SHEILA GUNN REID | Cory Morgan: Why the political class is suddenly panicking about Alberta sovereignty

Summary

SUMMARY: Rebel News Podcast – "Why the Political Class is Suddenly Panicking about Alberta Sovereignty"

Host: Sheila Gunn Reid
Guest: Cory Morgan
Date: May 21, 2026

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Main Theme / Purpose

This episode revolves around the renewed attention and political anxiety surrounding Alberta’s sovereignty movement, highlighted by an upcoming referendum and legal challenges. Host Sheila Gunn Reid speaks with columnist Cory Morgan about his newly updated book, The Sovereigntist Handbook, which serves as a guide for grassroots independence advocates on how to have effective, fact-based conversations about Alberta independence. The discussion also delves into how the movement has evolved, mainstream media narratives, nonpartisan drivers (like immigration), First Nations involvement, and ongoing misinformation that Alberta Fact Check aims to address.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Evolution of the Alberta Sovereignty Movement

• Cory Morgan’s update of The Sovereigntist Handbook covers recent changes, focusing on lessons learned from decades of activism.
  • “We keep hitting against the same wall. And I figured, well, you know what, I'm going to document what I know…so that these advocates at least can get some degree of shared experience…and make brand new mistakes rather than the ones I already did on their behalf.” — Cory Morgan (02:30)
• The Alberta sovereignty movement is uniquely nonpartisan, unlike Quebec’s which is structured around political parties.
  • “This is happening outside of the party movement. And…that works to the benefit of separatists like you and me because we don't have those partisan disagreements about what our future should look like.” — Sheila Gunn Reid (03:31)

2. Nonpartisan & Grassroots Nature

• The movement’s strength lies in organic, person-to-person advocacy, not party-driven platforms.
  • “A party automatically brings a whole lot of baggage with it… But if you get in their face and, and start being aggressive, chances are you're going to push them the other way. You need to have an inclusive conversation.” — Cory Morgan (04:33)

3. Key Issues Fueling Independence Conversations

• Contrary to popular belief, immigration is now a major driver, even surpassing economic issues like pipelines.
  • “We've seen that one of the single biggest drivers of the independence conversation isn't pipelines, it's actually immigration.” — Sheila Gunn Reid (06:05)
• This concern cuts across party lines, including NDP supporters and recent immigrants, exposing cracks in federal policies.

4. Challenges with Legal and Political Barriers

• Recent court decisions, especially involving First Nations consultation, have become strategic obstacles.
  • “It's not whether or not they're consulted with indigenous people, it's whether there was enough or whether it was correct. And there's no definitions of what that is.” — Cory Morgan (11:38)
• Premier Danielle Smith (an avowed federalist) is paradoxically being called a separatist merely for defending the right of Albertans to vote.

5. Polling Insights: Indigenous Support

• New polling suggests 46% of Indigenous respondents would vote for independence.
  • “The mainstream media pedals this as a monolith of indigenous people who are fundamentally opposed to independence, but it's not true. It's just the chiefs who want to maintain the status quo…” — Sheila Gunn Reid (18:24)
  • “If anybody's being served poorly by the status quo, it's indigenous members on the ground, in the reserves.” — Cory Morgan (19:41)

6. Combatting Misinformation: Alberta Fact Check

• Sheila and Cory’s collaboration is framed as a necessary corrective to rampant misinformation from mainstream and legacy media.
  • “There's been no shortage of outright misinformation to counter that's out there and hopefully provides a service…” — Cory Morgan (15:28)
  • Their fact-checking work aims to arm grassroots advocates with factual rebuttals and create a continually growing public resource.

