Ottawa cannot legally tax Alberta oil and gas exports.
Ted Morton and former Supreme Court Justice Jack Major just shredded last week’s Herald column that claimed Mark Carney can unilaterally slap an “exit tax” on our energy to fight Trump.
s. 109: the resources belong to the provinces.
s. 125: you cannot tax provincial property.
Canadian courts have already ruled that s. 125 beats the federal trade-and-tax power.
This is the NEP all over again. Pierre Trudeau tried the exact same export tax. Peter Lougheed called it “tantamount to a declaration of war,” took it to court, and won. Alberta Court of Appeal 1981.
Supreme Court 1982: “Section 125 raised to the rank of constitutional guarantee the immunity of provincial property from taxation.”
Lougheed then used the win to force s. 92A into the Constitution so it could never happen again.
Ontario (122) + Quebec (78) have the seats to ignore us — the same math that gave Trudeau a majority in 1980 with zero Western MPs.
If Carney chooses politics over the Constitution, he will supercharge the October 19 referendum. Morton and Major say he should know that.
Read it: https://t.co/22IM7d4cYS
The authors aren’t pundits.
Morton is a former Alberta energy and finance minister who taught constitutional law for 23 years.
Major sat on the Supreme Court and was the lawyer who argued the 1981 case for Alberta.
A reminder for retaliation hawks in the East:
There's no such thing as "Canadian Oil".
There's Alberta oil, And Saskatchewan Oil, etc. And we will not be adding an export tax to our energy in order to protect Quebec's dairy cartel.
‼️Here is a complete list of LARGER Canadian companies that got crushed by 50% tariffs overnight, along with the number of jobs, and total exports to the US:
-Plastics & packaging — Winpak / Cascades / CCL Industries
(~2,800–26,000 jobs combined; ~$1–3B+ combined US sales/exports)
• Wood products — West Fraser Timber / Canfor / Interfor
(~9,500–15,000+ jobs; West Fraser alone ~$3.4B US revenue)
• Furniture & lighting — Dorel Industries / Teknion / Global Furniture (~3,000–6,000 jobs; Dorel ~$500–800M US sales)
• Select machinery & electronics — Celestica / Linamar / Magna (select divisions)
(tens of thousands of jobs across groups; multi-billion US exposure)
• Textiles & apparel — Gildan Activewear / Canada Goose (Gildan ~75,000 global jobs, major US market; Canada Goose ~$1B+ revenue, strong US sales)
• Cement & other — Lafarge Canada (Holcim) / St Marys Cement
(~1,500–6,000+ jobs; hundreds of millions in US-bound shipments)
Following a very difficult meeting with my accountant, I just found out how much it is going to cost me in terms of an "exit tax" to leave Quebec and Canada. No human being in a free society should have their hard-earned money stolen in this manner. I'm genuinely numb. I'm speechless.
@unfilteredwkels you should watch this, its a must really, you'll be fuming by the end
Canada Isn’t Sovereign? Shawn Buckley Exposes Constitutional Truths (King, Land & Power) NADINE Canada isn’t what you’ve been told. In this episode, constitutional lawyer Sean Buckley
https://t.co/pYA0JzLxre
If you really want to know where the economy is headed, don’t ask an economist—ask a trucker.
I did, and they usually see the signs months before the data confirms it. What I heard isn’t good news for the Canadian economy.
Alberta’s flag is a symbol of freedom, strength and prosperity, and Albertans love it.
Anyone who tries to degrade our flag - or cancel it for any purpose - isn’t worthy of calling themselves Albertan imo.
I don’t care if you’re Canada-First, Alberta-First or something in between…Respect…the…Flag…period!
Thank you Mr President for your amazing leadership and everything you’ve done.
It’s been an honor to fight alongside with you.
The GENIUS Act will unleash the golden age.
BREAKING: The British government is set to approve experiments to BLOCK THE SUN to stop climate change.
They will be spraying chemicals into the air to block the sun to lower the temperature.
This is literally biological terr*rism.
🚨 CARNEY COMES FOR YOUR HOUSE: “PAID-OFF HOMES MUST BE TAXED” 🚨
🔴 PM Mark Carney just dropped a bombshell on millions of Canadians:
🗣️ “Untapped housing equity must contribute to economic fairness.”
🔴 Translation? If you own your home outright — you’re now a target.
🔥 THE WAR ON PROPERTY OWNERS JUST WENT FEDERAL 🔥
📢 WHAT THIS MEANS:
⚠️ That mortgage-free life you worked decades for? Carney wants a slice.
⚠️ They're framing it as “equity fairness” — but it’s pure wealth seizure.
⚠️ Retirees and working families now face a federal equity tax.
💥 This isn’t just a Canadian issue — it’s GLOBALIST PLAYBOOK 101.
💥 From Canada to Europe to Australia, globalist puppets follow the same script.
💥 The same tax. The same excuse. The same elite handlers pulling strings.
🚨 THIS ISN’T ABOUT FAIRNESS — IT’S ABOUT GLOBAL CONTROL THROUGH DEBT. 🚨
https://t.co/82vT4DxjiH