PJ The Belt - June 10, 2025


Alberta STATEHOOD DEAL Begins？ TRUMP To Make G7 Appearance - Referendum To Leave Canada 2025


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8 minutes

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Word count

1,351

Sentence count

102

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Misogyny

4

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Toxicity

6

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Hate speech

3

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Alex Blumberg is back in Alberta and ready to talk all things Alberta independence. He talks about what s happening in the province, what s going on in the rest of Canada, and what s to come in the future.

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00:00:00.000 The White House has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump will be attending the G7 Leaders Summit here in Alberta next month.
00:00:06.680 President Trump will travel to the G7 Leaders Summit in Canada from June 15th through the 17th.
00:00:12.060 Danielle Smith is making it easier for Alberta to separate. It's honestly the best thing that could have happened in this election.
00:00:18.080 So let's go Alberta, man. Because honestly, we align more with the Americans than we do with Ottawa anyway.
00:00:24.320 I'm down here in the States and Americans are one of the friendliest, most welcoming people that I have ever met.
00:00:30.600 And not that fake, polite, welcoming things that the MPC Crab in the Bucket people in Canada do, but like truly welcoming and they want us to succeed.
00:00:38.700 However, the rest of Canada doesn't want the West to succeed. So we must succeed from the East of Canada.
00:00:44.900 You know, for a movement that the media keeps pretending doesn't exist, Alberta independence sure is gaining steam.
00:00:59.080 The corrupt politicians in Ottawa and their friends in the fake news, they're trying real hard to ignore it, spin it, or just flat out bury it. 0.99
00:01:08.180 But folks ain't stupid. More and more Albertans are waking up every day. 0.99
00:01:12.360 The independence groups, they're more organized now than they've ever been.
00:01:17.360 There's real work being done behind the scenes, educating people, laying out just how badly Alberta's been treated by the feds for decades.
00:01:25.560 And now they've officially submitted the referendum question to Elections Alberta.
00:01:31.220 This thing's real. And next week, oh boy, Donald Trump's flying right into Alberta for the G7 summit.
00:01:39.080 That's got people talking. I mean, the guy said it before.
00:01:44.280 He thinks Canada, or at least parts of it, should be part of the United States.
00:01:48.700 So things are going to get very interesting next week.
00:01:51.540 I'll have proof her government is made up of separatists. 0.97
00:01:54.540 That's the NDP's conclusion after Energy Minister Brian Jean appeared on a poster for an event called Courage to Listen.
00:02:02.900 Hosted by five UCP riding associations, it's billed as a June 25th town hall to, quote,
00:02:09.440 construct the framework for a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.
00:02:14.060 But the poster also includes a separation referendum question and speakers who support Alberta leaving Canada.
00:02:22.180 Having a Minister of the Crown attend would have been a major escalation, particularly the Minister of Energy.
00:02:29.600 If you think the Liberals have been cranky lately, you're not imagining it.
00:02:49.380 They're panicking. Ever since Premier Danielle Smith made it clear that Alberta could vote on separating from Canada,
00:02:57.060 the left's been losing their collective minds.
00:02:59.820 Their big bet was that Albertans would turn on conservatives for even suggesting independence.
00:03:05.260 But guess what? That plan's gone up in smoke.
00:03:08.520 Since Bill 54 passed, the law that makes it easier to hold a separation vote,
00:03:14.600 Danielle's approval ratings have gone way up.
00:03:17.180 Now the Liberals are flailing, trying to make independence sound scary,
00:03:21.960 holding press conferences like it's the end of the world.
00:03:25.360 Meanwhile, all across Alberta, town halls and freedom rallies are packing in crowds.
00:03:31.080 Regular folks are showing up.
00:03:33.020 They're asking questions, learning the facts.
00:03:35.820 And the Liberal NDP?
00:03:37.500 They're stuck calling everyone an extremist.
00:03:40.380 That tired old script just ain't working anymore.
00:03:43.200 Minister Jean did not agree to an interview with City News,
00:03:46.500 but in a statement, the UCP said he never planned to attend the event,
00:03:51.020 and Jean told organizers that last Thursday.
00:03:54.680 But the party did not respond to a question about how Jean ended up on the official poster.
