Alberta The Promised Land for Canada’s Future | Premier Danielle Smith

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I talked to a young analyst who was looking and tracking Justin Trudeau's declining popularity, and he also tracked the number of mortgage renewals happening each month. Interestingly, the two metrics track perfectly together. People look around and ask who's responsible for this situation, and the obvious answer seems to be the guys who've been in charge for the last nine years. It's happening in real time, very quickly, and it will probably accelerate.

So today, I'm talking to Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta. Alberta is a fascinating province because it's extremely rich in energy, particularly fossil fuels. It has become one of the foremost battlegrounds where the conflict between anti-human green environmentalism and industries that promote cheap and accessible energy is being fought. Within the last two years, both the leaders of Germany and Japan have come to Canada asking for liquid natural gas, but Premier Trudeau turned them away, which was a colossal error.

We also discussed the development of an Invitational Vision on the conservative side, particularly what conservatives have to offer young people. It's essentially an invitation to the responsible adventure of life, predicated on the idea that the best things you'll do in life are associated with your willingness to take responsibility.

Then, we dove right into the topic of Bill C-59. It had to pass because in our parliamentary system, if you don't pass the budget, you end up having to go to an election. Consequently, we had to swallow a lot of terrible policy because there were things in the bill that we supported. One troubling aspect is making it illegal for the oil and gas sector to talk about their positive environmental record and their successes in reducing emissions.

International standards set by unknown entities pose another problematic aspect of Bill C-59. The industry is fearful of ending up with a pile of frivolous lawsuits that could bind them in courts for months, or even years in Canada. This effectively restricts participation to those who, quite frankly, are often not telling the truth about our energy sector.

Another significant concern is the constitutionality of these measures. Why isn't this an unconstitutional move? Why isn't this another violation of free speech in Canada? The Liberals are arguably the most illiberal government we've ever had. Freedom of conscience and the ability to speak your mind is the first enumerated freedom, and yet it is being trampled all over.

In response, we are intending to challenge this from both a constitutional and charter perspective on behalf of the industry. The current policies have put such a chill on investment that they achieve their target regardless, simply by having these measures implemented in parliament.

🌿 Let's unite to protect our resources and challenge misguided policies! 🌍✊

As I spoke with Premier Danielle Smith, she expressed the pressing need for solid information about Alberta's environmental record. Our advocacy aims to provide validated, reliable data to support other advocacy groups and industries, which is crucial as the government increasingly monopolizes the discussion. This illiberal approach stifles private voices, compelling us to take legal action on behalf of the industry. We intend to challenge these measures from both constitutional and charter perspectives, reaching out to allies to join us. Although it takes years and considerable resources to fight such battles, we've had some success. By setting the standard under our Constitution, we uphold our right to develop resources and transparently share our environmental achievements, something even international reporting standards require of public companies.

Premier Smith didn't mince words about the Liberal government’s motives. She believes the legislation aims to undermine confidence in the energy sector, curb oil and natural gas production, and promote flawed climate policies. The Premier highlighted Canada's poor job differentiating its economy under liberal leadership, exacerbated by what she calls "climate paranoia" fostered by the WEF. Reflecting on her early studies of the environmental movement, she criticized the aggressive emissions reduction policies rooted in flawed premises, such as the need for multiple Earths to support the current population.

The discussion also touched on the counterproductive carbon tax, viewed as a "sin tax on productivity." Premier Smith argued that Canada is far more aggressive than its trading partners in pursuing Net Zero policies and phasing out combustion engines. Instead, she suggested practical steps for Canada to regain its standing—meeting defense commitments, being a reliable ally, managing immigration and financial systems effectively, and ensuring efficient passport services. The expectation is that Canada's leader should advocate for the country and its resources, not impose trade barriers and hinder infrastructure development. This stance explains the Premier’s firm opposition to current federal policies.

Manage money, fix passports, and trade smarter! 🌎💼🛂

As I elaborated on our conversation with Premier Danielle Smith, I emphasized her call for practical measures from the federal government, such as effectively managing our money supply and ensuring timely access to essential documents like passports. She articulated that these are fundamental actions the government can take to maintain Canada's relevance on the international stage. Pivoting to the Prime Minister’s counterproductive actions, I criticized his approach to international trade and resource development. The global community expects the Canadian Prime Minister to advocate for the country and its resources, not to erect trade barriers or hinder infrastructure projects essential for bringing our products to market.

