Audrey

Dear Premier Smith, A referendum to have a referendum… after two justices told you, you could call Mitch Sylvestre’s question under Section 1 of the Referendum Act is hardly decisive or honest leadership. On Thursday you lied to everyone in Alberta when you falsely claimed you couldn’t use either Lukaszuk’s question or Mitch’s question because of “the courts”. The courts in fact said the opposite. Chief Alan Adam had his picture taken SIGNING the Lukaszuk petition. How would he oppose THAT question. The simple fact is that you promised Mark Carney that there wouldn’t be a vote on independence this year. By stabbing 301,620 of YOUR VOTERS in the back you delivered on the promise as part of the package to sell out Alberta for a Chinese pipeline to Asia. No binary choice for Albertans as you promised. Only political sleight of hand. You have lost the ability to refer to yourself as “Right Honourable” . You have lost the moral authority to lead the UCP. Please resign. Sincerely, Jeffrey R.W. Rath B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.(Hons.) Foothills, Alberta

Act for Alberta commissioned a large (3,000 person) poll on independence. One of the cross-tabs is ethnicity. First Nations are by far the most supportive of independence: 46% would vote Leave, 41% Remain. Activist chiefs speak for Ottawa, not for their band members.

The Select Special Citizen Initiative Proposal Review Committee was appointed on March 10, 2026, to review the Alberta Forever Canada citizen initiative policy proposal, which was tabled in the Assembly by the Speaker of the Assembly on December 2, 2025. The Committee has 90 days to complete its consideration and report to the Assembly if the Assembly is then sitting, or, if the Assembly is not sitting the Committee must report 15 days after the start of the next sitting. The committee is meeting this Wednesday, and is running out of time to make a recommendation. 1/

Adam Waterous Executive Chairman of Strathcona Resources "Industry has a different view that they have not seen evidence that actually buyers will pay a premium for decarbonization carbonized oil." "...There's another party which is basically the investment community, and that they're going to be very conscious of what their investment alternatives." "And right now, the investment alternatives for many of them look better in the United States."