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Separatists release potential Alberta referendum question, expect Danielle Smith to join cause
An Alberta separatist group released on Monday a referendum question on independence from Canada that it will petition to get ...
The Tyee1dOpinion
Is This Really Why Danielle Smith Wants a Separation Referendum?
According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who describes herself as a Canadian patriot, she’s enabling a separation ...
Will Danielle Smith steer Alberta away from separation, or will this train keep gathering steam?
Premier says she wants to lower separatist sentiment. But her political base's anti-Ottawa mood is becoming an anti-Canada ...
Smith says sovereignty referendum provides 'outlet' to avoid creation of new party
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's willing to risk a separation referendum in part to avert the emergence of a ...
Calgary Herald on MSN5dOpinion
Braid: Smith admits referendum is an 'outlet' to keep new parties from splitting UCP
A new separatist party would obviously bleed support from the UCP. Current Angus Reid polling shows that 65 per cent of UCP ...
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I'm Not Sure the Separatist Movement in Alberta, Canada, Has Thought Its Position Through
They might want to chat with the folks behind our old friend, the Keystone XL pipeline, which is now a pile of rusting tubes somewhere in the Dakotas.
The Canadian Press on MSN2d
What do Albertans think of prospect of separation referendum?
Row after row of Canadian flags fly high atop tall poles over manicured lawns in a southern Alberta town that's also home to ...
Calgary Herald on MSN1d
Alberta separatist group releases proposed referendum question, plans to push for vote this year
An Alberta separatist group has released a proposed referendum question on sovereignty from Canada, saying they will push the ...
What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about?
Threats of Alberta separation go back decades, and have reached new heights since the April election of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney. Why do some Albertans feel they're being treated so unfairly ...
Why do some Albertans want to separate? Committed, curious pack Calgary banquet hall
A crowd of roughly 1,000 turned out Monday for a town hall on separatism organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project. CBC ...
Calgary Herald on MSN4dOpinion
Bell: Two out of three Danielle Smith voters want Alberta to leave Canada
For voters of the UCP led by Premier Smith, 65 per cent support voting Yes to Alberta leaving Canada. Half are definite, half ...
First Nations criticism of Danielle Smith goes national
The national advocacy organization for Treaty First Nations has joined the chorus of First Nations telling Alberta premier Danielle Smith that a referendum on Alberta independence would be ...