Alberta Patriots Just SHATTERED The Polls —Canada’s LOSING IT
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Summary
The popularity of Alberta separation is on the rise. It comes as comedian Rob Schneider and the richest man in the world throw their support behind the independence movement. After a recent attack from an activist liberal appointed judge who stepped in to try to slow the process down, a growing number of undecided people are getting involved and the momentum is only growing.
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One of these strange circumstances where Canada needs Alberta a lot more than Alberta needs Canada.
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Like, we can exist quite happily without Canada.
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The popularity of Alberta separation on the rise.
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It comes as comedian Rob Schneider and the richest man in the world throw support behind the independence movement.
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well folks the alberta independence movement has searched in support after a recent attack from an
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activist liberal appointed judge who stepped in to try to slow the process down by blocking
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the official petition count from even being delivered to Elections Alberta. Yeah, that was
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their move, but it's actually completely backfired, and here's what they clearly didn't see coming.
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This didn't stop anything. It did the exact opposite. Albertans didn't back off. They doubled
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down. From what I'm hearing, the signature collection is actually accelerating. More people
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are signing it now than there were before. A growing number of undecided people are getting
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involved, and the momentum is only growing, not shrinking. And this is the part that really blows
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my mind. Who exactly thought that taking away Albertans' right to a referendum was a good idea?
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Did they really think that Albertans would just roll over and say, well, that's it, folks? No,
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that's not how this province operates. Every time they try to shut it down, this movement only grows.
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And what's happening right now might actually be the moment that gets us over that 50% support
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that we're looking for. Let's get into it. The people behind the Stay Free Alberta campaign
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say they already have enough signatures to force a referendum but on Friday a wrench was thrown
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into the next step of their efforts towards Alberta's independence. Multiple First Nations
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were in court this week arguing the petition is unconstitutional and without consultation
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amounts to a treaty violation. Signatures are due to be returned to Elections Alberta by early May
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for verification. But Justice Shana Leonard stayed the process on Friday, pausing it until a court
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decision is made on the validity of the referendum question. So the court has taken a nuanced
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position here. They've said you can continue to collect signatures until such time as the court
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makes a ruling on whether this is a constitutional question or not. Stay Free Alberta's lawyer told
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Global News on Friday the court's decision is surprising. I think there's some very serious
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jurisdictional issues with regard to a justice of the court of King's Bench issuing orders
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against an officer of the legislature. Lawyers for the Alberta government had argued against it,
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saying until the province acts on a referendum, there is nothing it legally needs to consult on.
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Alberta's Ministry of Justice is aware of the temporary stay granted by the judge yesterday.
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As the matter is still before the courts and we are awaiting a final decision expected by May,
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we have no further comment until then. In press releases from both the Pekani Nation,
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a part of Blackfoot Nations, as well as the Athabasca Chippewan First Nation,
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it says that they are both pleased with the court's decision and says it confirms that
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there are real legal issues at stake. But this is where it starts getting weird.
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This isn't just an Alberta thing anymore. This is starting to get attention outside of the country.
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You've got people, big names like Elon Musk, actually talking about Alberta going its own way.
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and that should tell you something this isn't just some small idea anymore and at the same time
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people are looking at what canada is doing right now getting cozier with china more top-down
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authoritarian control more you don't get a say energy and they're connecting the dots
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the popularity of alberta separation on the rise it comes as comedian rob schneider and the richest
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man in the world throw support behind the independence movement elon musk did agree that
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alberta needs to flee canada the u.s based billionaire responding to this political
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organizer and pro-independence albertan wednesday night on x i happen to know through my connections
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that there's a lot of interest in alberta independence you know in the white house and
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in the mega broader network mostly because they're really a freedom-minded kind of people
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so look this is where we're at right now they try to slow this thing down they try to put a wall in
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front of it and it didn't work it did the exact opposite more people are paying attention more
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people are getting involved and the momentum is clearly building on the side of a busy alberta
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highway a drive of a different kind a voter one residents putting their names behind a new movement
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to separate alberta from the rest of canada i want out of canada so bad so bad that i think i'm gonna
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move if if we don't separate because it's gotten so bad she's just the latest but not the last
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signing a petition to trigger a province-wide vote for Alberta's secession or independence
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this fall. If anybody will take that meeting, the Trump administration will. Let's see if we can get
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it just for fun, right? And sure enough, you know, the Trump administration, you know,
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likes disrupting things and challenging the status quo. Jeffrey Rath is with the Alberta
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Prosperity Project, the group spearheading the secession movement. He says Albertans
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where Canada needs Alberta a lot more than Alberta needs Canada.
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Like, we can exist quite happily without Canada.
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That's one of the big things that they throw out against Alberta independence.
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Well, wait a minute, boys and girls, we're landlocked now.
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because of its abundant oil, sometimes called the Texas of Canada, not just for the black gold,
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but also because it's one of the country's most conservative provinces. There are plenty of
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people who might hear someone say, we want our independence. And there are a lot of people who
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upon hearing that would say, well, that sounds like a crazy idea. Yeah, well, that's kind of
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funny. It's like, you know, I'd like to leave home. It's like, that's kind of silly. Shouldn't
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you live in your mom's basement your entire life right it's that's kind of my response to that i
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mean for albertans i think you know we could literally the day we declared ourselves independent
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from canada would be the country with the highest gdp per capita in the world you know you look at
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alberta like we have the third largest oil resource in the world right we have more barrels like by a
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factor of two or three we have three times more barrels of oil per capita than saudi arabia has
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this isn't some small local story anymore this is starting to get noticed outside of the country
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and once that happens you don't just put it back in the box so the real question now isn't if this
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will grow it's how far it'll end up going and if you've been seeing this movement grow like i have
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make sure you're subscribed to the channel because this channel is tracking it every step of the way
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and we will keep you informed see you in the next one