Alberta DECLARES INDEPENDENCE From Canada in 2025？ ｜ Referendum Update & Pipeline Conflict!
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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been in office for less than a year, and he s already got a reputation for being a dim bulb in the eyes of the world. He s been a loud and proud supporter of Canadian unity, and now he s fighting for Alberta s independence from the rest of Canada.
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It's remarkable to me the lack of understanding.
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Like Nova Scotia has, and I'm not sure on the exact numbers,
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but I believe it's around $12 billion is their budget.
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What's going to happen to Nova Scotia when we leave?
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All right, let's talk about the money, shall we?
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Alberta, in this communist dream of a program called equalization,
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sends billions of dollars every year to prop up other provinces.
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Nova Scotia, for example, gets about 25 to 30% of its entire provincial budget
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Alberta's oil money is literally paying for their roads, hospitals,
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The same provinces that scream net zero and dirty oil
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have no problem cashing those Alberta-funded checks.
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The reality is, if Alberta does end up walking away from this lopsided arrangement,
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it wouldn't be Albertans who would suffer economically.
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It would be the provinces who can't balance a budget without Alberta's wallet.
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For Alberta, it would actually be a financial upgrade, to say the least.
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Why tie the issue of getting a commitment for an oil pipeline to national unity?
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Well, you have to understand just how damaged Alberta is
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by the fact that we didn't get pipelines built.
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If we had built Northern Gateway, if we'd built Keystone,
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and we'd built Energy East, we'd have 2.5 million barrels more per day of production,
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which is $55 billion a year worth of GDP value,
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which is worth $17 billion to my government alone
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and about an equal amount to the federal government.
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Oil is by far the most valuable export for Canada.
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Any of the projects that you will see on the ultimate list,
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will be by far the greatest benefit to all of Canada.
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That's why we're going to continue to push for it,
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There's $9 trillion worth of value in discoverable and achievable reserves right now.
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No other country in the world would, and we shouldn't either.
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They're tired of the premier asking them to give the new government a chance,
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when it's literally the same liberals of the last 10 years.
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Tired of almost having to beg for the approval of a pipeline project.
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Pipelines that the entire country would benefit from, by the way.
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Why stay part of a country where you have no leverage and your voice ain't heard?
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What do you even have to lose when you already are losing billions
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That's why more Albertans are shifting from negotiations to action.
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Alberta's own pension plan, its own police force,
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And let's not forget Quebec, the loudest hater of Alberta's energy.
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They're happy to take the equalization payments that that dirty oil funds.
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There's only one way to truly fix the situation for Alberta,
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Watch this Quebec politician run his entitled mouth about Alberta's oil
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While the priories are burning, the premiers are in Saskatoon talking about dirty oil pipelines
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A Liberal Prime Minister who talks to oil companies before talking to his provincial counterparts.
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Provinces that isolate Quebec to force it to accept a pipeline.
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All these people keep telling us that it's a matter of Canadian unity and of national interest.
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Does the Minister of Canadian Identity also believe that Canadian unity and the national interest
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mean building pipelines while the prairies burn?
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Because nothing is funnier than an entitled Quebec politician wagging their fingers at Alberta,
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calling our energy dirty oil, while their socialist programs run on the money that that oil generates.
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Dental care, child care, transit subsidies, you name it.
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The oil is dirty, but the money seems to be clean enough for them, I guess.
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Meanwhile, Alberta is quietly but firmly laying the groundwork for an upcoming independence referendum.
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To take a year to educate the public, explain the pension plan shift,
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replacing federal programs, controlling borders, drafting a real constitution for Alberta.
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Because if Alberta does go, it won't be because of a tantrum.
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It'll be because we finally chose logic, sovereignty, and self-respect over Canada's dysfunctional situation.
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So I'm happy about the timeline that the premier announced today, because those are all proper questions.
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And we need to bring the people together to have good discussions about what form of government a new independent Alberta would have,
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what form of laws we would apply, how we would deal with borders and immigration,
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all of these seven or eight things that the federal government does, because it's only that many,
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and canvas the options, and then build a model as to what it would look like,
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so that Albertans can make an informed choice that they know what they're leaving and know what they're going into.
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And that's going to take a year, and we have a year now.
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But one of the things, even in the more moderate folks that I've encountered from Central and Eastern Canada,
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their lack of understanding of the basic roles and responsibilities of governments and who does and pays for what is remarkable.
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People come after me on Twitter and say, well, how are you going to pay for your health care then?
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Well, we already pay for our health care, and we net pay at least $20 billion a year to Ottawa that we don't get back.
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So we'll actually have $20 billion laying around in our pocket to maybe spend a little more on health care.
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People think that the crown land in Alberta means federal crown.
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The only federal land in Alberta is four national parks, four military bases, and a number of First Nations reserves under the treaties.
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And when you combine that all together, the First Nations reserves, only 1.31% of the land base,
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Some people think that the federal government owns the oil and gas here, all owned by the province, the water.
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The only thing the federal government really has a responsibility for in Alberta is like running a passport office,
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So it's remarkable to me the lack of understanding.
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Like Nova Scotia has, and I'm not sure on the exact numbers, but I believe it's around $12 billion is their budget.
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What's going to happen to Nova Scotia when we leave, right, and if we leave?
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Where Ontario is now going to have to pay that money?
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And the fellow from the Toronto Star won't be so smug at that point.
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The reality is that Alberta is a tremendous asset to Canada.
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