Wildrose Independence Party Of Alberta - Highwood Constituency Association

06/12/2026

Hey Robert,

Today's critics have one message for Alberta: stand down or face economic ruin. The facts disagree.

First, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas told the Global Energy Show that separation talk drives away investment. Sheila Gunn Reid ran the numbers. Dow's Path2Zero project in Fort Saskatchewan is a $10.1 billion commitment. Linde followed with more than $2 billion for a clean hydrogen facility in Alberta's Industrial Heartland — its single largest investment globally. Statistics Canada shows Alberta leading Canada's largest provinces in employment growth for much of the past two years. Investors are not fleeing; they are arriving.

Next, Liberal MP Corey Hogan repeated the warning: the independence debate creates uncertainty that will cost Albertans jobs and growth. Alberta has the highest GDP per capita in Canada. The Fraser Institute found the province sent $14.2 billion more to Ottawa than it received in 2022 alone. Critics want Albertans to believe the province is prosperous enough to sustain Canada but somehow not prosperous enough to sustain itself.

Finally, The Hub warned an independent Alberta would be dangerously landlocked. Cory Morgan's response: Alberta is already landlocked. The difference independence makes is leverage — the ability to negotiate pipelines from strength rather than have concessions extracted indefinitely for nothing. Albertans can choose to be landlocked without leverage, or independent with all the cards.

06/12/2026

Hey Robert,

Today's critics are applying one standard to Quebec and a completely different one to Alberta.

First, Thomas Lukaszuk, founder of Forever Canadian, took to X to condemn the October referendum as a $91 million waste. Cory Morgan notes the problem: Lukaszuk's group collected over 400,000 signatures demanding this vote. Elections Alberta has never confirmed that figure — the 2023 provincial election cost $37 million. The man who campaigned hardest for the referendum is now its loudest critic.

Next, former Harper minister Monte Solberg asked on Substack whether Canadians would support granting citizenship to those who broke up their country. Sheila Gunn Reid identifies the flaw: Albertans would not be asking Canada to grant anything — they are already citizens. The Citizenship Act has no provision revoking citizenship when a province leaves. Quebec held two sovereignty votes and no one threatened Quebecers' passports.

Finally, Andrew Coyne argued in the Globe and Mail that it is not up to Albertans to decide their constitutional future. Sheila Gunn Reid answers with Canada's own record: Quebecers voted on sovereignty in 1980 and again in 1995, and the Supreme Court's ruling created a constitutional obligation to negotiate on a clear result. Albertans are being denied a right Quebec exercised twice.

Let's set the record straight.

The Alberta Fact Check Team

06/09/2026

Hey Robert,

Today, the critics of Alberta's independence movement aren't just wrong — they're caught on the record.

First, Thomas Lukaszuk is at it again. Speaking to Lakeland Today, the anti-referendum activist insisted his Forever Canadian group never wanted a referendum — only a vote in the legislature. The trouble is there's a document, signed by Lukaszuk and filed with Elections Alberta, that states he was petitioning to put a question to a referendum. His own signature contradicts him.

Next, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien weighed in at Louise Arbour's governor general swearing-in, telling CTV reporters that Alberta's October vote isn't a real referendum because it hasn't been approved by Parliament. What Chrétien forgot is that Alberta's Question 10 — on the October 19 ballot — is a legally organized provincial vote on the path to independence. Calling it fake doesn't make it so.

Finally, former NDP MP Charlie Angus spent the day claiming Alberta's independence movement is driven by foreign actors and offshore bot farms. The problem? Alberta Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis told the Legislature that after reviewing the allegations, the RCMP found no credible evidence of foreign interference whatsoever. Angus made the accusation. The RCMP went looking. They found nothing.

Let's set the record straight.

The Alberta Fact Check Team
THE FACTS

06/03/2026

As we in the west (Alberta) are well aware, we have no meaningful voice in the federal government. It seems now that we have no voice in provincial government as well. We signed a petition to initiate a referendum on independence. Not to tell the ucp to call a referendum on whether we want a referendum. Absolute delay tactic. We get a yes vote in October and the referendum will get delayed till 2027 which is an election year so we can't have one during that time. So maybe 2028? We are being ignored.

