PJ The Belt - September 08, 2025


Alberta INDEPENDENCE UPDATE! - Referendum Vote in Spring 2026 & Court Battles


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In this episode, PJ Figgo gives an update on the situation with the Alberta Prosperity Project's referendum question and why it is being held up in the courts. PJ also talks about why he thinks the government is game playing to delay the referendum.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, it's PJ. Figured I'd give you guys an update on everything that's going on
00:00:04.500 with Alberta independence. This is a topic that I talk about a lot on this channel because it's
00:00:09.880 something that I just find personally very important, being that I'm an Albertan myself
00:00:15.020 and that I understand that Alberta's survival, and some people will expand and say the survival
00:00:23.760 of the West and the Western provinces of Canada depends on them pursuing their independence from
00:00:30.860 the sinking ship that is today's Canada. If you support these videos, please like and subscribe.
00:00:37.300 I appreciate it. So what is going on with the referendum question? What's going on with the
00:00:45.020 vote? Many people ask. Well, currently what happens is that the Alberta Prosperity Project
00:00:50.740 did deposit the application with Elections Alberta, which is the governmental body that
00:00:56.500 determines what referendum may or may not go forward. Back in the spring, the UCP government,
00:01:04.620 the conservative government led by Danielle Smith, created or passed Bill 54, which is that bill that
00:01:11.840 lowered the number of signatures from an unrealistic amount of signatures that needed to be collected
00:01:18.020 to a more attainable number. On July 4th, United States Independence Day, the Alberta Prosperity Project
00:01:25.780 deposited that question. The Alberta government will formalize rules on Friday that will make it easier
00:01:30.860 to have a referendum on topics like separation. One group plans to apply to Elections Alberta July 4th
00:01:37.260 to start a petition under those new rules. But it turns out that some bureaucrat at Elections Alberta
00:01:45.040 decided to delay and has not put it through the courts to determine whether the question is
00:01:50.800 constitutional, which is basically a delay tactic. They're trying to push it back.
00:01:56.800 The Alberta Prosperity Project will have to wait a little longer before it can start gathering signatures
00:02:02.800 from supporters. A judge has ruled a judicial review of the separatists' referendum question
00:02:09.040 can go ahead. Today, King's Bench Justice Colin Feesby ruled that constitutional review will benefit
00:02:15.680 democracy and must happen first. You know, this whole hearing process seems to be asking the question,
00:02:22.640 you know, you know, is asking a question to amend the constitution in and of itself unconstitutional,
00:02:29.040 which is to me a pretty remarkable position. And so what's happening now is that this question is
00:02:33.840 being held at the courts. Leadership of the Alberta Prosperity Project is not too worried about that
00:02:39.360 because eventually they're going to have to let the question go through because Danielle Smith knows
00:02:45.200 better. She knows that the APP is a very strong political movement here in Alberta. After the UCP,
00:02:53.200 the conservatives, and maybe the leftist NDP, the Alberta Prosperity Project is one of the most,
00:03:01.280 one of the more powerful political movements going on in Alberta. You have hundreds of thousands of people
00:03:07.680 that have signed their intention to sign yes on a future referendum. You have hundreds and hundreds of
00:03:13.920 volunteers and many of these people are going to go to the annual conservative party, Alberta conservative
00:03:19.600 party, AGM, and they're going to put a lot of pressure on the Alberta government to do the right thing
00:03:26.480 and allow the referendum and let Albertans have their voices heard when it comes to independence.
00:03:32.800 Yeah, my name is Brian. And my question is, if all this is legal and the referendum and everything,
00:03:40.000 why are we letting the government take us through the court procedure to decide if we can do this?
00:03:49.440 Well, again, you know, it's just, you know, it's just game playing on the part of the government.
