Gerald Butts

And I know very, very, very few Liberals who did.

I think that what is happening now is testing the patience and the outer bounds of what is considered acceptable politics in a country like ours.

But to state it more positively, we are so lucky to live in this country and

uh we enjoy the legacy of so many good people of different political persuasions who have worked hard together against all odds to build this awesome place we are lucky enough to call home and i'm one who has always believed that the people who would break that up who would rob our children of the legacy we got from our parents and our grandparents should be confronted and defeated

And if you believe in this country, that's what you should be working toward, whatever your political stripe.

And I would close with, Peter, the cancer that is killing the United States of America is that half of Americans hate the other half of Americans.

And they each think the other is a bigger threat to their country than any external force.

We cannot let that happen to Canada.

And we can't let it happen in Alberta, Quebec, wherever.

There has to be a Paris is the capital of France level of argument that we all agree on in this country and our politics.

And that has to be that it's a great country that can be better.

A lot of what James said, especially the local aspect of it.

I think from a practical perspective, the way to defeat

to call this what it is.

It's a small group of people who want to break up the country and leave it.

And history will suggest that the way to defeat those movements is with local forces that articulate very clearly the benefits of

the country that Alberta finds itself to be part of or whatever jurisdiction we're talking about at any given time.

So I think the practicality of James's advice is not, can't be denied that if you want to be effective in countering this force, doing it locally is the best way to do that.

And of course, I think there are a lot of consequential local actors who have not yet spoken.

We talked a