Juno News - November 09, 2024Justin Trudeau’s “deranged vendetta” against Alberta
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Stephen Guibault announced a new cap on Alberta's oil and gas production on Monday. Alberta's premier Danielle Smith called it a scorched earth economic policy that unfairly targets one of Canada's most prosperous provinces. On the show today, we'll also be discussing the United States' new president, my experience at the Alberta AGM, and more.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is at war with the federal government again over emissions caps,
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telling them that the cap will kill production and do more harm than good,
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compared to if they just let Alberta implement best technologies,
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which would allow the province to get to net zero by 2050.
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Following the federal government's newest cap announcement on Monday,
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Smith held a press conference, and honestly, I've never seen her as mad as she was in that case.
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On the show today, we'll also be discussing the United States' new president,
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my experience at the Alberta AGM, where Smith got a 91.5% approval rating, and more.
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So Smith pulled no punches at her Monday press conference,
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where she likened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Stephen Guibault's
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newly released draft oil and gas cap to a scorched-earth economic policy
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meant to unfairly target one of Canada's most prosperous provinces.
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I talked about how angry Smith was, but I'll let you take a listen and come to your own conclusion.
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Because we've been working with these guys for two years.
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Because we have a plan that would reduce emissions responsibly by 2050.
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And they continue to act like they're working collaboratively with us.
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And then they come out with exactly the same policy that they put forward a year ago,
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And then they're trying to mislead the public about its intent.
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In 2018, we had 159.3 megatons of emissions from our oil and gas sector.
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In 2022, the most recent stats available, 158.3 megatons.
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We are seeing an increase in production and a decrease in emissions,
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exactly like we said we would, because we're relying on technology.
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We also know that we can decrease global emissions
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by getting more of our cleaner, burning oil and natural gas to the world.
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which will harm our province and harm the country.
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Not for a government that is at, what, 20% in the polls?
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Not for a government that is on its way out the door.
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It cannot destroy the most important industry in the country
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by targeting our province with this kind of unilateral action.
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The Liberals' most recent cap comes despite various organizations
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warning the Feds that any such cap would devastate the Canadian economy,
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reducing the GDP by trillions and wiping out hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Look, I see another one of these reports come out every single day.
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the cap would cut production by 2 million barrels of oil daily.
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Smith said that half of that, 1 million barrels of oil daily,
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would result in losing $3 billion to $7 billion a year.
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This is the entire budget for roads and bridges,
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income assistance for the severely handicapped,
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Smith added that $28 billion would disappear from Alberta's GDP annually,
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Smith said that the cap violates Canada's constitution,
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which grants provinces exclusive jurisdiction over non-renewable natural resource development.
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Alberta's premier had the following to say of the prime minister.
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Ultimately, this cap will lead Alberta and our country into economic and societal decline.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting reckless policy ahead of the needs and concerns of everyday Canadians.
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I made note that he would do this on his way out the door.
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It's like a bad renter who's burning the furniture on their way out.
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He needs to call an election now to seek a mandate to do this,
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Ottawa is putting up roadblocks instead of providing solutions to global energy security.
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Alberta and Canada have the ability to provide security to the world.
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Instead, Justin Trudeau continues to choose to outsource that duty
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to provide safe, affordable, reliable, and responsibly produced oil and gas
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to dictators and less clean producers around the world.
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Smith went on to say that Guibo's policies would cost Canadians $419 a month.
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However, despite all the mounting evidence against their war on oil and gas,
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Smith responded to Guibo's accusation that she,
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And he's trying to justify unconstitutional policy.
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We expect our national leaders to engage in nation building
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that is going to impact our particular province
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Smith said she would immediately task her justice minister
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Alberta's joint statement that was released said,
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while the federal government sacrifices our prosperity,
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and our quality of life for its extreme agenda.
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre joined in on the fun.
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The government's own analysis shows that their energy cap
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will cost billions of jobs, wages, and production.
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Now he wants to hand over more jobs to the Americans.
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Look, the eco-idealogues in the liberal government,
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he has vowed to bring back the Keystone Pipeline,
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after officially calling the election for Trump.
