Alberta wants separation from Canada!

[Skym]

According to this article, there's a growing sentiment in Alberta wanting from separation from Canada, especially after the election day's results.

Even Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is voicing those sentiments! stating alienation from Ottawa!

Article here,

'Hockey and nostalgia' won't keep us together: Some Albertans say they're serious about separation after Liberal win

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn't immediately issue a statement when the networks called the federal election for Mark Carney's Liberals

nationalpost.com

 

[The Bear]

According to this article, there's a growing sentiment in Alberta wanting from separation from Canada, especially after the election day's results.

Even Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is voicing those sentiments! stating alienation from Ottawa!

Article here,

'Hockey and nostalgia' won't keep us together: Some Albertans say they're serious about separation after Liberal win

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn't immediately issue a statement when the networks called the federal election for Mark Carney's Liberals

nationalpost.com

Funny how the Premier of the province that gives Canada its Prime Minister always feels the need to start brandishing separation threats

 

[gaby]

Yep....nothing new....same old refrain.....déjà vu....lol....just again to put pression on the new govt....and quite sure they will listen.....

 

[EagerBeaver]

It's long been rumored as the 51st State, and the next Pope approves:

 

[Skym]

The separation movement is real!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1918816134020894849

 

[Mandouke]

Saskatchewan as well. The premier just tabled similar legislation for an independence referendum.

For years, the West has been screaming, "Let us in." Now that they have finally had enough, they are yelling, "Let us out."

 

[Skym]

The West are making their voices heard!

 

[EagerBeaver]

The redrawn map with Alberta as the 51st State of the USA. I have heard that Canada/Carney has proposed several state trades for Alberta, including one of Alaska, or Washington or Minnesota straight up for Alberta. I would probably do Alaska or Washington, but not Minnesota, as we are not ready to give up the Vikings to Canada.

 

[Skym]

According to this article, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will set forth a seperation referendum next year if there's enough signatures!

CP NewsAlert: Alberta premier promises separation referendum if signatures warrant

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would hold a referendum on provincial separation next year if citizens...

battlefordsnow.com

 

[gaby]

It will never happen.......referendum perhaps????....BUT separation NEVER.......

 

[CLOUD 500]

Not surprised by this. Canada is very divided and this wanting to separate is proof of that. Both parties got over 40% of the votes. Alberta is not being representated by the LIberal government. They have their own unique set of needs like Quebec does. Having said that, I concur with Gaby that the separation will never happen. Alberta is on treaty land so it would require First Nations approval and only 30% want to leave + there is Federal land there also. Danielle Smith must know this? Maybe she is using this as a way to leverage the Federal government to get things for Alberta?

 

[EagerBeaver]

It will never happen.......referendum perhaps????....BUT separation NEVER.......

The referendum will happen in 2026.

Meanwhile on a related topic Carney said that Canada is not for sale but Trump responded "never say never", in an apparent reference to Alberta:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/06/us/trump-administration-updates?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250506&instance_id=153990&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=248158316&segment_id=197414&user_id=46411519eb826ea2f0a019c533d99dd6

 

[minutemenX]

US may start negotiating a separate trade deal with Alberta and Quebec and other Canadian provinces. If this would allow to happen, Canada's existence on the map will be a pure formality.

 

[Skym]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1920233786375066006

 

[Zero_Six]

Can they even separate? Unlike Quebec, Alberta didn't "join" Canada. Prior to 1905, that area was just part of the NWTs.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Can they even separate? Unlike Quebec, Alberta didn't "join" Canada. Prior to 1905, that area was just part of the NWTs.

I don't think "separation" is the correct legal or political term. I think it is "secession", which is a withdrawal from a formal sovereign political entity.

Secession has happened in the United States. It caused the Civil War. It started with South Carolina and then many other states. Here is the history:

South Carolina Declaration of Secession - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The declaration stated, in part, "A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery."

The man referred to in the Declaration is Abraham Lincoln, who believed slavery should be abolished and later did so with the Emancipation Proclamation.

 

[CLOUD 500]

Can they even separate? Unlike Quebec, Alberta didn't "join" Canada. Prior to 1905, that area was just part of the NWTs.

Very unlikely. Alberta is on treaty land so would require approval by First Nations and there is some Federal land there also.