As Alberta’s provincial election campaign enters its final weeks, some political parties are tapping into the anger and frustration of voters who feel they’ve been short-changed by Ottawa by advocating for the province’s secession from Canada.
Published Saturday, March 30, 2019 9:35PM EDTAs Alberta’s provincial election campaign enters its final weeks, all of the political parties are tapping into the anger and frustration of voters who feel that they’ve been short-changed by Ottawa.
“I am tired and I believe most Albertans are tired of being treated as a second-class colony,” said Derek Fildebrandt, the leader of the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta. Bjorkman believes that the long-divisive system of equalization payments – a federal government program where “have” provinces give money to Ottawa to distribute to “have not” provinces – is unfair.Many experts don’t expect any of the separatist parties to garner many votes when Albertans head to the polls on Apr. 16, but they say that the anger about the federal government that they are tapping into is real and widespread.
“We know that anger is pretty significant and most of that anger is currently focused on Justin Trudeau and the federal government,” said Lori Williams, a policy studies professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
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