The anti-pipeline machine is a “directed, network campaign,” a new breed of professional, staged activism The suspension of the National Energy Board’s review of the Energy East pipeline review can be traced back to anti-pipeline activism and controversy stemming from a story published by The National Observer. On the Read More…
Dr. Barry Cooper December 2, 2018 In the past couple of weeks, a retired senior oil executive, Gwyn Morgan, a former premier of Saskatchewan, Brad Wall, and a veteran journalist, Don Braid, all commented publicly on the current position of Alberta in Canada. They agreed on the nature of the Read More…
Holding all the power now, Albertans would get richer while the balance of the country would get poorer Fully 62 percent of Albertans believe the province “does not get its fair share from Confederation” (up from 45 percent two decades ago). Ed Kaiser / Postmedia file photo Canadians don’t value Read More…
By Michael Wagner The future of Alberta separatism is bright. The anticipated elections of 2019 are likely to result in circumstances that generate increasing support for Alberta independence. With Jason Kenney as Alberta’s premier, and Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister, the stage will be set for a potentially large-scale Read More…
By: Jake Fuss on August 20, 2018 There is a long tradition in western civilization of redistributing wealth to reduce social inequality. It has served as both the inspiration for voluntary charity and the justification for mandatory taxation. Governments not only tax wealthy individuals to subsidize poor ones, but many also take Read More…
Our Interim Leader, Sharon Maclise, is a veteran of Alberta’s conservative Grassroots politics and has been actively fighting for the best interests of Alberta since she joined the Reform Party in 1989. She was invited to run for nomination as a candidate in the 1993 federal election but was raising a young family Read More…
By Jay Hill As I’ve interacted with countless folks over this summer, many here in Canada’s heartland of the Prairies have voiced their belief that a strong case can be made that Confederation is no longer working in the best interests of the West, particularly Alberta and Saskatchewan As I’ve Read More…
By Michael Wagner For decades, Professor Barry Cooper of the University of Calgary has been a prominent intellectual defender of Alberta and the West. More than anyone else, he has written about the distinct political identity of the prairie West. Importantly, Cooper has challenged the notion of “western alienation” Read More…
Click this link to listen to the Western Independence radio show on Omny – https://omny.fm/shows/danielle-smith/western-independence The Alberta Freedom Alliance (AFA) is not an official political party in the province, but they’re working on it. The interim leader of the alliance was in Edson on April 28 and the Edson Leader sat Read More…
By Michael Wagner Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau believes that Canada is the “first postnational state’’ and has ‘‘no core identity,’’ most Canadians throughout history have probably believed otherwise. Before the late twentieth century, for example, English-speaking Canada had a notable British flavour to it, whereas Quebec has always had a distinct identity Read More…
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