＂DECLARING INDEPENDENCE＂ Alberta SHOCKS Canada in 2026!
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Saskatchewan and Alberta declare their independence from Canada and the rest of Canada, and other states may recognize them as independent states. If so, they would become de facto independent states as a matter of international law.
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We're here at the Alberta Edmonton International Airport to alert all the newcomers that this is
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the last time you'll be able to enter Alberta without an Alberta passport. And we've got an
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early bird sale going on Alberta passports. What do you guys think about Alberta leaving
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Canada? Got any thoughts on that? I'd be okay and I'd move to Alberta. All right,
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that's what we want to hear, buddy. Right on. Thank you very much. We're going to pave the way to freedom.
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Now, if Saskatchewan or Alberta were simply to declare themselves independent states,
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and other states were to recognize them as independent states, and the government of
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Canada ceased to have any control over Saskatchewan and Alberta, it may be that de facto they would
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become independent states as a matter of international law. And the Supreme Court did
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acknowledge that that was a possibility. I guess the flip side of what they're saying is that
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if our concerns are not addressed, we feel as though they have been not addressed,
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then we're willing to explore separation. It's kind of raising the stakes.
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Look, I've said it before on this channel. International recognition is the ultimate game changer.
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That's the line between being called a rogue province and being treated as an actual nation.
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Now, opponents love to say Canada will never allow Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate.
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Well, no kidding. Ottawa doesn't want to lose its golden goose. But here's the reality. When the federal
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government refuses to negotiate in good faith, when it ignores the will of the people, then the outside
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world can step in. And let's be honest, the United States has already signaled that they respect
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Western Canadians' right to self-determination. If Washington chooses to recognize Alberta and
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Saskatchewan, overnight they become de facto new nations. And considering an independent West would
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be friendlier and closer to America compared to a Canada that causes up to communist China, well,
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that's not a hard choice now, is it? Very soon you're going to be asked to sign a petition and will
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then lead to a referendum, I suspect, in October of 2026. And it'd be really important in the time
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between now and then that you reach out to your friends and your neighbors, that you talk to your
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colleagues, the guys on your hockey team, everybody you know, to explain to them the importance of
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independence, the prosperity that that will bring to your community, to you, to your family, to your
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children, to your grandchildren, and how it is a way out of this dystopian nightmare of Ottawa-controlled
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Canada under the Liberals. An independent Alberta will not be subject to Bill C-69.
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It will not be subject to a carbon tax and these other things. It will not be net zero. We will be
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able to control immigration to reasonable, sensible levels. We will be able to have in Alberta,
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an independent Alberta, our own criminal justice system. We won't have this catch and release and
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two-tier, politically motivated justice system that we've all witnessed. We'll have a prosperity that
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will come from our ability to develop our resources. So it's really important that you talk to your
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neighbors, to your colleagues, to anybody you meet about the incredible advantages that will flow
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to Albertans through independence. Everywhere we go, we're speaking to pack calls full of Albertans in
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favor of independence. The other thing people need to understand is all of these what's next calls that
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Danielle is holding, you know, more than 50 or 60 percent of everybody showing up at those meetings
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are in favor of independence. And the support is only increasing. Here's the part the mainstream media
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never talks about. The people. Grassroots groups like the Alberta Prosperity Project are out there
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every week, holding rallies and town halls, filling up rooms with Albertans hungry for independence.
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They're not waiting around for Ottawa to grow a conscience. They're educating people, showing the
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benefits of going it alone. And it's not just Alberta. Saskatchewan has groups like United Grassroots
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pushing for sovereignty too. Hundreds of folks are showing up from small prairie towns to big centers.
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And the energy is undeniable. People know the ship called Canada is sinking. And they don't plan to go
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down with it. They're ready to build something better, something freer, something that respects them for a change.
