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Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home

Conventional wisdom in Canadian political and media circles seems to be that Albertans are almost to a man and woman deeply discontented with their relationship with the rest of Canada. Yet recent polling about the divisive and deceptively worded separation referendum foisted on Albertans by their province’s now separatist dominated United Conservative Party Government strongly…

by David Climenhaga September 9, 2026September 9, 2026

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Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home

Separatist ‘transition plan’ is propaganda intended to create a sense of reassurance and inevitability

UCP slaps ‘punitive tax’ on solar panels, opening new front in its War on Renewable Energy

Danielle Smith’s official message kept changing yesterday – what the heck was that about?

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