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Edmonton Journal
17 hours ago
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
'Albertans know that they have options': Alberta Tory MPs warn Carney not to ignore threat of separatism
A poll conducted by Leger found that 77 per cent of Conservatives say they understand the province's desire for independence Conservative member of Parliament Shuvaloy Majumdar rises to ask a question in the House of Commons during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press OTTAWA — With the House of Commons back in full swing, Conservative MPs from Alberta are sounding the alarm on rising separatist tensions in the province, warning Prime Minister Mark Carney to tackle the problem or reckon with a fractured country. Calgary MP Shuvaloy Majumdar blasted Carney on Tuesday for leaving the first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon without giving Alberta a firm commitment on oil and gas pipelines and other energy infrastructure. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. 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Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors 'Yesterday, the prime minister committed to more rhetoric, more lofty words, and no actual (oil and gas) project,' said Majumdar in Tuesday's question period. 'Alberta's heard all this before. We don't need headlines, we need results.' Majumdar told the National Post it's time for Carney to back up his words with actions, after campaigning on an implicit promise to repair the rift between Ottawa and Alberta created by his Liberal predecessor Justin Trudeau. 'This is all about the pressure of resentment that has built up after (Trudeau spent) 10 years attacking the energy industry in Alberta,' said Majumdar. 'The prime minister ran on addressing those issues, lifting things from the Conservative playbook… The solution here is for (him) to deliver what he's promising, lest he risk a constitutional crisis.' Newly elected rural Alberta MP David Bexte said in his maiden speech last week that 'Alberta separatism is no longer a fringe idea.' Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I heard (separatist talk) at the doors more times than I can count, and I'll tell you plainly… Albertans know that they have options,' said Bexte. 'If this House continues to insult, neglect and abuse Alberta… than the future of this country is not guaranteed.' Bexte declined a request to be interviewed for this story. Departing Battle River—Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek sounded the same warning in his farewell speech to Parliament, imploring all members of the House to 'fight for Canada.' 'We face a national unity crisis. It is not something that can be flippantly dismissed by those in other parts of the country that would suggest that Alberta, for example, should simply pay up and shut up,' said Kurek. 'Alberta deserves a fair voice in the federation, just like every province.' Kurek announced shortly after April's election that he would vacate his seat to give Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his own Ottawa-area seat, an opportunity to run in a byelection. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A recent poll conducted by Leger found that Conservative voters are highly sympathetic to Alberta's grievances, with 77 per cent saying they understand the province's desire for independence. A further 43 per cent of Conservatives said they'd support Alberta becoming independent from Canada. The Conservative party dominated Alberta in April's election, winning 34 of 37 seats and nearly two-thirds of the popular vote. Majumdar said the Conservative caucus remains strongly pro-Canada, despite the shift in public opinion. 'I think we all have the same view… that we want to see a Canada that works for all Canadians,' said Majumdar. Carney, who grew up in Edmonton, has been mum on the threat of a referendum on Alberta's independence, addressing the topic just once since the election, during a visit to Washington, D.C. last month. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Canada is stronger when we work together ,' Carney told reporters. ' As an Albertan, I firmly believe you can always ask, but I know how I would respond.' Carney made a brief stop in Calgary over the weekend, to meet with oil and gas executive, and will be back in Alberta later this month when he hosts the G7 leaders' summit in the Rocky Mountain resort town of Kananaskis. National Post Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what's really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here. Cult of Hockey Edmonton Oilers News Politics Cult of Hockey
National Post
17 hours ago
- Business
- National Post
'Albertans know that they have options': Alberta Tory MPs warn Carney not to ignore threat of separatism
