Western Standard - October 19, 2026


Derek Fildebrandt： Independence supporters must rethink strategy after a loss

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1 minute

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161.79

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238

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9


Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Next question, first to the Leave side,
00:00:02.720 what margin settles this question for a generation
00:00:07.060 and what turnout makes it legitimate?
00:00:09.240 One minute, please.
00:00:10.820 It would take 100% on one side or another
00:00:13.120 to shut everyone up for all time.
00:00:18.440 You know, to the point I made earlier,
00:00:22.800 in every election, at least one candidate loses.
00:00:25.620 In Canada, that's often many candidates.
00:00:28.240 And we don't expect people to disband their political party, never run for office again, and ride into the sunset.
00:00:36.980 But, you know, if the Remain side has a convincing victory, the Independent side owes it to the process.
00:00:44.660 Whatever issues of fairness there may have been, it owes it to the people of Alberta to respect that decision and to reflect on how to go forward.
00:00:56.260 and that does not mean another immediate referendum you would lose it uh one of the great
00:01:02.180 problems in the independence movement is it has not learned the lessons of luce m bouchard who
00:01:06.100 talked about winning conditions winning conditions were not set up here we just did it because we
00:01:12.340 wanted to do it and and and get the puck in the net so if we don't do it uh the independence
00:01:18.740 movement needs to think long and hard about how it wants to proceed it needs to think long and
00:01:22.820 hard about who gets to be a leader and speak for the movement in the future.