PJ The Belt - August 16, 2025


Alberta INDEPENDENCE DEAL! - Trump STATEHOOD Recognition Would RUIN Canada!


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The Alberta Prosperity Project is a not-for-profit organization leading the effort to see Alberta become independent from Canada. They have submitted an application to the Supreme Court of Canada asking for a ruling on whether or not their referendum question is constitutional. The Chief Electoral Officer has referred the case to the Court of King's Bench in Alberta, which will hear the case this week.

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00:00:00.000 do you think it is possible for Alberta to become independent?
00:00:04.720 Absolutely possible.
00:00:06.440 The only thing that we need is the will of Albertans.
00:00:09.400 So Albertans need to vote when we have our referendum question,
00:00:12.520 because we have,
00:00:13.380 it's actually rare for a country to have a clearly outlined process,
00:00:18.200 a legal process for a province or state to separate from that country.
00:00:22.360 Like there's not many countries in the world that actually have that,
00:00:24.520 but Canada has that through like the clarity act and Alberta has their
00:00:27.980 citizens initiative for bringing a referendum to the table.
00:00:30.740 So we have a clearly outlined legal path to do it.
00:00:37.640 Ottawa doesn't speak for guys like me. Alberta does.
00:00:42.140 I used to fly a Canadian flag, but now I fly the Alberta flag.
00:00:47.000 It actually stands for something.
00:00:50.220 I'm proud to fly the flag of a place that still promises a future for my kids.
00:00:56.060 That's right.
00:00:56.540 We got to dance to our own tune and we got to fight for our independence because
00:01:02.200 you and I know Alberta would be much better off being its own country,
00:01:07.940 not just financially, which is always great.
00:01:11.300 You know, dollars and cents.
00:01:13.360 That's a fact.
00:01:14.700 That's a realistic fact here that Alberta would be much better off financially, 0.99
00:01:18.640 but Alberta would be much better off culturally speaking. 0.94
00:01:22.880 We just, we have very little in common with Eastern Canada.
00:01:27.100 They have entitlements.
00:01:28.360 We have hard work.
00:01:29.800 They have government paychecks.
00:01:32.240 We have entrepreneurship and private sector over here.
00:01:35.300 We are inherently different.
00:01:37.360 We have Western values.
00:01:38.980 They have Laurentian values.
00:01:40.720 If you support these videos, please like and subscribe.
00:01:44.900 I appreciate it.
00:01:45.840 And so here's where we are.
00:01:49.060 And the question is, you know, for all of us, if we don't stand for something,
00:01:52.880 we're going to fall for everything.
00:01:54.580 And so what are Alberta's values?
00:01:57.060 And, you know, what culture do we want to maintain?
00:02:00.140 And, you know, as Tanya well knows, we've, you know, we're very much big on faith, family
00:02:07.520 and freedom as defining concepts of what Albertans are, the majority of Albertans are all about.
00:02:16.520 And so we're trying to preserve and enhance our freedom and our prosperity and ensure that
00:02:22.460 faith is not sidelined by federal dictates.
00:02:25.740 The Alberta Prosperity Project is the not-for-profit organization leading the effort to see Alberta
00:02:31.700 become independent from Canada.
00:02:34.180 They've recently deposited the application to begin collecting signatures to have a referendum
00:02:39.400 vote in 2026.
00:02:41.840 This is a grassroots-led movement with an army of motivated volunteers who hope to see their
00:02:47.920 province become its own independent nation.
00:02:50.560 They've been having town hall meetings and rallies all over Alberta this summer and will
00:02:55.520 continue their education campaign in hopes of increasing support for a yes vote in the upcoming
00:03:00.880 referendum.
00:03:02.480 Getting that 50% plus one is the ultimate goal, but just as important is what comes after.
00:03:09.020 And having international recognition will be very important for Alberta after declaring
00:03:13.960 its independence.
00:03:14.680 The APP had a delegation visit Washington, D.C. to speak with officials in the Trump administration
00:03:21.540 to see whether they would support Alberta's effort in self-determination.
00:03:26.480 The APP states that the response was positive and supportive, and they confirmed that the United
00:03:31.980 States government would recognize an independent Alberta after a successful vote.
00:03:36.620 Last week, the Chief Electoral Officer announced that he's referring APP's question to the Court
00:03:45.100 of King's Bench in Alberta for a ruling on whether or not that question is constitutional.
00:03:50.220 In any event, the Chief Justice assigned the case to Justice Feasby, who is one of the most
00:03:56.440 knowledgeable constitutional jurists on our Superior Court bench.
00:03:59.900 And that case is now going to be heard this Thursday.
00:04:03.320 Oh, good.
00:04:03.920 The Eva Chipiuk and Jeff Rapp have been doing amazing work.
00:04:07.720 Eva worked through the night a couple nights, and they got all their materials filed last
00:04:10.880 Thursday night.
