'I believe in Alberta': Jann Arden stands by anti-separatist rant on 'The Assembly'

TORONTO — Jann Arden says she stands by a fiery social media video she made earlier this year ripping into Alberta separatists.

The Calgary-based pop singer opened up to a group of interviewers for the upcoming CBC series “The Assembly,” saying that despite backlash, she doesn’t regret pushing back against the “very fringe group that wants to break up a brilliant country.”

In May, the Juno-winning musician made an expletive-fuelled TikTok post where she called Alberta separatists “wackos” and “an embarrassment to this country.”

Her choice words were brought up while she appeared as a guest on “The Assembly,” a CBC show adapted from a French TV program where notable public figures agree to face probing questions from a group of autistic adults.

Asked by one interviewer if she regrets he