7. Book Launch and Advocacy Resources

• Cory plugs the updated Sovereigntist Handbook and his many outlets for engagement (Western Standard, Epoch Times, X/@CoreyBMorgan, AlbertaFactCheck.com).
  • “SovereigntishHandbook.com… that'll take you straight to the Amazon site. It's there… For those who already have a copy, it's a worthwhile update.” — Cory Morgan (23:13)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you get in their face and, and start being aggressive, chances are you're going to push them the other way. You need to have an inclusive conversation.” — Cory Morgan (04:33)
• “Our polling data shows 60% of UCP voters would support independence, but the issues themselves are quite nonpartisan…including the key driving independence issue.” — Sheila Gunn Reid (06:05)
• “If an independence vote happened and only indigenous people were allowed to vote, we just might win.” — Sheila Gunn Reid, referencing Ezra Levant (22:05)
• “We've added mostly an extra workday to our entire day…So for Corey and I, this is very important to us. The truth is important.” — Sheila Gunn Reid (26:05)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:00 – Introduction: Setting the context for Alberta independence discussions and the relaunch of Cory Morgan’s book.
• 02:30 – Cory explains his motivation for the first and updated editions.
• 04:33 – The strategic advantage of grassroots, nonpartisan advocacy.
• 06:05 – Polling data: Immigration has become the main nonpartisan driver.
• 09:00 – Book update focuses and contemporary challenges.
• 10:08 – Legal battles: The First Nations court ruling and its ramifications.
• 11:38 – Forecasting the referendum’s prospects and Alberta’s legal/political limbo.
• 18:24 – Surprising polling on Indigenous support for independence.
• 23:13 – Where to get the new edition and follow Cory’s work.

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Final Thoughts & Tone

The conversation is candid, unapologetically pro-independence, and frequently critical of mainstream narratives, government intervention, and perceived federal inequities. Both host and guest stress the significance of facts, nuanced debate, and robust, nonpartisan advocacy in shaping Alberta’s political future. They highlight the increasing resonance of sovereignty in Alberta—including amongst unlikely demographics—and frame misinformation as a central obstacle.

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Resources Mentioned

• The Sovereigntist Handbook: SovereigntishHandbook.com
• Alberta Fact Check: AlbertaFactCheck.com
• Cory Morgan’s X (Twitter): @CoreyBMorgan

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For listeners or activists alike, this episode serves as both a state-of-the-movement update and a practical guide to informed sovereignty advocacy.

Transcript

[A]

Corey Morgan's got an updated book about how to have sovereignties conversations. He joins the show today. I'm Sheila Gun Reed and you're watching the Gun Show. I think the issue of Western independence is the hottest topic in in Alberta right now, whether you are in Alberta or outside Alberta, actually, for example, our friends in Saskatchewan. But all across the country, everybody's buzzing about the potential for Alberta to secede from confederation. I think our separatist friends in Quebec might be jealous that we might we have the potential to do it before them, that is if the courts would get out of the way. But I don't think they will in time for October 19th. But in between October 19th, referendum day and now, there will be lots of face to face conversations happening between Albertans on either side of the independence discussion. How do you have those conversations? What are the topics of those conversations and how do you have them in a convincing way? Well, my friend Corey Morgan, the columnist that you know and love over at the Western Standard and Epoch Times and on our new little project, Alberta Fact Check, joins the show today because he has updated his best selling book, the Sovereignties Handbook, which he wrote three years ago for a more modern not to say that three years ago is the olden days, but a lot has changed between now and then. And he joins the show today to discuss his old new updated book, the Sovereignist Handbook. Take a listen. So joining me now is my friend and now co contributor to Alberta Fact Check, Corey Morgan. Corey, I wanted to have you on the show because you you are relaunching your bestselling book, the Sovereigntiest Handbook. Tell us first about the book and then what prompted the relaunch.

