PJ The Belt - September 29, 2026


Alberta Patriots Just Put CANADA ON NOTICE!!

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Trudeau Linda Haverstock Alan Blakeney Dick Culver Dennis Hamm Culvert Queen
Canada Just Made a HUGE MISTAKE!!

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10 minutes

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139.06

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1,432

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50

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2

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00:00:00.000 I have one message. Alberta has had enough. 0.67
00:00:03.060 Enough with the meaningless virtue signaling climate policies
00:00:06.560 that only make Canadians poorer and threaten our energy security. 0.96
00:00:10.760 Enough of their screw the West, we'll take the rest mentality.
00:00:14.640 They believe Western Canada would get more recognition as the 51st state.
00:00:20.360 Culver's argument was a reasonable one.
00:00:22.340 He said, inevitably we are being drawn into the American net.
00:00:27.180 I gotta look at this myself.
00:00:30.000 wow what a what a view today's video i like to talk about something that often gets ignored
00:00:42.720 when it comes to the alberta independence movement many people think that this cause
00:00:49.260 was started because of the loss the federal loss of the conservatives and i often say on this
00:00:56.340 channel that that was simply the straw that broke the camel's back basically the last nail in a
00:01:05.760 coffin many of us saw coming and of course the liberal win after 10 years of terrible policies
00:01:14.200 and having ruined our country in more ways than one contributed to the amount of support and
00:01:22.900 momentum that the cost for independence has. However, this is something that has been brewing
00:01:30.560 for many decades. It is nothing new for Albertans to want to separate from Canada, considering the
00:01:38.420 fact that Alberta has been given, Alberta and Western Canada in general, but especially Alberta,
00:01:44.960 and I mean especially Alberta and its industries, have been given a raw deal for many decades.
00:01:51.760 Alberta, year after year, has $20 to $25 billion that is siphoned out of our system to go to Ottawa
00:01:59.380 so that it can be spent mostly in Quebec, but also in other places that vote Liberal.
00:02:04.460 We have been watching this for years.
00:02:06.680 $600 billion in the last 40 or 50 years that have been taken out of this province.
00:02:12.160 You don't think we might be able to do a little bit more on social spending if those $20 to $25 billion stayed here?
00:02:17.860 you don't think we'd be able to cut taxes a bit if those 20 to 25 billion dollars stayed here
00:02:23.280 it is five thousand dollars per albertan that every single year gets transferred out of this
00:02:31.960 province for political reasons so that the liberals can continue to spend it in places
00:02:37.520 that vote liberal that is the that is what is happening in the province and in the country
00:02:41.580 that frustration boiled over during the federal election of 1980 when the Trudeau liberals were
00:02:50.140 declared the winners before western votes were even counted well welcome to the 1980s
00:02:56.100 western alienation is almost as old as Saskatchewan
00:03:01.860 its roots are in the countryside where farmers produced the food that fueled the nation early
00:03:09.800 the century farmers were already feeling exploited by Ottawa and the big grain companies.
00:03:15.320 They felt as if central Canada was taking and taking and giving little back.
00:03:21.320 Its wealth is still on the hoof though the buffalo herds have given way to what will be prime western beef.
00:03:30.840 The west here is still vivid with memories of other times. The days before trails became highways,
00:03:37.720 before campsites became cities like Calgary.
00:03:46.040 This dignified-looking city, now a financial center,
00:03:50.180 hasn't quite forgotten the roaring hoop-up days
00:03:52.800 when it was the last frontier,
00:03:55.700 about as far west as you could go
00:03:57.320 without bumping into a mountain.
00:03:59.240 about 60 miles west of calgary the great barrier of the rockies there are ways into it of course
00:04:12.980 to get to the resort town of banff the highway simply follows the valley of the bow river
00:04:18.740 this is a land of breathtaking grandeur much of it has been set aside as national parks to remain
00:04:34.280 in perpetuity pretty well as nature intended
00:04:37.040 if you want to understand alberta you gotta understand the west this province was built
00:04:48.520 by ranchers, oil men, and homesteaders who tamed the land that most people today wouldn't
00:04:53.480 dare settle. We're talking rugged badlands, the rocky mountains, and bitterly cold prairies.
00:05:00.200 The people who made a life out here didn't ask for handouts. They worked the land,
00:05:04.820 raised cattle, and built towns with their own two hands. Alberta's culture is different from
