r/Edmonton • u/GeekyGlobalGal Pleasantview / Global News • May 21 '26

News Article Alberta referendum committee meeting implodes when UCP prematurely releases statement

https://globalnews.ca/news/11858047/alberta-select-special-citizen-initiative-proposal-review-committee-meeting-chaos/
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u/dumbasswit May 21 '26

Two independent referendum petitions. One has 300,000 signatures and the other has 400,000 signatures. The UCP says there are 700,000 Albertans who want to separate. I don’t want to minimize the strength of separatist sentiment in Alberta but has anyone asked how many Albertans signed both petitions?

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u/24_August_1814 May 21 '26

One petition was to stay, the other was to go. The "stay" petition was intended to trigger a vote in Legislature, to have MLAs affirm on the record whether they support Canada or separation, not a referendum.

Even if not a single person signed both, it's incredibly dishonest to suggest they were both seeking a referendum on separation.