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.
00:00:00.000The White House has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump will be attending the G7 Leaders Summit here in Alberta next month.
00:00:06.680President Trump will travel to the G7 Leaders Summit in Canada from June 15th through the 17th.
00:00:12.060Danielle Smith is making it easier for Alberta to separate. It's honestly the best thing that could have happened in this election.
00:00:18.080So let's go Alberta, man. Because honestly, we align more with the Americans than we do with Ottawa anyway.
00:00:24.320I'm down here in the States and Americans are one of the friendliest, most welcoming people that I have ever met.
00:00:30.600And 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.
00:00:38.700However, the rest of Canada doesn't want the West to succeed. So we must succeed from the East of Canada.
00:00:44.900You know, for a movement that the media keeps pretending doesn't exist, Alberta independence sure is gaining steam.
00:00:59.080The 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.
00:01:08.180But folks ain't stupid. More and more Albertans are waking up every day.
00:01:12.360The independence groups, they're more organized now than they've ever been.
00:01:17.360There's real work being done behind the scenes, educating people, laying out just how badly Alberta's been treated by the feds for decades.
00:01:25.560And now they've officially submitted the referendum question to Elections Alberta.
00:01:31.220This thing's real. And next week, oh boy, Donald Trump's flying right into Alberta for the G7 summit.
00:01:39.080That's got people talking. I mean, the guy said it before.
00:01:44.280He thinks Canada, or at least parts of it, should be part of the United States.
00:01:48.700So things are going to get very interesting next week.
00:01:51.540I'll have proof her government is made up of separatists.
00:01:54.540That's the NDP's conclusion after Energy Minister Brian Jean appeared on a poster for an event called Courage to Listen.
00:02:02.900Hosted by five UCP riding associations, it's billed as a June 25th town hall to, quote,
00:02:09.440construct the framework for a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.
00:02:14.060But the poster also includes a separation referendum question and speakers who support Alberta leaving Canada.
00:02:22.180Having a Minister of the Crown attend would have been a major escalation, particularly the Minister of Energy.
00:02:29.600If you think the Liberals have been cranky lately, you're not imagining it.
00:02:49.380They're panicking. Ever since Premier Danielle Smith made it clear that Alberta could vote on separating from Canada,
00:02:57.060the left's been losing their collective minds.
00:02:59.820Their big bet was that Albertans would turn on conservatives for even suggesting independence.
00:03:05.260But guess what? That plan's gone up in smoke.
00:03:08.520Since Bill 54 passed, the law that makes it easier to hold a separation vote,
00:03:14.600Danielle's approval ratings have gone way up.
00:03:17.180Now the Liberals are flailing, trying to make independence sound scary,
00:03:21.960holding press conferences like it's the end of the world.
00:03:25.360Meanwhile, all across Alberta, town halls and freedom rallies are packing in crowds.
00:07:01.300I mean, if they want to milk us for money, let's cut off that pipeline for money.
00:07:05.820If 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.
00:07:12.840Alberta needs to go independent or join the 51st state.
00:07:16.320And to be honest, whatever Donald Trump just pulled, the Liberals completely fell for it.
00:07:20.460I mean, they fall easily for propaganda.
00:07:24.500But 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.
00:07:34.280Because honestly, we align more with the Americans than we do with Ottawa anyway.
00:07:38.980I'm down here in the States and Americans are one of the friendliest, most welcoming people that I have ever met.
00:07:45.240And 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.
00:07:53.380However, the rest of Canada doesn't want the West to succeed.
00:07:56.320So we must succeed from the east of Canada.