The National Telegraph - Wyatt Claypool - May 25, 2026


Liberal revolt against Carney pushes him to Kill his own Pipeline Plan!


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14 Liberal MPs have come out in opposition to the deal between Canada and Alberta over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, and Prime Minister Mark Carney is now trying to use Alberta separatism as a reason to kill the deal.

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00:00:00.000 Hey guys, Wyatt Claypool here, and welcome back to the National Telegraph YouTube channel.
00:00:06.220 It's pretty obvious that Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to now kill his own pipeline
00:00:12.020 agreement in response to 14 Liberal MPs signing a letter saying that they oppose the agreement.
00:00:19.260 Carney probably moved too fast inside his own caucus without letting people know what his plan
00:00:24.860 was, because the funny thing about this whole situation is Mark Carney clearly doesn't actually
00:00:30.760 want to build a pipeline. If you follow the agreement that he signed with Danielle Smith,
00:00:35.820 there are so many stipulations in it, and he hasn't gotten rid of things like Bill C-69 and
00:00:41.240 Bill C-48. It's obvious there was never supposed to be a pipeline resulting from the agreement,
00:00:47.880 at least from the Liberal side. I believe Danielle Smith believes in the agreement,
00:00:52.320 But Mark Carney doesn't actually want the pipeline to get done, but now he's having to preemptively kill the agreement way sooner than he thought because the 14 liberals can't even stand there being a piece of paper that says that there might be a pipeline someday in the future.
00:01:08.080 And now the excuse that Mark Carney has settled on to justify the death of the pipeline in the near future is Alberta separatism.
00:01:17.880 Even he is starting to open up on Danielle Smith in not as intensive a way, but in a similar way that British Columbia Premier David Eby went after her and claiming that she was threatening separatism to get her away.
00:01:32.700 Anyways, I have to take you to these clips from a news conference in just a second here,
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00:01:55.020 But this is a press conference that happened this morning where Carney was asked about
00:01:59.940 the question on separatism on the ballot and he starts talking about immediately pivoting the
00:02:05.740 conversation to how bad this is for investor confidence and and money would all flee Alberta
00:02:11.420 uh what do I think of the question uh in terms of the specifics of the question we have an
00:02:16.940 obligation as the federal government uh to look at the question and determine whether it's consistent
00:02:22.180 with the clarity act that that is uh underway uh ultimately uh if there are questions around that
00:02:29.240 questions about the clarity of the of the question if you follow uh that would be a role for parliament
00:02:34.920 i'm not saying that's the case but i'm just we're just in the process of doing our due diligence
00:02:40.440 i will say i will make the following observation though about the question and it's
00:02:44.360 this is an observation from experience um in these separation issues it is often advanced
00:02:52.840 that vote for this and it's a free option vote for this and we will strengthen your
00:02:57.720 our hand in a future negotiation that is a very dangerous bluff that is a very dangerous bluff
00:03:03.560 you saw i saw firsthand what happened in the united kingdom when the view was vote for this
00:03:09.000 it'll be soft and then we'll negotiate etc and they end up and they're still 10 years later
00:03:13.640 trying to undo what people didn't think they were voting for but what they ended up having uh
00:03:20.840 You know what? You can understand what I mean by what he's doing there.
00:03:27.460 That why did him being asked about what he thought about the question for the separatist referendum have to turn into, you know, that's a very dangerous bluff to make.
00:03:36.960 And talking about how, like, investment and all these different things were such a failure in Brexit and whatnot.
00:03:43.180 Because I'm going to get to some other clips here.
00:03:44.900 I think it's going to become clear that what he's also trying to do is basically, again, set the path for why the separatist agenda is what is killing the pipeline.
00:03:56.440 Here we go.
00:03:58.600 It's I mean, the premier has proposed this, the question and other questions with it.
00:04:04.500 As I said earlier, Tom, we will look at we will discharge our responsibilities, look at consistency of the of the question about a question.
