Insisting on independence: Party seeks official status, wants to leave Canada

Dave Bjorkman is convinced there’s an Albertan appetite for separation from Canada, no matter what the polls say, and he’s banking on a new party to see it happen.
Bjorkman is interim leader of the Alberta Independence Party which — as you might guess from the name — has at its core a promise of a referendum to ditch Confederation.
The fact Alberta is landlocked doesn’t deter the Peace River-born Bjorkman. The UN Convention on Transit Trade of Landlocked States will