PJ The Belt - December 10, 2025


＂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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00:00:00.000 We're here at the Alberta Edmonton International Airport to alert all the newcomers that this is
00:00:08.720 the last time you'll be able to enter Alberta without an Alberta passport. And we've got an
00:00:14.800 early bird sale going on Alberta passports. What do you guys think about Alberta leaving
00:00:22.400 Canada? Got any thoughts on that? I'd be okay and I'd move to Alberta. All right,
00:00:27.440 that's what we want to hear, buddy. Right on. Thank you very much. We're going to pave the way to freedom.
00:00:34.880 Now, if Saskatchewan or Alberta were simply to declare themselves independent states,
00:00:40.960 and other states were to recognize them as independent states, and the government of
00:00:45.200 Canada ceased to have any control over Saskatchewan and Alberta, it may be that de facto they would
00:00:51.600 become independent states as a matter of international law. And the Supreme Court did
00:00:56.320 acknowledge that that was a possibility. I guess the flip side of what they're saying is that
00:01:00.960 if our concerns are not addressed, we feel as though they have been not addressed,
00:01:05.520 then we're willing to explore separation. It's kind of raising the stakes.
00:01:12.240 Look, I've said it before on this channel. International recognition is the ultimate game changer.
00:01:18.720 That's the line between being called a rogue province and being treated as an actual nation.
00:01:23.280 Now, opponents love to say Canada will never allow Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate.
00:01:30.400 Well, no kidding. Ottawa doesn't want to lose its golden goose. But here's the reality. When the federal
00:01:36.880 government refuses to negotiate in good faith, when it ignores the will of the people, then the outside
00:01:43.440 world can step in. And let's be honest, the United States has already signaled that they respect
00:01:50.480 Western Canadians' right to self-determination. If Washington chooses to recognize Alberta and
00:01:56.960 Saskatchewan, overnight they become de facto new nations. And considering an independent West would
00:02:04.560 be friendlier and closer to America compared to a Canada that causes up to communist China, well, 0.91
00:02:11.760 that's not a hard choice now, is it? Very soon you're going to be asked to sign a petition and will
00:02:18.640 then lead to a referendum, I suspect, in October of 2026. And it'd be really important in the time
00:02:25.280 between now and then that you reach out to your friends and your neighbors, that you talk to your
00:02:30.480 colleagues, the guys on your hockey team, everybody you know, to explain to them the importance of
00:02:37.360 independence, the prosperity that that will bring to your community, to you, to your family, to your
00:02:44.480 children, to your grandchildren, and how it is a way out of this dystopian nightmare of Ottawa-controlled
00:02:51.360 Canada under the Liberals. An independent Alberta will not be subject to Bill C-69.
00:02:57.440 It will not be subject to a carbon tax and these other things. It will not be net zero. We will be
00:03:04.640 able to control immigration to reasonable, sensible levels. We will be able to have in Alberta,
00:03:10.720 an independent Alberta, our own criminal justice system. We won't have this catch and release and
00:03:15.440 two-tier, politically motivated justice system that we've all witnessed. We'll have a prosperity that
00:03:20.720 will come from our ability to develop our resources. So it's really important that you talk to your
00:03:25.680 neighbors, to your colleagues, to anybody you meet about the incredible advantages that will flow
00:03:31.120 to Albertans through independence. Everywhere we go, we're speaking to pack calls full of Albertans in
00:03:36.960 favor of independence. The other thing people need to understand is all of these what's next calls that
00:03:41.680 Danielle is holding, you know, more than 50 or 60 percent of everybody showing up at those meetings
00:03:48.720 are in favor of independence. And the support is only increasing. Here's the part the mainstream media
00:03:55.040 never talks about. The people. Grassroots groups like the Alberta Prosperity Project are out there
00:04:01.600 every week, holding rallies and town halls, filling up rooms with Albertans hungry for independence.
00:04:08.960 They're not waiting around for Ottawa to grow a conscience. They're educating people, showing the
00:04:14.720 benefits of going it alone. And it's not just Alberta. Saskatchewan has groups like United Grassroots
00:04:21.760 pushing for sovereignty too. Hundreds of folks are showing up from small prairie towns to big centers.
00:04:29.040 And the energy is undeniable. People know the ship called Canada is sinking. And they don't plan to go
00:04:36.480 down with it. They're ready to build something better, something freer, something that respects them for a change.