OTTAWA — With the House of Commons back in full swing, Conservative MPs from Alberta are sounding the alarm on rising separatist tensions in the province, warning Prime Minister Mark Carney to tackle the problem or reckon with a fractured country. Article content Calgary MP Shuvaloy Majumdar blasted Carney on Tuesday for leaving the first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon without giving Alberta a firm commitment on oil and gas pipelines and other energy infrastructure. Article content Article content Article content 'Yesterday, the prime minister committed to more rhetoric, more lofty words, and no actual (oil and gas) project,' said Majumdar in Tuesday's question period. Article content 'Alberta's heard all this before. We don't need headlines, we need results.' Article content Majumdar told the National Post it's time for Carney to back up his words with actions, after campaigning on an implicit promise to repair the rift between Ottawa and Alberta created by his Liberal predecessor Justin Trudeau. Article content 'This is all about the pressure of resentment that has built up after (Trudeau spent) 10 years attacking the energy industry in Alberta,' said Majumdar. Article content 'The prime minister ran on addressing those issues, lifting things from the Conservative playbook… The solution here is for (him) to deliver what he's promising, lest he risk a constitutional crisis.' Article content Newly elected rural Alberta MP David Bexte said in his maiden speech last week that 'Alberta separatism is no longer a fringe idea.' Article content 'I heard (separatist talk) at the doors more times than I can count, and I'll tell you plainly… Albertans know that they have options,' said Bexte. Article content 'If this House continues to insult, neglect and abuse Alberta… than the future of this country is not guaranteed.' Article content Bexte declined a request to be interviewed for this story. Article content Departing Battle River—Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek sounded the same warning in his farewell speech to Parliament, imploring all members of the House to 'fight for Canada.' Article content 'We face a national unity crisis. It is not something that can be flippantly dismissed by those in other parts of the country that would suggest that Alberta, for example, should simply pay up and shut up,' said Kurek. Article content 'Alberta deserves a fair voice in the federation, just like every province.' Article content Kurek announced shortly after April's election that he would vacate his seat to give Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his own Ottawa-area seat, an opportunity to run in a byelection.
CBC
26-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
'Country can't be at a standstill' during new session: Conservative MP
Power & Politics hears from Alberta Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar on his party's priorities as Parliament returns without Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at the helm of the Official Opposition. Majumdar says since the session is so short, the House must 'get to work' to fix the issues at the top of Canadians' minds.
Toronto Sun
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
MAJUMDAR: Moving forward -- Jewish civil rights in a new era
MP Shuvaloy Majumdar (Conservative- Calgary Heritage) was recently honoured as the recipient of the Jewish National Fund Negev Honouree. The following is an excerpt of his remarks. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. 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Create Account Thank you to JNF Calgary and to our remarkable community for this honour. Let me recognize JNF's critical work in building infrastructure and supporting communities in Israel, particularly in underserved regions like the South in the Negev, by rallying support among North America's Jewish communities. It is a charitable endeavour, that in every day of this new Parliament, we will fight to restore as a charitable endeavour. The theme of this evening, 'Jewish Civil Rights in the Modern Era' is an opportunity to reflect on three primary disruptions that are taking place today. The first is the multipolar disruption posed by the resurgence of authoritarian and hegemonic regimes like China, Russia, Iran, and others that seek to upend the postwar international order and its institutions. Regimes that collectively pull the poles of power across the world to fashion a re-order in their own image, and who individually are revanchist, anti-liberal, and profoundly tyrannical. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In visiting Jerusalem and Kyiv within the last 8 months, it's not been lost upon me that Jerusalem and Kyiv exist in the same time zone. They confront a threat that shares the same supply chains of authoritarian regimes, the same tactics, the same equipment, the same commitment to proxy war in Europe and the Middle East. And recently, in the Indo-Pacific, where in the Himalayas the confluence of Hamas and Pakistan's ISI are evident, in the brutal massacre of innocent people in Kashmir, having sparked a wider conflict between two nuclear powers. The second is the disruption posed by populism both on the left and on the right. It is a disruption that is characterized too often by condescension on one side, and anger on the other. A disruption which confuses the delineation between national interest or nationalism, and the post-modern post-national ideologies of a revived collectivism. A collectivism which replaces moral clarity with moral relativism. A collectivism now rampant across democratic institutions, our academy, our media, our bureaucracy – victimizing Jewish life yet again. