Wow, you mean to tell me the guy leading the Alberta Separatist movement is a grifter and a fraud?
Inconceivable!
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Alberta’s Referendum Fails Every Democratic Test We Have
When Canadians look at Alberta’s Separatist Movement, I certainly find it helpful to look at this from the view of democratic principles. And I agree with Patrick Lennox and Margaret Moore’s piece from the Walrus. But, I’d rather look at politicians from a self-interested point of view, focused on the acquisition and then the maintenance of power. From this view, Danielle Smith is a deeply flawed politician, personally and professionally mired in a Corrupt Care scandal that continues to unfold in public view.
If the Corrupt Care allegations are any indicator, Smith’s network of people both maintain and serve this system of gateways, essentially directing the flow of money to the right people to hold open the right doors. By this very same view, the separatist movement can similarly be assessed. Canadians are aware of the strong likelihood that the Alberta Separatist Movement receives support from US and Russian Information Operations. Canada is also aware that members of the Alberta Prosperity Project met with US officials, and sought a $500 B line of credit.
While the Walrus’ Jessica Davis, in “The Russian Money Behind Alberta’s Separatist Movement”, rightly points out that Alberta Separation is big business, the greater point remains: Alberta Separatists are trying to create and impose a new network of gatekeepers for their own advantage.
https://thewalrus.ca/the-russian-money-behind-albertas-separatist-movement
For example, Jeffrey Rath, a prominent member of Alberta Prosperity Project and Stay Free Alberta, was embroiled in controversy in the summer of 2026 over his alleged mishandling of Tallcree First Nation funds that began in 2017. Tallcree received a $57.6 M settlement from the Canadian Federal Government, and Jeffrey Rath was retained to hold these funds in trust. By 2026, Tallcree continues to dispute the legal fees charged by Rath.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jeff-rath-tallcree-first-nation-court-9.7270118
Similarly, Rath faces litigation from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/sturgeon-lake-cree-nation-jeff-rath-alberta-fees-9.7273671
But, by fall of 2026, Global’s Ashleigh Stewart and Charles Rusnell’s piece, “Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors”, revealed to Canadians that an American litigation funder, Diriba Investments LLC, sought $100 M in alleged debt.
But behind the scenes, his firm was pursuing cases bankrolled in part by litigation funding — an arrangement that has allegedly left the firm, and potentially the proceeds of some of Rath’s biggest cases, indebted to U.S. investors.
Litigation funding is a large and controversial industry, primarily in the U.S. It allows outside investors to pay a lawyer’s costs to pursue legal cases in exchange for a share of the compensation if the case is won.
In a 2018 agreement, Diriba and Western Springs Investments LP, another funder incorporated in Delaware, signed on to finance some of RathPC’s legal work. In return, the firm granted the funders security over a negotiated portion of its resulting fees and other compensation. Western Springs appointed Diriba to act as agent for both funders.
While Political Scientists will be quick to point out that having a mixed-motive does not make it the only motive, I suggest that at least some in the Alberta Separatist Movement have either motivations of profit or are trying to mitigate or remedy overexposed positions by trading one network of gatekeepers for the American flag. I also want to further insist that this power gatekeeping view is not mutually exclusive with the principles of democracy. I’d also suggest that power gatekeepers do not have to act against democracy either.
I would argue that Premier Danielle Smith’s alleged interests, along with Jeffrey Rath’s interests, and others, collectively incentivized a series of attacks on Alberta’s democratic institutions, such as Elections Alberta, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Alberta Health Services Privacy Office, and others, weakening Alberta’s democracy.
I’ll include some highlights from the Walrus’ Patrick Lennox and Margaret Moore piece as well:
Some might nonetheless find the idea of a referendum romantic: a rare opportunity to capture the public will on a question of great importance. Under the right conditions, direct democracy might live up to that promise. But the ten-question exercise in national sabotage set in motion by the ostensibly federalist United Conservative Party government, set for October 19, hardly qualifies.
