PJ The Belt - June 20, 2025


Canada's PM BLOCKS ALBERTA EXIT？ - Parliament Debates INDEPENDENCE in 2025

Alberta INDEPENDENCE Deal： New Budget Reveals BILLIONS Gained by Ditching Canada in 2025 Alberta STATEHOOD DEAL With TRUMP - in The Works？ ｜ INDEPENDENCE Referendum in 2026!

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Mark Carney Smith Freedom Calendar Brian Mulroney Darlene Clarks David Parker Vince

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Calgary, Alberta separatists are calling for a referendum on whether or not to break away from Canada. Prime Minister Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Bill Morneau are on the brink of a showdown, and the country is on edge.

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00:00:00.600 Alberta separatism is no longer a fringe idea.
00:00:03.400 I heard it at the doors more times than I can count.
00:00:06.160 And I'll tell you plainly, Alberta staying in Confederation is not up to me, and it's
00:00:11.080 not up to the Liberal government.
00:00:12.920 It's up to the people of Alberta, and the Albertans know that they have options.
00:00:17.280 If this House continues to insult, abuse, and neglect Alberta, if it refuses to treat
00:00:21.600 our people and our industries with the respect that they've earned, then the future of this
00:00:25.600 country is not guaranteed.
00:00:32.480 You know, things are getting real when Alberta independence is being talked about in Parliament
00:00:36.940 more than Quebec separatism.
00:00:39.220 And that's saying something.
00:00:40.800 For decades, Quebec's been the poster child for separation talk.
00:00:45.160 But now, Alberta's taking the spotlight.
00:00:48.060 And the federal politicians?
00:00:49.920 They're panicking.
00:00:51.200 They hoped this was just some temporary and fleeting protest.
00:00:55.260 But nope.
00:00:56.320 It's gaining steam.
00:00:57.780 And fast.
00:00:58.780 You've got organized groups and serious people behind it.
00:01:02.200 And support is growing all across Alberta.
00:01:05.480 It's definitely not a fringe idea anymore.
00:01:08.520 Now let's address one of the biggest lies out there.
00:01:11.640 That Ottawa or some special interest group can just veto Alberta's decision if the people
00:01:17.000 vote yes in a referendum.
00:01:19.580 That's not how this works.
00:01:21.140 This isn't a permission slip from Ottawa.
00:01:24.520 We're talking about the will of the people.
00:01:26.880 And if 50% plus one say yes, that's the beginning of the road to independence.
00:01:32.420 After that, Alberta holds all the cards.
00:01:36.200 Stay independent or strike a deal with the United States.
00:01:39.860 Whatever path the people of Alberta choose.
00:01:42.620 But it all starts with breaking away from Canada, first and foremost.
00:01:46.820 Certainly, I'd like to turn to talk of making Canada an energy superpower.
00:01:52.560 Senator Smith has said there could be a referendum next year.
00:01:55.940 And the legislation around that is 170,000 people can put that on the ballot.
00:02:00.300 Brian Mulroney once perhaps referred to rolling the dice with the future of Canada.
00:02:03.840 Is it appropriate for that few people to put the fate of a G7 nation in the balance?
00:02:09.580 Well, I see what you're trying to do.
00:02:17.320 And the province of Alberta, provinces make determinations on the rules governing referenda,
00:02:25.120 the voter plebiscites, other factors.
00:02:28.120 And they can make determination of how they come into force.
00:02:32.340 Determinations on broader issues of referenda on a federal level, including supported by
00:02:37.120 Supreme Court decisions, are governed by the Clarity Act.
00:02:39.500 I will refer to the Clarity Act.
00:02:41.960 But look, what we're interested in, what Canada's new government is interested in, what parliament,
00:02:48.260 I think most parliamentarians are interested in, is building this country, not breaking it apart.
00:02:54.120 It's working together, working with indigenous peoples, working with provinces, working with
00:02:57.480 labour, working with business.
00:02:59.160 We have many, you know, we have this threat, this realising from the U.S. that regardless 0.98
00:03:06.380 of what outcome we get, I mean, it matters what agreement we get, but it's changing the
00:03:11.640 world of trade.
00:03:12.640 It is changing the outlook for the global economy in not just immediate, but the medium term.
00:03:17.680 We have to take more responsibility ourselves to move forward, which is what we're doing
00:03:23.200 with the one Canadian Economy Act and what's underneath it, which very much includes, and
00:03:28.240 I'll finish on this, very much includes cooperation with the province of Alberta, the province
00:03:33.000 of Saskatchewan, the province of British Columbia, all the provinces and territories, indigenous
00:03:36.000 people, for these nation-building projects.
00:03:39.560 And we're having, I would say, very constructive discussions with Premier Smith and stakeholders
00:03:47.440 in Alberta specifically, and we intend to convert those to actual projects, investment jobs and
00:03:54.020 a brighter future for the country.
00:03:55.600 Mark Carney's strategy on Alberta independence has been real simple, pretending it doesn't
