A referendum on an official referendum scheduled for the night of October 19, 2026, could set Alberta on an official legal process of leaving Canada.
Earlier this month, a judge of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta ruled against an official, non-binding referendum going forward this fall, citing a lack of consultation with the province’s Indigenous people and the Crown.
Can Danielle Smith continue using Alberta separatism as a tool of political management without eventually losing control of the forces she helped unleash? This past week suggests she can’t. Political movements built on grievance rarely remain controllable for long. Since becoming premier in 2022, she has systematically normalized the politics of betrayal, victimhood, and existential crisis. Now she is trying to surf a political tsunami wave of her own making.
Finance minister says yes, but ATI requests show there’s no plan for how to do both — and reveal significant unpublished emissions estimates
Newfoundland and Labrador is continuing on its path of extractivism without any evidence it will be able to meet its climate targets. But the province’s finance minister isn’t worried and says his government “can do both at the same time” — working toward a just transition while expanding fossil fuel production.
The global economy has become dependent on the AI industry. Trillions of dollars are being invested into the technology and the infrastructure it relies on; in the final months of 2025, functionally all economic growth in the United States came from AI investments. This would be risky even in ideal conditions. And we are very far from ideal conditions.
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