Western Standard - CORY MORGAN SHOW： Unchecked federalism is sinking Nenshi’s NDP

00:00:00.000 Good day, welcome to the Corey Morgan Show.

00:00:29.580 I've got a new backdrop for today, unfortunately not as scenic as I wanted it to be.

00:00:34.780 I'm still down in the States, I'm actually in southern Arizona, right near the Mexican border.

00:00:39.940 And this washed out whiteness behind me was showing a beautiful desert scene from outside of my fifth wheel.

00:00:46.100 I was going to be camped outside for this show, but the wind is just blowing like all get out out there.

00:00:52.380 So I figure you guys want to be able to hear me while the show is going on.

00:00:57.120 So I'm doing it from inside the comfort of the fifth wheel.

00:00:59.820 And it won't impact the rest of our content for the day.

00:01:03.140 We've still got a lot to cover and a good time to be had.

00:01:06.620 So in a little while I'm going to have Chris Scott on.

00:01:09.320 He's the owner of the Whistle Stock Cafe in Mirror.

00:01:14.000 And he spoke at a meeting for the British Columbia Prosperity Project.

00:01:18.580 Yes, the independence movement is spreading out to BC now.

00:01:22.440 It's going to be a good conversation.

00:01:23.580 Think about that.

00:01:24.140 I'll talk about making Federalists sweat.

00:01:26.780 Multiple provinces are getting independence movements going now.

00:01:30.100 And, well, the opponents to it don't really know what to do about it.

00:01:33.340 And that kind of brings me into what I want to talk about to kind of kick things off today.

00:01:36.380 So the UCP under Premier Daniel Smith, I mean, they've offered up a lot of errors that an adept opposition party could have taken advantage of.

00:01:46.340 I mean, the Alberta Health Services procurement scandal should have been gold for the NDP who oppose any form of health care reform or private contracting.

00:01:53.820 And yet they couldn't get the issue to grow legs.

00:01:56.100 Internal caucus discontent led two UCP MLAs to finding themselves sitting as independent members.

00:02:01.160 But the NDP couldn't manage to widen those cracks of division.

00:02:04.580 On the budgetary front, the UCPs posted deficits, which could have given the opposition space to campaign upon fiscal responsibility.

00:02:12.320 But they failed to do so.

00:02:13.700 So, I mean, also, we've had legacy media left-leaning pundits carrying as much water for Ninchy's NDP as they could.

00:02:21.000 They accused Smith of banning books when pornography was removed from children's libraries.

00:02:26.060 And they claimed that children's lives would be put at risk if boys were prevented from participating in girls' sports.

00:02:31.080 They pumped the tires for disgraced former MLA Lukasik's forever Canadian petition stunt and lent false credibility to the union-inspired flurry of recall initiatives filed against over 20 MLAs.

00:02:44.180 Lukasik's petitions all but forgotten, and the recall efforts are failing dismally.

00:02:49.020 Nahed Menchi has led the NDP now since June of 2024.

00:02:52.820 He's held a seat in the legislature since June of 2025, and he's sat as the leader of the opposition for a full fall session now.

00:02:59.400 Now, this should be the honeymoon phase for a fresh new opposition leader.

00:03:04.420 If there's any time for the NDP to gain ground, it would be during Menchi's first couple of years in office,

00:03:09.700 and the results are in it's looking pretty dismal for Menchi and the Democratic Socialists of the NDP.

00:03:16.360 A Leger poll conducted between January 23rd and 26th found the UCP just climbing in the polls while the NDP are sinking.

00:03:22.760 The Smith government commands 50% of support compared to 37% for Menchi's struggling party,

00:03:28.300 and seat projections based on the latest numbers indicate the NDP would lose several urban seats if an election were held today.

00:03:34.560 People are voting with their wallets, too.

00:03:36.080 UCP raised $9.3 million in 2025, while the NDP garnered $6.3 million.

00:03:41.960 I mean, it's not peanuts, but it's well below the UCP.

00:03:45.580 Union rage over the back-to-work order for teachers didn't translate into party donations.

00:03:50.020 I guess a 12% raise wasn't enough to encourage Alberta's woe-be-cought educators to open their wallets and fund the NDP.

00:03:58.300 So with the NDP being granted so much opportunity, what's holding them back aside from Menchi's lack of charm?

00:04:04.660 Well, the answer is federalism.

00:04:06.360 Not so much that the NDP should be embracing secessionism,

00:04:10.320 but that they don't appear to be a party willing to stand up to Ottawa and Alberta's behalf.

00:04:15.060 I mean, unity has been a top issue since the last federal election when the Liberals were kept in power.

00:04:20.780 The Alberta independence movement has blossomed,

00:04:22.880 and while there might not be a majority support for provincial independence,

00:04:25.260 it's all but assured a referendum on the issue is going to be held this fall.

00:04:29.600 But not Albertans want to vote for independence.

00:04:31.620 They do see Ottawa and the Liberal government as the greatest threat to Alberta's well-being right now.

00:04:36.580 They want to feel confidence that the Premier of Alberta will put Alberta first,

00:04:40.720 and then she just can't provide that confidence.

00:04:43.240 The NDP under Rachel Notley's premiership was tight with former Prime Minister Trudeau.

00:04:48.260 In fact, Notley even appeared a little besotted with him during public appearances together.

00:04:52.840 Menchi was only a little less doe-eyed while attending events with Trudeau,

00:04:56.500 while he was Calgary's mayor.

00:04:58.340 While Trudeau was thankfully ridden off into the sunset to pursue pop stars,

00:05:02.600 the hangover from his tenure remains in Alberta,

00:05:05.360 and those closely associated with him are not well-received by Alberta voters.

00:05:10.240 Carney might be brighter than Trudeau, but he's still perceived by Albertans to be somebody to be guarded against,

00:05:16.100 and the NDP just doesn't inspire confidence on that front.

00:05:20.080 Alberta's NDP is also still subservient to the federal party.

00:05:23.900 Despite their decoupling of memberships between branches of the party,

00:05:26.480 when push comes to shove,

00:05:27.400 and then she still has to answer to the federal leader of the NDP,

00:05:30.940 according to their party constitution.

00:05:32.740 Singh's complete capitulation to Trudeau in Parliament showed where the federal NDP stand on that front.

00:05:37.740 Premier Smith has masterfully played both sides, actually,

00:05:41.020 when it comes to the independence movement in Alberta.

00:05:42.600 She constantly reiterates she wants Alberta to remain within Canada,

00:05:46.800 but has provided and supported the mechanism for triggering an independence referendum.

00:05:50.340 Now, Smith can make demands of the federal government

00:05:52.940 and point to the growth and the support for independence when the feds shoot those demands down.

