Thread by @ARCCollective

1. During the election people have been looking at the relationship between Take Back Alberta and the UCP government and Premier Danielle Smith.

We should also be looking at the relationship between Take Back Alberta and the Alberta Prosperity Project. #ableg #abelxn23 #Abpoli

2. Probably the first time most people caught wind of the Alberta Prosperity Project is when their then VP of Economics, Christian Nationalist Tanner Hnidey posted, posted this particular "anti-woke" rant and warning of a vengeful God.

https://twitter.com/TheBreakdownAB/status/1558298684676116481?s=20

3. So, yeah.

The Alberta Prosperity Project is basically a por-independence movement looking to influence... I mean "educate" Albertans about the virtue of leaving Confederation.

4. Not surprisingly they were paying special attention to the UCP leadership race.

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6. Unsurprisingly they also have fixated on issuse related to the WEF, United Nations, Agenda 2030, and other similar conspiracy theories.

7. Tanner Hnidey does the voiceover on this clip.

8. They seemed especially pleased with this response to a question from Ezra Levant concerning how far she is willing to go, perhaps calling referendum on independence:

"We want these things, or else..."

9. Upon Danielle Smith's victory, Dr. Dennis Modry offered this suggestion as to what can Smith do, "to advance the prospect of independence for Albertans."

10. David Parker, the leader of Take Back Alberta, would interview Dr. Modry only a few weeks prior to the leadership race to discuss in large part how they would/could work together towards their common goals for the province.

11. I won't post all of the video, but well start here (with a gross allusion to a debunked claim regarding Justin Trudeau being the child of Fidel Castro).

In some ways it is a rehash of the same grievances of years past.

12. But then we get into the proposed strategy to leave Canada.

13. He envisions the process beginning after the election later this month. The first steps would be to take over policing, pensions, immigration, employment insurance, and provincial tax collection.

Sound familiar?

14. Next would be to go after the Canada Health Act, equalization payments, and the carbon tax among other federal responsibilities.

When the federal government balks, the government then would initiate a referendum on independence.

15. Modry and Parker then start to discuss how their two organizations would be able to work together.

16. The main points they make is that they wish to wield such influence that the party they help put into power will have to adopt the positions that they put forward.

17. They talk about other groups including separatist groups, Keean Bexte's "Counter Signal", Christian Nationalists, and other right-wing groups to "synergize their efforts".

18. The discussion of the then upcoming UCP leadership race is then discussed as well as the election that would be called in May.

Ultimately it seems that so long as they get their policies they will support any politician who is willing to do their bidding.

19. Parker's point is perhaps best illustrated here in this Telegram post from October 19, 2022 when he comments on an apology Smith made regarding her statements about Ukraine.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

20. When Modry suggests referendums on taxation Parker is all on board saying that it is his desire to make government as "small and ineffectual as possible."

21. It should come as no surprise that there are also plans for a new Alberta constitution drafted by the Alberta Prosperity Project.

22. I think this is the best point to end the clips as David Parker talks about the APP and TBA policies they want enacted:

"At the end of the day, we have to make them do it. They can say whatever they want, but we're going to make them do it."

23. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

24. I should note that I’m not done with this.