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Bev54

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4. No referendum has been called, the separatist party has until June to collect signatures on their
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 02:27 PM
Monday

petition. Canada forever petition was signed by 456,000 in 3 mos, and turned in to Elections Alberta and it should be the one that is voted on if there is a referendum, not this other one that was given 6 mos to collect 177,000 signatures. Not sure they will even succeed in getting that many. It has been pretty clear to us in Alberta that this was never going to go. I suspect there will not be a referendum at all, after these numbers.
77% said they would leave the province of Alberta if they separated with 74% to other provinces and 3% leave Canada altogether. Only 8% said for sure they would vote to leave and the remaining was maybe.

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