PJ The Belt - July 01, 2025


Canada 51st STATEHOOD Deal With TRUMP？ - Alberta INDEPENDENCE Update! - Digital Tax Scrapped


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8 minutes

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1,322

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109

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3

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Trump saved Canada from a digital services tax that would have hurt our tech companies and their Canadian workers here in the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau caved to President Trump and dropped the tax. Now it s time for Alberta to become an independent country.

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00:00:00.000 Hopefully we'll be fine with Canada. I love Canada.
00:00:03.400 Frankly, Canada should be the 51st state, okay? It really should, because
00:00:07.320 Canada relies entirely on the United States. We don't rely on... 0.97
00:00:11.960 Prime Minister Carney in Canada caved to President Trump in the United States of America.
00:00:17.160 And President Trump knows how to negotiate, and he knows that he is governing the best country
00:00:23.720 and the best economy in this world, on this planet. And every country on the planet needs
00:00:28.860 to have good trade relationships with the United States. And it was a mistake for Canada to vow
00:00:33.640 to implement that tax that would have hurt our tech companies here in the United States. The
00:00:38.180 president made his position quite clear to the prime minister, and the prime minister called
00:00:42.440 the president last night to let the president know that he would be dropping that tax, which is
00:00:46.980 a big victory for our tech companies and our American workers here at home.
00:00:51.560 So let's talk about Mark Carney for a minute, the guy who promised to, quote,
00:00:55.680 put Trump in its place. Turns out, the only thing getting put in its place was Canada's
00:01:01.260 digital services tax. This was a Trudeau-era idea. Slap a 3% tax on big American tech companies,
00:01:07.820 even if they don't physically operate in Canada. It was always a cash grab, plain and simple.
00:01:14.460 And who would have ended up paying for it? That's right, us. The companies were just going
00:01:19.980 to pass the cost on to Canadians. Your Disney Plus for the kids? All going up. But guess who stepped
00:01:27.420 in and said no? Donald J. Trump. And Carney, the man who was supposedly going to stand up to Trump,
00:01:35.180 folded faster than a cheap tent. He caved, got rid of the tax. So while Carney tries to act tough on the
00:01:42.440 campaign trail, in real life, he just showed the world what we already knew. Canada needs the USA way
00:01:49.160 more than America needs Canada. And in the end, it's Trump who saved Canadians from another liberal tax grab.
00:02:02.600 Last night, I had a good conversation with President Trump, and we agreed to recommence
00:02:09.640 our negotiations with a view to the 21st of July deadline that we had agreed in Kananaskis,
00:02:17.400 Ministers Champagne and Leblanc had conversations with their counterparts as well. We've restarted
00:02:24.280 the discussions this morning. We have, to be clear, it's part of a bigger negotiation. It's something
00:02:30.840 that we expected in the broader sense that would be part of a final deal. We're making progress towards
00:02:38.120 a final deal. There's more to be done, to be clear. And as I just said, which answers the translation
00:02:43.400 question, as I just said, is a question of timing in terms of the date for the final negotiations,
00:02:48.680 and when the tax was coming into effect. And it doesn't make sense to collect tax from people and
00:02:54.280 then remit them back. So it provides some certainty. And as I just said, the negotiations have restarted.
00:03:03.320 We're going to focus on getting the best deal for Canadians. We're making progress. There's more to do,
00:03:09.320 and we'll keep you up to date. And cave he did. Now at a recent press conference,
00:03:18.200 Carney tried spinning this whole digital services tax reversal like he was all part of some grand
00:03:23.400 negotiation strategy. Said it was always the plan. Sure, Mark. Just like it was always the plan to get
00:03:30.440 rid of one of your biggest campaign promises, I guess. Let's not forget, during the election,
00:03:36.440 he made it clear. The digital services tax and supply management protections were supposed to be
