Bruce Anderson

in the U S and a billion dollars for the, uh, for the ballroom that was supposed to be free because donors were going to pay for it.

Now it does look like the Senate is starting to find its spine.

It's saying, we're not going to support the war and we're not going to support the war by basically tackling this flush fund bill and, and,

So maybe we're at a point where the Senate, you know, it's being frustrated by Fetterman on the Democrat side, who seems for some reason to think that Trump is a great president.

But we may be close to a point where enough Republicans are having enough, having to eat enough and say they go along with things that they just can't go along with anymore.

I know, but there we are.

That's right.

Peter, you probably only know the ole, ole, ole version of the Canadian song, but there was a song before that that everybody who grew up as a Habs fan used to sing.

And if the Habs win another game in this series, I'm going to send you the lyrics and the music to that, and I think we should have you sing it the next time that we get together.

Yeah, I agree with everything that Chantal says.

Maybe a little bit different on the very last point about the relationship with Quebec, but that's more a function of I'm not as convinced as I was that there will be a referendum in Quebec.

And so I'm a little bit more tenuous on that point.

But the first point.

which is that Jason Kenney is doing a little bit of God's work on this issue, I think is absolutely right.

He's raising questions, raising concerns.

He's putting his kind of name and reputation and voice on the line in defense of what, for me anyway, and for most Albertans and most Canadians, is kind of a common sense perspective on what exactly would be achieved by independence.

He's also right that there are too few other voices involved.

I agree with Chantal's interpretation of what he probably meant by that, which isn't really about are there enough federal ministers, including the prime minister, making an issue out of this.

I think the first person who's failing on the job is Danielle Smith.

I think that the notion that you can be a premier of the province and not feel as though it's your responsibility to explain