Is Alberta’s separation really the UCP’s priority?
By Lethbridge Herald on January 15, 2026.
Editor:
On January 3, 2026 I emailed the following to Mr. Neudorf, MLA for Lethbridge East. Mr. Neudorf, as you know a bunch of separatists have been given the go ahead to collect enough signatures for a referendum for the Province of Alberta to quit Canada and become an independent state.Obviously your Government made it much easier for them by extending the time to collect the signatures and lowering the amount of signatures required as compared to the petition to remain in Canada. I have just one question for you: Are you personally in favour of Alberta becoming an independent state?. I would suggest rather than giving me a long convoluted non Government answer, a simple yes or no would suffice.
On January 8, 2026 I received the following answer from Mr. Neudorf: “Whatever Albertans vote for, the premier will respect their vote. Furthermore, my view aligns with the Alberta government, which is the hope for a sovereign Alberta within a United Canada.”
This answer raises more questions: Let’s start with the word sovereign, a truly sovereign Alberta cannot simultaneously be part of Canada, as sovereignty implies independence. About the Premier respecting their vote, well good luck with that, she may respect it but more than likely would not accept it if the results are not what she wants.
Here are a few examples what the Premier is trying to do, contrary the people’s wishes: opt out of the Canada Pension Plan, get rid of the RCMP, in favour of Coal mining , stop renewable energy projects, prevent people from challenging laws passed by the UCP by using the notwithstanding clause, having to pay for vaccines, thus discouraging people from getting vaccinated. In a 2003 Calgary Herald column Premier Smith claimed that the anti-smoking lobby does more harm than good and downplayed the harm of smoking up to half a pack of cigarettes per day and claimed smoking can actually reduce the risk of disease.Well I guess it does, after smoking kills you it’s hard to pick up a disease!!! I guess just like ivermectin will now prevent COVID, is blood letting the next cure for all that ails us? And this woman is the premier of the Province of Alberta!!!!.
Here is one more item that should concern all Albertans: Back to the sovereignty issue, Premier Smith has not publicly stated how she would vote on the separation issue but here is a hint: On June 2, 2025 in an op-ed in the Washington Times she summed it up stating “ If America wants true energy dominance, not just independence, it must consider its allies. No ally is more energy rich, reliable or integrated with the American economy than Alberta”. Notice that she said Alberta, not Canada.
Obviously Mr. Neudorf is in agreement with the wishes of the Premier and the UCP or else he would be booted out of the UCP caucus., and never mind what his constituents want.
Barney Feenstra,
Lethbridge
10-9
Good commentary Mr. Feenstra. The owner of the Washington Times is
“Family Federation for World Peace and Unification / Unification Church Movement
In other words the Moonies., “founded by Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012)”
Danielle Smith, the UCP, and the Moonies, my gawd!
i did not know that the official ucp position is for a sovereign alberta; neudorf’s statement makes that clear, though.
going forward, a vote for the ucp should be regarded as a vote for separatism.
it would seem that a separate from canada alberta would soon be a not separate from the usa parcel of land. mind you, the province with the most pro-trump, maga zealots is, hands down, alberta. how soon before smith dyes her hair orange, and mostly addresses the press with loud helicopter or jet engines in the background.