Mark Carney is sworn in as Canada's new Prime Minister, and Rebel News is banned from attending the press conference. Ezra takes a look at why he thinks this could be an illegitimate prime minister, and why the media should be worried.
00:02:29.480An exceptional group of individuals who are serving Canada, united, focused cabinet, focused on action, focused on the issues for Canadians.
00:02:38.120We are, as I said a moment ago, we will be going to take some decisions which directly meet some of the objectives I set out in my remarks and we've been discussing.
00:02:47.920It's so funny to joke about not having an election for months, having a prime minister that no one voted for, indeed, that no one even knows about.
00:02:57.520But he did recognize that the media is very important here.
00:03:01.360And he sent a very blunt message to the CBC that if they do right by him, he'll do right by them.
00:04:35.280They banned Ruby Dalla from coming, knowing she would ask some tricky questions.
00:04:39.720And, of course, the vote count by district that showed laughable results that clearly aren't accurate to say that Chrystia Freeland, even though we may not like her, to say she only got 188 votes in her own district, and Karina Gold only got 190 compared to massive numbers for Mark Carney, it's simply not believable.
00:05:01.940I think we have an illegitimate vote, and I think we have an illegitimate government, for sure.
00:05:09.480To this day, Parliament has not been recalled.
00:08:14.720So he doesn't think of the world in terms of Canada.
00:08:17.780He thinks of the world in terms of a globalist project run by the World Economic Forum.
00:08:23.040So, of course, he's going to Europe to do what?
00:08:27.180My speculation is that Mark Carney is going deliberately to Europe, not to the United States, because he's actually going to build a World Economic Forum coalition, an anti-Trump, anti-American coalition.
00:08:45.780Remember, Mark Carney and Brookfield have deep ties with Communist China, especially with Xi Jinping and the Communist Party.
00:08:54.700I think that Mark Carney, he's like an iceberg.
00:08:58.960We know about one-seventh that's above water, but most of it is below water.
00:09:03.840What has Mark Carney been doing in all these secretive meetings of the World Economic Forum, in his secretive meetings on behalf of the UN, on all of his projects?
00:09:12.660We don't really know, but what we do know is that he has made very high-level connections all around the world, transnational connections.
00:09:21.200And if anyone is the guy to build an anti-Trump global coalition, it's Mark Carney.
00:09:27.940I told you that when I went to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January of 2024, so not two months ago, but 14 months ago,
00:09:37.780that the two words on everyone's lips were Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
00:09:42.660They were terrified by Trump disrupting the world order, and they knew that Elon Musk would allow Trump to disrupt the world order, and that came true.
00:09:51.000The World Economic Forum, well, Trump is the antidote to them.
00:09:57.840And that hits home for Mark Carney, the consummate globalist man.
00:10:02.680I think, actually, more than anyone, other than perhaps George Soros' son, Alex, who doesn't really have the intellectual horsepower to do, he's more of a playboy,
00:10:14.020I think perhaps Mark Carney is the best position person in the world to put together an anti-Trump coalition.
00:10:22.820Not a politician in France or a politician in Estonia or not someone small and small-minded,
00:10:31.380but someone who for decades has thought of himself as a citizen of the world and who went about doing schemes and plans behind the scenes under the radar.
00:11:26.100Well, the spats between Canada and the United States over tariffs affects the entire country.
00:11:31.740But really, Alberta stands out in a number of ways.
00:11:34.080For one reason, the bulk of the trade surplus that Canada has with the United States is because we sell them so much oil.
00:11:41.700The second reason is that Alberta loves selling that oil.
00:11:45.520And Alberta is the most pro-American province in the country, by my assessment.
00:11:50.340And the premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, is the most pro-American and most friendly to Trump.
00:11:54.780She even went down to the United States, Washington, D.C., for the inauguration.
00:12:00.060She's really worked the room down there when Justin Trudeau and other premiers like Doug Ford stank up the joint and engaged in counter-threats and insults.
00:12:10.860Those may feel good, but I don't think they particularly work on Donald Trump.
00:12:15.620But here's the thing that's on my mind.
00:12:18.340Donald Trump loves yanking the chain of Justin Trudeau.
00:12:21.580And we'll see how he deals with Trudeau 2.0, Mark Carney.
00:12:24.900But one of the things that I think really upset Trudeau, and I think it upset other Canadians too, was the proposal by Donald Trump that Canada join the United States as what he called a cherished 51st state.
00:12:37.840So we spend $200 billion a year subsidizing Canada.
