Juno News - Peterson suggests separation

00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emmanuel i hope that you

00:00:17.920 guys are having a great week so far i apologize if i sound a little bit congested today i do have

00:00:23.960 pretty bad spring allergies that's not a complaint i am thrilled that the warmer weather is finally

00:00:29.980 here let's take a look at what we're going to be talking about on today's show the government of

00:00:34.280 alberta has signed a memorandum of understanding we're going to dig into that conservative leader

00:00:38.620 pierre polyam had a visit to the province this week and he had a lot to say renowned psychologist dr

00:00:44.080 jordan peterson suggested that there could be an instance where alberta might need to consider

00:00:48.120 separating from the rest of canada and finally alberta premier danielle smith is welcoming an

00:00:53.760 ethics investigation all that and more happening now on the alberta roundup the alberta government

00:00:58.240 has signed a memorandum of understanding with manitoba and saskatchewan that's to work on

00:01:03.240 building economic quarters between the three provinces to boost economic prosperity for

00:01:08.140 western canada transportation ministers from the three provinces announced the mou in a press

00:01:13.080 conference from edmonton on tuesday saskatchewan highways minister jeremy cockrell said the agreement

00:01:18.400 commits the provinces to supporting the movement of people and goods finding joint solutions and

00:01:23.720 improving highways and rail networks across the provinces he said quote we will encourage our

00:01:29.220 federal partners to play their part in supporting infrastructure and protecting the supply chains in

00:01:33.960 this country manitoba transportation and infrastructure minister doyle pinu said the

00:01:38.840 three provinces want to show they're open for business despite the ongoing challenges going on

00:01:44.040 in this country he said quote we can't stay isolated we need to make sure that business service flow

00:01:49.280 right across prairie provinces and into your international markets such as europe and asia

00:01:54.720 alberta transportation and economic quarters minister devon drishan also spoke at length about

00:01:59.760 the project here's a clip of him explaining what the mou sets out to do these are all private

00:02:05.200 industries and private proposals and we as a government just want to make sure that we have that that

00:02:10.400 playing field level so that these companies can come and and build these projects so like i said

00:02:16.160 earlier whether it's a pipeline project or new rail line uh utility line uh telecommunication line we

00:02:22.560 just want to make sure that that industry views alberta views canada as a place where they can

00:02:28.400 actually build a business and actually develop whatever the product is so i think that uh as as you

00:02:34.800 mentioned those those are examples of of industry that has actually come to to the government to say

00:02:40.000 hey we would like to do you know project x y or z how could we do it and we just want to be able to make

00:02:45.440 sure that we have that level playing field so they can do what they do best which is get global capital

00:02:51.200 build businesses create jobs but we can do what government should do best which is make a regulatory

00:02:57.360 process that's seamless that's efficient and is that actually operates at the speed of business

00:03:02.000 later in the week conservative leader pierre polyev came for a visit to the province and he had a lot

00:03:06.560 to say about public safety issues ongoing in edmonton and calgary as well as the rest of canada

00:03:11.760 polyev said quote we've got to replace these crazy catch and release crime policies with a common

00:03:16.640 sense criminal justice reform and that's exactly what a pierre polyev government will do let's take

00:03:22.320 a look at some of the horrific crime stories from the last couple weeks on tuesday calgary police

00:03:27.440 discovered a corpse in a suitcase over in edmonton police confirmed that a man who had been found dead

00:03:32.800 in his apartment over the weekend had been shot to death in a homicide that same day a teenage boy was

00:03:38.640 attacked in an edmonton mall and he remains in serious condition over in surrey bc a 17 year old

00:03:44.800 died following a violent attack while taking public transit we've heard that before and at the beginning

00:03:50.560 of the month a passenger had his throat slashed in another random violent attack also in bc now that

00:03:56.400 incident is being investigated as an isis terrorist attack by the rcmp meanwhile a 16 year old boy lost

00:04:02.880 his life after being randomly stabbed in an unprovoked attack and again he was waiting for

00:04:07.840 the toronto subway you guys are very aware of the rising crime rates across the province as well as

00:04:13.120 elsewhere in canada we talk about it quite a bit public safety is atop everyone's mind as you heard