00:04:43.840 You know, we see ourselves as an independence movement, wanting to form an independent
00:04:49.920 commonwealth, separate and apart from Canada and the United States, but with extremely strong financial
00:04:56.720 and economic ties to the United States, because we see the US as our natural ally, you know, unlike Mark
00:05:02.960 Carney, who sees communist China as his natural ally. Here's the simple truth that Eastern Canada just 0.75
00:05:10.480 can't seem to wrap their head around. Albertans see Americans as family. The trade, the culture,
00:05:18.960 the values, it's all connected. Meanwhile, Ottawa and the Eastern elites push their tired America bad
00:05:27.520 propaganda, like we're supposed to see the US as some enemy. Give me a break. Out West people see right
00:05:35.200 through the nonsense. In fact, Albertans are the least likely in all of Canada to hold negative
00:05:42.720 opinions about our neighbors to the south. And Saskatchewan? Same story. Prairie people have 0.98
00:05:49.520 common sense. They know who their real allies are, and it sure isn't a federal government that treats
00:05:56.080 them like second-class citizens while cozying up to China. It's the Americans. Our closest friends,
00:06:03.440 our partners, and maybe soon our fellow countrymen, possibly. Separation from Canada. It is something
00:06:10.720 that has come up since the Liberals were given another term in government, particularly in Saskatchewan
00:06:16.880 and Alberta, with some frustrated with what they view as out-of-touch policies around energy and the
00:06:22.720 environment created in Ottawa that don't benefit the West. The petition's signature threshold for a
00:06:29.440 separation referendum has been lowered in Alberta, and a referendum petition is making the rounds here
00:06:35.920 at home too. But is separation actually possible? Well, for the answer, we have turned to Gerard Kennedy.
00:06:42.880 He is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. Gerard, thank you so much
00:06:48.560 for joining us. My pleasure. So what has to actually be done in order for separation to happen?
00:06:55.680 Well, under the Constitution of Canada, one province has no right to leave unilaterally.
00:07:02.400 So even if there were a referendum that reported to prescribe separation, that would not give the
00:07:10.640 province in which the referendum occurred the legal right to leave. Having said that, the Supreme Court
00:07:17.040 did hold in 1998, that if a clear majority on a clear question votes to leave Confederation, and they
00:07:26.720 had Quebec in mind, but the logic would apply just as much or almost as much to Alberta and Saskatchewan,
00:07:33.200 then an obligation would fall upon the federal government to negotiate in good faith the exit.
00:07:40.400 So basically, that's never happened. And those are qualitative rather than quantitative criteria.
00:07:47.760 So we don't know precisely what would happen. But what's absolutely clear is the majority would have
00:07:52.800 to be clear, and the question would have to be clear. It couldn't engage in hypotheticals.
00:07:57.680 So a bit of work, obviously, to be done there. But, you know, hypothetically, if that work was done,
00:08:03.440 and a vote came down to it, is it possible for a province to essentially become its own country?
00:08:11.120 And how would that look? Now, if Saskatchewan or Alberta were simply to declare themselves
00:08:18.000 independent states, and other states were to recognize them as independent states, and the
00:08:23.280 government of Canada ceased to have any control over Saskatchewan or Alberta, it may be that, de facto,
00:08:29.600 they would become independent states as a matter of international law. And the Supreme Court did
00:08:34.800 acknowledge that that was a possibility. It might not necessarily be constitutional. And given how
00:08:42.240 other states tend not to recognize breakaway provinces, unless the federal government has condoned the
00:08:50.000 departure, I don't think that's very likely. But I mean, theoretically, it could happen de facto,
00:08:56.480 even if not legally proper.
00:08:59.360 The Montevideo Convention on States' Rights and Duties, stipulates the following statehood criteria.
00:09:09.760 A permanent population, living in a specific territory, under a government's control, capable
00:09:15.600 of establishing international relations. Even if a new entity meets the Montevideo statehood criteria,
00:09:22.480 it will still seek acceptance from other countries. In addition to admission to international
00:09:28.080 organizations and access to capital markets, external recognition offers legitimacy and allows
00:09:34.320 foreign relations with the world. If Washington chooses to recognize Alberta and Saskatchewan,
00:09:41.280 overnight, they become de facto new nations. Economically, these two provinces are incredibly
00:09:47.600 valuable to Canada, but they haven't been treated as such. They've actually been used as cash cows for
00:09:54.320 decades and decades. And historically, these were two provinces that weren't, they didn't negotiate
00:10:00.720 their way into Canada. Instead, they were assimilated as colonies, basically. So the people of Alberta,
00:10:08.000 Albertans and Saskatchewans have now realized that there's no, there's simply no way to negotiate a better
00:10:15.600 deal with Canada. They've been trying for decades and decades and it just hasn't happened.
00:10:20.400 Are we the underdogs in all of this? A hundred percent. But so were the American founding fathers.
00:10:28.240 So were the Irish when they left Great Britain. So were the people of Taiwan when they walked away
00:10:35.040 from communist China. And so was Brexit. None of it was supposed to happen. And then it happened.
00:10:42.000 I like our odds. Alberta independence is up to Albertans. If Albertans want it, it'll 100% happen.
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00:11:01.040 and for making these reports possible. I'll see you in the next episode. Cheers.
00:11:15.520 I'll see you in the next episode.
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