00:13:40.200Some guy sat there years ago and they said, rah.
00:13:43.060Well, when you take away that and you look at that beautiful formation of Canada and the United States,
00:13:49.580there is no place anywhere in the world that looks like that.
00:13:54.300Now, the closest analogy I can find, and I've been using this a lot, is this would be like proposing marriage to someone who's already married.
00:14:11.700And I think a lot of people have taken it that way.
00:14:13.980But here's another extension of that metaphor.
00:14:18.120If you are in a marriage that is doomed, if you are in an abusive relationship and someone else comes up and say, hey, what are you doing with that loser?
00:14:26.960Come with me and we'll improve everything about your life, a better relationship.
00:14:31.100If you were considering a divorce anyways and someone comes along and says, we'll give you a much stronger economy, we'll give you real national defense, we'll buy all your oil, come and join a winning team.
00:14:44.060Well, you might not find the proposal so indecent.
00:14:47.580And in fact, as certain polls have shown, young men, particularly in Western Canada, are quite open to the idea of becoming American.
00:14:54.980Danielle Smith, of course, is a Canadian patriot and has done what other Canadian premiers said, which is try and work out a deal.
00:15:03.180But what about the idea of not all of Canada joining the United States, but of Western separatism and in particular Alberta independence?
00:15:13.800It's an idea that comes and goes, I suppose, like a pendulum, depending on how abusive Ottawa gets towards the West.
00:15:20.640We saw that in the 70s and 80s, and then the Reform Party came along, and then Stephen Harper cooled things off when he was prime minister, and then Trudeau came along.
00:15:29.960What is the state of Alberta independence today?
00:15:33.200Joining us now to talk about, this is our friend, Keith Wilson.
00:15:36.320We know him as a lawyer, including a lawyer for Tamara Leach, but he's also a political fella.
00:15:40.900He joins us now via Skype from Alberta.
00:16:09.140I mean, we have a history of, in Alberta, being frustrated and feeling that we're not getting a fair deal and that we're being taken advantage of.
00:16:21.660So we're not in a happy marriage with the rest of Canada.
00:16:25.280And there's more and more people thinking that, at a minimum, that Alberta needs to become an independent, sovereign country.
00:16:32.440And there's many as well that are finding great appeal in this offer from an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump to expand the territorial boundaries of the United States of America.
00:16:50.420Now, I think that Trump's, I mean, if you watch that interview with Marco Rubio and Catherine Herridge, Rubio says where this whole 51st state thing came from.
00:17:01.960Trump said, what would happen if we had zero trade deficit?
00:17:06.340And Trudeau blurted out, well, that would be the end of Canada.
00:17:09.560And that's where Trump replied by saying, well, join us at 51st state.
00:17:13.840Here's Marco Rubio explaining it to Catherine Herridge.
00:17:16.440Which it basically, Rubio, the way he puts it is, it was Trudeau who came up with the unthinkable idea and Trump just ran with it.
00:17:39.100President's meeting with Trudeau and Trudeau says, well, if you impose, if you even out our trade relationship, then we will cease to exist as a country.
00:17:45.620At which point the president responded very logically.
00:17:48.460And that is, well, if you can't exist without cheating and trade, then you should become a state.
00:17:59.960So I think Trump, who's a very good negotiator, immediately detected part of Trudeau's psyche that felt a little inferior or vulnerable.
00:18:07.460And he just kept going after it and going after it.
00:18:09.540But I actually don't think that Trump has much more, like I don't think he's got serious plans to absorb Canada as he does with the Panama Canal and with Greenland even.
00:18:22.520I think Trump just wants, you know, certain trade irritants removed.
00:18:27.340I genuinely think that's all he wants.
00:18:29.520Of course, he would take Canada if it was for offer.
00:18:31.660But I think it's just the rhetorical style that a lot of Canadians are not used to.
00:18:37.000We're not used to a brawling New York swaggery guy.
00:18:48.720Well, I don't know, obviously, but so I'll speculate if he's not, he could be made to be serious because Alberta has so much to offer the United States.
00:19:04.700There was a report that came out last week that significantly increased when based on analysis, the actual size of our reserves of natural gas and oil.
00:19:14.320And it's astronomical. And we could become the by our becoming part of the United States, Alberta, that is their strategic reserve.
00:19:25.720It's not only that we have critical minerals.
00:19:28.540We have incredible large boreal forest for lumber.
00:19:33.680All of our the majority of our cattle that are produced in Alberta are incredible, high quality beef.
