Alberta Eyes Social Cuts for Immigrants—What’s Next?

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Alberta eyes social cuts for immigrants—and the rest of Canada is watching.

Premier Danielle Smith has launched a province-wide tour to ask Albertans a bold question: should social services be denied to immigrants without an Alberta-approved status? In a moment of rising housing pressure, crowded hospitals, and Ottawa-driven immigration targets, Smith is confronting a federal system she calls “unsustainable and unaccountable.”

While Mark Carney and the federal government continue to push high immigration numbers—up to 500,000 newcomers annually—Alberta is left footing the bill for the infrastructure, healthcare, and housing needed to support rapid growth. And now, the Premier is asking: is it time for provinces to assert their rights?

The “Alberta Next” panel will hold ten town halls and six surveys to gauge public will. Critics call it divisive. Supporters call it overdue. But the deeper question is this: in a country founded on both compassion and sovereignty, who decides what balance looks like?

Is it moral for a province to withhold support from people in need—if it believes its citizens are already overburdened?
Or is that exactly what responsible governance requires?

This video explores the full implications: policy, precedent, and the soul of a nation in flux.

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