[B]

Sure. I wrote the book almost three and a half years ago where I saw even then, I mean, the independence movement was really starting to gain some steam and collect some strength. And I could tell that they were organizing. But over 20 years of being in and out of independence movements and parties and things, I saw a lot of the same old mistakes were being repeated. We keep hitting against the same wall. And I figured, well, you know what, I'm going to document what I know what I've learned and get that out there in a book form so that these advocates at least can get some degree of shared experience to go forward with this and make brand new mistakes rather than the ones I already did on their behalf. So it came out to it's been quite successful and been well received by a lot of people. And I think it's really helped when you have a nonpartisan sort of movement like this getting together. You need some guidance on how to properly campaign what you wouldn't, you know, you would normally have with a party. We just don't have that in this sort of circumstance.

[A]

Now I found your book very helpful because not only does it tell us the conversations that we probably should be having, but how to have those conversations, how to broach those conversations in, in, I don't want to say a non confrontational way because I don't think that's it. But to have those conversations with people who have never thought about independence before, I found that to be very helpful. And you know, as you say, the. You are doing your best to help people to avoid mistakes that you have made in the past. And you are right to say that this is a unique situation in Alberta rather than what we see in Quebec where there's a provincial separatist party, a federal separatist party. This is happening outside of the party movement. And I think frankly that works to the benefit of separatists like you and me because we don't have, we don't have those partisan disagreements about what our future should look like.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, a party automatically brings a whole lot of baggage with it. You've got the internal structure to deal with. You've got unfortunately, power structures and battles that can happen within there. Plus you have to carry a tremendous policy set in order to be a party that you're bringing forward to win elections for. I mean, if you're an independence party alone, that's fine, but voters still want to know about health care policies. They want to know about education. It deletes from the focus of something that is just a subject all on its own, which is independence, which really, we can't come at that with a scattered approach. You got to come straightforward and take that issue on and it's going to be a person to person sort of thing which I think makes it gives it much more strength than what a party or any other group could ever give it. Because this is a passionate issue. It's a, it's an emotional issue for people on both sides. And I wanted to counsel people when, you know, to keep that in mind when you're talking to a person who's considering independence or on the fence. But if you get in their face and, and start being aggressive, chances are you're going to push them the other way. You need to have an inclusive conversation. You need to have a back and forth and you know, all the evidence is there for us and with time and conversations we can bring the people over, but we've got to be a little less aggressive in the approach when it's those sorts of conversations. So I lend that kind of guidance to it within the book because it's not necessarily as much as formal campaigning or communications, but that real one on one that's going to be required to bring people over.

[A]

Yeah, it's the organic grassroots movement that the mainstream media is accusing of being Russian funded or American. American fomented. And again, pointing back to that nonpartisan point of all of this, in much of our polling data that we've done at act for Alberta, full disclosure, I'm the point person over there, that's a third party advertiser group. We've seen that one of the single biggest drivers of the independence conversation isn't pipelines, it's actually immigration. And that is other polling data shows that that is a completely nonpartisan issue. As in when you tell an NDPER what the actual immigration numbers are, even they will say, oh, hang on, that's way too much. And so, you know, when you take what we know from the independence polling and what we know from political polling data on the immigration issue, it's, it's very clear that independence, while it is sort of living within the, the UCP realm a fair bit. I mean, our own Polling data shows 60% of UCP voters would support independence, but the issues themselves are quite nonpartisan. Including the key driving independence issue.

[B]

Yeah, absolutely. You know, immigration is, is a subject that really hasn't been coming to the fore as much as it should be. I'm glad you guys identified that through that polling and because it is on people's minds and it is across political spectrum sort of thing. As you rightly pointed out, even NDP supporters realizing mass immigration was too much, it went too far, it's caused consequences and problems. Or if you even speak to new Canadians in the immigrant community, they're saying the same thing. They came here through the rules, they're settling in, they're trying to build a future for themselves and their families, but they're realizing they can't access health care and they can't get into good schools or they're busing their kids a long ways because we've just had such an influx. Plus some of the cultural issues with a large number of immigrants from very culturally incompatible nations that we can absorb a degree of. But when it comes massively, again, it makes it much more difficult. This is an issue that I think the independence movement actually needs to focus much more on because how else Are we going to escape this mess? The federal government just offers a lip service and they aren't doing anything to bring this under control. Independence is one of the ways that that could be accomplished.

