Dr. Peter McCullough

A couple of things. I work in my day job, I work in upstream oil and gas drilling operations, one of the support services on the rigs in northern Alberta. I can tell you, not scientifically, but I can tell you anecdotally, when I spent, I've been working in this industry for three years, over 85% of the guys, regular blue collar guys, are old men.

A couple of things. I work in my day job, I work in upstream oil and gas drilling operations, one of the support services on the rigs in northern Alberta. I can tell you, not scientifically, but I can tell you anecdotally, when I spent, I've been working in this industry for three years, over 85% of the guys, regular blue collar guys, are old men.

They already feel that Alberta would be better off separate from Canada and just about everybody. I only think I ever met two guys in three years who were strongly opposed to or closed off, not open to joining the United States. We put in the work. We typically work. 75, 80-hour weeks. And then, I mean, I'm just looking at my time entries from the past. So we look at that. We put in that time.

They already feel that Alberta would be better off separate from Canada and just about everybody. I only think I ever met two guys in three years who were strongly opposed to or closed off, not open to joining the United States. We put in the work. We typically work. 75, 80-hour weeks. And then, I mean, I'm just looking at my time entries from the past. So we look at that. We put in that time.

We work in minus 40 to plus 40 weather. That would be minus 40 to, I think, plus... 104 Fahrenheit. I had to do the calculation. I think I'm right with that. It's something like 144 Fahrenheit. But that is what we work because it gets really cold and it gets really hot here as well. We put in that work. It's long, hard, painful. We're away from family.

We work in minus 40 to plus 40 weather. That would be minus 40 to, I think, plus... 104 Fahrenheit. I had to do the calculation. I think I'm right with that. It's something like 144 Fahrenheit. But that is what we work because it gets really cold and it gets really hot here as well. We put in that work. It's long, hard, painful. We're away from family.

You know, you can throw in all the hardships you can think about. And then we work and we make that money. But then when we circle our taxes paid, each paycheck, where does that go? We have this thing in Canada called an equalization program, and since it started, I think, in the 1950s, Alberta hasn't seen a dollar back.

You know, you can throw in all the hardships you can think about. And then we work and we make that money. But then when we circle our taxes paid, each paycheck, where does that go? We have this thing in Canada called an equalization program, and since it started, I think, in the 1950s, Alberta hasn't seen a dollar back.

Other things that we have here are things like the Prime Minister of Canada gets to appoint our senators. So it would almost be something like, imagine Donald Trump appoints Ted Cruz to be the senator for California. Or if Hillary Clinton won, she could put Elizabeth Warren as the senator of Texas. But we actually have that here in Alberta or in Canada.

Other things that we have here are things like the Prime Minister of Canada gets to appoint our senators. So it would almost be something like, imagine Donald Trump appoints Ted Cruz to be the senator for California. Or if Hillary Clinton won, she could put Elizabeth Warren as the senator of Texas. But we actually have that here in Alberta or in Canada.

When it comes to the political narrative out here, and if you type in Alberta separation and you can see, just see who's attacking it. And it's the Canadian political class that's absolutely attacking it the same way they attack President Trump for his ambush of the South African president, things like that. It's almost good is evil and evil is good.

When it comes to the political narrative out here, and if you type in Alberta separation and you can see, just see who's attacking it. And it's the Canadian political class that's absolutely attacking it the same way they attack President Trump for his ambush of the South African president, things like that. It's almost good is evil and evil is good.

But in terms of why they're not writing it off as a joke, one of the – I wouldn't say spinoffs, but the things that naturally originate because it isn't like 1775 where we had an industrial – you guys had industrialists who – sought independence from Britain. They're Englishmen. We don't have the oil and gas industry coming up. It's not the oil and gas industry that's running it.

But in terms of why they're not writing it off as a joke, one of the – I wouldn't say spinoffs, but the things that naturally originate because it isn't like 1775 where we had an industrial – you guys had industrialists who – sought independence from Britain. They're Englishmen. We don't have the oil and gas industry coming up. It's not the oil and gas industry that's running it.

It's really average working class and professional Albertans. We have something here called the Alberta Prosperity Project. My friend Dennis Maudrey, who was one of the first folks that got into the Wexit movement with me, he successfully launched the Alberta Prosperity Project. They're the ones out there.

It's really average working class and professional Albertans. We have something here called the Alberta Prosperity Project. My friend Dennis Maudrey, who was one of the first folks that got into the Wexit movement with me, he successfully launched the Alberta Prosperity Project. They're the ones out there.

You might have seen a lawyer, Jeff Rath, who said he was going down to the States to the White House or to Washington to talk about statehood.

You might have seen a lawyer, Jeff Rath, who said he was going down to the States to the White House or to Washington to talk about statehood.

um alberta becoming the 51st state so it's that group and what they've done is they've collected i think they're pushing towards i think they're at about 500 000 signatures pledges uh for a referendum um the premier of alberta danielle smith she's lowered the threshold for since an initiated referendum where we could have it on the ballot maybe by the end of this year even next year to have a uh

um alberta becoming the 51st state so it's that group and what they've done is they've collected i think they're pushing towards i think they're at about 500 000 signatures pledges uh for a referendum um the premier of alberta danielle smith she's lowered the threshold for since an initiated referendum where we could have it on the ballot maybe by the end of this year even next year to have a uh