PJ The Belt - June 23, 2025


Alberta STATEHOOD DEAL With TRUMP - in The Works？ ｜ INDEPENDENCE Referendum in 2026!

Canada's PM BLOCKS ALBERTA EXIT？ - Parliament Debates INDEPENDENCE in 2025 ALBERTA INDEPENDENCE RALLY - BONNYVILLE ｜ ALBERTA PROSPERITY PROJECT - June 23 2025

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8 minutes

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1,363

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122

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Also mentioned:
Donald Trump Danielle Smith Mark Carney Jeff Rath

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00:00:00.000 Completely open border, zero tariffs on both sides of the border, almost completely integrated into the larger U.S. economy.
00:00:07.340 The Canada we all grew up in doesn't exist anymore as far as most of us are concerned.
00:00:11.140 We have far more in common with people in Montana than we do in Ottawa and Montreal.
00:00:21.760 Oh boy, I guess they're going to have to start paying some serious attention to those Alberta rednecks now, aren't they? 1.00
00:00:28.760 This Alberta independence thing is not going anywhere.
00:00:32.180 The more they try to suppress it, ignore it, or attack it, the more determined Albertans become.
00:00:38.680 And who is they, you may wonder?
00:00:41.520 Well, they is, they them.
00:00:44.000 The woke mafia, the elbows-up crowd, aka the quasi-communist liberal left of Canada.
00:00:51.640 Bless their heart, they're trying so hard to ignore and discredit Alberta's independence movement.
00:00:56.240 But it just keeps gaining traction.
00:00:59.000 So much so that the other day, at a national press conference, they asked Mark Carney about it, and he looked like he was about to have an aneurysm.
00:01:06.980 What scares them about this movement in particular is that Albertans aren't just talking about it.
00:01:12.400 They're acting.
00:01:13.580 They're having meetings, rallies, and town halls.
00:01:16.360 They're organizing and planning.
00:01:18.200 This isn't a protest, but a strategic plan being led by ordinary people fed up with the status quo.
00:01:25.840 The kind of people who make history.
00:01:28.380 Watch.
00:01:28.720 I don't even consider myself to be Canadian anymore.
00:01:33.920 An independent Alberta would look very much the way it looks now.
00:01:38.000 Only people would have a lot more freedom and would have a lot more financial wealth and well-being staying in their pockets.
00:01:46.240 The Alberta independence movement is growing.
00:01:49.200 How many people would like Alberta to become an independent, sovereign, commonwealth nation?
00:01:54.860 Yes.
00:01:55.540 I mean, most of us are, you know, primarily interested right now in an independent Alberta.
00:02:01.480 There's a lot of people interested in pursuing statehood.
00:02:04.060 My mind is extremely open in that regard.
00:02:06.420 But, you know, like any relationship, let's get out of Canada, right?
00:02:10.260 And then we can discuss whether we want to join a rebound country later.
00:02:13.600 What I expect the Americans will do is that they will indicate at some point here that they will recognize Alberta's right to self-determination.
00:02:26.440 That the Americans, whether it's the State Department or the President or someone, will say,
00:02:30.840 we know there's the situation going on in Canada and we respect the right of Albertans to choose their destiny and have self-determination.
00:02:39.220 The American government's done this in other instances where there's an upheaval in some countries around the world.
00:02:44.720 And then I think the next thing they might do is say, well, if the referendum is in favor of separation, international states can give recognition, even where the home country doesn't agree.
00:02:56.840 Think Taiwan, right?
00:02:58.180 So a number of countries, including Canada, have recognized Taiwan, even though, according to the Chinese constitution, Taiwan is part of China, right?
00:03:06.500 So one of the options the Americans will have is to give international recognition to Alberta.
00:03:12.760 Alberta will have that advantage going into the negotiation, that if everybody wants to play silly bugger and not engage in good faith negotiations, 0.87
00:03:22.140 you've got Trump already signaling, perhaps, that he will give international recognition.
00:03:27.800 You're starting to hear it more and more.
00:03:30.660 Albertans saying they don't even feel Canadian anymore.
00:03:33.800 And can you blame them?
00:03:34.900 This isn't the country they grew up in.
00:03:38.280 The culture slipping away, corruptions baked into the system, immigration is completely out of control, 1.00
00:03:45.420 and Alberta's voice?
00:03:47.140 Irrelevant to the federal government.
00:03:49.760 It's like yelling into a void while they held themselves to your wallet.
