The Critical Compass Podcast - January 30, 2026


Mitch Sylvestre of Stay Free Alberta on Independence Petition Momentum & What YOU Can Do

Topics
canvassing and petition signing
Mentioned
Mitch Sylvester
Calgary Shows Up for MASSIVE Alberta Independence Rally ｜ Jan 26th Event Recap ＂I Fear Alberta Will Be Sucked Into the States＂ ｜ Interview with a Forever Canada Protester

Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

192.01

Word count

500

Sentence count

67


Summary

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In this episode, we sit down with the man himself, Mitch Sylvester, to talk about his campaign to get the vote on Alberta's independence from Canada. We talk about what it's going to take to win the vote, and what you can do to get involved.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hi, guys. We're here with the man himself, Mr. Mitch Sylvester. How are you, sir?
00:00:05.960 Well, I don't feel like the man himself right now. How are you? I'm good.
00:00:09.260 Good, good. Things are, yeah, things are busy. We're just about to load up this venue.
00:00:12.740 How are you feeling so far? What are you looking forward to?
00:00:15.620 I'm kind of excited about it. I hope the room fills up. You know, give us an opportunity to talk to the people at Calgary about what we've got going on and what's going on in Alberta and Canada.
00:00:23.840 And you know what? I think that when we're done, people understand why we're doing what we're doing, and hopefully they'll join us and help us out.
00:00:31.240 Yeah. The momentum seems to be behind us here. You know, we've been interviewing some people outside. Really, without fail, everyone seems really positive.
00:00:38.560 Yeah. Well, you know what? I think we're very happy. Actually, quite surprised. You know, we couldn't have predicted this. You know, I'll take it. I'm very happy with it. It's a nice problem to have. And away we go.
00:00:50.040 Yeah. Is there anything for our viewers who tend to be very pro-Alberta independence, anything that you would say to them? What can they be doing in the meantime here in the coming months?
00:00:59.060 Hey, everybody can become a canvasser. Everybody has people that nobody else can talk to. Talk to your friends. Talk to people that are close to you. Get them to sign. That's how we're going to win this. That's how we're going to win this big battle.
00:01:10.420 It's going to be people talking to people just like they used to do back in the old days. And the people that trust you are going to listen to you and are very likely going to help us out.
00:01:21.320 You're a very popular man, and I'll let you go right after this. It seems crazy to talk about thousands of people coming here tonight. When's the next event? What do you got coming up?
00:01:29.120 I've got a week full of events all over southern Alberta this week myself. I believe I'm somewhere every night from Tuesday to Saturday night, and then I've got a week off, and we're going to reevaluate.
00:01:39.900 What we're going to do now, I believe, is we're going to start setting up signing up places for people so that they can go in every small town in Alberta and sign.
00:01:46.940 I think it would be our goal to get another 1,000 or 2,000 canvassers and set up stations where people can sit and people can come to us to sign our petition and help us out.
00:01:57.720 I think that's going to be the path to victory, and you know what? Away we go.
00:02:01.380 Very good. Thank you, sir. Keep doing what you're doing. We're really proud to be associated with you.
00:02:05.040 Thank you.
00:02:05.580 Thanks a lot.
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