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We are live from Edmonton this afternoon with Federal and Provincial Government officials and the Canadian Armed Forces to give Canadians an update on the tragic events and response at CFB Wainwright.
Watch here: cpac.ca/headline-politics/ep…
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Canada should have to respond.
If Ottawa believes the present arrangement is fair to Alberta, it should be prepared to defend it.
If Canada wants Alberta to remain, it should put a serious offer on the table.
Option 2 creates that obligation and leverage. Option 1 allows Ottawa to ignore us.
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STATEMENT FROM LET ALBERTA DECIDE CO-LEAD KEITH WILSON, K.C.
Albertans should welcome any serious effort to get our energy to world markets. But with the October 19 referendum only weeks away, they are also entitled to ask some hard questions about today’s Pacific Link announcement.
The first is: why now?
Alberta has been seeking tidewater access for decades. This new pipeline was formally referred to the Major Projects Office on July 2. Yet the major announcement declaring it a project of national interest arrives immediately before Albertans make an important decision about their future constitutional relationship with Ottawa.
That timing deserves scrutiny. Its Ottawa playing politics to get Albertans to forget about decades of mistreatment and how Canada does not work for Alberta.
Albertans should also look carefully at what was actually announced. This is not yet a fully approved, financed or construction-ready pipeline. The current estimated cost is between $35 billion and $44 billion. Taxpayers are now on the hook for the overwhelming majority of the initial ownership interest, while major questions remain about final financing, new BC tolls on Alberta oil, shipper commitments and the ultimate cost to taxpayers.
The pipeline comes with many strings attached imposed by Ottawa. The $20-30 billion Pathways carbon-capture project will be another hit on taxpayers.
This brings the combined cost to taxpayers of over $70 billion which is the same amount as the total budget for the Alberta Government including health care, education, and social programs.
Today’s announcement is significant and I hope the pipeline ultimately gets built.
But Albertans should judge it on the facts, not the timing of a press conference. Does Canada still work for Alberta or can Alberta do better? That’s the question that will be decided on October 19.
Serious change is needed in the constitutional relationship so that the Alberta Government does not have to spend decades of effort and billions in taxpayer dollars just to get a new pipeline.
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Even if you want Alberta to stay in Canada, vote Option 2.
It’s not a vote for separation. It’s a vote that the status quo with Ottawa is unacceptable — and it gives Premier Smith real leverage instead of sending Carney a message that everything is fine.
Voting Option 1 is a surrender.
My argument in the Calgary Herald:
calgaryherald.com/news/local…
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What does “Vote to Stay” actually mean?
Voting Option 1 is voting for the status quo. It means:
- STAY with the current tax burden.
- STAY with the current regulatory structure.
- STAY with today’s affordability pressures.
- STAY with the existing relationship with Ottawa.
Option 2 means Albertans want something different.
We can do better. Vote Option 2.
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Option 2 signals that our dissatisfaction with Alberta’s position in Canada requires more than another speech about national unity. It tells both governments that Albertans expect a credible process, transparent analysis and a meaningful opportunity to decide.
Anyone campaigning against that should explain why the existing arrangement deserves approval before the alternative receives a proper hearing.
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Even stay-in-Canada Albertans should vote Option 2.
It’s not a vote to leave. It’s a vote that Ottawa’s current deal is broken — and it gives Danielle Smith the leverage she needs.
Option 1 tells Carney we’re fine with the status quo. We’re not.
calgaryherald.com/news/local…
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JUST IN
The Liberal government's legal fees for its Emergencies Act litigation are now up to $3.99 million... and this is before Supreme Court hearing.
All because they won't just admit that they violated the constitutional rights of Canadians (which two courts have affirmed).
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I’m supposed to perform the obligatory little ritual now and pretend both versions of this trade debacle deserve equal credibility.
I don’t... I believe the Americans.
Not because they’re American. Not because politicians suddenly became trustworthy. And certainly not because Donald Trump has been canonized.
I believe them because the American account increasingly makes more sense.
Greer, Lutnick and Bessent have spoken openly and specifically about what happened. Their accounts have been remarkably consistent. They can discuss the negotiations like people who were actually involved in them, without appearing terrified that an unsupervised adjective might escape and without a teleprompter.
Meanwhile, what do Canadians get from our own government?
Carefully sterilized language. Vague explanations. Missing specifics. Scripted talking points. Every sentence apparently passed through enough communications people and lawyers to remove any detectable trace of information.
