Good Talk -- Do Canadians Care About Alberta?
5/8/202652 min
Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the federalist side is dragging its feet in organizing for a likely referendum on separation in Alberta. There's a lot happening on the Alberta story, and it seems to get messier by the week. Bruce and Chantal have their Good Talk thoughts on this and more.
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Are you ready for good talk? [upbeat music] And hello there, Peter Mansbridge here. I'm in Scotland today. Uh, Bruce Anderson's in London, England, and Chantal Hébert is in Montreal. But in today's world, no matter where you are, we're all plugged in. Uh, and so we're anxious to have our little talk because as usual, we got a lot to talk about. Uh, I wanna start with, uh, Jason Kenney, the former premier of, uh, Alberta, who this week said Canada's gotta get its act in gear 'cause they're not ready. They're not taking part so far in the, uh, discussion in Alberta. Now, the discussion revolves around whether or not there'll be a referendum this fall. It appears likely that there will be, uh, likely on separation, although we don't know what the question is, which is always a part of the equation on these things. It's probably slated for October, but nothing's definite yet. But that's not good enough for Jason Kenney. He figures that the federal side should be involved in this discussion because the discussion right now is being led more or less by the separatists in Alberta. What do we, uh, what do we make of that sort of cry for help in a way? Um, Chantal, you're, you've got more experience with