PJ The Belt - March 27, 2026


Canada RAMPS UP Army Presence in Alberta as Referendum Looms

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In this episode, we talk about why Canada is doubling its military presence in Alberta, the growing pro-Independence movement in the province, and the ongoing petition to force an official referendum on Alberta's independence from Canada.

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00:00:00 The Canadian Forces base in Suffield, Alberta, will see an increase in activity this summer.
00:00:04 According to the acting commander at CFP Suffield,
00:00:07 the size of the base and infrastructure is bringing back interest for increased military use.
00:00:12 Oh boy, here we go.
00:00:16 The timing on this one couldn't be more interesting.
00:00:20 I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not going to lie to you.
00:00:24 I'm not surprised because this is exactly the kind of thing
00:00:28 that will start happening as Alberta gets closer and closer
00:00:32 to an official independence referendum.
00:00:35 And I know I sound like a broken record when it comes to this,
00:00:38 but I'm going to say it again.
00:00:40 Ottawa and the Liberals will do anything and everything
00:00:44 to make sure Alberta does not walk away from this mess 0.67
00:00:48 because they know that the second Alberta leaves,
00:00:51 the Canadian economy falls apart completely.
00:00:55 This country doesn't survive without Alberta. Now, look at what just happened. Canada announces it's doubling its army presence right here in Alberta. Now, they're not saying this has anything to do with independence in the referendum. Of course, they're not.
00:01:13 But come on, the timing, seriously, while signatures are being collected, while volunteers are out there in the cold, day after day, while this movement keeps building momentum, suddenly, more military presence? Really?
00:01:34 Oh, yeah. Well, there's talk about Alberta separating.
00:01:37 That won't happen.
00:01:38 What was that about?
00:01:39 it won't happen um people some people are frustrated uh but they you know there's some
00:01:45 legitimate frustrations but at the end of the day Canada's going to be united and Albertans I'm born
00:01:51 and raised Alberta and Albertans are seriously patriotic very patriotic yeah and at the same
00:01:57 time you've got the federal media machine working overtime attacking the movement mocking it trying
00:02:05 to discredit it, anything to make it look like it isn't real or legitimate. So this is the article
00:02:12 right here titled, Canadian Army Plans to Boost Activity at Alberta's Massive CFB Soffield.
00:02:20 And this was as of yesterday, March 26. A sprawling military base in southern Alberta can expect to
00:02:28 see more activity this summer, says the commander of the Canadian Army. Lieutenant General Michael
00:02:35 Wright told an audience at a defense trade show Thursday that Canadian Forces-based
00:02:40 Sawfield, the country's largest training area, will be used increasingly as a testing
00:02:46 hub for new technology and for increased training.
00:02:51 Quote, Sawfield is a training base that we have not used very much over the past 10 or
00:02:56 11 years, but in an agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom, we're going to be
00:03:02 starting to use it increasingly this summer end quote set right at the defense airspace and
00:03:08 security exhibition of western canada i i think look um the real problem here is if the trump
00:03:16 administration has been willing to meet with canadian separatists in secret um which is a
00:03:24 clear intervention in our domestic politics we get quite rightly exercised when we see this
00:03:31 happening, this kind of interference in our domestic politics from the People's Republic of 0.84
00:03:34 China, we should be equally concerned when we see it coming from the United States. 0.99
00:03:39 The comments of Secretary Besant demonstrate mischief is at play here. And I would not be,
00:03:45 given the way that Donald Trump conducts himself, the least bit surprised if he
00:03:50 weighs in heavily on this prospective referendum. I think the government of Canada should be sending
00:03:56 very clear signals that that would be a bridge too far to step into an effort to tear apart our
00:04:04 country. We could not tolerate that. There would have to be sanctions and an effort to create an
00:04:10 alliance like Denmark did very effectively against Trump's threats to invade and annex
00:04:15 Greenland. But here's the problem for them. You can't fake momentum like this. You can't fake
00:04:21 thousands of people showing up and hundreds of thousands of people signing the petition.
00:04:28 So now the question becomes, is this just routine or are we starting to see how far they're willing
00:04:36 to go as things get more serious? Because one thing is clear, this is not slowing down.
00:04:44 The deadline is coming and the signatures continue coming in. And whether they like it or not,
00:04:50 Albertans are pushing this forward so like you I'm left wondering why now why
00:04:58 in Alberta well thank you for watching if you want to continue to get updates
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