Stand on Guard with David Krayden - Trudeau Minister Humiliated By Alberta Premier ｜ Stand on Guard

00:00:00.960 Hi, welcome back to another episode of Stand on Guard.

00:00:04.420 I'm your host, David Creighton.

00:00:06.100 Thank you so much for joining me today.

00:00:08.740 And we will be looking at your comments as well.

00:00:11.960 Trying to get a little clip together with Mark Carney.

00:00:16.000 We'll see if we can do that.

00:00:17.840 Wanted to show it early, but we'll have to show it later.

00:00:21.220 And just an explanation as to what's going on with this liberal leadership.

00:00:26.540 But we also want to talk about tariffs and who's actually leading the country right now.

00:00:45.520 We need a political change.

00:00:50.980 But we also need to resolve to resist.

00:00:56.540 Yes, please like the station.

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00:01:06.080 You say you like what we're doing here.

00:01:07.520 Trying to do something a little different here.

00:01:12.360 And I hope we're coming through.

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00:01:17.940 Try to give you the news from a different perspective.

00:01:21.520 And that's really what this show has always been about.

00:01:26.100 Now, like I said, we're trying to get a Mark Carney clip.

00:01:28.380 He was on Jon Stewart's show last night.

00:01:31.420 And I have to be very careful how we show the clip.

00:01:34.080 Because, yeah, it means demonetization.

00:01:36.920 It's copywritten.

00:01:37.900 Like all of these late night U.S. shows, they are all copywritten.

00:01:42.800 So, you can't show them as is.

00:01:45.920 So, we're trying to get something together for you there.

00:01:49.020 And in the meantime, though, what's going on with Mark Carney going to New York to essentially announce his liberal leadership candidacy?

00:02:02.140 He can't do it in Canada?

00:02:03.520 Is this a coronation?

00:02:07.080 Because, as I say, let's watch this report on how liberals keep dropping out of this race at an alarming pace.

00:02:21.860 ...will soon be meeting with a new prime minister as the Liberal Party seeks a new leader.

00:02:27.640 So far, we're learning of several cabinet ministers who say they won't be running.

00:02:32.220 Steve McKinnon, the latest to bow out, that has some worried about the lack of representation from Quebec.

00:02:38.700 CTV's Colton Prail explains.

00:02:41.360 Labour Minister Steve McKinnon is the second high-profile liberal in as many days to announce they won't run for the party leadership.

00:02:50.280 McKinnon saying time constraints didn't allow him to mount the kind of campaign he wants to run.

00:02:56.360 Also highlighting the need for experienced and pragmatic bilingual voices.

00:03:01.140 It's part of a growing number of calls for strong bilingual candidates, including from the party's Quebec lieutenant.

00:03:08.620 It's not a matter of being perfect in every possible language.

00:03:11.780 It's a matter of being able to engage with and to work with the entire country.

00:03:16.820 While Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Christy Clark all speak varying degrees of French,

00:03:22.020 strategists say Anglophone Liberals typically fare worse in Quebec.

00:03:26.460 I do think a Francophone leader could easily come in a strong second to the Bloc Québécois and best the Conservatives.

00:03:35.060 With an Anglophone leader, it's going to be a tougher sell. 1.00

00:03:38.900 The timing couldn't be worse for the Liberals, who are now facing a battle on two fronts in La Belle Provence.

00:03:44.240 Since becoming Conservative leader, Pierre Polyev has made appearances in Quebec 19 times, including 12 rallies.

00:03:53.880 Since September, the Conservatives have moved from third place in Quebec, six points back of the Liberals,

00:04:00.020 to now 11 points ahead of them and only trailing the Bloc Québécois.

00:04:04.620 It's a province where they could lose more than half the seats if these numbers were to hold to the next election.

00:04:09.480 And so it's really concerning because the Liberal Party cannot win a national election without Quebec.