[A]

So now that we've talked a little bit about the independence issue and what was in the first iteration of your book, what has prompted this? It's not a rewrite, it's an update to your book. Why now?

[B]

It's because so much has changed in this last three and a half years, even since I wrote it. So the core principles on how to promote independence and get involved in everything, those haven't changed. And, and that remains within the book. But I did realize for one, I added a large chapter, for example, just on door knocking because it's clear this, this campaign, whenever it fully comes formally, that's how it's going to have to be won is door by door, person by person. And that's an activity that is very difficult to coordinate without a party at the head of it. So I wanted to add that, I wanted to bring more context in as to how we got here. Just some of the events and happenings that came about in this last year because it's, it's just been tumultuous. I mean some of the things with the court ruling recently and other aspects, those just broke within the last few days. I'm already saying, geez, those would really go well within that book too. But I'd be writing forever if I'm trying to keep it constantly up to date. But it really knocked the dust off. It brought some of the more contemporary issues into it and the focus on how a referendum is going to look and how it's been developing so that people can focus even more effectively on, on that. So it'll be a much more useful guide for, for people reading that book now than it was even three years ago.

[A]

Now I want to talk to you a little bit about that court ruling where several first nations, however, not all, including the activist anti oil chief Alan Adam, were able to have the referendum on secession sort of put on ice, claiming that they weren't properly consulted. The provincial government is going to appeal, which has resulted in Daniel Smith, an avowed federalist, being called a separatist for, I suppose, respecting the voting rights of Albertans.

[C]

Well, although our government does support Alberta remaining in Canada, we think that today's decision by the court will deny opportunity to well over 300,000 Albertans to have their petition verified Elections Alberta. We think that this decision is incorrect in law and anti democratic and we will be appealing it. As a result, our cabinet and caucus will of course, be meeting in the next couple of days to discuss the full context and make some decisions. After we've had a chance to talk

[A]

it through, I want you, I'm going to ask you to speculate. How do you think this is all going to play out? Is Superior Court going to hear this and say that's crazy? Citizens don't have the responsibility to consult with First Nations. That kicks in after the vote with the government. Like, where is this going? Will we see a referendum on October 19th?

[B]

Well, a couple of things. I mean, I think we'll see one, though I'm not sure if it's going to be maybe the one that that initially was put forward by Stay Free. It's definitely put it in the lap of Premier Smith. She stuck with it. If we're going to go through the process of appeals, even if somehow a higher level judge, which I really doubt they would, they would then rule in favor of more citizen engagement because that's just not been their trend. That could take months, maybe a year or some. So if it's going to go through the appeals route, then there's no way there's going to be any referendum on the table this October. If the premier schedules it well, then there's nothing to stop it. At that point, though, then there's risks of court injunctions and so on. If it's a constitutionally compliant one through the Clarity act, because that endless question of it's not whether or not they're consulted with indigenous people, it's whether there was enough or whether it was correct. And there's no definitions of what that is. So I think federalists have found a way to shut down any effort on a constitutional referendum, not to say again that it won't be held, but that the battles are going to be fierce going throughout this. So Smith is in a tough position because the, the independence groups, some of them, their heads already calling for her head, they feel she must put this on the the ballot or they're going to come after her through party mechanisms and memberships. And she's in a rock and a hard place. So something's going to happen, I think, in this next week or so, just exactly what it looks like. We're going to have to wait a few days to find out.

[A]

I hope she dumps it on Thomas Lukas lap Thomas Lukas from Forever Canada, who successfully collected enough signatures and then submitted them to Elections Alberta for verification. He could have, I think potentially, I think he did trigger A referendum on secession, whether he likes it or not. And I think it would be wise of Premier Smith to just say, look, Thomas Lukaszak triggered one. Let's rumble.

