PJ The Belt - Alberta SEPARATING From Canada! Trump to Recognize Independent Nation in 2025？ - Update

00:00:00.000 Alberta. We're wild and tough and beautiful. Maybe even a little stubborn. We agree that

00:00:15.440 good enough isn't good enough. And we grab the bull by the horns. We're for small towns

00:00:23.220 and big cities. We say hello to our neighbors and to strangers too. We know everything that

00:00:29.980 matters starts with a home and a family. Well, things continue to get more and more interesting

00:00:36.900 in Wildrose Country. A few days back, the Premier of Alberta announced that she would lower the

00:00:43.640 amount of signatures required to trigger a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada.

00:00:49.380 Liberal politicians and the government paid news unsurprisingly came out against it. And more

00:00:55.380 recently, the native chiefs have expressed their anger at the idea of Albertans choosing

00:01:00.220 their own destiny, saying that any separation from Canada would violate their treaty rights,

00:01:05.980 which I've said multiple times on this channel is simply not true. The treaties would continue

00:01:12.220 as they are unless their leadership decides to renegotiate them.

00:01:16.020 What I expect the Americans will do is that they will indicate at some point here that they will

00:01:24.700 recognize Alberta's right to self-determination. That the Americans, whether it's the State Department

00:01:29.420 or the President or someone, will say, we know there's this situation going on in Canada and

00:01:35.100 we respect the right of Albertans to choose their destiny and have self-determination.

00:01:40.300 The American government's done this in other instances where there's an upheaval in some

00:01:44.920 countries around the world. And then I think the next thing they might do is say, well, if the

00:01:49.160 referendum is in favor of separation, international states can give recognition, even where the home

00:01:56.720 country doesn't agree. Think Taiwan, right? So a number of countries, including Canada, have recognized

00:02:01.920 Taiwan, even though according to the Chinese constitution, Taiwan is part of China, right? So one of

00:02:08.780 the options the Americans will have is to give international recognition to Alberta. Alberta will have

00:02:14.560 that advantage going into the negotiation. That if everybody wants to play silly bugger and not 0.99

00:02:20.960 engage in good faith negotiations, you've got Trump already signaling perhaps that he will give 0.97

00:02:27.380 international recognition. Now what happens if the majority of Albertans, 50% plus one, decide to vote

00:02:35.700 for independence? Can Canada simply stop them from becoming their own country? Could they use force to get

00:02:42.380 them to stop? Doubtful. For one, Canada's military is nearly non-existent. And they're likely too busy

00:02:50.640 replacing the tampons in men's bathrooms. And then there's the little concept of international

00:02:56.160 recognition. The United States will likely recognize Alberta's independence from Canada and possibly

00:03:02.720 entered into some sort of agreement to offer Alberta protection. Whether Alberta joins America

00:03:08.560 all together like Texas did or stays as an independent nation remains to be seen.

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00:03:30.300 How is it helpful though, Premier, with respect to open the door to, for example, a citizen-led

00:03:35.920 referendum on separation if your overall objective is to engage in more fruitful negotiations with the

00:03:43.300 federal government? And if in fact that referendum results in a vote to separate, would you?

00:03:48.200 I would say there's a lot there. I would say that we were in the process of modifying all of our

00:03:53.320 elections laws because we had heard that the thresholds for both recall and citizen initiative were

00:03:58.160 too high and so they were unrealistic. So that was a process that was taking place independently.

00:04:03.300 It may well be that there is, that this is an issue around autonomy is the first one that

00:04:08.560 garners enough signatures to be put to the people. But I would say my job is to look at what we see in

00:04:14.440 the world out there. We've got 30 to 40 percent of Albertans polled saying that they are dissatisfied

00:04:20.240 with the country to the point where they would consider it. And my job is to try to bring those numbers down.

00:04:25.460 Correction, Premier, your job is to listen to your people. And an increasing number of Albertans are

00:04:32.100 simply fed up with the Canadian government. 30 to 40 percent was the pre-election number.

00:04:38.120 Those numbers are likely much higher today.

