The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - Peterson suggests separation

00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emmanuel i hope that you

00:00:17.940 guys are having a great week so far i apologize if i sound a little bit congested today i do have

00:00:23.980 pretty bad spring allergies that's not a complaint i am thrilled that the warmer weather is finally

00:00:29.980 here let's take a look at what we're going to be talking about on today's show the government of

00:00:34.300 alberta has signed a memorandum of understanding we're going to dig into that conservative leader

00:00:38.640 pierre polyam had a visit to the province this week and he had a lot to say renowned psychologist dr

00:00:44.120 jordan peterson suggested that there could be an instance where alberta might need to consider

00:00:48.140 separating from the rest of canada and finally alberta premier danielle smith is welcoming an

00:00:53.780 ethics investigation all that and more happening now on the alberta roundup the alberta government

00:00:58.260 has signed a memorandum of understanding with manitoba and saskatchewan that's to work on

00:01:03.260 building economic quarters between the three provinces to boost economic prosperity for

00:01:08.160 western canada transportation ministers from the three provinces announced the mou in a press

00:01:13.100 conference from edmonton on tuesday saskatchewan highways minister jeremy cockrell said the agreement

00:01:18.420 commits the provinces to supporting the movement of people and goods finding joint solutions and

00:01:23.740 improving highways and rail networks across the provinces he said quote we will encourage our

00:01:29.240 federal partners to play their part in supporting infrastructure and protecting the supply chains in

00:01:33.980 this country manitoba transportation and infrastructure minister doyle pinu said the

00:01:38.860 three provinces want to show they're open for business despite the ongoing challenges going on

00:01:44.060 in this country he said quote we can't stay isolated we need to make sure that business service flow

00:01:49.300 right across prairie provinces and into your international markets such as europe and asia

00:01:54.720 alberta transportation and economic quarters minister devon drishan also spoke at length about

00:01:59.840 the project here's a clip of him explaining what the mou sets out to do these are all private

00:02:05.160 industries and private proposals and we as a government just want to make sure that we have that that

00:02:10.300 playing field level so that these companies can come and and build these projects so like i said

00:02:16.320 earlier whether it's a pipeline project or new rail line uh utility line uh telecommunication line we

00:02:22.680 just want to make sure that that industry views alberta views canada as a place where they can

00:02:28.440 actually build a business and actually develop whatever the product is so i think that uh as as you

00:02:34.860 mentioned those those are examples of of industry that has actually come to to the government to say

00:02:40.080 hey we would like to do you know project x y or z how could we do it and we just want to be able to make sure that

00:02:45.900 we have that level playing field so they can do what they do best which is get global capital build

00:02:51.580 businesses create jobs but we can do what government should do best which is make a regulatory process

00:02:57.740 that's seamless that's efficient and is that actually operates at the speed of business later in the

00:03:02.540 week conservative leader pierre polyev came for a visit to the province and he had a lot to say about

00:03:07.260 public safety issues ongoing in edmonton and calgary as well as the rest of canada polyev said quote we've got

00:03:13.180 to replace these crazy catch and release crime policies with a common sense criminal justice

00:03:17.740 reform and that's exactly what a pierre polyev government will do let's take a look at some of

00:03:23.260 the horrific crime stories from the last couple weeks on tuesday calgary police discovered a corpse

00:03:28.540 in a suitcase over in edmonton police confirmed that a man who had been found dead in his apartment over

00:03:33.660 the weekend had been shot to death in a homicide that same day a teenage boy was attacked in an edmonton

00:03:39.820 mall and he remains in serious condition over in surrey bc a 17 year old died following a violent

00:03:46.300 attack while taking public transit we've heard that before and at the beginning of the month a

00:03:51.180 passenger had his throat slashed in another random violent attack also in bc now that incident is being

00:03:57.180 investigated as an isis terrorist attack by the rcmp meanwhile a 16 year old boy lost his life after

00:04:03.900 being randomly stabbed in an unprovoked attack and again he was waiting for the toronto subway you guys are

00:04:09.500 very aware of the rising crime rates across the province as well as elsewhere in canada we talk

00:04:14.620 about it quite a bit public safety is atop everyone's mind as you heard the conservative

