Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️

Astronomy, music, politics and boobs. The day determines the order.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

Let’s do some math.

CO2 is 0.04% of our atmosphere.

Humanity (all of it) is responsible (generously) for 5% of that, equaling 0.008% of our atmosphere.

Canada, if we stopped emitting ALL sources of CO2, including exhaling, is 1.6% of that equaling 0.005%.

5 parts per billion.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@sarobertson_ I don’t remember hearing that North Dakota is supporting New York State…

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@vitamindees @SheilaGunnReid @NicD903 The best term I’ve heard that describes this, is “East-Splaing”.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@vitamindees @SheilaGunnReid @NicD903 They can’t help themselves.

Slave owners are gonna slave own.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@ABDanielleSmith Canada doesn’t work for Alberta.

You know that.

The problem is structural. It’s working EXACTLY as it was designed to do.

And you KNOW this.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@CoryBMorgan I’ve got a simple request. Facebook has suggested you as a friend, but we’ve never met. I’m sure we’d get along, but…that would be awkward!

Can I ask you to fire up a FB account (maybe for you TPA) that we could subscribe to, to get your messaging shareable?

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@Edmontondude Pretty good chance.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@___brittanyxo Here’s the issue guys have to wrestle with:

That same flirt” was made to a handful of hockey players, and after FINALLY accepting her offer, saw their dreams disappear, and nearly went to prison.

It’s not that we’re dense, it that we are forced to be extremely cautious.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@DennisKalma @ikwilson @cspotweet Even if true (and it’s bullshit), I’d STILL vote to leave.

That’s 15 years of what we’ve paid into equalization and social transfers.

It’s still a bargain.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@hollyanndoan @SenateCA Oh, you mean NOT pointing out that the Kamloops Res School “graveyard” is nothing but the lines to a septic field?

Eat a dick.

[Timothy @Timsiebs]

Thanks for actually responding! Most federalists don't even attempt it. I'll respond point by point:

Free access to a market of 40M Canadians
1. Canada doesn't have free access to market throughout the country. It's frequently easier to trade across the border to the south than it is across provincial borders. And market restrictions like the dairy cartel would be awesome to finally be freed from! Not to mention freedom to buy/sell whatever kind of lightbulb or straws we like (currently restricted in this "free market" of Canada).

Keeps the Canadian dollar & Bank of Canada
2. The Canadian dollar is being inflated away; have you taken a look at the M2 money supply chart recently? Or have you paid attention to the way prices are rising exponentially to all the goods around you (while things like gold & silver maintain their value)? The sooner we can leave this snow peso behind, the better!

Pipelines & trade routes across provinces
3. What pipelines? Any time we want to build the most basic infrastructure we need to grovel on bended knee to Ottawa while they simultaneously siphon tens of billions of tax dollars from our back pocket! With independence we could negotiate trade deals openly and fairly with as much or as little as we decide to offer, not have our money indirectly confiscated while there's ever-increasing taxes, restrictions, and ridicule of our main industries. Trade routes will continue (you need our goods!), and we'll increase trade to the south (non-bilingual, which will be great!).

Shared programs - CPP, OAS, health transfers
4. Alberta overcontributes to every one of these "shared" programs. CPP for example--we overcontribute to the tune of 50% (around $3B!) ever year! Meanwhile I can only expect to receive less than 2% return on my investment into CPP--worse than a basic GIC! The sooner we can be freed from ponzi schemes like this, the more well-off Albertans will be.

Defence: armed forces, NATO, & NORAD seat
5. Canada has almost no armed forces remaining; only several thousand teeth arms troops currently. According to the latest report, the US could conquer Canada in as little as 2 days! Remember a couple years ago it took 14 years to replace the antique WW2 pistols our soldiers were sadly still using? Independence will allow us freedom to build a competent armed force free from the bureaucratic quagmire of Ottawa. And we can choose to join NATO & NORAD if that's the route we decide on (NATO seems increasingly irrelevant as most of the West--except the US--allows their militaries to crumble).

Passport, citizenship, & free movement
6. We'll have a new passport & citizenship that's worth far more than the Canadian one which recent governments have been distributing like candy to the 3rd world. I'll happily spend slightly more time to cross a border once or twice a year to BC if it means saving $5,000 a year per Albertan in equalization to the rest of the country, maintaining reasonable--properly vetted--immigration, and Albertans making all the decisions that affect us.

Avoids the cost and chaos of separating
7. The cost will be miniscule vs. the hundreds of billions we've paid into confederation in the just the last couple decades for only peanuts in return. Chaos is exactly where Canada is headed on its current trajectory. Independence is our only option to return to the stability & prosperity that Canada once offered but has long since abandoned.

Trade deals (CUSMA, CETA) come with Canada
8. 88% of Alberta's trade is with the US which hates the restrictions Eastern Canada keeps foisting on trade talks, such as the idiotic & wasteful dairy cartel and propped-up auto sector protectionism. We can negotiate a much better deal without that Eastern baggage. And CETA is basically irrelevant to Alberta since we basically don't trade in that direction.

Stable courts, rule of law, & institutions
9. You mean the courts & laws that have become a revolving door for criminals as violent crime skyrockets? You mean the courts that let rapists off easy based on the color of their skin? But that sends detectives across the country to shackle a Metis grandmother for the crime of mischief when merely peacefully protesting at the steps of our nation's capital? The system that installs 90% liberal judges here in Alberta who don't share our values? The sooner we can be freed from all that, the better!

