Independence won’t unite Alberta—as much as 40 percent of the province leans Left

Independence won’t unite Alberta—as much as 40 percent of the province leans Left EDITORIAL 18 JUNE 2026 i Separatists assume sovereignty would entrench a permanent conservative ethos. The data on Alberta's own divisions says otherwise. EDITORIAL BOARD ARTICLE SUMMARY KEY STATS Roughly 35 to 40 percent of Albertans describe themselves as progressive or centre-Left. That single figure, cited by a veteran United Conservative Party strategist, dismantles one of the central assumptions animating Alberta’s separatist movement: the idea that an independent Alberta would be a permanent conservative …