The Alberta Project - July 07, 2025


rational choice


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

156.61641

Word count

374

Sentence count

17

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

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Summary

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As Albertans, we shouldn't have to expend all of our energy trying to fix a self-cannibalizing system that has been working against us since the moment it was absorbed into Confederation. Independence is quite literally the only rational choice.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Federalists such as Jason Kenney have always been of the idea that Alberta should only strive to
00:00:06.080 upend federal overreach and animosity towards Alberta within the framework of Canada. That's
00:00:12.380 a total pipe dream, and I'll tell you why. Alberta has a quarter of the Senate representation of 0.89
00:00:18.120 Quebec and Ontario each. We have our own elected senators in waiting, who the feds refuse to
00:00:24.880 point. The most worthless vote cast in a federal election is a vote in Alberta, as we have the
00:00:31.840 highest population per writing. Federal overreach by means of predatory legislation, such as Bill
00:00:37.960 C-69, have been ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, but for some reason that ruling is non-binding,
00:00:44.960 so the feds have kept it in place. Equalization plunders from the Albertan taxpayer, all the while
00:00:51.040 we get a measly $8 billion in federal transfers from the $30 billion we generate in tax revenues
00:00:58.100 each year. The lack of federal transfers is doubly insulting once you take into account
00:01:03.880 that Alberta makes up 15% of Canada's total GDP despite holding 12% of the population,
00:01:10.800 making it the only province in Canada that punches above its own weight. Emissions caps,
00:01:16.220 Net-zero mandates and carbon taxes disproportionately hinder Alberta's economy, since our industries are the most carbon-intensive.
00:01:24.700 Yet Alberta has rarely, if ever, been consulted regarding these reckless policies.
00:01:30.120 Overturning most of this stuff requires amending the constitution, meaning other provinces, such as the one who stand to benefit the most from the status quo, would have to take a stance with Alberta.
00:01:41.020 Obviously, this is a very tall order.
00:01:43.280 By the time Alberta can address just half of these issues, Canada will have sunk deep in the Mariana Trench. 0.63
00:01:49.960 And I'm only half kidding.
00:01:51.840 Ask yourself, why does every future forecast, whether it's from a bank or from a think tank,
00:01:58.800 paint such a bleak future of Canada in just a few years?
00:02:02.820 Many fail to recognize that Canada is a lost cause, far beyond the point of course correction.
00:02:08.880 As Albertans, we shouldn't have to expend all of our energy trying to fix a self-cannibalizing system that has been working against Alberta the moment it was absorbed into Confederation.
00:02:20.000 Independence is quite literally the only rational choice.