Thousands of people participated in a rally outside the Alberta legislative building in Edmonton on Oct. 25 in support of a referendum to separate the province from Canada.
The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), which organized the “I Am Alberta Rally,” filed its application for a citizen-led petition to Elections Alberta on July 4. The group proposed asking the referendum question: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada?”
The APP applied to be a separation referendum proponent for a province-wide vote next year. The group holds that the federal government has “encroached on Alberta’s ability to manage its own affairs,” and says independence would allow the province to “keep our resources, grow our economy, and re-invest in Alberta families, businesses and infrastructure.”…