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Subhead:Hundreds of thousands of Albertans signed petitions supporting the province's independence movement or its 'Forever Canada' competitor, showing a strong desire for a debate on separatism.# Liberal MP Corey Hogan claims Danielle Smith is “ignoring the will of the vast majority of Albertans” by allowing a referendum process connected to Alberta independence. There’s just one problem with that argument: Hundreds of thousands of Albertans have already signed petitions demanding exactly this conversation. More than 300,000 signatures were reportedly gathered on the Alberta independence citizen initiative petition. Meanwhile, Thomas Lukaszuk’s competing “Forever Canada” petition reportedly gathered more than 400,000 signatures calling for a referendum affirming Alberta should remain in Canada. STATEMENT ON PROVINCIAL ADDRESS The Premier of Alberta intervened to lower the threshold for getting a separatist question on the ballot. She then intervened to eliminate a review requiring the question be constitutional. She intervenes again tonight after yet another court has… pic.twitter.com/k5fMYhMNw6 — Corey Hogan (@coreyhoganyyc) May 22, 2026 That means over 700,000 Albertans signed petitions demanding some form of provincewide vote on Alberta’s future in Confederation. In fact, the referendum process Hogan condemns was created under Alberta’s Citizen Initiative Act — legislation specifically designed to allow ordinary citizens to force major public questions into the democratic process if enough signatures are collected. And unlike Hogan’s framing, Premier Smith did not invent the issue of Alberta alienation. Albertans have spent years watching: federally approved pipelines cancelled, oil and gas projects blocked, emissions caps targeted primarily at Alberta’s economy, equalization fights ignored, and Quebec repeatedly granted constitutional and political accommodations Ottawa refuses to extend westward.
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