[B]

Yeah, it would be a way to go kind of an out. She said, well, look, this one passed the bar, there's no court injunction. Let's schedule it, get. And get it on there. The other one isn't dead, but we. Now we've got to wait for the courts to deal with all of that. In the meantime, everybody, if you want to campaign on this particular issue, thank Mr. LIC and get out there and work on getting your voice to one side or another on it. And it's been quite funny to watch Lukazic squirming on this and just outright denying that he wanted to trigger a referendum. He signed a. A document literally saying he wants to trigger a referendum. He did videos back then saying he wanted to have a referendum. I don't know how he feels. He can just keep being contrary to his own actions, I guess. Just hoping everybody forgets. But we're not going to let him forget.

[A]

No, no. It's funny to watch people now attempt to rewrite their own history, Jason Kenny included. And, and that's why I'm so happy that you're working with me on a project through Act 4, Alberta. It's called Alberta Fact Check. You and I get up very early in the morning and then we get working to see what misinformation has been peddled in the mainstream media or by federalists or by activist chiefs or by columnists. And we do our best to debunk these people, and not in a partisan way, again, but just strictly, please, the facts. And I believe the facts, you know, the, the arc of facts bend towards independence and the arc of facts generally bend towards small government and personal responsibility. And so we do that every single day. You do a handful. I do a handful of. Tell me why I. Look, I know why I wanted to get involved, but you tell me why you wanted to get involved.

[B]

Well, just as approached with it, probably similar reasons. I mean, we've seen the opposition playing kind of, as I mentioned, with Lukasic, just so loose with the truth and they're not being countered by legacy media whatsoever. I mean, Lukasic won't speak to the Western Standard where I'm working, and I doubt he's giving you guys any direct time, but he speaks to other interviewers and none of them have at least called him out and said, well, wait a minute, you know, you said this a little while ago. You're saying the opposite now. It doesn't mean they have to be in attack mode, but they should fact check these obvious mistruths. And as long as he's getting away with it, we know that opponents to independence are going to do more. And we've been doing this, what, barely over barely a week yet. And there's been no shortage of outright misinformation to counter that's out there and hopefully provides a service. When these opponents to independence are making their statements or thinking about making their statements, they got to remember, well, wait a minute, there's actually people dedicated to putting time in to checking on these things and they will call BS on me if I put it out there. So maybe I'll reconsider what I was going to say. So I think it's performing a very important service. I sure hope so because it's a God awful hour to get up in the morning.

[A]

Yeah, it's five. Just so everybody at home knows it's five that we get up and we start working on these things outside of all of our other things that we do. Myself at Rebel News, over at the Independent Press Gallery at ACT for Alberta, you over at Epoch Times and Western Standard and then on your own YouTube channel. But I think this is important because the lies are going completely unchallenged. And as much as it should serve as a gut check to the liars, I hope to create a war chest, a bit of an encyclopedia for the independence movement so that when they are at the door and they are, you know, being countered by people in, you know, in the most gentle of ways that, you know, Thomas Lucas really didn't mean to do this. Yes ma', am, he did. I hope that we can arm people with the facts as they head out into the world to make the arguments and, and have the conversations you detail in your book.

[B]

Exactly. There's a great reference right there for counterpoints to those commonly held misconceptions. And you don't even want to fault some of the people at the door. I mean they're not all political wonks. A lot of them just watch legacy media, that's all they take in. And they haven't seen that. You know, getting in their face again doesn't help. But if you can gently point out, well no, actually this, this misconception you're holding came about because of this. That was said here, but it has been determined that that just wasn't the truth. And, and arming those advocates further with that sort of reference, it will provide a resource. Yeah, it's a building thing. We're not just hitting issues as they come, they're staying on there. The Internet's forever, and it takes the bullets out of those federalist guns.

