00:02:11.240Many people were campaigning for months and over a year for some as well, volunteering, many events, town halls, live streams, the petition, like we've been going full tilt.
00:02:27.280I know I've been filming a lot, I've been behind the camera, I've been editing
00:02:31.800I've been putting in a lot of late nights
00:02:34.160just to share the message with people outside the movement
00:05:00.400So what we can't have is we can't have purity tests, and we can't be shunning other
00:05:09.680independence advocates because they don't match the same level of outrage that you have.
00:05:14.980for example if somebody doesn't say the magic words about daniel smith that they
00:05:22.620hate daniel smith they have to be replaced
00:05:24.800like what is that they're no longer an ally like are you going to disregard all the work they put
00:05:32.840in is that going to be the instant point that you reject them if so this movement is going to get
00:05:40.420smaller and smaller and more and more fractionated very very quickly nothing destroys movements more0.66
00:05:46.660than bullshit ideological tests these purity tests are not helpful
00:05:56.500with that being said we should be free to criticize and debate ideas without getting
00:06:03.060into personal attacks so disagree with me all you want but let me know which ideas you disagree with
00:06:14.500and why my personality or somebody else's personality shouldn't matter so with that
00:06:24.020i think there's a lot of work to for us just to get more effective at communicating these ideas
00:06:31.460to others and this is not a short game this is a long game i think it'll take months and months
00:06:39.680and months for this culture shift to happen and while this happens we're going to see
00:06:46.960all the other dynamics in canada we're going to see all the failures of carny people are going
00:06:53.720to be hungry, like money's going to be tight. And while that happens, we have to explain why
00:07:02.020that's happening and what a solution in an independent Alberta could look like. So
00:07:10.000for the next month, I know a lot of people are focused on the Alberta AGM. A lot of people are
00:07:20.520unhappy with Daniel Smith and I have a lot of criticisms too but there's a few different paths
00:07:29.240we could explore and one path is just let's build a dedicated independence party and what that might
00:07:40.780look like is split support between the UCP and an independence party and that is likely to get the
00:07:48.060NDP in. So the second solution is to replace the leader of the UCP, replace Daniel Smith,
00:07:57.840hold a leadership review, and put in somebody who will be more independence-focused.
00:08:04.900Now, if half the UCP is not on board with independence right now,
00:08:11.080a more independence-focused leader may not secure a win in 2027.
00:08:18.060Like that's only a year to prepare. And right now, strong independence, like advocacy is somewhat politically toxic from within this part, from within the UCP and or with moderates.
00:08:34.000so I don't know if that's a viable strategy right now if there's somebody really good and articulate
00:08:43.380then maybe but I'm skeptical of that being it's not going to be a stabilizing force it's going
00:08:52.780to be destabilizing now the third option is to get behind the UCP for 2027 and secure that win
00:09:03.500That doesn't mean agreeing with every single policy.
00:09:06.600And that doesn't mean lying down and doing nothing.
00:09:10.780That just means securing the win and pushing hard for certain policies,
00:09:22.340But it doesn't mean flipping the table over during the process.
00:09:28.000perhaps a leadership review would be better in 2028 that gives two years of foundation building
00:09:37.580that gives two years of advocacy from just from the background and it gives time that
00:09:49.360maybe daniel smith maybe she has some wins along the way any wins for sovereignty are good
00:09:56.180And if she continues to fail to implement any of the changes that push us towards sovereignty, then we have examples to help convince those who are hopeful right now.
00:10:18.100And I know it can feel like we are owed revenge against Daniel Smith.
00:10:25.700I think that's the perspective of some people. They're on a warpath, and they want revenge. They want something cathartic. They were hoping for something more, and she was the one that prevented it.