Deep family, cultural, and historic ties
10. It's easy to have deep ties while living in a different country, same as you share deep ties with your parents but despite living in a different house. The West has grown up and wants to move out, nothing wrong with that! And no hard feelings either...unless you try to stop us.

[CW 4 an Alberta First Renewal and an Alberta4All @alberta_cw]

I saw this list and developed another list for Albertans.

Reasons Alberta Struggles Under Ottawa-First Confederation

(Even a determined Premier can identify the problems, but the system prevents real delivery)

Structural Power Imbalance
Confederation’s Westminster system concentrates power in Ottawa. Provincial Premiers, no matter how strong, operate within federal rules, courts, and constitutional constraints that favor central authority over provincial self-determination, not in the interest of Albertans proven time and time again.

Alberta’s Resource Wealth Extracted
Alberta’s oil, gas, and natural resources generate massive federal revenues through taxes, equalization, and carbon pricing, yet Albertans see limited direct ownership. Ottawa decides how much stays and comes back, not Alberta. Albertans more and more see NO BENEFIT from their efforts, just higher taxes or shell games taking from Peter to pay Paul.

Unfulfilled Autonomy Promises
Even Premiers who campaign on Alberta Pension Plan (that Quebec already has), stronger Bill of Rights (bodily autonomy), provincial police, or resource sovereignty deliver only MOUs and incremental talks with a massive carbon tax that stifles/kills Alberta's long-term prosperity. The system rewards negotiation with no result.

Federal Control Over Immigration & Demographics
Ottawa sets immigration levels that strain Alberta’s housing, healthcare, and budgets. Provinces have limited tools to align inflows with local capacity, leading to exploding costs despite provincial frustration.

Fiscal Trap: Deficits, Debt & Equalization
Alberta runs deficits and rising debt while sending billions eastward. Campaign promises of fiscal conservatism collide with federal rules, shared programs, and political pressure that prevent true conservative discipline.

Legal & Institutional Roadblocks
Courts, Constitution, Indigenous consultation requirements, and federal oversight block bold moves (e.g., referendums, sovereignty acts). 300,000+ signatures can be collected, but delivery is diluted, delayed or outright ignored.

Carbon Tax & Policy Capture
Federal carbon tax directly reduces Alberta families’ potential prosperity. Premiers can criticize it, but remain entangled in national deals (CUSMA, etc.) that prioritize Ottawa’s agenda over Alberta’s energy heartland.

Incrementalism by Design
The Confederation model favors slow compromise and elite negotiation. Strong Alberta Premiers identify Ottawa-First problems clearly, but the system turns bold vision into weak MOUs and symbolic fights. Who loses? Albertans since 1905.

Limits on Democratic Will
Even with strong grassroots support for autonomy, party discipline, Senate irrelevance, and federal override powers blunt provincial action. Albertans’ priorities get filtered through Ottawa’s lens.

Deep Systemic Ties That Bind
Currency, banking, trade routes, defense, and pensions are tied to federal institutions. Exiting or meaningfully reforming these carries real costs, costs that keep even reform-minded Premiers trapped in Confederation’s incremental orbit.

Having said that once an Alberta government says no and forms our own government, the resources to fund these institutions and create our own is overall more than profitable and hands federal taxes today, back to Albertans tomorrow.

Bottom Line:
A good Premier can fight Ottawa. But under the current Confederation structure, they cannot consistently deliver Ownership of our resources, Renewal of government, or lasting Prosperity for Albertans.

This is why Alberta needs Renewal. Ownership. Prosperity. — an Alberta First agenda with true Albertans who are committed and focused on practical Alberta-First results, not more unfulfilled promises.

A Leadership Review can put a serious Alberta-First alternative on the table vs the Ottawa-First vision to allow UCP members and all Albertans an opportunity to see the debate and merits to allow them to decide what's in Albertans' interest, not the political elite.

#AlbertaRenewal #AlbertaFirst #CitizenDividend #AlbertaStrong

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@albertaradios Thinking a single pipeline will turn this around, is ignorant beyond belief.

We are not the same as Toronto (which pulls the strings for Ottawa).

It’s over.

We in Alberta are done with towing this country into prosperity.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@Rosa__AB Honestly, seeing Kenney standing in line to pay his respects to QE2 brought a tear to my eye.

But the time for angry letters (which is all he did to stand up for Alberta) is passed.

He’s on the wrong side of history.

Fear mongering doesn’t scare us.

Staying in Canada does.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@CoryBMorgan Now, I’m gonna go listen to some Metal.

All hail Iron Maiden.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@ABIndependence @ryangerritsen @WabKinew I’ve said before, I’ll pay attention to Provincial Premiers who can pull their own weight.

Kinew is a Treaty Indian who has depended on federal welfare for his entire life.

He’s brought that dependency to his current position.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@EdmontonOilers It’s F(l)ag month.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@ikwilson @billbucklley It gets better.

If on day 1, we shift immediately to $USD, as the $CAN falls below $0.50, we get everything at half price.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

Welcome to LGB/Mental Illness month.

[Trent Ferguson ❤️🛢️ @tfer68]

@PopBase F*g flag.