00:05:09.780 the rest of Canada. We've got rodeos, we've got the stampede, we've got cowboy hats and
00:05:15.380 muddy boots and we have a strong sense that people should be free free to work free to farm free to
00:05:22.120 live without some government telling them how to raise their children or live their lives that's
00:05:26.600 very different from eastern canada where they seem to love rules red tape and being protected
00:05:32.160 by the government and the fear-mongering about businesses will leave the businesses that left
00:05:37.940 quebec left in 1977 and 78 way before a referendum because of the strict english language laws
00:05:45.360 that changed the entirety of the workforce so the banks left but an oil
00:05:49.920 sands plant can't leave chemical petrochemical plants can't leave the oil
00:05:55.380 and gas isn't going anywhere our beautiful Rocky Mountains are not going
00:05:59.980 anywhere the the idea of suggesting that the challenges that Quebec faced
00:06:05.400 after the referendum or leading up to the referendum is a cartoon version of
00:06:10.320 history it has no basis in fact alberta's different we have a pathway more and more
00:06:16.240 albertans are going to see it the real risk is staying in canada western political parties would
00:06:23.840 flourish and disappear saskatran voters earned a reputation for supporting regional parties
00:06:29.760 based on western discontent they were desperate for a voice in national politics
00:06:34.720 Dick Culver became the politics and underdog he was charismatic and unpredictable with little to
00:06:43.180 lose the progressive conservative party was at the bottom of the polls when Culver became leader in
00:06:48.880 1973 they want a continuation of the present government's drive five years later he built
00:06:56.260 the party into Saskatchewan's official opposition the premier was NDP leader Alan Blakeney it was
00:07:03.280 wired, both as an organizer and as a speaker, but not terribly stable. He might come off the wall and
00:07:10.840 you never quite knew what position he was going to take. Culvert lived up to his reputation. In 1980,
00:07:17.860 he shocked everyone and quit the Tory party. He sat in the legislature as an independent where
00:07:24.160 he was sharply critical of the policies of the Trudeau government in Ottawa. French on the
00:07:29.320 cornflake boxes became a trigger issue and people were angry about bilingualism
00:07:35.500 primarily because they were angry at at Ottawa and Trudeau and the feeling
00:07:39.700 that Quebec ran everything. That frustration boiled over during the
00:07:44.480 federal election of 1980 when the Trudeau Liberals were declared the
00:07:47.860 winners before Western votes were even counted. Well welcome to the 1980s.
00:07:55.000 then Culver shocked again he announced the creation of a new political party in
00:08:00.760 Saskatchewan the Union s party with a stunning platform that Western provinces
00:08:06.700 separate from Canada and join the United States given the fact that the views are
00:08:13.180 irreconcilable and that the country is in fact breaking up Dennis Hamm was the
00:08:18.140 Tory MLA for Swift Current he shared Culver's vision and joined the new party
00:08:23.320 They believed Western Canada would get more recognition as the 51st state.
00:08:29.320 Culver's argument was a reasonable one.
00:08:31.320 He said, inevitably, we are being drawn into the American net.
00:08:36.320 They are going to make the decisions which control our economy and ultimately our political system.
00:08:42.320 If they're going to do that, why don't we have a voice in what the decisions are?
00:08:46.320 But the Unionist Party struggled for recognition.
00:08:50.900 MLAs voted in the legislature to strip the new party of all public funds.
00:08:56.260 They thought it was mildly treasonous, if you may put it that way.
00:09:00.780 Nor did the Unionist Party catch on with the people.
00:09:04.120 Despite their frustration, the idea of joining the United States went too far.
00:09:09.460 If we think we've got no voice now in a country of 20 million people,
00:09:15.560 what would we have in a country of 200 million?
00:09:18.760 Culver vowed to run in the next election with Unionist candidates across the West,
00:09:23.460 but the party fizzled.
00:09:25.320 Neither Culver nor Ham ran again.
00:09:28.700 Culver now lives in Arizona.
00:09:30.920 Ham lives in Calgary.
00:09:36.940 Twenty years later, Ham was back in the legislature in Regina
00:09:41.180 when his sister was sworn in as Saskatchewan's lieutenant governor.
00:09:46.000 Linda Haverstock is now the Queen's representative in a province her brother once believed
00:09:51.000 would be better off leaving Canada and the monarchy behind.
00:10:01.220 Although the Unionist Party lasted a mere two years,
00:10:05.040 Western alienation continues to fuel prairie politics.
00:10:08.920 In fact, the current farm crisis is renewing calls for Western separatism,
00:10:12.900 And some disgruntled farmers have even suggested joining the United States.