[A]

One of the most shocking things that we found through our act for Alberta polling is something that we've used multiple times in our Alberta Fact Check project, is that 46 north of 46% of indigenous people who responded to our poll of 3,000 people, which we hired Main street to do. So we wanted a pollster that does work for all sides. It would give us the numbers straight. Main street found that 46% of indigenous people right now, without any convincing, would vote for independence tomorrow. And, you know, we, the mainstream media pedals this as a monolith of indigenous people who are fundamentally opposed to independence, but it's not true. It's just the chiefs who want to maintain the status quo because they benefit from the status quo and apparently their own people and the, the votes of their own people be damned. I, I think the work that we're doing to give those people a voice as they're being roughshod, run over by their own leadership, I think is really important.

[B]

Oh, yeah, that was a fantastic and unexpected. I was kind of floored when I saw that come through, too. But I saw the, the amount of people you guys pulled and what came in. I mean, this is a significant number. It's not an outlier there. And that might help encourage. I mean, if anybody's being served poorly by the status quo, it's indigenous members on the ground, in the reserves. They're having a terrible time. All we hear from are these chiefs and activists and lawyers and bureaucrats, but not the people living in there. But in a poll, we did hear from the people living in there, and maybe a few more if they're watching alternative sources of news, because that's the only way I could feel that they would start supporting this sort of thing. They're going to see that sort of polling and realize, you know what, Maybe my neighbors weren't all necessarily against this. Maybe we should have some conversations. And that sort of, you know, to see a budding movement coming out from the Indigenous communities would be magnificent to see. And you can see some of the response. The hysteria from one of the, in the legislature, from one of the MLAs in denial of your polling results shows that the federalists realize what a weak spot they have there. And if you guys hadn't done that poll, I have to admit, I never would have estimated that there was such support hiding out there on those reserves. So I can understand why it's there.

[A]

Yeah, it. It shocked me. But if anybody should be upset with the federal government and their paternalistic ways, it should be the indigenous people. And, you know, shame on the chiefs for disenfranchising them, for not giving them the ability to vote. And as my friend Tamara Leach says, she has never been once consulted as a member of the Metis Nation. She's never been once even asked what her viewpoint is on this by the leadership of the Metis Nation. So I'm happy to say we might be the first people who did that.

[B]

And I hope that a lot of them appreciate that there was a different, you know, somebody representing that segment of their voices. It's got to be frustrated. I mean, the chiefs have been acting as gatekeepers. It's difficult to find out what is happening within those reserves. You can't even go on to them without risking a trespass charge if you wanted.

[A]

You know that people.

[B]

Yeah. So with a dial and polling method to find out. Wait a minute. There's different views there than what these gatekeepers of information and control, you know, through the chiefs have been letting people know in general. And I hope a lot of people have been chewing on that and thinking about. Helps change the perspective of both on the reserve and off, I think, for people on this whole issue.

[A]

Yeah. As Ezra pointed out, if an independence vote happened and only indigenous people were allowed to vote, we just might win.

[B]

Yeah. That of all identifiable groups is actually the strongest level of support across the board. That was astounding. And again, though, once you got that reality check and you start to think about and you realize, no, it does make sense, actually. It makes perfect sense. If you're in that condition and you see a potential lifeline to really just finally shake and. And break that system up to make something better, you're going to reach out and look at something, you know, which would be considered a radical change, like independence. It makes perfect sense in hindsight.

[A]

Now, Corey, before I let you go, because I know you've got a real job and I've got many, many real jobs as well, tell people how they can get a new copy of your book. Even if you have the old copy, get the new copy, get the relaunch, because it's full of new stuff, um, it's available now. Tell people how they can get that and then do tell people where they can find you because you're in many, many places doing a lot of work.

[B]

Yeah, I'm all over the place. But yes, sovereigntish Handbook dot com. It's. It's up there. That'll take you straight to the Amazon site. It's there. And digital and hard hardcover and. And paperback. For those who already have a copy, it's a. It's a worthwhile update. I mean, the old copy isn't out of date. You can still give that to a friend and maybe buy a new one for their friend as well. As far as me, I'm on Western Standard News. I have a YouTube channel if you search Corey Morgan. I read a column for the Epic Times. And of course on X, if you really want to have a. An exchange, it's Corey B. Morgan. And I tend to be pretty responsive there.

