Didn't the Harper government propose legislation requiring greater financial disclosure by non-profits? Too bad the First Nations Bands, environmental NGOs and unions lost their shit. If passed, that legislation might have provided some transparency from APP.
Since the federal government has marshalled infinite resources, provided by Canadian taxpayers, plus a heavily subsidized and censored media, to oppose Alberta secession, I wouldn't be too worried if the secessionists find a fairy godmother to help them compete.
It's reasonable if they have some resources other than the contempt of Central Canada for Alberta to help them in their struggle.
There's nothing wrong with soliciting donations for a cause. Nor is there anything wrong with reporting on the public filings of a registered non profit.
Those who have chosen to donate their money to this organization may have legitimate questions about the "professional fees" being extracted here but that is for them to weigh
Thank you for your work on this, Jen. A fine piece of investigative journalism. Albertans and Canadians deserve to know who is working behind the scenes (and with whom they are working) to steal this province out from under the rest of us.
It looks like we will have our say at the ballot box, but transparency matters. The political and economic operators working behind the scenes to further the Alberta separatist agenda need to be brought out into the open.
Appreciate your work and look forward to seeing what your investigation uncovers.
I appreciate your article and agree that Albertan and Saskatchewan alienation was in large part caused by central Canada’s fixation upon itself. For many decades. As an Ontarian, I have absolutely no animosity towards differing Alberta attitudes regarding our village of 40 million souls. And I recognize the damage done by Trudeau governments. Even the perception of same is disturbing.
What I don’t fully understand is the hatred aimed at most Canadians who don’t live in Alberta by extreme substack authors. I don’t know what the solutions are other than national dialogue free as possible from political interference.
Rest assured fellow Albertans in Canada. Most of us out east don’t wake up to ideate hatred against you. We share many more common issues in our federal system than one might think.
Any concerns about Chinese interference in Canadas internal affairs? Seems that may be a story much more in need of exposure. And while we’re at it how about Indias interference in Canadas internal affairs.
My question as well. The hysteria of the Elbozoes over supposed American interference while we've had close to 4 years of silence from them over Chinese and Indian interference at the Federal level is also a thing. Maybe we could trade info....
"nobody has secrets"? Chinese and Indian election interference and sealed records for 99 years.... Lots of secrets. Who is funding the anti Jewish demonstrations? Secrets. First Nations Financial Accountability Act jettisoned by Trudeau? Secrets. Katherine McKenna's 1 billion dollar slush fund recipients? Secrets. No shortage of secrets. In fact, I would argue not much has changed in Canada since Westminster had concerns around the time of Confederation over the corruption in Upper and Lower Canada.
>> Alberta isn’t really an inherently Conservative place
There's something to this, though a distinction could be made here between upper- and lower-case "c". Alberta certainly tends to be upper-case Conservative, but that Alberta isn’t really inherently lower-case conservative is truer than many online Albertans purport to believe (and truer than many online eastern "Laurentians" purport to believe). The fellow conservatives I knew when I lived in Calgary were the product of an interesting evolution of populism from the 1920s (United Farmers/Social Credit/CCF influences) to the present. As an example, my neighbour always voted for whatever conservative was on the ballot, whatever the level of government, but described himself as a "free-enterprise socialist" and thought little of Trump.
In fact, some of the most MAGA-inclined Albertans I know actually live in greater Vancouver.
My neighbour and I both tended toward pro-Conservative/anti-Liberal opinions, but when we talked about actual policies, things got more complicated.
Should Alberta separate, with a $500billion loan from, probably the US, in US dollars, the trade off would be, for the US: oil and water. Of course and pipelines.
I feel that anyone who thinks Alberta can go it alone, with US backing, is dreaming. At best we would be a US protectorate, which is certainly not independence.
The thing is, this will take years to work itself out and orange man is only here for another 3 years. What will you be saying if the next guy is a Carter, Clinton, Biden, etc?
3 years? Pfft. The most Trump-phobic among us believe he will seize power, appoint himself God-King, and rule until his natural life ends at the age of 118. After which he will be kept partially alive through a city-sized network of machines which require the sacrifice of a thousand human souls per day to maintain his bodily functions, still capable of sending orders by way of cryptic and increasingly misspelled Truth Social posts.
The country is already going to ...... 'cuz of The Idiot King Trudeau, The Idiot Emperor Carney, "Liberals" & other assorted leftists and their unending grift.
As a long time conservative and UCP member I see this current wave of separatist sentiment as a reaction to Justin Trudeau's misguided policies. The farther he gets in the rear view mirror, the less separatist sentiment will be.
Back in 1992 at the time of the Charlottetown Accord, I was talking to Jim Hawkes who was then the federal PC government whip in Ottawa, He told me then that he thought Alberta had the second most hard core separatists after Quebec. The difference was there were no soft separatists in Alberta unlike Quebec. There has been a rise in soft separatists in Alberta but not that many.
I grew up hearing about the freight rates and how they hurt Alberta. The NEP was terrible. But we have gotten past these injustices, I think the Iran conflict has brought Canada to realize what an incredibly valuable resource Alberta oil. I am hopeful that we will see another pipeline built.
It would be sad and comical if that $1 million seed was part of the proceedings from the real estate scandal that relatives associate with Modry when he was the CEO of APP
Didn't the Harper government propose legislation requiring greater financial disclosure by non-profits? Too bad the First Nations Bands, environmental NGOs and unions lost their shit. If passed, that legislation might have provided some transparency from APP.
Since the federal government has marshalled infinite resources, provided by Canadian taxpayers, plus a heavily subsidized and censored media, to oppose Alberta secession, I wouldn't be too worried if the secessionists find a fairy godmother to help them compete.