00:04:19.580 leader said it's time for bail reform stop letting repeat violent offenders back onto the streets to

00:04:25.180 commit more crimes he also said it's time to stop handing out free narcotics and to focus on treatment

00:04:31.100 rather than safe supply polyev also took aim at the canadian press while in edmonton polyev asked a

00:04:36.220 canadian press reporter if she was in a conflict of interest after she questioned polyev about his

00:04:41.420 plans to defund english language cbc the canadian press is a wire service which several large canadian

00:04:48.460 media newspapers pay into such as the toronto star the globe and mail and of course cbc news

00:04:54.380 retika dubai with the canadian press uh when it comes to defunding the cbc you've signaled the

00:05:00.380 intention to maintain a level of support for radio canada and french language programming to do that

00:05:06.140 the corporation says the broadcasting act would need to be amended so are you prepared to change the

00:05:11.580 law and create a public broadcaster that only serves one group in canada are you you work for cp yes i do

00:05:18.700 so you your biggest client is cbc right yes but yes that's right i just don't want i just want to be

00:05:24.700 careful that we don't get you into a conflict of interest here have you checked with the ethics

00:05:28.700 commissioner on whether you're in a conflict of interest in asking about cbc funding given that

00:05:33.260 it's the principal source of money for cp uh i would check that with my editors but again are you still

00:05:38.780 prepared to change the law and create a public broadcaster that only serves one language in canada

00:05:43.820 the cbc uh frankly is a biased propaganda arm of the liberal party and frankly negatively affects all all

00:05:54.300 media for example cp is negatively affected by the fact that you have to report favorably on the cbc if

00:06:02.940 you want to keep your number one taxpayer funded client happy we need a neutral and free media but

00:06:10.700 not a propaganda arm for the liberal party and when i'm prime minister we're going to have a free press

00:06:17.100 where everyday canadians decide what they think rather than having liberal propaganda jammed down their

00:06:22.700 throats next question thank you i think it's fairly obvious to all of us that pierre polyev has a much

00:06:27.100 different media strategy than other conservative leaders especially when we look at people like

00:06:31.180 andrew sheer and erin o'toole who would often seem to come back and flip-flop or apologize for comments

00:06:36.620 they had made when the mainstream media got upset about it not pierre polyev he has no problem offending

00:06:42.140 the media and he absolutely has no problem defending himself and even throwing it back at the face of

00:06:47.820 the reporters while they're questioning him so my question of the week this week for you guys is

00:06:52.060 what do you think of pierre polyev's approach to media do you think it will work in the long run

00:06:57.020 and as a conservative is it refreshing to see someone who won't back down for holding conservative

00:07:01.740 values or do you just think it's mean comment on the video below and let me know what you think

00:07:06.700 about pierre polyev's approach and whether you think more conservative leaders should take a similar

00:07:10.940 approach moving into the controversy of the week famed psychologist dr jordan peterson says alberta

00:07:16.620 should separate if the federal government attempts to take over resource development prairie

00:07:21.420 provinces have full control over resource development as enshrined in the 1930s natural

00:07:26.380 resource transfer agreement which federal justice minister david lameni said he would take a look at

00:07:31.660 rescinding earlier this week in response peterson told alberta premier danielle smith to separate

00:07:36.700 if necessary in a post on twitter he wrote reject rebel separate if necessary the backlash against

00:07:44.140 lameni first arose after grand chief brian hardlot of the prince alberta grand council and chief

00:07:50.780 donald miracle of the mohawks of the bay of quinti called on the federal government to rescind the

00:07:55.740 natural resources transfer act miracle said quote canada exports natural resources to other countries

00:08:01.660 they earn trillions of dollars in revenues from those resources and here's how justice minister

00:08:06.540 david lameni responded to that um i take uh from chief brian also from chief dawn miracle uh the the point

00:08:16.380 about the the natural resources transfer agreement um chief miracle did it indirectly uh chief brian

00:08:23.580 did it directly um and you're on the record for that i obviously can't pronounce on that right now

00:08:29.740 uh but i do commit to looking at that um it won't be uncontroversial is uh is the only thing i would say

00:08:37.820 with a bit of a smile um after the controversy erupted across the nation lameti said he did not commit