00:04:15.400 But Quebec MPs say it's policy, not language, that will decide who voters choose in the next election.

00:04:22.220 The issue right now is stewarding the economy.

00:04:26.280 We have to demonstrate to Canadians that we actually offer the best program.

00:04:32.120 One Liberal MP says even if the party does lose seats in Quebec,

00:04:35.580 if the right candidate can bolster support in Western Canada, it could be a net positive for the party.

00:04:42.380 Colton Prail, CTV News, Ottawa.

00:04:47.040 So, Steve McKinnon is out.

00:04:50.840 Who's left?

00:04:52.040 Who's actually in?

00:04:53.320 We've got two non-entities that nobody can even remember their names,

00:04:56.920 and I'm not going to bother because these people are just there for window dressing

00:05:04.420 because you remember when Trudeau resigned, the day he resigned,

00:05:08.220 he said it was going to be a national and robust, or I think he said robust first and then national campaign.

00:05:15.240 So right now it looks like there's nobody of consequence in it.

00:05:20.300 Mind you, these people have to raise $35,000.

00:05:22.380 Who do you think can do that?

00:05:23.380 Mark Carney is independently wealthy.

00:05:25.940 He married a very wealthy wife.

00:05:28.700 He's got lots of his own money.

00:05:32.660 He can afford it.

00:05:34.320 Chrystia Freeland, she's having some difficulty raising $35,000.

00:05:38.040 No question about that.

00:05:40.560 And she's having difficulty getting people on side. 0.99

00:05:45.360 Or, excuse me, she's saying, why do I want a job?

00:05:50.200 Why do I want to be prime minister for a couple of days or a month?

00:05:54.320 But this has happened before, obviously.

00:05:58.280 We showed you that interview the other day with Jean Chrétien,

00:06:00.700 who somehow thinks there's hope for this next liberal leader in his story

00:06:07.540 when he ran against Kim Campbell in 1993.

00:06:10.920 All that story suggested was, excuse me,

00:06:16.240 if you have a new leader of an old party,

00:06:20.940 Canadians will always say, forget it.

00:06:23.220 It's not working.

00:06:24.460 This is just your attempt to make things look new and different.

00:06:29.920 Now, like I said, we're going to try to get that clip to you of Carney.

00:06:33.300 I found this, this is exactly what it was.

00:06:35.500 I found this on announcing on this program that you are going to be the leader.

00:06:44.460 You seal it with a handshake.

00:06:48.340 Mark Carney.

00:06:55.640 All right.

00:06:56.340 Can we say?

00:06:59.920 We'll see.

00:07:01.200 All right.

00:07:01.660 Can we say coronation?

00:07:05.500 There's Mark Carney last night and we had, yes,

00:07:08.220 we had to do a little work on it because otherwise it's trouble.

00:07:14.380 So there's Mark Carney and Jon Stewart show.

00:07:16.760 He said everything, but I'm running.

00:07:18.960 But this is exactly what Justin Trudeau did to try to raise his popularity.

00:07:24.960 It was to go down and do the American talk show circuit.

00:07:28.580 Now, of course,

00:07:30.120 to segue into our next segment here,

00:07:32.560 what is going on with these opposing messages about how we deal with Donald Trump in six days?

00:07:40.760 Six days.

00:07:45.440 Yeah.

00:07:47.240 No.

00:07:48.800 Six days from now,

00:07:50.000 it's January 20th.

00:07:51.520 Donald Trump will be inaugurated.

00:07:54.040 And by the way,

00:07:55.720 who's going to be at the inauguration?

00:07:59.320 Alberta Premier Daniel Smith.

00:08:02.680 I'm going to show you some clips in a minute that I think illustrate who's really in charge of Canada right now.

00:08:11.560 And Alberta Premier is.

00:08:13.500 Doug Ford from Ontario wants you to think that he's in charge,

00:08:18.440 but he's not.

