Albertans RISE UP! – 2026 Independence Vote CHANGES Everything!
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Summary
In this episode, Alberta s premier, Rachel Notley, speaks about her vision for the future of the province and her opposition to the proposed changes to the CPP and the proposed Alberta Pension Plan. She also talks about why she wants to see Alberta collect 100% of the taxes and then send them to Ottawa.
Transcript
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For the last 10 years, Ottawa, led by successive Liberal governments,
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has taken direct aim at Alberta's core industry.
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This is an opportunity for you to present how you feel about those topics.
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I would like to see Alberta collect 100% of the taxes
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and then send to Ottawa what we think they deserve.
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I would rather that be in Alberta for Alberta infrastructure.
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through a process called responsible government.
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And power should be devolved closer to the people being governed.
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If you look at Section 95 of the Constitution, it's a special section.
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It says that the provincial legislatures shall make laws on immigration and agriculture
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and from time to time, the federal government will make laws.
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We've allowed the federal government to take over complete control over both of those areas
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Massive immigration is not actually the skill set that we're looking for
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And that's putting huge pressure on health service,
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putting huge pressure on education, on schools, on housing, on cost of living.
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was very delighted at the collaboration that they're having with the sheriffs.
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It's an incredible, incredible culture, Western Canada.
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I think the difference of opinion just shows that this is important to everyone.
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Alberta, year after year, has $20 to $25 billion that is siphoned out of our system to go to Ottawa
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so that it can be spent mostly in Quebec, but also in other places that vote liberal.
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$600 billion in the last 40 or 50 years that have been taken out of this province.
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You don't think we might be able to do a little bit more on social spending
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You don't think we'd be able to cut taxes a bit if those $20 to $25 billion stayed here?
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It is $5,000 per Albertan that every single year gets transferred out of this province
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for political reasons so that the liberals can continue to spend it in places that vote liberal.
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That is what is happening in the province and in the country.