[A]

And albertafactcheck.com with me.

[B]

This is so many spots I'm popping up on. And yes.

[A]

Oh, I know.

[B]

And watch that X account. It's been really good at putting those out there as soon as they break.

[A]

Yep. Yes. And maybe a suggestion to people who already have a copy of your book. Put it in the little free libraries and then get a new one.

[B]

There we go. I like it.

[A]

Yes. All right, Corey, thank you so much. We'll have you back on very soon. And I know you're a frequent guest on the Rebel Roundup Buffalo panel, so we appreciate you for taking the time to do that as well.

[B]

Always a pleasure having a conversation on these kinds of issues.

[A]

Well, as always, the last portion of the show belongs to you at home because, of course, without you, there is no Rebel News. We'll never take a penny from the government to do the work that we do to hold them to account. And how could we? We would be politically contaminated henceforth. Even if I was critical of the government, you'd still look at me with a skeptical eye, wouldn't you? You'd never fully trust me. And we just can't have it that way. Whether you agree with me or not, you'll know that my opinions are mine, given to you, honestly. So that's why I ask for your viewer comments. If you have a comment that you want to send to me by email about the show, It's Sheila. Rebel news.com put gun show letters in the subject line. So I know why you're emailing me, because, boy, I'll be honest with you, I get a ton of emails every single day, depending on how controversial I've been on the Internet that day. Some of you love it, some of you hate it, and that's okay. I still appreciate the feedback, good or bad. And a hate click. You know, it's a click either way. Today's comments come to us by way of YouTube, the YouTube comment section. And that's a great way to help us, by the way, is engaging in our content. Leave a comment wherever you might find a clip of the show or any of our work because the more you engage with our work, the higher it is in the algorithm. They serve it up to more people and all of a sudden new people are learning about rebel news. So today's comments are on the launch video where I introduce the world to to alberta fact check.com where Corey Morgan and I do our best to digest and debunk the lies of the mainstream media about the independence movement. Whether you agree with independence or not, I think we can all agree that there should be some truth in the conversation instead of whatever misinformation is being peddled to us by the mainstream media and their federalist friends from the left and the right. I'm looking at you, Jason Kenny and Thomas Lukazak. Two sides of the exact same coin. Well, let's get into it. User ik6my8i p1b as if that's your real name says who needs enemies when Canada has the cbc? Yeah, it wouldn't be so bad if CBC were just the enemy of Canadians. That's. That would be their right if they were doing it on their own. But instead they are the enemies of the very people who are funding them, I. E. Canadians. To the tune of nearly $1.5 billion a year, plus exclusive government contracts for advertising and the like. All right, Alexander the Free says first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. I think we're in the then they fight you stage of this because you know, for months they sort of wrote off the independence movement as cute. Non existent, but even conservative. By conservative I mean cautious. Polling data puts it at one in three Albertans that are hard leave. That's 33%. That's more people than would vote for Mark Carney or the NDP for that matter. So that's a serious political movement that doesn't even have a leader, just exists completely outside of the partisan party apparatus. That's a lot. And so now we're in the trying to demoralize you stage when now that you know, the powers that be have realized that it it's not something that you can ignore. Now they're trying to demoralize you by lying about you and making fun of you, calling you a fringe radical, calling you a kook and a crazy. Jason Kenny, I'm talking about you saying you're foreign funded, calling you a ditch. Billy that's something that I've seen quite frequently on the Internet. Calling people hillbillies as if that's an insult to someone like me. Those name, those names and that deep personalization and the attack, personal attacks that just hardens the resolve of people like me. So I, I guess keep it up. Keep it up, guys. Jeff Brian 3224. They drove Alberta out. Now they want to scare it back in. Exactly. They didn't want anything to do with us. Remember when Trudeau forgot to mention Alberta in his Canada Day message? It's like we didn't exist and now Canada wouldn't exist without us. Well, then