“Western Independence”

Central Canadian elites are as much to blame for Alberta’s separatist movement as anyone else

Central Canadian political elites are upset with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to hold a referendum that might eventually lead to a sovereign Alberta.

While sovereigntist sentiment in Quebec has long been acknowledged and accommodated in English Canada, Western alienation is treated with who-do-they-think-they-are condescension.

That condescension led to the referendum. Decades of decisions made in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal have stoked the anger that led Ms. Smith to call this vote. The Laurentian elites are every bit as responsible for this situation as is the Premier or anyone else.

by Blazingcatfur•June 1, 2026June 1, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence"

Alberta separatism increasingly resembles a temper tantrum

Remember the story of a Prairie farmer who comes home to find his crops destroyed by hail, his house struck by lightning, and his wife running off with the hired hand? He shakes his fist at the sky and screams: “Goddamn the CPR!”

If you grew up in Alberta, you remember.

by Blazingcatfur•June 1, 2026May 31, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence"

What will Mark Carney’s role be in the Alberta referendum?

Announcing her referendum question last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked the last prime minister’s name four times.

“When I was first elected premier, I was very concerned that it would be almost impossible to restore provincial rights stolen from Alberta and other provinces by the Trudeau-Singh government in Ottawa,” she said, also referencing the former NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, whose caucus supported the Trudeau government from 2022 to 2024.

by Blazingcatfur•May 27, 2026May 27, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Conrad Black: Canada better hope Alberta doesn’t leave with its wealth

It is painful to reflect on this, but I think we are disserving ourselves if we do not recognize how absurd this country appears to many well-disposed and intelligent foreign onlookers. We are now seen as the most absurdly woke and politically correct (and therefore foolish) country in the world, and the country with the highest suicide rate in the world because our crumbling health-care system now champions the virtues of early death, as well as being one of the most unsafe advanced countries for Jews to live in, because of widespread antisemitic bigotry.

by Blazingcatfur•May 24, 2026May 24, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Is Canada about to break apart?

Alberta is about to decide whether it wants to stay in Canada or take steps to become an independent nation.

The provincial premier, Danielle Smith, recently announced that Alberta will hold a referendum to determine its future in Canada. The question to be asked will be: “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?”

by Blazingcatfur•May 24, 2026May 23, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta

Doug Ford blasts Danielle Smith’s Alberta referendum move: ‘It’s not going to win’

Premier Doug Ford is blasting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to hold a referendum on whether her province should move toward secession from Canada.

“I’d never do it. Premier Smith knows how I feel. She wants to, I guess, protect her 30 per cent base,” Ford said Friday in Sault Ste. Marie.

That was an apparent reference to separatist elements with Smith’s United Conservative Party that want Alberta to secede.

by Blazingcatfur•May 22, 2026May 22, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence"

About That Alberta Independence Petition

Back on May 11, the Alberta Independence movement had well over 300K signatures on their petition to trigger a referendum for independence when they submitted it to Elections Alberta for verification.

by Blazingcatfur•May 21, 2026May 20, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue", "Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence"

‘It was predictable’: Court ruling doesn’t slow this Alberta separatist

A court has struck down one Alberta independence petition,” says Keith Wilson, the St. Albert lawyer and advocate for Alberta’s separation from Canada. “This does not mean the referendum is over.”

“The legal path to an Alberta independence referendum remains open,” he declares on his YouTube channel, “and Alberta’s cabinet still has the authority to put the question to voters in October.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 17, 2026May 17, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta, Canada

Jamie Sarkonak: When Indigenous rights come before your democratic rights

If the goal of Alberta Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard was to fuel the separatist fire, she’s doing an exquisite job.

On Wednesday, Leonard quashed a petition that separatists in the province had organized to trigger an independence referendum in the fall. Why? Because the chief electoral officer who allowed the petition to go forth in the first place didn’t adequately consult the Indigenous peoples of the province.

by Blazingcatfur•May 16, 2026May 16, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue", "Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta

Legal experts weigh in on what’s next for Alberta’s proposed separation referendum

An Alberta court decision this week derailed a proposed referendum question on the province’s separation from Canada. The ruling focused on the issue of Indigenous consultation. Legal experts say the long-term impact of the ruling is unclear, with a planned appeal to the higher courts, and other open questions about previous Supreme Court of Canada decisions on secession and Indigenous consultation.

by Blazingcatfur•May 15, 2026May 15, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta

Dwight Newman: Judge far too quick to toss out separation petition with 300K signatures

On Wednesday, in its Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation v Alberta decision, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench quashed the province’s secession referendum process. In particular, the judge quashed the chief electoral officer’s decision to allow signatures to be gathered to call for a referendum. Whatever your view on Alberta secession, the decision warrants attention for the readiness of the judge to prohibit a democratic process based on Indigenous rights claims.

by Blazingcatfur•May 15, 2026May 14, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue", "Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta

Danielle Smith vows to appeal Alberta court decision overruling separatist petition

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government would appeal a court ruling on Wednesday that struck down the approval of an independence petition that could have forced a separation vote in the province.

In two decisions posted on Wednesday, Justice Sheila Leonard ruled that Alberta’s chief electoral officer Gordon McClure wrongfully approved the petition given an earlier ruling that found the separation question would violate First Nations’ treaty rights. She also found that the Crown had failed in its duty to consult with applicants Piikani Nation, Siksika Nation, Blood Tribe and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2026May 13, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue", "Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence"

Alberta Independence Movement Submits the Petition Signatures

On May 4, the organizers of the Alberta Independence Movement announced they had accrued a massive number of signatures, well in excess of the required number to submit their petition to trigger an independence referendum.

They needed 177,732.

Interesting pro-separation numbers from the aboriginals.

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by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2026May 11, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta

CSIS director says Alberta referendum vulnerable to foreign interference

The head of Canada’s intelligence agency says Alberta’s potential secession vote is susceptible to disinformation and foreign interference from players like Russia.

In an interview with CBC’s The House, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director Dan Rogers said it’s his agency’s job to “understand and investigate” foreign interference.

“And a referendum like the one in Alberta, that may have a divisive effect on society, is rife for amplification or for the sort of disinformation or foreign interference that we’ve seen from players like Russia in the past,” he told host Catherine Cullen.

I get the impression this guy will say anything Carney wants.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2026May 10, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, CSIS

‘We’re going to have to get those girls making more babies.’ Inside the separatist pitch for a free Alberta

More babies, more guns, more passports, lower taxes, fewer immigrants and a smooth, painless process: That’s the vision Alberta’s separatists sold this winter as they barnstormed across the province gathering signatures for an independence referendum that may now be held as early as this October.

But while independence leaders have been making big, specific promises about how Alberta would leave confederation, and what a sovereign Alberta would look like, constitutional and other experts say the reality would be far more complicated.

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2026May 8, 2026•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", The F$CKING Toronto Star