Canada Must Offer Alberta More Than Trump Could

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson reads from his recent article in the National Post, wherein he outlines the case for Trump’s Canada, what the newly elected U.S. president is seemingly offering, why provinces like Alberta might just take the deal, and how the true north can still align itself for a new era of triumph.

| Chapters |

(0:00) Introduction: Trump’s provocative invitation
(1:28) Is Donald Trump a friend to Canada?
(3:46) Canada’s well-earned pride and manufactured decline
(7:27) Defense spending and misspending
(8:48) Who runs America: a wake-up call to Canadian elitism
(10:38) Mark Carney is not good for Canada, the green lie
(13:37) The current plight of Alberta - the canary in the coal mine
(17:53) If Jordan Peterson was in Premier Danielle Smith’s shoes…
(23:35) This offer could lead to Canada’s triumph

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[KenshinTCG]

Beautifully articulated! As a US American I would much rather see Canada use this as an opportunity to wake up from the woke fantasy and begin to function in the best interests of its citizens.

[LetsGo]

I'm deeply disappointed by the current state of affairs in Canada. As a proud, West Coast-born and raised Canadian, I cherish my childhood memories of national pride. While that pride remains, recent political decisions and the current climate have significantly eroded my optimism. Living in British Columbia, arguably the most beautiful province in the country, has become disheartening. We face a growing crisis: the prevalence of fentanyl addiction, skyrocketing crime rates, and foreign investment driving up housing costs to exorbitant levels. At 31 years old, I earn $43 an hour, yet I'm still forced to live with my father because I can't afford a home or even reasonable rent. It feels like a cruel joke. I long for the days when Canada was a global leader, or at least a close second. I recently saw a video of a protest downtown, where someone proposed a "super drugstore" offering access to hard drugs like cocaine, fentanyl, and ketamine. The idea is appalling. Is this really where my tax dollars should be going? Furthermore, the concept of publicly funded gender-affirming care, particularly for children, raises serious ethical questions. How can we, as a society, allow such procedures? It's disturbing to see Canadians seemingly indifferent to these issues, yet quick to criticize the United States for considering tariffs. While I'm not personally in favor of tariffs, and I certainly don't want Canada to become a U.S. state, I feel lost and powerless. What can we possibly do to reverse this decline

[uteiqog]

Remember that LNG deal trudeau refused to do with Japan in 2023, well Japan just made that deal with Trump. How ironic is that?

[PaulVanderKlay]

"We hate your oil and wish to shut it off but keep sending the oil money..." Oh man.

[fartsimpson]

Two years ago, I attended a dinner with the absolute best and brightest graduates of one of Canada's largest universities. I don't mean this metaphorically...these were the students who took home all the awards and included the university valedictorian.
I asked the 20 or so in attendance, "Will you be staying in Canada?"
Now, it would be one thing if they pondered the question with some seriousness and then replied with a conditional, "Not likely, " but that's not what happened.
Instead, they all broke into laughter, as if the thought of staying in Canada was a ridiculous joke.

Your nation is in serious trouble when those with the greatest potential see it as a very serious joke.

[pa]

I’m an entrepreneur from Chile. Yes, that third world pit called South America. For a specific business affair I stayed in Canada for some time a few years ago. As an over all, very nice and warm people I met there. Nevertheless (and, please, no offense) very few times in my life I’ve seen such lazy managers and mediocre “top” rank professionals as I saw in Canada (and I’ve been to many countries in the world). No initiative, no creativeness, no sense of real leadership (actually quite the opposite of working with Americans). So much red tape, and it seemed everyone was just waiting for the clock to tell it was time to get out of the office and go home. I then wondered what could have happened to the psyche of that nation. From my humble South American perspective, before I went there I thought I was going to find very productive, first world hard working, well focused, self demanding and astonishing professionals. UnfortunateIy, I ran into none of it.

[rosswatson]

A British Colombian here… I never understood why Albertans put up with the rest of Canada. The succession rules have already been laid by Quebec. Pull your bootstraps up and get on with it!

[ivanb]

This is the message that should be broadcasted everywhere in Canada!

[gk]

As a born and bred Albertan I would vote tomorrow for Alberta to separate from Canada. I want Alberta to NEVER be ruled by a Laurentian elite again. Become a sovereign nation. Then I would cut deals with the US and abroad for our resource products.

I have worked in the energy/ resources (oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, pulp and paper) industry for 35 years. I can assure you it’s clean and ethical. People who speak from their pulpit out east have no clue what we provide them and what the dedicated trades professionals put into it. They can all be Uber drivers I choose not to.

[robertwestrom]

Those who constantly threaten to leave should get their wish.

