Is Alberta headed towards a separation vote?

CBC News

· Posted: May 20, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Hundreds of radical filled a banquet hallway successful Calgary past week to perceive from the Alberta Prosperity Project, a radical that wants Alberta to abstracted from Canada.

They're trying to drum up enactment for a petition and gain capable signatures to trigger a referendum connected separation successful 2026.

One of the reasons the petition is picking up steam is due to the fact that Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party has conscionable passed authorities that would little the barroom for holding a referendum vote.

Jason Markusoff is simply a shaper and writer who covers Alberta authorities for the CBC. He speaks to big Jayme Poisson astir Smith's latest governmental moves, including the backlash, arsenic good arsenic the separatist question itself.

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