Oil rich Canadian province of Alberta may vote on secession next year says its premier | Eastern NC Now

Danielle Smith, the Conservative Premier of the oil and mineral rich Canadian province of Alberta, has announced in a live-stream speech that a provincial referendum is likely to be held next year on the province's secession from Canada.  A formal petition is currently circulating calling for such a secession referendum, and she has confirmed that if that petition gets the requisite number of signatures, she anticipates the referendum will be held next year.

The last province to do that was Quebec several decades ago.  It that referendum, the people of Quebec voted it down.

Alberta has been the center of the "Wexit" (western exit) movement which wants Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia to leave Canada and either start their own country, form a loose confederation, or even join the US.  These provinces have had problems with the woke agenda from Ottawa, and Ottawa Liberals climate alarmist policies are viewed as a threat to Alberta's oil industry.

Premier Smith previously proposed and pushed through her legislature the Alberta Sovereignty Act which declares that the provincial legislature can nullify any national Canadian law or regulation and that local governments could also nullify them in their own areas.  Former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau threatened to challenge that legislation in court, and Smith responded that if he did so, she would take the issue to a provincial independence referendum.  Trudeau backed down.  Last year, the Albera legislature adopted its first nullification act, nullifying national energy regulations within Alberta.

When Trudeau pushed through a severe gun control bill nationally, many provincial governments responded by announcing it would not be enforced in their province.  Alberta was one of those.

Alberta now faces a more hard headed power bully in Mark Carney than his predecessor Trudeau.  Carney has a history as a fanatic climate alarmist, and has had leadership positions in the globalist movement.   However, in Danielle Smith, Carney faces a very determined lady who will go to the mat to defend the rights of her province.  That includes taking the issue to a referendum on independence.

Smith is keeping her powder dry, saying she herself is not calling for independence at this point, but that issue will be decided by the people of Alberta.  She is calling on Carney for negotiations to create a framework where Alberta can be comfortable remaining in Canada.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/oil-rich-province-alberta-may-hold-referendum-secede/

https://www.rebelnews.com/unlikely_quebec_separatist_ally_stands_by_alberta_on_sovereignty

If Alberta goes, there is a good chance Manitoba and Saskatchewan will follow.  British Columbia is a much longer shot, however.