Premier Smith and I also discussed the necessity of attending international conferences to make our voice heard and our story known. Increasingly, I find myself stepping into roles the Prime Minister should fulfill, reaching out to the world to affirm that Canada remains a committed trading partner and a reliable supplier of energy and food.

Shifting the conversation to privacy concerns, I highlighted Google's recent settlement, pointing out that "incognito" does not mean invisible, and stressing the importance of VPNs for online privacy. On environmental matters, I referenced Patrick Moore’s documentation indicating we are in a historical carbon dioxide drought, and NASA's findings that the planet has become 20% greener since 2000. This greening has occurred precisely in semi-arid areas where climate predictions had warned of expanding deserts.

Lastly, I critiqued the fossil fuel industry's apologetic stance, arguing it validates the claims of zero-sum, anti-human depopulation advocates like Paul Ehrlich, whose dire scientific predictions have proven wildly inaccurate. By standing firm against flawed climate policies and promoting practical solutions, we aim to safeguard our economic and environmental interests for the future.

Cheap energy lifts the poor and greens the planet! 💡🌍🌱

Continuing our discussion, I pointed out that people in the northern hemisphere, particularly, don't die from heat; they die from cold. The measures taken by the EU, such as recommending people turn down their thermostats, have led to a spike in deaths among the elderly. Our enemy in the North isn't heat; it's cold. Transitioning to the fossil fuel industry's response, I argued that the industry has made a big mistake by being apologetic about carbon dioxide emissions. This stance just validates the claims of people like Paul Ehrlich, whose scientific predictions have been wildly inaccurate. In science, you don't get to claim you'll eventually be right; that's not how hypotheses work.

When I took a dispassionate look at the data, it's clear that the increase in carbon dioxide can actually be seen as a beneficial byproduct of the fossil fuel industries that have lifted the poor worldwide out of poverty. Bjorn Lomborg reviewed data showing that when people surpass a GDP per capita of $5,000 a year, they start to care about issues that will affect their children and grandchildren and take local environmental action. Providing cheap energy to the poor essentially equates to providing wealth, which enables them to take a long-term view of the world and contribute to greening the planet.

Reflecting on the industry's approach, I don't understand why the fossil fuel sector doesn't shift to the offensive instead of conceding points to its detractors. There's a significant adversary out there, and it's crucial not to give it too much due. The energy industry mistakenly thought the market would reward them for being apologetic. Instead, if we can develop technology to capture CO2 and put it to useful purposes, this could create a revenue stream. Our energy sector takes necessary products and turns them into something useful, and the more we unlock human ingenuity, the more solutions we will discover. Yes, we must continue to reduce our environmental impact, but we must also ensure that everyone benefits. The radical left has made it clear they're willing to sacrifice the poor for the planet, and that's something we cannot allow.

Affordable energy empowers lives and saves the Earth! 💪🌿🌎

In my view, the energy industry should continue to adopt an aspirational approach, focusing on innovation and finding solutions for CO2. We need to address global poverty by acknowledging that over three billion people do not share our quality of life. Yes, we should strive to lessen our environmental impact, but it is crucial that we uplift everyone. The radical left has made it very clear that they are willing to sacrifice the poor for the sake of the planet. This opens an unbelievable opportunity for classic liberals who are willing to separate themselves from extreme progressives and collaborate with conservatives. If we genuinely want to alleviate poverty, the provision of cheap energy is unparalleled in its effectiveness.

If we fail to ensure a secure supply of LNG for their energy needs, they will be forced to continue developing coal, which is highly polluting and economically inefficient. Their electricity costs are five times higher than they should be, largely because they have shut down their nuclear power plants, which was utterly insane. Reliable power should be our top priority; a fuel source that only works 10% of the time, like solar, or 30% of the time, like wind, cannot sustain an industrialized economy. The left often identifies a problem and proposes a solution that exacerbates the issue, then demonizes practical conservative solutions that could actually work.

Many on the left, particularly in the political realm, virtue signal about the environment without genuinely caring for it. They aim to be seen as experts without addressing practical concerns, such as the feasibility of interconnecting the world's power grids.