00:08:20.660 The faux conservative Doug Ford is never in charge of very much except his own ego.

00:08:26.920 Daniel Smith is leading the charge to protect all Canadians from Donald Trump's tariffs.

00:08:33.600 Donald Trump takes her seriously.

00:08:36.680 It's quite clear.

00:08:37.680 She does.

00:08:38.900 He does.

00:08:39.440 And Trudeau is on American talk shows.

00:08:44.880 He's on the American news saying Canada is just not going to do much about these tariffs.

00:08:52.220 And, you know, we've already fixed the border, which is a lie.

00:08:56.220 But he's suggesting that Canada can always put tariffs on bourbon and playing cards.

00:09:05.760 And that will do the trick.

00:09:07.220 So why are his ministers going around talking about putting an embargo,

00:09:15.000 not just tariffs, but an embargo on Canadian energy when they can't do that?

00:09:20.960 Let's listen to what Melanie Jolie,

00:09:25.000 who claims she's not running for the leadership because she put Canada first.

00:09:30.520 And then we'll get to Daniel Smith and what I think is an historic opportunity.

00:09:38.600 And Daniel Smith is filling a void because Justin Trudeau still can't decide whether he wants to come back,

00:09:46.400 whether he wants Mark Carney to have a coronation,

00:09:49.180 or whether he wants a robust liberal leadership race between Carney and Christy at Freeland.

00:09:56.960 A week that you had ultimately decided after reflecting not to enter the race.

00:10:01.760 Is that, as you said in your statement, solely about kind of this fight against the threat coming from south of the border?

00:10:09.540 Or were you worried about your party's prospects?

00:10:12.880 Well, I think that I had to ask myself two questions because I had many meetings with my key organizers,

00:10:19.360 with friends, with my family, and I received a lot of support from across the country.

00:10:23.320 And the first question I had to answer was,

00:10:26.260 am I ready to become the first woman leader of the Liberal Party of Canada?

00:10:31.980 And the answer was yes.

00:10:33.740 And the second question was,

00:10:35.740 am I ready to step away from my responsibilities being the Foreign Minister of Canada

00:10:40.560 at a crucial time between Canada and the U.S.?

00:10:44.100 And the answer, Vashi, was no.

00:10:46.020 And I can't do both.

00:10:47.360 So I decided to choose my country, put my country first.

00:10:53.180 And based on that, I'm going to Washington next week.

00:10:55.780 And we're working on not only a plan,

00:10:58.640 but really what will be our actions based on what our strategy is on the U.S.

00:11:06.520 And I do want to know more about the strategy.

00:11:08.640 I guess I just want to ask again, though,

00:11:10.320 because I think the question a lot of Canadians will have about who ultimately comes in and comes out is,

00:11:15.980 do people want to run for the leadership of a party that is doing as poorly as yours in public opinion polling right now?

00:11:21.740 Like if there were an election tomorrow, and I know a lot can change,

00:11:23.920 but if there were an election tomorrow,

00:11:25.880 there are some polls that even show your seat would be competitive for like for others.

00:11:30.420 So obviously, stop the BS, Melanie.

00:11:34.680 You're not running because you know you're going to lose the next election.

00:11:39.060 You could be prime minister for a day.

00:11:41.880 But you know you're going to be saddled with an opposition role that could be about maybe 10 seats or less.

00:11:53.540 And you really don't want that, do you?

00:11:56.140 ...parties.

00:11:57.080 I'm very confident about Hunzik.

00:11:59.060 But I mean, so was LaSalle, right?

00:12:00.780 Six months ago.

00:12:01.520 No, no, no.

00:12:02.040 You can't compare.

00:12:02.600 But listen, I think that when it comes to...

00:12:05.600 Are you worried about the prospects for your party?

00:12:07.360 Well, first and foremost, when it comes to becoming the prime minister of Canada,

00:12:11.880 there are three files that are really fundamental that Canadians look at

00:12:15.380 and they will see whether that person is ready to lead the country and run the country, run the government.

