PJ The Belt - January 09, 2026


Alberta's Divorce From Canada Just OFFICIALLY Began!

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The Alberta Prosperity Project has officially started collecting signatures for their Alberta Independence Petition. Canvassers are out in your town, your city, your province, and across the province collecting signatures. This is a historic moment in Canadian history!

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00:00:00.000 The group petitioning for a referendum question on Alberta separation can now start collecting
00:00:04.600 signatures. The Alberta Prosperity Project wants people to vote on the question, do you agree
00:00:10.060 that the province of Alberta should cease to be part of Canada to become an independent state?
00:00:15.440 In a statement, the group says it expects petitions to be ready for distribution
00:00:18.920 sometime this week. Okay, we need to talk about this because this is the moment everything changes
00:00:25.440 in Canada. As of right now, Alberta is no longer talking or threatening. The signature collection
00:00:32.160 for the Alberta independence petition has officially begun. People are signing the petition across the
00:00:37.880 province right now, and that means this is no longer a debate. It's an official political process.
00:00:45.500 Ottawa can try to attack it. They can try to underestimate it, but they cannot ignore a
00:00:50.620 province that is formally moving toward the exit door. This is the start of something big.
00:00:55.940 And if you want to stay on top of this as it happens, like the video and subscribe because
00:01:00.920 I'm going to be bringing you real updates, not spin, not media narratives. I'm going to show
00:01:06.300 you exactly what's happening in Alberta. Okay, so many of the people that are interested in the
00:01:11.420 Alberta independence movement, especially those living in Alberta, have been wondering, hey,
00:01:15.300 what's happening with this signature collection? When will the canvassers be in my town, my city,
00:01:20.360 my neighborhood, etc., etc. And I figured I would bring you guys an update as to what's
00:01:25.180 happening. First of all, let me let you guys know that signatures are live. Signatures are being
00:01:30.080 collected all over the province as we speak. You got to remember that this is a political process.
00:01:36.040 In order for someone to be a signature collector, an official canvasser, you need to be approved
00:01:41.000 by Elections Alberta, which is a government organization. It's a government agency or institution,
00:01:46.580 whatever you call it. And they are quite slow when it comes to the approval of signature collectors
00:01:52.900 officially. You can't just grab a paper and start collecting signatures. You got to be certified
00:01:59.060 by Elections Alberta so that everything is done appropriately and according to election laws, right?
00:02:05.500 So at this point in time, the Alberta Prosperity Project is trying to get as many people, because
00:02:10.620 there's an army of volunteers, they're trying to get as many people certified as possible, but they can
00:02:15.840 only go as fast as elections Alberta will do it, right? Multiple town halls are being held all over
00:02:22.600 the province. Pretty sure the Alberta Prosperity Project is having two to three town halls per day, and
00:02:28.140 they're bringing in canvassers to those town halls. We got a tweet here from Marty up north, where he shows
00:02:33.760 a town hall. I believe this one happened in Water Valley, which is in southern Alberta. The tweet goes,
00:02:39.800 this is another video of yesterday's historic moment, and I believe he recorded Jeffrey Raff
00:02:44.600 writing down the first signature for the petition.
00:02:47.760 He drove all the way down, and he goes all across the province to get this stuff done.
00:02:53.520 Jeff is getting ready to sign the petition. He's the first signatory of the petition. Congratulations, Jeff.
00:03:00.180 So there you go. He's the first signatory of the petition. First person to sign it. That is historic right there.
00:03:07.540 Alberta has never gone this far when it comes to obtaining its independence. We've never had an
00:03:13.920 official petition to collect signatures for a referendum on independence. We've never come this
00:03:20.540 far. So that is history right there. And yes, the Alberta Prosperity Project is holding town halls
00:03:26.400 all over the province. If they haven't hit your town yet or city, they're going to be there. They're
00:03:31.320 going to be all over the province. This is yet another town hall. This one is in Ditsbury in central
00:03:36.320 Alberta. Apparently, it was packed to capacity. You got to remember these are small towns. This is not
00:03:42.360 the big city. And the fact that it's standing room only, you can see the entire location is packed.
00:03:50.100 The entire town hall is full of people. And it's basically people standing. You can see it right
00:03:55.480 over there. Let's watch this video. Oh, yeah, that place is full. You can tell they were expecting
00:04:08.240 maybe two to three hundred people and maybe four or five hundred showed up. And what happened in the
00:04:12.660 small town of Ditsbury, Alberta was so impactful and so important that it was trending on Twitter
00:04:18.740 X yesterday. Trending in Canada. This is from Paul Mitchell right here. For the first time in history
00:04:25.080 of Twitter X, Ditsbury, Alberta is trending after the amazing turnout of our town hall on Alberta's
00:04:32.540 independence. Let's keep it going, Alberta. Fill every town hall. Sign up as canvassers. Talk to your 0.69
00:04:38.220 family and friends. Together, we can free Alberta. That is remarkable. That's a very small town in central
00:04:46.040 Alberta. Most Albertans don't even know where it is. And it was trending on X yesterday. So again,
