All Things AB Separatism (split fm Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???)

[MilEME09]

Seeking American help for Alberta’s independence is ‘treason,’ says B.C. Premier David Eby

Advocates will be seeking a $500-billion credit facility to “bankroll the province” if an independence referendum succeeds, The Financial Times reports.

www.thestar.com

Logan act looks nice right about now.

FT also running the story

Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada

Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney

www.ft.com

 

[HavokFour]

FT also running the story

Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada

Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney

www.ft.com

That's gotten other Premiers commenting now, and outright calling for Smith and the UCP to make their stance clear.

2027 election in Alberta will be interesting, to say the least.

Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials

B.C. Premier says he plans to raise the issue when he meets with Carney and his provincial counterparts

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Doug Ford urges Danielle Smith to denounce Alberta separation: ‘Either you’re with Canada or you’re not’

The Ontario premier said reports that independence activists are meeting with the U.S. officials on separation is “unacceptable.”

www.thestar.com

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Naheed Nenshi challenges UCP MLAs to sign a pledge to Canada and make their opposition to separatism clear - Alberta Politics

As a work of political performance art, NDP Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi’s challenge yesterday to United Conservative Party MLAs to sign a letter saying they are proud Canadians, opponents of Alberta separatism, and promise to make that known to voters is not bad. Not bad at all. Your...

albertapolitics.ca

 

[QV]

The other premiers should work with Alberta to see major projects through rather than actively oppose and go on the attack.

It's almost like they want the country to split.

 

[PrairieFella]

The other premiers should work with Alberta to see major projects through rather than actively oppose and go on the attack.

It's almost like they want the country to split.

Are you ignoring the pipelines talks that bith AB and BC founs productive this week?

 

[QV]

I'll wait for announcements that Canada is forging ahead and approving major projects of national interest across the board.

"we had a productive call..." that's nice. Show me the outcome.

 

[brihard]

I'll wait for announcements that Canada is forging ahead and approving major projects of national interest across the board.

"we had a productive call..." that's nice. Show me the outcome.

The outcome remains predicated first of all on someone actually putting a proposal on the table. The province of Alberta has signaled an intention to do so, but there’s nothing to actually consider and approve yet.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Pot, this is kettle, over ...


B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason'

Eby says he'll raise issue behind closed doors as premiers meet in Ottawa

B.C. Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration and seeking financial backing is an act of "treason," as the issue of national sovereignty loomed over a meeting between the premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday.

"To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that, and that word is treason," said Eby, ahead of the closed-door meeting in Ottawa.

He was reacting to reports that members of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration have held meetings with members of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group that is pushing for the western province to become independent.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eby-alberta-separatism-9.7066320

 

[MilEME09]

FN arent happy, they are saying the quiet part out loud now

https://twitter.com/x/status/2016964629923319883

 

[HavokFour]

You don't say.

Alberta separatist says members of Smith's caucus have signed referendum petition

EDMONTON - A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[Halifax Tar]

You don't say.

Alberta separatist says members of Smith's caucus have signed referendum petition

EDMONTON - A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

It would be interesting to see Alberta get a mainstay separatist Gov political party like Quebec. We seem to have grown to accept them. Would we be as blasée about an Alberta version ?

Regionalism is thyn enemy.

 

[MilEME09]

It would be interesting to see Alberta get a mainstay separatist Gov political party like Quebec. We seem to have grown to accept them. Would we be as blasée about an Alberta version ?

Regionalism is thyn enemy.

If at the federal level that would be interesting

 

[Halifax Tar]

If at the federal level that would be interesting

It would be interesting to see how it bleed over into Federal politics and if it would like it did in Quebec. I am sure the LPC and their supporters would like nothing more.

 

[Blackadder1916]

It would be interesting to see how it bleed over into Federal politics and if it would like it did in Quebec. I am sure the LPC and their supporters would like nothing more.

THe western version of a bleed over into federal politics already happened. It was Reform Party > Canadian Alliance > CPC. The difference being that the Progressive Conservative party actively and knowingly enlisted Quebec nationalists (chief among them Lucien Bouchard) as to gain inroads in Quebec. When it became obvious to them that it made no difference in how the federal government (of whatever stripe) approached Quebec, they (along with some Liberals) decided to play their own game. It's lot easier to establish a 'separatist' federal party when one is already sitting in the House. It would not surprise me in the least that, as the referendum petition process continues, one or more CPC MPs reveal their true colours as supporters of Alberta independence - especially if they think that it would give them a seat at the traitor's table of power.

 

[HavokFour]

Wab Kinew is such a character.

[Video] A Manitoba referendum on staying in Canada would be a choice between 'yeah and heck yeah,' Kinew jokes​

 

[MilEME09]

Math doesnt math says ECC

Separatists' math doesn't add up, warns Edmonton business leaders

Independent Alberta would start off $600 billion in debt and would take decades to recover economically, says Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

edmontonjournal.com

 

[PrairieFella]

Wab Kinew is such a character.

[Video] A Manitoba referendum on staying in Canada would be a choice between 'yeah and heck yeah,' Kinew jokes​

I didnt vote for his party in the last election but Im glad he won. Best progressive conservative premier in ages

 

[Good2Golf]

Eby says he'll raise issue “behind closed” doors as premiers meet in Ottawa

Wow, he didn’t even “not not release” that via “an official who asked to not be named, as they were not authorized to speak publicly….” blah, blah, blah…

It would be interesting to see Alberta get a mainstay separatist Gov political party like Quebec. We seem to have grown to accept them. Would we be as blasée about an Alberta version ?

Regionalism is thyn enemy.

LPC (and Power Corp) would likely mint commemorative coins for the leaders of such a party…

 

[Lumber]

It would be interesting to see Alberta get a mainstay separatist Gov political party like Quebec. We seem to have grown to accept them. Would we be as blasée about an Alberta version ?

Regionalism is thyn enemy.

A federal Alberta separatist party would likely mean the CPC wouldn't win another election for another decade.

 

[Halifax Tar]

A federal Alberta separatist party would likely mean the CPC wouldn't win another election for another decade.

Hence why the LPC and their supporters would love that idea so much.

 

[Lumber]

Hence why the LPC and their supporters would love that idea so much.

I would rather figure out how to make Albertans less bitter with the rest of the country. Quebec separation makes more sense to me: they have a different language, a different founding, a different system of law, slightly different culture. They have a distinct identity. While I don't think they SHOULD separate, at least I understand the sentiment. Albertans are just pissed because they believe they are getting hosed. If you look up the top complaints Albertans have, the majority of them either directly or I directly refer to the oil and gas industry. That can't be all that Albertans are about.