00:08:45.740 ottawa to quote reviewing areas of provincial jurisdiction i'm not sure how that aligns with

00:08:50.540 his comments that we just played but the prairie premiers weren't buying it in a statement premier

00:08:55.100 smith as well as manitoba premier heather sevenson and saskatchewan premier scott mo said quote the

00:09:01.420 federal government cannot unilaterally change the constitution it should not even be considering

00:09:06.780 stripping resource rights away from the three prairie provinces the prime minister needs to

00:09:11.580 immediately retract these dangerous and divisive comments by his justice minister moving into what

00:09:16.380 we're watching in the weeks to come alberta premier danielle smith is confident that a newly announced

00:09:20.940 investigation by the ethics commissioner into whether the premier interfered in the judicial

00:09:25.660 system will uncover no wrongdoing on her part the premier announced on monday that she is under

00:09:31.020 investigation by the ethics commissioner her office said quote the premier welcomes this

00:09:35.660 investigation is fully cooperating with the commissioner and is confident this examination

00:09:40.460 will confirm there has been no such interference as a result of the ongoing investigation it would

00:09:45.420 be inappropriate for the premier to comment on this further until the investigation is completed

00:09:50.620 i'm sure that you guys already know what this is all about last month the alberta ndp called for

00:09:55.420 an investigation after a call was released between smith and controversial street pastor archer

00:10:01.260 pelowski on the call the premier and pelowski are discussing his criminal charges those are stemming

00:10:06.620 from the coots border blockade of course the premier is her telling pelowski multiple times that she

00:10:11.740 cannot interfere in the manner as it is before the courts and it would be inappropriate for her to do so

00:10:17.020 she also tells pelowski that she is talking with her justice officials about his case so i'm sure that

00:10:22.540 i will have an update for you guys on that in a couple weeks or a couple months sometimes these matters

00:10:27.260 when run by the government can take quite a bit of time to complete okay guys and moving into our

00:10:32.860 weekly comment roundup last week in response to my update about tabulators being used in the provincial

00:10:38.380 vote user ken bryan said rachel in new brunswick we use voting machines probably similar to the

00:10:44.060 tabulators you described we have a paper ball that we feed into a machine when we vote the paper

00:10:49.260 ballots are still available if recounts are needed sounds like that is what the plan is here in

00:10:53.580 alberta as well as i mentioned to you all last week elections alberta has confirmed that it will

00:10:58.060 hold all paper ballots for three months after the provincial vote or after a recount if one is

00:11:03.660 requested that is absolutely necessary in case a recount is desired in response to calgary mayor jody

00:11:09.180 gondic walking away from the podium after being asked a tough question from the counter signal

00:11:14.220 editor-in-chief kian bexty about her record on defunding the police user jim snow said shameful

00:11:19.820 response from the mayor i am no fan of defund police rhetoric but the question was a double bind

00:11:26.220 set up worthy of the msm i would walk away too if you want to be respected as a journo such games are

00:11:32.300 out we have been well educated about media games in the last few years jim i agree that it was a

00:11:37.900 difficult question from kian but i believe that someone who is skilled at handling the media and

00:11:42.300 confident in their position as well as in their own record would be able to defend their position

00:11:48.220 just because someone asks you a question that's difficult or even a question that's set up to make

00:11:53.500 you look foolish doesn't mean you can't respond to it in such a way as to put that person in their

00:11:58.460 place arguably that's what pierre polyev does all the time in his strategy with the mainstream media 0.98

00:12:04.380 i guess gondek just wasn't up for the job and finally user eye sky high said your eyes look

00:12:10.220 creepy just say no to the round lights your pupil should be black not looking like a vampire well 0.96

00:12:16.220 this is the first i'm hearing of it i did not realize that i look like a vampire on my show

00:12:20.860 can't believe you guys haven't told me i'm sorry but the spring light is the best i can do if someone

00:12:25.660 would like to donate a professional light kit to me i'd be happy to use that but until that time i guess

00:12:31.340 you're all just going to have to get used to my creepy vampire look okay guys that's all i have

00:12:35.180 for you today thank you so much for tuning in as always if you're able please consider supporting

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The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - April 15, 2023

Peterson suggests separation

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