Juno News - Justin Trudeau’s “deranged vendetta” against Alberta

00:00:00.000 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is at war with the federal government again over emissions caps,

00:00:05.320 telling them that the cap will kill production and do more harm than good,

00:00:09.240 compared to if they just let Alberta implement best technologies,

00:00:12.780 which would allow the province to get to net zero by 2050.

00:00:16.260 Following the federal government's newest cap announcement on Monday,

00:00:19.700 Smith held a press conference, and honestly, I've never seen her as mad as she was in that case. 1.00

00:00:24.940 She looked like she was ready to explode. 1.00

00:00:27.160 On the show today, we'll also be discussing the United States' new president,

00:00:31.320 my experience at the Alberta AGM, where Smith got a 91.5% approval rating, and more.

00:00:48.360 Let's hop right into that first story now.

00:00:50.620 So Smith pulled no punches at her Monday press conference,

00:00:53.760 where she likened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Stephen Guibault's

00:00:58.060 newly released draft oil and gas cap to a scorched-earth economic policy

00:01:03.040 meant to unfairly target one of Canada's most prosperous provinces.

00:01:06.820 I talked about how angry Smith was, but I'll let you take a listen and come to your own conclusion.

00:01:11.820 Here's some of what she said.

00:01:13.100 I'm pissed.

00:01:14.320 I'm absolutely angry.

00:01:16.320 Because we've been working with these guys for two years.

00:01:19.060 Because we have a plan that would reduce emissions responsibly by 2050.

00:01:24.520 And they continue to act like they're working collaboratively with us.

00:01:27.960 And then they come out with exactly the same policy that they put forward a year ago,

00:01:32.280 with no changes whatsoever.

00:01:33.780 And then they're trying to mislead the public about its intent.

00:01:38.000 And mislead the public about our true record.

00:01:41.140 In 2018, we had 159.3 megatons of emissions from our oil and gas sector.

00:01:47.580 In 2022, the most recent stats available, 158.3 megatons.

00:01:52.700 So he is not even telling the truth.

00:01:54.600 We are seeing an increase in production and a decrease in emissions,

00:01:57.600 exactly like we said we would, because we're relying on technology.

00:02:00.740 We also know that we can decrease global emissions

00:02:03.820 by getting more of our cleaner, burning oil and natural gas to the world.

00:02:07.960 They know that.

00:02:08.880 We've told them that.

00:02:09.700 The public knows that.

00:02:11.020 And yet they persist in this pathway,

00:02:13.180 which will harm our province and harm the country.

00:02:15.160 And that is not acceptable.

00:02:16.380 Not for a government that is at, what, 20% in the polls?

00:02:19.760 Not for a government that is on its way out the door.

00:02:22.040 It cannot destroy the most important industry in the country

00:02:26.480 by targeting our province with this kind of unilateral action.

00:02:31.200 We just won't stand for it.

00:02:32.800 The Liberals' most recent cap comes despite various organizations

00:02:36.600 warning the Feds that any such cap would devastate the Canadian economy,

00:02:41.080 reducing the GDP by trillions and wiping out hundreds of thousands of jobs.

00:02:45.620 Look, I see another one of these reports come out every single day.

00:02:48.960 An S&P study showed that if implemented,

00:02:51.280 the cap would cut production by 2 million barrels of oil daily.

00:02:54.200 Smith said that half of that, 1 million barrels of oil daily,

00:02:58.080 would result in losing $3 billion to $7 billion a year.

00:03:01.740 This is the entire budget for roads and bridges,

00:03:04.400 income assistance for the severely handicapped,

00:03:06.640 and post-secondary budgets.

00:03:08.180 I mean, they would all be wiped out.

00:03:09.960 Smith added that $28 billion would disappear from Alberta's GDP annually,

00:03:14.960 with Canada taking a $97 billion yearly hit.

00:03:18.960 If that isn't bad enough,

00:03:20.340 Smith said that the cap violates Canada's constitution,

00:03:24.200 which grants provinces exclusive jurisdiction over non-renewable natural resource development.

