Juno News - Why do Albertans support separation？

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Alexa Poza is at the Alberta Prosperity Project Town Hall in Edmonton to get reactions from people in support of Alberta separating from Canada and becoming an independent province. She talks about the reasons why she thinks Alberta should leave Canada and why she supports it.

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00:00:00.000 Hi everybody, it's Alexa Poza with Juneau News and I'm at the Alberta Prosperity Project Town Hall here in Edmonton

00:00:05.480 and I'm about to get some reactions on Alberta separation.

00:00:09.160 Can you name some of the reasons why you're in favor of Alberta separation?

00:00:12.620 It's nothing against Canada or Canadians.

00:00:14.860 It doesn't seem like the Canada of today is the same as the Canada of my past.

00:00:19.860 Nothing is going to change unless we become independent.

00:00:23.360 Mostly fiscal ramifications.

00:00:25.640 Yeah, just the amount of money that exits Alberta and goes to the Eastern Provinces,

00:00:30.640 you know, particularly the Mary Times and Quebec.

00:00:33.640 Also because of, like, the trajectory that I see Canada going in, in terms of, like, authoritarianism.

00:00:38.640 I like the idea that perhaps in five years' time, after we go independent,

00:00:44.640 there may not be any more income tax.

00:00:46.640 I like the idea that there'd be $45 to $65 billion more a year coming into Alberta,

00:00:53.640 Alberta and that's going to enable us to fix our health care system, lower the tuition for kids 1.00

00:00:59.560 going to school, work out a nice, a better deal with the Indigenous people. So, you know, it's

00:01:06.920 just, it just, the list just goes on and on.

Juno News - August 13, 2025

Why do Albertans support separation？

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