00:05:57.680 She hasn't put herself into the sovereignist camp,

00:05:59.800 but has successfully placed herself in the role as a key defender of Alberta.

00:06:04.340 Nietzsche is never going to gain ground,

00:06:05.780 unless he can convince Albertans he'll put the interest of Alberta before the federal government.

00:06:11.700 And that's a tall order for a man who tied himself that tightly to the Trudeau regime.

00:06:14.720 He's going to have to find a way to distance himself from his staunch federalism

00:06:18.900 while not appearing a sympathetic force to the independence movement.

00:06:21.400 And that's probably impossible for him to do.

00:06:23.840 Unless Nietzsche can figure it out, though,

00:06:25.640 the UCP is going to continue to gain support no matter how many political gifts they offer to the NDP.

00:06:31.040 So that's kind of a bright news story to kick off things today.

00:06:33.460 Let's see what else is going on in the news out there.

00:06:35.380 Check in with our news editor, Dave Naylor, who's in the confines of the newsroom there.

00:06:40.920 Hey, how's it going, Dave?

00:06:41.540 Good, Corey, even though you are a great disappointment to me.

00:06:45.940 How have I disappointed you this time?

00:06:47.960 You promised me a table with you on it, with open desert,

00:06:52.840 you sitting there in a tinfoil hat for this show.

00:06:55.740 No.

00:06:56.200 And you spoke to deliver.

00:06:58.460 You're now sitting in the bathroom of your fifth wheel.

00:07:03.440 This is the living room.

00:07:04.940 But yes, I have disappointed on that front.

00:07:07.780 On the bright side, I got you a fridge magnet yesterday.

00:07:09.900 Oh, did you?

00:07:10.400 From where?

00:07:11.140 Yes.

00:07:12.200 From Oregon Pipe National Monument down by the Mexican border.

00:07:16.360 Oh, very cool.

00:07:17.040 Thank you very much.

00:07:18.860 I picked up a little for the table.

00:07:20.680 Yeah.

00:07:21.200 When you're coming back through the border next week, you know, think of me at the duty-free shop,

00:07:27.280 because I know you down for it.

00:07:29.180 No, afraid not.

00:07:29.920 It's wasted on me these days.

00:07:31.380 Yeah.

00:07:31.840 Getting excited for the Olympics?

00:07:33.620 Start on Friday?

00:07:35.400 Well, you know, I like watching the ski jumping.

00:07:37.220 We had a few things, but I can't.

00:07:39.260 You know, it's not like the Olympics used to be.

00:07:40.660 You don't just set aside that time and expect to watch it all anymore.

00:07:44.460 I don't know.

00:07:45.160 I do.

00:07:45.460 I love it.

00:07:46.040 I love it.

00:07:46.540 I can't get enough of it.

00:07:48.140 How close did you come to qualifying for the Olympic ski jumping team?

00:07:52.220 Oh, not even vaguely close.

00:07:53.520 The nice part of being a ski jumper in the 80s, though, is there's still only so many ski jumpers.

00:07:59.180 And with all that hype, with the Olympics coming to Calgary back in 88, we all kind of got over-promoted and over-funded for a little while.

00:08:06.200 So I was in the right place at the right time.

00:08:07.800 But to be frank, with my own talent as a ski jumper, I was only kind of middling at best.

00:08:13.100 Yeah.

00:08:13.360 Well, you got to see a bit of the world for free anyways, right?

00:08:15.940 Oh, yeah.

00:08:17.680 Anyways, extremely busy news day today here.

00:08:20.940 Corey, I'll just give you a brief rundown.

00:08:23.480 We've got breaking news.

00:08:24.680 It looks like the federal government is going to back down on their EV mandate.

00:08:28.780 That's up there from our business whiz, Dave Winnick.

00:08:34.320 We've got a story on Paul's, a very popular Airdrie pizza joint.

00:08:40.920 They have made their location available to sign the independence petition.

00:08:46.220 And that has caused a stir, both pro and con.

00:08:50.620 So you can read about that one there.

00:08:52.420 We've got your favorite guy, Nahid Nenshi, telling Daniel Smith to stop her word salad and to pick a side in the referendum.

00:09:04.340 We've got Trudeau, or sorry, not Trudeau.

00:09:07.520 I can't get him out of my mind.

00:09:09.480 Carney has abolished the offices of the Islamophobia czar and the anti-Semitism czar.

00:09:17.580 And he's going to mix them all and put them all under one big tent.

00:09:21.180 So that would be a fun place to work.

00:09:26.080 Calgarian Tate McRae, a singing superstar, is creating some controversy because she appeared in an ad for the American Olympic team.

00:09:36.880 So there's some people questioning why she would do that.

00:09:41.580 It was a bloodbath today, Corey, at the Washington Post.

00:09:44.520 They laid off a third of their staff, a ton of overseas people, all their photojournalists.

00:09:52.500 So it wasn't a good day to be working there.

00:09:55.780 The Epstein files appear close to toppling the prime minister, believe it or not.

00:10:00.580 The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, is in hot water over the fact he appointed a gentleman called Peter Mandelson to become U.S. ambassador,

00:10:10.180 even though Starmer knew about the deep connections Mandelson had with Epstein.

00:10:17.780 And one you'll probably be all too familiar with, Corey, stray dogs on Indian reserves.

00:10:24.620 The Blood Nation in southern Alberta has had to declare a state of emergency because of roaming packs of feral dogs attacking people.

00:10:33.740 So I'm not a good situation down there.

00:10:36.400 So all that and more, Corey, on our website this lunch hour.

00:10:41.780 Right on.

00:10:42.580 Well, you're not struggling to find content, as you said.

00:10:45.580 It's just a matter of picking what stands out most.

00:10:49.180 I imagine you're pumped for the game this Sunday.

00:10:53.260 Yes.

00:10:53.960 Yes, I am.

00:10:54.840 I could say I'm quietly confident.

00:10:56.780 I think our defense is better.

00:11:01.120 I think our quarterback is better.

00:11:03.660 And we've got the best receiver in football.

00:11:06.120 So I think it should be a comfortable 14-point victory.

00:11:10.280 We'll see.

00:11:11.720 I got to admit, I prefer the Seahawks over the Patriots.

00:11:14.560 I'm trying to pull a little bit of optimism for my beleaguered Steelers right now,

00:11:19.700 though both of those teams that are in the playoffs now did so after getting new coaches.

00:11:24.820 So maybe that's what will help the Steelers along next year.

00:11:29.000 Yeah, but they hired good winning coaches, not a Dallas Cowboy coach.

