in there
00:40:23.140too. But the day of the election, they're still looking for thousands of people to make sure that
00:40:27.400this goes smoothly. And what better way to get involved? You also get paid, but you also be
00:40:32.500there to make sure it goes smoothly. So I really encourage people in rural areas to go to Elections
00:40:36.460Alberta. Go ahead and sign up. They're doing training now. They're getting this going now.
00:40:40.660and I know several people who have taken that step but they need more so please go ahead and
00:40:45.000check that out if you want to make a couple bucks and make sure this is a smooth uh referendum for
00:40:49.380everybody get involved and join Elections Alberta to uh to make sure that happens on October 19th.
00:40:55.600Tanya you were going to say something? Yeah I think it can just it can be a very simple get
00:41:00.420out to vote strategy because we all know a few people in our social circles that are hesitant
00:41:05.620to vote or have never voted in the past or just like very politically apathetic and i've been
00:41:11.060talking to my girlfriend specifically about that and i know that they're going to go out to vote
00:41:14.420and i'm going to be responsible for making sure that they either go to advance polls or they
00:41:18.900request their special ballot or on like on referendum day that they go out there and do
00:41:24.100that and to encourage them to do that also it's like really important to drum up the excitement
00:41:29.140about this this is the biggest question that albertans have ever been asked in the history
00:41:34.900of Alberta why would you not want to participate in this and if you don't know which way to vote
00:41:40.740in it then you have this opportunity this next four and a half weeks or so to get informed talk
00:41:46.500to your social circles look for the information out there form your opinions and realize that
00:41:51.540this is a huge opportunity for Alberta one that thousands and thousands of volunteers have spent
00:41:57.060decades and decades of effort Corey Morgan I know you're one of them you've been on this bandwagon
00:42:02.500for a long time, pushing for this. There have been people that have put in so much of their lives
00:42:07.540to get us to this point where we just get to answer a question. And all you have to do
00:42:12.580is check a box on a ballot. And that check carries a lot of weight. So that's pretty exciting,
00:42:19.640I think, to be a part of. It is, Corey. I was going to bring that up. I mean, you've been
00:42:22.880politically involved for a long time in this province. It certainly is an interesting place
00:42:26.540for politics, I have to say. It was nothing quite like this in Ontario. And I put this flag on my
00:42:31.820wall back here, I can tell you kind of what the Ontario flag looks like, but not a lot of people
00:42:36.520have an Ontario flag on their wall, but it's, it's loved here. What do you think we need to do from
00:42:42.020a standpoint of getting people out? Tanya talks about having an app coming up. I'm glad you looked
00:42:47.240into it from a legal standpoint, Tanya, because we don't want anything like we had back in the
00:42:52.300spring happening again. That's really good. But what do you think we need to do? And do you think
00:42:56.240we can get enough people out there and drive people to the polls?
00:42:58.980there's a flag on them look at tanya's got a flag on the combine oh there you go
00:43:05.660there you go cory what do you think yeah well it's difficult and we're in uncharted waters
00:43:14.200in other elections we're used to it and we're trained for having political parties that have
00:43:18.320an organizational machine you've broken the province into 87 constituencies where you can
00:43:23.540assign volunteers, have a large voter identification campaign so that you know who to get out when the
00:43:30.100time comes. I'm afraid we don't have any of that. We just don't have that kind of mechanism on the
00:43:36.980ground. So some of it comes to, I think, though, assuming that we are going to get a pretty large
00:43:41.940turnout. The Quebec referendum had 93% of voters come out. That was astounding with that large
00:43:49.080amount i think this will be lower but i wouldn't be surprised if we're well into the 80 percent so
00:43:53.800it it'll still focus i mean getting out the votes very critical for those who we can help and what
00:43:58.860limited ways we can do it to get them out there whether it's your own social circles as you said
00:44:02.780with a mother-in-law or something like that uh the other part though is just making sure we get
00:44:07.280the messaging so those who do vote vote how we want to and that's where bruce was was speaking
00:44:12.020on how very important it is actually to make sure this isn't a fully binary stay or leave sort of
00:44:18.180question going on because it isn't. It's a non-binding thing that's moving forward. And
00:44:23.080we should present it as, this is your time to say you weren't satisfied with the status quo.