00:04:18.960 the conservative leader said it's time for bail reform stop letting repeat violent offenders back onto the

00:04:24.720 streets to commit more crimes he also said it's time to stop handing out free narcotics and to focus on

00:04:30.560 treatment rather than safe supply polly have also took aim at the canadian press while in edmonton

00:04:35.440 polly have asked a canadian press reporter if she was in a conflict of interest after she questioned

00:04:40.320 polly about his plans to defund english language cbc the canadian press is a wire service which several

00:04:47.680 large canadian media newspapers pay into such as the toronto star the globe and mail and of course cbc news

00:04:53.520 hrithika dubai with the canadian press uh when it comes to defunding the cbc you've signaled the

00:05:00.400 intention to maintain a level of support for radio canada and french language programming

00:05:05.520 to do that the corporation says the broadcasting act would need to be amended so are you prepared to

00:05:11.120 change the law and create a public broadcaster that only serves one group in canada are you you

00:05:16.400 work for cp yes i do so your biggest client is cbc right yes but my yes that's right i just don't

00:05:24.000 want i just want to be careful that we don't get you into a conflict of interest here have you checked

00:05:28.000 with the ethics commissioner on whether you're in a conflict of interest in asking about cbc funding

00:05:32.880 given that it's the principal source of money for cp uh i would check that with my editors but again are

00:05:38.400 you still prepared to change the law and create a public broadcaster that only serves one language in canada

00:05:43.760 the cbc uh frankly is a biased propaganda arm of the liberal party and frankly negatively affects all

00:05:54.080 all media for example cp is negatively affected by the fact that you have to report favorably on the cbc

00:06:02.800 if you want to keep your number one taxpayer funded client happy we need a neutral and free media but not

00:06:10.960 a propaganda arm for the liberal party and when i'm prime minister we're going to have a free press

00:06:17.120 where everyday canadians decide what they think rather than having liberal propaganda jam down their

00:06:22.640 throats next question thank you i think it's fairly obvious to all of us that pierre polyev has a much

00:06:27.120 different media strategy than other conservative leaders especially when we look at people like andrew

00:06:31.520 sheer and erin o'toole who would often seem to come back and flip-flop or apologize for comments they

00:06:36.720 had made when the mainstream media got upset about it not pierre polyev he has no problem offending

00:06:42.080 the media and he absolutely has no problem defending himself and even throwing it back at the face of

00:06:47.760 the reporters while they're questioning him so my question of the week this week for you guys is what

00:06:52.160 do you think of pierre polyev's approach to media do you think it will work in the long run and as a

00:06:57.440 conservative is it refreshing to see someone who won't back down for holding conservative values

00:07:02.560 or do you just think it's mean comment on the video below and let me know what you think about

00:07:06.880 pierre polyev's approach and whether you think more conservative leaders should take a similar

00:07:10.880 approach moving into the controversy of the week famed psychologist dr jordan peterson says alberta

00:07:16.560 should separate if the federal government attempts to take over resource development prairie provinces

00:07:21.920 have full control over resource development as enshrined in the 1930s natural resource transfer

00:07:27.280 agreement which federal justice minister david lameni said he would take a look at rescinding

00:07:32.080 earlier this week in response peterson told alberta premier daniel smith to separate if necessary

00:07:37.680 in a post on twitter he wrote reject rebel separate if necessary the backlash against

00:07:44.080 lameni first arose after grand chief brian hardlot of the prince alberta grand council

00:07:50.400 and chief donald miracle of the mohawks of the bay of quinty called on the federal government to

00:07:55.040 rescind the natural resources transfer act miracle said quote canada exports natural resources to other

00:08:00.800 countries they earn trillions of dollars in revenues from those resources and here's how justice

00:08:06.240 minister david lameni responded to that um i take uh from chief brian also from chief don miracle uh the

00:08:15.840 the point about the the natural resources transfer agreement um chief miracle did it indirectly uh chief

00:08:23.280 brian did it directly um and you're on the record for that i obviously can't pronounce on that right now

00:08:29.760 uh but i do commit to looking at that um it won't be uncontroversial is uh is the only thing i would

00:08:37.600 say with a bit of a smile um after the controversy erupted across the nation lameti said he did not

