The National Telegraph - Wyatt Claypool - May 09, 2021


Chris Scott, Owner of the Whistlestop Cafe, Says he is running for the Wildrose Independence Party.

Topics
legislation and government interference
Hosted by
Wyatt Claypool
Guests
Chris Scott
Mentioned
Kenney
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

180.55

Word count

318

Sentence count

32

Harmful content

Toxicity

3

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Summary

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In this episode, I sit down with Chris Scott, owner of the Whistle Stop, to discuss the current state of politics in Alberta and what we need to do to fix it. I also hear from a man who is running for the Wild Rose Independence Party.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I'm here with Chris Scott, owner of the Whistle Stop.
00:00:02.740 There's a huge crowd out here today.
00:00:05.400 The weather is stormy and the storm is upon us politically.
00:00:09.900 What should people be doing at home, Chris,
00:00:12.900 to try and improve this situation that we find ourselves in?
00:00:17.000 Well, they should be writing letters.
00:00:18.920 They should be writing emails.
00:00:20.140 They should be on the phone.
00:00:21.120 They should be getting the message out there to our elected officials
00:00:25.140 that this stuff cannot continue. 0.97
00:00:27.200 It's ridiculous. 0.96
00:00:27.820 And right now, you're proposing to run for the Wild Rose Independence Party. 0.88
00:00:35.860 What brought you in that direction?
00:00:38.180 Well, I know that we need big changes in our government.
00:00:41.800 And originally, I had encouraged people to renew their UCP memberships,
00:00:46.460 get their voices heard within the parties,
00:00:48.720 because that's what the party was supposed to be.
00:00:50.760 When we formed the UCP, I was broke, but I did my part.
00:00:54.300 I worked hard.
00:00:55.040 I tried to get the message out there.
00:00:56.400 We were successful.
00:00:57.820 And I did it because I believed in a grassroots party that represented the membership.
00:01:02.440 And we're not seeing that now.
00:01:03.720 We're seeing Premier Kenney interfering in CA meetings, threatening MLAs.
00:01:11.260 Like, it's just, you can't govern like that.
00:01:14.800 And I really don't think any of this is going to change with the government like that.
00:01:18.440 The problem is, we have legislation in place that's allowing the government to circumvent our rights and freedoms.
00:01:25.020 And we need to address that.
00:01:26.200 And we need to do it quickly.
00:01:27.480 Because it doesn't matter if it's COVID today, or some other virus tomorrow, or a storm, or, you know, UV rays, or whatever.
00:01:36.420 Whatever the reason is, they could just say, you no longer have this right, and they can do it with a stroke of a pen.
00:01:42.480 And that has to change.
00:01:43.600 Exactly.
00:01:44.380 And that has to change.
00:01:44.940 Right.
00:01:45.300 And that's coming.