PJ The Belt - August 09, 2025


Alberta INDEPENDENCE DEAL! - TRUMP Recognition ｜ 2026 Referendum Incoming!


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11 minutes

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1,861

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101

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Things continue to get more messy and complicated for Alberta patriots as government bureaucrats come up with delayed tactics to deny Albertans the right to vote for their independence. The Alberta Prosperity Project vows to fight in court for as long as it takes to make sure Albertans make their voices heard and get a real referendum on separation from Canada. A former politician comes out of nowhere to try to regain some relevance by creating a bogus petition which only goal is to sabotage the real referendum.

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00:00:00.000 Do you agree that the province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada?
00:00:06.260 The Premier and Justice Minister pushed back against the Electoral Officer, now saying,
00:00:10.960 Alberta's government believes that the proposal is not unconstitutional and therefore should be approved and permitted to proceed.
00:00:20.320 Hey everybody, it's PJ. Welcome back to our daily report on Alberta independence,
00:00:24.860 where we bring you the common sense, noble and straightforward commentary on everything happening around Alberta's effort to separate from the rest of Canada.
00:00:34.080 Things continue to get more messy and complicated for Alberta patriots as government bureaucrats come up with delayed tactics to deny Albertans the right to vote for their independence.
00:00:45.540 The challenging court battles and attacks from the government paid media have begun.
00:00:49.560 The Alberta Prosperity Project vows to fight in court for as long as it takes to make sure Albertans make their voices heard
00:00:56.560 and get a real referendum on independence and separation from Canada.
00:01:00.780 A former politician comes out of nowhere to try to regain some relevance by creating a bogus petition,
00:01:07.660 which only goal is to sabotage the real referendum.
00:01:11.280 And get this, the judge in the court called it a legally irrelevant nothing burger.
00:01:16.940 Watch till the end as a constitutional lawyer destroys the claim that there will not be an independence referendum in 2026.
00:01:25.640 You're not going to want to miss this one.
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00:01:36.400 Let's get into it.
00:01:37.580 A possible referendum question about Alberta separation was part of a special court hearing today.
00:01:42.860 At the request of Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer, a judge is now considering whether the question violates the Constitution.
00:01:50.760 As Alicia Fielberg reports, experts say this is the latest obstacle in an uphill battle.
00:01:55.820 While some wonder whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada,
00:02:00.460 the person in charge of Alberta elections wonders whether the wording of a proposed referendum question should even be allowed on a ballot.
00:02:08.300 The province's Chief Electoral Officer asked a judge to weigh in on whether or not it violates the Constitution.
00:02:14.600 This is nothing more or less than an attempt at delay.
00:02:17.760 From our perspective, it's an abusive process.
00:02:19.880 For the first time in the history of this province, and probably in Canada,
00:02:23.700 Premier and the Minister of Justice, who's a lawyer himself, have decided to direct the elections commissioner on what he should and should not do.
00:02:32.920 Well, we don't think that the province is lining up on our side with this matter.
00:02:35.980 They're simply saying that there's legislation in place that's clearly intended to have Albertans vote on issues of public importance.
00:02:43.700 And that's why Luke Hazek has his own petition underway to ask whether Alberta should remain in Canada rather than separate.
00:02:51.160 The vast majority of us want nothing to do with it.
00:02:53.740 We want to focus on what's good for Canada and frankly, what's good for Canada internationally.
00:02:58.180 Experts say the battle over the possible referendum questions is just a sample of the long, expensive process separation would involve.
00:03:05.400 There are exit routes out of Canada, but they would be painful, protracted and unbelievably costly to the people of Alberta in ways that this province has to have a serious conversation about.
00:03:18.860 Oh no. A handpicked pundit hired by government paid media says that Alberta independence would be painful and incredibly costly.
00:03:28.260 Even though this is something that has never happened before, and he has exactly zero way of knowing whether it'll be painful or not, or how much it'll end up costing.
00:03:38.880 Unless, of course, he also has a government-funded crystal ball that helps him predict the future.
00:03:44.940 Here's what we know, for a fact.
00:03:47.140 The current situation is incredibly painful for Alberta, as we continue to be underrepresented in a system designed to keep us that way,
00:03:58.680 while being forced to send our wealth to Central and Eastern Canada, while they shamelessly bite the hand that feeds them.
00:04:06.480 How about that for a painful and costly situation, eh, Nostradamus?
00:04:11.660 Mr. Lukasik. Mitch Sylvester, how are you?
00:04:14.360 Oh, nice to meet you. Hi, how are you?
00:04:15.460 Yeah, nice to meet you.
00:04:16.460 An Alberta separatist and a Canadian patriot shake hands outside of the Edmonton courthouse.
00:04:23.060 Mitch Sylvester and Thomas Lukasik are each bringing forward referendum questions affecting Alberta independence,
00:04:30.520 but they are promoting opposite votes.
00:04:33.340 An Alberta separatist and a Canadian patriot.
00:04:37.300 That's how the government-controlled media wants to portray this whole process.
00:04:41.440 They don't even try to hide their bias anymore.
00:04:44.240 Here, let's try this.
00:04:46.180 An Alberta patriot and local business owner who's tired of seeing his province be abused by Laurentian elites from Ottawa,
00:04:53.620 and then an opportunist, disgraced, has-been politician trying to regain some relevance by playing Captain Elbows Up.
00:05:03.040 See what I did there?
00:05:05.180 Two can play that game. 0.97