To understand why, it helps to break the referendum process into three distinct phases, following the framework developed in Stephen Tierney’s book, Constitutional Referendums, which is still the most exhaustive book on referendums to date. Each phase can be evaluated on its own democratic merits—and, taken together, they reveal just how far Alberta’s process falls short.
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Alberta’s UCP was not formed as a separatist party, nor were they elected in either 2019 or 2023 on a platform advocating for a referendum on secession, or on any other matter. Does it therefore have a democratic mandate to subject Albertans—and Canadians—to a divisive vote? No, it does not.
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The problem, then, is not simply the wording of the final question but the architecture of the ballot itself. A mechanism ostensibly intended to reveal popular will also establishes the frame through which that will is expressed. Therein lies the duplicity of what Smith has wrought: any vote whose design helps steer what voters think has little democratic merit.
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The UCP has done less than nothing to protect Albertans and Canadians from such serious and sophisticated forms of manipulation. Rather than vigilantly defend the public sphere, and the cognitive sovereignty of its citizens, the government has taken deliberate legislative steps to weaken Elections Alberta and its capacity to investigate malfeasance. Moreover, it has gone ahead with the vote while the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Elections Alberta, and the privacy commissioner continue to investigate what may be the largest breach of voter data in Canadian history—one that potentially exposed Alberta’s voters list to well-financed actors on the global far right.
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$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/12070569/jeff-rath-first-nations-trusts-bullion/
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Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors
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‘Pattern of behaviour’: Rath faces mounting questions over First Nation trusts
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11967739/jeff-rath-first-nations-trusts/
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Separatist, pro-Canada leaders find rare agreement on province’s cost-of-independence panel
Two unelected leaders guiding the pro-Canada and Alberta independence sides, leading to a fall referendum on the issue,…
#Canada #Alberta #Albertaindependence #DanielleSmith #independence #JackMintz #JeffreyRath #panelmembers #ThomasLukaszuk
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The Wrath of Jeff: Prominent Alberta separatist advocates internal UCP coup to oust Danielle Smith
Happy Victoria Day! Alberta Premier Danielle Smith may be acting too much like a separatist for many Albertans’…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Albertapolitics #Albertaseparation #CA #Canada #CanadianPolitics #DanielleSmith #JeffreyRath #MichaelJanz #ThomasLukaszuk
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The Wrath of Jeff: Prominent Alberta separatist advocates internal UCP coup to oust Danielle Smith
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Online Chatter Draws An Alleged Connection Between Alberta Prosperty Project's Jeffrey Rath to Centurion
As Canadians will recall, Rath is noted to be a leader to the Alberta Prosperity Project. From The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell, “The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand”, provided an in-depth dive into Rath. From this article, Rath is mentioned giving an interview for Rachel Parker’s podcast:
On Dec. 24, Rath appeared on the Rachel Parker podcast to discuss a recent meeting — allegedly their third — between APP leaders and U.S. State Department officials in Washington, D.C.
“The meeting we had was very strange; we actually met in a SCIF of all things,” Rath told Parker, the wife of far-right influencer and Take Back Alberta leader David Parker, another secessionist.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/26/Wild-Claims-Jeff-Rath-Separatist-Firebrand/
I’ll point out that the recent news of the Elections Alberta data leak involves the Republican Party of Alberta, led by Cameron Davies, and Centurion, led by David Parker.
From Annie Dufour’s X post, keen eyed observers on X spotted Jeffrey Rath’s account publishing promotional material encouraging the Alberta Prosperity Project members to sign up for The Centurion Project as “super canvassers”.
https://x.com/anniedufour99/status/2050698630382670000?s=46&t=ioB_Y6LnyOXAq2Km8y-wkQ
I’ll include screenshots below to spare anyone the need to visit X.
If these separatist cluster of societies and/or companies are involved with the recent data leak, Canadians have a vested interest in recovering what data is out there, and to lock down this vector. Albertans have suffered immeasurable damage. We have to be able to mitigate or end the losses as soon as possible.
