{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"On the Trail with Isaac Peltz","title":"Danielle Smith looks to create an independent country while keeping Canada's cash","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2842,"description":"Check out our work at https://onthetrailmtl.ca and support us for $5, or sign up for our free newsletter!Danielle Smith introduces a referendum that is to be held next October. In this referendum there are nine questions, ranging from highly racist to impossible and aspirational. It seems clear— Danielle Smith doesn’t want to be part of Canada anymore, but she wants to continue benefitting from the financial stability of the country as well as transfer payments for things such as health care. Don’t tell me how to run my province, but please keep giving us your cash. This isn’t our opinion. She says it herself in her question 8 of the referendum.8. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education, and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?We don’t want to do what you say, but you have to give us the money anyways.Despite campaigning to receive more immigrants in her Alberta Advantage Immigration Program, lobbying the feds to allow them to receive more labourers to deal with their labour shortage. Now, as she defunds health care and actively dismantles the public system, she is claiming it’s the fault of immigrants. She also wants to create a second class of citizen in the province, and to introduce the largest democratic backslide in Canadian history. Gabrielle and Isaac Break it down for you.Share this with people! Help us grow!Here are all the top headlines this week:Canadians can now travel visa free to China starting last week, as China continues their work to become a major soft power influencing western democracies away from the United States.1 Dead 1 injured after shooting in Chilliwack.US choking out Cuba through sanctions. This is a historic ally of Canada. Canada still hasn’t...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YberMjIMmrPaBOKBnAzoSuKrYB9mkB8-Xvt1j2h9wPs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NGRj/NDYwYzdkNDkwOGUy/Njg1ZTkyOTIxZDE3/YjliMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}