＂I Am Alberta＂ Independence Rally - You DO NOT Want to Miss This One!
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Summary
In this episode of the Critical Compass, we talk about the upcoming event at the Alberta Loyalty to the Constitution rally, the Rally. This event is an app event hosted by the app and will be held this Saturday in Edmonton, Alberta.
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hello everyone welcome to the critical compass my name is mike and uh my co-host james is with us
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of course uh we got a short one today this is just a little bit of a touch base um we've got
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an event coming up it's not our event it's an app event it's called the i am alberta rally
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we'll uh we'll link in the description of the notes and everything uh big rally coming up at
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the alberta ledge uh we're going to be there this saturday and uh and james i think has some info
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on it as well and we'll um we'll just talk a little bit about what we're going to expect and
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uh and hopefully what we can chat about with you guys when you come see us when we're there
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yeah this is one that you should not miss uh there was a rally back in may and it didn't have much
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notice it came up right after the election there's about a thousand to two thousand people there max
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and without much of a uh planning and kind of there wasn't really much social media attraction
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on that that's not a bad turnout and this one has been in the works for three weeks now
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uh the app is doing a pretty good job of spreading the word they even have some buses um one coming
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from calgary one from red deer a few of these smaller towns as well gp i think too
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yeah like it's uh i think there are some spots you can buy advanced tickets and there might be a
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couple spots still left as well so uh if you need a ride there are multiple ways of getting there and
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that's i think between the buses that's uh a few hundred uh just coming right there so um i i think
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they want to make sure that it's a good event um mitch sylvester said that they'll have some tables
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they'll have some merch they'll have a few things they'll have flags um they want everybody to
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they want a good showing and i think this one's important especially with the forever canada petition
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uh it's important for us to show the numbers to really get this momentum uh going uh so at this event
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we have uh mitch sylvester uh jeff rath dennis maudry keith wilson and more speaking so it's going
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to be a heavy hit loaded event going to be some great talks and uh yeah i guess uh
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like last time there there's probably going to be some counter protesters but we're going to outnumber
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them yeah um yeah you got some great photos last time of that but uh yeah the last one they
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allowed uh loud individuals it was mostly actually loud like it was less counter protester yeah it
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wasn't like super you know it wasn't violent or anything of course it was just it was mostly
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indigenous groups and it was kind of right um it was just at the right time that it was sort of
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boiled over for some um gut reactions about you know what an alberta independence might look like i think
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um i think maybe some cooler heads have prevailed in that aspect of it and the indigenous aspect of
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it in the last few months when there's been some more dialogue about that you know we've got some
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interviews with uh bruce party and with uh jeff jeff rath from the app that's kind of should at least
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i would hope kind of ease some of those fears from the indigenous groups but we'll see we'll see what
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kind of um counter protesters we have or protesters i guess there's no yeah this isn't really a protest but
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yeah the protesters of the rally but yeah the uh i i guess with it being in edmonton and with uh the
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recent election with how how woke the edmonton city council is it wouldn't surprise me if a few of
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those same people um would show up to this event and i think they treat independence as a right issue
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um even though it's not necessarily a right issue but many are proposing a new alberta with codified
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limits to government woven in and that doesn't sit well with people who are collectivists and i guess
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that's where we're both really curious to just have some conversations um i know it's it's one thing
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just to chat with people who agree with you um so yes pull it over just a little bit and uh
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so independence is best for all our burdens change our minds yeah we're hoping to uh elicit some uh
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pardon me for my uh messy recording area but uh yeah we're hoping to elicit some conversations where
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we're gonna hop on the uh hashtag change my mind uh uh sign bandwagon but i i think you know so like
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we'll we'll have some we'll have some take some video and some photos and stuff but i would hope
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that if there is any sort of contingent of um really vocal opponents to uh independence out there that
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they would take the opportunity to maybe you know if they're if they're passionate enough about it to go
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to an im alberta rally where there's going to be they know that there's going to be a high percentage
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of independence advocates you would think they would have some strong arguments in favor of their
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position of staying you know in canada so i i hope it leads to some good conversations we'll see
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yeah and uh i i think if we're there a little bit before we might be able to get some of those people
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as they're coming in or even i would love to chat with a forever canada like one of their actual
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uh canvases or canvassers uh that would be that would be good not sure what to expect if we can
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get one or two just like articulate people um i would love to be properly challenged on some of
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these ideas yeah it's so rare it's one thing that we're like oh just because we're so smart and so
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right about everything but it's it's rare that people who who oppose i'm not even going to say
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leftist necessarily but just people in general who oppose independence in particular because we
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were talking a little bit before uh we hit record about how this is not necessarily a left right
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issue this is a um it's a little bit it's an up it's a top down issue um more than left right but
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so people who just oppose the idea of independence in general they don't tend to be very interested in
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uh um just hashing it out you know eloquently in a discussion they seem to be very uh it's a very
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emotionally driven reaction isn't it yeah if you have the wrong evil ideas why should it be up to
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debate like that's right there's no reason to even engage with what they consider morally bank
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bankrupt people which of course we know is like the biggest cope possible right because if you're so
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if you're so like morally superior to somebody these are softballs yeah it's this should be easy
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yeah so uh it's an event uh you shouldn't miss uh it's just going to be great people and every time
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we've gone to any of these events it's just uh great positive atmosphere honestly you can just go up
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and walk walk to anybody just have a conversation um everyone's super open yeah that's what happened
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at the we unified conference i was there by myself so we didn't even go together and i was just sitting
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at tables and had people sit beside me and just strike up conversations like some of the most
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welcoming and just interesting people and from all all different age groups walks of life uh so yeah
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i expect the same at this one as well and also if you recall james at the uh the ucp agm
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last year that we were at we had we sort of you know over the over the few days we sort of developed
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a reputation for wherever we were sitting we happened to be with a really good group of people
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but wherever we were sitting people just came and sat and chat chatted and uh um it was really good
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like it was everything kind of came naturally so we have a good aura so you guys should come see us
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yeah if you are open and happy to have conversations that will that aura will it will feedback people
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recognize the vibes will translate yeah so yeah we hope to see all of you there um so it's saturday
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october 25th 4 p.m till 6 p.m uh that's that's the time so it should still have some sunlight before that
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might be a cold one but uh yeah i was looking at the weather said it was uh expected a high of 10
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and a low of three so probably at that time in the afternoon yeah maybe maybe high high single digits
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kind of mid layers wouldn't hurt yeah or a toque maybe some gloves it'd be good yeah awesome we're
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all burnt well uh yeah well just wait until the next one's uh middle january we'll get even bit
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even a larger amount of people out so yeah all right man well hey looking forward to it so
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hopefully we see some of you guys out and um even if you don't want to uh necessarily be in a debate
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on camera just you know say hi and we'll we'll hang out um cool thanks as always guys uh i again
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um we'll put the links to the uh to the event in the description uh and uh yeah make sure you show up