Virtue signaling won't save the planet—real action will! 🚀🌍❌

There's also a shadow side to that just like there was a shadow side to the fossil fuel industry’s presumption that if they marketed themselves in a green way that that would be a net economic advantage to them. Many of the people who signal virtue signal on the environmental side, particularly in the political realm on the left, are doing that not because they care for the environment in the least. They want to be seen as the saviors of the planet without doing any of the work. When it doesn't work, you have to have a parallel energy system in place and if that's not nuclear, it has to be fossil fuels. Instead of having just a fossil fuel grid for our electrified economy, you have to have a wind and a solar grid plus a fossil fuel grid. As long as we're taking coal and turning it into solar panels, that is not a zero-emissions product. They need fossil fuels to be able to operate their equipment, get the grain to market, and handle all the transportation. If the goal is degrowth, de-industrialization, and population reduction, then the demonization of all industrial fuel sources is perfectly in keeping with the underlying ethos of the radical types. When you attack our food producers, it dramatically backfires. The next logical step is if belching, farting, and breathing are now considered sins, how long before they start putting a carbon tax on human beings? Pierre Trudeau, so Trudeau the Elder, brought in the National Energy Policy and devastated the Western economy. Quebec has enough natural gas to supply its own needs for 200 years or the EU for 50, yet they have decided not to utilize that resource. They're receiving massive transfer payments from Alberta while demonizing the Alberta economy as the producer of the very wealth upon which they're dependent.

Quebec, USE your natural gas—no more excuses! 💨🔥🛑

Pierre Trudeau brought in the National Energy Policy and devastated the Western economy, and now we have his son in office who is, if anything, as narcissistic and less competent than he was. Quebec has enough natural gas to supply its own needs for 200 years or the EU for 50, given known reserves, yet they have decided not to utilize that resource. They're receiving massive transfer payments from Alberta while demonizing the Alberta economy as the producer of the very wealth upon which they're dependent. Pierre Trudeau just wanted to steal our wealth; he didn't want to destroy it. This Trudeau the younger actually wants to destroy our wealth. He only got 32% of the vote in the last election, and he had a partnership with the NDP. Jagmeet Singh spends almost as much time criticizing Justin Trudeau as I do, and yet he continues to prop him up—he's the worst hypocrite in Canadian politics ever, I think.

Their energy exports have been part of the reason why they've been able to continue to not only get money from Western Canada but also have the ability to subsidize their own population. So the model is falling apart in Quebec. The solution is the one that we're pursuing: natural gas. I call it a destination fuel, not just a transition fuel; it's both. How do you use the technology that we have already developed to be able to capture the CO2, maybe put it to a useful purpose, develop out your hydrogen economy, perhaps even an ammonia economy? If Premier Legault were to say, "You know what, we are going to develop our resources for the benefit of the Quebec people," he's always been very effective at framing it that way. Everything the federal government does is antithetical to their economic future.

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There's also a shadow side to that just like there was a shadow side to the fossil fuel industry’s presumption that if they marketed themselves in a green way that that would be a net economic advantage to them. Many of the people who signal virtue signal on the environmental side, particularly in the political realm on the left, are doing that not because they care for the environment in the least. They want to be seen as the saviors of the planet without doing any of the work. When it doesn't work, you have to have a parallel energy system in place, and if that's not nuclear, it has to be fossil fuels. Instead of having just a fossil fuel grid for our electrified economy, you have to have a wind and a solar grid plus a fossil fuel grid. As long as we're taking coal and turning it into solar panels, that is not a zero-emissions product. They need fossil fuels to be able to operate their equipment, get the grain to market, and handle all the transportation. If the goal is degrowth, de-industrialization, and population reduction, then the demonization of all industrial fuel sources is perfectly in keeping with the underlying ethos of the radical types. When you attack our food producers, it dramatically backfires. The next logical step is if belching, farting, and breathing are now considered sins, how long before they start putting a carbon tax on human beings?

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Shifting to the federal government’s stance on Alberta's economic interests: Everything the federal government does is antithetical to their economic future. Our prime minister is the enemy of our economic engine fundamentally and really fundamentally. I suspect that he believes that his legacy is something like planetary savior of the environment with Canada as the shining example.

I find an intermediary, and my intermediary right now is François-Philippe Champagne, who actually really is a great booster of all things Canada. Trans Mountain pipeline is just open and it's changed everything for our markets for our bitumen product and Coastal Gas Link is completed and we're just waiting for the commissioning of LNG Canada. We try to find the areas where we can agree, partner on those areas, and then just hope that they don't do more damage in the time that they have between now and the next election. I see an acceleration of Steven Guilbeault, our Environment Minister, trying to push forward with as many of these extreme policies as he possibly can before that deadline ends up getting met.

Ford and Poilievre have really become the voice of the working class. There is no better pathway forward for rectifying the economic misery of the poor than the free market system. There's a number of conservative premiers who seem to be ideologically on board with your approach, there's Scott Moe and Blaine Higgs, and I don't know what your relationship is like with Doug Ford and then we have Poilievre, of course, who's a rising star.

