Alberta INDEPENDENCE DEAL With TRUMP RECOGNITION？ - Leaked Documents Show Canada's Worried
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In today's report, we will be commenting on a Federal Government document obtained by Juno News revealing that the Canadian government is already hiring a legal team to challenge a future referendum on Alberta's independence. We will also provide commentary regarding a recent independence rally hosted by Rebel News where Dr. Dennis Modry explained the process that will follow a successful referendum vote declaring Alberta as a sovereign nation.
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the day after that successful referendum she will declare alberta as a sovereign nation and the u.s
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we know this firsthand because we were there talking with them on april the 22nd
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will acknowledge alberta as a sovereign nation and we've done it
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everybody pj here looks like it's finally friday hope you all had a good week and an even better
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weekend ahead in today's report we're going to be commenting on a federal government document
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obtained by juno news revealing that the canadian government is already hiring a legal team
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to challenge a future referendum on alberta independence the liberal government is hiring
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the same lawyer that was involved during the quebec referendum this tells you everything you need
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to know about how serious the canadian government is taking the possibility of alberta leaving we'll
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also be providing commentary regarding a recent independence rally hosted by rebel news where
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dr dennis modry from the alberta prosperity project explains the process that will follow a successful
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referendum vote including negotiations with other provinces and the federal government
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what happens if negotiations fail and how the government of the united states has confirmed to
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the app that they would recognize an independent alberta after a successful referendum making alberta
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a de facto brand new and independent nation on that day we also react to a recent alberta independence
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ad which you'll get a laugh or two out of you let's get into it as of today canada's 2035 gas vehicle
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ban officially begins good thing we separated from that mess
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let them figure out how to haul grain with a tesla i heard ottawa's gas ban starts today
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not our problem anymore imagine making it mandatory to have an electric vehicle in a country where
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temperatures can average 30 to 40 degrees below zero during the winter months alberta will laugh
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about it when it separates or we will suffer with the rest of canada if we don't get our independence
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thank you very much i appreciate it now back to the video while i'm not a constitutional
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legal expert who knows the ins and outs of secessionist movement history within canada
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it's evident from these documents these emails that the federal government is sort of preparing
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a response to what could be a successful referendum heavily redacted documents show that ottawa is seeking
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constitutional advice on alberta's independence from a top crown lawyer who successfully argued in the
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supreme court that quebec had no unilateral right to leave canada after the narrow 1995 separation vote
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in response to a freedom of information and privacy act request by true north the department of
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justice released legal correspondence on alberta's proposed independence referendum in response to a
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freedom of information and privacy act request by true north the department of justice released legal
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correspondence on alberta's proposed independence referendum citing solicitor client privilege a vast
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majority of the documents contents were blacked out except for the names of those consulted
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correspondence dated from may 15th to may 23rd contains emails between the department of justice's
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senior general consul on constitutional law warren j newman senior general counsel on indigenous
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rights and relations uzman isanula and crown indigenous relations senior director john toffing
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despite the liberal government downplaying the magnitude of the alberta independence movement
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the documents indicate that ottawa may be making contingency plans to constitutionally challenge
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a successful referendum possibly at the supreme court level by employing arguments of indigenous
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rights newman acted as co-counsel for the attorney general of canada in 1998 when the liberal
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government under jean christian shut down quebec secessionist arguments in the supreme court of
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canada the court had agreed with the crown's arguments in its reference re-secession of quebec judgment
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the court ruled that quebec could not legally secede from canada on its own because the canadian
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constitution does not allow it and that secession could only happen through negotiations involving
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all provinces and the federal government so cosmon after the last election we've seen a lot of a
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resurgence of this sentiment of alberta separatism this is when you know the canadian government is
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starting to get really worried about alberta independence they literally went and hired a top lawyer who
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previously worked against quebec independence during the 90s when they had their last referendum the
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document obtained by juno news doesn't show much information as the government blacked out most of
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it as usual you can tell they don't want any transparency when it comes to this at an event hosted by rebel news
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where the theme was educating the public in attendance about alberta's fight for independence
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dr dennis modry from the alberta prosperity project explained what the process would look like
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post successful referendum watch so this is this is going to be the challenge and it's going to be
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all hands on deck the petition somewhat difficult but you know what that is doable we're already there
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in terms of the numbers as i said so everything that we're doing follows the clarity act right this is
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the legal pathway for a province to leave canada and become a sovereign nation but i want to make one
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point very clear with respect to the clarity act there's a section in the preamble that says
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that a successful referendum obligates the federal government and the other provinces to negotiate in
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good faith but negotiations might lead to secession well what does that mean that also means that it
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might not lead to secession well what does that mean if it doesn't lead to secession only two outcomes
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number one alberta gets everything that it wants in the negotiations however section 4a of the clarity act
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clarity act says you can't have a referendum of the purpose for a and b if the purpose is to negotiate
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a better deal right so it can only mean then when it says negotiations might lead to secession and the
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corollary is might not lead to secession means one thing and that is negotiations have failed and the
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federal government and the other provinces are not willing to open the constitution and change it to
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remove alberta from the constitution there's another solution to that and when you look at the way the
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supreme court analyzed the whole issue of a unilateral declaration of independence there's section 154 and 155
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in that analysis this is really important to understand is that if a region is subjugated
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um dominated exploited and their aspirations of self-determination are not met that region has the
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right to have a referendum on sovereignty and it is political legitimacy and it becomes legal legitimacy
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when other nations acknowledge that alberta has had a successful referendum and if the premier has the
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guts to do it the day after that successful referendum she will declare alberta is a sovereign nation and
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the u.s we know this firsthand because we were there talking with them on april the 22nd
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will acknowledge alberta as a sovereign nation and we've done it thank you
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