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what i'll say quickly about uh that last point is i'm very curious to see
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how conservatism might evolve in canada following the recent results in the united states i feel as
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if smith had already been becoming a bit of a stronger voice for big c conservatism over the
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last few weeks and i'm wondering if pierre will also lean more towards the right now that he's seen
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the overwhelming results a strong conservative garnered in the united states after trump really
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emphasized bringing the middle class back to life and saying no to elitism so approximately 6085
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people attended the agm and and the majority voted in the leadership review additional ballots um on
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some ucp board members were also available to be voted on at the voting stations and they were
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provided to members on top of their leadership ballot the agm also featured voting on 35 policy
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resolutions and all 35 passed but the results are of course non-binding however what i found
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interesting about this was the policy that actually did the worst was essentially a key policy promise
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of the alberta ucp that has yet to be implemented so policy resolution number 30 called to quote
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implement an eight percent personal income tax bracket for middle income albertans
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and restore the provincial tax rate of 10 as the highest personal income so the voting on this policy
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was actually so close it required a recount and honestly in my opinion it was a toss-up uh voting
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wise on whether it was a yes or no they they did say yes that it did pass but i mean it could have
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gone either way i think and the the people who spoke in opposition seemed to be mainly concerned that
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the tax cut wasn't equal across the board other interesting policies were voted on notably one that
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called to abandon net zero targets and remove the designation of co2 as a pollutant
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it passed with nearly a hundred percent support as many other policies did however a few members
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were brave enough to speak out against it arguing that too much co2 could be a detriment to the
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planet uh they they actually got booed uh much to the moderator's chagrin and the supporters said the
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exact opposite noting that co2 has been much higher historically but still permitted life on earth to
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function so now jumping into our last story for the day uh this is an exclusive i wrote on how the
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edmonton public school board is gearing up for a fight with alberta parents and premier daniel
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smith's government by opposing a series of parental rights policies the school board issued a motion
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on tuesday that attacked the right of parents to be informed about their children using different
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pronouns while at school and giving them more control over sex education the motion featured some
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background and facts like senator christopher wells saying that the policies quote if passed they would be
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some of the most extreme anti-trans and anti-2s lgbtq policies not only in canada but in the world
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this from trudeau's uh left-wing partisan senator as previously quoted by uh daniel smith but yeah
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i mean come on mr wells these policies granting parental rights are comparable to countries that
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murder people for being gay i don't think so the policies provide additional protection for youth in
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health care education and sports one key change is from the current policy where parents can opt their
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children out of lessons that teach sexual orientation and gender identity curricula parents will now have
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to opt them in so i was lucky enough to speak with executive director of parents for choice in education
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john hilton o'brien who criticized the evidence hit my mic there who criticized the evidence provided in the
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epsb's motion saying that it relied heavily on surveys which doesn't speak to cause and effect
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for example they highlighted the negatives but there was no evidence that proved that doing the opposite
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would actually be a positive in fact in some cases it could just make the situation worse
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he said that the evidence provided had been quote destroyed by the cass review which smith previously
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called quote the most comprehensive review of the medical literature and the science behind the impacts
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of transitioning on children additionally he said that the school board fundamentally misunderstood
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children's right to privacy he said they're arguing that a child's right to privacy is against the parents
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and that they as the bureaucrats could exercise that right however in reality of course the opposite is true
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where the right to privacy is against the state and for the parents to exercise
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they're flipping the very idea of human rights completely on its head said hilton o'brien
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these guys can't get it together with the billion dollars plus that they have they couldn't get it together
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to give a salient response to this legislation this is sheer incompetence however he did admit
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that the proposed legislation was imperfect he said actually that it was similar to smith's leadership review
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where of course about 91.5 was correct one of his concerns was that the education minister would now
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have to approve learning and teaching resources or external presenters for topics dealing with gender
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identity sexual orientation or human sexuality another was that schools would be forced to develop
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a gay straight alliance if a single student asked for one hilton o'brien explained that both of these
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policies could collide with religious schools and their guidelines for teaching interestingly for catholic
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schools yeah he said that basically the minister can't come above the bishops in regard to teaching
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policies i also spoke with the founder of d trans alliance canada kelly lynn perry who told me that she
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wished these policies existed when she was a vulnerable youth socially transitioning a child is not a neutral
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activity the majority of youth who socially transition go on to hormones and surgery said lynn perry of course
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echoing the statements of smith who previously said it's almost a hundred percent transition rate from
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social to literal transition premier smith's new policies ensure that schools cannot initiate a child
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into a gender transition process without informing their parents added lynn perry youth also cannot get
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a driver's license without parental consent there are reasonable constraints placed upon young people
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lynn perry said that children pay the price for being taught that it is possible to be quote
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born in the wrong body the policies will encourage a kinder gentler more compassionate approach to
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youth who are different gender non-conforming or distressed she said no child should be told their way
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of being a boy or girl is so wrong that only pharmaceuticals and surgeries can fix them the epsb in its
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motion claimed that smith did not share the opt-in change with them before implementation however alberta's
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education minister dimitrios nikolaides told me that the proposed amendments follow requests from
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parents who want to be more involved in their child's education our team has talked with school
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boards teachers superintendents parents and other partners to get their advice and guidance he said
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should the proposed legislation pass we will continue to consult with our stakeholders throughout
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the implementation of these policies to ensure the right supports are available where and when they are
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needed all right so that wraps up our last story now hopping into the comment roundup this week
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there were a lot of interesting ones but a few key themes that emerged in the comments so the first
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comment comes from at salad girl 2062 who said quote bc resident here and i have been following premier
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smith for some time and sincerely wish she was cloned canada needs more like her so i actually decided to
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highlight this comment because of a question i've been asking people specifically supporters of the
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conservative party and conservatism in general lately and it's a simple question is there a better
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conservative premier in canada than danielle smith of course in my eyes the answer is unequivocally no
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smith may not be perfect but she is certainly the best we got and this is what i was asking people at
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the agm when they told me if they were voting yes or no i said look is there a better premier a
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conservative premier in canada the answer was resoundingly obviously no the next comment comes
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from at saintel sewer eight two six nine you guys don't make it easy with these with these names
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who said quote i'm shocked that canadians have no way of removing the prime minister this needs to
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change trudeau wants to make canadians his servants it's like danielle smith said uh when she was
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talking about her leadership review and she said that she bets the liberal caucus had such a mechanism
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so that they could remove trudeau because nobody likes him not even his own caucus and the last
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comment i'll highlight today uh comes from at tomb eight two three two who said quote when any mayor can
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take my charter rights away with a snap of a finger we know they mean nothing yeah i decided to highlight
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this last one and i mean i could have chosen from any similar comments there were so many that
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highlighted the similar theme that the the canadian charter of rights and freedoms doesn't really
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protect canadians rights enough many of you were calling for the charter to become more like the
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constitution in the united states and i'm interested to see if any future governments do anything to to
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really enhance our rights in that manner remember when the pendulum swings really far one way eventually
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it has to swing at least as far back the other way and we all know how far it swung to the left recently
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but at least i feel it's starting to come back and i'm interested to see how far to the right it goes
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so i'd like to thank everyone for watching this episode of the alberta roundup once again it was a
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great pleasure to see you all in person and i can't wait for the next in-person event where i might see
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some of you again let me know if there's anything interesting coming up that you plan to attend also
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have a fun long weekend if your company gives you remember and stay off i hope they do and they