This Canada Day, I did something I didn’t expect to. I raised the Maple Leaf in celebration of being a Canadian.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and members of her Alberta Next panel faced a much more vocal and frustrated crowd in the ...

The flags of Alberta and Canada north of Fort McMurray, Alta. in 2022. (Credit: Vincent McDermott/Postmedia) The clock is ticking for Alberta’s sovereignty. We must seriously consider — and articulate ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has advocated for more provincial autonomy but she has not expressed support for independence. "I believe in Alberta sovereignty within a united Canada," she said.

An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations with Canada and the U.S. over every aspect of its new status.