In this episode of The Pipeline, we're joined by former Western Standard Opinion Editor Nigel Hannaford, Senior Alberta Columnist Corey Morgan, and former WSP editor-in-chief Dave Naylor. We talk about the Kamloops Holocaust, the government blocking access to information on the mass graves found in the area, and the return of the OG Pipeline.
00:04:04.780said they had found the graves of 215 children.
00:04:07.700The country collectively lost its mind, we lowered flags, and Justin Trudeau was pictured with teddy bears.
00:04:15.400The ban was given $12 million to go ahead and do something to make the thing real or not.
00:04:27.840And it turns out that one of the things, one of the catches on that $12 million was they had to file reports as to what they've done with it.
00:04:35.000And that's the information that Black Locks first asked for.
00:04:39.560And there's 576 pages and the feds said, no, we're not giving it to you.
00:04:47.060So Black Locks then went to the information commissioner, appealed, and now the information officer has ordered it released within the next month.
00:12:14.520So they were very incentivized to make it out that they suffered the most horrible possible things, which some I don't know were probably true, but now we will have, I think people say, well, I think I want to hear a little more because there's a whole lot of billions that got put out based on this.
00:12:31.820When we can see a fraud being as large as that level, I think it's not unfair to now scrutinize some of the other claims and they're terrified.
00:20:58.940But he's in China, I think, right now, and the Chinese have been quite explicit that, you know, Carney should, Canada should be pivoting away from the States towards China, even if it were to happen to some extent.
00:21:12.240I doubt it would ever be very explicit because Carney would get a midnight free helicopter ride for Delta Force pretty quickly, I think.
00:21:20.520If the United States won't tolerate Maduro across the Gulf in Venezuela, there's a 0% chance they would tolerate it from Canada.
00:21:30.100But Carney does have a very long history with China.
00:21:38.360So my take on it is, actually, there's a lot of questions, and you've hit on a number of them there, but Trump is off to Greenland because he feels he needs it for national security.
00:25:09.040public reasons given for these things.
00:25:11.840But it's much more basic than that. But a lot of Americans have started to connect the dots that by getting Venezuelan heavy sour oil back in production, and that'll take some time, but getting it back in production, that is going to put massive pressure on Canada and specifically Alberta.
00:27:53.180And so it's, and it has made it known in the past, and here I'm quoting, it wants to drop its U.S.-inspired tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum, and electric vehicles before removing its retaliatory duties on Canadian agriculture and seafood products.
00:30:15.720But we need to be leery of it, because China obviously has a very clear intention of trying to drive a wedge between us and the states.
00:30:22.540Trump's rhetoric has facilitated that quite helpfully to the Chinese interests.
00:30:28.160But as he's made clear, you can talk to whoever you want.
00:30:31.500But if you actually get in bed with the Chinese, you're getting a free helicopter ride.
00:30:34.620You know, Derek, one thing that nobody bothers to think about is that in three years less than, Donald Trump will no longer be president of the United States.
00:30:45.760And you can almost guarantee that things will change at that point.
00:30:50.440Because I cannot think of another U.S. politician who has the capacity to do what Trump does, the way he does it, and pull it off.
00:31:02.680You know what? He's mused about it. He's too old. He's in better shape than Biden. Or, you know, he could put mini-me in there. What's his name? Vance.
00:31:18.680So, you know, maybe we shouldn't sign a five-year deal with China.
00:31:30.440Maybe we should just make it for, like, about two and a half
00:33:03.200A citizens-initiated referendum will actually generate a referendum.
00:33:06.460So they essentially kiboshed their own thing after handing it, and all they managed to do was waste their own time and effort.
00:33:12.000But now we've got, now it's the opportunity of the pro-independence side, organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project here.
00:33:19.520And they just kind of kicked off the sign now.
00:33:22.280Yeah, so I mean, to give a little more background, it looks like there was a bit of a battle between the government and the electoral officer, too.
00:33:27.220I don't think the electoral officer was really keen on the idea of an independence referendum.
00:33:30.800He used the past legislation, tossed it to a judge.
00:33:34.180Right when the judge ruled, saying they couldn't hold such a referendum, they put out Bill 14, said, okay, fine, we're changing the legislation.
00:33:41.300and the electoral officer actually threw up his hands.
00:34:57.080And those are the pictures you're seeing in the snow and that's happening everywhere.