00:11:33.380 Well, no, they took that fellow from the Titans there, what's his name again,

00:11:36.540 and brought him to the Patriots.

00:11:38.060 And like I said, I'm grasping, but I got to look forward to next year.

00:11:44.440 Yeah, before that, Corey, we've got a Battle of Alberta at the Saladone tonight.

00:11:48.440 So we'll keep us excited.

00:11:51.740 All right.

00:11:52.500 Well, I'll let you get back to it, Dave.

00:11:54.180 Thank you for the update, and I will endeavor to be at a more scenic location for you next week.

00:11:58.860 There you go.

00:11:59.440 Looking forward to it.

00:12:00.760 Right on.

00:12:01.140 Thanks.

00:12:02.200 So that is our news editor, Dave Naylor.

00:12:04.220 And yeah, the stories are popping up.

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00:12:52.280 Another reminder, I'm going to say the reminder at the end of the show, too, but I want to mention it now.

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00:13:25.220 So let's see.

00:13:25.840 I've got a couple of minutes before my next guest.

00:13:27.340 You know, I want to mention it.

00:13:28.460 It's interesting to hear about Paul's Pizza.

00:13:30.920 And the name of the owner of that is kind of escaping me, but he's a very non-woke person.

00:13:34.620 And he got into a lot of, you know, usual blowback and everything for being a little too candid with his thoughts on Instagram.

00:13:43.420 And Facebook, I think, in the past.

00:13:45.700 So, of course, the hordes came out and screamed and called for boycotts of his business and everything else.

00:13:51.180 And I'm not lying, by the way.

00:13:51.960 I've gone to the Paul's Pizza and there's a few of them.

00:13:53.900 His main one's kind of a nerdy, I think, or North Calgary.

00:13:56.540 But there's one in the south.

00:13:57.800 It is really good pizza.

00:13:59.840 But it's really a gamble when you do mix your politics with your business in general.

00:14:07.520 It's just, it's up to the owner, you know, power to them if they want to go that route.

00:14:12.980 I'm not sure if it's always the best idea, but it's certainly up to him.

00:14:17.240 But, you know, it can be, it can really cut into your sales.

00:14:20.620 It can really make for headaches.

00:14:22.380 And my guest, who's going to be coming on in a moment, Chris Scott, did the same sort of thing, of course, with his whistle-stop cafe and mirror.

00:14:30.200 In fact, he made a very huge principled stand.

00:14:33.000 I don't know how well it worked out for his business, but it certainly made him a nationally known person who stands on his principles and stood up against being shut down.

00:14:41.620 You know, they've illegalized his ability to serve people food during the pandemic.

00:14:45.740 But he wasn't afraid, I guess, to mix the business with the politics.

00:14:49.560 So is it, Campbell?

00:14:50.520 So if Chris is in the lobby, we'll bring him in and he'll have a chat, though, because we're talking about the BC Prosperity Project,

00:14:57.540 who have held a founding meeting in Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

00:15:04.580 And Chris was the guest speaker there.

00:15:08.420 I can't see the lobby with this set up right now, so I'm not sure if Chris is there.

00:15:12.260 Hopefully he is, and if he isn't, well, he'll be pulled into the show.

00:15:16.680 Ah, there he goes.

00:15:17.420 Okay, right on.

00:15:18.480 So how's it going, Chris?

00:15:20.180 Good, how are you, Corey?

00:15:21.660 Oh, excellent.

00:15:23.180 As I was saying, I was thrilled to hear, you know, just not only that they're organizing, but that you took the time to go out and speak to this, I guess you could say,

00:15:33.080 founding group for the British Columbia Prosperity Project out in Campbell River.

00:15:37.100 How did that go?

00:15:38.780 It was awesome.

00:15:39.580 And just so you know, it wasn't just that that got me out here.

00:15:42.020 My grandparents, they still live in Campbell River.

00:15:44.220 They're 93 and 94, and I'm always trying to find a reason to get away from my busy life to visit.

00:15:48.440 So when I saw that the founding meeting for the British Columbia Prosperity Project was in the city I was born in, Campbell River, where my family still is,

00:15:57.360 it was, hey, we're leaving in two days, going to the island, and here we are.

00:16:02.160 Oh, perfect.

00:16:02.660 So you're in the right place at the right time.

00:16:04.120 I remember going fishing through Painter's Lodge with guided salmon fishing out there.

00:16:09.000 Man, it's some of the best in the world.

00:16:10.800 It is, yeah.

00:16:11.660 I can't afford that thing anymore.

00:16:13.020 But, well, that's excellent.

00:16:14.980 So, I mean, it's just something people don't think of.

00:16:18.000 But they forget that, you know, aside from lower mainland B.C., British Columbians are Western Canadians,

00:16:23.440 and they aren't all as thrilled with Ottawa as some people might imagine.

00:16:28.100 Well, you know what, the rationale for independence in Alberta is the same as rationale for independence in British Columbia.

00:16:35.180 It's all about self-determination.

00:16:36.980 We're subject to the same constitutional, you know, systemic issues that put us in a position where our voices just don't really carry much weight in Ottawa.

00:16:46.420 And, you know, even the lower mainland, look what's happened in the lower mainland in the last 30, 40 years.

00:16:51.840 The government has allowed speculative investment to drive up real estate prices in the lower mainland so far that, you know, nobody can afford it anymore.

00:17:00.700 It's absolutely insane.

00:17:02.100 So there is a self-determination that we're all lacking in Western Canada is a common denominator.

00:17:08.220 Yeah, well, I like to regularly remind people who, you know, might not be political weenies like me or as old as me,

00:17:14.600 is to remember in the late 80s and the early 90s, lower mainland B.C. actually had a lot of conservative strength.

00:17:21.540 There were a lot of Reform Party members who were just a Western Canadian party at that time,

00:17:26.980 and they were holding seats out in the Vancouver area and down in that part of the world.

00:17:32.100 Like, it's just a matter, I think, of organization.

00:17:34.280 I mean, when people are hurting, as you said, with housing prices and everything else going on,

00:17:38.220 you know, we shouldn't write off the potential for support down there in lower mainland B.C.

00:17:43.140 Right.

00:17:43.760 And even going back a little further, you know who Elmer Knutson is, Corey.

00:17:49.160 Elmer Knutson had pretty successful meetings in Vancouver, on Vancouver Island,

00:17:54.120 and in other places in British Columbia in the early 80s prior to the repatriation of the Constitution.

00:17:59.040 And that was because, you know, British Columbia, just like Alberta, has largely felt, you know, unheard by Ottawa.

00:18:07.440 And it's frustrating to be taken along for the ride and not have any real input as to where you're going.

00:18:17.740 You know, so it's not even a new conversation.

