I just finished watching this (2005) CBC documentary about the 1995 Quebec referendum.
It’s fascinating history, especially for Albertans.
Two things stood out.
First, around the 25-minute mark, Quebec separatists are shown building relationships with France and reaching out to the United States before the referendum. They were seeking recognition and discussing future economic relationships in the event Quebec voted to become independent.
CBC presents it as a matter of fact.
No panic.
No accusations of treason.
No outrage.
Just a recognition that if a region is considering independence, its leaders will naturally want to know what recognition, trade, and diplomatic relations might look like afterward.
Today, when Albertans have similar conversations with Americans, many of the same people immediately scream “traitor.”
Why?
What exactly is the difference?
Second, around the 50-minute mark, several political leaders discuss how important it is that a referendum question be clear and understandable.
That struck me because we’re seeing many of the same arguments in Alberta today.
Democracy works best when voters know exactly what they’re voting for.
Not when questions are engineered to create confusion.
Not when the goal is to muddy the waters.
Not when politicians try to manufacture a result.
History matters
And if you support Alberta independence, you should study Quebec.
Canada came far closer to breaking apart than many people realize.
For generations, Quebec maintained a strong identity, a distinct culture, and a vision for its future that often differed from the rest of the country.
English Canada understood that Quebec was different.
Yet when Albertans say we have our own culture, our own priorities, our own economic interests, and our own vision for the future, we’re told to stop asking questions and fall in line.
This documentary is worth watching; and I am nostalgic for when CBC had a semblance of journalistic integrity.
https://t.co/frbQ7yRHkn
At 87 years old, Richmond senior Lance Evans says he spends his days at the library and his nights trying to sleep in Tim Hortons because he has nowhere else to go.
His story shines a light on a growing crisis facing elderly Canadians, as rising housing costs, long waitlists, and a shortage of care options leave some seniors struggling to find even the most basic security and shelter.
ANOTHER INNOCENT GIRL ATTACKED IN THE UK!
17 year-old girl gets slashed up in broad daylight by a 30-year-old man.
I’m sick of the excuses from politicians and mental health copouts!
I’m tired of seeing these videos of innocent girls.
Who else is with me?
Three men convicted of the GRUESOME KILLINGS of Abbotsford seniors Arnold and Joanne Dejong have now all filed Constitutional challenges, seeking consideration for EARLY PAROLE under the so-called faint-hope clause!
Flying around the world and talking shit about the Americans while pretending we're going to replace them with China or Europe is pretty much the dumbest trade strategy I've ever seen from a developed economy.
September 8, 9, 10, 11
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We owe it to you to give you the space to tell your story
It’ll be on Parliament Hill
No MPs or legacy media can say they couldn’t make it and keep ignoring you
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"Belfast: We Voted for Peace. This Is What We Got. 🇬🇧"
"We voted for peace in 1998. This is what we got."
A Belfast resident goes viral explaining why his city is burning. Kids being chased and raped. Drugs flooding in. Foreign criminals in IP asylum centers.
The MSM won't tell you this story.
Dan Wootton, Outspoken - Full Episode: https://t.co/LUy58dDcgn
This is SCARY.
Have a read about how Canada has become a haven for terrorists, organized crime and a lax justice system in which two Ontario police officers have been killed the past week.
"Constable Pinizzotto went through a door in a building where an eight-year-old boy was killed in his bed ten months earlier, in a city where a jail official survived a hit allegedly arranged with help from inside his own justice system, in a country where a Hells Angel took a contract from Tehran and a former provincial politician learned from an American court filing — not a Canadian one — that a cartel had her home address and a price on her head. The marketplace that connects those facts is open for business, and its clients — cartel and state alike — have learned that in Canada, the price of violence is low and the prosecution of enterprises is rare. Until Parliament changes that calculation, Canada remains, as The Bureau has reported citing former U.S. State Department and U.S. intelligence official David Luna, a “safe zone” for the worst threat networks in the world."
It's bizarre that Canada's capital could experience a terrorist attack — which killed a soldier standing in defence of our freedom — carried out by an Islamist in a keffiyeh, and that these scarves have now become a fashion accessory. It's the darkest episode of Black Mirror yet.
We already know that the shooting at the US consulate was connected to an Iran-backed terrorist group.
The raid in which a police officer was tragically killed was related to the US consulate shooting.
Was this officer killed by an active terrorist cell on Canadian soil?
Canadians need answers!
$200 million.
That’s what Liberals handed a near-bankrupt company stuffed with well-connected insiders and family members — for a spaceport that’s delivered three failed launches off a concrete slab.
The only thing that actually took off? The bank accounts of Liberal insiders.
One of them, Sasha Jacobs, turned worthless shares into a $1.8 million personal windfall after the government “lit the fuse.”
While Canadians struggle with groceries, housing, and record food bank use, this is what passes for “investment” in this country.
This isn’t economic development.
It’s legalized money laundering dressed up as industrial strategy.
We’re not a serious country anymore. We’re a punchline.
#cdnpoli #LiberalCorruption #TaxpayerWaste #CanadaFirst
Carney continues to roll out the plan that he laid out in his book "Values".
Want to see where this will take us? Just look at Quebec since the 1960s.
Then they had a "quiet revolution". They were upset that the anglophones were running all the good businesses. Premier Jean Lesage "modernized" the province. He expanded government role in everything, nationalization dozens of industries, reformed education, and emphasised protecting the French language.
The result? They chased away entrepreneurs and real capitalists, and the province has been stagnating every since.
Quebec has resources, cheap energy, an educated population, universities, proximity to the largest market on the planet, access to tidewater and more. Yet it continues to underperform. It's an economic basket case. It's is literally one of the worse performing jurisdictions on the continent.
It's unionized, politically mis-managed, and has an unproductive populace, addicted to welfare.
Carney wants to model all of Canada after our worse performing province.
Every Canadian should watch this.
A farmer is forced to dump thousands of litres of good milk down the drain because supply management makes it illegal for him to sell it.
This is a sick system while families struggle with food prices.
David Eby, the Premier of British Columbia, Canada, says it's "heartbreaking" that a Somali referee with alleged ties to a terrorist org was denied entry into the U.S.
He says the Somali referee would be "welcomed and celebrated" in his country.
Why is Canada welcoming Islamic terrorist associates?!
🚨 BREAKING: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard just DROPPED A BOMBSHELL, she's releasing evidence of US TAXPAYERS funding BIOLABS abroad — "more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine"
"Despite the obvious potential for catastrophic global impact that research on dangerous pathogens and Biolabs can have, politicians and so-called health professionals like Dr. Fauci, as well as entities within the Biden administration's national security team, lied repeatedly to the American people about the existence of U.S. funded and supported Biolabs."
"Not only did they lie, they threatened those who attempted to expose the truth."
These likely housed DANGEROUS PATHOGENS and were vulnerable to attacks
"These Biolabs include labs in places like Ukraine, which could be at risk of compromise due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War."
"In fact, the intelligence community had previously warned that a U.S. funded Biolab in Ukraine likely housed dangerous pathogens and remained vulnerable to longstanding threats of Russian attack, seizure, or damage."
"Now, until now, evidence regarding the full existence and funding of these laboratories had been knowingly withheld from you, the American people. Many of these U.S. government-funded Biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, and in some cases included dangerous gain-of-function research with very little visibility or oversight."
@TulsiGabbard thank you! 🇺🇸
No, I don’t think you can do that.
I don’t think you can noisily welcome Omar Artan, a Somali with ties to Islamic terrorists on Wednesday, and then on Thursday give condolences for a policeman murdered by Islamic terrorists. You have to choose.