00:12:22.400 It's the economy, it is the Canada-U.S. relationship,

00:12:25.840 and it is national unity, including Quebec.

00:12:29.460 And I know well these three files.

00:12:32.120 Now, when it comes to what is going to be the ballot question of the next election,

00:12:38.860 it will be about Canada-U.S.

00:12:40.480 It will be about that threat right now and maybe the imposition of terrorists by Donald Trump

00:12:48.480 and how as a country we defend our workers, how we...

00:12:53.120 The tariffs are coming next week, Melanie, not after your leadership convention,

00:13:02.240 not after the House resumes, after Trudeau's unconstitutional prorogue.

00:13:07.600 To that economic coercion and how we ultimately can stand up for Canadians.

00:13:13.620 And take your point about if those tariffs are applied, for example,

00:13:16.160 the degree to which that would be on Canadians' minds when they vote.

00:13:19.800 Isn't it possible also that change is the ballot question?

00:13:23.120 Given what has just gone on with the Prime Minister, with those two by-elections,

00:13:27.520 with public opinion polling, like, isn't that also possible?

00:13:30.760 There will be change.

00:13:31.640 There will be a new leader, Vassie.

00:13:33.520 But real change?

00:13:34.000 There will be a real change and that's the liberal...

00:13:37.460 Are you sure?

00:13:38.200 Because the Conservative slogan is just...

00:13:40.020 She's reading her talking points and she can't even keep a straight face. 0.91

00:13:45.580 Yeah, that's real change, Vassie.

00:13:47.360 She doesn't even take her own talking points. 1.00

00:13:51.820 Like Justin.

00:13:52.840 Yeah, but that's their narrative.

00:13:54.580 But it's working for them.

00:13:55.920 Well, you know, now we have somebody that is coming in.

00:13:59.580 But what the Conservatives are doing is they're praying petty politics on the back of Canadians.

00:14:04.640 Because what we need to do right now, when it comes to Canada-US, it is we need to be united.

00:14:10.560 We need to get behind the Liberal Party is what you mean.

00:14:15.080 That's what you're saying.

00:14:17.280 And you guys don't even have a game plan.

00:14:20.760 You have no strategy.

00:14:22.160 So why would anybody want to get behind you?

00:14:24.540 We need to get behind the opposition Conservatives who are going to form the next government.

00:14:29.380 Now, there's probably people out there and say, there you go again, in the pocket of Polly.

00:14:32.980 No, I'm not in the pocket of Polly.

00:14:35.080 He's going to be the next Prime Minister.

00:14:37.000 Read the polls.

00:14:37.920 Do your arithmetic.

00:14:38.780 And he's going to be a vast improvement on Justin Trudeau.

00:14:44.560 But that's the reality.

00:14:46.260 That's what Donald Trump needs to hear.

00:14:47.840 Polly is going to be the next Prime Minister. 1.00

00:14:49.620 You're going to deal with him.

00:14:50.980 The sooner we can make the change in government, the better for all Canadians,

00:14:55.140 especially with regard to these tariffs that are coming.

00:14:58.100 To put the country first.

00:14:59.160 Every single leader in politics right now should be putting country first.

00:15:04.360 Isn't there an argument to make, though, that the Prime Minister has not put Canadians first?

00:15:08.140 I mean, ultimately, he took so long to make the decision he did, that he is in a placeholder

00:15:13.520 as a Prime Minister for two of the most important months, as you point out, in our country's

00:15:18.760 history, as far as the economy at the very least goes.

00:15:21.840 Is your government in a position where they can lead on this file when we know in a few

00:15:26.320 months or as of March 10th or whatever it ends up being, the Prime Minister will no longer

00:15:29.500 be in that position?

00:15:30.520 The Prime Minister took his decision.

