John Bolton - October 29, 2025


NO means NO in a REFERENDUM - I DEMAND my vote COUNT!


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In this video, I talk about why I believe that Alberta should have a referendum on independence from Canada. I also talk about the implications if a majority of Albertans say no to Mr. Lukasik's call for a referendum.

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00:00:00.000 Mr. Lukasik's vote is a yes-no question. It is a separatist referendum. He may be trying
00:00:07.320 to characterize it differently. But if you ask people if you want to remain in Alberta,
00:00:11.560 yes or no, there are implications if people answer no.
00:00:17.980 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel 11 minutes after 6, Wednesday, October the 29th.
00:00:23.160 I hope you're having a great start to your Wednesday. I appreciate you clicking on the
00:00:26.920 video, and it's coming pretty close to the last video I put out, but I've been thinking about
00:00:31.220 doing this video since I went to bed last night, shortly after I released a video on former Deputy
00:00:37.400 Premier Thomas Lukasik's major fail when it comes to his petition. He got the signatures,
00:00:44.920 but he may have inadvertently released the Kraken that is the independence movement.
00:00:50.180 You heard what Danielle Smith said right off the top of this video, and I'm taking the Premier at her
00:00:59.640 word. You have to understand this. She has had three months to come up with an answer to the question
00:01:05.720 regarding Mr. Lukasik's petition, and those are the words she said. I have no doubt she ran those
00:01:12.500 words through an Alberta lawyer. Let me read them to you verbatim. Mr. Lukasik's vote is a yes-no
00:01:20.420 question. It is a separatist referendum. He may be trying to characterize it differently,
00:01:26.860 but if you ask people if they want to remain in Alberta yes or no, there are implications if people
00:01:34.040 answer no. And to this question, Mr. Lukasik's question, a referendum question, I say no. Do you
00:01:44.440 agree Alberta should remain in Canada? No. And I want my vote to count. I want my vote to count. If I'm
00:01:54.700 handed a ballot, and it's a referendum, and I say no, and a majority of Albertans say no, Alberta leaves
00:02:02.580 Canada. I'm taking the Premier at her word. And it is a referendum. Here is the petition information.
00:02:13.680 Therefore, we as represented by the signatory and applicant below propose a referendum on the
00:02:19.140 following question. Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada? And for those of you who
00:02:24.320 need a refresher, the definition of a referendum is a general vote by the electorate on a single
00:02:29.560 political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. And the decision has to be
00:02:36.100 made on this question. This is a vote on independence. And I am willing to go back to
00:02:44.720 the legislature. I don't care if it's the dead of winter. I'll stand out there with 100,000 people
00:02:49.460 and demand my vote counts if this is put on a ballot. Now, I'm not trying to tell the Alberta
00:02:56.300 Prosperity Project what to do. They're pretty smart. But I think that's our way forward here.
00:03:02.120 Time to put the pressure on.
00:03:07.920 No means no. Maybe that's the name of our campaign.
00:03:12.980 Now, there's something I didn't do last night that I think it's important to do on this video
00:03:17.940 right now. I would like to thank Thomas Lukasik for doing all the legwork to get us our vote on
00:03:25.040 independence. Thank you so much. If you like the video, give it a thumbs up. Subscribe to the
00:03:33.100 channel. Ring the bell for notifications. I'll see you in the next one.