Trudeau: Canada’s First Separatist Prime Minister, Jason Stephan

B. Alberta Families and Businesses are Plundered and Gamed.

Since 1961, Alberta families and businesses have contributed more than $600 billion “net” into the Canada partnership, while Quebec took more than $476 billion “net” from it.

Quebec is the principal beneficiary of equalization; on a per capita basis, Alberta businesses and families are principal payors.

The Premier of Quebec says one of his favorite things about Canada is receiving equalization.

“I love you because of what I take from you” is at its core, selfish, and never the basis of a functional adult relationship.

The Premier also says there is no “social acceptability” for Alberta pipelines. How are inbound oil tankers from dictatorships in the middle east, who contribute nothing to Canada, acceptable?

What is more disappointing is that equalization is “gamed”.

An example.

State controlled Quebec Hydro provides the lowest power rates in all North America to Quebeckers at below market prices. This subsidy has resulted in Quebec having one of the highest per capita swimming pools in North America, including more than California – Quebec Hydro selling its power to heat those pools at deep discounts.

But as Quebec Hydro artificially sells power at under market, it reduces Quebec’s “fiscal capacity” in the billions, thereby increasing its share of billions in equalization payments from Alberta families and businesses. In essence, under equalization, Alberta families and businesses indirectly pay for, and subsidize, Quebec Hydro providing the lowest residential power rates to Quebeckers in all North America.

Looking at our own power bills, this is occurring at a time when Alberta families and businesses are suffering under unprecedented increases in our own power costs, including due to escalating carbon taxes imposed by Ottawa which by design, disproportionately harm Alberta businesses and families.

Informed Albertans see equalization for what it truly is, and they overwhelmingly rejected it.

C. True enemies of prosperity are “key members of Her Majesty’s Government in Ottawa”

While individual partners may not unilaterally change partnerships, they should speak up when they are being treated unfairly. Likewise, while Albertans may not unilaterally change the Canadian constitution to end equalization, we need to speak up as we are treated unfairly.

The truth is that Canada is becoming a dysfunctional, rigged partnership. In the real world, this partnership would never survive. In the real world, Quebec would be kicked out of the partnership. If Quebec was Alberta, they would have left this partnership long ago.

How will Ottawa and Quebec respond when confronted with principled requests for fairness? Will they be principled and act in good faith, or will they respond with indifference or hostility? Forced to confront reality, will they seek to deflect, defer, or distort the truth?

Albertans will be watching, as their response to this Referendum will reveal our partners for who they are.

I think we have our answer:

Justin Trudeau deflected, deferred, and distorted the truth? He tried to make the referendum about the Premier. The referendum has nothing to do with the Premier. It is about Albertans. There are Albertans who see equalization for what is, want it removed, and who do not support the Premier. Principles of fairness transcend partisanship.

A recent article by Warren Kinsella, states “Trudeau is Canada’s First NDP Prime Minister”. He is correct.

Justin Trudeau is also “Canada’s First Separatist Prime Minister”.

The Prime Minister by his words and his actions is hostile to Alberta and wants to plunder and pillage, Alberta, its businesses, families and individuals.

Justin Trudeau appointed Steven Guilbeault as Canada’s new environment minister and appointed Jonathan Wilkinson as Minister of Natural Resources.

Lorne Gunter in his Toronto Sun article titled: the “New cabinet is a disaster for Alberta” said: “[T]he two cabinet portfolios most important to Alberta’s economic future are now held by the two ministers in Trudeau’s cabinet most hostile to Alberta’s interests.”

In these challenging times, what is the greatest threat to Alberta’s freedom and prosperity?

In her article titled “Anti-oil crusader Steven Guilbeault hasn’t grown up since his radical lawbreaking days” Jesse Kline said:

“[T]he true enemies of Canadian prosperity are not some shadowy overseas money men looking to undermine our natural resources industry with vast sums of foreign funds, but key members of Her Majesty’s Government in Ottawa.”

Plan A is not working, what’s Plan B?

D. Trudeau: Canada’s Separatist Prime Minister

We must honestly confront the realities of our current circumstances.

We need to protect ourselves. Alberta businesses and families should not be subject to unprincipled Federal politicians, who have demonstrated that they will not hesitate to attack the livelihoods of Alberta individuals and families to further their political ambitions for power.

Canada is spending itself into oblivion, threatening to take Alberta down with it, adopting policies of economic self-destruction, undermining the capacity of Alberta businesses and families to provide for themselves and others.

What Canada was, is less important than what Canada is, and what it is becoming. When legal plunder displaces work as a ruling principle, a sustainable society is lost.

This is in all sincerity – Alberta may need to act quickly and abandon this sinking ship while it is still able to.

In the real world, unprincipled, hostile partners have no moral authority to claim unconditional loyalty. In the real world, loyalty is earned, not conferred.

Justin Trudeau is Canada’s Separatist Prime Minister: he has demonstrated that he will not hesitate to attack the livelihoods of Alberta individuals and families to further his political ambitions for power. He also does not “think about monetary policy”, moving towards it becoming disadvantageous to remain in Canada, with out of control trillion-dollar debts and dysfunctional, destructive economic policies.

Here is an important question, how is leverage increased when appealing for fairness and good faith from unprincipled and hostile partners?

In this case it is produced by Alberta needing Ottawa less; the less Alberta needs Ottawa, the more leverage we have.

Our requirement for fairness is not one founded on position or anger; it is founded on principle.

We are seeing exploding inflation and government debt, dramatic social and economic volatility and an unpredictable virus. Let’s be honest; let’s be prudent – there is an urgent need for all of us, individually and in our families, to prepare more, to become more self-reliant.

The Province of Alberta needs to do likewise. The right path forward is for Alberta to seek great self-reliance, to free ourselves from hostile interference, and insulate our children from a looming fiscal train wreck.

The Alberta government is exploring opportunities supporting principles of greater self-reliance, such as our own provincial police force and our own pension plan (which will save billions each year for Alberta businesses and workers). These are important opportunities and should be acted upon as soon as possible.

There are other great ideas from Albertans for greater self-reliance such as “The Free Alberta Strategy” (www.freealbertastrategy.com) a series of initiatives our Provincial Government can implement today, without needing any permission from Ottawa, to make Alberta a sovereign jurisdiction within Canada.

No doubt other great Albertans will have other great ideas to increase our self-reliance!

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by Jason Stephan

Trudeau: Canada’s First Separatist Prime Minister, Jason Stephan

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