Jon Alberta Patriot
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Alberta Independence Advocate. YouTube: https://t.co/fW80qXI9ZA Private citizen with no affiliations. My views are my own.
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In Sylvan Lake I spoke with an Iraqi Christian family who came to Canada in 2006 about what immigrants owe the country that welcomed them. Their answer was blunt: come here for a better life, obey Canadian law, work hard, care for your family and leave the conflicts of the old country behind. They told me newcomers should not come to Canada and then try to force the same politics, divisions or customs on everyone else. Canada gave their children safety and a future, and they believe immigrants have a duty to protect that. Then I told them I support Alberta independence. Their response surprised me: they support it too, and they have lawn signs in support of independence up! Support for Alberta independence is not limited to people whose families have lived here for generations. Immigrants who came here legally, worked hard and integrated can also see that Alberta is losing control over its culture, immigration and future. This is a powerful conversation. Listen to the end. Let me know what you think. Watch the full video on YouTube:
Jon Alberta Patriot179,884 Aufrufe • vor 15 Tagen
I had an honest conversation with an Indian immigrant in Sylvan Lake about littering, integration, foreign conflicts, government benefits, trucking and Alberta independence. He did not avoid the difficult questions. He agreed that people who come to Canada should respect Canadian culture, obey the law and leave conflicts from their home countries behind. He said plainly: “We should try to become Canadian first.” We also discussed fraudulent trucking schools and unqualified drivers. He acknowledged that corruption and shortcuts exist, but added: many Indian truck drivers are hardworking people supporting their families, and they should not all be blamed for the actions of a minority. Towards the end he surprised me and said he supports Alberta independence! This is why I keep having these conversations. Support for Alberta independence is not limited to one race, religion or background. Many immigrants came here because they value hard work, personal responsibility, family and freedom. Those are Albertan values. An independent Alberta could control immigration, enforce merit-based entry, deport non-citizens who commit serious crimes and protect the culture that made people want to come here in the first place. Watch the full video on YouTube:
Jon Alberta Patriot32,595 Aufrufe • vor 14 Tagen
This is one of the more uncomfortable moments from my recent Sylvan Lake video. I was walking past a group of guys openly drinking on the beach. They were visibly drunk, and I hesitated to talk to them because it did not feel like a productive situation. I tried to keep walking, but one guy followed me a bit and wanted to speak his mind. At that point, the camera became a bit of a buffer. I let him talk, stayed calm, and tried to keep the situation from turning worse. This clip is not just about one drunk guy at the beach. It shows how risky it can be to talk openly about Alberta independence in public. Some people on the other side feel bold, untouchable, and completely convinced that they are automatically right. He does touch on a few notable topics, which is why I kept it in the main video for posterity. But my advice is simple: If you do not want to be on the internet, do not walk up to someone with a camera and start talking. Watch the full video here:
Jon Alberta Patriot139,364 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
While walking through a Walmart parking lot in Wainwright with my friend who moved here from Ontario, a man walked up, recognized me, and started talking about why he supports Alberta independence. Totally random. Totally unscripted. And honestly, that’s what made it powerful. Wainwright is a military town, so naturally the conversation turned toward soldiers, veterans, and what independence would mean for them. He said a lot of soldiers support independence, but many are worried about their jobs because there is still uncertainty about what transition would look like. That concern is real, and it deserves to be taken seriously. But here’s what we believe: Albertans have deep respect for our veterans. We are ashamed of how Canada has treated too many of them. A country that tells veterans they can access MAID instead of making sure they receive the care, honour, and support they deserve has lost something very important. An independent Alberta would have the chance to build something better. A proud military. A serious defence culture. A country that honours its veterans, protects its people, and treats service as something worthy of respect. Veterans and soldiers who support Alberta independence should not feel abandoned by this movement. They should know that many of us see them as essential to the country we are trying to build. This was just a random encounter in a Walmart parking lot. But it said a lot about where Alberta is headed. Vote Yes For An Independent Alberta! Full video on YouTube:
Jon Alberta Patriot179,661 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
I talked with a man from India in downtown Red Deer about student visas, immigration fraud, refugee claims, and whether Canada should actually enforce its own rules. I started with softball questions. He told me he came here as a student, studied chemical engineering, and is now working in healthcare because that may be a better pathway to permanent residency. Then I asked him about something many Canadians have heard about: students coming here, not finishing school, working instead, and then claiming refugee status when their student visa is running out. At first, he admitted he had heard of cases like that too. Then, when I asked about agencies allegedly helping students qualify financially, students borrowing money to show proof of funds, paying it back after arriving, working jobs, skipping school, and later claiming asylum, he suddenly became more defensive. Maybe he was being careful. Maybe he was caught off guard. But the conversation felt evasive. This is not some wild conspiracy theory. Canada’s own Auditor General reported that in 2023 and 2024, IRCC identified more than 153,000 students as potentially