00:18:20.100 It's just renewed because of the success Alberta's having in pursuing their self-determination.

00:18:24.600 Yeah, well, and Saskatchewan's been taken off excellently with the Saskatchewan Prosperity Project.

00:18:30.380 I like how these are independent, you know, units forming in different provinces.

00:18:34.480 And the Parti Quevecois is resurging a bit.

00:18:36.940 And they're doing it on an unabashedly independence platform.

00:18:41.800 They're campaigning on holding a referendum this fall.

00:18:45.180 Do you think the Federation is finally perhaps reaching its end days?

00:18:49.060 Like, it just can't seem to hold it together.

00:18:50.640 We got cracks forming all over from east to west now.

00:18:54.880 You know, it may be.

00:18:57.180 Canada has been referred to as an experiment by many people, including Federalists.

00:19:02.240 And if you look at the outcome of the experiment, which is Canada, it was supposed to be,

00:19:08.480 the idea was supposed to be that we could unify under a common banner and prosper together.

00:19:13.680 But as we found out, specifically as Western Canadians, you know, our values aren't all the same.

00:19:20.640 We don't particularly want to go to the same place.

00:19:23.020 I mean, Alberta, most of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, probably Manitoba, they don't

00:19:26.400 particularly want to usher in the new world order.

00:19:29.240 It's just not who we are as people.

00:19:30.860 So, you know, when your values diverge in ways as they have across Canada, it only makes sense

00:19:40.400 that your governance has to follow.

00:19:42.900 Like, we can't be governed under the same rules as those that have a different destination 0.56

00:19:49.600 than us.

00:19:50.160 It's just a recipe for a disaster.

00:19:51.840 And that's the outcome we're seeing now with the Canadian experiment.

00:19:55.140 Well, that's it.

00:19:56.780 And I mean, nothing less, at least I've said it, the massive constitutional reform is going

00:20:01.720 to change and undo this.

00:20:02.920 And we saw it with Meech Lake, Charlottetown.

00:20:04.460 We can't even get relatively minor constitutional reform done.

00:20:07.540 So this isn't going to happen.

00:20:09.260 I mean, the only capitalist I can see for constitutional reform is a province having a positive referendum

00:20:14.280 vote.

00:20:15.640 Right.

00:20:15.960 And that's where I was even just maybe a year and a half ago, Corey, I was a, hey, we need

00:20:21.920 the leverage to amend the constitution and fix these things so that the Canadian tattoo

00:20:26.280 tattooed or flag tattooed on my back makes sense.

00:20:29.000 But I've come to realize, you know, our voices aren't effective enough, even if we did get

00:20:34.540 a constitutional convention, even if we did open it and do some amendments.

00:20:38.300 I fear that right now with a prime minister like Mark Carney, who wrote in his book Values,

00:20:43.480 how, you know, the ordinary person has to give up rights and freedoms in order for us

00:20:48.820 to survive, you know, a guy who hates capitalism and hates energy use.

00:20:53.340 If we opened and tried to amend the constitution right now and people that have those types 1.00

00:20:57.980 of values have a stronger voice than us, what would we end up with?

00:21:02.140 I doubt it would be anything better or more equitable.

00:21:04.740 I think on the contrary, it would be worse.

00:21:08.820 So getting back to the British Columbia meeting, I think I saw reports, you know, that's not

00:21:14.500 that unexpected, there were a few hecklers in attendance or protesters outside or something

00:21:19.060 of the sort.

00:21:20.280 Yeah, they're, you know, they're perfectly nice people.

00:21:22.960 I, on my way in, I, I stopped and kind of interjected in a few conversations.

00:21:28.760 And it was the same kind of things that we hear all across the board.

00:21:32.660 The very first thing I heard was, oh, Alberta, a bunch of hillbilly, whatever they said.

00:21:39.320 And I turned to him, I said, listen, you know, that's exactly why we're leaving is because

00:21:42.520 of things like this.

00:21:43.940 We're completely disrespected within Confederation.

00:21:47.080 Alberta stands up to, to do something on their own and immediately they're just name

00:21:51.360 called and stuff.

00:21:52.380 And so that was my first, my first thing.

00:21:54.380 The second one was, I asked the question, you know, why is it that you want to be part

00:21:58.740 of Canada?

00:21:59.320 Why, why is it that you want to stay under these rules?

00:22:01.440 And I got the same things like, oh, Canada is the best on the world stage.

00:22:04.560 We have the largest, uh, we have, we have great GDP.

00:22:07.780 Uh, we're a safe haven for LGBTQ people.

00:22:10.760 And, and the list went on and on with some more ideological things.

00:22:15.180 We even got into some conversations about the tanker ban and, uh, you know, the protesters

00:22:19.440 were saying, well, you, well, you don't care about, uh, the, the hundreds of first nations

00:22:24.200 groups on the coast that will be destroyed.

00:22:26.060 And I'm like, what do you mean will be destroyed?

00:22:28.220 You know, there's, there's no evidence to support what you're saying.

00:22:30.700 So what I found was the, the 20, maybe 25 people out there, there's quite a few and kudos

00:22:35.420 to them.

00:22:35.760 It was raining and they still came out their arguments against the idea of independence

00:22:39.980 or self-governance are all, at least in my opinion, seem to be quite emotionally driven

00:22:45.280 and less factual.

00:22:46.960 And that's what we're finding in Alberta too.

00:22:50.100 Yeah, no.

00:22:50.760 And it's an emotional thing.

00:22:52.160 I've talked about that in past things or even wrote about it.

00:22:54.660 You know, that we can't dismiss the emotional attachment to the Federation either emotions

00:22:59.220 or we're trying to vote yes or no, or we're this way or that way.

00:23:02.760 So we, we have to approach them with reason, even if they, if they get us a little grumpy

00:23:07.500 sometimes, uh, getting aside from them though, uh, how about with the, the, the local people

00:23:13.880 who did come out so that this is starting the core, like a, was there a good group, uh, organized

00:23:19.000 volunteers signed up so this could spread and, and turn into the kind of movement the ATT

00:23:23.240 has?

00:23:23.520 Yeah, so it's, uh, it's grassroots completely new in its infancy.

00:23:29.880 That's my grandpa.

00:23:30.580 He's, uh, almost a hundred.

00:23:32.400 He's 94 years old this year.

00:23:33.880 Can you believe that?

00:23:34.540 Right on.

00:23:35.500 Um, it's, uh, it's a, it's a group of concerned British Columbians.

00:23:40.380 And there was actually some people from Alberta in the room.

00:23:42.360 That was pretty neat.