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. And the third disruption is the role that technology plays in every element of international security and prosperity, reshaping how we build things, how we learn, how we heal, how we communicate, and how we live. It has manifest in technological opportunity to improve the quality of human life unlike in any era before. And alongside that, powerful questions of the protections around civil rights, the domain of large corporations, and of state-sponsored threats in cyber security and information operations. Of algorithmic control, versus technology expanding human freedom and unleashing human prosperity. How might this relate to the question posed today? Let me offer a few observations of Jewish life and culture which I affectionately admire so deeply. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The first is of young and early Jewish life – the pursuit of knowledge through basic literacy. Literacy that has survived thousands of years, that is a core part of understanding Torah teachings. The second is the pursuit of truth, through inquiry as love. The capacity of critical thinking – of asking questions, questioning everything, as an act of unyielding love. To understand the truth of our time. The truth of ancient teaching. And the relevance of that truth to how we survive today. And finally Shabbat – the practice of setting aside technology each week, and refocussing on human connection. On humanity itself. On celebrating family, and on celebrating faith. So for the three disruptions of our modern age, isn't it interesting that in these times of anxiety, how distinctly important Jewish contributions are. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. That the antidote to tyrants and their tyranny, is literacy and knowledge. That the antidote to mob rule, is critical thinking. And that the antidote to technology and the ways it is abused, is through human connection. For me, these are critical to the success of the civilized world over our medieval rivals. Amid the gathering darkness, in the face of rising antisemitism, anti Zionism, skyrocketing hate crimes – up 250% over the last decade in Canada, where today 75% of all hate crimes are targeted against less than 1% of our population. When the fight to uphold the promise of Canada feels more difficult than ever, my message is simple: We will never give up. We will continue to confront extremism at every turn, on our streets, schools, and sanctuaries, and in our nation's Parliament. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The light and promise of Israel and the Jewish people will prevail, and does so in part through the amazing work of organizations like JNF. JNF's mission to build up infrastructure in the State of Israel is but a chapter in the 3,000-year-old mission of the Jewish people, to live and thrive in the Land of Israel. Just as the founders of this community once came and settled in the Canadian West by establishing deep roots and building infrastructure, today their eyes turn to Zion to do the same. Fostering strength in the Land of Israel, are among the perennial and proud legacies of our community. Tonight, we honour this history as part of an ancient heritage, that we now remember in the modern age: We remember Pharoah. We remember Haman. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. We remember Antiochus. The Bar Kokhba Revolt. The Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the pogroms. We remember the Holocaust – even as those try to deny, or revise, or erase its existence – not just in January of the Allied liberation of Auschwitz, but as we did more recently on Israel's Memorial Day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. We remember the October 7th massacre. We remember the hostages that have been held since that horrific day. The towers of light that are the IDF. The soldier that jumps onto the grenade to protect his brother. The mother and her daughter who endure hellfire and hate. In this intersection where history meets history, we know that this legacy, of memory and history, this indigeneity, is the light that is our memory. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It is an enduring fight that we must continue to fight at every turn. With every audience. With common cause and with all who confront these violent ideologies. We stand together to remember. To reclaim history. To fight for Jewish civil rights. To fight for human rights and for human dignity. For all. Forever. Being honoured tonight is awkward for me…because in the test of these times, it is the Jewish people and the State of Israel who are on the frontline. And if what I've done in these last years is to be a small part of joining this fight, alongside you, in our fight for civilization over our medieval rivals, then I'm the one who is grateful. I thank God for the Jewish State and the Jewish people. I thank God for the honour of being your voice. Not as Jewish. Not as an ally. But as a Zionist. And for this, the Mitzvah is mine.