00:05:07.180 And I receive exactly zero dollars from the taxpayers, unlike the liberal prostitutes in the government-funded media.
00:05:13.960 We want to send a strong signal to the rest of Canada and to the world that Canada is not divisible,
00:05:21.140 that Alberta is not up for sale to either the United States or to separate as a separate country.
00:05:26.640 Lukasik's legislative petition on staying in Canada has been approved by Elections Alberta,
00:05:32.480 and he started gathering signatures.
00:05:34.540 Sylvester's constitutional petition on leaving Canada, meanwhile,
00:05:39.720 has been referred to the court by Elections Alberta to see if it violates the constitution.
00:05:46.620 But Sylvester's lawyer is trying to have that process quashed.
00:05:50.960 On Thursday, Jeff Rath argued for a motion to strike so the referendum can proceed.
00:05:57.520 Are your rights to security of the person somehow offended because your fellow Albertans are being asked a question?
00:06:02.760 Absolutely not. It's a silly question that's being referred to the court.
00:06:06.860 We're taking the position that the referral itself is unreasonable.
00:06:10.240 The premier has repeatedly said she supports Alberta staying in Canada,
00:06:14.800 but she and her justice minister have called on Elections Alberta to let the vote go ahead so the people can decide.
00:06:22.600 Lukasik alleges the premier is siding with the separatists by also sending a lawyer to the court Thursday
00:06:28.720 to seek intervener status in the case.
00:06:31.400 Sovereign Alberta within United Canada. 0.98
00:06:34.400 You know, that saying is so stupid that it's like me telling you that I am single within the confines of my marriage. 0.97
00:06:41.620 Except it seems to be totally fine when Quebec does the exact same thing. 0.99
00:06:47.500 You don't hear a fraction of the attacks and smears when the Frenchies out east assert their sovereignty in their province, 0.72
00:06:54.640 while at the same time needing $13 to $15 billion in equalization payments coming straight from Alberta every year.
00:07:03.640 But there is one thing I agree with the little guy on.
00:07:07.780 At this point, it's no longer about asserting Alberta sovereignty within Canada.
00:07:13.380 That ship has sailed.
00:07:15.100 That's all been tried before and it didn't work.
00:07:17.840 Albertans don't want anything to do with Canada.
00:07:21.120 Our goal is a complete disassociation and independence from Canada.
00:07:26.520 The premier will need to either get on board or get out of the way as this movement continues to gain in support.
00:07:33.600 His bogus petition is so ridiculous that the judge sitting in court reportedly called it a legally irrelevant nothing burger.
00:07:41.980 This guy is just fooling people into thinking that signing his petition will somehow stop a real referendum from taking place. 0.88
00:07:51.800 And that couldn't be further from the truth.
00:07:54.980 Constitutional lawyer Keith Wilson explains how the real referendum is coming in 2026, regardless of what Lukasik does.
00:08:04.040 Last week, the chief electoral officer announced that he's referring APP's question to the court of King's Bench in Alberta for a ruling on whether or not that question is constitutional.
00:08:17.880 In any event, the chief justice assigned the case to Justice Feasby, who is one of the most knowledgeable constitutional jurists on our Superior Court bench.
00:08:27.360 And that case is now going to be heard this Thursday.
00:08:30.460 This Thursday, the Eva Chippyuk and Jeff Rapp have been doing amazing work.
00:08:35.080 Eva worked through the night a couple nights and they got all their materials filed last Thursday night.
00:08:39.340 So all the court briefs are in.
00:08:43.240 So this Thursday, there's going to be a court hearing in Calgary where Jeff Rapp and Eva Chippyuk, on behalf of the Alberta Prosperity Project, those lawyers will be arguing that there's nothing to see here.
00:08:53.640 This is just a misstep by the chief electoral officer, because how could a question, especially framed like this, potentially violate the Constitution when the Supreme Court of Canada has interpreted the Constitution as providing a mechanism for a province to hold a referendum on a clear question about independence, right?
00:09:12.460 Just nonsensical. In any event, the minister of justice for the Alberta government issued a tweet saying that what the chief electoral officer was doing was bureaucratic, was not in keeping with the legislature's intention for the legislation, for the citizens initiative legislation, and that the chief electoral officer should withdraw his application to the court.
00:09:33.200 And then the premier jumped in and said she agrees.
00:09:35.820 I expect what will happen is the court will say there's nothing unconstitutional about this question.
00:09:40.880 I didn't think the court was going to move on it as quickly as they have, so I'm very encouraged by that.
00:09:44.700 What if there's some goofy ruling or there's an appeal and it goes to the Court of Appeal and off to the Supreme Court of Canada?
00:09:50.360 It's open to the government of Alberta in the next legislative session in the fall, coming up in September, to amend the legislation to remove this goofy section
00:10:01.660 that the chief electoral officers that the chief electoral officers relied on and to change the law because they hold the keys to the lawmaking machine.
00:10:08.920 The Daniel Smith government and the majority of MLAs that form the government of Alberta, they made this law.
00:10:16.560 They recently amended it. They can amend it again.
00:10:18.680 So there'd be an opportunity for a legislative solution.
00:10:21.000 And if there's enough mischief, then it would also be open at any time for the Daniel Smith UCP government to, through a cabinet order, say, guess what?
00:10:32.460 Next spring, we're holding a referendum. And here's the question.
00:10:35.700 They always have that discretion.
00:10:37.900 And there you have it.
00:10:39.260 There's little to nothing that a relevant politician can do to stop the real referendum from taking place in 2026.
00:10:45.780 The question posed by the Alberta Prosperity Project is a constitutional one and therefore has much more validity than his sabotage petition.
00:10:57.240 So Alberta patriots and our friends who support the cause, please share this message far and wide with anyone who may be interested and could use this information.
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