00:23:43.400 Who are, understand that the, uh, the patriotism and the emotional feelings that keep us attached

00:23:50.680 to Canada are quickly being overcome with the reality that even British Columbia, uh, needs

00:23:55.920 to do something different.

00:23:56.780 So we have a voice.

00:23:57.960 Uh, it was, uh, it reminded me about the, the infancy of the Alberta prosperity project,

00:24:04.640 you know, back in 2021, when we met in a shop in, uh, in Nisku under cover of darkness

00:24:10.100 for fear of being arrested, uh, very similar to that.

00:24:13.060 So I would think that over the next few months, we're going to see a lot of people volunteer,

00:24:18.180 uh, as the movement grows, people will be emboldened so that they feel free to share their

00:24:22.440 opinions unabashedly about British Columbia independence.

00:24:26.220 And we're going to see that.

00:24:27.420 And it's, uh, I think the, the independence movements across Western Canada are going to,

00:24:32.760 they're going to embolden each other.

00:24:34.920 Like when Alberta has a, we get our numbers and we, we get our referendum, that's going

00:24:39.860 to get people talking to British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

00:24:41.980 So the, uh, the ideas are becoming commonplace and mainstream, uh, the, the stigma of, you

00:24:48.580 know, in, of, of separation is being reduced and the conversations are, are changing.

00:24:54.760 And that, I think that's really important.

00:24:57.080 Yeah.

00:24:57.540 So they've got kind of a, a lot of organization ahead of them.

00:25:00.340 Like I said, it was great to see the beginning.

00:25:01.620 So I imagine that their plan is to spread out, get more regional chapters, kind of get a

00:25:06.760 more of a central organization, things like that going, and they'll have to, and it seems

00:25:11.380 pretty unlikely with the EB government, but try to determine a path where they can get

00:25:15.760 citizens initiated referendum legislation, uh, from their provincial government.

00:25:21.200 Like it's, it's, things will have to change somewhat dramatically, but I mean, the time to

00:25:24.700 start organizing for that is right now.

00:25:26.240 Yeah, that's true.

00:25:28.580 And you know, one, one thing that, uh, it actually surprised me when our premier in Alberta,

00:25:32.700 Danielle Smith, she said, well, you know, if you can't do a referendum through the government,

00:25:36.920 you can do it through the people.

00:25:38.260 It doesn't have to be through government.

00:25:40.000 Governments are secondary to the will of the people.

00:25:42.260 Governments are supposed to serve the will of the people.

00:25:44.180 And our premier in Alberta, she, she believes in that strongly.

00:25:47.080 So she said, if you, you know, if you want to do something like this and government's

00:25:50.360 not cooperating, what do you do?

00:25:51.920 You mobilize, you get the numbers, you build the movement, you get the signatures in a petition

00:25:56.580 drive, and then you have it audited by an accounting firm presented to government.

00:25:59.820 That's a legitimate path as well.

00:26:02.300 Uh, in Alberta, we have the benefit of the Citizen Initiative Act, which allows us to compel

00:26:07.000 government to do it.

00:26:07.820 But you know, uncooperative government should never be able to override the will of the people.

00:26:13.400 No, and then, uh, in the end, when people get upset enough, things change.

00:26:18.940 Uh, I can see a potential, uh, time bomb in the United States, lower mainland, or in the

00:26:25.000 United States, in British Columbia, the lower mainland BC and throughout with, uh, David Eby's

00:26:29.300 DRIPA, you know, which is the thing from the United Nations, uh, Declaration of Rights

00:26:34.120 for Indigenous People and how it applied to property rights.

00:26:37.920 And now it sounds like some people's, uh, feasible held property may be actually at risk,

00:26:45.320 uh, due to some pretty, uh, well, in my view, absurd claims.

00:26:49.440 But when you lost the land, it doesn't matter how absurd it is.

00:26:52.560 If we start seeing a situation where people are actually losing their homes and businesses

00:26:56.320 over this, I got a feeling the temperature in British Columbia is going to change very

00:27:00.560 dramatically, very fast.

00:27:03.300 Yeah, that's true.

00:27:04.180 But there's another side of that as well.

00:27:05.540 And it's very concerning.

00:27:07.280 There's a large group of people in British Columbia and across Canada that have been made

00:27:12.840 to believe that their own existence is shameful and they carry so much guilt that they should

00:27:17.860 allow these things.

00:27:18.980 And that all came out of the, uh, you know, the 215 hoax out of Kamloops, which is rapidly

00:27:22.960 unraveling, but the damage was done.

00:27:25.600 It actually convinced people that they needed to sacrifice their future and their children's

00:27:29.960 future and, uh, you know, just ignore the idea of personal property or anything like

00:27:35.180 that in order to satisfy some debt that was incurred, you know, a hundred, hundreds of years

00:27:41.300 ago by people they have nothing to do with.

00:27:44.900 Um, and that's, you know, that that's, that's something else.

00:27:47.520 And we're not talking just of people that don't have anything that believe in this.

00:27:51.240 Like we, we see that in the left wing activism, lots people that don't necessarily work there

00:27:56.040 live on entitlements, have lots of time and they want everyone else's money.

00:28:00.280 That was a conversation actually at that meeting with the protesters.

00:28:03.060 They want to, they want a wealth tax.

00:28:04.620 And I said, what makes you think that you deserve to have a right to someone else's money?

00:28:08.020 But my, my point is, um, there's like in British Columbia, there's, there's judges and

00:28:13.100 lawyers and politicians who actually believe that it's okay that their children's futures

00:28:18.240 are sacrificed because of some supposed sin that occurred in the past.

00:28:23.980 So that is something we have to work on as well.

00:28:25.880 Thank, thank God there's people doing it.

00:28:27.500 Corey, you've, uh, I think you've, you've interviewed Dallas Brody and some of the others

00:28:30.740 that are uncovering that, but all of these things go together.

00:28:33.340 You know, the legislation on, on, with DRIPA, uh, the UNDRIP, uh, UN convention stuff, you

00:28:40.300 know, the Supreme court rulings recently in Canada that are affirming verbal oaths in the

00:28:45.360 past, they're all culminating in the potential to destroy what Canadians built together, regardless

00:28:54.320 of where they're from or what their ancestry is.

00:28:56.660 Yeah.

00:28:57.220 It's ironic that the biggest threat to actual unity of what Canada is, is coming from this

00:29:01.900 misguided land back, uh, movement from, from, uh, extreme leftists that's been become into

00:29:07.640 the hands of, of judges and politicians who can actually bring something about in it.

00:29:11.240 And seeing Francis Whitteson and, and, uh, Dallas Brody out there, the, the backlash

00:29:16.440 against them and how hysteric and, uh, out of control and vitriolic it's been only tells

00:29:23.560 me that they're over the target.

