Canada is at a Juncture
What a week it’s been in the nail biting spectacle of Canadian politics! Crucial events have taken place that have put the Canadian Federation into jeopardy. Mark Carney went to Alberta to have a chat with Premier Danielle Smith last week. In that meeting, Smith laid out a list of demands. There were nine in total and she spelled out a clear message. Stop trying to destroy Alberta’s oil and gas industry or Canada will face a unity crisis!
Carney can’t agree to those demands without ignoring everything he has ever declared as the UN Special Envoy on ClimateAction and Finance. In his 2021 book “Values”, he firmly states that 85% of remaining non-renewable energy must stay in the ground. He has always claimed that punitive carbon taxes are non-negotiable. Does he stick to his convictions or does he pivot and promise anything and everything necessary to win?
We know that Albertans have long been unhappy with Canada’s political system which gives central Canada control over the west. The Liberals have pushed their net-zero agenda way too fast and hard for Albertans and they are in revolt mode. The independence movement in Alberta is exploding and a recent private poll has put the numbers at 40%. The various factions of the movement are reportedly consolidating and they are planning to start a major united campaign to convince Albertans that independence is the only option for the province. It’s an important story to watch.
Under Carney’s watch, Canada will have an impoverished future as renewables cannot be delivered on the UN timeline for a whole variety of reasons. We are seeing the result of ideology getting ahead of practical considerations. In other words, they’ve put the cart before the horse. The three world superpowers (US, Russia and China) don’t have these strict rules; nor does most of the world. It’s mainly Canada, Australia, NZ and Europe and they are all suffering as much as we are.
Carney is tightly integrated within the European based Globalist movement. The Globalists have long been preparing for the Great Reset which would see sovereign nations dissolved to make way for a One World system of governance. Trudeau’s many references to Canada as a “Post National State” openly exposes this agenda. Fortunately, Globalism, as an experiment, is failing world-wide and people everywhere are balking.
Globalism has proven to be a disaster for humans and the environment alike. The only beneficiaries have been the elite billionaires who have managed to secure most of the world’s wealth after giving themselves a free pass in the global market. Their corporations are happy to extract resources and exploit cheap labour in poor countries while denying Canadians good jobs at home. People-centric populist movements are winning support worldwide and the billionaires are getting desperate. That’s why they’ve sent one of their finest over here to replace Trudeau and complete the “managed decline” of the Canadian economy!
The Liberals have carried out their task very well and we are certainly on our knees. Thanks to them we have superpowers circling the wagons. Make no mistake about it, Canada is a big prize and Alberta is the cherry on top. We will have to focus all of our attention on keeping our country whole. We need to find our inner patriotism and fight the actual enemy – Globalism, the real threat to sovereignty.
Danielle Smith is not spouting idle threats. A 1998 supreme court decision has outlined how Provincial independence can take place in response to the long-standing Quebec separatist movement. It could happen quickly and Alberta has lots of options. Canadian oil and gas are among the most ethically produced in the world and Canada has one third of world supplies. How would BC fare if it found itself isolated from Canada?
Pierre Pollievre has announced that he agrees with Smith’s “reasonable” demands and supports Alberta. His messages have been consistent and well articulated if somewhat repetitive. I have seen no signs of deception or hypocrisy.
I imagine that Trump is rubbing his hands in glee at the thought of a severely weakened Canada at this crucial juncture. Carney is in a really tough spot. His rigid net-zero stance is an existential threat to Canadian unity. He’s had to back pedal on a lot of Liberal policies that he helped to develop, making him look weak and wishy washy. We are forced to watch him squirm publicly and it is not giving Canadians confidence on either side of the spectrum. Not being a functional french speaker is a major issue that is being ignored by a fawning media.
Canada has many problems and we have a huge job ahead of us if we are to repair the damage that Trudeau and the Globalists have wrought on the country. We will need to address our severe debt, failing infrastructure and institutional collapse. We have out of control addiction, homelessness and inflation. We have the poorest economic metrics of the top 30 nations.
We cannot begin to address climate change (natural and man-made) if we are broke and struggling. Man-made climate change effects are predicted to become a problem in the next 100 to 200 years. Alberta exiting Canada will be disastrous for the nation and the threat is here and now. We absolutely need a Conservative majority to keep Alberta from leaving which is the most important risk we face. We need somebody who will stand up to Trump and doesn’t fear him. We have a clear choice: Stabilize Canada under Pollievre or accelerate decline under Carney.
Helen Grond
