by Talking to Albertans
«After reading through The Value of Freedom document in this series, this final video is where I give my honest overall opinion.
I do not read the final summary section word for word because most of it repeats the numbers, arguments, and financial projections we have already covered in detail. Instead, I explain where I stand after going through the Alberta Prosperity Project’s draft fiscal plan, where I think the document is strongest, where I think it needs more work, and where I personally disagree or want to clarify my position.
To be clear: I fully support Alberta independence.
But supporting Alberta independence does not mean blindly agreeing with every sentence in one draft document. If we are talking about creating a new country, then we need to be serious, careful, honest, and mature enough to ask hard questions before those ideas become permanent policy.
In this video, I talk about the financial case for Alberta independence, why I believe Alberta is being held back by Ottawa, and why Alberta is not too poor to become an independent country. I also discuss federal services, taxes, spending, the Heritage Fund, resource development, environmental stewardship, policing, immigration, Indigenous policy, constitutional structure, equal rights, and why I believe Alberta should become a republic.
I also clarify my position on immigration, because this is one of the sections that created the most debate. I support strong borders, serious immigration rules, criminal screening, background checks, deporting non-citizens who commit crimes, and a points-based immigration system that works for Alberta. But I also believe the transition must be fair, practical, and lawful for permanent residents, legal workers, spouses, families, and people who came here legally under Canada’s existing rules.
I also explain why I do not want Alberta to become a smaller Crown-based version of Canada. If Alberta is going independent, then I believe we should actually go independent. I want a free, prosperous, responsible Alberta republic built on equal rights, local control, low taxes, strong property rights, faith, family, productivity, and a government that answers to the people.
My conclusion is not that every line in The Value of Freedom is perfect.
My conclusion is that Alberta independence deserves to be taken seriously.
It is not reckless to discuss Alberta independence. It is not impossible. It is not fantasy. In my view, what is reckless is refusing to discuss it while Alberta remains overtaxed, overregulated, overruled, and treated like a resource colony by a federal system that depends on our wealth while attacking the industries that create it.
This document is a conversation starter. It should be read, tested, debated, improved, and refined. That is how serious people build a country.
Please leave your thoughts in the comments. If you disagree with me, I want to hear why. Just watch the whole video first.»