00:03:29.620 Alberta's premier had the following to say of the prime minister.

00:03:32.800 Take a listen.

00:03:34.080 Ultimately, this cap will lead Alberta and our country into economic and societal decline.

00:03:39.980 And once again,

00:03:41.080 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting reckless policy ahead of the needs and concerns of everyday Canadians.

00:03:47.080 I made note that he would do this on his way out the door.

00:03:49.640 It's like a bad renter who's burning the furniture on their way out.

00:03:53.260 He needs to call an election now to seek a mandate to do this,

00:03:57.540 not only to our province, but to the country.

00:03:59.760 Once again,

00:04:00.320 Ottawa is putting up roadblocks instead of providing solutions to global energy security.

00:04:06.080 And make no mistake,

00:04:07.400 Alberta and Canada have the ability to provide security to the world.

00:04:11.560 Instead, Justin Trudeau continues to choose to outsource that duty

00:04:16.680 to provide safe, affordable, reliable, and responsibly produced oil and gas

00:04:22.820 to dictators and less clean producers around the world.

00:04:26.660 And tweaks won't work.

00:04:28.040 This cap must be scrapped.

00:04:30.680 Smith went on to say that Guibo's policies would cost Canadians $419 a month.

00:04:36.440 However, despite all the mounting evidence against their war on oil and gas,

00:04:41.160 the Liberals are pushing forward.

00:04:43.040 Smith said of Guibo,

00:04:44.120 quote,

00:04:44.820 This is not responsible policy.

00:04:46.940 This is a vendetta.

00:04:48.520 He has a deranged vendetta against Alberta.

00:04:51.000 It's very obvious.

00:04:52.200 We've been watching it for some time.

00:04:54.300 Smith responded to Guibo's accusation that she,

00:04:57.420 Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre,

00:04:59.400 and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe

00:05:01.400 don't believe in climate change.

00:05:03.980 She said,

00:05:04.780 That is just absolute nonsense.

00:05:07.580 And he continues to say such things 0.76

00:05:09.260 because he's trying to demonize our province.

00:05:12.160 And he's trying to demonize our sector.

00:05:14.300 And he's trying to justify unconstitutional policy.

00:05:17.740 And it's absolutely unacceptable.

00:05:19.920 She said,

00:05:20.440 We expect our national leaders to engage in nation building

00:05:23.280 as opposed to nation destruction.

00:05:26.300 And that is what they are doing

00:05:27.940 by having a particular type of emissions cap

00:05:30.760 targeted to our particular industry

00:05:32.600 that is going to impact our particular province

00:05:34.960 for no other reason than to be vindictive.

00:05:37.840 Smith said she would immediately task her justice minister

00:05:40.980 to take the feds to court.

00:05:43.220 She will also begin drafting a motion

00:05:44.940 under the Alberta Sovereignty

00:05:46.220 Within the United Canada Act immediately.

00:05:48.720 Alberta's joint statement that was released said,

00:05:51.080 Quote,

00:05:51.300 We will not stand idly by

00:05:52.820 while the federal government sacrifices our prosperity,

00:05:55.560 our constitution,

00:05:56.540 and our quality of life for its extreme agenda.

00:05:58.980 Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre joined in on the fun.

00:06:02.920 He said,

00:06:03.720 The government's own analysis shows that their energy cap

00:06:07.080 will cost billions of jobs, wages, and production.

00:06:10.360 After Trudeau's minister said the opposite,

00:06:12.780 He's already pushed half a trillion dollars

00:06:14.800 of our investment to the US.

00:06:16.460 Now he wants to hand over more jobs to the Americans. 0.58

00:06:19.860 That's right, Poilievre.

00:06:21.020 Look, the eco-idealogues in the liberal government,

00:06:23.600 like Guibault,

00:06:24.260 have these extremist policies

00:06:26.060 that they say help the environment,

00:06:27.720 but of course,

00:06:28.360 they have no proof of that.

