Juno News - How will the West react if the Liberals win again？

00:00:00.000 A lot of Albertans where I'm from are concerned that if Mark Carney does win, you know, I mean, it's shocking, right?

00:00:07.540 Everyone thought after 10 years of Justin Trudeau, there was no question that the Liberals were going to lose.

00:00:11.940 And if the Conservatives cannot secure a victory in this political climate now, will they ever be able to?

00:00:18.420 And if the answer to that is no, is it fair for Western Canadians to say maybe it's time to find a new, you know,

00:00:26.260 to create a new system where Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal don't determine our future.

00:00:31.640 Do you get that same sense in British Columbia?

00:00:33.860 I guess you're from the north, right?

00:00:35.840 Right, yeah.

00:00:36.260 So, I mean, I used to live in Fort St. John as well.

00:00:39.340 And they're almost Albertans, you know.

00:00:41.420 They think very similar.

00:00:42.760 Do you think that that sort of idea of Western separation,

00:00:45.880 or at least some sort of, you know, political sovereignty in some way, shape, or form,

00:00:52.020 do they share that belief with Albertans?

00:00:54.640 I think the reality is Canada has not thought of itself as a country for a very long time.

00:01:00.480 We think of ourselves as provinces.

00:01:02.340 We think of ourselves as regions.

00:01:03.940 It's been many decades since we've actually thought of ourselves as a country.

00:01:07.360 And what Trump has done has created the opportunity to start thinking bigger in terms of it.

00:01:12.920 We need to tear down the barriers between our provinces.

00:01:15.160 We need to move energy east-west.

00:01:16.980 We need to get our energy offshore to tidewater.

00:01:20.600 And we need to be able to open our minds.

00:01:21.660 we need to be rethinking our confederation we need to be looking at the authorities between

00:01:26.600 the federal and provincial governments and so i think you know if you end up with a government

00:01:31.920 in ottawa that says no screw you guys um you know we're not interested in trying to address or or

00:01:37.560 even hear about any of these issues then yeah i think alienation is going to be a big big issue

00:01:42.520 right across the country but i think there is a window to start looking about about that to think

00:01:48.140 about you know confederation and how we can see that sort of strengthening and that's something

00:01:52.140 certainly i'll be pushing for yeah where everyone fits into well i mean let's realize our full

00:01:56.900 potential our gdp growth as canada has been 0.14 on a per capita basis for 10 years yeah it's crazy

00:02:05.260 the united states grown at 1.8 percent you know 18 or more 14 times 10 times more the average in

00:02:12.040 the OECD nations is 10 times more at 14 percent. Like this has been absolutely crazy to see how

00:02:17.820 bad we have performed. And I think that's unacceptable. And part of that is not taking

00:02:22.900 advantage of our resources, not listening to the provinces like Alberta, like British

00:02:26.880 Columbia in terms of where our real potential could be. I mean, across the country, there's

00:02:31.060 all sorts of these same type of issues. But this is something that we need to really think about

00:02:35.760 in terms of what is Canada? How do we take advantage of our strengths? How do we make

00:02:40.540 sure that we have the highest standards of living and the highest health care opportunities

00:02:46.720 of any jurisdiction. We could have that because of the resources we have.

Juno News - April 18, 2025

How will the West react if the Liberals win again？

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