00:03:54.420 That's why so many Albertans are done.
00:03:57.160 They want out.
00:03:58.820 Independence.
00:03:59.440 And of course, the usual crowd starts squacking.
00:04:03.020 Canada won't allow it.
00:04:05.780 Oh, really?
00:04:07.080 Ever heard of the Clarity Act?
00:04:09.320 It's federal law, folks.
00:04:11.400 It literally lays out how a province can separate legally.
00:04:15.340 And let's be honest.
00:04:16.520 If Albertans vote to leave, and Ottawa throws a tantrum and says no, do you think a Trump-led America is just going to sit and watch from the sidelines?
00:04:26.820 Not a chance.
00:04:27.760 The U.S. would likely recognize Alberta's independence before Carney can even say, elbows up.
00:04:34.720 And if Alberta decides to partner with the U.S., well, it's over.
00:04:39.440 What can Canada really do at that point?
00:04:41.420 Canadian patriotism is at an all-time high in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to turn their country into the 51st state.
00:04:58.360 But for these people in the oil-rich province of Alberta, the problem isn't the U.S. It's Canada.
00:05:03.740 This is the only political event I've ever been to in my entire life, because I believe in it so passionately.
00:05:11.540 Abusive, an abusive girlfriend.
00:05:14.280 It's not that we want to leave Canada behind, but at the end of the day, how come it's okay to leave Alberta behind?
00:05:20.040 Canada is literally planning the destruction of our culture, the destruction of our economy.
00:05:25.820 This is Jeff Rath, a Calgary-based lawyer and one of the most vocal proponents of secession in Alberta.
00:05:31.500 Hop in, we'll go to the top of the hill.
00:05:34.060 The Canada we all grew up in doesn't exist anymore, as far as most of us are concerned.
00:05:38.500 We have far more in common with people in Montana than we do in Ottawa and Montreal.
00:05:44.260 Rath co-founded the Alberta Prosperity Project.
00:05:47.220 The organization's goal is to turn the province into a sovereign country with close ties to the United States.
00:05:52.500 Completely open border, zero tariffs on both sides of the border, almost completely integrated into the larger U.S. economy.
00:05:59.560 The Angus Reid Institute, a Canadian public opinion research organization, found that just over a third of Albertans might support secession.
00:06:07.760 But this minority view gained real political potential after the Alberta legislature lowered the number of required signatures for a province-wide referendum last month.
00:06:17.380 I think we can't ignore the fact that a third or more of Albertans are fed up.
00:06:21.940 I think that's a notice to Ottawa, that they've got to take this seriously.
00:06:26.200 The question is, what can we do to address it?
00:06:28.180 Danielle Smith, the province's premier and a member of the Conservative Party, says she's against secession, but understands the reasons behind it.
00:06:35.820 I think my job is to try to get people feeling good about Alberta's place in Canada again.
00:06:42.200 Donald Trump's election has given us a lot of hope.
00:06:44.680 If anybody was going to have the guts to recognize an independent Alberta, it would be the Trump administration.
00:06:50.360 Rath hopes to collect enough signatures for a vote on secession by spring 2026.
00:06:55.500 And if it's unsuccessful this time...
00:06:57.260 We just roll up our sleeves and work harder. None of us are going home.
00:06:59.940 We'd have another referendum as soon as we could.
00:07:01.540 One of the biggest lies peddled by Ottawa and their media cheerleaders is that the United States is the cause of Canada's problems.
00:07:12.300 But ask your average Albertan. We know better.
00:07:15.620 We know the real problem isn't Washington. It's Ottawa.
00:07:19.320 It's central Canada calling the shots and controlling the whole country's future, while Alberta foots the bill.
00:07:25.640 We're the cash cow. A tax colony, really.
00:07:28.500 Sounds a lot like taxation without representation, doesn't it?
00:07:33.400 Alberta sends billions to the East every year through equalization.
00:07:37.240 And what do we get in return?
00:07:39.260 Lectures, regulations, and insults.
00:07:42.640 The truth is, Albertans have far more in common with folks from Montana, Wyoming, Texas.
00:07:50.000 Places where freedom, hard work, and self-reliance still mean something.
00:07:53.860 Unlike the Toronto and Montreal elites who think oil is evil and the government should run your life.
00:08:00.320 That's why more and more Albertans are quietly lowering that maple leaf and proudly flying the Alberta flag.
00:08:06.620 Because we're ready to carve our own path.
00:08:09.100 And this time, Ottawa doesn't get to decide it for us.
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