Freeland Warns US Alliances Are Fraying
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[0:00] Okay. This week there's a referendum in
[0:02] Alberta, Canada that could determine whether in the future we will continue
[0:05] to say Alberta, Canada, or if it will just be Alberta.
[0:09] The province's premier called for the independence referendum earlier this
[0:12] year. Our next guest is an Albertan.
[0:14] She was born in the town of peace River, grew up there and in Edmonton, Chrystia
[0:17] Freeland left home for college, and after a career in journalism and
[0:20] politics that took her around the world, she became Canada's foreign minister,
[0:23] finance minister, deputy prime minister and Chrystia Freeland has written a new
[0:27] book about that journey called Unreliable Boyfriend An Insider's View
[0:31] of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, plutocrats and Other Complicated people
[0:35] in the running for book title of the year.
[0:37] So if you like my book titled, that would be much less sophisticated and
[0:40] smart than this would be topically different, but it is an excellent read.
[0:44] There's a lot to tell you. Like, there you go.
[0:45] We're we're going to cover a lot here, but let's start with Alberta and where
[0:48] you grew up. And maybe you can just give us your
[0:50] insight into why this referendum is happening now and sort of what the
[0:53] import of it is as you see it. I think maybe a way for non Canadians to
[0:58] think about the referendum Is David Cameron's decision to hold the Brexit
[1:03] vote. Um, I think that this has been about the
[1:06] premier of Alberta trying to manage a part of her own party that she doesn't
[1:12] necessarily agree with, but she knows they could take