00:06:30.480 On the bright side,

00:06:31.320 with President Donald Trump

00:06:32.640 recently getting re-elected,

00:06:34.280 he has vowed to bring back the Keystone Pipeline,

00:06:36.740 which will bolster Alberta

00:06:38.080 and Canada's oil and gas sector,

00:06:40.240 and thus the economy.

00:06:41.500 Speaking of Trump,

00:06:42.640 let's hop into our next story here,

00:06:44.340 which has unsurprisingly

00:06:45.880 been dominating the news cycle

00:06:48.240 to the extent that other news

00:06:49.660 almost doesn't exist.

00:06:51.760 But we're still digging deep at True North

00:06:53.460 to bring you the important Alberta news

00:06:55.300 that you need to know.

00:06:56.560 This news is, of course,

00:06:57.820 that Donald Trump has been re-elected

00:06:59.580 as President of the United States.

00:07:01.800 While the presidential race has been called,

00:07:03.940 small variations are still occurring,

00:07:05.680 but the New York Times

00:07:06.720 stopped its live presidential forecast

00:07:09.020 at 5.45 Eastern Time in the morning

00:07:11.900 on November 6th

00:07:13.580 after officially calling the election for Trump.

00:07:15.940 However, the Times estimates Trump

00:07:17.720 to win 312 electoral seats,

00:07:20.520 and 270 seats are required

00:07:22.700 to secure the presidency.

00:07:24.520 Harris took a while to concede,

00:07:25.940 which some people criticized her for,

00:07:27.820 but eventually did,

00:07:28.860 and she emphasized

00:07:29.760 a peaceful transfer of power.

00:07:31.660 Trump addressed his supporters on Tuesday

00:07:33.500 while accompanied by his family

00:07:34.920 and running mate J.D. Vance.

00:07:36.900 Trump said his presidency will, quote,

00:07:39.000 truly be the golden age of America.

00:07:41.560 I want to thank the American people

00:07:43.200 for the extraordinary honor

00:07:44.760 being elected your 47th president

00:07:46.780 and your 45th president, Trump said.

00:07:49.380 He added, quote,

00:07:50.280 and every citizen,

00:07:52.100 I will fight for you,

00:07:53.380 for your family,

00:07:54.300 and for your future.

00:07:55.760 Every single day,

00:07:56.760 I will be fighting for you

00:07:57.840 with every breath in my body.

00:08:00.160 During the campaign,

00:08:01.180 Trump pledged to combat

00:08:02.540 the country's illegal immigration crisis,

00:08:05.060 controlling inflation,

00:08:06.380 and creating more job opportunities

00:08:08.140 for Americans.

00:08:09.500 Republicans will also win control

00:08:11.240 of the Senate,

00:08:12.160 with at least two seats

00:08:13.380 having flipped the Republicans

00:08:14.680 from the Democrats.

00:08:16.480 A majority in the Senate

00:08:17.680 requires 51 seats.

00:08:19.320 The Republicans

00:08:20.160 currently have 52.

00:08:22.540 Control of the House of Representatives

00:08:24.420 is still unknown

00:08:25.800 as I'm making this video,

00:08:27.540 and at the time of making it,

00:08:29.320 the Republicans have 206 seats,

00:08:31.580 and the Democrats have 192.

00:08:34.140 218 is needed

00:08:35.440 for control of the House.

00:08:37.520 If the Republicans win the House,

00:08:39.180 they will have completed

00:08:39.960 a clean sweep,

00:08:41.240 winning everything.

00:08:42.560 Despite Trump being declared

00:08:44.020 president-elect

00:08:44.880 on November 6th, 2024,

00:08:47.680 he only assumes

00:08:48.560 the office of president

00:08:49.560 on Inauguration Day,

00:08:50.920 which is January 20th, 2025.

00:08:53.840 Premier Smith congratulated

00:08:55.260 President Trump

00:08:56.040 and Vice President J.D. Vance

00:08:57.800 on their victory

00:08:58.520 shortly after the election

00:09:00.040 had been called.

00:09:01.100 She said,

00:09:01.600 Yeah, let me know in the comments

00:09:24.140 it's how you feel

00:09:24.800 about Trump being elected

00:09:25.740 and how emotional

00:09:28.040 or stressed you got

00:09:29.100 during the election period.