00:44:27.500I want to go around the horn here because people who are watching right now,
00:44:30.880they may not be involved. They may have volunteered to help you, maybe move signs
00:44:36.520across the province. It's quite remarkable how people have been doing that. But people are out
00:44:40.860there right now thinking they want to vote. Others think maybe they can help in a way. So maybe I can
00:44:45.400go around the horn. We've got a number of third-party advertisers here. And then it could
00:44:49.000come to Bruce at the end and maybe get your thoughts on what you think maybe Albertans can do
00:44:53.360to help out in the province for October the 19th. So maybe I'll start with Angela. Alberta Women for
00:44:59.040Independence, you've been out there. I know I was out to one of your events not long ago. You've been
00:45:02.940focusing a lot on the other nine questions. I think that's important because those questions
00:45:06.940are so long. You could have people standing in line for hours as people try to run through these
00:45:11.560nine questions because you got to think them through. And if everybody knows how to vote on
00:45:16.700those before they walk in there, but what do you need to help you get your message out as Alberta0.87
00:45:22.280Women for Independence? And then we'll go to the rest of you. Well, our calendar is filling up,1.00
00:45:27.860so that's great. People are still hosting us and wanting to hold meetings. And so if folks are
00:45:33.300interested in having us come to their community and put on a meeting either in their home or at
00:45:37.640a town hall or whatever please reach out to us um they can do that through our website or or however
00:45:44.280um but talking about those nine questions so something that kind of took kathy and i a little
00:45:49.640bit by surprise was the fact that we just simply printed off all 10 questions it's a two-sided
00:45:55.560a page and we kind of have them divided and we just printed that off and we thought well we'll
00:45:59.880just hand that out to people at the meetings we have given out thousands upon thousands of those
00:46:06.040when people are coming to the meetings they are grabbing chunks of them and saying
00:46:09.720i'm giving these to my neighbors i'm giving these to my friends so that they're not the ones standing
00:46:14.520in line or standing behind that that voting booth holding up the line um and so that is something
00:46:20.840very easy you can go to our website we have the pdf right there you can print that off
00:46:24.760it is an easy conversation starter because it's non-partisan it's simply these are the 10 questions
00:46:30.680that you're going to be asked to vote on get familiar with them and uh it's been a wonderful
00:46:36.000tool so please if people want to help us out that way have us have us to your home or what have you
00:46:41.620but you can also go online print off that pdf and give that out to your friends jason you've had a
00:46:47.480lot of people volunteering helping you out what do you need them to do and how can they help you
00:46:51.520get the message out one of the things we need is for people to come out to the events and
00:46:57.060tonight in Edmonton at Four Point Sheridan, Edmonton South at 6.30. We're going to be
00:47:02.100having a debate with Stokoe Day and Bruce Pardee. This is for everybody. Whether you're decided
00:47:06.820one way or another or you're undecided, this is the time to come out. So whether you've been to
00:47:11.280one of our events or not, come and bring a friend or two. And then tomorrow night, which is Friday
00:47:15.880in Calgary, it's going to be the Four Point Sheridan at the Calgary Airport at 6.30. The
00:47:21.140doors will open. So this is a time where you get to hear both sides, two gentlemen who are going to
00:47:25.700have a nice civil conversation and bring you the facts as they see it.
00:47:30.280And quite frankly, Sockwell and Bruce agrees on a lot of things,
00:47:33.260just not necessarily the solution to the final question.
00:47:36.520So if you're in a volunteer or you've been participating in our events before,
00:47:40.040grab a couple of friends and come on out to one of these two events.
00:52:51.560All that aside, Albertans have an opportunity in this moment that is not going to come back for quite a while, if ever, but it's an opportunity that has no prospect of happening anywhere else in the country.
00:53:06.520So, for goodness sakes, you've got to go out and vote.
00:53:11.220You've got to go out and vote, because if you miss this moment, this is not just like an election.
00:53:16.280This is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of opportunity.