00:19:38.240Go south into the United States as a lot of agricultural products.
00:19:41.600So we've got a lot to offer the United States and it would be a pretty good acquisition for him if he could do it.
00:19:49.380Frankly, to be very candid, I've had to look at this very seriously with what I've been watching happen out of Ottawa and the crazy leftist extremist policies that we've seen under the Liberals and I think are going to get even worse under Carney.
00:20:03.580And I'm looking at the cost of living, inflation, all of these other factors and the economy generally.
00:20:11.060And my wife and I have had to ask ourselves, what would be better for our four children?
00:20:14.740What would give them a better, happier, more prosperous future?
00:20:17.800And the answer is obvious. It's not staying in Canada.
00:20:20.780It's either Alberta becoming an independent country or Alberta joining in some way with the United States.
00:20:27.220I know that's controversial, but Alberta's been badly abused.
00:20:32.000We have so much to offer and people are just done.
00:20:38.980And what, you know, what Carney's going to, if he follows through on the things that he's written about in his books and his policies that he holds dear and near to his heart, net zero,
00:20:49.500and all this other extremist nonsense that also his wife holds dear to her heart, she's just as much of a zealot as he is,
00:20:57.260you know, Gabo and Trudeau are going to look like a cakewalk.
00:21:00.280They're going to Disneyland compared to what we're going to be facing.
00:21:03.040And I don't think Albertans will stand for it.
00:21:05.020But what's really fascinating, Ezra, is you might want to ask me about what are the legal steps required if Alberta were to seek separation or join the United States?
00:21:19.300Because I think your listeners might be surprised at my answer.
00:21:22.580I was coming to that because I was just wanting to note on Mark Carney.
00:21:27.840Today was his investiture as prime minister.
00:21:30.580He does not have a cabinet minister for Alberta, not that there was a lot to choose from, but he has only two cabinet ministers west of Ontario.
00:21:40.520And he appointed Stephen Gilbeau, that maniac, in charge of Quebec.
00:21:45.760He's his Quebec political lieutenant, which basically confirms there will be no pipeline to the east.
00:21:50.600So I just wanted to say that before moving on to your next point.
00:21:53.320And my understanding, and I haven't studied this like it sounds like you have,
00:21:58.560but Quebec sort of was the icebreaker.
00:22:02.940It was the first to cut the path through the jungle on what are the laws surrounding secession.
00:22:08.580In the United States, secession, I think, is illegal.
00:22:12.440That was really what the Civil War was about.
00:22:15.000It was states saying, we're out of here, and the Union saying, no, no, you cannot leave.
00:22:18.900I mean, slavery was a cause of the secession, but it was the secession.
00:22:24.700Lincoln himself said, I would fight this war, even if not a single slave were freed.
00:22:29.160He wrote that in a very famous letter.
00:22:31.500I think in Canada, secession is not only completely lawful, but the Clarity Act and the Supreme Court have told us how to do it.
00:22:40.700Yeah, so in 1998, there was a reference case that went to the Supreme Court of Canada, because it looked like Quebec might want to succeed and become its own independent country.
00:22:53.020And if you don't have a legal mechanism, then you're only left with kinetic force, which you don't want to have.
00:22:58.460So the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to look at, is there a constitutional pathway for a province to leave Canada and become its own independent, sovereign nation or join another nation?
00:23:14.040And the Supreme Court of Canada said yes.
00:23:16.480And they said what's required is a clear referendum, a referendum with a clear question, with a clear majority.
00:23:24.320And if a clear majority of the citizens vote in a referendum, a legally sanctioned referendum, to leave Canada and become their own sovereign, then it places each other province and First Nations, Aboriginal groups, and the federal government under a positive legal duty to enter into negotiations for the terms of that separation.
00:23:48.040Much in the same way that matrimonial property laws in every province require a divorcing couple, one can say, well, I'm not going to talk to her.
00:23:55.520Well, good luck with that, buddy, because you're going to have to.
00:24:02.660So what's interesting, though, is that Alberta has gone further than any other province in putting all of the legal tools to implement that mechanism of separation in place, on the books, now, live, ready to go.
00:24:25.280So after the Supreme Court of Canada reference, the federal government brought in the Clarity Act, which basically codifies in statute the concepts that the Supreme Court of Canada laid out.
00:24:34.360So we have the Supreme Court of Canada decision saying, yes, there's a mechanism for provinces to separate.