00:04:52.580 when people on the other side tell you, oh, it's not going to happen, they don't have the numbers.
00:04:56.660 Remember, the town of Ditsbury, Alberta was trending for the first time ever on Twitter X
00:05:02.400 because of the Alberta independence movement. Now, I know many of you have asked, hey, PJ,
00:05:07.660 how is it that I can sign the petition? Where can I go to sign it? When will they be in my town?
00:05:12.060 When will they be in my neighborhood or city? Like I said to you guys, they're certifying
00:05:17.520 canvassers as we speak. They're moving slow. It's a government organization. What can you expect?
00:05:22.920 But signatures will be collected at every single town hall, and they will also be having locations
00:05:28.360 on this website. The website is stayfreealberta.com, stayfreealberta.com. You can go to that
00:05:34.740 website. Then you go to how to sign the petition, and it will show you if you keep going down. It tells
00:05:39.920 you here how you can sign it. You got to do it in person. You got to be at least 18 years of age,
00:05:45.000 and you got to be a resident of Alberta, obviously. Got to live in Alberta. If you're going to vote
00:05:50.900 for Alberta independence, you can make a donation there and below our current public signing location.
00:05:57.240 So you're going to have official canvassers like these two lovely ladies here, and they're going to 1.00
00:06:02.280 be adding more all the time, so you can check back often. So where to sign, and here you can see
00:06:06.900 some locations, right? And it tells you the time, where exactly. So in this town here, Basiker,
00:06:12.540 I guess is how you pronounce that. You're going to start at 7 p.m. That's tonight. Then on Saturday,
00:06:19.700 they'll be in Red Deer, Legacy Center in Red Deer, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., and so on and so forth.
00:06:27.820 You can see dates, locations, and time right here. For those of you who ask, hey, PJ, how can I go
00:06:34.020 about signing? When will they be my location? Again, you can go to the website, stayfreealberta.com.
00:06:39.660 I'm going to leave the link in the description as well. I was also very happy to read this report
00:06:43.640 from Juno News in regards to support for Alberta independence amongst young Albertans, because
00:06:49.780 many of you probably look at the town halls and say, hey, where's all the young people?
00:06:53.660 The thing is, young people don't tend to attend political events, not nearly as much as older
00:06:57.980 people. Older people are more engaged when it comes to political stuff, but the support is
00:07:04.020 highest among young people, according to this report. Title goes, young Albertans drive rising
00:07:09.740 support for independence. Young Albertans are driving a massive surge in support for Alberta
00:07:14.480 independence, and new poll reveals, with separatist sentiment sharply climbing among voters under
00:07:19.980 the age of 35. Young Albertans are driving a massive surge in support for Alberta independence,
00:07:25.740 as a new poll reveals, with separatist sentiment sharply climbing among voters under the age
00:07:30.880 of 35. Support for Alberta separating from Canada is highest among young people, according
00:07:36.580 to ResearchCo survey. The poll found that 42% of Albertans aged 18 to 34 supported the province
00:07:44.200 becoming an independent country, a 15-point increase since 2023. Support was lowest among those
00:07:51.820 55 and older, despite a nine-point jump compared to June 2023. And that right there is incredible news.
00:07:59.760 Because again, you look at the APP town halls, and you can't help but notice that the majority of
00:08:04.320 people present tend to be older people. However, that doesn't mean that young Albertans don't support
00:08:10.220 independence. They're actually the biggest group in support of independence. This one is definitely not
00:08:16.380 surprising. This one's from the Western Standard. Title goes, Forever Canadian Group discusses
00:08:22.180 sabotaging Alberta independence petition. Who's surprised? I am not. Certainly not surprised.
00:08:29.080 They're going to do worse than that. That's what that side has. They got insults. They got sabotage.
00:08:34.600 They don't want to debate. I'm not surprised. This is what they're going to do. Article goes,
00:08:39.740 members of the pro-Canada group Forever Canadian have openly discussed sabotaging the new Alberta
00:08:46.040 independent citizens initiative petition. On the group's Facebook page, some members suggested
00:08:51.720 interfering with the petition led by the Alberta Prosperity Project, which asks Albertans whether
00:08:56.960 the province should hold a referendum on becoming its own independent state. Several posts from group
00:09:02.580 members included suggestions such as signing up as canvassers but refusing to collect signatures
00:09:08.420 and tampering with the petition process, which is illegal, by the way, under elections rules and
00:09:15.740 elections laws. But I guess here's the post from the Facebook group. Some Teresa Hill says,
00:09:22.180 I think we should all sign up as canvassers but not collect signatures, says this outstanding
00:09:28.940 individual. Then you got somebody right underneath that. You mean openly admitting to election interference,
00:09:36.240 which is literally what that would be. And you have another person going, better yet, collect signatures
00:09:41.880 and then not hand them in. And now the question is, how far does this actually go? Does Canada
00:09:48.440 finally listen or do they double down and make things worse? Because the signatures are coming in
00:09:54.680 and this is moving fast. So if you want real updates on this, subscribe and hit the like button,
00:09:59.820 because we're going to be tracking this step by step as it happens.
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