You had to know this was coming. It didn’t take long.

Not long at all, as in minutes.

One big name in the Alberta independence movement is vein-popping pissed off.

Jeff Rath has become to the go-to guy when newshounds want to take the temperature of the Alberta separatists.

Right now, Rath’s political thermometer indicates a heat wave.

What is interesting is not all Alberta separatists are on his wavelength.

Rath comes straight to the point. He feels Alberta Premier Danielle Smith stabbed the supporters of Alberta independence people in the back.

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You know, the people who lined up at events in the winter and signed a petition demanding a clear question.

Should Alberta remain in Canada or leave Canada?

In her Thursday TV address to the province, Smith told Albertans why she did what she did.

Smith talked about how a judge, in her opinion, was wrong in ruling the independence petition a no-go because First Nations groups weren’t consulted.

Smith talked about how appealing the ruling, which the Alberta government is doing, will be tied up in the courts for........

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