Alberta and Quebec are rewatching old movies

Alberta conservatives have been obsessed with building a ‘firewall’ between their province and Ottawa, while in Quebec, nationalists eye another separation referendum.

Imitating Quebec’s experience, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has passed the Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act, writes Nelson Wiseman.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NELSON WISEMAN

November 4, 2025

TORONTO—Some people like to watch movies they’ve already seen. Alberta’s autonomists and Quebec’s nationalists like their favourite old movies so much they won’t let go of them.

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