00:09:30.660 Now, hopping into some news

00:09:31.680 that feels a bit dated now,

00:09:33.360 but this actually took place,

00:09:34.480 of course,

00:09:34.800 during the airing

00:09:35.420 of the last episode

00:09:36.280 of the Alberta Roundup.

00:09:37.360 I'll go through a quick review

00:09:38.580 of the Alberta AGM,

00:09:40.480 which featured

00:09:41.160 Daniel Smith's

00:09:42.340 leadership review.

00:09:43.700 And obviously,

00:09:44.180 I attended the AGM

00:09:45.080 in Red Deer

00:09:46.360 and had the immense pleasure

00:09:47.500 of running in

00:09:48.280 to some of you,

00:09:49.020 and I honestly wish

00:09:50.000 that could happen

00:09:50.540 a bit more often.

00:09:51.320 To be honest,

00:09:52.520 when I was watching the screen

00:09:54.080 with great anticipation

00:09:55.320 as they were announcing

00:09:56.500 Smith's leadership results,

00:09:58.120 my jaw almost hit the floor

00:09:59.960 when I saw the 91.5% number

00:10:03.380 pop up on the screen.

00:10:04.700 I mean,

00:10:04.860 I was absolutely shocked,

00:10:06.360 gobsmacked.

00:10:07.280 I expected Smith

00:10:08.140 to garner around,

00:10:09.200 I don't know,

00:10:09.900 70 to 80% of the votes,

00:10:11.760 especially considering

00:10:12.940 some people I spoke to

00:10:14.240 at the conference

00:10:14.980 told me they were voting no,

00:10:16.840 not because they wanted

00:10:18.100 her to lose,

00:10:19.340 but because they felt

00:10:20.500 as if her getting

00:10:21.300 100% of the vote

00:10:22.480 would teach her no lessons

00:10:24.000 and they wanted her

00:10:24.700 to be stronger

00:10:25.400 on a few policies.

00:10:26.840 Here's a video I took

00:10:27.880 at the AGM

00:10:28.760 of when Smith's review

00:10:29.800 was announced.

00:10:31.200 For the moment,

00:10:32.640 we have all been waiting for.

00:10:35.180 The results of the

00:10:36.840 leadership review is

00:10:38.500 with 4,633 cast ballots

00:10:43.520 in the yes column

00:10:45.580 to the decision of

00:10:47.040 do you agree?

00:10:49.340 Up your leader.

00:10:51.300 Nineteen one.

00:11:02.540 Please welcome

00:11:03.280 our leader,

00:11:06.480 кур Meryl Smith.

00:11:08.020 what i'll say quickly about uh that last point is i'm very curious to see

00:11:36.180 how conservatism might evolve in canada following the recent results in the united states i feel as

00:11:42.980 if smith had already been becoming a bit of a stronger voice for big c conservatism over the

00:11:48.900 last few weeks and i'm wondering if pierre will also lean more towards the right now that he's seen

00:11:54.740 the overwhelming results a strong conservative garnered in the united states after trump really

00:12:01.860 emphasized bringing the middle class back to life and saying no to elitism so approximately 6085

00:12:08.660 people attended the agm and and the majority voted in the leadership review additional ballots um on

00:12:14.740 some ucp board members were also available to be voted on at the voting stations and they were

00:12:19.700 provided to members on top of their leadership ballot the agm also featured voting on 35 policy

00:12:26.420 resolutions and all 35 passed but the results are of course non-binding however what i found

00:12:33.620 interesting about this was the policy that actually did the worst was essentially a key policy promise

00:12:39.060 of the alberta ucp that has yet to be implemented so policy resolution number 30 called to quote

00:12:45.300 implement an eight percent personal income tax bracket for middle income albertans

00:12:49.940 and restore the provincial tax rate of 10 as the highest personal income so the voting on this policy

00:12:55.380 was actually so close it required a recount and honestly in my opinion it was a toss-up uh voting

