00:00:00.000Isaac Lameru, True North here ladies and gentlemen. I mean, there's still 30 minutes before the event starts and it is absolutely packed wall to wall in here. Thousands of people here inside the building right now. Thousands of people in line waiting to get in. I mean, it's ridiculous. Just take a look at the crowd.
00:00:21.700Let's show some gratitude for the greatest prime minister of the 21st century, the Right Honorable Stephen Harper. Do we have any veterans here in the house today? Give it up for our veterans. Thank you. Thank you for your service. Good to see you, sir. Where did you serve?
00:00:50.460Then the Canadian Navy and the Second World War. Indeed, yeah.
00:00:54.960All round of applause. Bless you, my friend. How old were you at Juno Beach?
00:01:04.06019. What a hero. What an incredible hero. Thank you, sir. We have to make this a country that is worthy of that hero's sacrifice, don't we?
00:01:18.180The Liberals are not trying to pull a fast one. They have a very simple strategy in this election. And here's what it is. Make you forget about the last 10 years.
00:01:30.380Everything they do will be about bringing collective amnesia of all the damage they've done. The first trick they've tried is replacing Justin Trudeau with his economic advisor and a hand-picked successor, Mark Carney.
00:01:47.600How do you feel about Carney disrespecting Alberta or Western Canada as a whole and his whole approach against Western Canada?
00:01:58.460I think it's completely wrong. I think the federal government has been doing this for way too long. Unfortunately, what I've been seeing from Carney is nothing but ignorance. And I'm actually seeing that from a lot of people from the central portion of Canada, basically.
00:02:15.160I'm originally from Ontario. And I had no idea what Alberta actually did for the people and how much the actual transfer payments helped throughout.
00:02:24.960So, yeah, for the federal government and for Carney to be turning around and trying to quash what's happening here in Alberta for his own purpose, he has seven pipelines here in Canada.
00:02:37.160So, of course, he wants no more pipelines to go through, which doesn't help the people in Ontario and Quebec and the East Coast.
00:02:43.980So how do you feel about the Alberta separation movement that we're seeing pick up some steam?
00:02:49.060The Alberta separation movement is actually probably a really good thing at this point. It puts the federal government back into their lane, as Danielle would say it.
00:02:58.820The separation, there's three parts to the separation at this point. The first part of it is either becoming 51st state.
00:03:05.740The second part is to turn around and become an independent like Quebec. And the third is becoming our own country, OK, is what we're looking at.
00:03:16.900So I think at this point, all cards are on deck, right? We have a choice to make as Canadians.
00:03:23.800And it's whether or not we allow the federal government to turn around and flush our country down the toilet or whether we stand up to them.
00:03:29.560If Carney wins the election, I can see well over 90% of Albertans choosing to do a referendum.
00:03:48.560And how do you feel about the growing separatist movement in Alberta?
00:03:52.180It's interesting because I find that people think that sovereignty and separation is the same thing, but we just want more sovereignty for our people.
00:04:01.720We want to be able to do what we want when we want to do it and not be under the thumb of Ottawa.
00:04:07.340And what do you think will happen with this separatist movement if Mark Carney somehow wins the next federal election?
00:04:12.960It's going to ramp up because if Mark Carney gets in, there's going to be a lot of people that are real mad.
00:04:18.260So do you think it's a good thing that Smith's been going down to the States so much and trying to collaborate with people in the United States?
00:04:27.420I mean, we need action, and with action will come something out of it.
00:04:32.000So by her not going down, I think it also shows a lot of Albertans that she's not willing to stand for us.
00:04:38.580Now that the rally's over, obviously, what did you think of it?
00:04:41.300It was amazing just to see how many people came out to support it.
00:04:49.920This afternoon, we were told that there's over 15,000 people RSVP'd, and that's not including extras that came and all those volunteers.
00:05:01.720And it's a massive crowd, and it was just inspiring and hopeful and exciting just to see so many people wanting a better life for ourselves.
00:05:18.580How do you feel about the Alberta separatist movement?
00:05:21.420I definitely understand it, for sure, that everyone's at a point where if the Liberals were to get another term, I think everyone would be so heartbroken that it's almost like the end of the line for a lot of people.
00:05:38.620And how do you feel about the way that Mark Carney so far in his short tenure has treated Alberta and Western Canada?
00:05:44.260He hasn't really shown a lot of support for Alberta and Western Canada, for sure.
00:05:51.240Anything that Western Canada stands for, especially Alberta and Saskatchewan, he's all for squashing anything that makes our provinces prosper.
00:06:09.000And comparatively, how do you think Pierre Polyevre will fight for Alberta and Western Canada?
00:06:13.440From what we're seeing so far, that he's out and eager to do anything to help everybody from all across Canada get their lives back and live a free life, but also an affordable life.
00:06:34.860What do you think of the growing Alberta separatist movement and the calls for a referendum?
00:06:38.620Oh, we've been getting screwed by the rest of Canada since the 1970s, since the National Energy Programme, Trudeau Sr.