The Alberta Next Panel has released its final report, outlining seven recommendations to “enhance” the province’s sovereignty within Canada.
The province announced the report’s release on Dec. 19, saying the government will decide in the coming months which of the report’s recommendations it intends to adopt. The panel, appointed by the province, was tasked with gathering public input on ways to “assert” provincial sovereignty and recommend potential referendum questions for a province-wide vote set for 2026.
Between July and September, the panel held town halls in 10 communities across Alberta and collected thousands of responses through online surveys. It was one of the measures Premier Danielle Smith announced after the federal Liberals’ re-election earlier this year to “protect” the province against current or future “hostile policies” from Ottawa….