Western Standard - March 14, 2026


Why Young Albertans Are Drawn to Separation Movement


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

162.18779

Word count

171

Sentence count

11


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00:00:00.000 the youth are an interesting group. They are very disenfranchised. A lot of youth that we
00:00:05.060 come across are disenfranchised because their lives is different. If you're a 24-year-old kid
00:00:11.160 today, your prospects, when you look at the next 10 years, it's dismal compared to when I was 24
00:00:17.900 years old in the early 90s. I mean, God, future's so bright, I got to wear shades. My prospects,
00:00:25.040 I never worried about my future, but the kids today worry about their future.
00:00:29.600 So you're absolutely correct.
00:00:31.140 They are on board with the separatist movement.
00:00:36.380 The only problem we have is they are extremely, they're the digital generation.
00:00:43.140 And so coming out and signing in person for them is a difficult thing.
00:00:48.340 We haven't figured out how to, we haven't figured out how to reach out to them because I guarantee you if we could allow the petition to occur online via signatures, the kids would be all, I call them the kids, the young generations would be all over it.