06/03/2026

The cost Alberta would face establishing itself as an independent country according to D smith is estimated (by her) at $ 400 billion. Estimates of a well researched comparable (Scotland) are 1% to 1.5% of GDP. Similar costs would be expected for Alberta. 1.5% of Alberta’s 2025 real GDP ($361.5B) would be approximately CAD $5.42 billion.
A far cry from $400 billion

05/30/2026

Dear Robert,

Thank you for bringing us this far.

Your dedication, time, and belief in our work have helped us reach this point. We are truly grateful for every person who has supported the Alberta Prosperity Project.

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For a Soveriegn Alberta

05/29/2026

Hey Robert,

Today's fact checks have a common thread: critics of Alberta independence couldn't keep their facts — or their principles — straight.

First, Maclean's columnist Stephen Maher called Alberta independence supporters "a minority with a stupid idea," adding that their "illusions are not everyone else's problem." The fact check notes the obvious double standard: for decades, Quebec separatism was treated as a legitimate movement debated at the highest levels of power. Calling Albertans stupid is not an argument — it's proof of the alienation driving the movement.

Next, former Premier Jason Kenney is among the loudest voices warning against even holding an independence referendum. But in 2016, Kenney cheered Brexit: "Congratulations to the British people on choosing hope over fear." He trusted British voters with a sovereignty referendum — today's fact check asks why he won't extend Albertans the same respect.

Finally, Edmonton city councillors suggested that if Alberta leaves, Edmonton could simply vote to remain in Canada. Constitutional lawyer Keith Wilson corrected the record: the Supreme Court's secession reference deals with provinces, not municipalities. Cities are not constitutional actors, and Edmonton councillors aren't entitled to invent constitutional law to suit their politics.

Let's set the record straight.

The Alberta Fact Check Team

05/27/2026

Dear Robert,

Today, federal politicians and media figures lectured Albertans on democracy, the law, and truth — and the facts pushed back on all three.

First, Prime Minister Carney told the House of Commons that the Clarity Act does not set a 50-per-cent-plus-one bar for a referendum — and insisted "the Clarity Act is very clear." The trouble is his own Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, Patricia Lattanzio, told the Commons earlier this month — twice — that the threshold is exactly 50 per cent plus one. Carney was contradicting his own government on constitutional law.

Next, Toronto Star columnist Justin Ling accused Premier Smith of spreading "Brexit-like falsehoods" about Alberta sovereignty. The irony: Ling is one of the same journalists who spent years pushing false narratives during the Freedom Convoy that later collapsed under scrutiny. Lecturing others about misinformation requires a spotless record — and Ling doesn't have one.

Finally, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declared that Alberta had a constitutional "duty to consult" First Nations before the independence petition could move forward. But the petition was launched by private citizens under Alberta's existing citizen initiative legislation — not by the government. You can't hold the Alberta government to a constitutional duty it never triggered.

Let's set the record straight.

The Alberta Fact Check Team

05/26/2026

ear Robert,

Today's fact checks share a strange new theme: opponents of Alberta's referendum have stopped arguing against it and started denying reality itself — the people, the oil, and the plain text of the law.

First, the Globe and Mail's Shannon Proudfoot ran the headline "Danielle Smith tries to blame 700,000 illusory Albertans for her separatism gambit," paired with a bizarre analogy about arsonists banging on a family's door. The trouble? Those Albertans aren't illusory. More than 404,000 signed the Forever Canada petition and over 301,000 signed Stay Free Alberta, and every one of them asked for a vote.

Next, columnist Andrew Coyne floated the theory that a separating Alberta might not leave with the territory containing its oil. It reads less like legal analysis than a shakedown: nice oil patch you've got there, shame if something happened to it. There is no basis in law for Ottawa to simply confiscate a province's resources.

Finally, CBC aired an expert insisting treaty lands were never "ceded, given up, yielded or surrendered." Yet Treaty 6 states plainly that signatories "cede, release, surrender and yield up" their title. The words are right there in the document.

Let's set the record straight.

The Alberta Fact Check Team