James Moore

It's going to happen because it's unavoidable, but that's unhelpful.

That's not good.

So the bending of the paperclip analogy, I think, is what the country is going to go through for the next six months.

And I just think it's really tragic that we are where we are.

I'm conservative.

I'm subscribed to the buttered side down toast of theory.

Because the odds of a piece of toast landing buttered side down are directly proportionate to the value of the carpet.

Yeah.

I was going to say about the – I agree for sure in the last part as well, whether it's asymmetric or random actors or whatever, the digital world is what it is.

About Jason, though, and his involvement, I think you're right for sure.

And I think that's part of the reason why Jason has sort of had this call to action of saying other voices join the fight because there are people who will never listen to me.

Because Jason is so stridently anti-Trump, because Jason, you know, does represent a government that that ended with unpopularity around vaccine mandates and other things that was, you know, inflamed a certain cohort of people who didn't agree with.

And I think that's part of the reason why he's inviting others to the table.

I also think it's valuable.

to recognize now in the early part is that you never know what argument is going to have purchase with what constituency of the province.

Alberta is the fourth largest province.

It's a large, sophisticated province of well-educated people who are very thoughtful and passionate about their politics.

And for some people, the argument that's going to have purchase will be about staying within Canada because Mark Carney is getting progress on the MOU and just trust the process and we're going to get down the road and things will be better.

Others, it might be

a patriotic call to recognize the past and don't sacrifice the, you know, don't throw away the sacrifices of the past and previous generations and what, and it'll be an appeal to the heart.