00:13:01.140 wise on whether it was a yes or no they they did say yes that it did pass but i mean it could have

00:13:06.740 gone either way i think and the the people who spoke in opposition seemed to be mainly concerned that

00:13:12.580 the tax cut wasn't equal across the board other interesting policies were voted on notably one that

00:13:19.380 called to abandon net zero targets and remove the designation of co2 as a pollutant

00:13:25.060 it passed with nearly a hundred percent support as many other policies did however a few members

00:13:30.260 were brave enough to speak out against it arguing that too much co2 could be a detriment to the

00:13:35.380 planet uh they they actually got booed uh much to the moderator's chagrin and the supporters said the

00:13:42.020 exact opposite noting that co2 has been much higher historically but still permitted life on earth to

00:13:48.340 function so now jumping into our last story for the day uh this is an exclusive i wrote on how the

00:13:53.940 edmonton public school board is gearing up for a fight with alberta parents and premier daniel

00:13:59.220 smith's government by opposing a series of parental rights policies the school board issued a motion

00:14:04.820 on tuesday that attacked the right of parents to be informed about their children using different

00:14:09.300 pronouns while at school and giving them more control over sex education the motion featured some

00:14:14.580 background and facts like senator christopher wells saying that the policies quote if passed they would be

00:14:22.660 some of the most extreme anti-trans and anti-2s lgbtq policies not only in canada but in the world

00:14:31.380 this from trudeau's uh left-wing partisan senator as previously quoted by uh daniel smith but yeah

00:14:37.700 i mean come on mr wells these policies granting parental rights are comparable to countries that

00:14:42.580 murder people for being gay i don't think so the policies provide additional protection for youth in

00:14:47.940 health care education and sports one key change is from the current policy where parents can opt their

00:14:54.260 children out of lessons that teach sexual orientation and gender identity curricula parents will now have

00:14:59.940 to opt them in so i was lucky enough to speak with executive director of parents for choice in education

00:15:06.180 john hilton o'brien who criticized the evidence hit my mic there who criticized the evidence provided in the

00:15:14.100 epsb's motion saying that it relied heavily on surveys which doesn't speak to cause and effect

00:15:20.420 for example they highlighted the negatives but there was no evidence that proved that doing the opposite

00:15:25.780 would actually be a positive in fact in some cases it could just make the situation worse

00:15:31.860 he said that the evidence provided had been quote destroyed by the cass review which smith previously

00:15:38.100 called quote the most comprehensive review of the medical literature and the science behind the impacts

00:15:44.020 of transitioning on children additionally he said that the school board fundamentally misunderstood

00:15:49.780 children's right to privacy he said they're arguing that a child's right to privacy is against the parents

00:15:55.620 and that they as the bureaucrats could exercise that right however in reality of course the opposite is true

00:16:02.260 where the right to privacy is against the state and for the parents to exercise

00:16:06.900 they're flipping the very idea of human rights completely on its head said hilton o'brien

00:16:12.740 these guys can't get it together with the billion dollars plus that they have they couldn't get it together

00:16:17.620 to give a salient response to this legislation this is sheer incompetence however he did admit

00:16:24.180 that the proposed legislation was imperfect he said actually that it was similar to smith's leadership review

00:16:30.420 where of course about 91.5 was correct one of his concerns was that the education minister would now

00:16:37.460 have to approve learning and teaching resources or external presenters for topics dealing with gender

00:16:42.820 identity sexual orientation or human sexuality another was that schools would be forced to develop

00:16:50.020 a gay straight alliance if a single student asked for one hilton o'brien explained that both of these

00:16:55.940 policies could collide with religious schools and their guidelines for teaching interestingly for catholic

00:17:01.140 schools yeah he said that basically the minister can't come above the bishops in regard to teaching

00:17:06.820 policies i also spoke with the founder of d trans alliance canada kelly lynn perry who told me that she

00:17:13.780 wished these policies existed when she was a vulnerable youth socially transitioning a child is not a neutral

00:17:20.980 activity the majority of youth who socially transition go on to hormones and surgery said lynn perry of course