Hardworking folks deserve better—fix the economy for real peace of mind! 💪💼✨

There's also a shadow side to that just like there was a shadow side to the fossil fuel industry’s presumption that if they marketed themselves in a green way that that would be a net economic advantage to them. Many of the people who signal virtue on the environmental side, particularly in the political realm on the left, are doing that not because they care for the environment in the least. They want to be seen as the saviors of the planet without doing any of the work. When it doesn't work, you have to have a parallel energy system in place, and if that's not nuclear, it has to be fossil fuels. Instead of having just a fossil fuel grid for our electrified economy, you have to have a wind and a solar grid plus a fossil fuel grid. As long as we're taking coal and turning it into solar panels, that is not a zero-emissions product. They need fossil fuels to be able to operate their equipment, get the grain to market, and handle all the transportation. If the goal is degrowth, de-industrialization, and population reduction, then the demonization of all industrial fuel sources is perfectly in keeping with the underlying ethos of the radical types. When you attack our food producers, it dramatically backfires. The next logical step is if belching, farting, and breathing are now considered sins, how long before they start putting a carbon tax on human beings?

The conservatives who used to be the party of big business are now speaking directly to the working class. There is no better pathway forward for rectifying the economic misery of the poor than the free market system. Ford and Poilievre have really become the voice of the working class. It's interesting to see how this mirrors Trump in the US. I'm afraid that what's going to happen is that the Canadian economy is far worse than people think. We're going to discover a lot of things under the carpet that were hidden by the Trudeau government. All those Canadians who have to remortgage, which I believe is about 60% of them, are going to do that and lose their houses, and it's going to be like really a rough go for him and then the Liberals are replacing. The more people who are having to renew their mortgage and now face the sticker shock of having double the mortgage payment, then they look around and say who's caused this and the obvious answer is the guys who've been in charge for the last nine years.

We've begun to realize that aspirationally, the blue-collar workers and those trades unions are more aligned with our conservative values than they are with the extreme green alignment that we're seeing under the Liberals. Kids were told well graduate from high school, go to university and get a bachelor's degree and then after that get a master's and then after that get a PhD and then you will be the highest-paid workers in society. Those kids who have gone down that pathway end up with one or $200,000 worth of student loan debt. Now they're trying to get married and get a home and now the home prices have escalated and so now they have to put off having kids. You can actually encourage kids who are practical and want to do something with their hands and want to do some meaningful work in the resource sector. You start working right away making 60 to in some cases these jobs are $200,000 a year.

It's not just about the economy, it's about human flourishment, being able to live the life you want to live. The Frontline blue-collar workers have way more in common with the conservative side of the spectrum these days than the ideological side that we're seeing in the extreme green movement. I think that what's at the basis of the current culture war that besets us is actually a religious battle. It's a battle of first principles. God is portrayed in the Old Testament as something like the dynamic between conscience and calling. The problem for the conservative types who are conscientious is that it's much easier to appeal to young people with a vision, and conservatives are very bad at propagating a vision to young people. That void has been filled by the environmentalists on the leftist side because they offer young people an easy pathway to moral virtue and to sort of planetary messianism.

Take responsibility, find adventure—create your own American dream! 🌟🗺️

There's also a shadow side to that just like there was a shadow side to the fossil fuel industry's presumption that if they marketed themselves in a green way that that would be a net economic advantage to them. Many of the people who signal virtue on the environmental side, particularly in the political realm on the left, are doing that not because they care for the environment in the least. They want to be seen as the saviors of the planet without doing any of the work. When it doesn't work, you have to have a parallel energy system in place, and if that's not nuclear, it has to be fossil fuels. Instead of having just a fossil fuel grid for our electrified economy, you have to have a wind and a solar grid plus a fossil fuel grid. As long as we're taking coal and turning it into solar panels, that is not a zero-emissions product. They need fossil fuels to be able to operate their equipment, get the grain to market, and handle all the transportation. If the goal is degrowth, de-industrialization, and population reduction, then the demonization of all industrial fuel sources is perfectly in keeping with the underlying ethos of the radical types. When you attack our food producers, it dramatically backfires. The next logical step is if belching, farting, and breathing are now considered sins, how long before they start putting a carbon tax on human beings?