00:03:54.320 I still want to find out who it was that amended the Citizens Initiative Act to put that provision
00:03:59.760 in. Somebody obviously did that to delay. And another provision of the Citizens Initiative Act
00:04:06.080 is that, you know, the Chief Electoral Officer and Elections Alberta are supposed to work with
00:04:11.920 question proponents to help them if there's any concern that the question that they have isn't legal
00:04:17.040 or appropriate. Needless to say, they never reached out to Mitch Sylvester. They never reached out to
00:04:22.080 our office to say, hey, oh, well, you know, we have some concerns about this. Would you like to add the
00:04:26.960 words, you know, consistent with the Constitution of Canada to the end of your referendum question so
00:04:32.240 we don't have any concerns? We would have done it in a heartbeat, right? But of course, this is game
00:04:36.960 playing. They are trying to delay us, right? And this is going to come back, you know, if Danielle doesn't
00:04:42.240 simply adopt our question and put it forward under the Referendum Act, which she can do, she has the
00:04:47.440 ability to completely ignore the court. If she doesn't do that, I think there's going to be hell 0.88
00:04:51.200 to pay come the AGM. And that's why I want all of us there. So thank you. Thanks for the question.
00:04:56.880 And here's the thing. All this delay, all this sabotaging tells you one thing, and that is that
00:05:03.840 they're worried. The left doesn't even want us to have a referendum. The NDP using their proxy,
00:05:11.440 the Lukasok guy, or however you pronounce his name, they're basically trying and attempting to
00:05:18.320 circumvent the ability of the people to have a referendum. And why? Because they know,
00:05:25.360 they know that the results are going to be staggering and shocking. It's going to send shock
00:05:31.680 waves through Canada and North America when they find out that possibly 50 and over 50 percent
00:05:38.000 of the population in Alberta want to become independent. The pollster found 65 percent of
00:05:44.640 Canadians don't want Alberta to leave. However, he also found that 58 percent of Albertans think
00:05:51.520 separation is a real possibility. I think it's a good idea. I'm a redneck. So yeah, I think it's a good 0.61
00:06:00.720 idea. I think it's economically good. We'll have control of our own pipelines and make our own
00:06:06.800 decisions instead of being puppets to Ottawa. Like most Albertans, I feel like we've just supported
00:06:11.920 the rest of the country long enough. Now it's time to look after ourselves. Patience is running thin.
00:06:17.440 Jason Wilson, a 28-year-old rancher, hears it from all sides. My neighbours are done. They don't think
00:06:24.240 it's worth it. Do you think we will see a referendum on independence in the next 12 to 18 months?
00:06:29.600 I wouldn't be surprised. Wilson's family came here in 1887. He's sixth generation on this land in
00:06:37.600 our east of Calgary, raising cattle and farming. That's why I'm so pro-Alberta and an Albertan first,
00:06:46.000 I would say, is because of the legacy that was passed on to them. Many of you asked me to update on
00:06:53.360 what events may or may not be taking place when it comes to Alberta independence and I oftentimes
00:06:58.720 tell you guys and direct you to the Alberta Prosperity Project. I'm going to leave their
00:07:04.320 latest events and latest town halls and rallies right here on the screen somewhere for you guys to
00:07:12.240 see and participate. Those of you who are in Alberta or Saskatchewan or anywhere nearby and want to
00:07:18.880 participate or even those of you south of the border who want to make the trip and find out what
00:07:23.120 this Western Wexit Alberta independence movement is all about. Again, I encourage you guys to go to
00:07:29.840 albertaprosperityproject.com and the reason why I promote them, it's not necessarily because I'm
00:07:35.200 involved with them or anything like that.
00:07:37.280 my channel is independent. I'm just a guy with a camera, an Albertan who wants to see his province
00:07:50.880 gain its sovereignty because Canada is just degrading morally, economically and in every
00:07:57.280 single sense of the word. Anyone paying attention can realize what's happening to Canada. It's going the
00:08:03.760 way of the UK, Europe, it's going the way of Australia and it's really bad. And Alberta,
00:08:09.760 in my opinion, it's the last beacon of hope that can actually make things better for its people.
00:08:18.960 What do you guys think about Alberta leaving Canada? Got any thoughts on that?
00:08:22.720 I'll be okay and I'll move to Alberta. All right, that's what we want to hear, buddy. Right on.
00:08:28.080 Thank you very much. We're going to pave the way to freedom.
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