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Subhead:The CBC commentator asserted those who signed Thomas Lukaszuk's 'Forever Canadian' petition merely wanted a vote in the provincial legislature, a claim Lukaszuk himself repeatedly contradicted.# CBC commentator Graham Thomson recently pushed back on Premier Danielle Smith's claim that roughly 700,000 Albertans signed competing petitions that led to Alberta's coming vote: “No, the Forever Canadian petition... got more than 400,000 people, but they wanted a vote in the legislature. Not a referendum,” he said during a broadcast. Graham Thomson: "Smith is saying 700k Albertans signed different petitions to get this referendum going. No, the Forever Canadian petition, in other words, let's stay in Canada, got more than 400k people, but they wanted a vote in the legislature. Not a referendum." pic.twitter.com/YqI27wDie5 — Scott Robertson (@sarobertson_) May 22, 2026 Forever Canada's Thomas Lukaszuk repeatedly discussed his campaign in terms of a vote by Albertans and used Alberta's citizen initiative mechanism to pursue it. “But if we get enough signatures—which I have no doubts in my mind that we will—we will have a REFERENDUM in this province. But not about separating. About staying in Canada.” Thomas Lukaszuk, Forever Canadian pic.twitter.com/PQUJtH93f1 — Jeff Berube (@ABJeffBerube) May 25, 2026 The Forever Canadian question itself was direct: “Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?”
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