00:35:00.880It's happening in smaller towns, Bicycle, Didsbury, everywhere these guys hold a
00:35:05.820meeting. People are coming out and just overwhelming it. The eagerness to sign this
00:35:10.780petition. I mean, this is the honeymoon phase. It's the first week, you know, it'll probably
00:35:15.220cool down a bit, but there's really something unusual taking place. It caught them off guard,
00:35:21.620caught me off guard. The fruits, I think, of all their work for months and months has finally
00:35:26.640gotten there. They got something tangible to work on and the people are coming out. And the other
00:35:31.240that's interesting was not only did thousands come out to sign the petition but of them hundreds
00:35:37.800signed up to be volunteers for the campaign and uh we're in for a hell of a year that's all they
00:35:43.320could say it's going to be something else uh yeah it's um and then then we'll have an actual
00:35:50.120campaign i don't know when the vote will be held i mean uh governments like to hold them in the fall
00:35:55.720you know americans have it in early november but their weather is a bit more forgiving for it so
00:35:59.320our elections tend to be i i hate these things these things are always on like my birthday
00:36:03.400it's like mid-october they pick and like so every second birthday i have all my political friends
00:36:10.160can't uh can't be with me because it's a freaking election um uh so you know i'd say it's a good
00:36:15.660bet we'd be looking at an october or november the fullest the good money is on this yeah yeah it's
00:36:20.900uh i've been talking to some american contacts of mine and they're just shocked they're shocked
00:36:26.740now they're on all under the delusion that like oh yeah this is albertans all clamoring to be the
00:36:30.90051st state sorry guys it's not uh there's a few but it's it that's a pretty small fraction of
00:36:38.620things of course if alberta did achieve independence would that be an option on the
00:36:42.800menu to consider oh well yeah so later yeah yeah get back to me we got bigger things to do right
00:36:49.280now um but it's uh it's happening almost certainly we're gonna have a vote on independence
00:36:56.680in Alberta. The polls do not favor the yes side right now. If I was going to bet right now,
00:37:01.960we'd probably get 40%, you know, after campaign, but campaigns matter. I mean,
00:37:09.000you know, there's a lot of time to move that needle between now and October.
00:37:12.200When the Quebec government called the referendum that it held in 1995,
00:37:15.880independent support there was pretty comparable to where it is right here. Right now, it was
00:37:20.440kind of mid thirties, you know, a significant minority, but not there yet. And they got all
00:37:24.680the way up to 49.9 and you know if you ask the guys who were on the s side they think pretty
00:37:31.400strongly the feds cheated and that we wouldn't put that past them and it wouldn't take a lot
00:37:35.080of cheating to make the difference in that one uh campaigns matter i i think it's
00:37:41.400who's going to lead who's going to lead the campaign for the independence party
00:37:44.920right that's part of your side side because there's like four yeah like who's going to be
00:37:50.120the chief spokesman for the for the independence group that's the one thing you're missing right
00:37:54.280now yeah uh and it's not going to be jeff wrath or if it is you're going to fail uh you know they
00:38:00.840they need to come up as does the other side who's going to be captain canada jason kenny wants a job
00:38:08.040and daniel smith says she will not have the job she will sit so you talked about those two polls
00:38:14.040derrick uh widely ranging numbers one had support as low as 17 which i didn't agree with the other
00:38:22.120The other one was around 35%, which I think is probably more closer to the truth, but yeah, it's going to be a fun campaign.
00:38:28.600Yeah, there is no Lucien Bouchard right now or personable person.
00:38:32.080That is a missing factor, but there are some months.
00:38:34.240I think the movement can get along until the end of this petitioning portion without having a distinguished individual sort of speaking for them, but there will need to be a focal point.
00:38:45.760I really don't have a name jumping in mind.
00:38:48.360No, well, and like in the Quebec case, you had the PQ and you had the PQ providing a pool of politicians who are experienced in this kind of thing.
00:38:58.900This is a naturally political position, somewhat political experience.
00:39:03.220The federal conservative, how do you be a member of the federal conservative party of Canada and then also lead an independence referendum?
00:39:43.400If I had to go out on a limb, I wouldn't name any names,
00:39:46.460But I would be looking for among people who have not had anything public to say yet, but who have a lot of money and an interest in the outcome.
00:39:56.100And they will arrive and they will be the promised leader for a period of the year, you know, when it matters.
00:40:05.560But again, it could be anybody we've heard of.