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You know, we see ourselves as an independence movement, wanting to form an independent
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commonwealth, separate and apart from Canada and the United States, but with extremely strong financial
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and economic ties to the United States, because we see the US as our natural ally, you know, unlike Mark
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Carney, who sees communist China as his natural ally. Here's the simple truth that Eastern Canada just
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can't seem to wrap their head around. Albertans see Americans as family. The trade, the culture,
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the values, it's all connected. Meanwhile, Ottawa and the Eastern elites push their tired America bad
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propaganda, like we're supposed to see the US as some enemy. Give me a break. Out West people see right
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through the nonsense. In fact, Albertans are the least likely in all of Canada to hold negative
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opinions about our neighbors to the south. And Saskatchewan? Same story. Prairie people have
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common sense. They know who their real allies are, and it sure isn't a federal government that treats
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them like second-class citizens while cozying up to China. It's the Americans. Our closest friends,
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our partners, and maybe soon our fellow countrymen, possibly. Separation from Canada. It is something
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that has come up since the Liberals were given another term in government, particularly in Saskatchewan
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and Alberta, with some frustrated with what they view as out-of-touch policies around energy and the
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environment created in Ottawa that don't benefit the West. The petition's signature threshold for a
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separation referendum has been lowered in Alberta, and a referendum petition is making the rounds here
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at home too. But is separation actually possible? Well, for the answer, we have turned to Gerard Kennedy.
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He is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. Gerard, thank you so much
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for joining us. My pleasure. So what has to actually be done in order for separation to happen?
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Well, under the Constitution of Canada, one province has no right to leave unilaterally.
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So even if there were a referendum that reported to prescribe separation, that would not give the
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province in which the referendum occurred the legal right to leave. Having said that, the Supreme Court
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did hold in 1998, that if a clear majority on a clear question votes to leave Confederation, and they
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had Quebec in mind, but the logic would apply just as much or almost as much to Alberta and Saskatchewan,
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then an obligation would fall upon the federal government to negotiate in good faith the exit.
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So basically, that's never happened. And those are qualitative rather than quantitative criteria.
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So we don't know precisely what would happen. But what's absolutely clear is the majority would have
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to be clear, and the question would have to be clear. It couldn't engage in hypotheticals.
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So a bit of work, obviously, to be done there. But, you know, hypothetically, if that work was done,
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and a vote came down to it, is it possible for a province to essentially become its own country?
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And how would that look? Now, if Saskatchewan or Alberta were simply to declare themselves
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independent states, and other states were to recognize them as independent states, and the
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government of Canada ceased to have any control over Saskatchewan or Alberta, it may be that, de facto,
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they would become independent states as a matter of international law. And the Supreme Court did
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acknowledge that that was a possibility. It might not necessarily be constitutional. And given how
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other states tend not to recognize breakaway provinces, unless the federal government has condoned the
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departure, I don't think that's very likely. But I mean, theoretically, it could happen de facto,
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The Montevideo Convention on States' Rights and Duties, stipulates the following statehood criteria.
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A permanent population, living in a specific territory, under a government's control, capable
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of establishing international relations. Even if a new entity meets the Montevideo statehood criteria,
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it will still seek acceptance from other countries. In addition to admission to international
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organizations and access to capital markets, external recognition offers legitimacy and allows
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foreign relations with the world. If Washington chooses to recognize Alberta and Saskatchewan,
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overnight, they become de facto new nations. Economically, these two provinces are incredibly
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valuable to Canada, but they haven't been treated as such. They've actually been used as cash cows for
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decades and decades. And historically, these were two provinces that weren't, they didn't negotiate
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their way into Canada. Instead, they were assimilated as colonies, basically. So the people of Alberta,
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Albertans and Saskatchewans have now realized that there's no, there's simply no way to negotiate a better
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deal with Canada. They've been trying for decades and decades and it just hasn't happened.
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Are we the underdogs in all of this? A hundred percent. But so were the American founding fathers.
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So were the Irish when they left Great Britain. So were the people of Taiwan when they walked away
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from communist China. And so was Brexit. None of it was supposed to happen. And then it happened.
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I like our odds. Alberta independence is up to Albertans. If Albertans want it, it'll 100% happen.
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