00:29:24.960 The people who are benefiting from this system, who are the minority of a minority are feeling

00:29:30.880 threatened, which I think is a good sign actually. 1.00

00:29:34.280 Yeah.

00:29:34.320 When you see those hysterics and those antics and the, and actually outright violence, like

00:29:38.480 what we saw at UBC and at Thompson Rivers university, uh, I grew up in Kamloops by the way.

00:29:43.000 So this is, this stuff is all heading closer to home for me than, than to many others.

00:29:47.260 Um, but when you start seeing that you, you, you realize that that's because the debate

00:29:52.940 isn't winnable for the opposition.

00:29:54.960 The only thing they really have is emotional outbursts and outright attacks, threats of

00:29:59.920 physical violence and physical, physical violence to shut down the conversation on the

00:30:03.740 other side.

00:30:04.260 So absolutely right.

00:30:05.860 When that, when those things happen as uncomfortable as it is, you know, you're over the target

00:30:09.900 because your opponent has no, uh, they have no debate.

00:30:14.080 Well, we're in for interesting times in a year, like we've never seen before in the, in

00:30:18.480 the West.

00:30:19.380 Uh, you know, before I let you go, uh, what, what are you going to be up to in the, in the

00:30:23.540 upcoming months and, uh, you know, business wise, activity wise, uh, and all the rest.

00:30:27.800 Well, I have a really busy summer planned with the Wustlestop cafe, of course, uh, my, my

00:30:34.300 restaurant, we have a food truck now, so we have three medieval fairs to do this year.

00:30:37.800 We have, uh, a couple of weddings to cater.

00:30:40.540 One of which is, is going to be absolutely awesome.

00:30:42.540 Good friend of mine in the media.

00:30:44.180 And, uh, just recently I've decided to launch my own more, uh, more Q and a focused, what

00:30:51.660 did late and great called it.

00:30:52.580 Socratic events where we're talking to people about Alberta independence, listening to their

00:30:58.480 opposition points or their, uh, you know, their fears of independence and talking through

00:31:02.500 it, that the first event is in Rimby on February 18th.

00:31:06.980 Uh, that's going to be fantastic.

00:31:08.020 And we're even going to serve a little food there too.

00:31:09.460 So it'll be fun, but that's, that's going to be my year, you know, trying to manage,

00:31:13.080 uh, the cafe, all our extra stuff we have with that.

00:31:16.440 Um, really advocating for Alberta independence, cause this is a most important thing we can

00:31:20.920 do in our, in our lifetime, probably.

00:31:23.860 And Corey, I am, I'm really looking forward to having you at some of those events with

00:31:26.920 us as well, because you're, uh, you know, you're a wealth of, of knowledge and information

00:31:30.620 about Alberta independence.

00:31:31.460 And even my grandpa here, he remembers from the early nineties when the independence movement

00:31:36.760 was talked about in Alberta and so, and he remembers your work.

00:31:39.780 So it's a, it, it has an impact.

00:31:42.560 Oh, right on.

00:31:43.700 I'm glad some folks can still remember those early efforts.

00:31:45.960 I like to think I've learned a lot since.

00:31:47.860 Well, I I'm sure I'll see you at one of those events without doubt.

00:31:50.760 We're going to cross paths.

00:31:51.780 As you said, it's going to be a crazy busy summer.

00:31:54.100 So thanks for taking the time to talk to us today and taking the time to talk to those

00:31:57.000 folks out in Camel river.

00:31:58.020 I'm really looking forward to things taken off for them out there.

00:32:00.700 And, uh, well, we'll talk again soon.

00:32:03.160 Sounds good.

00:32:03.680 My pleasure.

00:32:04.120 Thanks, Corey.

00:32:05.320 Right on.

00:32:05.760 Thanks.

00:32:06.480 So one more time, folks, that is Chris Scott from the whistle stop camp cafe.

00:32:10.460 That's out in mirror, Alberta, kind of central Alberta, a little, uh, East and North

00:32:15.140 hair from red deer.

00:32:16.260 And I honestly, I, I go out on my way, the odd time Jane sent me to Edmonton to get stuff

00:32:20.000 and everything.

00:32:20.400 I pop off the highway.

00:32:21.540 If I got time to grab a bite and I like it, just like I said, with Paul's pizza, it is

00:32:25.960 good food.

00:32:26.520 I don't have to try and BS to help a friend or fellow advocate.

00:32:30.380 In fact, I would just say nothing if the food wasn't any good.

00:32:32.480 And I'd just say, go support him because of his activism.

00:32:34.420 You won't be disappointed grabbing a lunch in mirror at that place.

00:32:39.400 And as I was talking about earlier, you know, it's, boy, it's a gamble to mix your,

00:32:43.860 your business with your, uh, you know, your, your political activism.

00:32:47.540 I guess you could say I owned a pub and cafe for years.

00:32:50.760 It was a tough, tough go.

00:32:52.440 And I got to admit, I didn't have the courage they did.

00:32:56.160 I didn't, uh, hold political activities.

00:32:58.460 I was always political and doing all my things elsewhere and everything, but I didn't do anything

00:33:01.900 within my pub.

00:33:03.160 Um, just cause I didn't want to deal with the nuts and we would still get people, you

00:33:06.100 know, attacking us and the gurus and crap like that. 0.79

00:33:08.540 Uh, again, pretty sad case that what they have to do is make up false, uh, food reviews.

00:33:13.040 Either way, lots of people showing courage all over the place.

00:33:17.160 Um, so, you know, let's talk about, uh, some of the things that this is one of the biggest

00:33:22.580 hangups people keep pushing against with the independence movement.

00:33:25.160 Chris was talking about it and others.

00:33:26.680 And this is one of the biggest threats to Canada is the catastrophic state.

00:33:31.260 The first nations are in.

00:33:32.660 It's a mess and we're pretending it's a viable mess.

00:33:36.560 We're pretending there's a future that's good for anybody under the current system and mess.

00:33:43.800 The only ones getting served are lawyers who do lawsuits on behalf of first nations, bureaucrats

00:33:49.260 who work in departments that serve first nations and some of the leadership within first nations.

00:33:53.400 Otherwise everybody else in first nations is losing.

00:33:56.680 And we're perpetuating a myth that these first nations have a veto over everything else that

00:34:03.700 everybody else in Canada does this, this 5% of the country has a veto authority over the rest of the nation.

00:34:11.240 And they don't, and nor should they, for a couple of reasons.

00:34:14.520 For one, we shouldn't give race-based authority to anybody.

00:34:17.660 That was the wrong that allegedly should be, you know, undone by current, uh, contemporary policy.

