Canada BLOCKS Alberta's INDEPENDENCE - Courts SHUT DOWN Referendum Vote!
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A judge has ruled a judicial review of the separatists' referendum question can go ahead, a win for Albertans who want to stay in Canada and a setback for those who don't. The decision means the separatist group pushing for separation has to have its referendum question reviewed by a judge before it can start collecting signatures to get it on a ballot.
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The Alberta Prosperity Project will have to wait a little longer before it can start gathering
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signatures from supporters. A judge has ruled a judicial review of the separatists' referendum
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question can go ahead. CTV's Jeremy Thompson has been following the court proceedings today and
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joins us live in studio with the latest. Jeremy. So let me start with who benefits from today's
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ruling. The decision is a win for Albertans who want to stay in Canada. It means the group pushing
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for separation has to have its referendum question reviewed by a judge before it can start collecting
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signatures to get it on a ballot. The separatist group Alberta Prosperity Project wants to ask
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Albertans whether they want to leave Canada and become a sovereign nation. Yesterday a judge ruled
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a referendum question on Alberta separation must have its constitutionality scrutinized. The ruling
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means the separatist group Alberta Prosperity Project cannot collect signatures to get its
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question on a ballot until after the review. In a statement the Confederacy says quote we will
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continue our unchanging opposition to separatist rhetoric and the idea that Alberta should consider
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separating from Canada. Adding the push for separation is a direct violation of treaty which
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are legally binding contracts. Except that the treaties exactly as they exist today are a big part of
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the problem. One doesn't have to go far to realize that indigenous people in Canada have not been
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treated fairly by the federal government and how corruption in the reservations is a major concern
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especially for those at the bottom. Those at the top who obviously benefit from the current
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arrangement are the only ones who do not want to see change. So the Canadian courts have decided that
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it is their job to block the will of the people. The independence referendum is now being delayed by
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judges and bureaucracy. And the reasons given for the delay leave more questions than answers.
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But I can't say I'm surprised. Expect them to do even worse over the coming months.
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Alberta separatism is no longer a fringe idea. I heard it at the doors more times than I can count.
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And I'll tell you plainly. Alberta staying in confederation is not up to me. And it's not up
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to the liberal government. It's up to the people of Alberta. And the Albertans know that they have
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options. You know things are getting real when Alberta independence is being talked about in
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parliament more than Quebec separatism. And that's saying something. For decades Quebec's been the
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poster child for separation talk. But now Alberta's taking the spotlight. And the federal politicians?
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They're panicking. They hope this was just some temporary and fleeting protest. But nope. It's
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gaining steam. And fast. You've got organized groups and serious people behind it. And support is growing
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all across Alberta. It's definitely not a fringe idea anymore. Now let's address one of the biggest
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lies out there. That Ottawa or some special interest group can just veto Alberta's decision if the people
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vote yes in a referendum. That's not how this works. This isn't a permission slip from Ottawa. We're talking
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about the will of the people. And if 50% plus one say yes, that's the beginning of the road to
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independence. After that, Alberta holds all the cards. Stay independent or strike a deal with the
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United States. Whatever path the people of Alberta choose. But it all starts with breaking away from
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I'd like to turn to talk of making Canada an energy superpower. Daniel Smith has said, you know,
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there could be a referendum next year. And the legislation around that is 170,000 people can
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put that on the ballot. You know, Brian Mulrooney once perhaps referred to rolling the dice with the
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future of Canada. Is it appropriate for that few people to put the fate of a G7 nation in the balance?
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Well, I see what you're trying to do. And look, the province of Alberta, provinces make determinations
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on the rules governing referenda, voter plebiscites, other factors, and they can make determination of
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how they come into force. Determinations on broader issues of referenda on a federal level,
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including supported by Supreme Court decisions, are governed by the Clarity. I will refer to the
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Clarity Act. But look, what we're interested in, what Canada's new government is interested in,
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what Parliament, I think most parliamentarians are interested in, is building this country,
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not breaking it apart. It's working together, working with Indigenous peoples, working with
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provinces, working with labour, working with business. We have many, you know, we have this
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threat, this realizing from the US that regardless of what outcome we get, I mean, it matters what
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agreement we get, but it's changing the world of trade. It is changing the outlook for the global
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economy in not just immediate, but the medium term. We have to take more responsibility ourselves to move
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forward, which is what we're doing with the one Canadian Economy Act and what's underneath it,
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which very much includes, and I'll finish on this, very much includes cooperation with the
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province of Alberta, the province of Saskatchewan, the province of British Columbia, all the provinces
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and territories, Indigenous people, for these nation-building projects. And we're having
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constructive, I would say, very constructive discussions with Premier Smith and stakeholders
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in Alberta specifically, and we intend to convert those to actual projects, investment, jobs,
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and a brighter future for the country. Mark Carney's strategy on Alberta independence has been real simple,
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pretending it doesn't exist. Just ignore it and hope it goes away. But the poor guy can't escape it.
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Everywhere he goes now, the topic follows him like a shadow. And you can see it. His body language is
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arrogant and dismissive. But he's really irritated. He's annoyed that the issue won't die. Well, guess
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what, Mark? Alberta's not backing down anytime soon. People here are fed up and no amount of eye-rolling
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from a globalist banker is going to stop that. And then there's the media. Bless their hearts.
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One reporter actually asked how such a small group of Albertans could threaten the status of a G7
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country. Talk about telling on yourself. Here's the thing. Albertans aren't responsible for what
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happens to Canada after they leave. We've been asking, pretty much begging for a fair deal for decades,
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and we didn't get one. So now we're out. And yes, if Alberta walks, it's game over for Canada.
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From G7 to maybe G20 at best. And deep down, the people mocking this movement know it. That's why
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they're scared. That's why they're desperate. And that's why they discredit it. Because if Alberta
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leaves, Canada falls apart. Here's a clip from the YouTube channel called Freedom Calendar.
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They stream many of the Alberta independence events across the province. So if you like to watch those,
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make sure to subscribe to their channel. This is from a recent town hall in Spruce Grove,
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just west of Edmonton, where David Parker from Take Back Alberta speaks about the momentum he's
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seen in the Alberta independence movement. So what are we going to do? What's the answer? Well,
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I actually think, I said this to Vince earlier tonight, that there is more momentum behind this
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movement than there was behind the COVID freedom movement.
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There are more people on side with an independent Alberta than there were with the parental rights
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movement, where we were demanding that parents were the first authority in their children's lives.
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Remember the Billion March for Children across the country? There's more support for this than that.
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