00:15:32.540 Now, I'm looking forward and we are leading.

00:15:35.640 And what I'm doing is I will be leading along with Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister of Finance,

00:15:41.500 our reaction to what the Americans will be doing.

00:15:44.120 I'm heading to Washington next week.

00:15:45.900 I've had numerous conversations with incoming secretaries, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.

00:15:53.400 Okay, she's actually on her way to Washington later today.

00:15:58.700 What do you think she's going to tell the Americans?

00:16:01.740 Is she going to tell them Justin Trudeau's talking points?

00:16:05.660 That don't worry, folks, we're just going to put tariffs on bourbon and playing cards?

00:16:11.180 Or is she going to say something she's not qualified or entitled to say?

00:16:16.020 The Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Energy, Doug Brigham, the Border

00:16:23.860 Czar, Tom Homan, the NSA.

00:16:26.480 I've been in contact with him, Mark Walton.

00:16:29.320 I speak to my friend, which is a funny friendship, but Lindsey Graham, pretty much every day.

00:16:37.500 So we're doing the work I'm doing.

00:16:39.420 Now, that's ominous.

00:16:40.840 Yes, she has her friend Lindsey Graham, Mr. Warmonger, the guy who wants to start a war

00:16:50.880 with Iran, who wants to keep the war going in Ukraine indefinitely.

00:16:55.880 That's where she's getting her advice?

00:16:58.440 Doing the work and continue to do that.

00:17:00.000 So let me ask you, because despite all those efforts, Lindsey Graham's making fun of us 1.00

00:17:04.380 on Twitter, or whatever it is, X, joking about the annexation of Canada.

00:17:09.560 Donald Trump's rhetoric, if it has become anything over that period of time, it's much more inflamed.

00:17:15.840 It now includes using economic force to make us the quote-unquote 51st state.

00:17:20.660 If all of those efforts are failing to produce a better outcome for us, why is that the case?

00:17:26.340 Because we have to have a strategy on both sides.

00:17:29.480 That's the reality.

00:17:30.360 And I'm the diplomat-in-chief of the government.

00:17:34.600 The diplomat-in-chief?

00:17:37.000 You would make a fine travel agent.

00:17:39.560 But you're in over your head as foreign affairs, and you have been since you got there, Melanie,

00:17:44.380 and you know it.

00:17:45.840 You have two strategies.

00:17:47.380 You have zero strategies.

00:17:49.900 That's a more accurate assessment of what the Trudeau government is presenting to Donald Trump right now.

00:17:55.220 Of basically of the country.

00:17:56.900 And my job is to have tough discussions with leaders and, you know, folks that sometimes I don't agree with.

00:18:06.620 And sometimes it's to create also really good working relationships.

00:18:12.260 And that's what I do.

00:18:13.440 So if these tariffs are applied, as he has threatened them to be, which we don't know the case.

00:18:17.820 He hasn't announced that, you know, the specifics.

00:18:20.160 But he's saying 25%.

00:18:21.200 I was interviewing six economists, the top six economists, the chief ones for all the big banks the other day.

00:18:27.100 And collectively, they said the hit to the economy, we're looking to the tunes of millions of jobs.

00:18:31.720 You're looking at a 3% contraction and essentially an immediate recession.

00:18:36.380 So it's in that vein against that backdrop I ask you about what retaliation would look like.

00:18:40.760 Is your government prepared to cut off supplies of energy, for example, to the United States?

00:18:46.700 What I can tell you is everything is on the table.

00:18:50.360 And that's the conversation we will have, the Prime Minister, Minister LeBlanc and myself, with the premiers next week.

00:18:56.280 And that's a conversation also I'll take to Republican senators and key Republican decision makers.

00:19:05.240 Melanie, maybe you should read your copy of the Canadian Constitution, if you have one.

00:19:10.400 And find out who has jurisdiction in this country of Canada over natural resources, over energy.

