John Bolton - The BIGGEST FOE of Alberta Independence (no one is talking about)

00:00:00.000 it's John and welcome to the channel hope you're having a great day today it's about two o'clock

00:00:11.040 in the afternoon I'm out on a bike ride today overlooking the Bow River in southeast Calgary

00:00:16.120 and I've been riding around thinking about something that I well that dawned on me this

00:00:21.360 morning when I was watching Jeff Rath in the cost of freedom news conference earlier today

00:00:27.160 when he was talking about how much money Alberta would save if it just got out of Canada now as

00:00:33.340 you know I had Jeff on my channel last night it was a remarkable interview I hope you'll watch it

00:00:38.860 here I share it as well Jeff certainly has the numbers and he had the numbers this morning

00:00:45.100 talking about the amazing amount of money I think the word 70 billion dollars a year came out something

00:00:50.380 like that he talked about the fact that we could end up getting rid of income tax in the province

00:00:54.760 Aboriginal people could do far better getting three times the amount of money from Alberta

00:00:58.960 than Ottawa if Alberta just got out of Canada but when I was watching Jeff talk about these things

00:01:05.880 something came to mind that I'd not thought of before and I didn't think about it last night either

00:01:10.740 and I think it's the number one foe of the independence movement in Alberta I think it's

00:01:17.160 been there all along but the word hasn't been used and what is the word the word is patriotism

00:01:25.900 that's the number one foe of the Alberta independence movement now for somebody like myself and maybe you

00:01:34.500 they're all for Alberta independence you don't have to convince us I consider myself an Albertan not a

00:01:40.900 Canadian if people ask me why I think Alberta should get its independence there's a lot of reasons but I

00:01:46.680 think you could break it down to a single sentence Alberta gives so much money to the east and all we 0.95

00:01:53.880 get back is disrespect so you don't have to convince me the people you have to convince to vote yes in

00:02:01.620 an independence vote are the people who consider themselves patriots and they're patriots of Canada

00:02:08.060 and you have to ask yourself as you run through all these amazing numbers and how much money could be

00:02:13.800 saved and how much more money you could take home if we had independence how much money is patriotism

00:02:21.080 worth to somebody who really believes in Canada who has an allegiance to their country and has an

00:02:27.600 allegiance to their flag that's the question you have to ask and how do you break through that

00:02:31.800 now don't get me wrong I think there'll be some people would easily give up their country for more

00:02:37.660 money people do it all the time they move from one country to the next to different careers to make

00:02:42.360 more money but will they give up their patriotism and that's something I think the independence

00:02:47.360 movement has to address I think that's very important I think it's important in another

00:02:52.720 way as well because there's something that I've been watching and I saw some youtubers earlier this

00:02:56.580 morning Jeff said the same thing to me last night and he mentioned it this morning regarding this

00:03:02.160 petition for a referendum by Thomas LeCasic I did a video a couple of days ago saying ignore this at

00:03:08.760 Peril people are still dismissing it and I think that's wrong because patriotism comes into that

00:03:15.400 one as well I watched a well-known youtuber from this area from the Calgary area today say he'll never

00:03:21.560 get the votes well that may be the case but just after New Year's Pierre Polyev was a lock for being the

00:03:31.080 Prime Minister of the country and he came in second and he was probably the biggest loser in the election

00:03:36.760 election as all these people and I've called it faux Canadian patriotism voted for the Liberal Party

00:03:42.400 because they were concerned about Canada becoming the 51st state I think it was more misplaced

00:03:48.160 patriotism but do not dismiss Thomas LeCasic and what's going on with this it could be a problem I saw Jeff

00:03:57.400 Rath he mentioned it to me last night that this will not stop an independence vote with the Alberta

00:04:03.480 prosperity project but do we know that for sure so I think that needs to be addressed we need to think

00:04:09.960 about patriotism in a couple of different ways now the other thing I think needs to be addressed is

00:04:15.080 I question the person that has allowed this petition of LeCasics to go through I did on my

00:04:20.360 channel the other day and it needs to be addressed again what's the point in having a referendum if the

00:04:27.320 outcome is the same regardless of how people vote so we need to know if people vote no in LeCasics

00:04:33.800 referendum if there is one does that mean Alberta leaves the country if the answer to that question

00:04:41.480 is no then why have the referendum in the first place I question the competence of the person that

00:04:46.920 allowed this to go through I question their politics I question their neutrality and I question their

00:04:52.840 intelligence and I think the Alberta prosperity project needs to address this now don't just say

00:04:59.320 you don't think they'll get the votes because these people are not voting against independence

00:05:07.160 if they vote in a referendum they're voting because they're patriots and they don't want to leave

00:05:12.920 Canada so that's all I've got to say anyway beautiful day out here in Calgary today absolutely fantastic

00:05:20.120 I'm heading to an independence rally in Airdrie tonight probably see a lot of you there I

00:05:24.840 appreciate you watching the channel if you like the video give me a thumbs up subscribe to the channel

00:05:29.640 ring the bell for notifications and I'll see you in the next one don't forget the word patriotism it's a big deal here

John Bolton - July 04, 2025

The BIGGEST FOE of Alberta Independence (no one is talking about)

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