Western Standard - Cory Morgan： Alberta’s problem with Ottawa goes far beyond pipelines

00:00:00.000 So Mark Carney and Daniel Smith were hand in hand and declaring a potential pipeline to be in the

00:00:07.380 national interest today. Good for them. Hey, and it might be good for Alberta. I'll concede that

00:00:13.300 anything that eventually might get some more product to market, let's go for it. But the

00:00:18.980 question I'm already being asked by media and hand around, does this change your mind on

00:00:23.600 independence? Well, let me get it clear. Not in the slightest. The problem was never just a pipeline,

00:00:29.140 you guys. The pipeline was just a symbol. It's the system. It's the system. It doesn't matter

00:00:34.940 which party is in power this year. It doesn't matter, you know, a referendum pending or not

00:00:42.040 pending. It's the system. It doesn't change the Senate. It doesn't change the fact that the

00:00:47.600 elections are decided before they get west of Ontario. It doesn't change equalization. It

00:00:53.840 doesn't give Alberta a shield from the mass immigration that the federal government imposes

00:00:59.240 upon us. It doesn't change any of those things. It doesn't change the attitude of this federation

00:01:04.360 altogether. Look, I'm not hoping for failure. I'd like to see a pipe go there, and I'll believe it

00:01:11.340 when I see it. And that's a lot of what we're hearing from people already on this too, right?

00:01:15.880 Oh, another announcement. Good. He's been in for a year and a half. He's the prime minister. He now

00:01:23.260 as a majority. He could have the dirt, since they nationalized the thing, he could have the dirt

00:01:29.660 moving on that thing in a month. I mean, we already know all the studies, the approvals,

00:01:34.680 the licenses. We've gone through that as they rug pulled private operators on Northern Gateway,

00:01:40.140 Trans Mountain, expansion, all sorts of pipelines. It really, if you wanted to fast track it,

00:01:45.620 it won't take long. Maybe he's being genuine. I don't know. I don't care. I really don't.

00:01:53.580 I want to see this move along. Fine. But I think it's going to be more likely to move along with

00:01:57.420 an independent Alberta. Let's see if he has the strength to stand up to the indigenous

00:02:01.420 environmental activists who are already lighting their torches and getting their pitchforks ready 0.98

00:02:06.440 to push back. That is when we might see a difference. That'll show if he's actually got

00:02:12.080 a political will to do something the courage to do something or if it's just more talk talk talk

00:02:17.300 talk talk talk because that's all he's done is talk and this is just more talk the other thing

00:02:22.120 i want to see is private proponents step up not the token 10 percent out of pemba pipelines that's

00:02:27.100 token let's see real private proponents show up they know where their money's going they know

00:02:32.040 where it may or may not be at risk and they aren't stepping up yet so whatever it's interesting they

00:02:37.860 time this to try and impact the referendum and it might impact some of the mushy middle ones

00:02:41.540 but dedicated independent supporters like me it doesn't make a difference guys

00:02:45.040 because it's the system not just a pipeline

Western Standard - October 01, 2026