00:19:19.860 Wow, my goodness.

00:19:21.420 It's the provinces.

00:19:23.180 So the federal government can't go out and say, we're going to embargo oil and gas.

00:19:31.560 They can't do that.

00:19:33.540 Tried to do that under Pierre Trudeau with the National Energy Plan.

00:19:38.300 And they got such ferocious pushback from then-Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed.

00:19:44.480 Trudeau had to back down.

00:19:47.560 Trudeau knows, Trudeau then knew, Trudeau now knows, that the provinces own their own natural resources.

00:19:55.800 It's Alberta's decision whether they want to sell gas and oil to the United States.

00:20:01.860 This clearly is all about trying to bankrupt the West.

00:20:08.300 Because Melanie Jolie, she is so insular. 0.89

00:20:12.340 She doesn't represent Canada.

00:20:13.900 She is the Quebec Foreign Affairs Minister.

00:20:16.460 That's all she is.

00:20:17.580 Let's listen to how Daniel Smith, who is leading Canada right now.

00:20:21.540 She is the de facto Prime Minister of Canada.

00:20:24.780 I'll say that again.

00:20:26.120 Daniel Smith is the de facto Prime Minister of Canada.

00:20:29.980 She's leading the country right now.

00:20:31.900 I don't think anybody else has actually stated that.

00:20:35.780 But she's the one negotiating with Donald Trump on behalf of all Canadians.

00:20:39.940 She's the one that Donald Trump recognizes as a leader.

00:20:44.020 Not Melanie Jolie.

00:20:45.420 Not Justin Trudeau.

00:20:46.720 Not Mark Carney.

00:20:47.640 Let's listen to what she said.

00:20:49.400 Because she points out that if Melanie Jolie wants to place an embargo on our energy, guess who's going to get no energy at all?

00:21:03.520 Melanie's people in Quebec and Doug Ford's people in Ontario.

00:21:08.380 I think we need to be prepared that tariffs are coming.

00:21:11.820 That seems to me to, that the, I mean, I think we've all seen the biggest irritant to the United States are trade deficits, which they believe they have.

00:21:22.920 I don't actually believe they have a trade deficit.

00:21:25.780 When you take out energy, we actually buy more goods and services from the U.S. than they buy from us.

00:21:32.480 Finally, somebody said it.

00:21:35.700 Donald Trump, yes, is always whining and moaning about the $200 billion trade deficit.

00:21:41.360 Take the energy products out and we have the trade deficit.

00:21:47.360 And it's not because they're buying this material, the oil and gas, because they really love it so much.

00:21:54.600 They need it.

00:21:56.020 And they're getting a tremendous deal on it.

00:21:58.260 And they send it back.

00:21:59.500 They refine our oil and send it back.

00:22:01.980 It's exactly what used to happen in the mercantilist system in the British Empire.

00:22:08.200 Britain would take, we would sell our resources at a huge loss to the mother country, Great Britain.

00:22:18.740 Britain would sell back those resources in terms of the products they produced in Britain.

00:22:26.320 That's exactly how the oil and gas industry works for Canada.

00:22:29.700 We don't refine our own oil.

00:22:31.980 The Americans do it and send it back to us. 1.00

00:22:34.960 It's exactly what used to happen in the old colonial system.

00:22:38.620 I'm happy to make this national bank report available to anyone who wants it that shows we actually have $58 billion in a trade deficit with the Americans when you take energy out.

00:22:50.120 That's why I wanted to have the assurance that the Americans are interested in getting more of our oil and gas.

00:22:56.840 Because I think oil and gas is going to be key to being able to get a breakthrough once tariffs do come in in getting them off.

00:23:05.200 I think if we maintain a strong partnership on energy, we make the case about how much the Americans benefit from that energy relationship.

00:23:13.400 We demonstrate that we are a good trade partner, that we buy more goods and services from America than any other nation, and that we do buy more goods and services when you take energy out.

