A Stronger Alberta Starts With A Choice
The Alberta Freedom Foundation makes the case for Alberta sovereignty — up to and including independence — and for giving Albertans a real referendum on the province's future in Confederation. Explore the arguments, the data, and the case for a different path.
Six Arguments For A Different Path
Each essay below is a personal opinion piece, funded by the Alberta Freedom Foundation, making the case for Alberta sovereignty and examining the federal record that got us here.
The Case for Alberta Sovereignty
Equalization, federal energy policy, and Western alienation — why it's time for Alberta to seriously pursue sovereignty, up to and including independence.
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Five Bills, One Pattern
Bills C-11, C-18, C-21, C-59, and C-63 reviewed as a pattern of federal overreach into Canadians' expression, information access, and privacy.
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COVID, the Charter & Government Overreach
Canada's COVID-era emergency powers, including the Emergencies Act invocation later ruled unconstitutional, examined against the Charter.
Read the essay →Online Speech Law: Bill C-9 & C-34
The Combatting Hate Act and Safe Social Media Act, and the case that they overreach into protected expression while outsourcing censorship to platforms.
Read the essay →Immigration Levels & Infrastructure Capacity
A capacity-and-consent argument: federal immigration targets outpacing housing, healthcare, and school capacity, with sourced data.
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Climate Policy: A Costly, Divisive Path
Why current climate policy — subsidies, carbon pricing, and net-zero mandates — delivers poor value and divides more than it helps.
Read the essay →Four Principles
Self-Determination
Albertans should get to decide Alberta's future — including, through a referendum, whether to remain in Confederation on the current terms.
Fair Return
A province that funds the federation should have a real voice in how that money, and that policy, gets decided.
Charter Freedoms
Emergency powers, speech law, and federal legislation should be measured against the Charter — not waved past it.
Shared Prosperity
An independent or more sovereign Alberta should build genuine, equity-sharing partnerships with First Nations — prosperity with, not instead of.
About these essays. Each opinion piece on this site is written from a personal point of view and funded by the Alberta Freedom Foundation. They are advocacy, not neutral analysis, and are presented as one side of an actively contested public debate. See our Transparency & Disclosures page for details.