Fiery speeches, LED hats and infighting: inside an Alberta separatist conference
WeUnify’s Reclaiming Alberta brought together ardent supporters of independence from Canada while highlighting key disagreements over strategy – not least how close a free Alberta should be to the US The debate began with a simple question in a dark Calgary hotel ballroom: does Alberta need Canada?
By the time the audience was asked to vote at the end, more than three-quarters had answered no – a decisive measure of the convictions of a room packed with some of Alberta’s most ardent independence supporters, some of whom had paid C$900 (£480) for a “visionary” weekend pass.
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