Albertans are ready to vote on Canadian secession — so why is their premier stalling?

To many Americans, Alberta may seem like a distant Canadian province. But the oil-rich western region increasingly resembles a northern version of America’s populist red states — deeply distrustful of liberal federal power, economically tied to energy production, and increasingly willing to challenge the legitimacy of national institutions.The difference is that Alberta’s growing independence movement is no longer content merely to complain about Ottawa — it wants out.'Who amongst us thought whe...