Danielle Smith makes it easier to separate, following Liberal win
Will Alberta ditch Canada for greener pastures?
Tonight's focus is on Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith fighting back against Mark Carney's harmful economic agenda. First, a brief reflection on the recent election results.
While a "close second" feels like a loss, the Conservative Party's 41.3% was their highest since the 1980s, even with Pierre Poilievre losing his seat on account of demographic changes and mass migration.
Despite some negativity from Ontario's provincial Conservatives, no federal Conservatives are calling for Poilievre's resignation.
Polling data shows the Conservatives' election result matched their strong numbers from last spring and summer when Trudeau was in power, and Carney was less of a factor.
The election outcome seems more attributable to the NDP and Green Party's decline benefiting the Liberals, potentially influenced by the "Trump factor."
Despite the loss, the Conservative vote held steady compared to polls from a year ago.
GUEST: Keith Wilson, K.C. Alberta lawyer speaks on Alberta's new bill, making it easier for a separation referendum.

COMMENTS
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Cas Balicki commented 2025-05-01 15:31:09 -0400Ezra: Please, please stop talking when you ask your questions.
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Fran g commented 2025-05-01 14:22:40 -0400What happens to our CPP if we separate?? Falsedeau and Carney has probably already dipped into it and now will certainly be going full hog! They will be fighting Albertans tooth and nail to not give up any of it.
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Naida Traviza commented 2025-05-01 11:22:48 -0400Keith Wilson has spoken truthfully about the attitude from Eastern elites towards Alberta.
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Lillian Kelly commented 2025-05-01 00:59:17 -0400I live in BC, and am originally from Ontario, many many years ago. I cannot imagine Alberta leaving Canada, and it is definitely not what I want to see happen, although I can understand people in Alberta choosing to do this. With Carney as prime minister I think that we as a country are in deep trouble. I am so disappointed that the Liberals won this election. In fact I feel sick about it. I think it is Carney and the Liberals that we need to get rid of, not Alberta.
What will people in BC do? We are in deep trouble in BC as well. We basically have a fascist government here, and what are we going to do about this?
We are in deep trouble in this province. I love this province. Carney & Eby are bird of a feather. We need the BC NDP, and the federal liberals to both go. -
Doug Demetrick commented 2025-04-30 22:50:33 -0400It is clear to me that Trump wanted Carney to win. He “intervened” numerous times in our election over the past couple of months, while it was obvious that anti-Trump xenophobia was the main election strategy of the Liberals. Trump and his advisors are not stupid. They plainly knew the effect that the needling of Trump would have on the popular vote in Canada. Obviously, Trump, or at least his major advisors wanted Carney to win. The interesting thing to me is why, as it is a given that Trump got the result that he wanted. Either he had some past-life favorable association with Carney or, and I think more likely, he knows that a Liberal government (especially a minority government) is a great destabilizing force and will provide a lot of opportunities for the Trump government to either take advantage of the worsening economic and social weakness of Canada or, even worse, he may actually gain leverage to facilitate the separation of Alberta to join the US and thus bring Canada down like a house of cards—to actually end up as the 51st (and 52nd, 53rd, ….) state.
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Nicola Timmerman commented 2025-04-30 21:55:57 -0400It didnt take ‘Tough’ Carney five seconds to suck up to Trump. Trump said after their phone call that Carney was so nice, a real gentleman. Liberal voters got so suckered.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-04-30 21:17:30 -0400Canada never has been fair to the prairie provinces. After 120 years of abuse, it’s time to leave. We have the oil and Saskatchewan has the minerals. We truly are done getting screwed.
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-04-30 20:48:42 -0400The sooner we move on this, the better.