John Bolton - February 21, 2026


Rachel NOTLEY and Thomas LUKASZUK, how LOW can they go? - Very Low!


Episode Stats

Length

14 minutes

Words per Minute

174.31682

Word Count

2,509

Sentence Count

100

Misogynist Sentences

3

Hate Speech Sentences

11


Summary

Who is being called a Nazi, who is being compared to Adolf Hitler, and why is the premier of Alberta, Daniel Danielle Smith, the Prime Minister of Canada, the former premier of the province, and the former deputy premier, Thomas Lukazic, the leader of the Forever Canadian Campaign, the anti-independence campaign?


Transcript

00:00:00.000 you know the crud that you sometimes have to scrape off the bottom of your shoe
00:00:03.840 i'll be talking about two people like that today
00:00:08.160 hi it's john and welcome to the channel 237 a.m it is saturday february the 21st i hope you're
00:00:17.480 having a great start to your weekend here with the big blue mug of coffee and i really wish i
00:00:22.420 didn't have to do a video like this i really wish we could tone things down or let me be more clear i
00:00:30.820 wish the other side would tone things down a little bit we live in an odd age we live in the internet
00:00:41.180 age and it's very easy for people to hide behind their keyboard when you come to this channel my
00:00:48.080 name is on this channel it says john bolton on this channel anything i say on this channel belongs
00:00:53.480 to me i'm responsible for what i say if i post on x my name is on x and i'm responsible for what i put
00:01:02.380 on x i don't hide behind anonymity which a lot of people do and it's so easy to say things these
00:01:09.100 days online and just hide behind that anonymity and i think that's sad i think if you really
00:01:16.720 believe in something put your name behind it but it's become increasingly easy to throw around
00:01:23.040 things online you know i often say to people i'm glad i didn't have the internet when i was a kid
00:01:27.480 i can't imagine the kind of things i would have said online because i was too stupid to stop and think
00:01:32.640 you know maybe i shouldn't hit send and though in the old days folks you might write a letter
00:01:38.120 because you you felt something deep inside you wanted to get out by sending that letter to that person
00:01:45.420 but a lot of it was was animus and it was mean and it was angry and and you had to take the letter
00:01:52.660 and put it in an envelope and find a stamp and walk down and mail it and by the time you did that you
00:01:57.220 thought you know maybe i shouldn't send the letter so you would tear it up nowadays you just hit send
00:02:01.460 and this is the age we live in right now it's so easy to label people with things i mean over the
00:02:12.260 years i've been called a racist just for having an opinion on something that people don't like
00:02:17.640 people in the street yell at you because you're a call you a fascist it's thrown around so willy-nilly
00:02:22.720 the words don't mean anything anymore so we have to go to the next level
00:02:27.200 the problem is some of the people throwing these words around
00:02:32.720 aren't just anonymous people behind their keyboards do you know what godwin's law is
00:02:38.600 yeah i've asked you some questions the last couple of days it's not because i think you're stupid
00:02:44.240 you know in broadcasting there's a saying never underestimate the intelligence of your audience
00:02:49.080 i mean i went to high school and graduated and went to broadcasting school there are plenty of you
00:02:53.060 who have more education than me so i'm not i'm not suggesting that you're stupid
00:02:56.880 hell yesterday i asked you if you knew who rube goldberg was as if you were supposed to know that
00:03:01.360 but do you know what godwin's law is here is godwin's law
00:03:05.800 godwin's law short for godwin's law of nazi analogies is an internet adage asserting as an
00:03:14.460 online discussion grows longer the probability of a comparison involving nazis or hitler approaches one
00:03:21.040 unfortunately we get to godwin's law a lot quicker these days folks it's the first thing people say
00:03:27.080 it's thrown around willy-nilly the words almost have no meaning when you call somebody a nazi
00:03:31.960 or compare them to adolf hitler but it has to have meaning deep meaning because it's one of the
00:03:38.600 most disgraceful things to happen in human history if not the most disgraceful thing and pardon me for
00:03:44.940 this long preamble to get to my point but i thought it was necessary who is being called a nazi
00:03:54.060 who is being compared to adolf hitler danielle smith the premier of alberta by people who aren't
00:03:59.620 anonymous keyboard warriors but people who should know better
00:04:03.020 the former premier of alberta rachel notley and the former deputy premier of this province
00:04:12.320 thomas lukazic who just so happens to be the leader of the forever canadian campaign
00:04:19.820 the anti-independence group here in alberta and the thing is they rile up their base who absolutely
00:04:25.340 love this and it's disgraceful these people notley and lukazic should be denounced and called out for
00:04:31.480 this and they need to apologize and danielle smith i've got words from her talking about this for you
