Western Standard - March 24, 2026


MARTY UP NORTH： Ottawa is finally taking Western independence seriously


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1 minute

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167.93066

Word count

310

Sentence count

21


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A recent article in the National Post points out that Western Separatists are a lot more than just a fringe movement, and that internal polling shows just how much support there is for the idea of a Western Union with Canada.

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00:00:00.000 This was in the National Post yesterday, and I don't read the whole story.
00:00:03.320 I don't care because I'm not a subscriber.
00:00:05.100 But, you know, right there it says Canadians opened a negotiation with Western separatists as data shows under-representation in Parliament.
00:00:12.600 My God.
00:00:13.180 And look at the line underneath there.
00:00:15.000 Recent data shows Alberta remains under-represented in the House of Commons on a per capita basis.
00:00:20.360 Folks, two, three things about this article.
00:00:23.860 First of all, it shows that perhaps internal polling in Ottawa and other places are showing that the movement is maybe a little bit bigger because now we're seeing these kinds of pieces, right?
00:00:34.500 There's always, you know, kind of like the five stages of grief kind of thing of this five, you know, at first they said the movement was fringed, then they attacked us and then they mocked us.
00:00:45.440 And now maybe they're starting to realize, oh, there is some truth to that.
00:00:48.480 So the fact that there's pieces like this coming out saying Ottawa is perhaps interested in some conversation shows that their internal polling proves that the movement is big.
00:01:00.540 But the funny part was whoever did that article, like, come on, do your research, man.
00:01:04.340 We've been underrepresented in the House of Commons since 1905, like by design.
00:01:09.960 Right. Alberta has like 37 seats.
00:01:16.380 No, I'm not Alberta. Yeah. Anyways, I'm, you know, the number of seats we have and Saskatchewan, the last two provinces, compared to our population, compared to Ontario and Quebec, we're completely underrepresented.
00:01:32.020 But even if we were properly represented, it still doesn't matter because we're outnumbered.
00:01:37.860 You know, Ottawa or not Ottawa, Ontario and Quebec outnumber us like three, four to one.
00:01:43.060 So we'll never we'll never get our way. Interesting article just shows that we're we're hitting on the on on some spots there.