I think the momentum and path of the Alberta Independence Movement is beginning to solidify.
This is an excellent discussion on the direction and “strategy” of Alberta Independence and of Premier Smiths support and strategy:
“Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, and Cory Morgan discuss Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel, the growing calls from Alberta Conservatives for a party-wide independence vote”
https://open.substack.com/pub/theoppositionnewsnetwork/p/inflation-creeps-up-as-essentials?
“Core inflation the kind that really matters is still burning hot. The CPI excluding energy sits at 2.7%, and the Bank of Canada’s own preferred measures tell the truth:
CPI-median: 3.1%
In other words, the cost of living is still going up faster than your wages. But don’t expect a press conference about that.
This isn’t just economic mismanagement.
This is a cost-of-living crisis, slow-walked by bureaucrats who don’t pay mortgages, don’t pump gas, and certainly don’t clip grocery coupons.
“…the Liberal economic model isn’t about prosperity anymore. It’s about control. It’s about managing your decline and calling it “progress.”
Look around: the people making the decisions—Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland’s ghost fingerprints, and what’s left of the Liberal technocrat machine—don’t live in the economy you do.
They don’t sit in traffic.
They don’t wonder how to pay rising ...