While with an Alberta company, I was enrolled in the employee…

Thanks for the clarification.
If according to the terms of your contract, they are to turn them over to you and this "blackout" is self-imposed by the employer, as opposed to being a mandatory trading hold imposed by securities regulation, then they have a contractual obligation to provide them to you.
If they are refusing, then you could sue them civilly to have them provided to you, or the equivalent in compensation. Further, if they were to turn them over at the time you left your employment and they did not, and as a result, there has been any drop in the share value between then and now, you can also seek compensation for the loss in value. Essentially, you'd be claiming for the value of the shares at the time of separation from the company, which is, according to contract, when they were to provide them to you.
If the value of these shares is less than $50,000 then you can proceed in the Small Claims court system, which would allow you to handle the matter yourself, without the expense of a lawyer, should you choose to do so.
It may be that the filing of a claim is all they need to get a fire lit under them to turn the shares over.
Regards
Jim

Hi, I see that you were back in however I do not see a reply from you. Please let me know if you are satisfied with the information that I have provided or if you require anything further as I am happy to continue chatting should you need anything further at all.
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Jim