00:04:12.000 So all the court briefs are in.
00:04:15.880 So this Thursday, there's going to be a court hearing in Calgary where Jeff Rapp and Eva
00:04:20.880 Chipiuk on behalf of the Alberta Prosperity Project, those lawyers will be arguing that there's
00:04:25.340 nothing to see here.
00:04:26.300 This is just a misstep by the Chief Electoral Officer, because how could a question, especially
00:04:33.100 framed like this, potentially violate the Constitution when the Supreme Court of Canada
00:04:38.240 has interpreted the Constitution as providing a mechanism for a province to hold a referendum
00:04:43.140 on a clear question about independence, right?
00:04:45.160 Like, it's just nonsensical.
00:04:47.180 In any event, the Minister of Justice for the Alberta government issued a tweet saying that
00:04:52.040 what the Chief Electoral Officer was doing was bureaucratic, was not in keeping with the
00:04:56.600 legislature's intention for the legislation, for the Citizens Initiative legislation, and
00:05:01.520 that the Chief Electoral Officer should withdraw his application to the court.
00:05:06.160 And then the Premier jumped in and said she agrees.
00:05:08.460 I expect what will happen is the court will say there's nothing unconstitutional about this
00:05:12.900 question.
00:05:13.280 I didn't think the court was going to move on it as quickly as they have, so I'm very encouraged
00:05:16.780 by that.
00:05:17.360 What if there's some goofy ruling or there's an appeal and it goes to the Court of Appeal and
00:05:21.480 off to the Supreme Court of Canada, it's open to the government of Alberta in the next legislative
00:05:27.660 session in the fall, coming up in September, to amend the legislation, to remove this goofy
00:05:33.700 section that the Chief Electoral Officers relied on, and to change the law because they hold
00:05:39.000 the keys to the lawmaking machine, the Danielle Smith government and the majority of MLAs that
00:05:46.500 form the government of Alberta.
00:05:47.980 They made this law.
00:05:49.200 They recently amended it.
00:05:50.260 They can amend it again.
00:05:51.100 So there'd be an opportunity for a legislative solution.
00:05:54.080 And if there's enough mischief, then it would also be open at any time for the
00:06:00.100 Daniel Smith UCP government to, through a cabinet order, say, guess what?
00:06:05.120 Next spring, we're holding a referendum.
00:06:07.160 And here's the question.
00:06:08.360 They always have that discretion.
00:06:10.280 Alberta might just be the last place in this country with a shot at a better tomorrow. 0.90
00:06:14.460 But only if we find the guts to cut ourselves loose from this corrupt, parasitic system called 0.98
00:06:20.740 Canada. 0.99
00:06:22.160 Let's call it what it is.
00:06:23.460 A country where criminals walk free.
00:06:25.880 But if you dare speak out, boom, you get handcuffed and tossed in jail.
00:06:30.880 Canadians have become comfortable marching to their own ruin, chanting, elbows up, like it's 0.56
00:06:38.440 some kind of virtue when really it's the final lullaby of a nation walking proudly into the slaughterhouse.
00:06:44.440 But Alberta, we've still got a chance.
00:06:48.840 It's shot at building something better.
00:06:51.420 A society based on freedom, responsibility, and the pursuit of happiness.
00:06:56.720 But it all depends on whether Albertans have the spine to stand up for it.
00:07:00.960 If not, we'll go down with the rest of the ship.
00:07:05.000 I wasn't sure when Carney was campaigning as to he was trying to portray himself as a pragmatist.
00:07:09.820 And I thought maybe he's changed.
00:07:11.900 Maybe he's not the Carney of the book of values, because it's pretty clear what that's about.
00:07:17.000 It's environmental socialism.
00:07:19.860 I'm increasingly suspicious that his antagonism of the United States, our closest and largest
00:07:28.980 trading partner.
00:07:29.840 I'm wondering if he's doing the Venezuelan trick, Carney is, of using antagonizing the
00:07:37.540 relationship with the United States and to some extent others, so that it can mask and
00:07:42.780 he can camouflage his economic failures.
00:07:45.700 Say, you know, oh, we would be doing great if it wasn't for Orange Man Bat.
00:07:50.580 You know what?
00:07:51.000 We saw that during the campaign.
00:07:53.400 The Liberals couldn't campaign on their own record.
00:07:55.520 Mark Carney couldn't campaign on his own record because the Liberals' record was his.
00:07:59.840 And so they relied on Privy Council research that they only had access to, by the way, to
00:08:06.980 craft a campaign of anti-Americanism.
00:08:09.400 The whole elbows up thing was based on Privy Council research that only the Liberals had
00:08:13.760 access to.
00:08:14.580 And I think we're just seeing a continuation of that because we're in a housing crisis, we're
00:08:22.460 in a health care crisis, we're in an inflation crisis, we're in a debt crisis, we're in a
00:08:26.820 crime crisis.
00:08:27.520 And the only thing the Liberals can point to is the Americans because, you know, I hope 0.51
00:08:34.660 the Liberals find who's been in charge for the last 10 years that created all these problems.
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