00:23:25.060 I think we can make that case, but I feel like from what I have seen, it's not my decision to make on tariffs, but we do need to be preparing ourselves for the fact that they're likely to come in on January 20th.

00:23:39.400 Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie talked about, it was asked specifically for trade deficits, which is the energy embargo.

00:23:51.680 Now this is the key point.

00:23:53.780 This is where she puts Melanie Jolie, Justin Trudeau, and the entire Liberal government in their place.

00:23:59.240 In the United States.

00:24:00.620 And I want to, as leverage, what do you think, what do you make of what she said?

00:24:06.460 Well, first of all, it's oil and gas, it's owned by the provinces, principally Alberta, and we won't stand for that.

00:24:16.540 And you should never, ever threaten something you cannot do.

00:24:21.440 And I would encourage the minister to look at a map of where line five goes.

00:24:28.640 Now this is fascinating.

00:24:30.360 But what she just said, don't threaten something you can't deliver on.

00:24:33.980 It's called being an empty cannon.

00:24:36.460 In fact, the Book of Proverbs talks about there being clouds without rain.

00:24:43.820 That's exactly what Jolie is just flapping her gums. 1.00

00:24:48.320 She has no substance to what she's saying.

00:24:50.740 She has no idea whether she can deliver on any of this.

00:24:54.740 And if she does, she's not admitting that she can't.

00:24:58.100 Line five comes down through Michigan to get to Sarnia, and then that feeds the bulk of the supply needed for Ontario and connects with line nine, which feeds the bulk of the product needed for Quebec.

00:25:15.040 And so if you cut off that line, you are cutting off Ontario and Quebec.

00:25:21.240 So I would encourage the ministers to either understand how our integrated pipeline system works and start looking at ways that we would be able to practically respond.

00:25:35.720 Because there's no point in making empty threats that cannot be executed on.

00:25:41.920 So there are other things, I'm sure, that we'll all talk about collectively.

00:25:48.080 But let's just remember how integrated our markets are with the Enbridge system, the TC energy system, that we have a product going back and forth across the border every single day.

00:26:02.320 And we cannot do anything that harms Canadians in such a substantial way.

00:26:08.560 So I just don't take that as a credible threat.

00:26:11.140 I'm sure that the U.S. administration won't either.

00:26:13.720 So we should talk about things that we actually can do as opposed to empty threats.

00:26:21.440 She said empty threats about five times during the dissertation.

00:26:25.820 And it was an explanation, very well put.

00:26:29.000 And she said, I'll say it again if you didn't quite catch it.

00:26:31.500 I'm sure you did.

00:26:32.120 But I'll say it again because this is very simple.

00:26:36.200 But it's so simple, even Melanie Joly can't figure it out.

00:26:40.480 And where's the energy minister in Canada?

00:26:43.180 Why isn't this being explained?

00:26:45.040 That if you cut off American energy from Canada, you're cutting off Ontario and Quebec at the same time.

00:26:51.460 Oh, my God, we can't do that.

00:26:54.620 Can we?

00:26:56.220 Because who do you think still runs the liberal government?

00:26:58.920 Ontario and Quebec, especially Quebec.

00:27:01.500 Every major cabinet minister now is from Quebec, including, of course, the prime minister.

00:27:08.860 So that's a huge problem.

00:27:10.480 And she outlines this and says, you can't do it.

00:27:15.080 And don't think for a minute, even if Quebec and Ontario were not impacted by this decision, don't think Alberta is going to put up with this.

00:27:24.900 And I support her 100% with this because I grew up in the West.

00:27:30.480 Decentralization of government is why Confederation ever worked in the first place.

00:27:35.060 This country is far too big, too expansive.

00:27:38.820 With a relatively small population for it to be properly and appropriately run by an overbearing, invasive federal government.

00:27:51.620 We cannot allow the federal government to take any more control over our lives.

