Last year, I noted that Canadian Prime Minister and climate cult leader Mark Carney decided to raise the carbon tax in Alberta, a fossil-fuel-rich region.
The province responded robustly, promptly freezing the industrial carbon tax. Albertans also began questioning whether an Alb-Exit was in order, and it appeared that an independence movement was gaining in popularity since Carney took the helm.
As we conclude 2025, it appears Alberta’s push for independence will continue into 2026. The backers of the movement have received permission to start gathering signatures to place a referendum on secession on the ballot.
Alberta’s election agency announced Monday it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada.The question seeks a yes or no answer to: “Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”Elections Alberta said the proponents — the Alberta Prosperity Project and its chief executive officer, Mitch Sylvestre — have until early January to appoint a financial officer for its petition campaign, after which signature collection can begin.Sylvestre, a constituency association president for Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party, has four months to collect just under 178,000 signatures. If he does so, the question would be put to Albertans in a referendum.
A piece published in the Calgary Herald indicates that the required level of signatures to get the measure before Alberta’s voters is achievable.
A genuine, province-wide vote on separation is upon us. It’s virtually certain that by fall of 2026, a referendum ballot will include the question: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”To force this referendum, the separatists only need 178,000 signatures. Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian movement, by contrast, required 293,000.He got far more than the target, of course, but the shape-changing rules are typical of government favoritism that coddles the separatist cause, for fear of splitting the UCP.
It appears many Albertans are tired of their wealth being diverted to a system in which “free healthcare” leads to one-quarter of all deaths being attributable to medically assisted suicide, which includes a side of organ-harvesting tourism.
Meanwhile, the neighboring province of Saskatchewan is gearing up for a similar vote in the future.
A group promoting the idea of Saskatchewan separating from Canada says its public information sessions are drawing crowds.The Saskatchewan Prosperity Project (SPP) says its presentations are meant to teach people about the benefits of Saskatchewan becoming a sovereign nation.“Right now in Canada, it’s a sinking ship. And if we don’t take our lifeboat and throw it out and get off while we can, we’re going down with the ship and we don’t have to,” SPP president Brad Williams said.SPP is aligned with the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group with similar goals for that province.
Like the residents of Alberta, those in Saskatchewan have noticed Canada’s top bureaucrats seem more interested in helping anyone other than Canadians.
It will be interesting to see the status of both of these movements at the end of 2026.
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