Alberta finally builds its ‘firewall’ to keep Ottawa out

The now legendary “firewall letter” stunned Canadian political watchers. Officially called the Alberta Agenda, it called on the province to start taking back powers from the federal government, refusing to be taken further advantage of. And for 20 years, Alberta governments largely ignored it. But as former provincial finance minister Ted Morton discusses with Brian, Alberta’s UCP government is finally changing that. He was one of the letter’s signatories, along with Stephen Harper, who later became prime minister. As Morton discusses his new memoir, Strong and Free: My Journey in Alberta Politics, he explains how a new conservatism is changing his province - and Canada. (Recorded September 25, 2024)
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[@TrevorW763]

Alberta needs to keep our money in Alberta, and not send billions of dollars to Quebec and Ontario

[@JCNeylan]

and not to other countries too....

[@iosifiuliana]

You compare 400M given to On with 14000M given to Qc?!

[@sebastienloyer9471]

Do diligence. Look up for the ratio of debts at the merger of lower and higher Canada. Québec and Ontario. 1. To. 17. CANADA corporation: bankruptcy$. "3x" Final Bankruptcy settlement. Canada is nul void defunk finished not coming back. Look for : Russell -jay : Gould. :chief. : postmaster- general.

[@Serenity468]

Sign the petition to have Fergus FIRED.

[@swamplord5710]

Now cut off equalization payments to Quebec 👌

[@ladyjade6446]

We need to make sure 15 minute cities don’t happen in Edmonton.

[@AllRequired]

All provinces should have their own firewalls, then.

[@donaldmcphail1078]

BC needs similar government intervention to protect us from overbearing Federal regulations.

[@Free-Alberta]

BC needs to stop electing communists provincially. BC is 3rd most indebted in Canada since electing NDP… 98billion/$40million interest per month…. NDP DESTROY EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH…4yrs of NDP nearly bankrupt Alberta…

[@JCNeylan]

BC needs to stop giving bad ideas to Ottawa....

[@jlalonde1000]

Let's just find a way to make things normal again

[@portaltwo]

Electing Pierre Poilievre would be a good first step.

[@kellyprice1024]

Nothing is going to ever be normal again. We have learned over these past few years, that Government can do just about anything to us. The People forgot how to play the game. Closest we came was the convoy. And a few that took it to the courts. Just look at what happen to the Coutes 4. Now 2. Found not guilty and still got 2 more years.

[@Free-Alberta]

@@jlalonde1000 elect UCP provincially, federally and demand make law that municipal politicians must disclose their partasanship

[@owensthilaire8189]

We need a free and independent Alberta.

[@SerfdomSUX4all]

... now THAT'S a Firewall!!!

[@cindyrussell1581]

If thats the case i will move back, BC sucks.

[@ladyjade6446]

Don’t rely on government pension for your retirement. Invest now.

[@kellyprice1024]

See, they are all connected. Power is all they want.

[@Green__one]

Hey Brian, use this audio setup for your videos! This sounds infinitely better than your videos!

[@pearlyq3560]

Hope it works.

[@saladgirl2062]

Re PPs so called “anger problem “ I think most Canadians feel it’s justified ,his demeanour reflects their feelings.

[@LindaRuiter-c4v]

Cznadians obviosly will have to defend themselves as yoj run s vountrh with no defense ypu took thst away things could get pretty heavy as yoj would ptob like ghsts you're agenda

[@Eggstree1]

Are you ok? were you having a stroke when you wrote that?

[@owensthilaire8189]

One more time in English, please.

[@marytaweel5631]

ONTARIANS ARE JEALOUS!!