We’re being kept in the dark like bloody mushrooms while learning more about Canada’s own trade negotiations from American officials and American media than from the Canadian government supposedly representing us.
And somehow we’re not supposed to notice how politically convenient the Canadian version is.
We got:
👉🏻 Trump was unreasonable.
👉🏻 Trump changed the deal.
👉🏻 Trump threatened our sovereignty.
👉🏻 Trump forced Canada to walk away.
Trump. Trump. Trump.
Just keep Canadians sufficiently pissed off at Donald Trump and perhaps nobody asks the considerably more inconvenient question:
❓️ What exactly did Mark Carney walk away from, and why?
Because after the Gordie Howe Bridge fiasco, I’m fresh out of complimentary benefit of the doubt.
And here’s the part that absolutely reeks, discrediting any appearance of truth told by the liar in chief #MarkCarney...
If Carney possesses documentary evidence proving Trump suddenly dumped outrageous, unacceptable demands onto Canada at the eleventh hour, where the hell is it?
Seriously.
Think about what that evidence would be worth politically.
IF Carney had a piece of paper proving Donald Trump screwed Canada, blindsided our negotiators and forced our heroic prime minister to stand up, pound the table and walk away, the Liberal machine wouldn’t quietly tuck that document into a filing cabinet.
Are you kidding me?
▪︎ They’d wallpaper Ottawa with the damn thing.
▪︎ They’d hold press conferences about it.
▪︎ They’d wave it around in Parliament.
▪︎ They’d quote it in fundraising emails.
▪︎ They’d buy ads with it.
Every friendly pundit in the country would have a laminated copy by breakfast. CBC would probably commission a twelve-part documentary and an interpretive dance.
It would be political rocket fuel.
Carney could point directly at the evidence and say, See? I stood up to Trump.
And considering how desperately this government wants Canadians angry at Trump, they would squeeze every last political drop out of it.
Instead, we get:
- Words.
- Trust us.
- Trump did it.
- Don't worry about the details.
- Just keep your elbows up and direct your anger toward the orange man south of the border.
How extraordinarily convenient.
And while Canada spends years shrieking about foreign interference, demanding security clearances for opposition leaders and warning us about other countries trying to influence Canadian politics, Canadian politicians seem remarkably comfortable inserting themselves into American partisan politics.
Apparently foreign political influence is a mortal threat to democracy when it crosses the border heading north.
Heading south?
Nothing to see here, carry on.
So enough of the carefully packaged Liberal bullshit.
Release the negotiating documents.
• Show Canadians the American demands.
• Show us Canada's demands.
• Show us what changed.
• Show us when it changed.
• Show us exactly what was sitting on that table when Canada walked away.
Because if those documents prove Carney's story, his government has every political incentive imaginable to release them, and its quite odd that they haven't.
Their continued absence doesn't prove he's lying, but it sure does suggest it!
And considering the Americans are providing details while our own government feeds us verbal oatmeal, it sure as hell gives Canadians a reason to stop swallowing everything we're spoon-fed.
Mark Carney isn't an oracle. He isn't our father. And Canadians aren't intellectually deficient children who need the PMO to decide which facts we're mature enough to see.
Stop telling us whom to hate.
Show us what happened.
Then we'll decide for ourselves who is full of shit.
#cdnpoli
Brian Johnson retweeted
Do federalists actually believe that literally any private investor will bring a single unguaranteed dollar to build a pipeline anywhere in this country under the current fringe leadership of fringe politicians with fringe policy?
Completely delusional.
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A large majority of Canadians now view the carbon tax as just a tax that makes life more unaffordable and does nothing for the environment.
Share if you agree it’s time to axe the carbon tax in 2023.
#carbontax #cdnpoli #abpoli
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CBC staff reportedly monitored negative social media reactions to its sympathetic coverage of Humboldt Broncos crash driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, archived critical posts, and escalated them internally to executives and security personnel.
Canada’s state broadcaster should welcome scrutiny, not funnel criticism to security channels or discuss flagging dissenting journalists. When a taxpayer-funded media institution treats public criticism as a security matter, it risks chilling free expression and undermining trust.
westernstandard.news/bc/excl…
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Alberta,
Help us identify this man. He walked into Mitch Sylvestre's store, placed two bullets on the counter and said "These are for Mitch."
If you know who this man is, contact the RCMP.
