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The new country Alberta’s separatist minority is dreaming of would never be a real democracy

One unacknowledged assumption is most certainly shared by the would-be leaders of a “free” Alberta: The new country they hope to create could not function as a democracy. Indeed, from the perspective of the many aspiring Fathers of Deconfederation (and that of Premier Danielle Smith among the vanishingly small number of their maternal counterparts) the…

by David Climenhaga February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms?

Should I stay or should I go? ♪♫ Now Alberta separatists are upset that us woke folk might want to leave!

Apparently the UCP is OK with 18 of its MLAs being publicly identified as separatists

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by David Climenhaga January 18, 2026January 18, 2026

The new country Alberta’s separatist minority is dreaming of would never be a real democracy

Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms?

Should I stay or should I go? ♪♫ Now Alberta separatists are upset that us woke folk might want to leave!

Apparently the UCP is OK with 18 of its MLAs being publicly identified as separatists

Support AlbertaPolitics.ca

UCP reported planning to vote on publicly acknowledging separatist program – but not until after separation referendum!

OK, Stephen Harper didn’t sign the separation petition, but he needs to say and do more

Nate Horner publishes perennial Alberta poverty plea, warns of ‘tough choices’

Alberta Politics

Alberta’s two-tier health care bill is designed to kill public health care – a new report shows how

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

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List describes two weeks of needless deaths and near misses in Alberta ER hallway and waiting room ‘death zones’

Notwithstanding the Emergencies Act ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal, the matter should still be settled before the Supreme Court

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