00:34:22.840 Yes, uh, first nations people were treated as second-class citizens well up into the sixties.

00:34:27.200 And that was wrong, but you can't change that by bringing in more race-based policy.

00:34:31.800 The other part where it's wrong is look at the state of their affairs.

00:34:37.260 And do you, uh, you really want to ask yourself, do you want to hand over the reins of governance

00:34:40.320 to the principles of these reserves?

00:34:44.380 As Dave mentioned, they've declared a state of emergency on the blood reserve.

00:34:48.600 There's a video on my personal channel.

00:34:49.920 I gave a tour of the blood reserve.

00:34:51.200 If you want to check it out, search Corey Morgan on YouTube.

00:34:52.940 I went out there and actually toured on the ground to show the conditions of that reserve,

00:34:56.000 along with the six-secret reserve.

00:34:57.200 Every reserve, they're a mess.

00:34:58.440 They got wild dogs running loose, attacking people.

00:35:03.480 And if you want to research and Google that, wild dogs have killed children on reserves

00:35:07.960 multiple times over the years, everywhere from New Brunswick back out west.

00:35:14.580 This is a chronic problem on every reserve.

00:35:18.040 Why?

00:35:18.640 We don't have feral dogs happening anywhere else.

00:35:20.680 Even the smallest of the most underfunded rural towns can manage to maintain a dog catcher.

00:35:26.840 And their population spays and neuters their pets.

00:35:31.800 Because that's what's happening.

00:35:33.880 Why is it happening?

00:35:35.600 Well, like anyone else, you know, First Nations citizens want to have house pets. 1.00

00:35:38.720 And that's fine.

00:35:39.140 Of course, it's great.

00:35:39.940 But this is the outcome, and it's symbolic and it's real, of decades of infantilization

00:35:48.120 of the people on reserves.

00:35:50.440 Most of which involves telling them all, anything and everything that goes wrong in your life

00:35:56.220 is somebody else's fault.

00:35:58.020 There's a complete lack of sense of personal responsibility for anything.

00:36:03.740 It's people living for the moment, not looking ahead for next month, next week, next year.

00:36:11.420 And just not taking responsibility.

00:36:13.320 That's why the housing is in some of the condition it's in.

00:36:15.860 And it's just not even a consideration to even spay and neuter the pets.

00:36:19.700 So, of course, they breed like crazy.

00:36:21.060 Well, they're not going to take care of the puppies.

00:36:22.580 So those run loose.

00:36:23.700 They become feral.

00:36:24.700 And you have wild dog populations.

00:36:27.220 The only places with feral dog populations going on in the whole country are on native reserves.

00:36:32.560 And it's on all of them.

00:36:34.740 It really lets you know just how messed up things are there, unfortunately.

00:36:38.460 So, again, people saying we can't allow independence.

00:36:41.460 We can't allow change for the sake of the indigenous people.

00:36:43.440 Really?

00:36:44.140 Really?

00:36:45.100 Get out there on the reserve.

00:36:46.580 If you don't want to watch my videos, it's fine.

00:36:48.080 Go out and see for yourself.

00:36:50.180 And try to convince yourself that the status quo is actually serving the people living on those reserves.

00:36:56.400 In houses that are falling apart.

00:36:58.500 They don't know how to maintain their own water wells and septic systems.

00:37:01.540 That's another issue.

00:37:02.240 Why is it over clean water and reserves?

00:37:04.160 Clean water and reserves?

00:37:04.880 Well, whose responsibility is it?

00:37:07.440 Every other municipality in the country is responsible for its own water.

00:37:12.120 The First Nations reserves get billions and billions and billions of dollars.

00:37:16.560 Yet, somehow, it's still allegedly everybody else's responsibility that they get clean water.

00:37:23.000 It's led to them being incapable of maintaining the things for the clean water, unfortunately.

00:37:28.580 Even when you try.

00:37:29.560 Even when they're giving money expressly for that.

00:37:31.420 Unfortunately, again, we've taken away accountability.

00:37:34.280 We aren't allowed to audit them anymore.

00:37:35.580 So, we don't even know if the money goes to giving clean water.

00:37:39.360 So, guess what happens?

00:37:40.860 Corruption.

00:37:41.220 Corruption.

00:37:42.500 Look at the Cowichan Reserve. 0.94

00:37:44.520 One of the biggest unchecked garbage dumps in Canada.

00:37:47.860 Look at the footage of what happened there.

00:37:50.380 It's going to cost tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, to clean up that mess of them charging people a discounted rate to dump garbage on their land, which they did. 0.50

00:38:02.660 The commercial massive amounts of dumped trash until it finally got exposed right next to a river.

00:38:08.480 That mess is going to be leeching into the water, these stewards of the environment.

00:38:14.360 And guess what they said?

00:38:16.640 Taxpayers have to come out and pay for this cleanup because it's their fault. 0.98

00:38:21.020 Why?

00:38:21.520 I don't know.

00:38:21.900 Because they didn't stop us.

00:38:23.360 This is how bad it's gotten. 0.98

00:38:25.600 I'm not trying to say it to be a jerk to First Nations people. 0.99

00:38:27.980 Anybody of any race growing up, living in that environment, being told all of these things their whole life, and listening to these idiotic land acknowledgments and all that other garbage, will feel a sense of personal irresponsibility and entitlement just like them. 0.99

00:38:41.220 It's not a race thing. 0.99

00:38:42.160 It's a situational thing.

00:38:43.940 It's the situation we've put a race into.

00:38:46.940 Why can't we realize how backwards this whole idea is?

00:38:50.920 In South Africa, they call it apartheid.

00:38:53.360 In Canada, we call it a right.

00:38:54.940 We should never be separating people based on race, yet here we are.

00:38:59.480 And here's the irony of it.

00:39:00.940 When you question the segregation of people based on race, you get called a racist.

00:39:06.020 If I really hated First Nations people, as some of the defenders of the status quo like to claim, I really despised them.

00:39:12.620 If I really wanted them to suffer, you know the worst thing I could wish on them?

00:39:16.300 That nothing changes.

00:39:17.420 I could wish that they're still stuck in that god-awful situation forever, because that's the worst punishment you could possibly give them, because you're also condemning their future generations to more misery, as it gets worse and worse on those reserves, until finally some people are going to admit that it's a failure.

00:39:35.760 Google something else.

00:39:38.180 Again, I keep saying that, because everybody, oh, source this, source that.

00:39:40.700 Well, I'm giving you, just look for yourself.

00:39:43.300 The average life expectancy of a First Nations man in Alberta versus non-First Nations.

00:39:48.180 19 years younger, they're done.

00:39:50.060 19 years!