00:03:43.000 off limits, not negotiable. But the moment Trump stepped in, boom, Carney backs off and the elbows
00:03:50.840 go down. And the best part? Trump's done more to help regular Canadians than the liberal government has.
00:03:57.640 Whether it was border security or this tax nonsense, he pushes back. And magically, Ottawa has to listen.
00:04:05.560 Now, if you've made it this far and you're enjoying the report, please do me a solid and hit that
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00:04:15.000 subscribed, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Now back to the video. At a recent debate about Alberta
00:04:21.960 independence hosted by Rebel News, constitutional lawyer Keith Wilson explains why it's time for Alberta
00:04:28.040 to separate from Canada and become an independent country. Let's watch.
00:04:32.200 Too many people in Canada, particularly Quebec and Ontario, do not see the world through the lens
00:04:38.120 that David and I do. They don't recognize that greater prosperity, happiness, success, achievement
00:04:44.200 results through governments that implement conservative policies. I remember over a year ago,
00:04:49.560 people getting all excited on Twitter spaces and things, pointing out that it looked like it was going
00:04:54.600 to be a landslide for the federal conservatives because they were at 47% in the polls. And then I
00:05:00.280 would pop into the Twitter space and rain on the parade. And I would say, all right, but the liberals
00:05:06.600 are at 32 and the NDP is at 23. So that's 55. In other words, there's more people in Canada that share
00:05:14.280 that view of the world, the view that I should not have to do things and take risks.
00:05:19.240 Okay, let's pull back the curtain a little bit. From its founding, Canada was designed to serve one 0.99
00:05:25.240 purpose, keep Ontario and Quebec fat and happy while draining the West. Alberta and Saskatchewan, 0.99
00:05:32.200 just resource colonies. The money flows east, the power stays east, and anytime the West asks for a
00:05:38.920 first shake, they're told to sit down and behave. For decades, Albertans tried to fix Canada from the 0.53
00:05:45.480 inside. Patriotic folks who believed in the country, who thought fairness was still possible. But it
00:05:52.280 turns out, trying to get Ontario and Quebec to give up power is like trying to convince a raccoon to share
00:05:58.360 a garbage can. It's not going to happen. So where does that leave Alberta? Stuck in a country that
00:06:04.840 doesn't listen, doesn't care, and only shows up when it's time to take more. At this point, the writing's on
00:06:11.720 the wall. If Alberta wants a future where its voice matters and its prosperity isn't siphoned off by a 0.99
00:06:17.720 broken system, then independence isn't just an option. It's the only way forward. The structure is
00:06:24.680 just against us. And the structure is that we all know the elections are decided in Quebec and Ontario.
00:06:31.160 They derive the agenda. It doesn't matter what we think. And the only way to change that structure
00:06:36.440 would be to convince the people in Quebec and Ontario to change the constitution to give us more power.
00:06:42.520 But they don't like us. And they don't agree with us. So they're never going to agree with that.
00:06:46.760 So I'm kind of feel like we're in a bad marriage. And we can go to counseling all we want. We're not
00:06:52.280 going to reconcile. And so I think we should put our energies into becoming a free and independent country
00:06:58.440 and not in trying to convince Ottawa and Ontario and Quebec that there's a way forward with us
00:07:05.400 together with them because I don't think there is.
00:07:13.000 Ottawa? They don't listen. Never have. 600 bucks in carbon taxes just to run my tractor this week.
00:07:23.000 That's not sustainable. We're the only place in the world with this much wealth
00:07:28.200 that needs permission to use it. We drill the ground. They drain our pockets. Not anymore.
00:07:34.920 They talk reconciliation then block Indigenous resource projects. That's not justice. That's control. 0.80
00:07:42.120 Time to lead. Alberta first. I support Alberta independence. I support Alberta independence.
00:07:48.680 I support Alberta independence.
00:08:01.480 All right. Thanks for watching. Thank you for subscribing. Special thanks to those of you who
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00:08:11.800 next one. Peace.