00:04:01.100 exist.
00:04:02.100 Just ignore it and hope it goes away, but the poor guy can't escape it.
00:04:07.200 Everywhere he goes now, the topic follows him like a shadow, and you can see it.
00:04:11.800 His body language is arrogant and dismissive, but he's really irritated.
00:04:16.720 He's annoyed that the issue won't die.
00:04:19.140 Well guess what Mark, Alberta's not backing down anytime soon.
00:04:23.500 People here are fed up and no amount of eye-rolling from a globalist banker is going to stop that.
00:04:29.380 And then there's the media, bless their hearts.
00:04:32.360 One reporter actually asked how such a small group of Albertans could threaten the status
00:04:37.740 of a G7 country.
00:04:39.820 Talk about telling on yourself.
00:04:41.780 Here's the thing, Albertans aren't responsible for what happens to Canada after they leave.
00:04:47.320 We've been asking, pretty much begging, for a fair deal for decades, and we didn't get
00:04:52.800 one.
00:04:53.800 So now, we're out.
00:04:55.380 And yes, if Alberta walks, it's game over for Canada. 1.00
00:04:59.280 From G7 to maybe G20 at best.
00:05:03.340 And deep down, the people mocking this movement know it.
00:05:07.920 That's why they're scared.
00:05:09.540 That's why they're desperate and that's why they discredit it.
00:05:12.660 Because if Alberta leaves, Canada falls apart.
00:05:16.480 Here's a clip from the YouTube channel called Freedom Calendar.
00:05:19.380 They stream many of the Alberta independence events across the province.
00:05:23.960 So if you like to watch those, make sure to subscribe to their channel.
00:05:27.860 This is from a recent town hall in Spruce Grove, just west of Edmonton, where David Parker
00:05:33.140 from Take Back Alberta speaks about the momentum he's seen in the Alberta independence movement.
00:05:38.280 So what are we going to do?
00:05:40.180 What's the answer?
00:05:41.180 Well, I actually think, and I said this to Vince earlier tonight, that there is more momentum
00:05:48.320 behind this movement than there was behind the COVID freedom movement.
00:05:57.260 There are more people on side with an independent Alberta than there were with the parental rights
00:06:04.460 movement, where we were demanding that parents were the first authority in their children's
00:06:09.720 lives.
00:06:10.720 Remember the Million March for Children across the country?
00:06:13.820 There's more support for this than that.
00:06:19.720 But there isn't yet enough support.
00:06:24.420 Now startups often fail, I'm sure people have heard of that.
00:06:28.260 Entrepreneurs often go bankrupt and Take Back Alberta was not much different.
00:06:33.100 It was the first time I ever attempted to run an organization and many mistakes were made.
00:06:38.800 But the thing about failure is that you learn from it.
00:06:42.900 In fact, you learn a lot more from failure than you're ever going to learn from success.
00:06:48.320 And one of the things that I've learned from the failures of TBA, and there were a lot
00:06:51.760 of successes, and I've gone over them in many meetings, and we don't need to do that.
00:06:54.980 But from the failures is that there's only one thing truly missing from our movement, leaders.
00:07:03.920 I'm not talking about the people up here that are giving the speeches.
00:07:07.220 I'm talking about the Darlene Clarks.
00:07:10.520 I'm talking to people who will put a stake in the ground and say, I will put on a meeting,
00:07:14.760 I will invite people, and even if nobody comes, I'll put my name on the line.
00:07:20.340 Because here's the thing, all of our groups, everybody that spoke would be more than happy
00:07:24.580 to promote a meeting.
00:07:27.420 I have 40,000 emails, and I will invite every one of them to your meeting if you put on a
00:07:33.520 meeting.
00:07:37.840 There are hundreds of thousands of followers across Alberta on social media platforms that
00:07:44.320 are very pro-independence that will advertise your meeting.
00:07:50.580 But here's the thing, it's a risk.
00:07:54.320 You might get cancelled.
00:07:57.440 You might get fined $140,000 because apparently holding these kind of meetings is political
00:08:01.860 interference.
00:08:05.740 Bad things might happen to you, I'm not going to promise you that this is going to be easy.
00:08:11.180 And if you want to be who we've been as Canadians and even Albertans for most of our lives, peasants,
00:08:18.980 if you want to continue to be subservient wards of the state, to keep living your lives just
00:08:25.760 as you have been.
00:08:41.000 for me, it's possible.
00:08:44.060 I want you to stay confused.
00:08:44.440 I'm sorry, I want you there to give people access!
00:08:46.440 So this is going to be 21 years after our period of time.
00:08:48.440 Could we ask ourselves a little bit more happy?
00:08:50.480 With repente, we're not going to be open.
00:08:51.000 Again, we're really curious.
00:08:52.820 Okay, maximum members of our economyVEN?
00:08:55.480 It's going to be two years later, again.
00:08:57.280 So this will be convenient.
00:09:00.320 And if you want to buy a little Arbeits Àfiro,
00:09:02.900 I'm on your house.
00:09:04.460 A couple weeks later, take a little lunch out of the front of us andեju.