00:00Sorry, can we get help? Sorry, just make sure we have first responders there.
00:08We okay? No?
00:10Your mayor's not bad. Your mayor's not bad either.
00:13Look! Trust. Trust Calgarians.
00:18Tell them they're coming to hear a few speeches and they turn it into a party.
00:24They turn it into a celebration of the true north, strong and free.
00:39We have the greatest country on earth reflected in this room.
00:50Proud Calgarians. Proud Albertans. Proud Canadians.
00:59Amazing.
01:04We've heard from some of them tonight.
01:08Jeremy. What's his name? Farkas. Fantastic. Fantastic.
01:18Thomas Lukasik. Let me start from thanking Thomas and all the Forever Canadian volunteers.
01:27All of you. All of you.
01:31From the neon volunteers down, you've knocked on the doors.
01:36You've gathered the signatures. You've made the calls. You are fighting for Canada.
01:47Jeremy and Deborah. Leaders who have continually stood up for Canada and Alberta's place at its very heart.
02:05John Cornish.
02:10I want to be on the right side of that guy. That's all I'm saying.
02:14John Cornish. One of 30% of this province who came here from outside of this province.
02:21Came here from Canada outside this province. Came here.
02:27And I'm an Elks fan, but I got to acknowledge it became a champion in football.
02:32A true champion in football and then a champion of our community.
02:36And you know what?
02:39There is a common thread that runs through their remarkable stories and through their service, through their messages tonight.
02:51John hit on it.
02:53It's the power of a team.
03:00Because the team helps us achieve far more together than we ever could alone.
03:07And that is the Canada we're here to celebrate tonight.
03:10That is the Canada to fight for.
03:13That is the Canada you are fighting for, we are fighting for when it matters the most.
03:29And it matters.
03:31It matters.
03:33The stakes are high.
03:35The stakes are high.
03:37This referendum, let's be clear.
03:40It comes at the worst possible time.
03:46The world has become more dangerous and divided.
03:52There are some outside our borders who are working to break us so they can own us.
04:04But we know, we know, we know that we can give ourselves far more than anyone else can take away.
04:16And we know, we know something else.
04:18Because we know that when we are united, we become even stronger, even fairer, even freer as a country.
04:35At this pivotal moment, Albertans have a choice.
04:40We can build a stronger Alberta and an even greater Canada to leave for our children.
04:54Or, or, or we can burden them with years of deep division and great uncertainty.
05:02No.
05:03No.
05:06Don't worry kids, with this crowd.
05:10What we need is a decisive result on Monday to settle this question.
05:20That's what we need.
05:26And right now, our country needs three things from you, from all Albertans.
05:34First, mark your calendar.
05:38This crowd knows, but I want everyone to know Monday is referendum day.
05:42And if you can vote, vote now.
05:44Advance polls are open through this Saturday.
05:51Secondly, take a tip from the dress sense here.
05:56Show your pride.
05:57Wear the maple leaf.
05:59Wear the sweater.
05:59Tell your friends, your family, your co-workers, why you are voting for Canada.
06:14And third, I said three things.
06:17Third, bring a friend and vote like Canada depends on it, because it does.
06:25It does depend on it.
06:32Don't let anyone tell you that this is already decided.
06:36No, turnout will determine the outcome.
06:39And don't be fooled by the idea that you can send a message with your vote.
06:46This is not poker.
06:49A vote against Canada is a dangerous bluff that will lead to years of deep uncertainty
06:55and lost opportunities for Albertans and for Canadians.
07:00Our country, your futures, are too precious to play games with.
07:10This, my friends, this referendum is about something, something much larger than any of us.
07:22It's about the province and the country we love.
07:27And it's about what we can build together.
07:32Look, I know.
07:34Alberta is my home.
07:36I grew up here.
07:36This province, this province, this province, and this country have given me everything.
07:48My family, my education, my values.
07:54My grandparents came here because Canada held a great promise.
07:58A country that's fair, strong, compassionate, and free.
08:10They came to a country where hard work gets you ahead and where the nation does its part,
08:17building the communities, the railways, the ports, the pipelines, the broadband to access markets.
08:23That is strength.
08:27They came for a country where we help each other, where we look out for each other,
08:36and where we stand up for each other, and that is compassion.
08:45A country where you're free to be who you want to be, to speak your mind,
08:52to worship as you choose, to live your life as you wish.
08:57That is true independence.
08:59That is real sovereignty.
09:01Yeah.
09:03A country where you're free to be.
09:05That is real sovereignty.
09:13In Canada, in Canada, we understood a fundamental thing.
09:19That is unity, not uniformity.
09:27Our differences are traits to cultivate and not实ụen.
09:31risk to the GFI. In Canada, our beliefs, our languages, our origins, and our traditions
09:38are not concessions made to our citizens. And they are the expression, this unity makes
09:55it not false. I say to my fellow Canadians, Albertans are justifiably proud. Proud of
10:14this great city. Proud of how a small Ford on the bow became a global energy capital and
10:21host to the greatest outdoor show on earth.
10:25Yahoo!
10:28Yahoo!
10:33Justifiably proud of how Calgarians constantly push out the frontier and always grow stronger
10:40in adversity.
10:50Proud of how Calgary and Alberta welcome the best from across Canada and from around the
10:58world.
11:05And proud of how Alberta has shaped Canada. You know, our story as Albertans didn't start
11:18with my grandparents or yours. Long before Alberta was a province, the Tsitsika, the Kanai, the
11:28Bikani nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The Tsitsina and the Stoney Nakoda nations
11:34called this land home.
11:41And nearly, nearly 150 years ago at Blackfoot Crossing, they made Treaty 7 with the crown.
11:54Now, honouring, honouring Canada's history means facing the truth that these promises between
12:02nations have been broken many times. But because when something is not right, when it isn't fair,
12:12we don't hide from it. We don't walk away from it. We fix it. We fix it together.
12:24And because of that, we become stronger for it. That is Alberta. That is Canada.
12:39So, way back in 1929, fighting injustice, Alberta's Famous Five took their case all the way to England
12:48and won recognition of women as persons under the law.
13:00And that ruling called our Constitution a living tree. And it's a tree with deep, deep roots in Alberta soil.
13:09In 1982, Alberta shaped the new Canadian Constitution. Premier Peter Lougheed.
13:25Premier Peter Lougheed helped secure provincial control over resources and he helped create the amending formula for that Constitution.
13:33in the world. And I was working on the world.
13:33So, it's a great question. Throughout. Sorry, can we get help?
13:41Sorry, just make sure we have first responders there. We okay? No? Yeah.
13:50They're at my 11 o'clock.
14:03just bear with us for a moment
14:12i know it's difficult if we just give some space to them
14:27there we go
14:38i'm not going anywhere so i am
14:54canada canada canada canada
15:07canada canada that's right
15:14thank you canada
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