00:04:40.440 That's what I'm doing. That's why I have been told by my caucus and by the people that I speak with

00:04:45.700 to give this new prime minister a chance to see if we can get to a deal. And that's what I intend to do

00:04:50.680 is to go into those discussions in good faith and hope that we can get to a resolution and a meeting

00:04:56.060 of the minds. Isn't the easiest way to quell that sentiment to say it won't happen?

00:05:00.940 Sure, because not listening to your citizens and ignoring their concerns is the way to go.

00:05:06.620 Can't say I expect it much better from government-funded media.

00:05:10.200 Well, I think you can see that if there isn't an outlet, it creates a new party.

00:05:13.580 In Quebec right now, the Parti Québécois is polling highest of the provincial parties.

00:05:20.020 And we also see that the Bloc won a significant number of seats. I don't want to see that happen.

00:05:24.200 I want to see us identify the issues that matter to people. Let's not demonize people. Let's

00:05:29.220 acknowledge that the feelings that they have have a root and the root is in the way Alberta has been

00:05:33.880 treated for the last 10 years by the Liberals. So that's genuine. And I'm being very direct with

00:05:38.440 the prime minister and saying if we can solve some of these things, I think that will bring the

00:05:41.900 temperature down. And that's what I'll continue to do. But saying that you don't want to get to the

00:05:47.000 vote is not the same as saying that you wouldn't pursue it if it is a yes vote. Just to be clear

00:05:51.900 to Canadians who are watching in Alberta and outside Alberta, if the citizens of your province vote to

00:05:58.180 separate, are you going to pursue that? What I have said is that I will respect the outcome of

00:06:03.520 citizen-initiated referenda. Look at the entitlement and fake shock this so-called journalist is 0.90

00:06:10.080 displaying. I love how she mentions citizens outside Alberta as if they have a horse in this race.

00:06:17.040 This has nothing to do with the rest of Canada. Whatever Albertans choose through a democratic vote

00:06:23.680 is what matters in the end, not the opinions of people in Ontario, Quebec, or whatever other province.

00:06:30.760 And that's why it's my job to make sure it doesn't get to that point. I want Canada to be strong and

00:06:35.600 united and for provincial jurisdiction to be respected. And that's what I'll be working

00:06:39.580 towards. Surely, though, you can recognize, Premier, that the feasibility, even if the vote were to go

00:06:44.640 ahead, is incredibly complicated. And some of the, for example, Indigenous people in your province have

00:06:50.040 highlighted that. You know, health care transfers, how does your system work without them? Like,

00:06:54.440 you know, is it responsible to leave that door open in any way?

00:06:58.260 Well, I think that's up to constitutional scholars and to lawyers to discuss. At the moment, there

00:07:04.380 isn't a petition campaign. There isn't a question. All there is, is I think, some goodwill in trying

00:07:11.020 to be able to resolve some of the issues that have burbled up over the last 10 years. And that's

00:07:15.820 what my intention is going to be. I'm not even talking legally, though. I'm literally picturing

00:07:19.900 Alberta, where you and I both know I lived for five, you know, almost five years, you know, with a

00:07:24.640 health care system that does not have health care transfers. Nonsense. An independent Alberta,

00:07:30.440 no longer required to subsidize the rest of the country through equalization, would be perfectly

00:07:35.640 capable of funding each and every one of the existing programs it currently has. It could even

00:07:41.240 improve on them. Fact is, Albertans send more money to the federal government each year than they get in

00:07:47.520 return. But the government-funded fake news don't want to mention that little detail. Expect them to

00:07:53.580 continue to try to manipulate Albertans by lying to them and telling them that they will lose social

00:07:59.180 programs and pensions, which is simply false. An independent Alberta could cover all of that and

00:08:05.820 then some. It's like, how does that, let's take the law out of it in any, like, shouldn't you be honest

00:08:11.060 with Albertans who are expressing this sentiment, which is, I understand, not coming from a place that

00:08:15.780 isn't unfounded completely. That sentiment is not something to be dismissed. But shouldn't you be

00:08:20.340 honest with them about what it would mean if they were to vote yes, and now that you've opened the

00:08:24.660 door to following their instruction, what that would mean for their social services?

PJ The Belt - May 08, 2025

Alberta SEPARATING From Canada! Trump to Recognize Independent Nation in 2025？ - Update

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