In this episode, I discuss the growing movement for Alberta to become an independent nation from Canada, and why it s the only way to go at this point. I also discuss the reasons why Alberta should leave Canada and become their own country.
00:01:00.280The beautiful thing I've noticed about this movement for Alberta independence is that the more the liberals and the woke left try to discredit or undermine it, the more it seems to grow.
00:01:13.860I've been reporting on this subject almost exclusively for several months, and I can tell you, with first-hand knowledge, that the support and progress has nearly doubled since I first talked about Alberta independence.
00:01:26.240The education effort of organizations like the Alberta prosperity project and other pro-Alberta groups is clearly paying off.
00:01:34.420The more people learn, the more people learn, the more they realize it is time for Alberta to become an independent nation.
00:01:41.060Not only will it abandon the decay and degradation that the rest of Canada is experiencing, but it will thrive, completely unshackled from Ottawa's regulatory regime.
00:01:54.620Meanwhile, people are signing a petition saying, why not be the 51st state?
00:01:59.160And so when you look at Alberta, Alberta wants to trade its oil and wants to make deals to trade oil, and the state kind of messes with them.
00:02:06.400Because if they allowed them to do it, you know how wealthy Alberta would be?
00:02:10.260And by the way, they also have the thriving beef industry.
00:02:12.160So what the Albertans are saying is, we're on this island, and we're not with the program, and they want either an Alberta accord, and look, it's an accord with your own country, and they're asking for access to a port.
00:02:26.660They're a part of Canada, and they just want access to the port so they can export their oil.
00:03:59.000Might quell it, might blame it a little bit.
00:04:01.940As many of you know, in the western Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, there has been a consistent and significant push to become independent from Canada,
00:04:12.240as in separating and becoming their own country, or possibly joining America as new states or territories.
00:04:18.760One of the main reasons, among others, for these two provinces having had enough with Canada to the point that they want to separate,
00:04:26.820is how for well over a decade, the Canadian federal government hasn't allowed them to develop their energy resources and critical mineral extraction.
00:04:35.580Both industries have been attacked constantly by unreasonable federal laws and regulations,
00:04:41.420but it seems that Alberta and Saskatchewan have had enough and are creating a western alliance to fight back against federal overreach.
00:04:49.900So, under law in Canada, because of the 1998 reference case in the Federal Clarity Act,
00:04:57.700it says that once there is a successful vote on a clear question by a province to succeed,
00:05:05.800then the other provinces, First Nations and the federal government are under a positive legal duty to enter into good faith negotiations
00:05:13.080as to the terms upon which the province will become an independent country.
00:05:18.040I do not expect good faith negotiations.
00:05:20.860I expect them to thwart things, force court applications.
00:05:25.220So, well, why am I optimistic that this could still happen then if I am of the view that the federal government may not enter into good faith negotiations?
00:05:34.460But the most important one is the United States.
00:05:37.640So, paragraph 155 of the Supreme Court of Canada decision talks about this scenario,
00:05:43.740and it hints at if the federal government and the other parties don't enter into good faith negotiations,
00:05:49.100it doesn't preclude international recognition.
00:05:51.560It does not preclude other countries giving unilateral international recognition to Alberta in this instance, right?
00:05:59.880Well, the APP sent a delegation down several months ago to meet with a delegation of the U.S. State Department in Washington,
00:06:06.840and they indicated to that APP delegation that they believe that the Trump administration would be prepared,
00:06:14.800following a successful referendum, to acknowledge statehood independence of Alberta.
00:06:21.200International recognition is one of the most crucial steps that any would-be country, would-be nation has to go through.
00:06:29.440This is like a stamp that adds legitimacy to the claim of nationhood of the would-be country,
00:06:37.560so that it is not considered a rogue or illegitimate territory in the eyes of the international community.
00:06:44.800Getting it from any nation, any established nation-state, gives credibility to the independence process.
00:06:53.120But receiving it from the United States, the most powerful nation in the planet, that would be the ultimate game-changer.
00:07:02.080When this happens, Alberta becomes a country on that day.
00:07:06.960Alberta becomes the newest nation-state on that very day.
00:07:11.760We know that the resources that will be available to the government to deliver critical services are going to go through the roof, right?
00:07:18.920Like, they're really going to be easier for government.
00:07:22.000The cost of living will go down, housing affordability and rent affordability will go up.
00:07:26.800It will be a tremendous opportunity for our young people to have a prosperous future.
00:07:32.080We could become a role model in how, if you remove excessive regulations and red tape, and create an environment for businesses to thrive, that the prosperity that that will bring, that will lift us all up and create a remarkable opportunity for Albertans.
00:07:48.960So there's a lot of optimism out there. I think it's real. It's well-founded.
00:07:52.960All right. Thanks for watching. Thank you for subscribing.
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