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Pierre Trudeau… what’s this, the National Energy Program all over again? By Michael Wagner Published 16 Dec 2024 In 1973, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau declared war on Alberta. He imposed an export tax on oil, an unprecedented act in Canadian history. Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed called it “probably the biggest Read More…

The logic of power distribution within Canada means Alberta will always be at a disadvantage — and that’s the logic of independence By Michael Wagner Published on 01 Dec 2024   People tell me that the idea of Alberta independence is dead. Support has vaporized. If a referendum were held Read More…

And people suggest that our movement hasn’t had an effect on Alberta politics. Seriously? In fact, the Alberta Independence movement has probably had a far more powerful impact on this province, both immediate and long term, than even the election of the so-called “conservative” majority UCP has.   Kenney will ride on Read More…

  Sharon Maclise Bio-in-Brief  Independence Party of Alberta Candidate  Leduc Beaumont Sharon Maclise has an extensive professional, business, community, volunteer and political background. Graduating from University of Saskatchewan in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts and Professional A Teaching Certification, Sharon moved to Alberta and taught high school English at Read More…

Alberta won’t sign on to any handgun ban options Ottawa may offer, and says it’s willing to take the fight to court if provincial firearms jurisdiction is disregarded. The federal Liberal government planned to give municipalities the ability to implement a ban but has adjusted since the last election to focus on working with provinces. Alberta’s Read More…

Give Quebec Premier Francois Legault credit for getting one thing right: Alberta cannot change the formula for equalization payments on its own. On Saturday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney repeated his party’s promise to hold a referendum on the federal scheme that siphons billions of dollars annually from “have” provinces (with Read More…

  If a national government determines that as its preferred policy it will shut down the central industry of a particular province, and therefore inevitably the various industries and jobs related to the central one, does it not have a duty to engage in the most serious and detailed negotiations Read More…

You don’t see news media reporting that Germany has declared Audi and BMW to be obsolete companies from yesteryear. Nor that Switzerland has come to regard its banking sector and watchmakers as sunset industries. There’s been no announcement that South Korea is shuttering Samsung. Nor that the Greeks are tearing Read More…

As my contribution to Alberta’s centennial celebration 14 years ago, I penned an essay entitled, with a nod to Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Centennial Proposal: Let’s Get while the Getting’s Good”. Published in the Calgary Herald, it was my case for exiting this dysfunctional federation called Canada. While many Albertans voiced their Read More…

Stop this pantomime that must be driving every Albertan wild with frustration and way past anger Steel pipe to be used in the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion lies at a stockpile site in Kamloops, B.C.Dennis Owen/Reuters Were you to suppose that the purpose of current national energy Read More…