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Alberta independence referendum petition must register with election agency
A bill in the Canadian province of Alberta would reduce the number of signatures needed to get referendums on the ballot. But ...
Everything you need to know about the threat of Alberta separatism
All of Alberta is covered by treaties, the majority of it by Treaties 6, 7 and 8. And there are 813,000 hectares of specific reserve land. After Smith said she would be willing to hold a referendum, a ...
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Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, doesn’t think referendum would get 50% support
Former Conservative member of Parliament Stockwell Day says Alberta separatism poses a threat to the federal Conservative party — which risks seeing a return to the kind of vote-splitting that was ...
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Alberta separation referendum would be ‘bad for the country’: Calgary Chamber of Commerce
The head of a group representing Calgary’s business community says a referendum on separation would inflict grave damage on the economies of Alberta and Canada — regardless of the result. “Businesses ...
Alberta amends referendum bill as First Nations fear it will trample treaty rights
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation, declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.
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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 ...
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 ...
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Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations’ concern
In a Tuesday letter to First Nations chiefs representing the Blackfoot Confederacy, Treaty 8 First Nations, Treaty 6 First ...
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 ...
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Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with its legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Another lawyer representing the community, Michael Marchen, said the sovereignty act is an effective derogation of Onion Lake ...
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Quebec sovereigntists watch Alberta referendum talk with optimism, disdain
MONTREAL – As Alberta flirts with the possibility of a referendum on separation, Quebec sovereigntists are watching with ...