In this week's show, we're looking at the growing secessionist movement in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and why they may be the most likely to vote to leave Canada in a referendum in 2026. We're also looking at a new report from the Canadian intelligence agency, the Canadian spy agency CSIS, which is already sounding the alarm on the growing separatist movements in Canada.
00:00:55.500So, title goes Proposed Referendum Question on Separation from Canada Approved by Elections Alberta.
00:01:02.460APP has now four months to collect nearly 178,000 signatures.
00:01:09.100Lawyer Jeff Rath is ready to campaign for an independent Alberta in 2026.
00:01:13.880His group's petition for a referendum asking do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state has just been approved by Elections Alberta.
00:01:24.960Beginning January 2nd, the group has 120 days to collect 177,000 signatures if they want the question to be put to a vote.
00:01:33.320I'm hoping that we can convince at least 60% of our fellow citizens to, you know, to leave Canada.
00:01:39.120Elections Alberta announced Monday it has approved a citizens' initiative petition aimed at putting a referendum question forward to Albertans about the idea of separating from Canada.
00:01:50.620The approval means the separatist group behind it, the Alberta Prosperity Project, now has the green light to start collecting signatures.
00:01:58.460The group will need to appoint a financial officer for its petition campaign before early January.
00:02:06.540After that, signature collection can begin.
00:02:10.100So this report came out on December the 22nd and the Alberta Prosperity Project has now said that they're ready to begin signature collection ASAP.
00:02:22.420They're ready to hit the ground running and they have an army of volunteers ready to begin collecting signatures.
00:02:30.720So, Brad, why would you want to see Saskatchewan leave Canada?
00:02:33.340Where did all of this frustration originate from?
00:02:35.380I think it's been going on for a lot of years, but it's coming to a head, obviously.
00:02:40.320You know, we've got a situation where we're sending so much money to Ottawa that we're not getting back.
00:02:45.460They keep wanting to dictate to us, you know, adding censorship bills.
00:02:49.460We've got the gun ban, as that's been a big issue here for a long time.
00:02:52.900We have lots of things that are happening down east where they're, you know, doing the EV tariffs or whatever.
00:02:58.260And, of course, that has backlash on our canola farmers here and many of our other industries.
00:03:02.320Second story we're following in 2026 in Canada is Saskatchewan and its independence movement.
00:03:09.140On the National Post, a report came out on December 12th.
00:03:12.420And now Saskatchewan also has a secession movement.
00:03:16.980Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta are now home to active efforts to leave Canada.
00:03:22.720The article goes with Alberta potentially staring down the barrel of a separation referendum.
00:03:28.260A new independence group is now touring Saskatchewan, urging residents to join them.
00:03:33.940Over the last three weeks, the Saskatchewan Prosperity Project has now conducted 10 town halls and churches, civic centers and banquet rooms.
00:03:41.800All of them advertised with the slogan of what would an independent Saskatchewan look like.
00:03:48.580Like I said earlier, Alberta and Saskatchewan are two sister provinces.
00:03:52.780They're very interconnected culturally and ideologically speaking, very conservative.
00:03:58.780The two most conservative regions of Canada.
00:04:01.900And oftentimes the way Alberta goes, Saskatchewan goes as well.
00:04:07.680I presume once Alberta becomes an independent country, an independent state, Saskatchewan would likely want to join Alberta.
00:04:16.760Leader of the Parti Quebecois, Paul St. Pierre Plamendon, speaking to a crowd at the University of Calgary Thursday as part of his two-day stay in Alberta.
00:04:26.080He is currently leading in public opinion polling in Quebec as the province gears up for a provincial election next year,
00:04:33.320with Plamendon pledging to bring a referendum on separation during his first term.
00:04:38.660We might find that there are several points where we can work together and those where we don't agree,
00:04:44.000it's much better that we respect that we don't agree and we do our own thing than to have that federal government trying to impose things.
00:04:51.820And then the third story that we're going to follow is the reality in Quebec.
00:04:58.320This is Radio Canada, basically the French version of the CBC.
00:05:03.680So again, government paid media and they're having to cover this reality.
00:05:08.820Title goes, Ottawa begins to consider the possibility of a Quebec referendum.
00:05:14.920Ottawa is going to have to start considering a lot of possibilities.
00:05:17.820It's no wonder CECIS, the Canadian CIA, is already sounding the alarm on the separation movements that are happening in these provinces.
00:05:28.120They're already talking about, oh, foreign interference and we need to pay attention.
00:05:33.780Probably already starting to look into the people that are leading these movements.
00:05:48.820The Parti Quebecois' dominance in the polls for nearly two years and its leader, Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon's promise to hold a referendum on Quebec sovereignty during his first term have reverberated all the way to the federal capital.
00:06:04.420Officials and Prime Minister Mark Carney's government held discussions this fall to determine how Ottawa should respond to the PQ's rhetoric in Quebec City, according to Radio Canada sources.
00:06:16.720This is the reality that we're living in Canada today.
00:06:19.4602026 is going to be an unprecedented year of change.
00:06:23.460You have multiple regions with a large amount of the population wanting to completely separate from Canada, no longer wanting to be a part of what Canada has become.
00:06:38.340Alberta is going to be collecting signatures and likely going to have a referendum in the fall of 2026.
00:06:44.140In Quebec, they're going to be electing a party that promised a referendum later this year.
00:06:50.020And in Saskatchewan, they're already holding town halls and preparing for a potential referendum themselves.
00:06:56.880People in these provinces are tired of what Canada has become and they want no part of it.