00:53:19.320and if people don't get that then they're gonna they're gonna miss it okay i want to go around
00:53:24.000the horn here because we've been about an hour now and i want to let you guys get back to
00:53:27.460well all of your signed deliveries and everything that you've been doing because i admire all of you
00:53:32.700so much i have to say people say john thanks for all you do oh for goodness sakes look at the people
00:53:37.120on the screen here look what they're doing they're remarkable and i just want to say to this to the
00:53:41.200people who are watching this and say i wish you'd asked me to be on there i could have had 50 people
00:53:45.320on here with me. And I want to do this again. Maybe we'll do this once a week and we'll get
00:53:49.660different people on over the next three or four weeks to talk about moving forward. And I could
00:53:54.060have had so many people on here. Maybe you can start with Kathy, just final words on what you'd
00:53:58.640like to see happen over the next little bit. What I'd like to see happen over the next little bit
00:54:03.220is for Albertans to come together. This is our future that we're deciding upon. So rather than
00:54:08.460squabbling online or squabbling at the lineup at the grocery store, let's come together. Let's talk
00:54:13.940this out let's reason together and and really sort this out amongst ourselves keeping the
00:54:19.420politicians out of it the reason that this movement has made it as far as it has is because
00:54:23.860we left the politicians out of it the status quo benefits them not us so let's just keep this
00:54:29.720conversation going let's keep talking let's keep it open let's keep it civil and make sure that we
00:54:35.160all get a chance to be heard on october 19th cory we'll go to you next i'll just be brief i want to
00:54:42.440thank you for pulling us together. It's also heartening. We're getting a bit tired. We've
00:54:46.660been at it a long time. I think some people are getting fatigued with the issue and some people
00:54:50.080are getting tired with the campaign work, but we're, you know, we're inspired and we're hammering
00:54:54.700at it. And just that reminder, there's just so many different great disparate groups pushing in
00:54:58.880the same direction on this. It's just good to see us all together like this and remind us that,
00:55:03.620you know, it's worth it. Just five weeks to go. This is the big push. Let's just hit it with all
00:55:07.540we've got until then Jason make sure that you feel comfortable and confident by the time you
00:55:12.780get to that vote do not vote just one question like question 10 make sure you're ready for all
00:55:18.120the questions because it's important no matter what happens on October 19th Alberta's future is
00:55:23.340at the your fingertips right here and do encourage people to come whether they've never voted before
00:55:29.260or they're avid voters everybody should be there and quite frankly there's a 40 group of registered
00:55:34.320voters that didn't vote in the last provincial election if they came out they can make the
00:55:38.100difference and if they're not voting because they don't trust that their vote matters this is the
00:55:42.900time where your vote does matter so if you want to see the status quo continue don't show up but
00:55:48.000if you want to see a change make sure you show up and mark down that ballot go to you tanya next
00:55:52.580well i think it's actually a unifying principle to pursue sovereignty and prosperity for the future
00:56:03.620of Alberta. That's things that everybody wants. And that brings into focus what we're actually
00:56:09.400being asked is that this is not an independence question yet. We're having a referendum on
00:56:14.480a referendum, which was not the choice of any of us probably in this group, but this
00:56:18.420is where we are and this is where we're at. So the question before us is, do you want
00:56:23.160to stay with the status quo and where Canada is headed and knowing where it's headed? Or
00:56:28.740Or do you want the opportunity to maybe take a little bit of courage and pursue something
00:56:33.820different and at least empower our provincial government with the negotiating strength to
00:56:38.600go to Ottawa and have a seat at the table and have that conversation with some leverage.
00:56:44.580That's the thing that we've been missing in Alberta is we've never had leverage before.
00:56:48.080And a vote for option two gives us that leverage.
00:56:51.420And at that point, Ottawa will come to the table with an offer to try to entice Albertans
00:56:56.960to stay because we'll be one step closer to that independence vote and if ottawa doesn't come with
00:57:02.880a great offer as i suspect that they won't then albertans will get to decide do we want to accept
00:57:09.040that or should we take the next step and maybe pursue independence and standing our own two feet
00:57:14.000angela i love the word courage that tanya just used and that's what we need as albertans
00:57:19.920individually we all need to gather our courage put the sign on the lawn hang the flag wear the
00:57:26.560t-shirt reach out to your friends your neighbors in love and invite them to become a part of this
00:57:34.320conversation to get excited about the possibilities that are ahead of us and let's do this together i
00:57:41.280am just so excited and that's what we need is to gather our courage and to do this together
00:57:46.880okay what i want to do uh right now is just mention that there are a lot of other third
00:57:50.640party advertisers out there that need your support as well and i do want to ask you the question i
00:57:55.440I put about $6 signs on my screen over here.
00:57:58.620Maybe you can just give me an affirmative or whatever,
00:58:00.860but you still need money in the last four weeks.
00:58:03.360You need people to donate to you, correct?