they should have acted like that. Instead they wrote us off, told us to sit down and shut up. And when we stood up and started talking, now they're, we need their permission to do those things. Sorry, I think we're past that. Watts Keyla says appreciate the rebel the other side of the story. Thanks. You know, that's what I'm trying to do here with Alberta. Fact check. And again I reiterate, it doesn't matter if you agree with independence, but hopefully you can agree that Alberta is. Albertans should be able to decide for themselves and have the opportunity to decide for themselves because they're not even having the opportunity at this point. That's just been snatched away from them by a Trudeau appointed judge from New Brunswick. But we should at least be dealing in the facts, trading in the facts. And the federalist side of this is not at all. And if you can't make your arguments honestly, what does that say about the strength of your arguments? Dolores Granael Granai the more they do, the stronger the movement gets. Yeah. You know, seeing the court decision to snatch away the right to have a referendum and only this referendum, you know, the Cole referendum, if it achieves the signatures, it probably won't. It won't have to face this level of scrutiny. It won't have to face Indigenous consultation. Thomas Lukasa's question that Corey and I talked about, where he accidentally triggered and I don't think it was an accident. He just realizes that maybe he might lose. Now where he triggered a referendum on separation, whether he wanted to or not, from forever Canada, his petition won't face the same sort of legal challenges. None of the recall petitions that all failed against the ucp, they didn't have to face Indigenous consultation. It's just this one. And when people see that and makes them realize that there is a structural unfairness targeted at Alberta. And a lot of people are, are coming to terms with the fact that maybe this can't be fixed because no matter what we do, there will be a federalist judge or an activist group that, that will bend the ear of a liberal appointed judge. Because we can't appoint our own judges. We have no say in that. That will do whatever the federal government wants. And the federal government will overreach and do whatever they want. And you know, the more they attack the movement, the more people are coming to terms with the problems of Canada. They just get laid bare all the time. You know, when we say what the Supreme Court and the, the court appointments don't reflect our values, then we get a judgment like this where people just want to have a vote yes or no and just put the issue to bed. We're not even allowed to have that. Just me. 6091, as always, great job, Rebel News. Well, it is a big job because as Corey and I said, we're getting up at 5 to do this before we start our regular work days. And then we pick away at it sometimes during the day, in the evenings as well. So we've added mostly an extra workday to our entire day. And he's a very busy man. He's over at Epoch Times, he's at Western Standard. He has his own YouTube channel. He's helping now over at Alberta Fact check. You know that I have a lot of responsibilities over here at Rebel News. I'm on the live stream every day. I try to do a video every day. I write articles at Rebel News. I am the president of the Independent Press Gallery and I'm involved with ACT for Alberta Third Party Advertiser. So for Corey and I, this is very important to us. The truth is important. And so we just want to make sure the truth is out there. And if it means getting up early to invent hours in your workday, we're both willing to do that. Teddy, Jelly bean. Rebel News is real news. We try to be, you know, and I'll be honest with you, we have conservative bent. We do have our biases. But as I said to Corey, I believe the arc of truth bends toward conservatism. And I'm not going to lie to you about my biases. That's what makes us different than the cbc. You don't have to pay for me if you don't want to. You don't have that choice of the cbc. And I'll tell you what my opinions are. Instead of producing my opinions as fact and then saying that I don't have any opinions. I'm just some sort of news automaton, as they claim over at the cbc. We know they're biased. They. They just lie about it and they expect you to pay for it. I'm biased, too, but I'm honest about it. And if you don't want to flip a few bucks our way, well, that's okay, too. We got lots of free stuff for you to watch. Well, everybody, that's the show for today. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'll see everybody back here in the same time in the same place next weekend. As always, don't let the government tell you that you've had too much to think. Sa.