Separation Anxiety: The Alberta Referendum (podcast)
Canadian True Crime is proud to support the local independent journalism behind Separation Anxiety, a new investigative podcast series about Alberta’s modern separatist movement and the October 19 referendum question.
Listen to Separation Anxiety now wherever you get your podcasts.
Separation Anxiety is a five‑part investigative series from award‑winning Alberta journalists Danielle Paradis and Tim Querengesser that asks the questions:
Who are the separatists?
What do they actually want?
And what happens to the rest of Canada if they get it?
Join them as they follow organizers into church boardrooms and hot‑dog picnics to examine the influences, ideas and grievances fuelling Alberta’s modern separatist movement.
From its century-old roots to the anti-lockdown protests, trucker convoy and political upheaval that brought Danielle Smith to power, Separation Anxiety also traces the movement’s evolution — and why it is now tied to accusations of criminal treason* and treaty‑rights violations.
Produced with the support of Canadian True Crime, Separation Anxiety is a five-part series lauching September 22. New episodes weekly.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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CREDITS:
Produced by Danielle Paradis, Tim Querengesser and Kristi Lee.
Journalistic and production help by Amanda Erickson.
Studio recording and sound production by Omar Mouallem and
Zach Dafoe with HAQ Story School.
Produced with the support of Canadian True Crime.
Feedback: SeperationAnxietyPodcast@protonmail.com
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*Criminal treason allegations
In August 2026, the RCMP announced it is reviewing allegations of criminal treason and treaty-rights violations previously raised by the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs as a result of the Alberta referendum’s separation question.
Section 46 of Canada’s Criminal Code defines treason primarily as the use of force to overthrow the government or sharing with another state information that may be used for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada.
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