Forget alienation says University of Calgary Professor Barry Cooper.

Call a referendum on separation.

It’s time for a new relationship with Ottawa. It’s time to reset the agreement in confederation, one that was established to ensure Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories would never have the power base needed to dictate the direction of their own territory let alone the country.

In this the third episode on Western Alienation, we invited Professor Barry Cooper to join us for a conversation he says it’s time to have.