Alberta Fact Check: Was Alberta's independence movement created by Russia? No evidence supports that claim
Alberta alienation has been a recurring feature of provincial politics since at least the 1930s under William Aberhart's Social Credit government. It re-emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s following Pierre Trudeau's National Energy Program, gave rise to the Western Canada Concept, and has periodically resurfaced over constitutional disputes, equalization, energy policy and federal-provincial relations.
