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by Rod D. Martin
May 9, 2026
A lot of people thought the idea of Alberta independence, or even statehood, was crazy talk.
Guess again.
Alberta separatists just delivered nearly 302,000 signatures to Elections Alberta — roughly 70 percent more than the 177,732 required to trigger the referendum process. The signatures still must be verified, and the courts may yet intervene.
But the proposed question is as direct as it gets: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?”
As a matter of fact, yes. Yes it should.
If America is annoyed by Canadian freeloading on the American defense budget and inequities in tariff treatment, Alberta has reason to be livid. Ottawa extracts wealth from the province as though it were a colony, like some North …