00:04:14.280 if I can put it that way on separation our consistency of that with the
00:04:19.400 clarity act so it is what it is it's there we have to discharge our
00:04:22.920 responsibilities as I said the premier doesn't always take my advice and but I
00:04:31.020 but I can I finish my little jab right there the premier doesn't always take my
00:04:36.060 advice acting as if like basically Daniel Smith is cowboying out on this
00:04:40.800 one again it's going to be slow it's going to be subtle at first but he is going on the path of
00:04:46.520 saying oh my goodness i want to build a pipeline then danielle smith that did this and i can't
00:04:52.140 negotiate with someone threatening to separate even though that's completely untrue he's putting 0.98
00:04:57.460 on the ballot because i had enough petition signatures and when the courts shut it down
00:05:01.480 it was her democratic duty to make sure that some version of the question still made it onto the
00:05:06.640 ballot uh please um look is it helpful to uh ask these fundamental questions no it's not helpful
00:05:12.520 of course it's not it's not helpful to ask these questions it's democratic to ask these questions
00:05:18.320 oh daniel smith's not being helpful right now she should be shutting down democracy in her own
00:05:23.260 province if she wants a pipeline uh is it uh is it the um democratic will of uh uh albertans did
00:05:31.280 they vote for this in the last provincial election no they didn't it wasn't on the uh wasn't on the 0.98
00:05:35.260 ballot paper yeah because idiot there was a citizen's petition it is something that leapfrogs 0.98
00:05:41.800 an issue onto like basically the issues of the day it basically gives it forces the government 0.99
00:05:49.360 to make this a topic to debate you can't say well they didn't vote for this last provincial election
00:05:54.320 it's like okay yes they didn't but 700,000 people signed two separate petitions on this issue
00:06:02.160 So now there is a referendum question about it.
00:06:05.140 Oftentimes, a government can use, and Daniel Smith is doing this on other referendum questions.
00:06:10.220 She has other referendum questions about immigration and other topics, basically to give herself license to do things on those files if a vote comes back and, you know, Albertans agree that Alberta should take more control over immigration.
00:06:24.820 She has given herself the license to now touch that issue, whereas then people couldn't say, hey, you never ran on that.
00:06:30.420 I'm like, I didn't. I put a vote to people and they voted for me to do something about it.
00:06:34.860 So I'm doing something about it now. But he's trying to go back to 2023 and be like, oh, my goodness, you didn't run on this.
00:06:40.800 Like, yeah. Yeah, it was part of the citizens petition, idiot. 1.00
00:06:44.100 What, he's been watching too much David Cochran and doesn't understand the concept. 1.00
00:06:48.640 Albertans, did they vote for this in the last provincial election? No, they didn't.
00:06:51.780 It wasn't on the ballot paper.
00:06:53.660 It wasn't in the mandates or platforms of the governing party and the official opposition.
00:07:05.680 It is what it is.
00:07:08.500 I'll repeat, the core approach here and reality is positive.
00:07:17.720 There's tremendous strengths that Canada brings to Alberta, and Alberta brings
00:07:21.780 to canada uh we are absolutely stronger together we're better together we're better people we're
00:07:27.220 wealthier uh together um you know my uh my colleague corey hogan points out rightly
00:07:32.740 uh that median wealth in canada is 23 higher than the united states it's not something people would
00:07:38.100 think no if they don't think that because it's not true it's not true sorry when we make like what
00:07:44.740 is it we make let alp canada's average income or median income is lower than alabama which is in
00:07:52.260 the lower half of american states when it comes to income no we're not 23 higher in terms of median
00:08:00.180 wealth than the americans that's patently insane but why is that the case it's because we take care
00:08:06.500 of each other because we focus on things like affordability because the people who live here
00:08:11.620 will um will get uh child care uh the people who live here will get health care people live yeah
00:08:17.700 guys we have 23 percent more median wealth will be or whatever our wealth is 23 higher because
00:08:23.860 we have government programs i guess oh who do you think is paying for it all the people who are
00:08:28.260 broke dude here will get high quality education uh for their kids uh they're uh if they're retiring
00:08:34.980 here uh they'll get oas and gis because canadians take care of each other it's not perfect can it
00:08:42.260 get better do we need to continue to work together as provinces and federal governments absolutely
00:08:47.460 are we making progress the alberta accord is one of many examples you'll see many many more what
00:08:53.700 uh what minister roberts yeah so that went absolutely nowhere at the end but again the
00:08:59.700 The whole point is just to he makes a terrible case for Canada, by the way, like goodness, the separatists should just use clips of Mark Carney talking and it will increase the amount of people who votes for separatism because it's just he's just so dismissive in claiming that, oh, no, we're actually wealthier than the United States.
