RENEW
ALBERTA
We exist to preserve the history and ideals of old Canada through fostering the independence and renewal of Alberta
Alberta is not leaving Canada behind.
We are refusing to abandon it to those who already have.
There was a time when the words “I am Canadian” carried weight. Not the weight of maple syrup and apologies, but the weight of a serious people in a serious country — a people who had driven steel across a continent, held the line at Vimy Ridge, and built an ordered and free society from some of the most demanding land on earth. That country stood for something. Peace, Order, and Good Government were not hollow words. They were a promise, kept.
That Canada still exists. It exists here.
The Story
Built by bold hands. Kept by determined ones.
Alberta was not given to us. It was carved from a harsh and indifferent land by people who had no guarantee of success, only the will to build something that would last. They came from every corner of the world, drawn not by promises of comfort but by the chance to be free. They raised families in the cold. They broke fields before the roads were laid. They made a society before the government even arrived.
These were Albertans. These were Canadians.
They believed what the founders believed: that if you are given honest laws, fair courts, and the freedom to work, you will do the rest yourself. They were right. And Alberta has never forgotten it.
What Happend
Something was taken from us. We intend to take it back.
In the 1970s, a new vision arrived. Pierre Trudeau did not value the Canada he inherited, and he set about remaking it. Through his Constitution, his Charter, and his reshaping of courts and bureaucracy, he replaced the Canada of the builders with something else entirely — a Canada where power centralised in Ottawa, where history became something to apologise for, and where Peace, Order, and Good Government gave way to lawlessness, control, and coercion.
What remains today carries the name and the flag. But the meaning has been hollowed out.
The Prime Minister declared Canada a post-national state with no core identity. The men and women who built this country are called colonisers. Statues fall. Memorials are renamed. Courts free the guilty and punish those who challenge the government. The institutions that once made Canada admirable on the world stage have been gutted, mocked, and turned against the very people they were built to serve.
This is not the Canada worth preserving.
But the Canada worth preserving is not gone.
Alberta's Answer
Independence is not abandonment. It is the act of saving.
Renew Alberta exists to preserve the history and ideals of the old Canada — through the independence and renewal of Alberta.
We are not interested in tearing down what was built. We are determined to build on it. The values that made this country great, personal freedom, personal responsibility, the rule of law, the Westminster tradition, the heritage of every pioneer who broke the land — these values did not die in Ottawa. They survived here.
An independent Alberta will stand where Canada once stood. We will not rename the memorials. We will not tear down the statues. We will carry forward the principles that MacDonald and Cartier, Laurier and Diefenbaker embodied, not as museum pieces, but as the living foundation of a free and prosperous people.
We are not leaving Canada. We are keeping it alive.
The Two Questions We Hear Most
“What about the economy? The pensions? The trade relationships?”
These are serious questions and they deserve serious answers. The honest truth is that the things which matter most in daily life already happen at the provincial and local level. From schools, hospitals, roads, communities. These do not change. What changes is that we stop sending money and authority to a government in Ottawa that returns neither in good faith. There will be work. There will be difficulty in the transition. We will not pretend otherwise. The settlers who came to this land were not promised an easy road either. But they built an Eldorado. So will we.
“But I love Canada.”
So do we. That is precisely why we are doing this. The Canada worth loving is the Canada we are fighting to preserve. Remaining inside a Confederation that has already been hollowed out does not save Canada. It only prolongs the surrender.
Built by bold hands. Kept by determined ones.
Alberta was not given to us. It was carved from a harsh and indifferent land by people who had no guarantee of success, only the will to build something that would last. They came from every corner of the world, drawn not by promises of comfort but by the chance to be free. They raised families in the cold. They broke fields before the roads were laid. They made a society before the government even arrived.
These were Albertans. These were Canadians.
They believed what the founders believed: that if you are given honest laws, fair courts, and the freedom to work, you will do the rest yourself. They were right. And Alberta has never forgotten it.
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The main line of attack against independence is that Alberta cannot make it on our own, that we will be economically gutted, that pensions will fail, that we will be landlocked, that we will be annexed by the USA, etc. The voices of fear are strong, because they speak on an emotional level. We must counter these voices not merely with a series of facts or spread sheets, but with a stronger emotion: Hope. The vital piece to winning over those who are fearful is to destroy the arguments but also show people that nothing will change in their daily life as far as municipal and provincial government, but they will have fewer taxes, better criminal justice, and more true control over electing their national government.
To defeat the nostalgia argument, we must take control over the real Canada, educating people on the fact that the rest of Canada has abandoned the heritage of the real Canada. This blunts the attack of those who say we are disloyal, and above all forces them to defend the legacy and name of Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Independence will win if we are providing hope, freedom, and greatness in the face of lawlessness, control, and coercion.
We need your help to change minds
The window to act is open. It will not stay open.
Building a movement takes resources. Here is exactly what yours goes toward.
Renew Alberta runs on the support of Albertans who believe this province — and what it stands for — is worth fighting for.
Every dollar funds the work that political machines don’t want done: clear arguments reaching persuadable Albertans, honest conversations across the province, and the organizational infrastructure that makes a referendum winnable — not just wishable.
This is not a protest. It is a plan. And plans require funding.
Renew Alberta is a registered Alberta Society. Questions? Contact us at contact@renewalberta.ca