Western Standard - Reasons that we should have a referendum on the 82 Constitution

00:00:00.000 Sovereignty was taken from the people and given to the state with no consent or consultation.

00:00:04.720 So the second one is our rights went from absolute to conditional,

00:00:08.060 which it turned out to be the Prime Minister's prerogative.

00:00:11.240 We lost land ownership protection altogether.

00:00:13.120 So third, in 1949, the Canadian government signed on to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

00:00:19.120 in which it promised to never reduce the rights of its citizens without their informed consent.

00:00:25.360 So fourth, the Supreme Court ruled that the premiers had the right to be involved.

00:00:29.760 Would it have ruled against the need for public referendum if someone had asked?

00:00:35.060 So fifth, there was no mandate.

00:00:37.200 There wasn't an election issue.

00:00:38.780 It wasn't no public outcry.

00:00:41.340 It was manufactured by the Trudeau government, and they were given no opportunity, and we were given no opportunity to debate.

00:00:48.600 The sixth and final is that the amending formula is unworkable.

00:00:52.380 Ontario and Quebec and the political class in Ottawa have vetoes.

00:00:56.580 Alberta's successful 2021 referendum seeking amendment being categorically disregarded is evidence that the West has no standing.

00:01:07.560 But most of all, Trudeau's constitutional gamut is a direct affront to the very character of the West.

00:01:14.220 It is a direct attempt to engineer us into what he wanted us to be rather than supporting who we are.

Western Standard - August 13, 2026