# THE PIPELINE: Alberta Independence petition smashes threshold

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Podcast: [Western Standard Shows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/western-standard-shows-1311157)
Published: 2026-05-09T22:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of The Pipeline, Derek Fildebrandt, Nigel Hannaford, Cory Morgan and Dave Naylor discuss Alberta’s elector list data breach, Stay Free Alberta submitting more than 300,000 petition signatures to Elections Alberta, and Louise Arbour’s appointment as Canada’s next governor general.

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