Marlaina Danielle Smith is a Canadian politician, former lobbyist, former columnist and media personality who has served as the 19th premier of Alberta and leader of the United Conservative Party sinc
Smith in 2014
Smith and Jim Prentice announcing that she and eight other Wildrose MLAs would be crossing the floor to join the Progressive Conservatives.
Alberta separatism, Alberta independence or Alberta sovereignty, consists of a series of 20th- and 21st-century movements advocating the secession of the province of Alberta from Canada, with some gro
Danielle Smith
…cuts. Smith later announced an October 2026 provincial referendum on nine questions, including immigration and Constitutional changes. A question on Alberta separatism can potentially appear on the ballot during the referendum, with Smith's government appealing a court decision that ruled against an independence…
Alberta separatists at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his federal National Energy Program (NEP) have been regarded as causing a rise of Alberta separatism in the early 1980s.
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed and his government disputed with the Trudeau federal government over the NEP in the 1980s.
In 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered unanimous reasons in 'Reference Re Secession of Quebec regarding the legality, under both Canadian and international law, of a unilateral secession of Quebec from Canada.