Keith Wilson： ＂Alberta Should Be The Most Prosperous Nation on Earth＂
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Summary
Learn English with the Prime Minister of Alberta, Ralph Klein. In this episode, Alberta's Prime Minister Ralph Klein speaks on the need for Alberta to become an independent country and why it makes the most sense in the long-term.
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Okay, I wasn't expecting this. I was just trying to be an observer and take it all in.
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Wow, you put me on the spot. That doesn't happen very often.
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What can I tell you? Many times I reflect about what I'm doing and how much effort I'm putting
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into this and am I doing the right thing? And every time I reflect on that question
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and with increasing clarity when I reflect on that question, I know the answer.
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And the simple truth is, by every objective and practical measure, it makes tremendous sense
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We're okay for that because we have the third large reserve of oil.
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and also just trapping the ships that transport it
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but there's something else that's about to happen
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and there's increasing concern in the United States
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and across the Great Plains to get enough fertilizer
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is we're about to hit a global shortage of sulfuric acid,
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which is used in mining and industrial processes.
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We produce three to four times as much gasoline, jet fuel, diesel in a day
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than they do in the whole country of Australia.
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We are a net exporter of nitrogen-based and urea fertilizers.
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We also produce significant amount of sulfuric acid.
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In other words, when you look at the things that are bringing the global economy to a halt,
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Alberta has them in spades and on scale that most other countries,
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So why are we not the most prosperous nation on the earth?
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why are we in the situation we're in we know why because we have deliberate ideological policies
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from ottawa with a structure that allows them to determine our kids future to rob them of their
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future so i would just close by saying i didn't expect to get brought up thank you for this
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opportunity i'm so happy everybody's here i just wanted to come i'm usually at the front of the
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room i wanted to sneak in nobody knew i was coming brought my wife with me she's a canvasser by the
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way if anybody hasn't signed um and uh and experience it from the other side and i'm glad i
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did but be clear in your mind again by every practical measure this makes sense the insanity
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is only that it's gone on so long there's going to be we're going to hit the numbers there's going
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to be a referendum. There's going to be lots of confusion along the way. There's going to be lots
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of people saying things like, oh, it's not going to work now. Myself and others have gamed out
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every possible scenario. So we're ready for everything they're going to throw us at us.
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There's a pathway to success. I'm working with some other people right now, and it's not public,
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although a few people know about it. It's called the Alberta Transition Council. High-level people
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We're putting together a detailed transition plan for Alberta.
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We'll move from a province to an independent country, including term sheets for negotiations with Ottawa,
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simultaneous negotiations with Ottawa and Washington,
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so that when we vote on October 19th, we can start the process of transition the day after.