The Critical Compass Podcast - January 18, 2026


Edmonton SHOWS UP for Alberta Independence


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

152.44612

Word Count

349

Sentence Count

3


Summary

In this episode, we talk about the incredible turnout at the Stay Free Alberta petition drive and how the event has impacted the city of Edmonton and the people who came out to sign the petition. We hope you join us as we continue to push for an independent Alberta in the upcoming referendum!


Transcript

00:00:00.000 today's been absolutely fantastic it was actually kind of insane we arrived here at 8 30 to set up
00:00:22.400 and get things ready and there was already 100 people like it was we were not expecting that
00:00:27.000 like you know you expect people to come early but not like hours early the first guy i signed
00:00:31.140 actually said he came here at five o'clock in the morning because he wanted to be first
00:00:34.120 so we were not expecting that at all and we were definitely not expecting these kind of turnouts
00:00:37.980 and these kind of lines this has been absolutely awesome and honestly i think it's really setting
00:00:43.000 a statement to what edmonton feels how edmonton feels about how we need to move forward towards
00:00:48.000 independence and getting this referendum in yeah if you couldn't make it to today's event do not
00:00:53.160 worry go to stayfreealberta.com and over there we'll announce all of our petition stuff every
00:00:59.360 time we have a official petition site it'll be listed there so you never have to wonder or never
00:01:03.620 have to try to go looking yeah so it's six o'clock now p.m we were supposed to end at four but there
00:01:25.120 were so many people here who've been waiting hours that we went we got lights we got things set up so
00:01:29.160 that way we can keep going and staying with people and the funniest part was there was a food truck that
00:01:33.040 pulled in and he was the last signature right at six so we've had thousands of people come through
00:01:38.420 today we have no idea how many total signatures we got but everyone keeps talking about how edmonton is
00:01:45.120 a city that's locked in with the liberals but i think it's very obvious that edmonton is an alberta town
00:01:51.100 Beenlb You're listening best rationed see each other yeah
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