00:04:01.400 Jean's name remained on the speaker's list as of noon Monday,
00:04:04.960 confusing even the most avid political watchers as to how this happened.
00:04:10.020 It surprised me to see Brian Jean's name on there,
00:04:14.980 given that he was one of the strongest critics of Smith's Sovereignty Act during the leadership race,
00:04:20.800 and he was one of the people who forced the sovereign Alberta within a United Canada approach.
00:04:27.720 So I'm glad that he is not speaking.
00:04:33.720 But clearly, this is the sentiment of the party, if not the government.
00:04:38.680 The UCP said by holding a press conference on the matter,
00:04:42.400 the NDP is spreading fear and misinformation in a desperate attempt to recover their falling poll numbers.
00:04:49.380 But the NDP alleges the UCP is damaging the economy by cuddling up to separatists.
00:04:56.780 Talk of separation always leads to investment uncertainty,
00:05:00.740 which means projects are put on hold or cancelled.
00:05:04.500 Alberta jobs are being lost.
00:05:07.000 Unemployment rates are rising.
00:05:08.900 And Alberta wages continue to stagnate,
00:05:10.920 all due to the harm this separation talk brings to our economy.
00:05:14.380 A spokesperson for the premier did not respond to a request for comment on this story by broadcast deadline.
00:05:21.820 Officially, the government of Alberta says they're neutral on independence.
00:05:26.440 They say it's about respecting the will of the people, and that's fair.
00:05:30.880 But let's not kid ourselves.
00:05:32.700 Their actions speak louder than words.
00:05:35.060 You don't pass a bill making it easier to separate from Canada unless you know your base wants it. 0.65
00:05:41.220 And they do.
00:05:41.920 A recent poll showed over 60% of conservatives in Alberta support independence.
00:05:48.680 And that's a big number.
00:05:50.300 So the party may not be waving the independence flag from the legislature roof,
00:05:55.040 but they sure are not standing in the way either.
00:05:58.020 And if you ask me, there's more than a few people in government right now quietly hoping we do go for it.
00:06:04.400 They just haven't said it out loud yet.
00:06:06.420 But they will.
00:06:07.340 Now, let's take a listen to this blue-collar girl coming up because what she says is how a lot of Albertans feel out here. 0.99
00:06:14.600 It's time to break away from the socialist nightmare out east and take control of our own future.
00:06:20.260 Let's watch.
00:06:20.880 So guess what, Alberta?
00:06:22.500 It's time to separate.
00:06:23.940 And Smith is making it way, way easier for us to separate.
00:06:27.760 I will show the video later.
00:06:28.900 And I will also link the signatures where you can sign up to have Alberta separate from the rest of Canada.
00:06:35.060 Because right now it's a toxic marriage, right?
00:06:37.400 You've got Alberta, the one that's working hard, the one with the money. 0.90
00:06:40.240 And then you've got these lazy gold diggers out east who basically just, you know, call us names, call us down. 1.00
00:06:46.060 They think they can live without oil and gas.
00:06:47.920 They think they can live with, like, you know, fairy farts and, like, unicorn dreams.
00:06:52.940 But so let them.
00:06:54.100 You know what I mean? 0.99
00:06:54.740 Let them sue in their own UN globalist bullshit that they just voted in. 1.00
00:06:59.340 So I say screw it. 1.00
00:07:00.420 Screw the east. 0.90
00:07:01.300 I mean, if they want to milk us for money, let's cut off that pipeline for money. 1.00
00:07:05.820 If they don't want to build more pipelines and they want to stop Alberta from production because they want to reach net zero, let them reach net zero on their own.
00:07:12.840 Alberta needs to go independent or join the 51st state.
00:07:16.320 And to be honest, whatever Donald Trump just pulled, the Liberals completely fell for it.
00:07:20.460 I mean, they fall easily for propaganda.
00:07:22.840 We kind of saw that in 2021.
00:07:24.500 But the fact that right after the election, Daniel Smith is making it easier for Alberta to separate is honestly the best thing that could have happened in this election.
00:07:32.720 So let's go Alberta, man.
00:07:34.280 Because honestly, we align more with the Americans than we do with Ottawa anyway.
00:07:38.980 I'm down here in the States and Americans are one of the friendliest, most welcoming people that I have ever met.
00:07:45.240 And not that fake, polite, welcoming things that the MPC crab in the bucket people in Canada do, but like truly welcoming and they want us to succeed.
00:07:53.380 However, the rest of Canada doesn't want the West to succeed.
00:07:56.320 So we must succeed from the east of Canada.
00:07:59.540 All right.
00:08:00.340 Thanks for watching.
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00:08:10.980 Peace.