Juno News - Thousands of Albertans attend the “I am Alberta” rally Saturday afternoon

00:00:00.000 What brought you out to the Alberta Independence Rally today?

00:00:03.120 Well, to support the APP.

00:00:05.660 I don't see any benefit to staying in Canada for children.

00:00:10.840 I don't see anything about that is not to be in favour of independence.

00:00:16.460 It just seems to, I'm an accountant.

00:00:18.980 Financially, it's the right thing to do.

00:00:21.420 Like, we are losing money every day being part of Canada.

00:00:25.000 So I believe financially, everybody would be much better off.

00:00:28.580 Because we'd be so rich, and we'd have taxes that we could afford to pay,

00:00:35.580 we could afford to move our oil, we could use our resources

00:00:39.320 to make Alberta the richest province or country it would be around.

00:00:46.160 That's why I'm here, for my grandchildren and my children,

00:00:49.240 my great-grandchildren, so that they can have the prosperity we had

00:00:53.820 when we were young and be able to buy a house, be able to buy a car.

00:00:57.980 Now they're all living in the basements because they can't afford it.

00:01:02.260 Albertans, it's time we face the truth.

00:01:04.860 Ottawa's system cannot be fixed from within.

00:01:08.240 Every path to fairness is blocked by design.

00:01:12.240 Every single year, we lose between $20 and $28 billion in equalization payments.

00:01:19.220 That's about $6,000 per Albertan.

00:01:21.920 Or for an average family of four, that's $24,000.

00:01:25.980 your family gives away to Ottawa for no services in return.

00:01:30.980 But after all these things, they have not yet broken our spirit.

Juno News - October 27, 2025