Here's a statement from Mitch Sylvestre
"We will take pictures of you and then we will put you up on the internet and then we will find you. We will identify you. Then we will charge you. And anyone that tells you to do that, we will charge them as well. We will take every step that we can to protect our people. We are conducting a legal democratic path laid out by the Supreme Court of Canada for Alberta Independence."
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The formula still does not include hydro power as part of the economic capacity calculation but no fed party that needs votes in Que would ever change this including the @CPC_HQ It’s one of those features of Cda’s ‘asymmetrical federalism’, an ongoing problem with the federation.
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“In a Westminster parliamentary democracy, findings of this gravity engage the constitutional convention of Ministerial Responsibility. That principle holds that when ministers authorize unlawful action or preside over serious failures of governance, they are expected to accept responsibility, including resignation from Cabinet.
Seven members of the current Cabinet participated in the February 14, 2022 decision. Respect for constitutional norms and democratic accountability now requires that they resign from Cabinet:
- Dominic LeBlanc
- Mélanie Joly
- François-Philippe Champagne
- Anita Anand
- Patty Hajdu
- Marc Miller
- Sean Fraser
Canada's democracy depends not only on the exercise of power, but on the willingness to relinquish it when the law has been breached.”
Last Friday, the Federal Court of Appeal released one of the most significant constitutional decisions in decades.
The Court confirmed that the federal government’s February 14, 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act was unlawful, that statutory thresholds were not met, and that fundamental Charter rights including freedom of expression, protection against unreasonable search and seizure, were violated.
It also held that the freezing of Canadians’ bank accounts was unlawful and occurred without the constitutional safeguards required in a free and democratic society.
This is now the second Canadian court to reach the same conclusion. The rule of law has spoken clearly. Yet there has been no public acknowledgement, apology, or explanation from the federal government.
In a Westminster parliamentary democracy, findings of this gravity engage the constitutional convention of Ministerial Responsibility. That principle holds that when ministers authorize unlawful action or preside over serious failures of governance, they are expected to accept responsibility, including resignation from Cabinet.
Seven members of the current Cabinet participated in the February 14, 2022 decision. Respect for constitutional norms and democratic accountability now requires that they resign from Cabinet:
- Dominic LeBlanc
- Mélanie Joly
- François-Philippe Champagne
- Anita Anand
- Patty Hajdu
- Marc Miller
- Sean Fraser
Canada's democracy depends not only on the exercise of power, but on the willingness to relinquish it when the law has been breached.
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The contrast last Friday was striking.
On the same day the Federal Court of Appeal condemns the federal government for unlawfully using emergency powers against law-abiding Canadians, that same government announces it will proceed with seizing the property of legal gun owners--or criminalize them for non-compliance.
This is not a democratic government. It is a pattern of authoritarian governance.
And it explains why so many Albertans feel increasingly alienated from a federal government that no longer respects limits on its power or reflects our values. #AlbertaIndependence
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For most owners today the risks of maintaining a Canadian firearms license / PAL outweigh the benefits. It makes us targets.
@ABDanielleSmith - issue Alberta Firearms Licenses, make them sufficient for purchasing ammo and possessing firearms, cut Ottawa out of the equation.
The Government of Alberta and @ABDanielleSmith need to put their foot down on the latest gun confiscation crap coming out of Ottawa, which is saying there is only a 2 month compliance window even though the Alberta government promised to have our backs.
cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal…
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So the Federal Government, that has been proven by the courts to have violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, wants you to turn in your guns now.
Got it!
Licence holders will be notified of how to take part in the compensation program and in spring approved people will be invited to finalize their claims and schedule appointments to turn in their guns.
#skpoli #cdnpoli #Sask
ckom.com/2026/01/17/federal-…
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Do not participate. Do not register.
If we approach the end of the amnesty in October with nothing turned-in the government will be forced to abandon this asinine idea.
They can’t criminalize hundreds of thousands of citizens overnight.
Hold the line. Keep your property.
Today, Minister Anandasangaree made it explicit: non-compliance will result in criminalization. The police will have the authority to make arrests.
@CanadasNFA @Safety_Canada @gary_srp
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Anyone thinking of giving up their legally acquired property should feel ashamed of themselves.
If they can take away property on a false pretense from the most law abiding (statically) group of Canadians, be sure they will come after the rest of us on other legally owned property next.
This isn’t about safety no matter how hard they try to sell that narative.