00:08:45.440 commit ottawa to quote reviewing areas of provincial jurisdiction i'm not sure how that aligns with his

00:08:50.720 comments that we just played but the prairie premiers weren't buying it in a statement premier smith as well as

00:08:55.920 manitoba premier heather stevenson and saskatchewan premier scott moe said quote federal government

00:09:02.080 cannot unilaterally change the constitution it should not even be considering stripping resource

00:09:07.760 rights away from the three prairie provinces the prime minister needs to immediately retract these

00:09:12.800 dangerous and divisive comments by his justice minister moving into what we're watching in the

00:09:16.960 weeks to come alberta premier danielle smith is confident that a newly announced investigation

00:09:21.840 by the ethics commissioner into whether the premier interfered in the judicial system will uncover

00:09:26.880 no wrongdoing on her part the premier announced on monday that she is under investigation by the

00:09:31.920 ethics commissioner her office said quote the premier welcomes this investigation is fully cooperating

00:09:37.520 with the commissioner and is confident this examination will confirm there has been no such

00:09:42.320 interference as a result of the ongoing investigation it would be inappropriate for the

00:09:46.640 premier to comment on this further until the investigation is completed i'm sure that you guys already

00:09:51.760 know what this is all about last month the alberta ndp called for an investigation after a call was

00:09:57.520 released between smith and controversial street pastor archer palowski on the call the premier and

00:10:03.280 palowski are discussing his criminal charges those are stemming from the coots border blockade

00:10:08.640 of course the premier is heard telling palowski multiple times that she cannot interfere in the

00:10:12.800 manner as it is before the courts and it would be inappropriate for her to do so she also tells

00:10:17.760 palowski that she is talking with her justice officials about his case so i'm sure that i will

00:10:22.720 have an update for you guys on that in a couple weeks or a couple months sometimes these matters

00:10:27.200 when run by the government can take quite a bit of time to complete okay guys and moving into our weekly

00:10:33.280 comment roundup last week in response to my update about tabulators being used in the provincial vote

00:10:39.040 user ken bryan said rachel in new brunswick we use voting machines probably similar to the tabulators you

00:10:44.960 described we have a paper ball that we feed into a machine when we vote the paper ballots are still

00:10:50.080 available if recounts are needed sounds like that is what the plan is here in alberta as well as i

00:10:54.640 mentioned to you all last week elections alberta has confirmed that it will hold all paper ballots

00:10:59.760 for three months after the provincial vote or after a recount if one is requested that is absolutely

00:11:05.200 necessary in case a recount is desired in response to calgary mayor jody gondick walking away from the

00:11:10.480 podium after being asked a tough question from the counter signal editor-in-chief kian bexty about

00:11:15.760 her record on defunding the police user jim snow said shameful response from the mayor i am no fan of

00:11:22.160 defund police rhetoric but the question was a double bind set up worthy of the msm i would walk away too

00:11:29.440 if you want to be respected as a journo such games are out we have been well educated about media games in

00:11:35.040 the last few years jim i agree that it was a difficult question from kian but i believe that

00:11:40.320 someone who is skilled at handling the media and confident in their position as well as in their

00:11:45.040 own record would be able to defend their position just because someone asks you a question that's 0.84

00:11:50.400 difficult or even a question that's set up to make you look foolish doesn't mean you can't respond

00:11:56.080 to it in such a way as to put that person in their place arguably that's what pierr polyev does all the

00:12:01.680 time in his strategy with the mainstream media i guess gondick just wasn't up for the job and

00:12:06.720 finally user eye sky high said your eyes look creepy just say no to the round lights your pupil should

00:12:13.520 be black not looking like a vampire well this is the first i'm hearing of it i did not realize that

00:12:18.640 i look like a vampire on my show can't believe you guys haven't told me i'm sorry but the spring

00:12:24.240 light is the best i can do if someone would like to donate a professional light kit to me

00:12:28.240 i'd be happy to use that but until that time i guess you're all just gonna have to get used to

00:12:32.560 my creepy vampire look okay guys that's all i have for you today thank you so much for tuning in

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Juno News - April 15, 2023

Peterson suggests separation

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