If Alberta Falls, Canada Falls

[Disaffected]

"If Alberta Falls, Canada Falls

Charlie Angus / The Resistance
Jan 29, 2026

"Finally. Someone in the public has spoken the word ‘treason’.

How else to describe the manipulations of the Quislings who have been meeting with Trump officials to break Alberta from Canada?

For the last year, I have been calling out the “Donbas Playbook” being used by the MAGA machine. I have raised questions about the massive slush fund of American money being put on the table to drive the break up our nation. And I have been calling out the manipulations of MAGA Premier Danielle Smith.

The stakes are getting higher."

https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/if-alberta-falls-canada-falls

Any vibes from the US sources on this? Angry but not surprised.....

[Lovie777]

1. No................

[EarlG]

2. This does indeed look like a page out of the Putin playbook as seen in Donbas and Brexit

For what it's worth, a poll taken earlier this month shows 19% of Albertans support separating from Canada, 75% oppose it. I wouldn't be surprised if that oppose number doesn't go a little higher once Albertans see separatist leaders canoodling with the fascist Trump regime.

[Disaffected]

11. Agreed.

And yes, support for separation, even in "Red-neck Alberta" is thankfully pretty minimal.

The gathering of signatures for a separation referendum however is now underway and I hope they show up at my door so I can spit in their faces or at least ask them WTF is wrong with you.

Approx. 177,000 signatures would be required (10% of votes cast in the last provincial election). In a way, I hope they reach that threshold so Albertans can tell them to PO and they will slink away or maybe move to more right-wing environs in another country.

[COL Mustard]

25. I understand Belarus is lovely this time of year.

They could try there. Maybe they would be happier.

[applegrove]

14. Yes. And the premier Danielle Smith has been bankrupting the public health care,

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or tried hard to, which will remind Albertans that she does not have their welfare at heart, but does have the welfare of private healthcare coprporations close to her heart. Keeping our public healthcare is a top issue for all Canadians.

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. In any case the referendum is nonbinding

And any separation would have to be approved by the federal government and the First Nations people who live in Alberta.

It’s a boneheaded idea that will hopefully spell the end of Danielle Smith’s career.

[OGBuzz]

21. Damn, if only Danielle was 40 years younger...

she'd be able to get work at the Mar a Lago sauna and steam room handing out towels to the boys.

[WestMichRad]

28. Well, it's amazing what they can do with a bit of surgery these days.

She could follow in Krusty Noem’s… er, shoes!

[Lovie777]

3. Thank you..........

[leftstreet]

4. We are NOT taking Nickelback

Just sayin

[Disaffected]

12. ...

[Spazito]

19. ....

[Ray Bruns]

23. Oh yes you are!

[CanonRay]

5. Yeah, we're setting such a good example of governance down here.

[Metaphorical]

6. When I lived in Victoria, BC

there were a few Separatists that wanted to make Western Canada a distinct country. They were definitely the Canadian equivalents of Magats, even twenty years ago. However, they were never terribly popular.

I suspect nowadays they are even less so.

[Bev54]

16. They have always been here, the separatists, I think they just have gotten louder because

they are getting funding and encouragement from the Trump admin. Alberta is not going to separate and I hope like hell we are smart enough to get rid of DS in the next election.

The biggest fight will be the disinformation and while most Canadians wouldn't fall for it, we have some real dingers here in Alberta but they are still a minority.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R

[Irish_Dem]

8. Putin wants all democratic countries to shatter and break apart.

Just like the USSR did.

[Torchlight]

9. It's how I feel about the bumpkins arguing for TX secession.

And probably just as effective... in that it's an empty pipe dream meant to distract from actual solutions. A 2020 poll had fully one-third of Texans supporting secession, but my guess is it's little more than a soft wish outside of a very, very few.

[Bread and Circuses]

10. Carney isn't playing...

[IcyPeas]

13. King Charles doesnt want Canada under trump (from 2025... )

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. Not gonna happen

Only about 30% of Albertans support separation, and the referendum is nonbinding.

Even if it passed, separation cannot occur without the approval of both the federal government and the people of the First Nations on land within Alberta (and they are a hard NO).

But Angus is correct- those meeting with Americans to strategize and fundraise are traitors.

[Disaffected]

29. I believe it would also require a change to

the Constitution Act. All things considered, Ain't Gonna' Happen.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. I'll offer a trade: the U.S. takes Alberta, and Canada takes Michigan. Please.

[debsy]

22. US can have Alberta if Canada takes the US 😂

[LakeVermilion]

26. I would offer Minnesota, but

Minnesota is going to overthrow the Trump administration.

[calimary]

27. I sure hope so!!!

[returnee]

31. And New York! n/t

[Spazito]

20. Alberta is not going to fall...

it will continue to be the Canadian outlier, the 'Texas North" for the foreseeable future.

[Seeking Serenity]

24. Frankly, Alberta needs to be governed and governed hard.

Those country f***s have no rights (or ought not).

[littlemissmartypants]

30. First Nations chiefs laugh at the idea they'd be better off in an independent Alberta

First Nations chiefs laugh at the idea they'd be better off in an independent Alberta
Indigenous leaders call out Jeffrey Rath, one of the leaders of the separatism movement

Author of the article:By Steven Sandor
Published Jan 29, 2026
Last updated 1 hour ago
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/first-nations-chiefs-laugh-independent-alberta/wcm/6dca435c-9eac-44a8-8f83-a4bdd3e76743

...
They weren’t laughing “with” someone, they were laughing “at” someone. That person wasn’t in the west Edmonton offices of the Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta. But Jeffrey Rath, the lawyer who’s become one of the loudest mouthpieces of the Alberta separatist movement, was the target of derision for some of Alberta’s First Nations leaders.

On Thursday, the leaders from three treaty lands all rejected Rath’s promise. They gathered to show that they’re united against the current petition that, if successful, would trigger a referendum on Alberta independence. Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, the Blackfoot Confederacy and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation have launched suits against the petition and the province’s Bill 14, which allows for citizen initiatives like the independence push.

Chief Billy-Joe Tuccaro of Mikisew Cree Nation, which is also planning to launch a lawsuit against the province, said that many Indigenous people remember Rath from when he represented a number of First Nations in their lawsuits against the federal government. Just a few years ago, Rath was well known for taking Indigenous treaty claims as far as the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Oil and gas resources belong to the First Nations people “and we signed a treaty to share it with you. We didn’t sign a treaty for separation,” added Allan Adam, chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.

More at link.