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Alberta Separatists Get Partial Win | Edmonton News
A separatist group in Alberta, Stay Free Alberta, is pushing for a referendum on leaving Canada, claiming over 300,000 signatures — but a court just threw out their petition. The Court of Appeal gave them a partial win, letting the chief electoral officer verify and report the signatures, but stopping short of allowing the results to reach the justice minister, which would trigger the actual referendum. With an October 19 vote already scheduled that includes Alberta’s future in Canada, the court deemed it too soon to move forward with the referendum question. The judge cited failures in First…
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