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Alberta energy minister will not speak at sovereignty event, UCP says, despite what poster said
The Alberta NDP says a poster for a townhall happening later this month is “proof” the UCP is a separatist party. Energy ...
The Tyee1d
What if Alberta Actually Voted to Leave Canada?
Simply put, if Alberta were to leave Canada, it would lose all enforceable rights and protections offered by the Canadian ...
Edmonton Journal on MSN12d
Alberta is at the centre of separatism talks. Here's what it means and if it's possible for the province to leave Canada
Talks of separation have gathered steam after the province introduced a bill that would lower the bar for a potential citizen ...
Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, doesn’t think referendum would get 50% support
More than half of Albertans surveyed said they opposed different separation scenarios — ranging from 59 per cent who said no ...
Separatists say Alberta's culture is rooted in traditional values. Many say those values don't define them
François Blanchet said earlier this month that if Alberta were to separate from Canada, it would first have to define itself ...
As separatist talk simmers in Alberta and Quebec, Canadians say breaking up will be hard to do: poll
Most said separation cannot be a unilateral decision, and it should require approval by the federal House of Commons ...
The Walrus on MSN4d
Alberta Is Talking about Separating—AGAIN
He was talking about education, but that sense of frustration with Ottawa has been a part of politicking in Alberta since the ...
Alberta anti-separatism group that includes former deputy premier wants to pose referendum question
A group of Albertans who oppose efforts to have the province separate from the rest of Canada has filed an application to ...
Indigenous groups in Alberta step up legal action over possible separation referendum
The Onion Lake Cree Nation says it is going ahead with a challenge to the province’s sovereignty legislation in response to ...
APTN News25d
Indigenous Peoples ‘not subjects’ of Alberta, says prof in debate over separation
Treaties are the greatest obstacle to Alberta separation says a professor when talking about Danielle's Smith's legislation.
CBC.ca27d
What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about?
sits beside the group's proposed question for a potential referendum on Alberta separation, at a Monday news conference. Threats of separation have reached new heights since the April election of ...
Alberta separation movement criticized by business groups, analyst
Deborah Yedlin gets that some folks in Alberta are not thrilled with yet another federal Liberal government, but she says the separation movement the premier is flirting with could seriously hurt the ...