It's reasonable if they have some resources other than the contempt of Central Canada for Alberta to help them in their struggle.
There's nothing wrong with soliciting donations for a cause. Nor is there anything wrong with reporting on the public filings of a registered non profit.
Those who have chosen to donate their money to this organization may have legitimate questions about the "professional fees" being extracted here but that is for them to weigh
Also, The Line receives no government funding.
Thank you for your work on this, Jen. A fine piece of investigative journalism. Albertans and Canadians deserve to know who is working behind the scenes (and with whom they are working) to steal this province out from under the rest of us.
It looks like we will have our say at the ballot box, but transparency matters. The political and economic operators working behind the scenes to further the Alberta separatist agenda need to be brought out into the open.
Appreciate your work and look forward to seeing what your investigation uncovers.
I appreciate your article and agree that Albertan and Saskatchewan alienation was in large part caused by central Canada’s fixation upon itself. For many decades. As an Ontarian, I have absolutely no animosity towards differing Alberta attitudes regarding our village of 40 million souls. And I recognize the damage done by Trudeau governments. Even the perception of same is disturbing.
What I don’t fully understand is the hatred aimed at most Canadians who don’t live in Alberta by extreme substack authors. I don’t know what the solutions are other than national dialogue free as possible from political interference.
Rest assured fellow Albertans in Canada. Most of us out east don’t wake up to ideate hatred against you. We share many more common issues in our federal system than one might think.
Then why do you keep voting in "Liberals" and continue tolerating their endless grifting and waste of tax money ??
This is the kind of thing I'm paying for.
Any concerns about Chinese interference in Canadas internal affairs? Seems that may be a story much more in need of exposure. And while we’re at it how about Indias interference in Canadas internal affairs.
My question as well. The hysteria of the Elbozoes over supposed American interference while we've had close to 4 years of silence from them over Chinese and Indian interference at the Federal level is also a thing. Maybe we could trade info....
Sounds like tax evasion/grifting.
"nobody has secrets"? Chinese and Indian election interference and sealed records for 99 years.... Lots of secrets. Who is funding the anti Jewish demonstrations? Secrets. First Nations Financial Accountability Act jettisoned by Trudeau? Secrets. Katherine McKenna's 1 billion dollar slush fund recipients? Secrets. No shortage of secrets. In fact, I would argue not much has changed in Canada since Westminster had concerns around the time of Confederation over the corruption in Upper and Lower Canada.
>> Alberta isn’t really an inherently Conservative place
There's something to this, though a distinction could be made here between upper- and lower-case "c". Alberta certainly tends to be upper-case Conservative, but that Alberta isn’t really inherently lower-case conservative is truer than many online Albertans purport to believe (and truer than many online eastern "Laurentians" purport to believe). The fellow conservatives I knew when I lived in Calgary were the product of an interesting evolution of populism from the 1920s (United Farmers/Social Credit/CCF influences) to the present. As an example, my neighbour always voted for whatever conservative was on the ballot, whatever the level of government, but described himself as a "free-enterprise socialist" and thought little of Trump.
In fact, some of the most MAGA-inclined Albertans I know actually live in greater Vancouver.
My neighbour and I both tended toward pro-Conservative/anti-Liberal opinions, but when we talked about actual policies, things got more complicated.
Should Alberta separate, with a $500billion loan from, probably the US, in US dollars, the trade off would be, for the US: oil and water. Of course and pipelines.
I feel that anyone who thinks Alberta can go it alone, with US backing, is dreaming. At best we would be a US protectorate, which is certainly not independence.
I'm curious why anyone, anywhere, would trust this US administration to honour its word.
The thing is, this will take years to work itself out and orange man is only here for another 3 years. What will you be saying if the next guy is a Carter, Clinton, Biden, etc?
3 years? Pfft. The most Trump-phobic among us believe he will seize power, appoint himself God-King, and rule until his natural life ends at the age of 118. After which he will be kept partially alive through a city-sized network of machines which require the sacrifice of a thousand human souls per day to maintain his bodily functions, still capable of sending orders by way of cryptic and increasingly misspelled Truth Social posts.
I think it’s time Albertans just accepted their role as a future New Brunswick. Don’t you think?
A bilingual province? Alberta? Hahaha!
I love that you’re on this, Jen. For all of our sake please stay with it.
If the lunatic down south recognizes Alberta independence, the country is going to ......
The country is already going to ...... 'cuz of The Idiot King Trudeau, The Idiot Emperor Carney, "Liberals" & other assorted leftists and their unending grift.
Of course. Important to remember the CPC contribution during their time in power. We should mention both parties don't you think?
As a long time conservative and UCP member I see this current wave of separatist sentiment as a reaction to Justin Trudeau's misguided policies. The farther he gets in the rear view mirror, the less separatist sentiment will be.
Back in 1992 at the time of the Charlottetown Accord, I was talking to Jim Hawkes who was then the federal PC government whip in Ottawa, He told me then that he thought Alberta had the second most hard core separatists after Quebec. The difference was there were no soft separatists in Alberta unlike Quebec. There has been a rise in soft separatists in Alberta but not that many.
I grew up hearing about the freight rates and how they hurt Alberta. The NEP was terrible. But we have gotten past these injustices, I think the Iran conflict has brought Canada to realize what an incredibly valuable resource Alberta oil. I am hopeful that we will see another pipeline built.
I'm not so certain Albertans have gotten past the NEP.
It's a clever way for someone to make a good living collecting donations and charging for their time in consultant fees.
It would be sad and comical if that $1 million seed was part of the proceedings from the real estate scandal that relatives associate with Modry when he was the CEO of APP