Peter Downing

• Alberta separatist behind divisive ‘Let’s join the USA!’ billboard

  A billboard in central Alberta calling to join the United States was paid for by a group called America Fund, which was founded by members of the former Wexit separatist movement.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2025
  
• Former Harper government House leader becomes interim leader of Wexit Canada

  A veteran politician who once served as House leader in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government was named the interim leader of a political party seeking for Western Canada to secede from the rest of the country.

  Politics

  Jun 23, 2020
  
• Advertisement
• ‘We’re looking for our own country’: Wexit supporters brave cold in Edmonton for referendum protest Saturday

  Around 100 Edmontonians braved the cold on Saturday at the provincial legislature for a protest aimed to get the UCP on board with a secession referendum.

  Politics

  Jan 11, 2020
• Advertisement
• Wexit political party can now run candidates in Canadian federal elections

  Wexit Canada plans to run 104 candidates in the next federal election throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

  Politics

  Jan 10, 2020
• If Wexit were to happen, Alberta would top in greenhouse gas emissions per capita

  Globally, he said there is a "clear trend towards transitioning to a low carbon economy," which could spell trouble for the would-be country.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2019
• The West Wants Out: Alberta separatist group Wexit Canada seeking federal political party status

  Western separatist movement Wexit Canada, led by Albertan Peter Downing, has applied to Elections Canada to becoming a federal political party.

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2019
• Landlocked oil problem would not be solved by Wexit: expert

  The UN convention, adopted in 1982, does say that ``landlocked states shall enjoy freedom of transit through the territory of transit states by all means of transport.''

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2019