How grievance politics is shaping Alberta’s referendum season

About this episode

The episode discusses how grievance politics is influencing Alberta's referendum season and the differing approaches of its political leaders.

Amber Ruddy and Keith McLaughlin join Alberta Edge to debate whether the province’s two main Tory leaders are successfully calming separatist tensions. Premier Danielle Smith, who leads Alberta’s UCP, and Pierre Poilievre, leader of the federal Conservatives, are arguably on the same federalist side—but are taking different approaches to handling grievance politics. The conversation also touches on the pipeline MOU, internal UCP tensions, First Nations backlash, and the increasingly volatile political atmosphere surrounding Alberta’s referendum season.  This podcast is generously supported by Don Archibald. The Hub thanks him for his ongoing support. The Hub is Canada’s fastest-growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada Subscribe to The Hub’s podcast feed to get our best content when you are on the go: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)  https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)   Want more Hub? Get a FREE 3-month trial membership on us: https://thehub.ca/free-trial/ Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en   CREDITS: Falice Chin - Host, Producer, and…

People in this episode

Host: Falice Chin

Guests: Amber Ruddy, Keith McLaughlin

Topics covered

• grievance politics
• Alberta referendum
• separatist tensions
• UCP internal tensions
• First Nations backlash
• political atmosphere

Keywords

• Alberta
• referendum
• politics
• separatism
• UCP
• First Nations
• pipeline
• Danielle Smith
• Pierre Poilievre

Sponsors

Don Archibald

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCP, Conservatives, The Hub

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