Western Standard - August 13, 2026


Reasons that we should have a referendum on the 82 Constitution

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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

165.09

Word count

221

Sentence count

15


Transcript

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00:00:00 Sovereignty was taken from the people and given to the state with no consent or consultation.
00:00:04 So the second one is our rights went from absolute to conditional,
00:00:08 which it turned out to be the Prime Minister's prerogative.
00:00:11 We lost land ownership protection altogether.
00:00:13 So third, in 1949, the Canadian government signed on to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
00:00:19 in which it promised to never reduce the rights of its citizens without their informed consent.
00:00:25 So fourth, the Supreme Court ruled that the premiers had the right to be involved.
00:00:29 Would it have ruled against the need for public referendum if someone had asked?
00:00:35 So fifth, there was no mandate.
00:00:37 There wasn't an election issue.
00:00:38 It wasn't no public outcry.
00:00:41 It was manufactured by the Trudeau government, and they were given no opportunity, and we were given no opportunity to debate.
00:00:48 The sixth and final is that the amending formula is unworkable.
00:00:52 Ontario and Quebec and the political class in Ottawa have vetoes.
00:00:56 Alberta's successful 2021 referendum seeking amendment being categorically disregarded is evidence that the West has no standing.
00:01:07 But most of all, Trudeau's constitutional gamut is a direct affront to the very character of the West.
00:01:14 It is a direct attempt to engineer us into what he wanted us to be rather than supporting who we are.