00:27:55.600 And Daniel Smith, time and time again, is just doing the right thing here.

00:28:00.140 Like I said, knowing Daniel since our days at the Calgary Herald, almost always agree with what she's doing.

00:28:06.580 Not necessarily always, but almost always, especially what she's doing now.

00:28:11.580 So Doug Ford doesn't like this.

00:28:13.640 How dare you say, and Doug Ford doesn't know either, that that energy going to the U.S. is also going to Ontario.

00:28:22.800 Somebody should inform Doug Ford of that.

00:28:26.020 But Doug Ford said, no, no, she's not speaking for the country.

00:28:31.140 She's not speaking for the country.

00:28:32.160 And are you speaking for the country, Doug Ford?

00:28:34.740 No, I don't think so.

00:28:36.660 You're not speaking for the country.

00:28:38.060 And if you were speaking for the country, what would you actually say?

00:28:45.600 Ontario comes first because you've always, it's always been that way.

00:28:51.360 Now, Doug Ford, as I say time and time again, is a phony conservative.

00:28:56.760 His ads are all over the place.

00:28:59.100 He wants an election now on Doug Ford being in charge.

00:29:04.380 Sorry, you have missed the boat.

00:29:06.320 You don't have a strategy.

00:29:08.760 And once again, you're talking out of both sides of your mouth.

00:29:12.520 You know, yeah, we're going to come down and we're going to have a trade war, but that's the last thing I want to do.

00:29:16.660 We're going to come down hard on the U.S., but it's the last thing I want to do.

00:29:21.600 We're going to make the U.S. suffer, but it's the last thing I want to do.

00:29:26.720 Now, that's Doug Ford's weird, bizarro strategy, and it's going nowhere.

00:29:32.000 I'll say it again.

00:29:33.000 Daniel Smith is fighting for Canada, not just Alberta.

00:29:36.420 She is leading the country right now because there's a power vacuum in the Trudeau government. 1.00

00:29:42.560 You had Trudeau waltzing around North America doing interviews, musing about what's going to happen.

00:29:50.040 You have a liberal party that's supposed to have a leadership race, but as of yet, they have only two non-entities in that race.

00:29:59.320 You have a liberal party that's supposed to have all of this resolved by March the 9th, and that's highly unlikely.

00:30:07.900 But more importantly, if you watch yesterday's program, there's probably not going to be a chance for a second prorogation like a lot of us are worried about, and the liberal government will go down to defeat in late March.

00:30:23.960 And we can finally say adieu to this government.

00:30:28.500 Whether Justin Trudeau is still in charge of it or not, the liberal government is going down to defeat, and we're going to have an election, and we're going to have a new beginning for this country.

00:30:39.760 Thank God for that.

00:30:40.920 So thank you, Daniel Smith, for the work you're doing on behalf of all Canadians, not just Alberta.

00:30:47.380 You are leading the country right now, and I think that is what Canada needs to see more of.

00:30:58.140 Now, just a reminder, the old store is still open here, and I just want to remind you.

00:31:10.920 Thank you.

00:31:40.920 And I would remind you as well to have a look at my sub stack today.

00:31:44.580 We're going to be doing a brand-new strategy on this, brand-new.

00:31:48.520 We're going to be doing two or three articles a week, and we'll be doing an update every week about what's on the sub stack.

00:31:56.060 So thank you so much for watching today.

00:31:58.940 It's been a pleasure.

00:32:01.500 And joyous.

00:32:02.600 Here we go.

00:32:10.920 Yes, we'll be back again tomorrow, folks, with all the news you need to know, and let's continue to resolve to resist.

00:32:32.300 Thank you for watching today.

00:32:33.480 See you again tomorrow.

00:32:35.300 See you again tomorrow.

Stand on Guard with David Krayden - January 15, 2025

Trudeau Minister Humiliated By Alberta Premier ｜ Stand on Guard

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