Signatures have been collected in Alberta for a referendum on secession from Canada
In the Canadian province of Alberta, the required number of signatures has been collected to initiate a potential referendum on secession from Canada.
CBC News reports this, citing the organization "Stay Free, Alberta," which is collecting signatures.
It is noted that the petition calling for Alberta’s independence has managed to gather the minimum required 178,000 signatures, but the signature-gathering campaign will continue for another month. "We already have more than enough to cover the possibility that the Alberta Election Commission might reject some signatures," Mitch Sylvester, one of the petition’s initiators, told CBC News.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith stated that she is prepared to put “any public initiative that gathers the required number of signatures” to a referendum. "I hope I can convince even more people that the concept of Canada is viable," Smith replied when asked about her stance on the province’s independence movement.
As reported, two referendums on secession have been held in Canada so far: in 1980 and 1995. Both took place in the French-speaking province of Quebec, and both failed.
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