00:17:27.860 echoing the statements of smith who previously said it's almost a hundred percent transition rate from

00:17:32.820 social to literal transition premier smith's new policies ensure that schools cannot initiate a child

00:17:38.820 into a gender transition process without informing their parents added lynn perry youth also cannot get

00:17:45.140 a driver's license without parental consent there are reasonable constraints placed upon young people

00:17:50.420 lynn perry said that children pay the price for being taught that it is possible to be quote

00:17:55.300 born in the wrong body the policies will encourage a kinder gentler more compassionate approach to

00:18:01.620 youth who are different gender non-conforming or distressed she said no child should be told their way

00:18:07.700 of being a boy or girl is so wrong that only pharmaceuticals and surgeries can fix them the epsb in its

00:18:15.140 motion claimed that smith did not share the opt-in change with them before implementation however alberta's

00:18:22.180 education minister dimitrios nikolaides told me that the proposed amendments follow requests from

00:18:27.780 parents who want to be more involved in their child's education our team has talked with school

00:18:32.660 boards teachers superintendents parents and other partners to get their advice and guidance he said

00:18:39.860 should the proposed legislation pass we will continue to consult with our stakeholders throughout

00:18:44.820 the implementation of these policies to ensure the right supports are available where and when they are

00:18:49.940 needed all right so that wraps up our last story now hopping into the comment roundup this week

00:18:55.300 there were a lot of interesting ones but a few key themes that emerged in the comments so the first

00:19:01.060 comment comes from at salad girl 2062 who said quote bc resident here and i have been following premier

00:19:08.260 smith for some time and sincerely wish she was cloned canada needs more like her so i actually decided to

00:19:16.100 highlight this comment because of a question i've been asking people specifically supporters of the

00:19:22.100 conservative party and conservatism in general lately and it's a simple question is there a better

00:19:27.780 conservative premier in canada than danielle smith of course in my eyes the answer is unequivocally no

00:19:34.180 smith may not be perfect but she is certainly the best we got and this is what i was asking people at

00:19:40.100 the agm when they told me if they were voting yes or no i said look is there a better premier a

00:19:45.220 conservative premier in canada the answer was resoundingly obviously no the next comment comes

00:19:50.900 from at saintel sewer eight two six nine you guys don't make it easy with these with these names

00:19:58.500 who said quote i'm shocked that canadians have no way of removing the prime minister this needs to

00:20:04.180 change trudeau wants to make canadians his servants it's like danielle smith said uh when she was

00:20:11.220 talking about her leadership review and she said that she bets the liberal caucus had such a mechanism

00:20:17.780 so that they could remove trudeau because nobody likes him not even his own caucus and the last

00:20:23.380 comment i'll highlight today uh comes from at tomb eight two three two who said quote when any mayor can

00:20:29.940 take my charter rights away with a snap of a finger we know they mean nothing yeah i decided to highlight

00:20:36.420 this last one and i mean i could have chosen from any similar comments there were so many that

00:20:41.700 highlighted the similar theme that the the canadian charter of rights and freedoms doesn't really

00:20:47.620 protect canadians rights enough many of you were calling for the charter to become more like the

00:20:53.220 constitution in the united states and i'm interested to see if any future governments do anything to to

00:21:01.220 really enhance our rights in that manner remember when the pendulum swings really far one way eventually

00:21:08.420 it has to swing at least as far back the other way and we all know how far it swung to the left recently

00:21:15.620 but at least i feel it's starting to come back and i'm interested to see how far to the right it goes

00:21:23.300 so i'd like to thank everyone for watching this episode of the alberta roundup once again it was a

00:21:28.900 great pleasure to see you all in person and i can't wait for the next in-person event where i might see

00:21:34.500 some of you again let me know if there's anything interesting coming up that you plan to attend also

00:21:41.380 have a fun long weekend if your company gives you remember and stay off i hope they do and they

00:21:46.500 definitely should lest we forget

Juno News - November 09, 2024

Justin Trudeau’s “deranged vendetta” against Alberta

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