It's not just about the economy, it's about human flourishment, being able to live the life you want to live. The Frontline blue-collar workers have way more in common with the conservative side of the spectrum these days than the ideological side that we're seeing in the extreme green movement. I think that what's at the basis of the current culture war that besets us is actually a religious battle. It's a battle of first principles. God is portrayed in the Old Testament as something like the dynamic between conscience and calling. The problem for the conservative types who are conscientious is that it's much easier to appeal to young people with a vision, and conservatives are very bad at propagating a vision to young people and so that void has been filled by the environmentalists on the leftist side because they offer young people an easy pathway to moral virtue and to sort of planetary messianism. Take some responsibility, have your adventure. The oldest stories that we possess make responsibility and adventure equivalent; they're the same thing. Whenever I point that out to my audiences, they go silent. I've literally watched that who knows how many hundreds of times.

Shifting to the federal government's stance on Alberta's economic interests: Everything the federal government does is antithetical to their economic future. Our prime minister is the enemy of our economic engine fundamentally and really fundamentally. I suspect that he believes that his legacy is something like planetary savior of the environment with Canada as the shining example.

Every sacrifice is worthwhile if you're hypothetically saving the planet, and the psychological benefits of patting yourself on the back for doing that in spite maybe even of your own self-interest are not to be underestimated. We used to have a Liberal Party that talked about the single mom and the difficult time that she's having being able to pay for groceries and take her kids to soccer practice. They used to care about the tradesman who's lost his job because of whatever downturn has happened. What you've described is true that they're not putting people first anymore. You open up the page in the celebration of life and it had his beautiful family. I bet the thing he was most proud of was the fact that he had that beautiful connection with a loving spouse, the supportive network of his family.

Build deep connections, and watch your life and community thrive! 🌱👨‍👩‍👦

It's not just about the economy, it's about human flourishment, being able to live the life you want to live. The Frontline blue-collar workers have way more in common with the conservative side of the spectrum these days than the ideological side that we're seeing in the extreme green movement. I think that what's at the basis of the current culture war that besets us is actually a religious battle. It's a battle of first principles. God is portrayed in the Old Testament as something like the dynamic between conscience and calling. The problem for the conservative types who are conscientious is that it's much easier to appeal to young people with a vision, and conservatives are very bad at propagating a vision to young people and so that void has been filled by the environmentalists on the leftist side because they offer young people an easy pathway to moral virtue and to sort of planetary messianism. Take some responsibility, have your adventure. The oldest stories that we possess make responsibility and adventure equivalent; they're the same thing. Whenever I point that out to my audiences, they go silent. I've literally watched that who knows how many hundreds of times.

The American dream is predicated on the idea that if you make the proper sacrifices your children can thrive. It's like the hallmark of a properly functioning state. If the conservatives can learn to be invitational, to say look we actually have a better path, you could have both responsibility and adventure. The progressives are the ones who put their foot on the gas and the conservatives are the ones who put their foot on the break. We don't want to lose the things that are actually working in pursuit of some kind of future that's unattainable. I have such dismay at the lack of motivation that we see among the young people, the despair, the isolation, the loneliness, the mental health and addiction crisis. A spiritual malaise; people are missing something, missing connection. We promote you making a long-term bond with somebody, we promote family because it's good for you as an individual, it's good for society as a whole as well. Reflecting on Brian Mulroney's celebration of life, what was so beautiful was you open up the page in the celebration of life and it had his beautiful family. I bet the thing he was most proud of was the fact that he had that beautiful connection with a loving spouse, the supportive network of his family, and he was able to create an environment where they all could do well. If we can communicate that in a way that helps young people get some restored hope and creates a pathway for them to realize that they can have all of that, I think conservatism will be on the rise.

It doesn't take very many generations of broken families before things go seriously sideways. We have gone in a direction now where you have family breakdown, fewer kids being born as well, but I think it's also having these knock-on effects of creating more isolation and more despair. The people who have the most sex are religious married couples; the empirical data tell a completely different story. The firm promotion of a long-term child-centered monogamy is the best solution for high levels of productivity on the commercial and industrial side, for fostering the most rigorous kind of orientation to future and community. The idea that the nuclear family is the minimal viable social unit is probably true. You fragment below that and you probably destabilize your people, hence the emerging mental health crisis is especially among young women. Conservatives have all that right there at their fingertips if they were brave enough to promote it. There is a growing gay conservative movement and gay conservative contingent who share those same values of bonding and monogamy and creating a family environment. The message of the left is so bleak, a whole generation of young people who've been brought up to believe that just the basic actions of human life are destroying the planet. If you tell people that there's no tomorrow, well that does terrify them but it also offers they're going to party like there's no tomorrow because there's no tomorrow.

Alberta The Promised Land for Canada’s Future | Premier Danielle Smith | EP 465

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