Juno News - April 15, 2026


The Liberals secured a majority government following MPs crossing the floor


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388

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In this episode, we talk about the by-election results and how they impact the independence movement in Alberta. We also discuss the current economic situation in Alberta and what the government needs to do in order to restore confidence in the province.

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00:00:00.000 The Liberals have their majority.
00:00:02.400 This is what they wanted.
00:00:04.080 They didn't really seem to care how they got it, except by going to the polls
00:00:08.040 and getting it the old fashioned way, but, uh, they do have that.
00:00:11.820 So I guess things are going to change.
00:00:14.300 How is that playing out West where you are?
00:00:18.240 Well, Canada's enter a new era, majority government, uh, unfortunately
00:00:22.820 not all of it came democratically, uh, you know, floor crossing without asking
00:00:27.680 the uh that questions of of your voters is very undemocratic as far as i'm concerned
00:00:35.760 uh you know to west is now has all eyes on action we want to see mark carney actually do something
00:00:42.720 instead of just talk about everything uh you know the independence movement in alberta is
00:00:48.480 definitely going to get more fire under it now um but it's uh we really need to see some serious
00:00:54.960 action now yeah let's talk about the independence movement because i saw some posts from people like
00:01:01.440 jeff rath who said canada is done we're out of here canada's a dictatorship so i mean you must
00:01:10.000 know people who maybe were sitting on the fence before waiting and expecting that maybe there
00:01:16.080 would be a change in government i guess they've maybe thrown in the towel at least some of them
00:01:21.440 fair oh 100 uh you know the this by-election the results yesterday has really put fire
00:01:29.760 under the fence sitter uh this is exactly who's going to get motivated to vote uh for independence
00:01:35.920 or uh you know it is we just start to realize more and more that the you know the federal
00:01:42.480 government the liberal government is going to be in power for a long time and it does not look good
00:01:46.880 for alberta um markarni is going to have to work on something to restore confidence within voters
00:01:52.800 in alberta and i'm sure he will take some action of sort of some kind uh but albertans just do not
00:02:00.560 trust what's happening they see with their eyes the seat every time they go to the grocery store
00:02:05.760 to fuel up and every time they try to get a job it's just not as strong economy as it should be
00:02:12.240 for Albertans, and a lot of people are sick and tired of it.