Alberta Fact Check: Yes, over 700,000 Albertans signed petitions asking for a referendum on independence

Subhead:Playing a game of semantics over the phrasing of the question doesn’t change the reality that hundreds of thousands of Albertans signed petitions related to the province's status in Confederation.# Former journalist Sean Amato hit the ground running in his newly minted role as an NDP staffer by spreading misinformation. In a posting on X, Amato says , “Premier Smith keeps saying 700,000 Albertans want this, but that's not true. 0 Albertans signed a petition for THIS question, 0 Stay Free Alberta signatures have been verified and the leader of the 400k signature petition says this was not their top option.” This is an extension of Thomas Lukaszuk’s oft-repeated lie that his Forever Canadian group didn’t actually want to trigger a referendum. That mistruth has been repeatedly corrected by this publication. Amazon-embed:B0GXDXZ6LX

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