00:04:37.040 in just a moment and why is danielle smith being called or compared to adolf hitler and nazis because of
00:04:45.080 this now these are edited questions for the referendum she announced yesterday these are the
00:04:55.000 first four questions and i've broken them down to make it much easier one should alberta decrease
00:05:00.260 immigration two should only albertans be eligible for provincial programs three should people have
00:05:05.720 to wait 12 months to qualify for those programs and four should there be a fee for non-permanent
00:05:11.020 residents to use alberta's health care and education they sound like perfectly good questions
00:05:17.040 because here's an absolute fact we've been bringing too many people into this country and danielle smith
00:05:22.540 is saying listen we have too many people coming here they're filling up our health care system
00:05:27.220 they're filling up our education system and this is an issue that needs to be discussed
00:05:31.500 and the people of alberta will decide in a referendum in the fall
00:05:35.840 i think this is a good thing
00:05:38.520 the federal government thinks this is a good thing here's an article from the national post
00:05:46.940 feds won't stand in the way of alberta's fall referendum stress common immigration goals just
00:05:52.540 a little bit of this i'm not going to read all this to you federal officials said they won't stand
00:05:56.680 in the way of alberta premier danielle smith's plan to put a number of constitutional
00:06:00.420 and immigration related questions to a referendum in the fall and say they're already taking
00:06:05.400 meaningful steps to bring migration down to a sustainable level because it's unsustainable
00:06:10.900 yet danielle smith i'm going to get to the comments from rachel notley and thomas lakazic in a moment on
00:06:17.480 facebook
00:06:17.940 but here's credit where it's due this is rick bell i saw this at one o'clock this morning when i woke up
00:06:28.660 daniel smith the nazi rachel notley and lakazic should be denounced where's the condemnation of
00:06:34.900 rachel notley and thomas lakazic from comparing smith to nazis a year ago alberta premier daniel
00:06:40.960 smith was called a traitor now smith is compared to hitler's nazis and she's not compared to the
00:06:46.040 nazis by the usual unhinged social media bottom feeder no smith is slimed by the former premier
00:06:52.440 of alberta that's rachel notley smith is also slimed by the former deputy premier of alberta that's
00:06:57.900 thomas lakazic and by the way lakazic is also the main man for the anti-independent side of the
00:07:03.240 alberta independence debate these are big names they should know better this should be beneath them
00:07:08.620 well said he goes on to say that if if somebody in the united conservative party were saying
00:07:14.500 something like this against rachel notley it would be an uproar it would be a national media
00:07:18.440 story but it isn't right now i want to read something to you i think i may have used this on
00:07:24.640 my channel before i'm going to bring it up on the screen here now this is from the holocaust
00:07:31.300 memorial day trust i can't recall why i use this but i have used this before you may have heard this
00:07:37.180 before first they came by pastor martin niemahler and there's a reason i'm reading this because rachel
00:07:42.020 notley used this not exactly but she twisted it to slime danielle smith first they came for the
00:07:50.940 communist and i did not speak out because i was not a communist then they came for the socialist and i
00:07:56.160 did not speak out because i was not a socialist then they came for the trade unionist and i did not
00:08:01.320 speak out because i was not a trade unionist then they came for the jews and i did not speak out
00:08:06.320 because i was not a jew then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me very
00:08:11.980 strong words. And let's go to Rachel Notley. Here she is here. Sorry, I had to reload the page
00:08:18.780 there. First, they came for the trans people. Then they came for the unionized workers. Next,
00:08:23.920 it was judges. Now it's immigrants. If you think that you or someone you love won't be next,
00:08:28.240 you're sorely mistaken, obviously, using the poem I just read to you to write this paragraph right
00:08:35.860 here. It's disgraceful. UCP voter, NDP voter, pro-environment, pro-business, rich or poor,
00:08:42.000 these things don't matter. What matters is that we have the moral strength to call out this vile,
00:08:46.220 divisive tactic by this premier. This is a vile and divisive tactic by this former premier of this
00:08:53.240 province. And no doubt playing on the ignorance of the people who don't know that poem I just read
00:08:57.920 to you, I did. I know what she's trying to say here. Daniel Smith's a Nazi. She's like Adolf Hitler.
00:09:05.860 There is only one vote I want. It's called an election. Then we can rid our province of the
00:09:09.960 worst premier and the worst government in the history of Alberta, invoking Nazi Germany and
00:09:14.500 Adolf Hitler for partisan politics. What a low thing to do, Rachel Notley. There are people coming
00:09:20.660 on here. Rachel, thank you for being brave enough to speak out. Obviously, Anna Small doesn't get the
