Description
With the Alberta referendum just around the corner, we set out to find out what brought the province and Canada to this point. Mark Kelley meets the leaders and the influencers behind the battle for independence and asks, how did we get here?
#albertareferendum #abpoli #alberta
0:00 Seeds of the separatist movement
7:40 A shift inside the UCP
21:39 The referendum push
32:51 The premier's tightrope
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CREDITS: THE FIFTH ESTATE
52-01 'Alberta Sovereignty' Friday, October 09, 2026
The Alberta Question
producer/director
Rachel Ward
writer
Mark Kelley
investigative journalist
Grant LaFleche
video editor
Loretta Hicks
senior videographer
Jonathan Castell
principal photography
Monty Kruger
additional photography
Turgut Yeter
additional research
Patrick Mooney ( CBC library services)
archival material
Orlagh O’Kelly
The Canadian Press
Getty Images
YouTube/The Critical Compass
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YouTube/Freedom Calendar
YouTube/770 CHQR
YouTube/Danielle Smith
YouTube/Mark Carney
Facebook/Tanya Clemens
Facebook/Bonnyville Cold Lake St Paul UCP Association
Facebook/Dennis Modry
Facebook/The Whistle Stop Cafe
X/Rachel Parker
X/Russia Today
Bitchute/Alberta Unity Project
Bitchute/Alberta Prosperity Project
Rumble/The Alberta Prosperity Project
Rumble/The Trish Regan Show
University of Alberta
Angus Reid
Zoom/Alberta and the West Assembly
visual research
Leslie Morrison
graphic designer
Tim Kindrachuk
post audio
Ron Searles
senior colourist
Scott McIntyre
special thanks
Jason Markusoff
Samuel Martin
rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow
social media producers
Danny Burke
Brian Vinh Trinh
digital producers
Janet Davison
Andre Mayer
media management
Laurel Robinson
resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Dragan Maricic
associate director
Carmen Smith
packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni
coordinating associate director
Jane Wilson
senior producer
Linda Guerriero
executive producer
Emmanuel Marchand
original broadcast
October 9, 2026