Alberta INDEPENDENCE DEAL! - Trump STATEHOOD Recognition Would RUIN Canada!
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Summary
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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do you think it is possible for Alberta to become independent?
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The only thing that we need is the will of Albertans.
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So Albertans need to vote when we have our referendum question,
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it's actually rare for a country to have a clearly outlined process,
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a legal process for a province or state to separate from that country.
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Like there's not many countries in the world that actually have that,
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but Canada has that through like the clarity act and Alberta has their
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citizens initiative for bringing a referendum to the table.
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So we have a clearly outlined legal path to do it.
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Ottawa doesn't speak for guys like me. Alberta does.
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I used to fly a Canadian flag, but now I fly the Alberta flag.
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I'm proud to fly the flag of a place that still promises a future for my kids.
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We got to dance to our own tune and we got to fight for our independence because
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you and I know Alberta would be much better off being its own country,
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That's a realistic fact here that Alberta would be much better off financially,
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but Alberta would be much better off culturally speaking.
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We just, we have very little in common with Eastern Canada.
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We have entrepreneurship and private sector over here.
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And the question is, you know, for all of us, if we don't stand for something,
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And, you know, what culture do we want to maintain?
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And, you know, as Tanya well knows, we've, you know, we're very much big on faith, family
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and freedom as defining concepts of what Albertans are, the majority of Albertans are all about.
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And so we're trying to preserve and enhance our freedom and our prosperity and ensure that
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The Alberta Prosperity Project is the not-for-profit organization leading the effort to see Alberta
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They've recently deposited the application to begin collecting signatures to have a referendum
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This is a grassroots-led movement with an army of motivated volunteers who hope to see their
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They've been having town hall meetings and rallies all over Alberta this summer and will
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continue their education campaign in hopes of increasing support for a yes vote in the upcoming
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Getting that 50% plus one is the ultimate goal, but just as important is what comes after.
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And having international recognition will be very important for Alberta after declaring
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The APP had a delegation visit Washington, D.C. to speak with officials in the Trump administration
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to see whether they would support Alberta's effort in self-determination.
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The APP states that the response was positive and supportive, and they confirmed that the United
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States government would recognize an independent Alberta after a successful vote.
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Last week, the Chief Electoral Officer announced that he's referring APP's question to the Court
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of King's Bench in Alberta for a ruling on whether or not that question is constitutional.
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In any event, the Chief Justice assigned the case to Justice Feasby, who is one of the most
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knowledgeable constitutional jurists on our Superior Court bench.
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And that case is now going to be heard this Thursday.
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The Eva Chipiuk and Jeff Rapp have been doing amazing work.
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Eva worked through the night a couple nights, and they got all their materials filed last
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So this Thursday, there's going to be a court hearing in Calgary where Jeff Rapp and Eva
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Chipiuk on behalf of the Alberta Prosperity Project, those lawyers will be arguing that there's
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This is just a misstep by the Chief Electoral Officer, because how could a question, especially
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framed like this, potentially violate the Constitution when the Supreme Court of Canada
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has interpreted the Constitution as providing a mechanism for a province to hold a referendum
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In any event, the Minister of Justice for the Alberta government issued a tweet saying that
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what the Chief Electoral Officer was doing was bureaucratic, was not in keeping with the
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legislature's intention for the legislation, for the Citizens Initiative legislation, and
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that the Chief Electoral Officer should withdraw his application to the court.
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And then the Premier jumped in and said she agrees.
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I expect what will happen is the court will say there's nothing unconstitutional about this
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I didn't think the court was going to move on it as quickly as they have, so I'm very encouraged
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What if there's some goofy ruling or there's an appeal and it goes to the Court of Appeal and
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off to the Supreme Court of Canada, it's open to the government of Alberta in the next legislative
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session in the fall, coming up in September, to amend the legislation, to remove this goofy
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section that the Chief Electoral Officers relied on, and to change the law because they hold
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the keys to the lawmaking machine, the Danielle Smith government and the majority of MLAs that
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So there'd be an opportunity for a legislative solution.
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And if there's enough mischief, then it would also be open at any time for the
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Daniel Smith UCP government to, through a cabinet order, say, guess what?
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Alberta might just be the last place in this country with a shot at a better tomorrow.
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But only if we find the guts to cut ourselves loose from this corrupt, parasitic system called
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But if you dare speak out, boom, you get handcuffed and tossed in jail.
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Canadians have become comfortable marching to their own ruin, chanting, elbows up, like it's
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some kind of virtue when really it's the final lullaby of a nation walking proudly into the slaughterhouse.
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A society based on freedom, responsibility, and the pursuit of happiness.
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But it all depends on whether Albertans have the spine to stand up for it.
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If not, we'll go down with the rest of the ship.
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I wasn't sure when Carney was campaigning as to he was trying to portray himself as a pragmatist.
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Maybe he's not the Carney of the book of values, because it's pretty clear what that's about.
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I'm increasingly suspicious that his antagonism of the United States, our closest and largest
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I'm wondering if he's doing the Venezuelan trick, Carney is, of using antagonizing the
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relationship with the United States and to some extent others, so that it can mask and
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Say, you know, oh, we would be doing great if it wasn't for Orange Man Bat.
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The Liberals couldn't campaign on their own record.
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Mark Carney couldn't campaign on his own record because the Liberals' record was his.
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And so they relied on Privy Council research that they only had access to, by the way, to
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The whole elbows up thing was based on Privy Council research that only the Liberals had
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And I think we're just seeing a continuation of that because we're in a housing crisis, we're
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in a health care crisis, we're in an inflation crisis, we're in a debt crisis, we're in a
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And the only thing the Liberals can point to is the Americans because, you know, I hope
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the Liberals find who's been in charge for the last 10 years that created all these problems.
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