Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to make an announcement Wednesday afternoon to help with the high cost of living in the province.

The “independent advisory panel” named yesterday by Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to look into the “potential economic impacts of secession” illustrates an observation the day before by a prominent Canadian political commentator that too many self-identified federalists are likely to defend Canada on separatist terms. Writing in The Globe and Mail, columnist Andrew Coyne […]

Watching Danielle Smith switch back and forth from striving to get her party’s large contingent of separatists to settle down to trying to keep severely normal Albertans who want no part of separation on side is enough to give you whiplash. It’s starting to feel like we’re watching a really fast game of tennis while […]

Support for sovereignty is limited, but it’s tapping into old biases

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the law will be enforced if First Nation communities engage in civil disobedience over her government's separation referendum.

The Ipsos poll suggests while the UCP enjoys slight edge over NDP, the majority of Albertans disapprove of Premier Danielle Smith and her handling of the separatist issue.

Smith said Alberta is watching legislative developments in Quebec for ideas on asserting provincial jurisdiction, noting both governments are seeking more autonomy within Canada.

Nothing much has changed since the last time Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government trotted out its “patient-focused funding” scheme for hospitals. It’s still a bad policy that will force hospitals to game the system, increase bureaucracy, and hurt patients while delivering few benefits. Naturally, this is not what the UCP claimed yesterday in an announcement […]

The two premiers are also expected to speak about trade, investment and provincial autonomy, with meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Heavy rain is forecast across parts of Alberta and southeastern B.C. through next week, raising concerns about flooding, landslides and washouts in some communities.

Who will be demonized by Alberta Conservatives as this province’s official Bond villain now that Steven Guilbeault has announced he’s quitting politics? Mr. Guilbeault made his announcement yesterday. It wasn’t exactly a bombshell. It’s been expected for a while. A lifelong environmental activist, he obviously sees Prime Minister Mark Carney’s volte-face on the environmental policies […]

The President of the UCP says the party will not take a position on the upcoming referendum on Alberta separation, a statement at odds with party leader and Premier Danielle Smith.

When Prime Minister Mark Carney called Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s relentless campaign to ensure there’s some form of separation referendum on a provincial ballot next fall “a dangerous bluff” and “not helpful” yesterday, City News in Ottawa sent a reporter to find a Conservative MP who would complain about it. To many of us, Mr. […]

While the premiers of the western provinces and territories have a lot to discuss during their meeting in Alberta this week, it is separatism that may dominate the talks.

A spokesperson for the premier's office said the meeting is to focus on issues like trade and the economy, but other leaders expect to discuss the issue of separatism in Alberta.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. In addition to blaming everyone but herself for the national unity crisis she’s been trying for months to foment, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used a news conference in Calgary yesterday to insist repeatedly that no one’s more loyal to Canada than she is and for sure she’ll be […]

“They’re going to be shaking the whole time we’re gone!” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Nile Seguin and Clare Blackwood) break down the Pentagon abandoning the Joint Board On Defence we all knew about it before this, the new MOU between Canada and Alberta, and Danielle Smith plowing ahead on an Independence Referendum despite […]

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“They’re going to be shaking the whole time we’re gone!” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Nile Seguin and Clare Blackwood) break down the Pentagon abandoning the Joint Board On Defence we all knew about it before this, the new MOU between Canada and Alberta, and Danielle Smith plowing ahead on an Independence Referendum despite […]

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Premier Danielle Smith is answering questions and providing more information about the Alberta separatism question being added to the October referendum.

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced a Fall referendum on the general notion of referendums, including what they are, what if any questions they could ask, and why Alberta Separatists are right about everything. “Like, what even is a referendum, man?” will be the opening question on the wide-ranging referendum ballot, featuring hundreds […]

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Albertans are set to go to the polls this fall to answer a series of referendum questions, including whether or not to vote — at a future date — to leave Canada.

In Danielle Smith’s Alberta, if the facts don’t support your argument, you can make up new facts. Alberta’s premier demonstrated this capacity yesterday evening in her delusional 15-minute televised address to the province wherein she set out to explain the differences between the Canadian and United States constitutions in order to justify holding a referendum […]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is trying to move a legally stalled separation fight from the courts back onto the ballot, asking voters to decide whether the province should start the constitutional process for a future binding referendum while still saying she wants Alberta to remain in Canada. Smith said that her government will seek to […]

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Albertans will be faced with the question of staying in Canada or holding a future separatism vote in this fall’s referendum, Premier Danielle Smith revealed Thursday night.

You aren’t alone. It happens to every majority government. One minute, you’re engaged in a lively debate at a bipartisan committee meeting. The next thing you know, the press release you already wrote because the meeting was just a sham to appease your opposition is coming out and making a giant mess. It’s everywhere. The […]

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The United Conservative Party’s effort to railroad a separation referendum onto a ballot this fall and blame it on the people who signed the pro-Canada Forever Canadian petition was unfolding according to plan in a Legislature committee meeting yesterday afternoon when Opposition House Leader Christina Gray raised a point of privilege. Ms. Gray, who is […]

Thanks to her sneaky separatist manoeuvring, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to have wedged herself between the proverbial rock and metaphorical hard place. If she doesn’t do what the Alberta separatists in her United Conservative Party demand and call a referendum using the wording on their Citizen Initiative petition – “Do you agree that the […]

A cross-country panel debates one of the most consequential rulings in years

The post Can Alberta Still Separate? Experts Clash over the Landmark Court Decision first appeared on The Walrus.

Happy Victoria Day! Over the weekend leading up to our national celebration of Victorian rectitude, imperialism and class inequality, prominent Alberta separatist Jeffrey Rath took to the Internet appearing to advocate an internal United Conservative Party coup to remove Premier Danielle Smith. Her sin, in Mr. Rath’s obvious estimation, is that she’s been working too […]

There’s no need to make the explanation of the carbon pricing, carbon capture and bitumen pipeline deal announced Friday in Calgary by the federal and Alberta governments too complicated. It’s actually pretty simple. After all, notwithstanding their political differences, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have more objectives in common right now than […]