Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said United Conservative Party (UCP) members who continue to push for separation should join a different party, following a referendum vote that saw a majority of Albertans vote for the province to remain within Canada.
Smith said her party should now focus on beating the NDP “in every single riding in this province,” and that she believed the majority of UCP members would rally to do that. However, she said some members would rather continue focusing on separation and “sowing division.”
“The United Conservative Party is not an independence party, and for those few who cannot reconcile this fact and remain intent on dividing and turning our party into a vehicle for the independence movement, I would respectfully invite them to join a different party,” Smith said in a video posted to social media on Oct. 21….