Despite Referendum Result, Both Sides Say Alberta Separation Issue Isn’t Going Away

CALGARY/CZAR/DRUMHELLER/HANNA/WAINWRIGHT, Alta.—While a strong majority of Albertans voted for the province to remain within Canada, voters on both sides say the issue isn’t going away.
“I don’t think it’s going anywhere. It might be dormant for a couple years, but I think it’ll be back,” pro-separation voter Callahan Charlton of Czar, Alta., told The Epoch Times, after casting his vote at a polling station in his town, located about 250 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.
Edmonton resident Cody Roberts, who voted for Alberta to stay within Canada, said he thinks those who believe firmly in separation will continue to be active….