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Watch live: Danielle Smith expected to address immigration in speech to Albertans

February 19, 2026

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is delivering prepared remarks to the province in her first live address since May 2025.

Smith is expected to focus on the issue of immigration, as a record level of newcomers entering Alberta has heaped new strain on the province’s health care and education systems.

Her remarks come amid rising separatist sentiments in the province, with a referendum on Alberta’s position in the federation likely to come later this year. At the same time, Smith’s address comes as the province’s pipeline deal with the federal government — widely viewed as a last-ditch effort to rebuild Alberta’s relationship with Ottawa — faces a looming April 1 deadline.

Watch her address live in the video above starting at 6:45 MT (8:45 ET).

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