This cluster of entities are operating against Canadian democracy, and they no longer should enjoy the original functions that being societies or corporations offer. Their veils should be pierced immediately, and all their finances and operations should be traced.
https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/436072/online-chatter-draws-an-alleged-connection-between-alberta-prosperty-project-s-jeffrey-r
#ElectionsAlberta #surveillance #AlbertaUnderSiege #DavidParker #DaleNally #Centurion #ElectionsAlbertaDataLeak #JeffreyRath #RachelParker #AlbertaProsperityProject
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Online Chatter Draws An Alleged Connection Between Alberta Prosperty Project's Jeffrey Rath to Centurion
As Canadians will recall, Rath is noted to be a leader to the Alberta Prosperity Project. From The Tyee’s Charles Rusnell, “The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand”, provided an in-depth dive into Rath. From this article, Rath is mentioned giving an interview for Rachel Parker’s podcast:
On Dec. 24, Rath appeared on the Rachel Parker podcast to discuss a recent meeting — allegedly their third — between APP leaders and U.S. State Department officials in Washington, D.C.
“The meeting we had was very strange; we actually met in a SCIF of all things,” Rath told Parker, the wife of far-right influencer and Take Back Alberta leader David Parker, another secessionist.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/26/Wild-Claims-Jeff-Rath-Separatist-Firebrand/
I’ll point out that the recent news of the Elections Alberta data leak involves the Republican Party of Alberta, led by Cameron Davies, and Centurion, led by David Parker.
From Annie Dufour’s X post, keen eyed observers on X spotted Jeffrey Rath’s account publishing promotional material encouraging the Alberta Prosperity Project members to sign up for The Centurion Project as “super canvassers”.
https://x.com/anniedufour99/status/2050698630382670000?s=46&t=ioB_Y6LnyOXAq2Km8y-wkQ
I’ll include screenshots below to spare anyone the need to visit X.
If these separatist cluster of societies and/or companies are involved with the recent data leak, Canadians have a vested interest in recovering what data is out there, and to lock down this vector. Albertans have suffered immeasurable damage. We have to be able to mitigate or end the losses as soon as possible.
This cluster of entities are operating against Canadian democracy, and they no longer should enjoy the original functions that being societies or corporations offer. Their veils should be pierced immediately, and all their finances and operations should be traced.
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Ha!.. There's a petition going to ban #JeffreyRath from #Canada! I'd be proud to have my #Canadian peeps add their names to this list! 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #Cdnsecurity www.change.org/p/ban-albert...
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@lisab0923.bsky.social "Black Hat Guy" #JeffreyRath and "Dendan" #DennisModry #Albertaseparatists and are accused of dishonest financial dealings. Rath for overcharging to the tune $8 million, and Modry who took advantage of family with #Alzheimers 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg youtu.be/kzI7K90mOxo?...
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From #JeffreyRath 's own fat treasonous mouth #AlbertaSeparatists, It's NEVER been about "independence," but PLANNED SUBSERVIENCE #Alberta... 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
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From #JeffreyRath 's own fat treasonous mouth #AlbertaSeparatists, It's NEVER been about "independence," but PLANNED SUBSERVIENCE #Alberta... 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
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Sad little "king" of a SAD little hill that #JeffreyRath... 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli #Ableg #Separatist
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Sad little "king" of a SAD little hill that #JeffreyRath... 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli #Ableg #Separatist
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"Alberta separatist #JeffreyRath has said at least one of those meetings with U.S. officials was held in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), a room purpose-built to defeat sophisticated foreign intelligence eavesdropping."
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Owned? at Davis? 😂 BTW! Better a human neck than no neck #JeffreyRath you BARELY sentient treasonous thumb #MarkCarney said more in 16min and got a standing O from the world's business community's than your employer who whined and lied about the world, your country did in nearly 2hrs GFY, Signed 🇨🇦
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