non-compliant with study permit conditions, but only had funding to investigate about 2,000 cases per year. IRCC launched 4,057 investigations, and about 40% of those cases were not closed because students did not respond to requests for information. The federal government has also acknowledged reports of international students and graduates facing removal because of fraud, including fraudulent admission documents, while some students claimed they did not know the documents were fake. And this problem has already hit the news. There were reports of hundreds of Indian students caught up in a fake Canadian college admission letter scandal, with a joint IRCC-CBSA task force reviewing cases. When I asked the man from India what should happen if fraud is happening, he said the government should have strict rules and enforce them. I agree. If you come to Canada honestly, follow the rules, study, work, integrate, and contribute, I respect that. But if people are cheating the student visa system, abusing refugee claims, lying on applications, or using loopholes to stay here after their status expires, Canadians have every right to ask questions. And Albertans have every right to ask why Ottawa controls the system while our communities deal with the consequences. This is another reason I support Alberta independence. Alberta should have control over immigration, enforcement, labor needs, and who gets invited into our society. Full video: An Immigrant Told Me What Canadians Are Afraid to Say
Jon Alberta Patriot57,903 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
I spoke with a Canadian citizen who immigrated from Chile as a little boy. He told me he has been a Class 1 truck driver for 35 years. But when he tried to get work in Vancouver, he said he could not get hired because, in his words, companies were only hiring immigrants from India. That is a serious problem. I told him I had heard something similar from a man from Somalia, who openly told me he went to a Somali-run driving school, got his licence, and was sent long-haul trucking into the United States the very next day. As someone with a Class 1 licence myself, that is shocking. Normally, after school, you ride with an experienced driver before going out on your own. Sometimes for months. That is because you are driving a massive machine that can kill people if you do not know what you are doing. This is not about race. It is about safety, fairness, and whether Canada is enforcing its own rules. It is illegal to hire based on race. It is dangerous to cut corners in commercial trucking. And it is deeply unfair when experienced drivers are pushed out while ethnic hiring networks protect their own. As long as Alberta is part of Canada we will not have control over immigration and this corruption will continue under Ottawa's perview. Full video: An Immigrant Told Me What Canadians Are Afraid to Say
Jon Alberta Patriot53,157 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
I spoke with a Venezuelan immigrant in Sylvan Lake who was spending the day with several people from Colombia. We talked about the collapse of Venezuela and the millions who have left. I asked whether he believed the migrants would eventually return home. He said yes. I am not convinced. My wife is Venezuelan. I have been to Colombia, where migrants began the dangerous journey toward Panama and eventually the United States. In 2023, I also went to the U.S.–Mexico border and watched people cross the Rio Grande into Texas while border officers loaded them into vans for processing. In this video, I include drone footage of what I witnessed in Eagle Pass Texas (2023) The conversation was polite, and I am not upset with the man for giving the answers he did. But his answers sounded like the things newcomers know Canadians want to hear: they love Canada, they will integrate, and many will eventually return home. I do not believe very many of them are ever going to return People do not travel through country after country, cross dangerous borders and build new lives in Canada with the intention of leaving a few years later. The Liberals have placed enormous numbers of people on a path toward permanent residency, citizenship and the right to vote. The real question is not whether immigration should exist. It should. The question is whether Albertans should have control over how much immigration is sustainable, who is admitted and what integration should require. Under Ottawa, we do not have that control. Ottawa decides, and Alberta is forced to live with the cultural, political and economic consequences. Within a few years, today’s immigration policies will permanently reshape the electorate. By the time many Albertans realize what has happened, independence will be a forgotten dream and so will the unique culture we Albertans have. This is our only chance to take control of immigration. Watch the full conversation:
Jon Alberta Patriot20,130 Aufrufe • vor 14 Tagen
I talked with a man from Côte d’Ivoire in downtown Red Deer about coming to Canada, refugee programs, permanent residency, work, English, and integration. He told me he came to Canada and became a permanent resident after only six months, which he described as a long process. He also told me he does not have a job. When I asked how he pays his bills and survives in Canada without working, he became evasive and said his family supports him. That may be true, but the way he answered made me suspicious. It sounded coached, like he knew he was not supposed to talk openly about what support he may be receiving. I have no problem with immigrants who come honestly, work hard, integrate, and respect the culture. But we deserve to know: How fast is this happening? Who qualifies? Who pays? What are the expectations? How long does welfare support last? Why does Ottawa get to decide while Alberta lives with the consequences? Immigration should serve the needs of the country and the people already here. But it seems like the boarders are wide open and the system is not working the way many assume it does. Full video: An Immigrant Told Me What Canadians Are Afraid to Say
Jon Alberta Patriot43,627 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
A veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces stopped me in Red Deer and shared a perspective that I think a lot of people need to hear in full, not reduced to a slogan. He told me his father fought in World War II. He told me his sons served in Afghanistan. This is not somebody speaking casually about loyalty, sacrifice, or duty. This is somebody from a family that has given real service across generations. And his message was blunt: in his view, Canada is no longer being loyal to people like him, and nothing meaningful is going to change in Ottawa. That is why he believes Alberta independence is now the only way forward. Whether someone agrees with that conclusion or not, people should at least understand the depth behind it. For many soldiers, veterans, and military families, loyalty is not an abstract idea. It is tied to duty, sacrifice, service, loss, and trust. The basic belief is that if you give yourself to a country, that country should still reflect the values you served to protect. When people who spent their lives serving begin to feel alienated from the direction of the country, that is not a small thing. I think the concern here is bigger than party politics. It is about the feeling that the institutions of Canada are no longer listening, no longer correcting course, and no longer representing the people who built, defended, and sustained this country. For some veterans, the frustration is not just with one bad policy or one bad government. It is the belief that the system itself is no longer responsive. That is the nuance people miss. When a veteran says Alberta independence is the only way forward, he is not necessarily saying he stopped caring about the country overnight. He may be saying the opposite. He may be saying he cared so much, for so long, that it means something when he finally concludes the relationship is broken beyond repair. A lot of soldiers and veterans may have concerns about even entertaining that idea. They may value unity, continuity, tradition, and the memory of what they served under. They may worry that supporting Alberta independence feels like turning their back on their service, their oath, or the people they served beside. That is a real emotional and moral tension. But the other side of that tension is this: what if loyalty is not supposed to be one-way? What if there comes a point where citizens, including veterans, have the right to say that the political system has become unworthy of their continued trust? What if defending freedom sometimes means being honest about when a government or a national project has drifted too far from the people it claims to represent? That is why this moment mattered. This was not just a random political opinion shouted from the roadside. It was a serious statement from someone whose family has lived service, sacrifice, and national duty. And when people like that start saying Ottawa will not change, others should pay attention. You do not have to agree with him to recognize the weight of what he is saying. Watch this and listen to his words for yourself.
Jon Alberta Patriot91,333 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
At the Forever Canada rally, a man started yelling at me about pipelines. His argument was basically: “Canada built you a pipeline, so you should be grateful.” But that completely misses the point. The Trans Mountain Expansion was originally estimated at about $5.4 billion. It eventually climbed to $34.2 billion after the Liberal government took over the project. That is not a success story. That is what happens when Ottawa delays, blocks, politicizes, nationalizes, and mismanages a project that the private sector was once prepared to build. Then another man walked up, told me I had my facts wrong, and when I asked him to explain, he just walked away. Forever Canada means, I'm right, its impossible for me to be wrong, and grrrrrrr... Albertans should be grateful that Ottawa eventually allowed a pipeline to exist after making it vastly more expensive than it needed to be. Do you still have hope for the future of Canada? Full video:
Jon Alberta Patriot29,500 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
I was having a friendly conversation with a Canadian citizen who immigrated from Chile 28 years ago. He does not support Alberta independence. He said he wants Canada to stay together. Then a local Red Deer man walked up, assumed we were both pro-independence, and started swearing at us. When I told him we were just having a friendly conversation, the Chilean Canadian asked him a simple question: Why do you think these people want to separate? His answer? “I don’t know.” Then he just kept swearing. That moment says a lot. A 28-year Canadian immigrant was willing to ask the question. He could see that something has changed. He had real concerns about mass immigration, integration, and how the system has changed since he came here. But the “Forever Canada” local didn’t want to ask anything. He didn’t want to understand. He didn’t want to listen. He just wanted to defend the idea of Canada he still has in his head. When I asked him about mass immigration, he brushed it off and said Canada is the best place to live. Apparently millions of other people agree, because they are all showing up here. That is the problem. Too many people are attached to what Canada used to be, while refusing to look honestly at what Canada is becoming. Full video: An Immigrant Told Me What Canadians Are Afraid to Say
Jon Alberta Patriot30,330 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
THIS INCIDENT SHOULD CONCERN EVERY ALBERTAN, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT THE PETITION OR NOT A canvasser was in public, lawfully collecting signatures, when a man approached as if he wanted to sign, then allegedly grabbed the petition papers and ran. She reported it to police. What matters here is not just the theft. It is what this kind of act says. When people stop trusting themselves to win through debate, some try to interfere with the process instead. That is when disagreement turns into contempt for democratic participation. THIS WAS AN ACT OF COWARDICE! If you oppose a petition, THEN OPENLY OPPOSE IT WITH YOUR WORDS. Make your case. Debate it. But do not interfere with other people’s lawful right to participate. THE ANSWER TO SPEECH YOU DISLIKE IS MORE SPEECH, NOT THEFT AND INTIMIDATION! Please share the video. But don't accuse random people online without evidence. Innocent people should not have their reputations damaged by reckless speculation. If you truly have useful information, report it directly to police.