00:24:39.760We have the Clarity Act affirming and providing additional mechanics and details to that.
00:24:46.920So Alberta, years ago, passed a law called the Referendum Act.
00:24:51.720And the Referendum Act allows the cabinet to issue an order in council calling for a referendum, has all the rules as to how the referendum will be held, how groups can fund and fundraise and advertise, you know, election stuff.
00:25:04.300And then, in addition, a number of years ago, another statute was brought in called the Citizen Initiative Act.
00:25:14.840So even if Premier Smith and her cabinet don't want to call for a referendum, but a sufficient number of Albertans do, they can, if we get over 600,000 people signing a petition, it will compel the cabinet to hold a referendum.
00:25:32.080So if enough citizens sign a petition within a 60-day time period, once the initiative starts, if they hit that threshold, then the cabinet has to call for a referendum and Albertans get to vote on whether or not they want to form their own country.
00:25:51.040And then once Alberta is its own country, it can then negotiate with the United States on the terms of joining the union or Alberta could remain a sovereign.
00:26:00.100I remember looking at those Alberta laws, and I felt that they were drafted to make it impossible to have 600,000 signatures, you say, in 60 days, in a province where the total number of voting adults is, what, maybe 3 million gross, or it's probably smaller than that.
00:26:18.360The number of people who vote in any given provincial election, I'm going to guess, is probably, I don't know, a million?
00:27:34.600If Pierre Pauly wins again, it'll be like Stephen Harper, lowering the temperature, things will be fine, and the raw inertia of it will make it impossible.
00:28:02.800A year or two after Alberta leaves, if Alberta really were to join the United States, I think every entrepreneurial person in Canada would make their way to Alberta.
00:28:11.080Because it would be just as Canadian as it is today in terms of its place and the people there, but it would have the freedom and would have the economy.
00:28:20.660It would have, you know, it would be every entrepreneurial, aspiring, prosperous, young person would move to Alberta.
00:28:44.240Do you think there would be any other way this would go to a referendum?
00:28:48.980Do you think there would be any situation in which the government would call a referendum?
00:28:55.240I think any Alberta politician that would say, we're going to have a referendum, because that would save the 600,000-named petition.
00:29:05.000I think any politician who would dare to say that would be absolutely destroyed by the establishment.
00:29:09.980They would be destroyed, pulverized, the deep state, all the parties, all the media, everything would destroy them.
00:29:16.820I think even if there are people in the Alberta government who, in their hearts, believe in separatism, I think that they would be too timid to say so publicly, because they'd be destroyed as people.
00:29:27.780Well, I think what's interesting about the culture of Alberta, and I'm originally from Ontario.
00:29:33.600I spent six years of my life living in Vancouver.
00:29:36.280I've spent, obviously, the vast majority of my life here.
00:29:38.900But there's a unique culture in Alberta, and similar to Saskatchewan, that it's entrepreneurial, as you know.
00:29:44.860But what's happened in the last decade, for sure, is Albertans have come to an understanding of what we're worth, and what the province is worth, and what we're worth for our hard work.
00:30:52.200And so, who knows what's going to happen if Trump really starts to understand the potential enhancement and power and wealth that Alberta can contribute to the United States.
00:31:04.800And he really gets focused on making it happen.
00:31:07.040Who knows what events might transpire to make it more clear that this is a good choice for Albertans.
00:32:09.920I hate the fact that monetary decisions and promises are being made with no discussion or debate on it.
00:32:14.560As far as I'm concerned, since the House is prorogued, all these are null and void.
00:32:18.800Oh, so much is being done when Parliament isn't in session.
00:32:22.640And I saw today that David Eby of British Columbia has introduced legislation, it's called Bill 7, that would allow him to essentially rule by fiat too.
00:32:31.500And, of course, he's using Trump as the excuse for the emergency.
00:32:35.460Well, that's the thing about emergencies.
00:32:36.960If you give the government emergency powers to do things that they couldn't do in normal times, well, they're going to find an emergency everywhere.
00:32:45.640A COVID emergency, a climate emergency, a tariff emergency.
00:32:50.200You give governments emergency powers, they will declare emergencies.
00:32:55.680On the Court of Appeal approving the $290 million class action suit against the Freedom Convoy, Momison says,
00:33:19.060If you compare the violence and the threats and the trespass and the mischief and the assault conducted by the pro-Hamas protesters to the peaceful, happy truckers, it's clear which one is the criminal enterprise.
00:33:30.980But police are very political in Canada these days, aren't they?