Justin Trudeau Opens Path to ＂Alberta Independence＂
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Summary
Time for Albertans to demand leadership and hold Jason Kenney's feet to the fire. Trudeau has paved the way for greater Alberta independence, but is there the political will? It seems that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the tie that unbinds these days. Declarations of Canada as a post-nation state, now a province, Quebec can unilaterally amend the constitution. Why can t Alberta?
Transcript
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Time for Albertans to demand leadership and hold Jason Kenney's feet to the fire.
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So Trudeau has paved the way for greater Alberta independence, but is there the political will?
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It seems that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the tie that unbinds these days.
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Declarations of Canada as a post-nation state, now a province, Quebec can unilaterally amend
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For many Albertans, including Interim Leader Jay Hill of the Maverick Party, they'll be
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angry with Quebec Premier Legault and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support of it, but
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if we truly want to be objective about this, this is excellent news for Alberta.
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It appears that only one Canadian MP, however, has the courage to step up and speak out about
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the opportunity that exists here, and that's Calgary MP Michelle Rempel, who believes that
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Alberta too should be able to play in the constitutional sandbox.
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If Premier Jason Kenney was truly about to get tough with Ottawa, what an excellent opportunity
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But no leadership required, Jason, just follow Quebec's lead.
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It is, of course, highly unlikely that Premier Kenney will do this considering his track record.
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It appears that the Premier of Alberta aligns more closely with Justin Trudeau than most
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If Quebec can unilaterally make changes to the constitution, why can't Alberta?
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Canada is a country very loosely structured and knitted together by some common values of
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freedom and democracy, and it seems that even that is beginning to unravel, as Canada and
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its political elite in control of it continue to enact more and more draconian measures, behaving
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Well, Mr. Kenney, why not put that authoritarian skill to work for the people of Alberta instead
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of against them for a change, and demand reforms to the constitution?
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How about you propose an amendment to Section 36, as suggested by Ms. Rempel, and stop paying
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Charter rights are being violated, censorship is soon to become law, Bill C-10, unprecedented
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court orders through injunctions, secret warrants, and let's not forget the arrests of Christian
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Canadian news today reads more like a fiction novel or a great conspiracy movie rather than
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Incredibly, the truth is often stranger than fiction.
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The one thing that is clear in Canadian politics today is that the lines are being drawn and
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Liberal versus Conservative, West versus East, Urban versus Rural, Quebec versus the rest of
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The list is too long to continue to name them all.
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It's funny how Quebec dominates the country by ignoring everything that is supposed to be
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They call themselves nationalists, cut immigration, defend their history, and are unafraid to demand
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It appears that those who help themselves get what they ask for.
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So, Alberta, instead of choosing to criticize Quebec for demanding more power and asserting
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itself, how about we actually criticize our own premier and the others who continue to
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fail to assert the powers that obviously do exist as a province and who fail to serve the
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best interests of the people that they were elected to serve.
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Time for Albertans to demand leadership and hold Jason Kenney's feet to the fire.
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He ran on a campaign of Alberta strong and free and appears before he leaves, or is actually
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booted out, Alberta will be left broke and enslaved.