It seems every week, another Alberta institution is quietly caught in the cord. First, it was the oil and gas industry creating their own deals with the United States to ship more oil south of the border, and now, the agricultural sector is also joining in. Alberta's beef industry has announced that by 2026, they'll be completely separating from their Canadian counterparts. That's the same year Albertans head to the polls to vote on independence. And then you have groups like the Alberta Prosperity Project already drafting an interim constitution modeled after the American one, with real protections for free speech and even gun rights.
00:00:00.000Despite our efforts in asking for change, we have not seen meaningful progression or willingness to address these concerns.
00:00:07.020We owe it to Alberta cattle producers to ensure their dollars are invested in organizations that will align with their values and priorities.
00:00:14.840Within the next two weeks, we're going to be issuing a draft interim constitution for an independent Alberta
00:00:20.980so that Albertans can understand how much more their rights will be protected and respected in an independent Alberta
00:00:28.140as opposed to the mess that we've got right now with a Westminster Parliament in Edmonton
00:00:33.060and a Westminster Parliament in Ottawa that have no respect for us as citizens because they regard us as subjects.
00:02:12.440And I've tried to think of every way that they could, the federal government, the Laurentian elite, those who have an economic interest, who profit from Albertans' hard work and exploit it, could try to mess this up.
00:02:28.920And everything I've thought of, there's a workaround to defeat it.
00:02:32.040We know that the resources that will be available to the government to deliver critical services are going to go through the roof, right?
00:02:39.560Like they're really going to be easier for government.
00:02:44.660Housing affordability and rent affordability will go up.
00:02:47.560It will be a tremendous opportunity for our young people to have a prosperous future.
00:02:52.580We could become a role model in how, if you remove excessive regulations and red tape and create an environment for businesses to thrive, that the prosperity that that will bring, that will lift us all up and create a remarkable opportunity for Albertans.
00:03:09.640So there's a lot of optimism out there.
00:04:34.160APB says it intends to split from the CCA when their agreement ends June 30, 2026.
00:04:40.880Right at the moment, we are still a member of CCA.
00:04:44.340And we'll work with them in all areas of national development as we move forward.
00:04:50.560The producers say they're concerned about the CCA's governance and fiscal transparency.
00:04:55.780They suggested bringing in an independent third party to review the governance structure.
00:05:01.020Only a third of the CCA's 27-member board is from Alberta, despite bringing in half the money.
00:05:07.260Despite our efforts in asking for change, we have not seen meaningful progression or willingness to address these concerns.
00:05:14.420We owe it to Alberta cattle producers to ensure their dollars are invested in organizations that will align with their values and priorities.
00:05:22.200The CCA was surprised by the announcement.
00:05:25.200They admit the APB leaving would be a huge financial blow.
00:05:29.680Quite simply did not anticipate any kind of an announcement like that and very disappointed.
00:05:35.760I found, you know, I was really preparing to engage in a lot of the issues that they had raised.
00:05:46.720There's a belief on both sides that a deal could be reached before the APB's exit.
00:05:51.760Conversations since the announcement have helped clarify Alberta's concerns.
00:05:56.400I really feel like we're on the same page.
00:05:59.220We're both motivated to ensure that going forward, CCA is an effective, unified national voice for beef producers.
00:06:10.680Alberta beef producers will stick to their financial commitments up until its intended departure date.
00:06:16.040This move by Alberta ranchers is honestly a perfect Snapchat of a bigger picture.
00:06:23.260Alberta provides over half of the budget for the Canadian Cattle Association, and in return, they only get a third of the representation.
00:06:58.000Surprised that Albertans don't enjoy being treated like cash cows?
00:07:01.880Disappointed that they've stopped being the suckers of this federation?
00:07:05.480Yeah, Albertans know their worth now, and the rest of Canada better get used to seeing more and more of Alberta separating from anything Canada.
00:07:15.040That's why folks are realizing that independence isn't just an idea anymore.
00:07:19.680It's the only way forward at this point.
00:07:21.980After independence, after fully costing and paying for an Alberta military at 3% of GDP with a billion and a half dollars in startup costs,
00:07:31.140Department of External Affairs, Department of Immigration, and most importantly, Deportation,
00:07:36.640the Department of Customs and Border Patrol, all those types of things, airports, navigation,
00:07:42.780tripling the spend on Indigenous people in the province of Alberta through constitutionalized resource revenue sharing
00:07:48.780to lift the Indigenous people of Alberta out of the poverty that Canada has left them in for 150 years.
00:07:55.380After paying for all of that, the fiscal plan that we published demonstrates that we're going to have between approximately
00:08:02.240a $30 to $50 billion a year annual fiscal capacity surplus, which could be applied to, you know, 30 to 50% tax cuts in year one.
00:08:36.920So this year, they posted an $8.5 billion surplus.
00:08:40.580So if we'd waited a week before publishing the document, the fiscal capacity surplus of Alberta would have actually been $15 billion higher than is indicated in the plan that we published.
00:08:53.540So obviously, you know, we're very excited about this document.
00:08:57.160I'm urging everybody that's interested in Alberta freedom and the value of freedom to go to albertaprosperity.project.com and download the document.
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