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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 ...
Poll finds Albertans' attachment to Canada has grown as support for separatism has hardened
Support for separation remains steady at about 30 per cent, according to a new poll, but among that group, separatist ...
Edmonton Journal on MSN13d
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 ...
CityNews Edmonton1d
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Walrus on MSN5d
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 ...
What if Alberta really did vote to separate?
An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations ...
DeSmog4d
Shoot First, Then Aim: A Look at Alberta’s Petrostate Separatists
More than 400 people gathered in Red Deer for the launch of a new political party calling for an anti-Canada uprising.
The spectre of Alberta separatism might actually be good for Canada’s economy
The threat could make development of energy and resource infrastructure investments more likely, raising prosperity but also ...
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 ...