Jon Alberta Patriot76,291 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
An Indigenous Albertan just said this straight up: Her people are living in poverty. The leaders speaking for them don’t even live on the reserves. There’s no accountability. And she says corruption is part of the problem. That’s why she supports Alberta independence. This is a perspective you’re not hearing. 👇 Full interview: Thank you Kdrocks 🇨🇦🌺 for sharing your story.
Jon Alberta Patriot67,723 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
On Whyte Ave in Edmonton, I walk with an Alberta flag and ask people about Alberta independence. One woman argued we live on “stolen land.” I calmly followed the logic — and the contradiction ended the conversation. Real talk beats slogans. #WhyteAve #Edmonton #AlbertaIndependence #FreeSpeech
Jon Alberta Patriot80,543 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
On Whyte Ave in Edmonton, I walk with an Alberta flag and ask two questions: If you support Alberta independence — what do you want in a new constitution? If you oppose it — what gives you confidence the current path will improve? Honest answers matter. #WhyteAve #Edmonton #AlbertaIndependence
Jon Alberta Patriot79,399 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
Something is changing in Alberta… and you can feel it. Drone shots of a convoy rolling into Mirror. Trucks and cars lined up. Horns blaring. Alberta flags waving in the wind. An anthem playing over top that captures exactly what this moment feels like. Pride. Unity. Momentum. This wasn’t just a group of people showing up. These were volunteers and canvassers who had just spent an entire day traveling town to town, knocking on doors, reaching communities with no permanent signing locations, and collecting hundreds of signatures for Alberta independence. And then they came together to celebrate. Young and old. Rural and urban. All united by one idea: 👉 Alberta can stand on its own 👉 Alberta deserves a future built by Albertans 👉 Alberta is waking up I’m proud to have been part of it. And here’s the truth… If you’re watching this and thinking “I wish I was there” — you can be part of the next one. We are just getting warmed up. There are going to be more convoys, more rallies, and bigger gatherings all summer long. So here’s what you do: Get yourself a big blue beautiful Alberta flag Grab a few friends Show up next time Be part of something that actually matters. 🚨 HOW TO SIGN THE PETITION If you haven’t signed yet, this is critical: • You must sign in person • Look for an official Elections Alberta canvasser (badge required) • There are pop-up signing locations happening all over Alberta • There are permanent signing locations listed at • And there are canvassers going door-to-door right now This is how we turn momentum into real action. This isn’t just about a petition. It’s about the future of this province. And from what I saw in Mirror… Alberta is ready.
Jon Alberta Patriot56,334 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
There is a mass wave of migration happening right now. Spend an hour outside an immigration office in downtown Red Deer like I did, and you can see it with your own eyes. Some of the people I tried to speak with could barely communicate in English, yet they are already here, using our services, entering our systems, and relying on government support. That should concern every Albertan. Not because every immigrant is bad. My wife is an immigrant. I support legal, controlled, points-based immigration with high expectations. But immigration only works when people can actually integrate. When migration happens too fast, when people arrive in numbers too large to absorb, when language, culture, law, and loyalty are treated as optional, society starts to fracture. We are already seeing conflicts in Canada that we never imagined would be brought here. Foreign hatreds, extremist sympathies, and street protests supporting causes that have nothing to do with Canada's future are now appearing in Canadian cities. If people want to come here, they should leave those conflicts behind. Come here. Learn the language. Respect the law. Integrate. Contribute. Become part of the society you joined. Citizenship is sacred because citizenship gives people power over our future. But Ottawa is not treating it that way. If Alberta votes to stay in Canada forever, we are voting to surrender this issue to Ottawa forever. Toronto and Montreal can choose their own future. Albertans should be able to choose ours. This is another reason to support Alberta independence. Full video: An Immigrant Told Me What Canadians Are Afraid to Say
Jon Alberta Patriot17,259 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
A guy in Calgary told me we’re not even allowed to discuss Alberta independence. Think about that. Apparently in Canada, we’re only allowed to talk about approved political topics. Then he said Alberta leaving Canada isn’t legal because one judge said the petition can’t be counted. So I asked him: If that decision was successfully appealed, would that change your mind? He said no. And that’s the whole point. For a lot of people, “it’s not legal” is not actually a legal argument. It’s just a talking point. The second the legal process doesn’t support them anymore, they still oppose it anyway. Quebec had two referendums. The Supreme Court already dealt with the issue of secession. But somehow when Alberta wants to even talk about it, people act like the conversation itself is forbidden. All the more reason for Alberta to quickly get off this dystopian train.
Jon Alberta Patriot32,508 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
