Albertan separation is no joke; Tensions at the First Ministers’ conference; Strong objections to the U.N. Compact for Migration yet Canada will sign

The Roy Green Show Podcast

There are growing tensions in Montreal at the First Ministers’ conference. Brian Peckford, the former Newfoundland & Labrador Premier, gives us his view of the bitterness which exists between Ottawa and provincial capitals today. Is this the way things have always been?
Later, Lawrence Solomon joins Roy to discuss what would happen if Alberta turned separatist. In a Financial Post column, Solomon argues that Alberta would have great leverage over the rest of Canada as an independent nation, regardless of being landlocked.
The mood going in to the First Ministers’ conference in Montreal was not particularly positive. Multiple provinces challenged the Trudeau government on issues such as carbon tax and the lack of a proper plan for Canada's tremendous energy resources.  Bill C-69 a particularly contentious issue. Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, tells Roy his takeaway from the conference.

An increasing number of nations are refusing to ratify the U.N. Compact for global migration, including the United States, Australia, Austria, Hungary and Poland. Canada will sign the compact. Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has spoken out against it. Maxime Bernier, founder and leader of the People’s Party of Canada, is also outspokenly against the compact, and he tells us why.
And then Roy speaks with Professor Salim Mansur of the University of Western Ontario, who has received a great deal of attention for his views about the Compact for migration.  He is concerned that Canada will become part of a borderless 21st Century world under U.N. control in which there will be no room for a free press or freedom of speech.
Meanwhile, Switzerland has decided it too will not ratify the U.N. Compact on Migration.  The country was supportive and was prepared to sign on, but now will instead wait for the outcome of the debates on the issue in the Swiss parliament. Luzi Stamm, Member of the Swiss parliament for the Swiss People’s Party, explains why there was this change of heart.

Guests:

Brian Peckford, former Premier of Newfoundland & Labrador

Lawrence Solomon, Financial Post columnist

Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan

Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada

Professor Salim Mansur, of the University of Western Ontario

Luzi Stamm, Member of the Swiss parliament for the Swiss People’s Party

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