00:00:00.000i don't think mark carney is going to allow alberta to get to this point again
00:00:05.680he came here threw everything at it and he won
00:00:09.720alberta separation just hit a major wall and i'm going to tell you something i genuinely hoped
00:00:18.240i would never have to say i'm deeply worried about the future of alberta because something
00:00:24.020is happening right now that should concern every single Albertan who cares about where this
00:00:30.040province is headed. And the worst part? I'm not sure people understand just how serious this is.
00:00:36.760We may be watching one of the most important political opportunities in Alberta's history
00:00:41.140slip right through our fingers. We might not even realize it until it's too late. I've been getting
00:00:47.060emails, pictures, video footage, people showing me what's happening at voting stations. And there's
00:00:53.260something I keep noticing. Look at these pictures. Look at these videos. Look who is standing in
00:01:00.560those lines. Now ask yourself something. Where are the young Albertans? Where are the people
00:01:06.780who can't afford a house? The people working two jobs and still can't get ahead? Because I'm
00:01:12.740looking at these images and I'm seeing something that has me very concerned. Now let me be clear.
00:01:18.800i can't tell you how any of the people on those lines voted i mean some people it's pretty obvious
00:01:25.160but i can't tell you how everyone is voting or what's happening across the province but i'm
00:01:30.940telling you what i'm seeing and why it worries me remember what i told you just two days ago
00:01:36.220my previous video mark carney isn't just campaigning here against alberta separation
00:01:41.680He's throwing the entire federalist machinery at this thing. Everything is mobilizing. And I meant everything. Former premiers, political operatives, institutions, organizations, everyone. Even people who have spent years fighting each other politically are now finding themselves united on this question.
00:02:05.800And that tells me something right there. The fact that they won't let Alberta go. It doesn't matter
00:02:12.720what political stripe. The golden goose goes nowhere. And that brings me to the question
00:02:17.580that's been bothering me. What happens if all that pressure works? What happens if the people
00:02:24.620who want change assume somebody else will carry the movement for them? Because we're not guaranteed
00:02:32.060another shot. We're not. And that's what makes this movement so important. There are young
00:02:38.260Albertans right now who can't afford the kind of life their parents had. That's a fact. Houses that
00:02:45.280used to cut $100,000, $200,000, now costing half a million or more in some communities. People
00:02:52.520working two jobs, struggling, some of them, to find work even. People sitting in a hospital
00:02:58.960emergency room for 10, 12, 15 hours, and sometimes leaving without even seeing a doctor because
00:03:05.860hospitals are overwhelmed. And these are real problems. They're not some abstract political
00:03:11.720discussion. They're the difference between building a future and spending your entire life
00:03:17.300trying to catch up. What happened to the Canada where a young person could work hard, get a job,0.86
00:03:23.240buy a decent house, raise a family, have some children, and actually get ahead. Because for0.96
00:03:29.440a lot of people, that Canada feels like it's disappeared. And I think that's one of the
00:03:34.180reasons this movement has grown so significantly. People aren't just arguing about flags and
00:03:39.980borders. They're arguing about whether the system they've been living under still works for them,
00:03:45.380and whether Alberta can build something different on its own. Now, I know there are older Albertans0.97
00:03:51.760who definitely care deeply about the future of their children and grandchildren people who have
00:03:58.400spent decades building this province and i respect that but i also think there's a very real
00:04:05.120generational divide in how people experience canada today's canada in particular some people
00:04:12.560bought their homes when they were affordable right built their savings established their
00:04:17.440careers, some of them worked for the government, and now have a level of security that many younger
00:04:22.580people can only dream of. That doesn't make them bad people inherently, but it does mean we're not
00:04:29.400all experiencing the same Canada here. And that divide deserves to be talked about. Because what's
00:04:36.400at stake here is bigger than one politician. Bigger than McCarney, bigger than Danielle Smith,
00:04:43.280bigger than any single government this is about the future of alberta its culture its way of life
00:04:50.900its ability to make decisions about its own future and i worry about what happens if albertans lose
00:04:57.560faith that anything can ever change because once that happens once people start believing that the
00:05:04.080system is just too big to challenge that ottawa will always get its way that there's no point
00:05:10.880in even trying. That's when a political movement really hits a wall. Not necessarily because its
00:05:17.260arguments have been defeated, but because the people behind it have lost all hope that no
00:05:23.900matter how hard they try, they'll never defeat the system. They'll never be heard. And I'll tell
00:05:30.000you something else. I don't believe Alberta's guaranteed another moment like this one. People0.78
00:05:34.760keep talking as though there's always tomorrow, right? Always another opportunity, another election,
00:05:39.840another chance to change things maybe maybe there will be i mean i don't have i don't have a crystal
00:05:45.720ball but maybe there won't no one can promise that the same political conditions will exist again
00:05:52.180north or south of the border no one can promise that this level of attention this level of
00:05:57.400organization this level of public debate as imperfect as it may be will still be here
00:06:03.460five or ten years from now. And that's why I keep saying this is a defining moment. Not because I
00:06:10.200can't predict the result, I can't, but because I can see how much is riding on this thing.
00:06:16.460And if the movement fails, there will be many questions to answer about its leadership,
00:06:21.760its organization, its message, and whether it was able to reach the people who feel left behind the
00:06:27.280most. And if it succeeds, well, that opens up a completely different conversation, one that Ottawa
00:06:33.660will have a very hard time ignoring. And that's the point here. Do you want Alberta to be heard
00:06:38.660once and for all after all these years, after decades of being ignored and treated as an
00:06:44.160afterthought? Or do you want things to continue the way they are? Because if you vote option one,
00:06:50.140you're voting for things to continue the way they are. Will you give Alberta a chance?