00:09:17.080 Oh, no, we're actually doing great on affordability. Oh, I know, you know, there's some problems, but overall, we work together.
00:09:22.980 It's like, no, you don't. Alberta keeps getting kicked in the face for no reason. 0.54
00:09:25.840 But now I want to get you to specifically a question about the pipeline, because a reporter from the Globe and Mail asked a question about basically if Alberta broke the deal in some way, or this deal is basically imposing a $1.5 billion penalty on Alberta for not going along with the carbon tax scheme, even if no pipeline actually gets built,
00:09:53.380 because there's no timeline for delivery.
00:09:57.220 That agreement expressly says that to get out of the deal,
00:10:01.080 Alberta simply or the federal government...
00:10:02.640 No, it does not expressly say that.
00:10:03.860 It says it assumes sole liability.
00:10:06.140 Alberta says that means they would have to pay $1.2 billion
00:10:08.400 if they renege on carbon prices.
00:10:10.060 That is one...
00:10:10.720 Is that not correct?
00:10:12.680 There are contracts for...
00:10:14.200 I answered that question, if I may, already.
00:10:16.620 There are contracts for differences
00:10:18.220 which are struck for specific projects
00:10:22.400 that would remove projects to be determined uh that are going to renew uh sorry uh remove or
00:10:28.880 have low carbon uh and create uh would otherwise create credits um that is part of several factors
00:10:36.720 that is one of several factors that is part of the agreement i think i think that agreement
00:10:43.280 except i always hate that like she's right but he's like no no no no i can throw some just
00:10:48.400 just needless nuance onto the field when in fact you're basically 90 percent right about what
00:10:54.300 you're talking about it's basically a handcuffed agreement where mark carney could literally just
00:11:00.140 make sure to make the pipeline never gets built but if alberta was to pull out of the agreement
00:11:05.440 they would owe the government not 1.5 but 1.2 billion dollars like what kind of agreement is
00:11:12.340 this? This is ridiculous. We have just the potential of a pipeline. Daniel Smith has to 0.96
00:11:18.440 jump through a bunch of hoops just for the potential of a pipeline. And if she decides 0.67
00:11:23.460 that this is a waste of time, she gets to pay Mark Carney a $1.2 billion penalty. Oh my goodness.
00:11:29.900 Anyways, in the future, I want to make another video coming up here. And I'm not, I'm kind of
00:11:34.380 going into the topic, but I'll probably make a full video on this. Mark Carney is not a good
00:11:39.100 negotiator either he is negotiating in pure bad faith like with alberta or when it comes to like 1.00
00:11:44.920 the trade deal with america he keeps doing obviously stupid things obviously backhanded 0.95
00:11:51.200 things trying to make sure we don't get to an actual finish line on the agreement and then 0.95
00:11:56.300 act surprised every time it happens right now i assume you guys heard there's going to be a new
00:12:02.680 CRTC tax of 15% of revenues for streaming services in Canada to help pay for Canadian
00:12:11.600 content. Wow, I wonder how the Americans are going to react to that when Canada just starts
00:12:18.140 arbitrarily taxing streaming services, which are pretty much all American, 15% of revenues
00:12:26.440 in Canada to help support good, clean Canadian content. The Americans are going to be ticked.
