Alberta Statehood DEAL With Trump Admin - In The Works？
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In this episode, we discuss the push for Western Separation of Canada and Alberta, and why it s a good thing it s happening. We also hear from a professor of law at the University of Alberta, who joins us to discuss the possibility of a Western separation.
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your 51st state. So now we have to act like a real country. And a real country can defend itself. It
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meets its national commitments when it comes to spending on defense. And it trades with each
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other. And it trades and finds new partners internationally. As well, we're currently in a
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very tense moment with our closest neighbor, the United States of America. What position do they
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take about the potential creation of a new country on one of their northern borders? I don't think
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they'll be indifferent to the question about whether or not Alberta is able to create its
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own country or whether its future might be better off in the United States. Completely open border,
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zero tariffs on both sides of the border, almost completely integrated into the larger U.S.
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economy. The Canada we all grew up in doesn't exist anymore as far as most of us are concerned.
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We have far more in common with people in Montana than we do in Ottawa and Montreal.
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The Canada most of the world knew about, which was a country known for its safety, high standard of
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living, strong middle class, and respected around the world, no longer exists. Thus the unfortunate but
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self-evident reality many Canadians are forced to contend with nowadays.
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Out of all Canadians, few are more understanding of this situation than Albertans. The population of
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this province has seen the writing on the wall for at least a decade. While most of the rest
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of Canada has been willfully marching into their own demise by electing and re-electing the people
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responsible for the country's decay, Alberta, as well as Saskatchewan, have rejected socialism
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overwhelmingly every chance they get. The unfortunate thing is, in Canada, the system was designed to do
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what it does, regardless of what Alberta or Saskatchewan may or may not want. This has been the reality
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for over a hundred years and it seems that finally a large enough group of Westerners have had enough
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and are ready to break the chains. Let's get into it.
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So how big is the push for Western separation, really? Joining us now to discuss it is Eric Adams.
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Eric's a professor of law at the University of Alberta. Joining us now from Edmonton, Eric,
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thanks so much for your time. Yeah, my pleasure. Glad to be here.
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So Alberta is introducing this bill 54, pardon me, on Tuesday, making it easier for residents to
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trigger a referendum. But are you surprised to see that the conversation directly goes to
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the possibility of a referendum on separation? Well, it's certainly been in the political water
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in Alberta, I can tell you, for the last little while and particularly during the campaign. Some
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very high-placed individuals, Preston Manning among them, said that Alberta's got to consider all its
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options. So there's some highly placed people discussing Alberta separation. How plausible is it?
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I think that'll remain to be seen. Yeah, well, that sort of brings me to my next question.
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Constitutionally, what would be needed to trigger a split from Canada?
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Well, just the beginning is a clear majority of Albertans voting to clearly separate from Canada.
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So that's the starting point. Because the Supreme Court of Canada has said that just triggers
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negotiations with the federal government and every other province. Now you're sitting around a table and
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you're trying to bang out a long, long list of issues. National parks, indigenous peoples, borders,
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currency, you name it. And one of those issues that's already come up here in the form of a
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letter, indigenous chiefs in Alberta accusing Danielle Smith of stoking separatist talks,
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asking her to stop doing that, essentially in their letter saying, listen, this is our land,
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the agreement that we have put in place with you. It goes forever. And this isn't, you don't have the
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right to move forward on that. They have the claim, they have their indigenous claims of sovereignty.
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How might that play into that conversation? Meanwhile, several chiefs traveled from Alberta to
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Ottawa to demand Carney and King Charles honor treaty rights. We need to hold the Prime Minister Carney
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accountable. We need to keep him his feet to the fire and at task. You know, the King came here to
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read out, you know, the throne speech, you know, very disappointed again. No word about treaty.
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Chiefs wanted to meet with the King to discuss concerns like resource revenue sharing and protecting
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the environment. But that did not happen. They sound like they just found out that the British
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Monarchy could care less about their opinions or concerns. It's really unfortunate. But the way
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native Canadians have been mistreated, especially by the crown, is nothing new. So I find it really
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ironic when I hear Aboriginal chiefs claim that they made a deal with the crown and place any sort of trust
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on that. So they went to Ottawa to see the King and request an audience with him and the Prime Minister,
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I guess. And it sounds like Charles didn't even bother to give them 10 minutes.
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Again, that kind of behavior from the crown towards indigenous people is nothing new.
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They've been doing that for hundreds of years. Many people who oppose Alberta independence seem to
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be misinformed about what treaty land actually means. From the sounds of it, they think it's land that's
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fully owned by the native tribes and that because of this, Alberta can't legally separate. Well, I regret
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to inform you, that's nonsense. Here's the reality of what treaty land actually means.
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You're looking at a tweet by Alberta constitutional lawyer Keith Wilson, where he explains that treaty
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lands were ceded as in permanently given up to the federal government. Then in the 1930s,
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the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement saw the Canadian federal government transfer the ownership
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of that treaty land to the government of Alberta. Reservations are continued to be owned by the
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tribes and they only make up about 1.3% of Alberta's total land mass.
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We have everything that the world wants right here in Alberta, including beef or ag. You know,
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they're coming after farmers as well. Like it's just about government control. And
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you know what? We want less government. We keep electing people back in who want more government.
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It's like you want them to control your life. We don't get it. I don't get it here. A lot of us
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don't get it. It's like you want this government controlling your life. Well, we don't like that here.
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We like to work hard. Put your head down. Work hard. Make hay and stay the F out of my business.
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That's what we like. Who do you think fought back the hardest during the COVID times? Where'd the
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convoy start? Right? We're a target because we fight back the hardest. I never thought I would say
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this until I went to that town hall. And so I urge everybody, because I was half in the water anyway.
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I think I told you that I was half in the water. Everybody needs to go to an Alberta Prosperity
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project town hall and just sit and listen. I just, I flipped and I see no path forward. And then I
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actually think we could become Dubai or Monaco, our country. And so this is, this is a separate
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movement to get that referendum to let us vote on it. A growing number of Albertans are waking up
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to something that honestly has been in our face for decades. Ottawa does not represent us.
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Never has. Their main goal is, and always has been, to control Alberta, exploit our industries,
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and transfer our wealth east so they can buy votes in Ontario and Quebec. Let's be real.
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They hate that Alberta stood tall during the virus years. They hate that the trucker convoy started
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right here. So now they see Alberta as the biggest threat to their control and they act like it.
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That's exactly why I keep encouraging everyone in Alberta who's watching this to go to an APP town
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hall or rally. These aren't protests. They're real forums where you can ask questions and hear real
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answers. Connect with other Albertans who are just as frustrated and just as ready as you are. These
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events are free. They're happening all over the province this summer and they might be the most
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important conversations we have. There's a big chunk of undecided Albertans which is great news in
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my opinion because of course there's my group which is those of us who understand that Alberta
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Alberta independence is the only solution at this point. Alberta getting the hell out of Canada is the
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way to go. Then there's the group that you'll never convince. It's probably a third of the population.
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They don't want to be convinced. They don't care about the facts. They simply don't want to listen.
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Then you have a big portion in the middle who are still willing to listen and those are the people we
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need to reach. Those are the people we need to talk to. Hey, if you've made it this far, thank you so
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