[redlabel]

I'm a lifelong American (of 57 years). Having been born and lived in WY and MT for my entire life, Canada feels more like our neighbor than it might to Americans to the south, west, and east. Regardless, many of us Americans have spent many years thinking of Canada and Canadians in general as being out-to-lunch on the whole in the role of worldwide leadership. But I can tell you this... we WANT Canada and Canadians to be as great as we know you to be. You are hearty, but peaceful/agreeable. We want your buy-in, in keeping North America free and prosperous. We want to "hug" Canadians and welcome you to the family and the party. Though we often roll our eyes when the subject of the state of Canada as a whole comes up (due to feeling alone in worldwide leadership), we root for Canadians with all of our very American (but often misguided) hearts of gold. Go for it Canadians... take your country back and be awesome. We haven't lost the faith. We KNOW you have it in you, and we want you to be our sibling in MNAGA ("Making North America Great Again). We saw the leadership you exhibited when your truckers stood up with pride and courage. So this is it Canada... let's be that shining beacon of AWESOMENESS in the world together. I am partly of Athabaskan descent, so Canada is in my DNA to a degree.

Also, as a lifelong professional musician and lover of great music... many of my favorite musicians hail from the Great White North. Rush (my favorite band of all time), Triumph, Saga, Mystery, Devin Townsend, Our Lady Peace, Bryan Adams, and so many other world class musicians. In fact, I would say that on the whole, I enjoy and appreciate the music of Canadians more even than that my own fellow Americans and British musicians. Your artists have played such a huge role in my life. You rock Canada, and we do love you like our own brothers and sisters.🙂❤

PS... Jordan Peterson is a national treasure. My wife and I saw him at his show here in MT last summer. We own his books, as do all five of our adult children. There is no modern day philosopher who we appreciate and respect more than Mr Peterson.

[nobodylikeyou]

As an Alberta, I'm sick of the constant attacks from the eastern politicians. I'd gladly vote in favor of becoming the 51st state.

[Platinumsniper]

Albertan here. Screw the virtue signalling "Team Canada" Danielle Smith is the only politician in Canada with the balls to stand up and be an adult in diplomacy.

[m.danonbains]

Western Canadian here! My Goodness! You are saying, much more articulately, what I have been saying for years! Did you read my mind...I must not have been the only one thinking and saying these things! Keep talking!

[streamscounselling]

Rex Murphy would surely be proud of everything you’ve said, Dr. Peterson. Amen to your defense of free speech and your wise communication of truth. As a Quebec-born Canadian now living in Western British Columbia, I am in disbelief at the dire state of my beloved country. I’m sorry to hear that you had to cancel your conference in Victoria, BC, though I can only imagine the myriad reasons behind such a decision in the heart of Woke ideology. God richly bless you and your family.

[Chewbacca]

Ottawa is by far a bigger threat to Albertans than President Trump. Between the interprovincial tariffs and Alberta being responsible for flipping the bill for the entire country, brings us here seeking a fair deal. Make Alberta great again

[thomasherman]

Life long Albertan here. Alberta statehood is the better deal by far than anything Canada could ever offer. I am ready to take my home and our industry state side. Alberta 51.

[phucthinh]

Kind of ironic. A self-proclaimed nationalist like Peterson should, in theory, be outraged at the idea of a foreign power—even a right-wing one like Trump's America—absorbing part of his own country. But instead of outright rejecting it, he frames it as a wake-up call for Canada to fix itself, almost as if Trump’s proposal is reasonable under the right circumstances rather than an outright attack on Canadian sovereignty.

If a left-wing politician suggested merging Canada with another country (let’s say the EU), Peterson would lose his mind over it—calling it "globalist insanity" or "post-nationalist delusion." But when Trump suggests absorbing Alberta, he goes into philosopher mode, analyzing why it might make sense.

It really does expose a double standard in how some right-wing figures treat nationalism—they’re fiercely protective of it unless their preferred strongman is the one doing the takeover.

[walkingdad]

As an American I can say this you don't give up your identity as an Albertan by joining the U.S. All the States of the Union had an identity all their own before joining the Union. And even today we all think of ourselves as Americans, and Texans and Californians and Alaskans, and it would be the same for you. You would still be Albertans with your own pride and traditions and history, and you would also be American with everything that comes with that.

[mtcelticharper]

I am an American who went to college and graduate school in Saskatchewan in the 2000s. I was there for 9/11 and was treated with such kindness and concern by the Canadians there in the midst of my trauma of being locked out of my own country while it was under attack. I'll never forget it or cease to be grateful. I did get some negative attitudes when the Iraq and Afghanistan wars hit, but apart from that, I have only experienced kindness and openness and goodwill by Canadians from every province and territory, and I made my best lifelong friends there. Canadians are wonderful people held captive by a self-serving, globalist, and authoritarian government. It broke my heart to watch the brutal crackdown on the truckers - I had several friends literally on the front lines who tried to call for freedom and justice and were horrifically crushed. I hope common sense can finally come again to Canada after this next election, making it once more the True North, Strong and Free, the land that I loved during my time there.