00:09:26.020 connotation or maybe she does. There are other people here are saying, listen, all we're getting here
00:09:30.700 as a vote. We get to say what we want in this province. Well done to McKinnon Godlian for this.
00:09:37.200 And then over to Thomas Lukasik. Recently, UCP government advertised that Alberta is open for
00:09:44.100 business, wanting to grow Alberta's population to 10 million by 2030. Now influx on new Canadians is
00:09:49.940 blamed for overcrowded hospital schools and the deficit. In reality, mismanagement is the culprit,
00:09:55.000 not immigrants. Immigrants are not Alberta's problem. They're here legally, which is important in this.
00:09:59.780 They're the ones serving you coffee at Timmy's. Immigrants are the engine of our economy.
00:10:04.380 There start most small businesses. But we're not talking about the people who are here legally.
00:10:11.320 We want fewer brought here. There's too many. There are people who are coming here claiming
00:10:15.100 refugee status and people who here stay too long. We want them to leave. But there is a pattern.
00:10:20.660 Populist governments need a scapegoat, a culprit, an outgroup. For Hitler, it was Jews. For Trump,
00:10:26.560 it's Latinos. In Rwanda, it was the Tutsis. It's an un-Canadian and deplorable political
00:10:31.980 strategy. This is disgraceful, Thomas Lukasik. You're a disgraceful human being. I am denouncing
00:10:40.000 you for what you say. And the same goes for Rachel Notley. How dare you?
00:10:49.000 Premier Danielle Smith was asked about this and she gave a hell of a good answer.
00:10:54.080 Today, Rachel Notley and Thomas Lukasik have thrown out accusations of Nazi tactics when
00:11:01.000 referring to this immigration approach. Could you comment on that as well, please?
00:11:05.960 That's gross. It's just disgusting. Any mention to if you're going to call somebody a Nazi,
00:11:13.720 you better be referring to the Holocaust and the devastation that that caused to the Jewish
00:11:18.100 people. That is disgusting language and it should never be used. If they want to have a serious
00:11:23.200 conversation about immigration levels, let's have it. That's what a referendum is all about.
00:11:28.840 And quite frankly, as I've mentioned, this is the same kind of policy that was affirmed last week
00:11:34.180 by the federal government when it came to saying that temporary foreign workers should have private
00:11:37.480 insurance when they arrive. It's the same policy that already exists in Ontario. And we are asking
00:11:42.120 Albertans if they want to have a system that puts Albertans, citizens as well as permanent
00:11:47.860 residents first when it comes to taxpayer-funded programs and then have reasonable premiums and the
00:11:55.180 ability of those who are temporary to access the programs with their own resources. But that kind of
00:12:01.140 language has no place in this debate.
00:12:03.220 An excellent response from Premier Danielle Smith. A great answer from a classy lady, a classy leader,
00:12:09.840 unlike the former Premier of the province, Rachel Notley, and the former Deputy Premier, Thomas Lukasik.
00:12:15.740 I hope I haven't gone on too long on this. I hope I haven't. But there's something that's been missed
00:12:22.000 here, in particular in Rick Bell's article, which is an excellent article, but he didn't go one step
00:12:27.660 further. He didn't make a connection that I'm going to make right now. If Danielle Smith is being
00:12:33.540 compared to Adolf Hitler and to the Nazi party for her belief that we have too many people coming to
00:12:41.880 Alberta and for her allowing Albertans to vote on immigration here, by extension, am I a Nazi? Because
00:12:51.160 I agree with Danielle Smith and millions of other Albertans feel the same way. And there are a lot of
00:12:58.740 nuts out there, folks. And being a Nazi or being like Adolf Hitler is probably the worst thing you
00:13:05.040 can be. Plenty of people commented on Thomas Lukasik's post agreeing with him, and he said the
00:13:10.200 word Hitler. And plenty of people agreed with former Premier Rachel Notley. She alluded to Hitler. I'm sure
00:13:17.540 some people got the connection. There's nothing worse than a Nazi, folks. How long before somebody acts on
00:13:22.540 this? I may be walking down the street because of my views and somebody comes after me. After all,
00:13:29.120 you're just attacking a Nazi. Now, it wouldn't be Lukasik's fault and it wouldn't be Notley's fault.
00:13:34.340 It would be that person's fault for acting on it. But this is the kind of area we're getting into here.
00:13:42.900 We need to tone things down. I think we all need to tone things down. But I think what they've done
00:13:48.600 here is vile. They need to be denounced. Feel free to find their posts on Facebook. Very simple to find.
00:13:55.220 It's right at the top of their Facebook posts right now. Drop in a little comment, but be respectful.
00:14:01.700 I think you need to apologize, Thomas. I think you need to apologize, Rachel. Shame on you for going this
00:14:09.080 low. Let me know what you think. If you like the video, give it a thumbs up. Subscribe to the channel.
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00:14:19.340 but he just had to go here. I'll see you in the next one.