Could judges jeopardize independence? Keith Wilson on Alberta's next steps
Constitutional lawyer Keith Wilson joins Ezra Levant for a feature interview on the future of the Alberta independence movement.
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Tonight, on The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra dives deep into the explosive political and legal drama unfolding in Alberta — a province he describes as the most interesting in Canada.
His guest for tonight's in-depth discussion is Keith Wilson, K.C., a prominent lawyer for Freedom Convoy leaders and one of the sharpest legal minds tracking Alberta’s simmering sovereignty movement.
Ezra and Keith examine Alberta's independence movement along with the controversial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney — the so-called “grand bargain” that was supposed to deliver an oil pipeline to the West Coast, kill the emissions cap, and bring economic prosperity in our time.
Keith’s verdict? It's unlikely that a pipeline will ever be built under this deal.
He explains why: the Prime Minister has publicly stated the project only moves forward with the consent of British Columbia and First Nations — effectively granting them a veto that does not exist in the Canadian constitutional law.
Add sky-high carbon taxes, endless regulatory delays, and a timeline stretching to 2040, and the economics simply collapse. Even the pause on the emissions cap and net-zero electricity rules, Keith admits, are positive steps — but nowhere near enough to justify calling it a “grand bargain.”
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Michael Guillery commented 2025-12-18 22:02:36 -0500We notice resilience against the pipelines showing up in various places. But, few address what money is truly financing the opposition to pipelines. -
Marilyn Hagerman commented 2025-12-08 13:46:43 -0500Your interview with Keith was over-the-top Ezra!! Keith confirmed 100% how devious and underhanded Carney really is – what so many of us already saw and believed with regard to this MOU! It isn’t worth the paper it is written on, much less the CBC publicized “glorifying” bullshit of this globalist liar we’ve been forced to call a PM!! Thanks Ezra….as always your honesty and efforts to educate are just phenomenal!!!! -
Anthony Salotti commented 2025-12-07 08:42:20 -0500If Alberta separates there’ll be a hell of a lot of Canadians from the eastern province’s moving there .
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Ron Voss commented 2025-12-06 23:27:47 -0500That clause, 2(4), in the Citizen Initiative Act did not evolve over many, many years. The Act, including that clause, was brought in by the Kenney government in 2021. During the amendment process in 2025 Justice Minister Amery not only left that clause in, but he reinforced it by adding a section entitled, “Question to the Court”, giving the Chief Electoral Officer direction as to how to proceed. Total baloney that that was never the intent of the Smith government, trying to shift the blame to the Chief Electoral Officer and the judge. As Bruce Pardy has observed, it was a “self-inflicted made in Alberta problem” that was cooking the referendum goose. Disappointing that Wilson was trying to absolve Smith of any responsibility for what transpired.
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Colin Cramton commented 2025-12-06 11:21:00 -0500You know you’re over the target when….
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Anthony Salotti commented 2025-12-06 08:08:46 -0500I hope Alberta separates for Canada . The Laurentian elite’s had there chance to help out the rest of Canada .
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David Heinze commented 2025-12-06 04:15:32 -0500BTW, Keith has now started a YouTube channel to help people keep up to date on what is happening. https://www.youtube.com/@IKWilson
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David Heinze commented 2025-12-06 04:12:08 -0500On Ruth’s question on what choice Carney might make to keep Alberta, I keep asking myself a different question. Would Carney & the Liberals like to see Alberta go which might make it easier for them to get a majority & to keep it?
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-12-06 01:29:29 -0500The question should be “Will judges jeopardize independence?” I think we know the answer to that.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-12-05 23:49:20 -0500I know that the leftists will use any dirty trick they can to cheat Alberta out of a pipeline. That’s their nature. What looks like a win to Danielle Smith will prove to be a huge loss for Albertans. It’s like paying up front to construction work to a fly-by-night company.
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Ruth Bard commented 2025-12-05 22:08:40 -0500I wonder if Smith is going to play the independence card to bring Carney to heel. And I wonder, faced with the choice between smartly building that pipeline and losing Alberta from Confederation, what Carney would decide.
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klazina VanBergeyk commented 2025-12-05 21:40:29 -0500God, “Keep this land” glorious and free! Can’t trust these politicians 🙏 sadly 😞
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Darlene Cooper commented 2025-12-05 21:01:59 -0500Carney needs to go
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john ball commented 2025-12-05 20:42:11 -0500Bottom line, Carney is WEF
