Pierre Poilievre: “We need a smaller federal government so that we can have bigger provinces and people.”

Quitting is the easy way out, and Albertans are not quitters.

We have a 200-year-old relationship. There's always going to be grievances on both sides of the border.

To those people who are thinking about taking out their frustration on the current government by voting for separation and the referendum, I say this: Canada is more than a government, it’s a people, a flag, a land, a history and a promise.

We don’t just take our ball and go home. We don’t walk away. We stand and fight for what we believe in, and we reflect upon all that we have.