Most Albertans don't want the province to separate from Canada, according to the polls. So how did a once-fringe movement gain enough momentum to put independence on the ballot (sort of)?
With just ten days to go until the Alberta referendum, join award-winning independent journalists Danielle Paradis and Tim Querengesser as they travel across the province, meeting ordinary Albertans and finding out what they think about the prospect of separating from Canada.
Who are the separatists? What do they actually want? And what happens to the rest of Canada if they get it?
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We're proud to present the first episode of this five-part investigative series Separation Anxiety: The Alberta Referendum, completely AD-FREE.
Thanks to Canadian True Crime listeners like you, we've been able to help fund this independent investigation by two Alberta journalists. At a time when local newsrooms are shrinking, grassroots, on-the-ground reporting is more important than ever, especially when an issue that seems provincial could have consequences for the entire country.
In this Episode 1: Among the Separatists, you'll hear from people waving flags on a freeway overpass in Edmonton, at an Alberta Day celebration in Mirror, AB and in a Baptist church in Calgary.
Episodes 2 and 3 are also available now.
Find Separation Anxiety: The Alberta Referendum on your favourite podcast player.
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Produced with the support of Canadian True Crime.
*Additional sources re introduction:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separatism-canada-united-states-republican/
https://thewalrus.ca/is-it-treason-to-ask-america-to-help-break-up-canada/
https://globalnews.ca/news/12088176/alberta-separatism-republicans-report?
https://globalnews.ca/news/12087080/alberta-first-nations-referendum/
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