00:39:52.060 A quarter of an average lifespan.

00:39:54.880 Cut off from them.

00:39:56.140 And we're supposed to pretend that system's working?

00:39:58.980 Who's the delusional one?

00:40:00.420 When people say independence movement's delusional, really?

00:40:02.600 Are you delusional if you think this system is ever going to work, or serve people, or that we should kowtow to it?

00:40:09.460 Any further with some of the entitlement, look at some of the news that's in the Western Standard.

00:40:13.280 Their favorite rent-a-chief, Adam Allen.

00:40:16.540 He's from up Fort Chippewan, I think, northern Alberta.

00:40:20.600 You've got to remember, Google him.

00:40:21.780 Have a look.

00:40:22.300 It's his long police history.

00:40:24.860 But also his history of getting $55,000 from an American lobby group to take their side on an issue.

00:40:32.600 And he's demanding Premier Smith's resignation.

00:40:35.760 And guess who he was standing hand-in-hand on, you know, arms around each other, cuddling, talking, whispering sweet nothings?

00:40:42.840 Thomas Lukasik!

00:40:43.780 Yes, that disgraced former MLA, the Forever Canada guy, was standing with Chief Adam Allen saying,

00:40:50.760 We must make Smith resign and end the independence movement.

00:40:54.300 Well, then, look at who your opponents are when you wonder if you're on the side of right or wrong.

00:40:58.640 A corrupted rent-a-chief?

00:41:02.260 A disgraced Redford-era politician?

00:41:07.400 That's who your opponents are, guys.

00:41:09.520 So, yeah, I think you're on the right side.

00:41:11.660 But, let's see, the Washington Post, Dave mentioned that.

00:41:15.640 Just a side note, a third of them.

00:41:17.360 I mean, you know, that's an institution of a media outlet.

00:41:21.700 But, boy, it really illustrates the path of contemporary media.

00:41:26.080 They can't survive in this.

00:41:27.980 They have to change.

00:41:28.900 They have to change dramatically.

00:41:31.540 And, you know, I know the Washington Post isn't exactly a conservative outlet, but, I mean, they broke, of course, some incredible things over the decades.

00:41:38.360 They were a very important publication, and now they're getting cut to shreds.

00:41:42.660 We're seeing that in Canada.

00:41:43.760 Local newspapers are dying.

00:41:46.120 All I can say is, accept that these old dinosaurs are gone.

00:41:51.920 They're going away.

00:41:53.540 And support independent media.

00:41:54.940 I know it's also self-serving because I'm in independent media, but, hey, the Western Standard is the future, guys.

00:41:59.160 We're growing.

00:41:59.980 Every year, we're getting more reach.

00:42:01.860 We're hiring more reporters, more columnists, and covering more ground.

00:42:06.140 Same with the other ones.

00:42:07.740 You know, True North, Rebel, all of those ones.

00:42:11.260 Epoch Times.

00:42:12.640 That's the future.

00:42:14.200 And it's a good future.

00:42:15.660 It's going to be a hiccup as the communication transition changes.

00:42:19.700 But it is a good development.

00:42:20.820 But, in the meantime, there's going to be a bit of a void.

00:42:22.720 It's going to be hard getting coverage or things.

00:42:25.060 So, seek them out now.

00:42:26.020 Support them now.

00:42:26.720 Help us evolve into the new media that we're all going to need.

00:42:32.160 Let's see.

00:42:32.740 A little note on direct democracy.

00:42:34.420 I talked about that in a column in a rant the other day.

00:42:36.980 The recalls.

00:42:38.040 Again, you know, laughing about that.

00:42:39.620 I really am.

00:42:40.840 Angela Pitt in Airdrie was another one that came due for a recall.

00:42:44.920 Again, you know, Dwayne Pratt and some of the others.

00:42:46.580 Oh, boy.

00:42:47.380 This could cause the end of the Smith government, you know.

00:42:50.300 Or, one of the cabinet ministers said she was going to resign.

00:42:55.820 And the headlines in CTV said, in light of a recall petition.

00:42:59.700 Guys, these recalls were never coming close.

00:43:01.840 So, Angela Pitt in Airdrie, you know, in MLA, has been there a while.

00:43:04.980 Well, not the most outstanding in profile, but, you know, not in terrible condition.

00:43:12.260 Well, they only got 16% of the required signatures in the months they had to get it.

00:43:15.600 Not even vaguely close.

00:43:17.820 They had about 20 more of these to fail.

00:43:19.700 And I'll keep gleefully reporting on those as those continue to happen.

00:43:24.560 And, uh, let's see, uh, Smith's demanding that, uh, Ottawa reforms the judicial, uh, appointment

00:43:32.160 process, saying Alberta needs a stronger voice in selecting judges.

00:43:35.180 Uh, yeah, okay.

00:43:36.680 Uh, well, keep throwing things against the wall.

00:43:38.560 Keep failing.

00:43:39.100 That's fine.

00:43:40.100 You got to try.

00:43:41.480 Uh, but obviously, uh, it's not going anywhere.

00:43:44.240 They'll tell her to get stuffed. 1.00

00:43:46.120 And, uh, the independence movement will grow, which gets accused of foreign interference.

00:43:52.520 Well, let's talk about foreign interference quickly.

00:43:54.900 Federal election monitors yesterday said conservative candidate Joe Tain needed private security

00:43:58.880 to guard against threats by the Chinese Communist Party agents in the 2025 campaign.

00:44:06.560 Wow.

00:44:07.680 But that's not big news.

00:44:08.640 No, no, no. 0.92

00:44:10.160 Uh, some clown going down, talking to, uh, unnamed United States people over something benign. 0.93

00:44:15.140 That's apparently the biggest problem in the world. 0.97

00:44:17.360 But not this.

00:44:18.380 Not Chinese Communist Party people intimidating politicians in Canada.

00:44:22.300 Okay.

00:44:23.440 Okay.

00:44:24.560 We got our priorities wrong in Canada.

00:44:26.480 Well, and as I've said before, and I'll say it again, Canada's broken.

00:44:28.880 Well, we can fix it or at least fix part of it.

00:44:30.380 And you know what?

00:44:30.820 Once we fix this part of it, some of the fix will apply to the rest of it.

00:44:34.340 Tough love for their own good.

00:44:35.880 All right, everyone, the time up.

00:44:38.000 One more reminder, guys, if you've got ideas, opinions, thoughts, we will have a phone number

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00:44:43.840 You'll be able to call into future shows, two shows from now.

00:44:46.760 And, uh, we'll have some fun with those exchanges.

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Western Standard - February 09, 2026

CORY MORGAN SHOW： Unchecked federalism is sinking Nenshi’s NDP

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