00:12:32.680 15% of what Netflix and Disney Plus and Paramount and Amazon are all making is insane.
00:12:41.160 Do you think they would put up with that from a state government in America?
00:12:45.720 No, the federal government in America would go after the government of California
00:12:49.920 if they're around a similar size population, although they're smaller than us.
00:12:54.600 But you know what I mean?
00:12:55.360 It's like 34 million people in California.
00:12:57.700 If California tried to pass that tax, you know that Donald Trump would throw Gavin Newsom into the river by his extremely blown out hair.
00:13:08.560 He would toss him into a meat grinder if he tried to do a massive increase on taxes of all revenues of streaming services in California. 1.00
00:13:18.020 There would be a riot between the federal government and California state government, because that's stupid. You are hurting the economy for no reason, and it seems to be out of spite, because a 15% revenue tax, that's on top of their corporate taxes and all the other taxes that they're paying. 0.96
00:13:36.720 It's basically like they're basically just hoping that the American streaming companies are just pathetic enough that they're going to pay for it, thinking, well, we still make 1% profit, so I guess we'll stick around and just make the Americans basically pay for the streaming services for everybody else.
00:13:53.680 Or your actual costs for paying for a streaming service is going to go up massively.
00:14:00.100 This was from Pierre Polyev.
00:14:02.060 I'll probably bring this up when I make another video on the matter as well.
00:14:06.180 But he's right on this. 0.99
00:14:07.720 It's just a very obviously stupid thing for him to be doing right now.
00:14:12.780 I accidentally saved the French version. 0.50
00:14:14.300 I had to go click around and get the English version.
00:14:17.880 But here Pierre Polyev says,
00:14:19.540 Another day, another tax hike from Mark Carney and the Liberals.
00:14:23.120 Now they're planning to make it more expensive for Canadians to use streaming services.
00:14:28.200 Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to scrap the Netflix tax hike
00:14:31.520 so Canadians can afford to stream their favorite shows.
00:14:34.080 And imagine that at the same time that Mark Carney was at a press conference talking about how he's helping make things more affordable for Canadians, which really is just him ripping off a bunch of money from the printing press and just throwing it at you.
00:14:48.400 At the same time, he's making life more affordable.
00:14:50.940 He's also going to make a thing that everyone owns, probably one or two streaming services at least.
00:14:56.940 and you're going to pay at least 15% more on it
00:15:00.740 because Papa wants a bunch of money
00:15:02.740 for some crappy CBC productions.
00:15:06.140 Yeah, I can feel it's getting richer already.
00:15:09.320 Oh my goodness, we need another season of North of North
00:15:12.200 and all of our problems will have been solved.
00:15:16.420 By the way, I apologize.
00:15:17.940 I think at one point I promised to watch North of North
00:15:23.040 and review it on the show.
00:15:24.540 And I got like three episodes in.
00:15:26.940 and my brain shut down, I needed, like, time to recover,
00:15:31.460 because that is the worst show I've ever watched.
00:15:34.160 Imagine, like, Corner Gas, but it's on an island in Nunavut,
00:15:40.680 and everyone talks like a woke progressive from downtown Toronto or Vancouver.
00:15:47.160 You know, they're, like, native people, but not really.
00:15:51.560 In fact, the only character with a heavier kind of like Inuit type accent is the religious bigot character.
00:16:00.900 It's like, yeah, that's that's the show's inside. 0.55
00:16:03.800 That's the only thing I can say.
00:16:06.340 Anyways, I'm going to actually I should probably still review that show.
00:16:09.640 I will attempt at some point to review North of North.
00:16:13.780 But if you ever see here about my untimely death, it's probably because I just gave in from watching too much North of North.
00:16:20.400 Anyways, with all that being said, thank you guys for watching.
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00:16:29.400 And I'll see you guys all next time.